Easter with the Borich Family

Here's a summary of Easter 2009 from the Borich home! Because Joe had spring ball practice yesterday & today (My first BOOOOOO to Cornell Football), our day has been jam-packed with Easter fun! The morning started with the Easter Bunny, of course, with only a minor mix-up with the baskets...I'm pretty sure the Easter Bunny didn't mean to leave the basket with the flowers on it for Josh, but Mama fell asleep prior to his arrival and wasn't able to correct the situation! Mykah put a great spin on it, though! She said he probably left the one with the flowers for Josh because he knew that Mom would eat all of Josh's candy anyway, so he must've been thinking of Mom, too! (Yes, I have some serious issues with sweets right now!) Wasn't that thoughtful of the Easter Bunny?!
Here's our little egg-heads...


While we were trying to round up Max for that picture, Joe got this cute one of "Little Mama" & Josh waiting for him...

Mykah got new LPS animals- for those of you without little girls, that's Littlest Pet Shop, and Mykah LIVES for them!

Max got new dinosaurs, but as you can tell from both of their pix, neither one cared initially about their gift, only their candy! Maxie threw the dinosaurs out of the way once he noticed the candy!

Josh got a bumbo chair and NO, I wasn't ready for him to actually be able to sit in it yet! Time goes so quickly...sort of like the development of his second chin! Wish you could all see it in these pix...I'm quite proud of it!!! But, I'm sure you can get some idea of the chin by the size of the cheeks!

On to coloring the eggs, which we normally would have done before today. I already mentioned my displeasure with Cornell Football this week, so we'll just continue... Mykah is an old pro by now and proceeded to use her extreme creativity to make beautiful eggs!

Max, on the other hand, has an egg fetish these days. Joe usually makes breakfast on the weekends, and Max always wants to hold the eggs. So today was no different, and it took a while to convince him to put his eggs in the dye. He was content to just hold it and say, "MMMMM, eggs!"

He finally gave in, though, and was then having so much fun...

Which led to this, as I'm sure all the moms reading this could've predicted! Nothing a little bleach couldn't take care of, but I have to admit, I was a little nervous! Thank goodness for white counters!

So, on to the Easter egg hunt at 3 Pebble Drive! (I told you we've had a jam-packed day!) Joe stumped Mykah a few times, which of course was his ultimate goal for her half of the hunt. BTW, we're having our 2nd really cold Easter here-not quite 30 degrees-where, oh where, is spring?

The mailbox isn't one of the stumpers- She remembered it from last year. Ha-Ha, Daddy!

To fully appreciate this story, I'll tell you that the Dryden Easter egg hunt was yesterday. Max had no idea what was going on at the park, but we helped him gather some plastic eggs,anyway. Well, when he saw that there was a piece of candy in each egg, he went nuts! So today, he happened to look out the window while Joe was hiding the eggs in our yard (obviously, his were in plain sight) and he started screaming "candy" out the window! We put shoes & socks on and told him it was time to go find more Easter eggs and he said, "No, Maxie go eat candy!"


So, what Max is doing here is handing the eggs to us to open, then he dumps the candy in his baggie and throws the egg on the ground, saying "Maxie find MORE candy." When he couldn't see any more eggs, he waved to us and said, "Bye, guys! Maxie go in", and went inside the house!

Once inside, Max dumped his loot. Daddy made him pick it up, but did offer a little help by reducing the amount of candy Max had to pick up. Thank goodness Max didn't see this,right?!


We ended our Easter celebration with a wonderful family dinner. My favorite part of the day was listening to my husband pray before we ate...thanking God for His incomparable sacrifice for us, praising Him for our many, many blessings and expressing our family's love & gratitude for Him. During the prayer, I got to listen to the sweet newborn gurgling coming out of Josh, the "I don't quite get prayer quiet time yet" innocent ramblings of Max, the strong, heartfelt communication of our beliefs out of my husband's mouth to our God and the admiration of such a beautiful prayer in Mykah's eyes when she looked up at Joe and said "Amen." I am truly blessed. Happy Easter...He is risen, He is risen, indeed!

Borich Fam in Philly...

OK, so now that we will periodically be taking Mykah to an airport that she can fly non-stop to Salt Lake City to see her dad, we figured we should turn each place into an adventure. This particular adventure involves Philadelphia and we had a great time! Joe & I are both history-loving dorks on the inside, and it's trickling down to Mykah, because she digs history, too! Philly is very historical and we're blessed to be able to experience it firsthand.


Independence Hall.


The Liberty Bell, which we found out symbolizes religious freedom, not freedom in general. Until the famous crack couldn't be repaired, it hung in the tower below.

Coolest story behind this architecture...The British taxed individual walls of homes, so that's why all the homes are right next to each other. They use the same walls to avoid being taxed too heavily...Love thy neighbor takes on a whole new meaning with homes this close!

Home of James & Dolley Madison pre-presidency

To feed our need for an accurate history lesson, we employed Camilla & Woody (horse-drawn carriage) for a ride around the area. Mykah loved the stories by Camilla and Woody, see below, and Max loved riding around-not walking! Corny, but very fun and very educational!

Woody...

Benjamin Franklin's gravesite...


Home of Betsy Ross, where she sewed the first flag...

Since Josh took over the pack & play, Max got to experience big boy hotel life! Looks pretty comfy, doesn't he?!

Little Miss World Traveler, who fortunately, is only gone for a week this trip!

So, are you noticing the time frame for this post? Yes, I'm posting after Mykah is already home because the week she was gone was very interesting at the Borich abode...I haven't been feeling well lately and the doctors haven't been able to find anything wrong. Early Friday morning that changed when intense pain sent me to the ER. Turns out I have 2 kidney stones. One is still in my kidney, but the other one was about an inch from my bladder, and at 6mm in diameter, was mostly blocking the tube from my bladder to my kidney. Apparently, this causes the kidney to swell, creating the pain previously mentioned. Side note: this pain is worse than labor! So, I had to see a urologist the same day, who told me I was not likely to pass it on my own and would need surgery. During surgery later that day (this is all on Friday) the doctor discovered that the stone was actually embedded in my ureter, not good! The surgery was done with a scope, they used laser to break the stone apart, then left a stent from my kidney to my bladder so it can heal from the damage done by all the inflammation. I go back in a week to have the stent removed (ewwwwww) and hopefully, this drama will all be over!
Also, poor Mykah's flight was unable to land in Philadelphia when it was supposed to on her return trip. They re-routed to Dulles Airport to refuel, so instead of getting to the airport at 4:25, she got there at 9:30-then there was still 4 hours to drive home. There was a wonderful woman who was traveling next to Mykah who had an 8 year old herself and she let Mykah borrow her cell phone when they landed "at the wrong airport". (according to Mykah) So I was able to calm Mykah down, but it sure felt yucky to be that far away from her when she was scared. Please thank God for the woman with such kindness in her heart. I thanked her profusely, but really, are there enough words as a mother to express that kind of gratitude?
I'm tired! Thanks for listening...

Change...

Nothing proves how fast life changes more quickly than a newborn. As I've stared at Josh this past 2-1/2 weeks, I've been forced to acknowledge the changes in our lives. In 2 short years, we've had many... and time has shown me the incredible blessings and trials that come with change. I love reading friends & family's blogs because, just as our lives change, so do the lives of the ones we love. Unlike P.B. (pre-blogging), we get to give each other a small taste of the laughter and tears that propel us through time, as we weave in and out of each other's lives.
Enjoy the newest pix of Josh- his 2 week check up was fantastic...he's grown 1/4 of an inch and has gained one ounce for each day he's been home. When we left the hospital, his weight was 7 lbs even, he now weighs 7 lbs 12 ozs! He'll be ready to play football any day now, but since I'm not going to give up nursing just yet (it's obviously working!), football will have to wait!!!





I think the last photo is pretty symbolic-unintentionally. Joe is going to support our family single-handedly and I know he's up for the challenge. He's always up for a challenge, right?! Honey, do you see the total trust on Joshie's face? Turn to the rest of us and you'll see the same trust. Love you 2 pieces...

And then there were 5...

Welcome Josh Thomas Borich! Josh was born on February 25th, 2009 at 5:12pm Eastern Standard Time (finally!) He weighed in at 7 lbs 5 ozs and was 21" long. We are extremely blessed to have added another healthy baby to the Borich family! Get ready for an abundance of pictures... Bear with us!!!!




Mykah is the best big sister ever (sorry to all other big sisters, but it's true!) She has been waiting (not so) patiently for Josh to join us. I love the pure joy and love written all over her face in this first picture of the 2 of them.



Max, on the other hand, couldn't have cared less about Josh or anything else when he got to the hospital to see us. He found the chocolate cake that Nana got for Daddy and that was the only thing on his mind. We'd say "Max, this is your brother, Josh." and he'd say, "Mmmm, good cake!" So we let him enjoy the cake!!!!




Proud Nana! My poor mom has been here since Feb. 15th. I can't even pretend that I've been a good hostess...the misery that I was in at the end of my pregnancy was impossible for me to haul myself out of, even to spend time with my mom. Hopefully, I've been less of a beast since the birth. Mom, we couldn't have done this without you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here for us-in more ways than one. We thank God every day for you... You continue to show Joe & me what kind of parents we want to be.




The new Borich family picture!




My beautiful husband and new son. There aren't words to describe the love that I feel for my husband. He's been through so much this last month, but not once did he falter in his role as father and husband. Joe, you are my rock. You own my heart and my soul. Thank you for this beautiful child...





Our amazing kids...




The Borich boys...We finally got a little interest from Max- yes, we were out of chocolate cake at this point. Mykah and I realized about this time that we are now out-numbered. Mykah reminded Joe that it doesn't really matter, though, because "Mama is still the queen". Have I taught that child, or what?! Everyone has proud moments as a parent...this is one of my proudest! I even got a little teary-eyed! (Hormones?)




Getting ready to go home from the hospital!






Picture this all you dads...My sweet hubby went to pull the car to the front door of the hospital to take the newest addition to his family home. He made a couple of other trips out to take all of the gear and hook up the base to the carseat so we could just load up Josh and go. My mom, the nurse who was escorting us out and I were waiting in the lobby, wondering what the heck was taking so long! When we saw Joe walking back into the lobby, we knew the news couldn't be good...the battery in our car had died! The semi-funny part was that we'd been waiting for the battery to die at a REALLY inopportune time, but this was almost unbelievable! Luckily, Mom was there with our other car...but we had to wait longer for Joe to move everything he'd already loaded into the other car. Could this have been a lesson in procrastination? We finally did make it home-after 5 hours of errands on the way home-including a new battery!!!

Josh was exhausted from all the effort it took to be so stinkin' cute!





Kisses for "Baby Dosh" -the official Max name




Joe was holding Josh this morning and Max crawled up on his lap, too! By the way, Max is doing great with Josh. We were worried about him, but he seems to be fine with having someone new in our house. His last day in daycare was Friday, so we'll see if he makes the transition as smoothly as it seems. A mom can dream, right?




I think Josh will spend lots of time in this position, just chillin' on Daddy's lap!




That's it for now. My broken tailbone (thanks, Josh) will not allow me to sit on this chair ANY MORE...We love you all & miss you terribly! Any chance the addition to our family will get any of you to come out here and visit?!

Daddy Daughter Dance

Here's a pic of Joe & Mykah at the Daddy Daughter Valentine's Dance earlier this month. They both got all dressed up for their date and make quite a striking couple, don't you think?! They both had a great time...Mykah was glowing like a candle when she got home! Apparently, when the Electric Slide song came on, no one knew the dance. Except for Joe, that is. He got out there and showed the whole place how to do the dance-none of you that know him are surprised, are you?! After it was over, one of the older girls who was there came over to Mykah and said, "your dad is sooo cool"!

We're still waiting for Josh...funny how the doctors/midwives were worried 6 weeks ago that he was going to be born too soon, now he doesn't want to exit the uterus! Joe & Mykah have had the week off, I'm done working, my mom is here and we get to just sit & wait! At the risk of sounding like my 2 year old, it's not fair!! I'm dialated to a 2, 70% effaced and he's engaged. I swear I can feel him getting bigger by the second. My other babies were 6lb7oz & 6lb14oz, but as of today, I'd given birth to both by this point in pregnancy. Mykah was 15 days early, and Max was 4 days early. That would be today for Josh, but I don't even have a twinge :( As much as Joe & I didn't want to be induced, the doctor's appt tomorrow may spark a different point of view. Especially since tomorrow's appt. is the last one we scheduled! If I had a choice, I'd have the babies that come close to due date first, then the early ones later. Everyone, including the doctors/midwives, assume since the first one is early, the latter ones will be, as well. My pregnancies have gotten longer each time. Oh well, we're just super excited to meet him and it's making all of us a little irrational (mostly me)!

The other part of this that is so tender is that Joe missed his brother Mike's funeral because they've told us since February 2nd that Josh could be born any day. Joe (and his entire family) felt he should stay with me instead of return to Utah. I think I'd've felt better if Josh came within days of Mike's passing or funeral, that would've justified Joe staying here. It didn't work out that way, and we know that there's some reason behind all of it. This may be one of those things we aren't meant to understand, just to have faith, so we will. In the meantime, I continue to bask in the blessing of having such a wonderful, dedicated husband. Thank you to all who called Joey with condolences for Mike. We both appreciate you all. For all of you who knew Shauna, do you think she's still alternating between hugging Mike and yelling at him?!

I'm serious this time...no more posts until Josh is here!