The Cox Family

Monday, June 1, 2009

Sun Burned but Good Times

Boston got a soft pool for his birthday. For those of you who do not know what that is, basically a larger inflatable pool with a pump. It's a pretty cool concept, except you still have to buy all of the chemicals to keep the water balanced.

Anyways, after a day of Blastball, which Boston is enjoying very much this year, and two attempts at setting the pool up, we finally got to swim on Sunday. Of course the water was freezing but that did not stop my enthusiastic little fish. I am really hoping this will last through at least two summers, maybe more. I am also excited for Stephen to get in and work on his physical therapy on his foot.

Well, back to the title of the post, I started to set up the pool before the game on Saturday morning, a simple task it seemed. It came with an instructional DVD but I didn't watch because I thought how hard can it be. So I rolled out the pool, not paying attention to the slope in the backyard, smoothed out the bottom as much as I could and put the water hose on full blast. Not wanting to be too brave, I cut the hose off before we left, but put it back on as soon as we got home. Then about 6,000 gallons later I realized something was wrong, it was filling up but only to one side. And then I realized it just wasn't working out. So I had to dump all the water out by myself (Stephen physically can't bend to help) and start over. This wouldn't have been such a big deal except Boston already had his swim trunks on and with Daddy's help was lathered up and ready to go! I re situated the pool after draining all the water out which took almost an hour and then started over. Luckily, our neighbors have a very nice in ground pool that we were able to hop in to make up for my blunder. Boston was blessed with my fair skin and I could only hope that the three applications of sunscreen did some good, but he still got red. He hasn't complained about it hurting, I'm sure that will come when I tell him he can't go out today until he is not red anymore.

(Step 1 on the DVD Be sure to place the pool in completely flat area. Failure to do so can end up in pool collapse.) Good to know.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Gymnastics Expo

On May 16th Boston got to show off all of his mad skills he has been learing in Gymnastics. He did really good and he even got a trophy at the end.

Boston and his Coach Michelle

Mimi and Pappy

Mommy and Daddy

Ms. Diane stopped by too!

Now the best part about this entire event was that before the show they were playing the Chicken Dance, I know you have all regretfully done it at least once at someone's wedding. Anyways, we were just being silly, just trying to keep him occupied so that he was not running and jumping on the equipment. I had no idea that they would actually play the song while the kids were performing.

Out of the Mouths of Babes

At what point do you tune out what your children our saying? Or at what point do you think maybe you should listen to their unbiased, uninfluenced opinions. The other night we were on our way to gymnastics and my wonderful child tells me I need to put a shirt on. Now, I DO have a shirt on, like I said we were on our way, but it was a tank top. Not a wife beater, not a camisole, but a classic tank from the gap. I told him, "Honey, I do have a shirt on." His reply, "but it's inappropriate." Ok what do you do with that?! Do you worry that you child has any fashion sense, do you wonder does everyone else feel this way. No, I take the mature approach. I ignore him, what does he know he is only 4. (but I did ask Stephen what he thought when we got home and he said I look fine)

Recap til Now

When I started this blog, I thought this was something that I could get to every day. But a series of events has had me a little delayed and my mid-New Years resolution is to try to get on here once a week.

Well a lot has happened since my last posting.Stephen had major back surgery in March from the head on collision in October. We know that the injuries could have been far worse believe it or not, we are grateful for the doctors and nurses that took care of him, we spent 10 days in the hospital and Stephen endured 2 surgeries with in 7 days. He has healed very quickly, but not quick enough according to him. God is Good. He is back at work. His employer has been very understanding and he is constantly making sure he does not push Stephen too far. But if any of you know Stephen he is not one to complain, he is a trooper. He does have some nerve damage in his left leg, that too is slowly coming back. We expect a full recovery. It could possibly take up to 2 years before we know if there is any permanent damage.

I just wanted to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers while we were in the hospital. Thank you so much for all the food, movies, games, and company you brought up there. Thanks to the guys from work that came up and visited Stephen when I couldn't be there, for coming by and seeing him when he got home. It was a hard time for him to be alone but, the company of Family and Friends is what heals you. We are so grateful for all of you.

Boston turned 4 May 12th! Yes I have a 4 year old. We had his birthday party last weekend and it was a blast. We scaled back drastically this year, mainly because when I scheduled the party I didn't know how much Stephen would be up for. But, when you have a big family it is never a simple gathering. He had all 7 of his cousins and his 2 second-cousins were there. They had so much fun!

Boston has become very busy this year. We enrolled him in gymnastics this January (all the men snicker here) but it has been so good for him. You can tell a huge difference in his balance and coordination. He is playing t-ball again this year, his team is the Sun Devils and they have pretty cool gear. It is still about learning the basics, but ask Boston and it is "Keep my elbow up and hit the ball" He doesn't like to play defense very much, but I think that all kiddos this age would rather just hit the ball.

Of course I have photos of all the listed above. The too will come shortly.