Aug 23

Last night, while laying in bed w/ Andrew, he started coming up with all sorts of things that he could build or create to leave on Kelly's grave.  He talked about making a house out of popsicle sticks, pictures, etc.  When we were last there, we got the little temporary metal stake that the funeral home put on the grave until her headstone was placed.  It has her name on it, birth/death dates and the funeral home name.  Whenever they place the headstone, the family usually removes the little temporary marker.  We brought it home with us & plan to create a little memorial garden of sorts with it.  We're going to make a circle of stones or bricks or something & fill it with flowers w/ the marker in the middle.  We'll probably wait til the spring arrives to do it.  It'll be nice to see flowers bloom in Kelly's memory and to have a little place that the kids can go sit & think about their mom & remember her in our own yard.  We won't quit going to the cemetary, but will have a 2nd place for them.

On a funny note---Kourtney is always saying something that makes us giggle.  Bless her heart, she really is blonde deep down.  :)  On Monday, when I was walking the kids into the school, we had to walk up a kind of rocky red clay hill.  Sarah looked down at the dirt & said "Mommy, why is there sand a different color than ours?".  Kourtney said "Well duh...it's golden sand." as if she was the authority on all types of soil!  LOL!  It cracked me up!

The past month or so has been so nice.  Watching Andrew & Savannah finally reach a place where they are friendly to each other is so sweet.  I love walking into the living room & seeing them share Larry's recliner to watch TV.  Not in a cuddling sort of way, but just sitting next to each other & talking about what they're watching on TV is soo nice!  Savannah has a few computer games that Andrew has begun to really love & it's sweet to hear her instructing him on how to do this or that on those.  After several months of watching them go head to head on a daily basis (since they're both soooo firstborn!!!), it's such a treat to see them getting along soooo well, like friends!  I'm sure this won't be the end of all fights & arguments, but to see them cooperating, helping each other, talking about kid stuff, playing games together...........awwww....it's awesome!