Life with Hannah & Isaac

Friday, September 18, 2009

God's BIG story!!

Please take the time to check out God's Big Story at Run the Earth, Watch the Sky! This gives a picture of what the Bible is all about, from beginning to end...great job Kristi! Print off the free PDF and share with your friends too!

This weeks update

We sure have had quite the week. Hannah's fever has been up and down all week. The doctors think that the fever she had after she left the hospital was a virus.

Monday: We went to see Dr. Bullach for our 18 month check up AND for our hospital follow up. Hannah weighed in at 20lbs..but I don't think that they checked her height....bummer, I guess I'll have to do that. We had a few other more pressing matters on our minds :) Of course at the doctors office, no fever and was doing just fine.

Tuesday: In the morning she was still doing fine. We enjoyed the first day of mops!
After nap, Hannah woke up with a fever of 102.5 and it stayed right around there all through the night.

Wednesday: Back to the doctor! This time, it was an ear infection. No church Wed. evening, we stayed home and watched movies and read books on the couch.

Thursday: No fever in the morning, but yes you guessed it...fever came back after nap. Before bedtime it was 103.7. We gave her motrin and a cool bath...I think I'll be waking up in a few hours to give her some more. It was a pretty miserable day today. We were pretty bummed to have to cancel our 18 month pictures with Trenda , but we are hoping for another beautiful day next week to reschedule.

Please pray for Hannahs quick recovery from this ear infection. Tomorrow is our ladies retreat at church. I sure hope that she's feeling better, it will be hard to leave her if she's still got this fever. Thanks to everyone for your love, concern and prayers!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Enjoying the rest of the weekend

On Saturday evening we watched OSU...Hannah was starting to feel a little better. As you can see from the video...she still not herself...but was pretty cute saying "OH-IO" and "Go Bucks!"

watching the Buckeyes

As always, she loved playing with her Uncle Jeremy!

Hannah & Nana

swinging on the big girl swing and Nana and Pops!

sweet baby girl

Adam & Beth's Little Baby Cakes is on the Way

Even in the midst of all going on with Hannah, I was able to get away, and we had a great time celebrating with my sister. I'm so thankful for all the help that my mom was with the shower. She arranged for us to have the shower at the Richfield Art Studio, which was the perfect place and did lots of other things too! Her and Dad also left the hospital early and went to the art studio to do all the decorating.

Beth and Adam are expecting their first baby, due on October 30th (the day after my birthday-I'm hoping the baby will take after Hannah and come a day early :)). Beth's pregnancy has gone very well...she even survived moving to a new home! Beth and Adam aren't finding out if it's a boy or a girl...and are so excited for the surprise to come on delivery day!

The theme for the shower was: "Beth & Adams Little Baby Cakes in on the Way". The theme was based on the book "BabyCakes". We don't even have this book, but it's one of those library books that we check out over and over again...Hannah loves it! I knew that it would be a good pick for baby Riss. The theme worked out well for a gender neutral shower. I enjoyed using primary colors, which is a little different from the normal pastels.

the invitation

signing the prediction chart. We had everyone guess the baby's birth date, sex, and weight...more votes for a baby girl....can't wait to see!!

signing "BabyCakes" for baby Riss

the cake

lots of gifts! She got great stuff! I really enjoyed helping her put it all away in the nursery on Saturday afternoon.

my dear husband helped a lot with this one :)

Mom and her girls (& grand baby too)

my gift to Beth...she picked this out at the Vera outlet sale

such a cute bedroom set!

friends! It was so great to get to see Beth's friends, and even meet some of them for the first time. She is so blessed!

She is blessed with great in-laws too. This is Beth with Adams Grandma and Mom...both so excited for their first great-grandbaby and grandbaby. :)

Beth & Bonnie

There is no better friend than a sister..I love you Beth!!

I can't wait to be an aunt!!

God takes care of me

Last weekend, I headed to Ohio with Mommy to visit family and so that Mommy & Nana could throw a baby shower for Aunt Beth. I loved getting to see Pop, Nana, & Uncle J. On Friday morning, I was playing in the kitchen with Mommy and Pop. In the midst of my play, I got distracted...I found some lamp oil, and it changed the course of our weekend just a little. Before Mommy could get to me, I drank some of the oil (thankfully it wasn't very much...maybe less than a half an ounce). Nana called poison control and they said that I would be fine as long as I didn't throw up...and they told Nana to give me lots of fluids. After lots of coughing and crying, Mommy decided that we better go see the dr. at the emergency room. (Pop drove our red car pretty fast!) At the ER the dr. listened to my lungs, and got me hooked up to the monitor to watch my oxygen levels. The big concern was that I didn't get any oil in my lungs. They didn't want me to throw up, because that causes the oil to go down into the lungs. They took an x-ray too. Pop went in with me and held my hands up while the took a picture of my lungs. I didn't like this part very much, but did a good job for the doctor. After what seemed like a long wait for Mommy, the xray came back negative. The dr. said that he thought one of my lungs looked a little hazy though. After the doctor explained everything, he asked mommy if she had any questions. She asked a few medical questions, but then asked if she should have Daddy come down from Michigan (he had stayed home for the weekend). The doctor said that if it was his little girl, he would come. Daddy came to see me, and I'm so glad that he did!

Mommy and I left the ER in an ambulance...both of our first times riding in one (and hopefully the last!). We went to Akron Childrens Hospital, and Pop & Nana followed in our red car. By the time we got there, I was doing much better. We saw some doctors, and just sat and watched tv. I took another nap, then woke up and had a small snack. Shortly after that...Daddy arrived! I stayed the night there so that they could watch my oxygen levels. I was uncomfortable at times...the IV in my hand was pretty annoying!

Well...like I mentioned earlier..the reason for our trip was to celebrate my new cousins soon arrival. The baby shower was suppose to be Friday night...what was Mommy going to do?! By the evening, Daddy had arrived and I was doing better. The doctors and nurses said that it should be fine for her to leave for a few hours. So hesitantly she left, and was glad that I was sleeping. Uncle Tim came to the hospital to hang out with Daddy and I...so that was nice! When I woke up, I was uncomfortable again. Uncle Tim bought me a teddy bear which made me feel MUCH better! Every time the nurses came and squeezed my leg (took my blood pressure) I squeezed my bear. Mommy and Daddy both stayed with me in the hospital that night. None of us slept very well...but that's okay. We were glad when the dr. told us everything looked good and that we could go home in the morning!

Saturday afternoon I took a long nap at Aunt Beth's house. When I woke up form my nap, I had a fever. Mom & Aunt Beth gave me Tylenol and a bath...that helped a lot.

I know that God was watching over me that day. Many prayers were lifted up for me (thank you to those of you who prayed!). I could have drank a lot more of that oil than I did, and I could have thrown up, and I didn't. We thank God that he watched over me and give Him all the glory!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A Day at the State Fair

We aren't too sure why the Michigan State fair is in Detroit, but we do enjoy taking advantage of it every few years. This was the first year (and probably the last as they are doing away with the MI state fair) that we too Hannah. As always, she LOVED seeing the animals and watching the people. What a fun day!