So, things have been crazy lately, let me try that again, Crazy (this time with a capital "C".) We are flying out on Thursday to Seattle for a summer internship and we are very excited. Amongst all the craziness of packing and such I had to take poor Will to the Doc. I just was anticipating an ear infection and was quite surprised when they sent us to the hospital for a x-ray of his chest. It ends up that he has pneumonia. It's a mild form, and not as scary as it sounds, but still- yikes. They also said it could be some virus mixed with asthma- so really we don't know. Both the kids also came away with antibiotics for ear infections. We are really thankful that we found out now so we wouldn't have two kids on the airplane with untreated ear infections. All that said, please pray that the Lord will heal their bodies and give us help on the airplane. ( I actually just did a test run with Benadryl on the kids to make sure they don't have a funky reaction on the airplane and it went beautifully. I put them to bed at 6:30 and I didn't hear a peep from them, a wonderful thing).
Also, you could pray that we will find a place to live. We are leaving on Thursday and staying with Nate's parents, but for the other 2 1/2 months we don't have a place to live. We are thankful that family is there, but we would really love to have a place of our own.
On a cheery note, Nate and I are going on a cruise to Mexico with my family in 10 days! We are sooo excited. We haven't had more than one night away from the kids, so this is going to be a treat (of course we'll miss them too). The thought of sitting out on a deck, looking out at the ocean and sipping my virgin Margarita is just a dream, especially today.
And here's the best for last. We went to the doctor yesterday and had an ultra-sound. It was really great, I've never had an ultra-sound this early. It was the first time I heard the heartbeat and got to see the little one inside me. Everything looked great and as far as we can see we have a healthy little baby in there growing just like it should- we are so thankful! I'm also feeling really good. I'm not as tired and not as picky with food, my backs still a bit of a bother.
So, I might be down and out for a bit as we are in limbo. However, I'll try to pop up a thing or two every once and a while. I'll conclude with a HUGE thank you to Alyssa, who bravely took both my children today so I could clean the house and to Courtney, who helped me clean. What would we do without the body?- I just don't know. It is such an amazing blessing to not have to walk through life alone and I am so grateful.
The girls had a water fight, and Will just stood observing from the side with the watering can over his...
My parents came over to dinner at Nate's. Lucy, Will, Emma and Madeline put on quite the production. Yes, there was piano, recorder and a little singing from Will. We even had to pay to get in.
This is one of my favorite sculptures at the gardens. It is a family that is floating and spinning out of delight. It always makes me happy when I look at it. Below is some Chihuly art.
Yesterday was one of those sleep deprived days for the whole gang, so we decided to go to the zoo. You can question my logic in coming to this conclusion...I still am. It was quite a chaotic day, but I had my friend Alyssa to do it with me. It's great to be on an outing with a mom who's not pregnant. She was brave enough to let Lucy push the stroller down the hills and did several full on sprints to keep there from being a major stroller accident. I kept thinking, "how does she have so much energy?"
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