Poor little girl, Adalai!

Thanksgiving was great yesterday, except for the baby being really sick! We got kind of worried about her when she wouldn't really move around at all. I called nurse online from my Mom's house because she had yet another fever, so, since the fever wasn't leaving, I figured there was something up. The nurse on the phone said that the lethargy is something to be concerned about, so she sent us to Urgent Care in Mukwonago. I felt really bad getting there 5 minutes before they close on a holiday, but truthfully, it was great because there were no other patients, and it was literally the fastest I have ever spent at a doctor/ER since there were chest x-rays and everything! Anyhow, Daddy had to step up and do the job of staying in the room when they did her chest x-ray because I had to do it with Wyatt and it utterly freaked me out. Anyhow, they saw what could be pnemonia on her x-ray and an ear infection. Oh dear. So they gave her a shot of antibiotics that is supposedly help for all of the infection she is fighting off right now. 20 minutes later I had my normal little girl back! It was amazing! That medicine helped us to enjoy the rest of our holiday and she was able to be comfortable. It was such a blessing. Now we need to take her to her pediatrician today to see what else we need to do to help her since the "miracle" shot was only effective for 24 hours! So anyhow, I am praising God for the medicine and the wonderful holiday we had. We spent time with my family, eating lots! And watched a movie together (well Kir and I actually played "Yatzee" and "Friends Scene It"! --so much fun!)... and then we went and saw Bens moms side of the family! It was a wonderful holiday dispite the sick babe... It is really great that she is feeling so much better. She slept for a good solid few hours straight last night, so that was much a blessing to me!
Hope your holiday was grand!
Peace

Getting well--soon I hope!

We are still sick (the kids and I), with sniffles and sneezes and coughs... it stinks. Nevertheless, we are going to Grams today to do laundry since I just can't stay on top of it all. With all of us being sick I have been changing sheets on beds constantly and we have ended up with mounds of laundry to wash, so yippppeee another day of doing my favorite thing! ;) Just kidding it certainly isn't bad when we are at Grams that is for sure. We actually went to the laundry mat with my sister the other day too, and Wyatt really enjoyed helping me load the laundry into the dryer... Anyhow that is basically the agenda for today, and then tomorrow we have off to stay home, but then Thursday is Thanksgiving! Wahoooo I am really excited to see my family and spend time together. Mom bought Apples to Apples game to play as a family. I LOVE that game. We used to play that at the journey all the time! Well I should go now to get the kids ready. Just wanted to check in~

American Gangster--A Must NOT see.....

Hunting weekend is almost over and I am really excited! The kids and I had a good couple of days. Spent time with Little Grams, which was nice, went shopping and then I took her to see a movie w/o the kids yesterday which was nice. I am sick though. Oh probably the worst touch of a cold that I have had for a long time. It stinks! Sore throat, aches and pains, sooooo tired but can't sleep well because I am uncomfortable, ugh... Wyatt has a pretty icky cough now too, hope it doesn't turn into the croupy cough... I am going to the store today also to try and pick out a formula that the baby will actually drink. She decided the other day that she doesn't like her every-once-in-awhile soy formula drink that she used to take, so here we go again with the buy-em-and-try-em-til-she-likes-em stage, not my favorite! Only real reason that I am giving her formula is because she is just NOT staying full at night, so we pretty much get up every two hours, which is hard on me! I don't do well w/ no sleep! So, anyhow, that is basically the story w/ the baby, she is getting well again after her croup/cold. So, that is good, there will be one healthy one! (not sure if Ben got a cold at all from all this mess, but we'll see this afternoon!).
Took Grams to see American Gangster yesterday because I think that Denzel Washington is amazing, but my review of the movie is not good... The plot of it and stuff was good, and toward the end, the violence wasn't so horrific and then you could actually focus on the storyline. The setting up of the characters at the beginning was the hard part. I mean the whole story was about drugs, so for that reason it was really graffic w/ showing how the "drug world" works... OH DEAR... and then there were plenty of other things that made me want to leave the movie (so pretty much made it uncomfortable to see it w/ my 85 year old Grams!) So, I wouldn't recommend it at all...
Other then that, nothing much else is going on. We are just hanging out w/ my sis and going to the laundry mat later, so that should be fun! It is the best way to do about 10 loads of laundry--w/ company! :)
Anyhow, hope you had a good weekend

My Croupy Girl

Adalai has croup, which really stinks. She is such a trouper though, seriously takes it better then I probably would. She is quite a bit better today, but had a horrible sounding cough last night. We took her to the doctor and she had to have an anti-inflamatory shot, which seriously improved everything (cough and breathing), so she is doing a lot better, thanks so much for your prayers for her! Doesn't look like Wy has any symptoms, and neither Ben nor myself have gotten any sore throat/cough from it! Praise God! We stayed in today, but probably are safe to do our normal stuff tomorrow since her seal bark cough is gone, and she is just a bit congested now... So, hopefully we can attend potluck. The doctor told me that it is only as contagous as a cold, and that the risk of someone getting it goes way down by the day, so I guess it doesn't seem there is much to worry about then...
I am kind of bored being at home... we have been home a lot this week and I tend to get stir crazy, so Wyatt and I just baked a batch of cookies, and I am making potato soup. Great thing to do while I sit around is eat right??? ;) Oh dear. I guess I have to make a date with the tredmill tonight!
Well thought I would post really quick. Have a good day!

Christmas Cookies??? Seriously? Oh dear....

Today is kiddo day for me... I got asked to watch Sophie a bit extra this week. So, we are home today and going to play outside as much as possible! It is surprising to have it be like almost 60 outside, so wahooo! It is funny how wierd the time change has made things though really. We used to have naptime from 1.30pm until about 3.30pm ish, and then go outside for like an hour before our other routine stuff in the evening, but now by the time Wy gets up and has snack, it is like dark out! So, the evenings tend to go slower lately for us. Anyhow, everything else is going Ok. Working still on cleaning and making space for the Christmas stuff that I hope to be bringing up soon. I don't like to decorate too early, but I want to acually decorate this year. My parents gave us a large faker Christmas tree last year, and they have given us plenty of ornaments from my childhood and stuff, so we should have pretty decorations this year! Not that it really matters to the kids, but I think it will be fun to have Wy participate in the whole thing! I couldn't believe that yesterday was the big Christmas cookie baking day for my Mom and Grams. Well I guess I should go, time to lay Ada down for a nap and take the toddlers outside for fun bike riding and such.
Have a blessed day!
Peace

Pictures of the kids and other news...

I considered quitting the blog thing, just because I am not really sure if it is even being read, but got encouraged by a friend (thanks, K!) to not give it up... I guess it is kind of theraputic in a way to blog and tell people my story... Sometimes it is boring, but knowing that I can look back on what I wrote and see my story, even if I am the only one reading it, will be fun nonetheless!

I got new photos of the kids. My friend Andy is a photographer and does wonderfully, so he was kind enough to give me some of the pics... I love them really!

We had a sad thing happen in our family yesterday. My sisters cat died. Krinkles was like 15 years old, so please pray for my family. It is a big loss in our family...

Also, as some of you know, the Journey, our church has taken a "hibernation period" Because our pastor resigned... It has been an extremely hard transition for us. Our denomination has this standing rule I guess that says that if a pastor resigns, that he has to seperate himself (and his family) from the church... So needless to say, our best friends aren't allowed to talk to us. I guess it has turned into their choice as well in respect of the rule, as well as a chance to kind of sort out what they plan to do with their future. They moved here to start the journey from Pennsylvania. So, anyhow they may need to move back to find new work there. I am not sure of their situation because I don't know if they even are, but if they were we aren't allowed to speak to them for the seperation time of about 6 months I guess... I love them though and their little boy turns 1 year old next month, so that is another sad thing. We have gone back to visiting New Vision every Sunday which is kind of nice since my in laws lead worship there, it gives us a chance to see them because we don't really see them much otherwise... And the preaching is wonderful there as well. I really like it. It is really a lot different from what I got used to with the Journey though. Michael did interactive preaching which really got people involved and thinking... And the fact that the journeys services were only one hour where NV's are quite abit longer. I was concerned upon going back that we would have to face a lot of questions about the stuff w/ the journey, but luckily our home church is so accepting that they just kind of love to have us back and don't really ask too many questions about it... (don't get me wrong, I don't mind answering questions about the situation or anything, just didn't want to be bombarded).

Other then that, it is wierd that it is getting to that time of year again. It is freezing out all of a sudden which typically wouldn't be such a bad thing, but the kiddo's get antsy being in all the time... so I guess I will have to get good w/ layering and having them go outside anyhow, funny thing is that they look like that kid from the Christmas story who can't put their arms down because they get so padded up with their winter stuff on. So I am not really ready for the holidays, but I can't say that I ever am actually! I am excited to play with the kids in the snow though, last year Wy was too little to really enjoy it... he did a couple times, but this year should be great!

We got our helicopter sounding car fixed today, cost a pretty penny, but luckily my sweet husband didn't have to worry about doing it on his little bit of free time that he has... They fixed it in the morning and it was done. That was really nice. So, we are in better shape from that now.

Hunting season for Ben starts next weekend. I am going to see my friend Michelle, and have some girl time w/ my sis and stuff, so that is really great!

Anyhow, that is all for now... Just wanted to give the updates and say that I would hopefully be blogging a bit more in the future...

Peace ya'll

Book review: "Eat, Pray, Love"

I finally finished my book... I just ready "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elisabeth Gilbert I got it because Oprah plugged in on her show, and it was flying off the bookshelves, so I thought... hmmmm sure why not? I checked out the library, and it was checked out of course, so I decided to buy it (I get much use out of the library and never actually have to buy books, so what the hay?) and it was good. An easy read. It was interesting because of all of the places that she travels throughout the world, so you get to kind of understand Italian culture, and Balinese culture and whatnot, also she goes to India to learn meditation... kind of interesting. It was wierd how she kind of found bits and pieces of religions that she kind of put together, it didn't make much sence to me, as far as applying it to myself, but it was different, and something I enjoyed... So, I have it for now if you want to loan it out, otherwise planning to loan it to my sister and sister-in-law...
In other news: We are going to a wedding tonight! It isn't like Michelle's wedding where we get to have the kids to go my parents for the night and make a total date out of it, but it is going to be a lot of fun! It will be cool to spend some time with my inlaws and other friends that are going to the wedding. Had Sophie for the last couple days, she was sick, but still a pretty good champ. The kids are all learning to share a little better (I actually have to say that Adalai is part of "the kids" in this one because that little lady DOES NOT share well at all!!)... It is getting cool and has been threatening rain all day, so they had to stay in, but were really good anyhow. So, that is basically all for now, just thought I would kind of let you in a little bit on the book and let you know my personal feelings on it...
It would probably rate a 2 1/2 star (out of 5) on my list...
Peace Out