Auntie And The Kids Leave

Our morning started at about 2 am when Hannah started screaming "Akariah" she just loves her cousin Zekariah. We are not sure if she was dreaming about him and then woke up to call him or what she was thinking about. We got her settled back down and 7 am seemed like it came fast. My sister and her family left early this morning for their flight back to South Carolina. It was sad saying good-bye as Hannah did not understand why she was not going with Auntie and the kids since for the past month that is what she always did.

We were able to distract her, as we left soon after them to go to get an ultrasound to check on the baby. It was the first time Hannah seemed to be interested in looking at the screen watching the baby. Of course Charlie being excited that we are having a boy had to ask the technician if it still was a boy! And yes he still was a boy!

When we got home Hannah seemed to wander around the house looking for the kids and calling Akariah. We miss them all already and I am sad that we are not closer to family as this was Hannah's first experience being around kids everyday.

I thought this picture was so cute! My sister was packing last night and Hannah climbed in the suitcase ready to go with her.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we all went to the pumpkin patch. Hannah and my sister's kids had so much fun. The pumpkin patch was filled with so many different things; a petting farm, kids play area, wagon ride, Washington's largest corn maze, and a field full of pumpkins. We all had a good time, although it did take us all a while to get out of the corn maze. After spending the day there we all went to Red Robin for dinner. By the time we got home Hannah was fast a sleep. It was good to spend time with them before they leave tomorrow.

Hannah and Dad in the corn pit.

Hannah watching and telling everyone what sound a goat makes.

The Martin Family in the corn maze.

Sleeping after a long busy day!!!

A Visit From The Smith Family

My sister has been here visiting and helping out. It is great to have her here and her three kids. My nephew Caleb is 4 and my niece Alexia Karis is 3 and my youngest nephew Zekariah is 1. Hannah is having so much fun being around them. Especially that her and Zekariah are only 9 weeks apart. They have been going to the park and taking a lot of walks. There is a trail by the house which all the kids love picking blackberries. It is fun to see them come home with blackberry stained hands and faces. We bought them some bouncy balls which they love to play with in this gated basketball court. We don't see them often because they live on the other side of the country so it is nice to be able to see all of them and all the kids interacting together. My sister and I have always been really close so it is nice to have my sister and a good friend to talk to and be around.

Rebecca has been a big help while I'm getting rest with this pregnancy. She has taken on watching all four kids and cooking meals as well as helping do the cleaning and laundry. You should see her with all the kids, she does so well with all of them and I admire how much she can do. She is here for a little while longer and then Travis my brother in law will fly out here to help her fly home. We will all miss them when they leave and Hannah will miss all the interaction she has been getting with them.

Back To The Dr. Again

Yesterday was a crazy day of everyone being sick. Hannah has only gotten worse. We took her back to the Dr. and her ears were still infected. Her bronchitis was worse and they put her on an inhaler. We have to watch her breathing and temperature to make sure they don't get worse. The Dr. said we might have to go back in a few days to get her on steroids for her bronchitis. With everything else I ended up with an ear infection in both ears too. We were so busy with going to the Dr. and picking up medication that cooking was just not an option. Thankfully Charlie's parents ordered us a hot dinner meal from Honey Baked Ham with warm apple pie. We appreciated the meal as it has been hard to even think about cooking with trying to get us all better.

"Balloo" "Balloo"

Charlie has been sick for a while coughing and congested we finally took him to urgent care this morning because he did not sleep all night. Our family Dr. closed down because they are building a condo where the office was, so we knew he would not be able to get into a new Dr. right away. The Dr. prescribed him some medicine and some antibiotics. Thankfully we were the only ones in the urgent care so we were in and out pretty fast. Afterwards we dropped off the prescription at Walgreens. While we were waiting we walked down the street to the Issaquah salmon festival. Hannah and daddy had so much fun trying the different foods. While we were walking around different kids had these big balloons. Hannah repeatedly said "balloo" "balloo". Charlie saw the person selling them about two blocks away. Being the great dad he is, he ran as fast as he could to go get her one. The things a daddy will do for his daughter. When she saw him with the big balloon she could not stop screaming, she was so excited.

Asleep At Last

For the past couple of days Hannah seemed to have gotten worse. The antibiotics we were giving her were all in the penicillin family and were making her very sick. Tonight she had her fourth try of a different antibiotic which was not penicillin. The Dr. thinks Hannah is allergic to penicillin so we are hoping that she will feel better soon with a new antibiotic. Since she is very congested she does not sleep very well in her crib so daddy's shoulder seemed like the right place to finally dose off to sleep.

My Poor Baby!

My poor baby girl was up all night crying. We had to take her to the drs. yesterday because she has been sick for the last couple of weeks. Hannah has two bad ear infections and an eye infection in both eyes and has bronchiolitis. She has never been that sick before and as a parent it is hard to watch her be in so much pain. I wish I could take all her pain away and make her better. We are hoping that she starts to feel better soon and gets more rest.