Here are my two favorite people in the world. Does she look like her daddy? :)
Or does she look like me?
Sitting up like a big girl. She is getting good at sitting up if she can be still long enough to balance. She never sits still for longer than two seconds!
Yesterday Hannah decided she did not want to take a nap. She fought sleep all day long. I was trying to get the house clean and did not want to stop to make her go down for a nap. Around 4:00 I went to get ready for Addi's ballgame. I put her in her walker so I could take a shower. When I got out of the shower she was being really quiet. So I peeked in the living room and this is how I found her....
I took the picture and then put her in her bed for a nice nap. (Sorry the last picture is going the wrong way. I forgot to change it before I put in on here and it will take to long to do again.)
This past week was a good week - nothing too exciting has been going on. Josh got the dishwasher put in and it is working great. It is so nice not to see dishes piled in the sink!
Friday night we went to eat at Chili's with Jared, Emily, & Casey. It was fun. Saturday we went to work on the group scrapbook. We started around 11 and I got home at 7:45. I fed Hannah, put on her pj's and put her to bed. She slept all night long. She was so worn out! After I put Hannah to bed I sat on the couch and watched Coyote Ugly. Today, of course was church. Josh & I ate lunch at Golden Wok. After church tonight we went to KFC to eat with Kim, Addi, Susan, David, Emily, Jared, Marty, & Susan. Josh & I ate and ran. Now we are home, Josh & Hannah are in bed and I am getting ready to go to sleep myself. Just thought I would hop on here and let you know how our weekend went.
Like I said nothing too exciting going on. We are just getting ready for the Lads to Leaders Convention which is coming up VERY soon (see my countdown!). I always look forward to going every year. I have been going since I was 8. I did miss a few years when I was in college, but I love it! This will be Hannah's first year and I cannot wait to see her face when she sees all of the waterfalls. She has had a fascination with running water lately. When I run her bathwater, her eyes get big and she stares at the water. If I try to move away from it, she will about break her neck trying to see it. It is another cute thing that she is doing right now!
The doctor finally called me this afternoon and let us know that everything is fine with Hannah. He said if she ever starts having leg weakness that they would check it again. So we are relieved!! I doubt she will ever have weakness in her legs. She exercises them enough! Thank you for your prayers!
Now is my time to get on my soap box! I hate Walmart. If they were not so cheap I would never go there again. I have had many bad experiences there, especially the one in Adamsville. Today I went (after giving up on the doctor to call me. I figured they could leave a message) and I had a huge grocery bill. I hadn't been to the store in about a month, so we were out of EVERYTHING. I get through the check out line and the debit card machine was not working right. So I told the cashier that I could pay with a check. A few months ago I tried to write a check and it was rejected because there was an error. Somehow my drivers license # ended up on a bad check - a teller's mistake. Anyway, I thought it had been taken care of, but apparently it has not. It rejected my check. So, I told the cashier that she would have to get the debit card to work because I was not leaving the groceries. (I had to do that the last time and I was not going to do that again!) I had been to the bank right before I came in there and I knew there was money in the account. Anyway, she got the debit card to work. Now I need to call Walmart to find out what is going on. I will do that tomorrow.
Then as I am leaving the man at the door stops me to see my receipt because I have toilet paper and paper towels not in a bag. I will let you know that this is a pet peeve of mine. I know people steal, but seriously do you have to check my receipt! I have stood in line and spent a lot of money to be treated like a criminal! It is frustrating and I was in a bad mood after not hearing from the doctor this morning and then the check episode. So, I looked at the man and say "If I had stolen this don't you think the alarm would have gone off?" He said, "Not necessarily." Would someone please tell me why they have them? He said "we aren't checking you but we are checking to make sure the cashier didn't miss anything." He gave me my receipt and I went on my way. However, I really wanted to ask him if the items weren't on my receipt would he have called security since it would be a cashier's mistake. It just rubbed me the wrong way. I have seen people walk out with stuff you could tell they had stolen and no one bothered to stop them. I know it is sad that they have so much crime that they have to treat everyone like a criminal, but I am a paying customer. Anyway, I will get off my soap box. I am in a better mood now! :0)
I will admit that I was dreading today. Hannah had specific instructions of what she could eat and how long before the MRI. She could not have formula or baby food after 4 am and only juice from 4-7. Then nothing after 7 this morning. I was dreading it because she really likes her breakfast. I set my alarm to wake up at 3 am to feed her one more time to fill that little belly as full as I could. I woke her up and she ate almost a whole jar of applesauce. She was so pleasant. How many babies are grinning at you when you wake them up in the middle of the night? She took her bottle and went back to sleep and then we were up again at 6:00 to drink as much juice as I could squeeze in her little body. She rolled around in my bed and drifted back to sleep long enough for me to get a shower. Then I put her in her walker, finished get ready, and gave her a bath. I figured a bath would occupy for a while. She likes to splash her legs around in the water.
Anyway, we had to be at Children's Hospital at 10:00. They were great and did not make us wait long. She got fussy in the car and I was thinking - Oh great, here we go? Now is my time to brag. I try not to brag about Hannah too much, but she is so sweet. Once we got out of the car, she did not fuss or scream. She was sitting, taking everything in, smiling and flirting with everyone who walked into the room. She had not eaten in 4 hours and she was the happiest baby. They only had to give her the smallest dose to get her to sleep. She fell right to sleep. They hooked her up to a monitor to check her oxygen level. She was sleeping with her head back a little and got strangled. She started coughing and gagging. I looked at the oxygen level and it went down from 100 to 90. I was so scared! Mom got up and opened the door to find the nurse. However, as soon as she quit coughing it shot back up to 100. I was a little shaken - literally shaking! After that everything was fine. She woke up and took a little bit of juice. She woke up around 1:30 and was ready to play. She drank a lot of milk and is now sleeping. I am so glad that the sedation part is over and I know that she is okay. Now I am just waiting on the results. I switched doctors and I have a feeling they are not as good as Dr. Edward's nurse, Melissa. She would have already told me the results. Oh well, I guess Melissa spoiled us. I should know in the morning - No, I will know in the morning. So I will post her results as soon as I hear from the doctor.
Wow, I have typed a lot! One more thing I failed to mention in my previous post - CONGRATS to Brian and Tina Maddox! They are expecting a baby at the end of July/first of August. I am excited that Hannah, Addi, Levi, and baby Kelsey will have another friend to play with at church!
One more item - please pray for my sister-in-law Jan's dad. He has Parkinson's disease and he is not doing good. Kyle & Jan drove to Kentucky last night. So please say a prayer for him today!
Based on the comments, I guess people didn't know that Hannah was having an MRI. Sorry I didn't explain in my last post. She is having a MRI because she was born with a sacral dimple at the end of her spine. She had an ultrasound at 3 months but it came back a little suspicious. So the doctor wants her to have an MRI to make sure that the end of her spine closes. It is common to have a sacral dimple but they just want to make sure that her spine is okay. It is obvious that she is not having any growth problems from it, but it can cause other problems. We are getting it checked out to make sure. Hopefully we will know something tomorrow! Keep her in your prayers!
So much has happened since I last posted. Our gospel meeting started and went great. The only problem is the stomach virus that has been spreading around church. Even the visiting preacher got it and couldn't preach one night of the meeting. Hannah got sick on Wednesday, but seemed to bounce right back. I am not sure if she had the virus or not. Saturday I spent the day in bed sick with a "mini" version of the virus. I am thankful that I didn't have the full blown version of it! Pam & I Lysoled (if that is a word) every pew yesterday at church. We are hoping we have seen the end of it!!!
Thursday we had the tornado warnings and spent most of the afternoon and night at the church building. I will admit I was nervous. Emily took our picture while we were watching the local Fox 6 News. Susan emailed it to the website and they showed our picture on the news. We missed it because we were driving home from the church building. We did not have any damage, but the people in Enterprise, AL were not so lucky. We should remember them in our prayers and try to help any way that we can. I can't imagine what they are going through. I heard on the news this morning that more people attended church services yesterday. Interesting!
Friday I took Hannah to CRC to see all the people I worked with before she came along. We stayed there all day. It was so good to see everyone. Of course, Hannah put on a show - laughing and grinning at everyone.
Tomorrow Hannah has to have her MRI. I am dreading it a little bit. I am nervous about her being sedated more than anything. Please keep her in your prayers tonight and tomorrow. I will let you know what the doctor says as soon as I know!
