Lads to Leaders & Easter

This weekend was the Lads to Leaders Convention in Nashville. I have been looking forward to it since last year's convention. Our kids did a great job, as they always do! Hannah was fascinated by the waterfalls. If I wanted her to sit in her stroller, I would just ask her if she wanted to see the water. It worked a majority of the time. I didn't buy a harness for her and she did good. She only ran off twice and we caught her before she got too far. One time she made a beeline for the stage to see Granna.

The Easter bunny visited Hannah. She loved her basket. She kept saying "look daddy, look!" (That is her new favorite thing to say - "look!" If you do not look at what she wants she will repeat it louder and louder until you do.)

Thanks to all who left me comments on how get Hannah to take the medicine. She only has two more days to take it. The medicine was flavored but I think it is the thickness of it that makes her gag. I have been basically holding her down, squirting it in the side of her cheek, and then holding her nose if she will not swallow. We get it all over us but hopefully enough is going in to clear up the infection. It is not as dramatic as it was a week ago but she still hates it. When she sees the medicine dropper she starts to run away from me. We go next Monday to have the doctor re-check her ear. Hopefully it will be cleared up and we will not have to deal with the medicine anymore!

I need help...

How do I get Hannah to take her medicine? She HATES it. She spits it out, chokes,& screams! It is all very dramatic. :) HELP! Any ideas?

Sick baby...

My sweet baby is sick! No, it isn't serious or the end of the world but when your baby is sick it seems that way sometimes. She has been running a low grade fever off and on since Thursday. Since it would go down with Tylenol I assumed it was her teeth. She started coughing on Friday. So, I start thinking it is just a cold or virus. She was still running around like she felt fine. Yesterday morning she didn't have a fever all day. We went to the church building to finish up the scrapbook. She seemed fine but was very sleepy. She took a nap and when she woke up around 5:30 she had a fever again. We missed Mary's transplant party. What is a transplant party you may ask? In case you don't read the other blogs on my list, Josh's aunt Mary needs a liver transplant. So she cannot be more than 45 minutes away from home. Therefore she will miss our trip to Nashville. So Susan and Becky put together a party for her so we could stock her up on all the things she will need while recovering. I was upset we missed it. Josh was turkey hunting and he was too far away to make it back in time. (Mary I know you know we wish we could have been there. I bet your face was priceless! We love you!)

Anyway, her cough was a little worse than before but nothing alarming. Then around 2:00 am I hear the sound all mother's dread - gagging. Poor thing, she had coughed so much it made her sick. So, I run in there and get her. She is burning up with fever - 103. I want to call my mom but Josh talked me out of it. I think it is funny that at 28 years old I still want to call my mom when something isn't right! We give her more Tylenol and a good bath. She started feeling a little better and loved the fact that I was letting her drink from a real cup! We got an appointment for their after hours clinic. I gave Hannah another bath and this time she was screaming. She screamed the whole time we got ready and almost the whole way to the doctor until she finally fell asleep. I was in the back seat trying not to cry! It is hard to see her so pitiful. She has an ear infection. I am thankful it is an ear infection that can be cleared up with an antibiotic (By the way, Publix gives Amoxicillin (sp?) for free! That is another reason I love Publix! - Thanks Tina for letting me know!) So, hopefully she will be all better by Thursday!