Sunday, July 18, 2010
Reminders
Just a reminder, or info if you're new here...
I am currently doing three fundraisers to help with costs of bringing home an orphan from Hong Kong.
You can check out my other blog Blogs With Purpose (button on the left) to get a great blog redesign and not only help my fundraising, but another family's as well!!!
I still have quite a few necklaces I've made for sale (link at the top of page under the header) and will be adding more after our Florida trip.
And, if you go to Just Love Coffee (button on the left side) and make a purchase, a great portion will go toward our adoption as well!!!
Thanks to those of you who have so far donated, purchased, and supported through prayer!!! I'm hard at work on application number 2 for our adoption agency and hope to send it within the week!!! :)
Camera Needed
One of those times where your child cries for help, but instead you simply MUST grab a camera first!!!
Only Braeden could manage to get his head stuck in a chair!!!
Friday, July 16, 2010
New Hair!
A friend recommended a new 'do to try for summer! Olivia LOVES it! And mom loves how easy (and inexpensive it was to do!) The fact that it will last 3-4 weeks certainly doesn't hurt either! LOL See the big cheesy smile...
But oh how old she looks!
It was hilarious though. Someone came over to do her hair into cornrows first and then showed me how to "latch hook" the hair into the rows. Olivia touched it and said, "That doesn't feel like real hair?" We told her no, it wasn't. She said, "I'm going to be wearing FAKE hair?!" It was so funny!!!
She really loves it though! I think it's fun for her to have hair that "flows" and moves when she does. Much different than her little afro!
In other news... Olivia is feeling better every day. Her stomach area was pretty sore today and I talked to her about the very reason that mom kept asking her yesterday to slow down, take it easy, not bend over so much, etc. She feels great in the rest of her body finally and wants to get up and go as usual. I keep reminding her that her stomach still needs a lot of healing to be back to "normal." Guess she learned that in a very real way today! And so funny... we went to her local pediatrician today for a follow up and when I told him that she was in a little more pain today he said, "A little too much activity yesterday huh?" :) It was hilarious! She and I just looked at each other and grinned! So now she at least heard it from two people and not JUST mom! LOL
Olivia is still getting oral antibiotics every eight hours (Yep, EVERY eight hours) and is getting her wound unpacked, cleaned, repacked and bandaged twice a day. She takes Tylenol with codeine about half an hour before getting it done as it HURTS. Poor thing. Monday we go to her doctors in Chicago for them to check her over as well. I'm waiting until then to ask more about swimming in Florida (we are now hoping to leave on Tuesday - supposed to have left two days ago originally), and especially about riding rides at Disney, etc. I think she's more concerned about the rides at this point than the swimming! :) Hoping it's healed even more by Monday and they'll have a good guess at what to look for to let us know when each will be ok to try.
What a trooper!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Weekend Fun
Well, prior to Olivia ending up at the hospital, we had a really great time visiting our friends and hanging out! :)
We went to a local park where some kids put on two plays... a few of these kids were simply amazing young actors!
Had some fun in the yard...
Hit the local zoo...
Ate at our very favorite ice cream place!
Davids discovered a love for HUGE hot dogs from Sam's... he downed two of these monsters!
Davids discovered a love for HUGE hot dogs from Sam's... he downed two of these monsters!
Hung out at a park that was just amazing...
Went to a live production of Grease, which my kids have never even heard of before... (now they sing the songs constantly!)
Took Olivia and Davids for an awesome time in the sky in the young pilot's program...
Made some great crafts...
Went to our first live baseball game as a family...
And of course then ended up at the hospital... but so thankful for how that all turned out!!! :)
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