Wound up like an 8 day clock!

So, here's the scoop on the last two weeks of our lives...

The weekend of the 21st we took a little mini-vacation to Branson. We stayed at a friend's condo and really had a great time. It was nice to just leave all of our responsibilities behind and to abandon the everyday grind for awhile.
We went to Celebration City and Predator World. Celebration City was a lot of fun. I rode several roller coasters with the boys while Brian observed from the ground with Emalee. I love roller coasters! Brian would rather not have anything to do with them! Predator World was just O.K. It just wasn't what we were all hoping it would be. It was like a regular zoo except they have a few sharks and sting rays. It was way too expensive for what it was.
We played mini-golf and swam a lot too! I think the boys enjoyed swimming the most! Even Emalee swam. She loves playing in the water!

We got back from our vacation last Sunday and the following Monday morning David went to Baptist Hill for Boy's camp. He was gone Monday-Friday afternoon. He had a great week and can't wait to go back next year.

While we were in Branson Jacob had a lot of asthma problems. He's struggled with his asthma for several days now so we decided we'd better get him checked out. David's allergies are yucky too, so we took both of them to the Dr. this past weekend. Jacob was very close to having pneumonia and David has some major sinus allergies. So, Jacob was put on prednisone and flonase along with an increase in his albuterol and flovent. He also has an antibiotic. David just has to take some flonase.

For those of you that have had experience with albuterol....pray for us!!! Jacob is wound up like an 8 day clock! He's sooooo hyper!!!! He's taking 2-4 puffs every 4 hours!!! On top of that the prednisone is making him CRANKY!!! Tomorrow he gets to go to every 6 hours and maybe he'll start calming down by then.

I think Emalee is starting to get a cold too. She's just finishing up her antibiotic for an ear infection, but last night started a runny nose and sneezing and just hasn't been herself today.

WARNING: Major venting just ahead....
Did I mention that the VCR downstairs went out? We've had it since we were married so it's about time....BUT...the DVD/VCR player upstairs went out AND if that wasn't enough my dishwashwer bit the dust too! Why do things like this always happen in 2's or 3's???

Road trip!

We're leaving the house at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow so that we can go to K.C. David is running and jumping again in the Jr. Olympic State Track meet tomorrow. He competes at 10:00 a.m. We have to be there by 9:30 a.m. This will be Emalee's first time traveling further than across town and back! That's why we've decided to leave a little bit early. Hopefully, she'll be a great little traveler for us! After we leave K.C. we're traveling to Jeff. City to sees Brian's cousin Michelle and her family for a little bit and then we'll come home.

Good news this week is that all of Emalee's blood work came back and everything tested normal! Yeah! We also had the Dr. look at Jacob's back today because of suspected scoliosis. The Dr. said that Jacob definitely has mild scoliosis. He said that it's nothing to really worry about yet and that we will just monitor him as he grows.

Feeling Sad......

I just learned some very tragic news. One of the women on my adoption forum lost their newly adopted daughter to SIDS. This precious baby was only 10 months old and was brought home to her family around the same time we got Emalee. She simply went to sleep and woke up in Heaven. I can't imagine the pain that this family is going through. To wait sooooooo long for a baby.......it just doesn't seem fair. We just don't know what tomorrow brings do we? We think we have things all figured out, but the Lord tells us to live for today.

I also learned that another family that got their daughter around the time that we got Emalee has decided to terminate their adoption due to unforeseen medical needs that their baby has. Please pray that this baby finds a family that is able to care for her and that these parents would find peace and comfort in their decision.

These two families really need our prayers.

Hug and kiss your kids today and let them know how much you love them.