Home from the Hospital

We spent most of the day in the ER due to my dehydration, nausea, and vomiting. After 3 liters of fluid, a bunch of medications I'm actually feeling about a 7 (up from a 1 this morning). We probably would have been home sooner but I had some adverse reactions to the phenergen (Philip can tell you more about those than I can - all I know is twice people can into the room {and once two of everybody came in} asking me strange questions!) So for now I'm on Zofran every 8 hours or as needed to keep the nausea under control, and plenty of fluids. Hopefully the vomiting will stop so the cycle will not start all over again. We'd appreciate you helping us pray that way.

Interesting news

Well, put it this way...this news is more interesting than most things I post. And the news is.... we are adding a new member to our family this fall. That's the good news. We're very thankful for this new little one God is entrusting to our care. Another piece of good news is that I've lost 10 lbs in the past 2 weeks.

The bad news is I'm already experiencing the "pregnancy glow." You know: pale face, wan smile, cold sweaty hands, greenish tinge around the gills. As if I needed more things to pack in the diaper bag, now I have to add a bottle of mouthwash! Philip told me we shouldn't tell anyone the news until I could at least smile about it but I think this nausea is here to stay for awhile. Allan was very excited at first but the longer it goes he's getting very upset that the baby is making me so sick. He told the little person the other night that, "You need to stop making mommy sick...it's not nice!" So if you see me out and about (that's a big if!) I may not be smiling very big but I'm still feeling very blessed.

I will try to post pictures soon....as in the next three months.

Happy February!

Another busy day is through... Let's see: Last Saturday we took advantage of Auntie Anne's free pretzel day and went downtown to Tower Place mall to enjoy ours. While there were stumbled across Churchill's Tea Room. It looks like a fascinating place to have a date! Last Sunday I dressed the boys in matching outfits that they received from Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Tonya at Christmas.

The highlights of this week were: Monday - taught, Tuesday - tried making bread but something went wrong and after 2 1/2 hours it was only 1 1/2 inches high. Tasted fine but not exactly what I was looking for.

Wednesday - taught, took Daniel for his one year checkup (he's 16 months but the clinic I go to has a very long wait time for well baby checkups) and he's doing great! 25 lbs and 31 1/4 inches long. He didn't cry when he got his shots or when they pricked his finger for a lead and hemoglobin test. Friday - we had family night with Dad Brown since he was "home alone."

Saturday - The day started when the phone rang at 5:15, by the time Philip got to the phone no one was there so he came back to bed. He no sooner crawled in bed than the doorbell began to ring. After hurriedly putting on some jeans he discovered it was Mr. Lum, head of the GBS maintinence department, telling us that they caught someone breaking into our car and that the police needed to talk to Philip. Lessons learned: #1 We really do need to remember to lock our car! Lesson#2 It's really dumb to leave your wallet lay in plain view on the seat (I normally don't do this...but made a mistake last night). Lesson # 3 - God takes very good care of us! Since I went to Walmart last night I wouldn't have needed my wallet until sometime next week and thus would not have been looking for it. Lesson #4 God's taking care of the man who tired to rob us by 1. making sure he got caught 2. The policeman said he's was a homeless man and tonight it's to be 7 degrees with the wind-chill factor but this guy will have a warm bed and a full stomach. Lesson #5 It makes me more aware of how much I need to pray for the protection of the guards on campus. Sometimes the nights get very long and boring but every once in a while there's some excitement. My heart is full of thankfulness tonight for Mr. Lum, all of the security guards, and Chief (the campus security dog).



Oh, I made another 4 loaves of bread today and they turned out great! Now I need to finish preparations for tomorrow (pack the diaper bag, get lunch in the roaster, iron the guys' shirts, and get a good night's rest so I'm able to worship properly tomorrow. Blessings!