We arrived on site and rushed to set up the tent and get unloaded so the kids could take a nap and we could eat and go to the laser show. Phew! Busy time. Josiah was so excited about being here he couldn’t sleep.
In our rush to get things unloaded, the boys down, etc, we had our first adventure. Zoe was inadvertently directed to some clear fluid that we thought was water but turned out to be lighter fluid. We did not realize that it was lighter fluid and she took a small drink of it. Mistake #1.
We realized pretty quickly what had happened (thankfully before Grandmere could drink some) and proceeded to figure out what to do. Now, I know what to do and what not to do…I didn’t then. Don’t make someone throw up that’s swallowed a liquid chemical. Typically, the liquid will flush out of their system on it’s own. However, if they throw up, it could go back into the lungs causing chemical pneumonia. Mistake #2.
God was watching over us so sweetly and even though I made Zoe throw up, she did not have any adverse reactions. Praise God for His mercy on Zoe. That was enough adventure for her. After a couple of hours of cuddle time with Grandmere, she was up and her normal self.
After our adventure and supper, we headed to the laser show via the water taxi. To say the kids enjoyed every part of this trip is putting it mildly. The taxi was a hit. As was the laser show.
We decided to go on the 3rd instead of the 4th thinking it might be a little less crowded. You’ll see in our pictures from day 2, we made the right choice. We got there, found a great spot and settled in. We also saw the exact same show and fireworks as was done on the 4th…they do them the 3rd through the 5th for the Birthday celebration. This is the 25th anniversary of the show and it was absolutely wonderful. The fireworks were beautiful! The kids were amazed and loved all of it. Ace got tired towards the end, but he made it without much complaining. Liam loved it…Zoe thought it was cool and gave it a thumbs up.
Josiah didn’t make it though and because of his lack of sleep that day and falling asleep on the boat to the campsite, he was up and down all night.
While waiting on the water taxi, one of the workers at the marina gave the kids some food to feed to the ducks. They thought that was really cool.
Oh, and happy birthday to my wonderful husband! Enjoy, because next year, you’ll finally be 30!!! I love you and am so glad you are mine. I hope you had a wonderful birthday even though we forgot the dutch oven (among other things) and had to have your “cake” three days later.
We had our first home study visit yesterday. A travel 3 hours away to have this meeting, with the kids. It went okay but we went long and the kids got wild. Mark was wondering what the social worker was thinking as Ace and Liam chased each other with action figures around the conference room and neither of us batted an eye.
I think it went good. Mark was pumped. He asked me why I wasn’t excited, mainly because I can’t see my daughter’s face right now, so I know we still have a way to go. It’s good to be started though.
Just pressing on and on to the next thing…getting ready to go camping! Loads of fun.
I’ve had several people ask me what the process is and what we have to do, etc. I’ll work on getting a post together about all that over the next week or so and put it up so you can be praying about us and it for each step.
Josiah had his 12 month check up today. It turned into a sick visit as he started running a fever yesterday and it got up to 103! She checked for strep but so far, it’s negative. He had a great check up and was lucky to not have to vaccines because of the fever, as of now. No problems, good muscle tone, should start walking soon, the works. He waved at Dr. B and Liam was so sweet and kept talking to Dr. B. Very cute. I kept wondering where my children were. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen them so sweet and quiet and nice in the doctor’s office…very nice.
Here’s Josiah’s stats:
22 lbs 2 oz (40%)…that’s a great jump from our April weight recheck at 25% and 19 lbs, 4 oz.
30 3/4 inches tall
19 1/4 inches (97%)
He’s dropped off on his height gain so now his height and weight are proportionate…instead of being tall and skinny. I don’t have the percentages for his height, she didn’t write them down…could be because Liam was showing her his new shoes for the umpteenth time!
We are going today to meet with the social worker for our first visit in our home study. We have another visit next week and then a home visit the following week. Phew! Trying to get stuff going. We have to travel 3 hours away. We don’t have anyone to watch the kids, so they are coming with us. Please pray that behave and are as good as they were at the doctor’s office. I’ve got a bag of goodies and snacks, so they should be well manned. If all else fails, we’ll get out the dvd player and let them veg in front of it.
We were so excited to celebrate Josiah’s first birthday today! It really does feel like the time has flown by. He is such a joy to have in our home. At one year old, he is crawling on all fours…not the belly slide anymore. He loves to talk. Playing with his brothers and sister is a joy for him. He is climbing on anything he can reach. He loves to pull everything off the coffee table. Food is his friend and he enjoys being with it very much…however, he still loves to spend time with mommy nursing (twice a day, yippee). He can win you over with the biggest smile that says, “I’m going to get into something, just watch.” He absolutely loves playing in the water, be it the bath, pool or the cat/dog water bowl. He sleeps about 10 to 11 hours a night before spending time with mommy. He takes two naps each about 2 to 3 hours long (yeah, I know, it’s really nice).
We celebrated today with some friends over for lunch. Ge & Granddaddy came up and celebrated too. We had a yummy lunch followed by yummy cake and Josiah enjoyed his “smash” cake. Then he opened presents. He didnt dive into the cake too much. I’m afraid I filled him up on lunch but he did enjoy the sweetness and got a little dirty.
I’m afraid we have a ton of pictures, so I put it on a slide show. Thanks Tracy and Mark for taking so many pictures! All in all, it’s been a fun day. I’ve really enjoyed it since this is the first first birthday I haven’t been pregnant and feeling blah!
So, enjoy!
Today, while talking on the phone with my mom, I walked into the living room to discover Ace and Zoe on the couch “reading.” Liam and Josiah on the floor, with my pocket book and it’s contents emptied out. My sweet little angels! I just prayed that Josiah hadn’t eaten my little bit of $$ in it! He hadn’t.
Our new nephews! That would be N on the left and TJ on the right, I think…not a 100%…maybe it’s TJ on the left and N on the right…ugh, I have no clue. Here are the cuties, though! Sorry, I can’t post the names, but if you want to know them, and I know you, then email me and I’ll tell you.
We should have a new Wal-Mart Supercenter within the next couple of days. Yes, we already have one but it’s a whole 10 minutes away! This one is only 5…at the most.
Yep, it’s amazing what I get excited about nowadays…a new Wal-Mart. I have no life 🙂
I’m changing my subscribing feed to Feed Burner. That means that if you typed in your email address into the Blogarithm thing on the right, you’ll need to click on the little orange thing above it to subscribe in a different thing (don’t you love my technical talk), I’ll wait a couple of weeks to take Blogarithm off. I think Feed Burner will be better at sending out updates.
Do you think they’ll accept this?
What about this?? No, she’s not on drugs…just extremely tired from chasing four children all day!