The Cable Is Back On!!!

Yes!!! The cable is finally back on. We have been without since Wilma. I could care less about not having TV, but I have been going nuts without internet access. I just got caught up on all of my daily blog reading, and I am looking forward to getting caught up on my own posts throughout the day.

Comments

As you can see from my last post, I am now allowing comments. I so enjoy commenting on everyone else's blogs, that Jonathan calls me a bit of a hypocrite. So, comment away.

Hunger Strike

It has been an anxiety filled week as a first time mommy. I have learned over the past year, that there are many things you just have to experience, so that you will know how to better handle them the next time around. Well, our most recent dilemma was Hannah's week long hunger strike.

It all started, last Sunday with some diarrhea. Then, the next morning she threw up her Carnation Instant Breakfast. The next thing I know, she is spitting out every ounce of food I offered her. For days, she would spit out food and raise her eyebrows as she (almost defiantly) turned her head away. I was beside myself. My pediatrician and friends had warned me that there would be picky stages and times she wouldn't eat, but Hannah had always been such a good eater. To make a long story short, my friend Krisy (who is also a pediatric nurse) comforted me on Thursday, as she assured me that if Hannah was hungry, she would eat. She told me to just keep trying different things and if she was urinating and drinking fluids Hannah would be fine. Well, praise the Lord, on Friday, she finally ate oatmeal and yogurt and tolerated some baby food. Then on Saturday, it was back to normal, she even had room for some French toast.

Now I am better prepared emotionally for our next hunger strike. Though, I do not look forward to it . . . as it is messy, and you waste a lot of food!

Happy Halloween

Due to the storm our church's annual Funival was canceled, as was Halloween for all of Clewiston. So, some of my girlfriends and I got together and planned a Halloween party for our little ones. Hannah was a lion for Halloween. We started teaching her to roar like a lion over a month ago, now she puts on a show everywhere we go. Whenever she is told, "Hannah, be a lion," she will put her little hands up and roar. Thankfully, we were even able to capture it when she was in costume at her last JC Penney's portrait sitting.

Hannah wasn't quite sure what to think seeing her friends all walk around in strange costumes, but she had a lot of fun!

Samuel the cowboy and Hannah the lion.


Delaney was Jo Jo the clown.


The whole gang!
Dusty (in pink) was kind enough to open her home for our get together.


Cupcakes by mommy.


Kenleigh and Sarah are Hershey's Kisses.


Hannah has no problem mingling with Nicholas the cow; she is not a ferocious lion.

Pumpkin Picking

I could not wait for Jonathan and I to take Hannah to the pumpkin patch this year. I was so excited about her wearing her little pumpkin dress and toddling down the rows of pumpkins . Unfortunately, Wilma (the hurricane) thwarted my plans. The good news is, however, when Hannah and I were running on Friday (I was running, she was strolling) we saw that the pumpkins were free due to the storm. So, I loaded up the jogging stroller and proceeded to finish my run. My stroller was MUCH heavier, but I just considered it resistance training. Daddy didn't get to help us pick, and I didn't get to take pictures, but hey . . . free pumpkins!!!

We Have Power!!!

Woohoo!!! Our power came back on late Saturday afternoon, just as I was in the middle of running back and forth between Krisy's house and mine, attempting to do laundry. I was beyond excited. I am a huge fan of electricity, technology, and all forms of modern conveniences.

Thank you to those of you who were praying for us during this difficult time. We truly felt God's hand on us - - even in the midst of the storm. We feel very blessed to have suffered as little damage as we did. We are happily moving toward normalcy. I have the yard cleaned up, and Jonathan is back in the office. This week our church will resume normal scheduling.

This is one of the huge trees that was blown down during Wilma. It was brought to Clewiston in the 30's when sugar people were scouting out varieties of sugar cane to harvest here in South Florida. Unfortunately, our friend Bob (President of US Sugar) has told us that it will not be restored. They are taking down all of the big trees that once graced the entrance to the US Sugar offices.