Monday: unexpected visit

Today was our first unexpected visit to the doctor.  Things were just not getting any better.  I called the nurse first, but since there was a rash to go with it she said to come in.

He has a viral rash.  The doctor wasn't too worried and said to just keep giving him Tylenol/Motrin.  So the rest of the day we vegged.  It wasn't a great day, but knowing that he was sick helped a lot.

It's supposedly a 72 hour thing.

Monday: unhappy seven months

Last night went very poorly. I started counting the days until it would be a good time for sleep training.

But then Isaac wasn't himself today either. Some of the people we saw didn't really believe me because he had smiles,but he was not acting himself. Teething??

After a rough beginning to tonight too, Isaac and I decided to sleep in the guest bedroom. Hopefully it helps.

Oh, it is his seven month birthday. Hopefully I'll get some pictures tomorrow.

The VBS finale was today at church.  I'm going to admit, it was actually a little disappointing.  Not because they did a bad job with the service, but because adults don't exude the same energy as kids when singing.  And when saying good morning.  Nor do they get excited by having a person in a monkey costume come down the aisle.

So while I didn't love volunteering, it was really good for me to see the joy of little children.

Saturday: loud

Isaac has gotten loud the last few days.  He realized that he can shriek (shreek?  shreak?) and does it with gusto.  We've had to stop talking a few times because we couldn't hear each other.

The video has an example around 0:12.  It might sound quiet, but the whole movie is quiet.
 

Friday: weeks 29 and 30

Sorry I'm late with the post.  Last night we were watching the Olympics and today has been rather busy.

Here are last week's shots:

This week's shots:

It was the last day of VBS.  I again didn't make it into any photos, so here is our quarter of the auditorium.  Just to give you an idea of the sea of kids that there was.   Oh!  You can see me in this picture.  I'm the one standing against the wall in a white shirt.  We had too many kids for the number of chairs in our row.

Life is good

Isaac slept through the night last night. It was completely unexpected as he's been waking up several times the past month. I woke up around 5am and checked the monitor, but he was still there so I went back to sleep.

And it's raining out.

Wednesday: VBS day 2

Today went better than yesterday.  Maybe because I knew the kids and they knew me...at least enough for a few conversations and as a person that could help.  Maybe because I knew the schedule and was able to take a break with Isaac.

We increased the count to 613 today.  It also rained.  While we really, really need the rain, it does make things a bit more difficult.  Some kids still played in the rain.  The smallest kids stayed inside and took over a hallway.  (There are a lot of inside activities, but space is still at a premium.)

I was almost in two pictures, but didn't actually make either.  Oh well.

I also have some of the songs stuck in my head.  There are about five that they sing.  They sing them at least once during the opening gathering.  Then they sing many of them again at the closing gathering.  By the end of today it was getting difficult to be as excited about singing the same song again.  Oh well.  The motions help keep things interesting.