Giere Life: Snippets

Basically each day of the past few weeks has been busy with the same things...Mon-Wed. Hannah has school, Bible Study (when the kids are healthy enough), play dates with friends, doctor's appointments (because we haven't been that healthy) and just lots of time hanging out at home.

Unfortunately, poor Sam has had a rough winter with illness. He had a bronchial thing just before Christmas that included an ear infection and just this past Monday I brought him in and he has another one! He's had a cough for a few weeks and I guess the gunk decided to settle in his ears and a bit in his chest. The doctor listened to his chest Monday and said it wasn't too bad...a good thing. Unfortunately, this morning, after being on antibiotics for several days, he was a bit worse again...upset stomach, lethargic, etc He perked up a bit after his morning nap (and the blow-out of all blow-outs!), so that's a good sign. Currently, he's napping again and we'll definitely be keeping a close eye on him.

Okay, here are the snippets of our days...there's quite a few, so sit back and enjoy!

Making (and licking) brownies!

Snow time!

Our "Fancy Nancy" party - Brian was gone one evening, so the girls and I dressed up and got "dolled" up to be super fancy! :O)

Sammy Boy's 2nd Haircut - Brian was the barber!

A rather difficult task with a super squirmy 8 month old! :O)

What's a day without playing "dress-up?!"

(Hannah dressed Ellie all by herself!)

What I see every day - Hannah actively playing, getting crazy; Ellie (usually) content to play on her own; Sam sweetly sitting watching his Mommy. :O)

It does appear that Ellie is helping Sam here, however, SHE IS NOT. She's pushing him over...another common sight in our household.

This is what happened when I walked away from the table for a few minutes to answer the phone and left Sam's baby food sitting there. Ellie got a hold of it and decided to "feed" Sam herself. As you can see, she wasn't too successful this time. :O)