The Christmas Where Jane Caught Pneumonia
The Christmas Where Jane Caught Pneumonia
This past week has been tough. While everyone else was enjoying everything the Christmas holiday entails (turkey dinner, wrapping and opening presents, playing in the snow), we were in and out of the hospital. During the 6 days surrounding Christmas, she had a fever and wouldn't eat or drinking anything but a few bites of a pickle. All she did was coughed, cried and cuddled. Needless to say two hospital visits, numerous tests and x-rays later we found out shes got pneumonia. Probably from coughing to the point of puking and it getting into her lungs.
She's on medication now and is on the mend. She ate some food last night as well as today and hasn't coughed nearly as much as she has the past week. Thank you, everyone, for your concern and continued prayers. We will keep you updated as she improves.


This blog has been such a beautiful outlet for me to share my thoughts and our journey as a family. It began when Chris and I were a young couple, then to the addition of our hound dog hank, to the birth of our daughter and now with baby number two on the way!
Today was a major success for potty training but it definitely was a lot of work. You know those days where everything seems to go wrong? Well, today was one of those days. I needed to remmeber not to give up.
This is a short account of the first day potty training a one year old. Over all I would consider it a success however there was a lot of pee on the floor that needed to be cleaned up. Check out this post to find out the method we're using to potty train our daughter in one week. PS. There are a ton of cute pictures of her in the bath being silly.
This past week has been tough. While everyone else was enjoying everything the Christmas holiday entails (turkey dinner, wrapping and opening presents, playing in the snow), we were in and out of the hospital.
I always thought that perhaps a relationship is supposed to just "work". You shouldn't ever fight, have differences. They should never make you mad or even make you cry. But after gaining some life experience I honestly call bullshit on that.
August is perfect for heading to outdoor pools. These cooler temperatures mean less crowded pools, more shade and many more pool visits for us! If you don't mind taking the kids out in the evening it's a beautiful time to hit an outdoor pool.
Jane can be seen here sitting on my grandparent's floor eating yet another carrot she picked from their garden. And, of course, a few shots of the work we did there. Chris, my Dad and my Grandpa all working on the deck. One of my favourite shots of my grandpa looking silly at the cam
We wanted to do a more modern twist on the ocean theme. Rather than having big plastic blow up sea creatures, sand, palm trees and hula skirts we kept it very modern and clean.