A Tough Week (3 1/2 months old)

The last week has been pretty tough.  We are just trying to stay afloat so I haven't written anything for awhile.  I came down with a really bad throat infection just before Dave went back to work. It was also just after I finally made it to my second gym class in a year.  O well - I tell myself there will be time later to focus on losing weight.  It's hard these days to be kind to myself in that area. The most frustrating thing now about being sick is not being able to talk, make the phone calls I need to make (or think I have to make) and direct my kids during the day.  No one else is sick here yet. Hopefully that doesn't change. 

But people have been asking about Rachel so I'll give a brief update. I keep hearing that people are checking this blog every day! Wow. (I like to bug Dave about how many 'followers' Rachel has gained in her short life compared to his blog followers...he he) Rachel sure is loved by many. Thank-you for being so interested in our journey. She's still doing the same as far as we can see.  She does seem to be eating better these days.  (still every 2 hours or so though).  She seems fairly happy too.  She is very responsive to us and it seems like she is trying to talk.    

Dave's brother Tim came to visit us for a few days! This was his first time to meet Rachel and we were really glad to have him here.  Dave and Tim took the two older kids to Heart Creek Trail for most of a day.  I got some rest at home with Rachel. 

 We are expecting to see both our parents in the next while too!  Next Tuesday we are back at the Hospice (maybe for a week) and we are really looking forward to getting some sleep again.  Please pray for David as he has returned to work.  We believe that God is sustaining us.  This time of sickness and exhaustion too shall pass.

Sleeping with her sheep (Abigail gave it to her to help her sleep)