Beach party...

These were taken at 8 p.m. in May...

Back when it was warm...

We let Hannah stay up past her bedtime so she could work on her engineering skills (aka building a sandcastle)

Orca Whales

Needless to say the fishing has been AWFUL!

Shrimpin'

Then we went and pulled our Halibut long lines...phew

Shylo was a big help...

Hannah's 2nd Camping Trip

Well Hannah is only 8 months old but she's already been camping twice. (She looks chunky in this photo but that is just because her life vest is smashing her face up!)

She is a champ when it comes to camping. She loves boat rides and usually falls asleep on the boat.

During this camping trip Grandpa & Grandma Baum, Grandpa Bob and the dogs all came along with us! It was beautiful weather, something of a rarety this summer.Grandma Baum - Hannah looks a lot like her!Jeremy & Grandpa Baum - the two daydreamers!

Eating lunch in the cabin!

We went out to Grandpa Bob's cabin in Sunny Cove.

Walks with our friends...

A little while back Hannah and I went on a walk with our good friends Rachael & Kristina. We had to get in one last walk before Kristina went off to become a big bad Ak airlines worker!!

We walked from Kristina's house to Knudson Cove. It was a good walk. The weather was really warm, around 75 degrees. Awh I miss those days. The girls were a little weirded out by the bright sunshine.

Lately it has been cold, in the 50s and rainy. I miss real summers.

Silly Hannah After a Nap!

Faces of Hannah

Hannah has two teeth!!

Hannah has popped up two bottom teeth! They are right in the middle, so in a couple years I am sure she will be singing, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."

They are kind of hard to see in this picture but it is the best I can do!

Beach Baby...

We went down to the beach the other night and at 8pm it was still almost 70 degrees out! We had a good evening playing in the sand.

Hannah had taken a late nap so she was able to stay up past her bedtime.

Big Girl Feeding Herself

Hanging with dad...

Kristi went back to work in early May

so dad has been spending more time with the kid!

One day they ate blueberries together!

Another day they sat around in their undies together!

But most days they work outside. Yesterday Hannah and Dad went for a walk, played in the sand and burnt brush.

Hannah's favorite part was playing with and eating the sand!

Sorry

My mom says sorry she hasn't updated the blog lately.

She went back to work and has been so busy

she even got me mixed in with the laundry!

She promises to try harder!

Bedtime...

Grandparents

Way back in April, Hannah got to spend some time with her maternal grandma & grandpa.

Even though most of the time spent with them

Hannah was sick and in the hospital they did managed to squeeze some joy out of the trip!

Hannah & Kristi with Grandma Petty

Grandpa Prentice managed to get Hannah to sleep!

Unfortunately Mom can't find the pictures with Grandpa Petty or Grandma Prentice. Those will come soon!

Saga of the sick baby girl

The sick baby saga continues...

Sick Baby Girl

Thursday I decided to take Hannah to the medical clinic here in Kenai, as she wasn’t getting better like Dr. Herron said she would. Thankfully they were able to fit her in – none of the pediatric clinics are taking new patients. Baby boom or some business… :}

Oh so sick...

After x-rays and a nebulizer they sent me packing as fast as I could go - to the EMERGENCY ROOM! I was kinda freaked out by the intensity of the clinic doctor. I think she thought I’m a bad mom and was trying to freak me out. I started praying the minute I hopped in the truck.

So sad...

I started singing the song “My God will supply all my needs according to his riches and glory in Christ Jesus,” which is actually Philippians 4:19.

We made it to the hospital with minimal speeding, except my heart was going about a million miles an hour. When we arrived they were expecting us and immediately rushed us to a room. All the sudden 3 doctors and 2 nurses rushed in and started poking, prodding, peering, listening and more to my baby girl. It was around shift change time so every 2 minutes someone new was walking in the door to look at my baby. We both shed a few tears to say the least. Thankfully she was a champ and endured it pretty well, better than I would have if I were in her position.

Laying in bed, hooked up to machines

After blood work and x-rays (they put her in this contraption which looked something similar to mid-evil torture chamber) they told me our baby girl has pneumonia and we were being admitted to the hospital!!! I started crying then...That morning I read in the paper Cameron Diaz's dad just died of pneumonia and he was 58, not a mere 6 months old...

Boy did I start praying even harder...

Prayer is a powerful thing

Hannah has drastically improved and is back to her smiley self, as long as the nurses and doctors quit poking and prodding at her. It seemed like every time she finally fell asleep someone would come in and wake her up. Last night she was down and out – counting serious sheep, when along came her night nurse to hook up her antibiotics to her IV. Low and behold she woke her up. Then this morning the CAN came and wanted to wake her up to weigh her at 6am. Monster mom almost came out. I said, no you will not wake my baby up. Come back later and they did!

Watching her movie

Thankfully today, Saturday, we got to go home!! I started lobbying all the nurses on Friday morning to convince the doctor to let us go home and do out-patient antibiotics. (Thanks to some advice from my personal nurse Jenn.) Praise the Lord it worked! This morning the doctor came in and said, “How would you feel about going home today and coming back in the evenings to do the antibiotics?” I said YES PLEASE!!!

Hannah is feeling much better!

Now we are home and she is getting good sleep! Thank you for all your prayers. We have two more rounds of antibiotics then a drs visit on Monday. I pray he will give her a clean bill of health and we can start enjoying our vacation!

Our smiley girl is back!

We made it! Sort of...

Candi & Sunny (Shylo's mom and brother)

Hannah & Kristi made it to Kenai! Hannah LOVES the dogs!! The first night we were here she was so happy to see them. She kept trying to grab them and eat their noses! It was really cute because they were so interested in her too! (For those who don't know, Kristi's mom breeds Labrador retrievers and has somewhere around 11 dogs! Only 3 are inside though.)

That all changed the next morning, because Hannah got the flu! She had the beginnings of the cold before we flew up here but it went full bore on Sunday. Her fever has been ranging from 101-103.5 for the past few days. The poor baby is miserable.

On Sunday after church my dad and step-mom through a party for Hannah with all the family but the princess couldn't attend her own party cause she was so sick. She's only been waking up long enough to eat then falls right back to sleep. I thank the Lord at least she is eating. It's been a bummer because we can't do anything or visit anyone. :(

Last night she was up from 3-4:30 coughing then crying then coughing then crying. After a few minutes of that I turned the shower on hot and closed the bathroom doors. The steam helped but she was still crying so I stripped her down and put her in the bath. She fell asleep in the bath! Then I wrapped her up and put her back to bed! Amazingly I was able to get her diaper and pjs back on without making her cry again! :) WOOHOO

I think her fever broke last night because she finally smiled at me for the first time in 3 days! It is sad when your happy, smiley baby turns into a fussy, cry baby.

Please pray she will continue on this road to health so we can get out and visit family and friends.

Hannah's First Camping Trip

This past weekend we decided to have some family time away from home. So we took Hannah on her first camping trip. She had a blast and was really good. She even helped Dad drive the boat and watch for logs!

We took a 27 mile boat trip to Grandpa Bob's cabin. I was worried about whether she would like the boat and be ok in her life jacket for that long. Amazingly, Hannah slept almost the whole way over and back. On the way back it was pretty bumpy but that didn't faze her a bit. Grandpa Bob, Shylo and Kenai went along with us. Hannah wasn’t the only one who slept on the boat ride! Shylo found herself a real nice pillow. I am not sure how comfy Bob was though.

Hannah didn’t take good naps on the camping trip because she was so excited about the tent she borrowed from her friend Rachael. Thankfully she was happy even without naps.
When I put her in the tent she was laying straight but after a few mins she turned herself all around :)
We also took her out to pull the shrimp pots. (I forgot the camera L ) She thought those shrimp were pretty cool. She tried to grab one but since it was still alive I wouldn’t let her get it. I am sure it would have gone straight to her mouth!

We look forward to many more family camping trips!