So this month's blog is about a week off pace, but we've had two weeks of health issues with the kids so most things in our family seem postponed or on hold...like laundry being put away, special interest projects, football watching, haircuts and general socialization. In two weeks we've had one ER visit (Elise: Bloody Nose), Hospital Visit (Elise: Blood draw related to nose bleed....all was well), Two Clinic Visits (Elise: Roseola, Elise/Ryan: Croup) and four nurse line calls. I'm sure our insurance company is scratching their heads. Between provide visits we've been doing is a lot of cuddling, nesting and laying low. And I've been playing a lot of catch up and balancing act with work. I'm grateful to only be in office three days a week right now. I can't imaging if I was supposed to be there five days a week in the midst of this!
Max has been on the go between football, the chaos of working in a building under construction and a grad class he's had to start. The kids and I have missed the last three football games due to illness, but maybe that's the key to the team's winning record. We lot the first game and have been victorious the next four...we've only seen one of the wins!
ArtPrize is in fulls swing. We made it down last weekend as you'll see below, but we're hoping to see more if the weather and health holds. And Rockford's Harvest Festival kicked off here this weekend. Hoping maybe tomorrow we can make our scarecrow so it at least feels like fall.
Given all the sickness though, the kids have been amazing and very patient with one another. Elise is starting to take direction very well, as well as understands the natural order to human interaction. For example, on her own she will seek out Ry to say goodnight. She also is beginning to copy him. Tonight he was laying on the floor and put his feet up in the air towards her face. She then laid down and did the same thing towards him. She's also learning the difference between gentle touches and hitting, which she'll do on command when you ask her to give love.
Ryan has been very helpful with her as she's the one that has been sick the most. Although he had high fevers last week. You know it's bad when he doesn't leave the couch for 14 hours. He's always the sweetest most grateful boy when he's sick. You'd never wish it on him, but it melts your heart at the same time.
Let's hoe our next post reports a run of health and fun for the Kerry's....and that momma and pappa bear don't give into the bugs. I'll go knock on some wood!
Love,
Court, Max, Ryan + Elise
Ryan making his own ArtPrizes. He is a prolific, intense little artist!
Morning light pouring in our window as OUR little sunshines light up the room.
Big girls sitting in her bedroom chair.
The kids had a blast chasing bubbles in the drive.
Ella and Ryan playing dinosaurs....that drink tea, during a visit to Meijer Garden.
Yes, those are indeed Elise's toes in her mouth. She's not a big eater right now and has also taken to chewing toes lately, though this was a first during dinner.
It appears my pre-natal yoga paid off. Elise often does down dog all on her own for no apparent reason.
A trip to Robinette's Wine Haus and Cider Mill was in order two weekends ago. Nothing like fresh-pressed cider and pumpkin spice dougnuts! We made a second run yesterday with the kids since we were tired of being house bound and needed some fresh air...and it was 80º.
Elise was big enough to climb the wagon / slide this year.
Hayride!
Ryan jumping on Robinette's giant air cushion.
I realized shooting this that not so long enough, this little soul lived exactly in the same spot within me!
Elise has been into cooking along side me and making pretend soup.
She also loves the beater.
My little artists hard at work on a weekend morning.
He hooked up the electric dump truck to the excavator so that they pulled one another back and forth. I'm encouraged that Ryan's doing creative things even with battery operated toys.
During one of the morning's of sickness, I had to wake Elise....It was tough when she was sleeping this sweetly.
Like most mornings, when she did awake, she was happy!
Daddy and Elise story hour.
Elise at ArtPrize with me and auntie K. We tried to escape Ryan's bug with an all day excursion last Saturday...In the end, Elise got hit on Monday with 105º fevers, but we had a great time the weekend before it happened.
Ryan's made this banner to give his daddy the day before school started.
Ryan returned to Ms. Katie's Pre-K B class this year. He loves the class and we're already seeing his language and story-telling take off. Today he explained how gravity worked....and was right.
Ryan at the Jenison / Northview game where we claimed the season's first win!
Uncle E and Ryan having too much fun at the game.
Ryan acting silly with a sheet and a slide at a local park.
Watching football on a laying low kinda' weekend.
Ryan decided to give his Polar bear a c-section since his Aunt Emily delivered his cousin Trevor in a similar fashion :)
104º
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