Ovewhelmed

Since lately it seems I'm a little busy completely consumed by...

breathing treatments for Will who has croup ( & a ear infection)

( & that means some bad nights of sleep around here - you know, in addition to waking Ellie up for position changes & diaper care during the night)

Poor poor baby boy

a half birthday that I barely remembered in time

(& will post the 3.5 interview with the half birthday boy sometime soon)

trying to keep track of who takes what when

diaper care in a body cast for this cutie

changing things up a bit & going "wild thing" with some new duck tape on the cast

(because we are such the trendsetters around here)

(ps - wait til you see what other kinds of tape I found!)

(pss- obviously, it's the little things that bring me great delight)

(psss - I think she is showing off below - she knows she is so cute! :))

reworking the spica diaper system.

Again.

I call it the Voskamp Method - after my friend, Megan, who came to the rescue during the Second Great Diarrhea Incident of 2011 & helped me redo the system in an effort to prevent disasters

(& graciously gave of her time - away from her 4 kids - to clean poop off another child)

(today was the third)

Now, I use some pantiliners along with the poise pads

and cotton, cut into strips & folded & stuffed to make a sort of barrier inside the cast!

(The good news?  It pretty much worked today - small leakage but I was able to handle it solo - without any tears- in 50 minutes! :))

Taking Ellie to her final therapy session at MCRC

(We will miss you, Crystal!)

Look at her holding a toy!!!  Go Ellie Girl!!!

hmmmm...

there's something else...

Oh, yes.  

The Packing.

Oh the packing.

Moving Day is 3 days away! 

So - 

I'm going to take a break for a few days (unless God answers my prayers & I wake up tomorrow to have everything packed!)

I'm just a bit overwhelmed.

But coming soon -

saying goodbye to friends & family & sharing how so many have so lovingly served us with their time and energy these last few weeks

a lesson learned in thankfulness

the fruits of the spirit - by Will