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Charlotte' dress from Uncle Charlie amd Aunt Karyn...... She looked really cute

I want to go to Aunt FAith's!!!

THe very cute bag that Aunt Faith bought for Charlotte's birthday

She is all girl! She loves carrying her bags around. she loves baby dolls. She has a cute knitted poncho that she has to wear every chance she gets.

Life has been pretty crazy around here, but I guess that shouldn't be a surprise anymore. My dad has been in and out of the hospital and is now currently "In" the hospital. He has had two surgeries in less then a month and he has become so weak that he couldn't stay home by himself. I had to go my Aunt Shirley's funeral last Tuesday and when I came back after the wake to check on him I found him on the floor. He had fallen and couldn't get him self back up. It was a total life alert moment. This is why they make those things. He really should have one. I got him up and back to bed and told him if he had to get up that he needed to call me. I got up early to go over and check on him and this time I found him in the bathroom on the floor. I called the doctor and Jim helped me get him to the car. We took him back to the hospital and they finally admitted him again. He will now be coming home on Tuesday with a life alert button. They have also set up meals on wheels for him and a home health nurse will be coming in 3 times a week. The big news is we finally decided to have him move in with Jim and me. We are going to build three rooms onto our house for him. He will have a living room, bathroom, and bedroom. We have the contractor coming this week to look at our house and see what he can do and how it will cost. We will be selling his house. I Have been trying to get him to agree to this for over a year, but now he realizes that he really needs to do it. He just can't stay by himself anymore. If he doesn't do this he will probably end up in a nursing home the next time so he wants to do it before that happens. We are also going to be adding a extra bedroom onto the other side of the house too, and the whole back part of the house will be moved out ten feet. I will finally have a bigger kitchen. We will be using the money we get from his house to pay for all of this but it is still going to be a lot of work, but when it is done I will feel so much better that my dad is right here with us and I will be able to take care of him.

Now onto the good news. Jim and I got our first night alone since Charlotte was born. Our friends Laurie and Herbie came Friday morning and took Charlotte to their Son's (B.J.) basketball tournament in Fon du lac. They spent the night up there so we had a whole day and a half to ourselves. I was pretty freaked most of the time, only because it was the first time I have ever let anyone take her over night. From what Laurie told us Charlotte had a really good time. I was glad she had fun. Jim and I really didn't do much. It was nice to just be home and have quiet. It was so weird, less then two years ago we couldn't imagine having a baby and now we don't know what to do with out her. Charlotte needs to get out and interact with other kids her age so it was a great experience for her. I can't wait until summer when we will be able to go to the park and she will be able to play with other kids. Needless to say I got to sleep in on Saturday morning. (8am:0) The bad news in all of this is just before Charlotte left she had a bit of a cold but it wasn't anything horrible. Laurie didn't have any problems with her being sick while she was gone, but when she got back all hell broke loose. It started last night about an hour after she went to bed. She woke up screaming and I could get her to settle down. I finally got her back to sleep and then every hour after that she was awake. I finally brought her into bed with me and Jim and she slept for about an hour and a half. Then when daylight came so did the vomit. She couldn't keep anything in her stomach, not even water. I cleaned the floors with the shampooer about four times, I did three loads of laundry, gave Charlotte three baths, and changed both her clothing as well as mine about four times. She finally fell asleep in my arms around noon and slept for a good hour. Now this evening she has been able to keep some Cheerios down and a bottle of water and formula. She has gone to sleep for the night and she has been asleep for about an hour so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the worst is over, and she will sleep through the night. We both need a good nights sleep.