Sick Child

Hannah has been sick for four days now. She started with with a fever on Sunday night. Last night she was having trouble breathing so we took her to the ER. The doctor was Asian. I think he might be Chinese. His name looked like some Chinese names that I have seen before. He was very nice. He seemed very concerned about not knowing about her birth history. She has virus and conjunctivitis. It is so hard to put ointment in a little Chinese girls eyes when she is screaming and squeezing them shut. Today my Dad watched her while we went to work. I long for the day that I don't have to work outside of the home. Tonight she threw up but I think it was because she was screaming and fighting with us when we tried to give her medicine to her.

I love my little monkey. We are so blessed to have her in our lives. She seems to be feeling a little better. I think it is only because of the Ibuprofen. She was sitting beside me on the couch "typing" on her new laptop that her Aunt Sharon gave her for Christmas.

Well, It Finally Happened

Those of you who have adopted a child from China will understand this more than others. Remember, we brought Hannah home in April of 2005. She has been in the nursery at church most of this time. Now for the story. This morning while we were at church Hannah's nursery number was flashed up on the screen. I went out to check on her and the nursery coordinator stopped me and asked me to get Greg because they needed to ask us something. So, I went and got him then they took us back to a room. They started off the conversion saying that they loved us very much. Finally the question that we have been waiting for someone to ask us since we got back with Hannah. They told us that the nursery worker had noticed several "bruises" on Hannah's back that they were concerned about. I told them that they were birth marks called Mongolian spots. They were very happy when we told them this is what they are.

We always knew that the questions would come. We are thankful that our church cares about the children that are at our church. The children's minister told us that she will talk about this in our next children's worker meeting. She wants everyone to be aware of the issue. I will be in the meeting so I will probably be answering more questions. They also told us that they will be putting a note on her sheet about them so that if there are anymore questions they will have that on the sheet.

Favorite Photo Friday

This is one of my favorite photos of our trip to Charleston, SC back in May. Hannah liked the fountain. I was surprised that she actually would stand still for the picture. She usually doesn't like to pose.