my sweet babes is sick and long forgotten Halloween.

our sweet little babes is sick again. 

man, I hate it when they're sick. 

london came down with a BAD stomach bug two weeks ago.

vomiting, dehydration, the works. we took her to the pediatrician one day, urgent care a couple days later and then they told us to get our butts to the ER (in so many words) 

she was so dehydrated she had to be admitted to the hospital overnight. :( 

needless to say, those few days at our house my heart was broken over and over.

to watch your sweet baby be sick is SO HARD. 

i felt so helpless. so sad for her. so worried. 

after she got on IV fluids at the hospital she was back to her self in no time though. 

THANK GOD FOR MODERN MEDICINE. 

then, it was just time to catch up on our sleep :) 

BUT barely two weeks later the poor babes is sick again with croup like symptoms ...oh man. 

we battled croup last winter 3 times when she was smaller and even though i feel like we know "what to do" better this winter, it's still hard to know she isn't feeling great. plus none of us are getting the sleep we need. 

we would love your prayers for a good recovery for London, and strength to walk through difficult times like this as her parents. 

we are SO thankful for her overall health and it's times like these where we realize what we really do take for granted...

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on a completley different note, i found some photos this week i had forgotten about from London's first trick or treating Halloween, so wanted to post them now. better late than never right? 

 happy halloween. very late...

first day of preschool.

London started preschool this week!

or mom's day out or whatever it's supposed to be called.

she goes two days a week for a half day.

she seems to really like it so far. as much as you can at one and a half. 

here are some photos of us getting ready for her first morning of preschool.

london as a pirate. 

 

 pay no attention to my messy house in the background.

 contemplating what preschool will be like.

bubbles in the classroom.

our fourth.

what did we do on the fourth of july??

made homemade raspberry lemonade from here.

hung out with friends for the afternoon. 

got mad at all the people shooting off ridiculously loud fireworks.

(we are those parents now apparently) 

how did you spend your holiday?

vintage finds.

i've had some great finds recently at some antique/flea markets in Kansas City.

my idea was to use these pieces to display my handmade items at an upcoming craft show. 

what do you think? 

do you have any vintage items you love and have re-purposed?

When Mama's Away . . .

[Guest post by Rachey's husband, Landon]

Rachel recently roadtripped it to Chicago with one of her best friends. So it was me and little babes (Lands and Londs) just chillin' from Friday to Monday night. Oh, what fun we had! I am no photojournalist, but here are a few pics from our adventures together.


Fun at the park . . .

 
Fun brushing our teeth . . .

 Fun at the farmers' market (who's that creepy guy behind us?) . . .

  
Fun playing on rocks . . .

 
Fun working on her pose for senior pictures in 17 years (this looks a lot like my senior picture, apart from the pink, floral shirt that is . .  wait, actually I might have had something similar) . . .

 
Fun eating (throwing) dinner on the porch . . .

 
Fun playing in the garden (taken through a hole in a broccoli leaf) . . .

Fun trying to convince me that dirt is good to eat . . .

Fun playing hide and seek. . .

 
And fun sticking out our tongues . . .

While it sure was fun to have a three-day daddy-daughter date, it was great to welcome Rachey home.

p.s. (this is rachel talking now)...in other news I only have 10 more tee's to sell to reach our goal by Friday!!!!

this is amazing. thanks SO MUCH for the support friends. :)