Quite a week

It has been quite a week around here. Josiah started with a runny nose from allergies last week. In spite of taking Singulair he woke up Tuesday with a cough and wheezy breathing. (Josiah was diagnosed with allergic asthma in May.) So we did a breathing treatment of Xopenex and off we went to Bible study. When I got him from the nursery he sounded worse. (Last time the treatments really worked and I could tell he was better after the first one.) Anyway, after round the clock treatments for 24 hours he wasn't better; he seemed worse. So, on Wednesday morning I dropped Caleb off at preshcool and took Josiah to the doctors office. The doctor listened to him and she said his chest was tight. She did another treatment in the office and prescribed an oral steroid for 3 days with round the clock breathing treatments. We left the doctors office, dropped off his prescription, and I fed Carissa in a park on the way to pick up Caleb from preschool.

I am so glad that Carissa is sleeping through the night because I don't know how I could have done feedings and treatments. Josiah was so medicated I felt so sorry for him. The treatments and steroid make him very hyper. But the Singulair makes him sleepy. So he would be bouncing off the walls then ten minutes later be asking to go take a nap. Anyway he is doing much better and has a checkup Tuesday morning.

On a different note, as we drove past a pet store yesterday Caleb asked to go there. Josiah answered him with "No, we just got a hamster and we have too many pets. We have a cat, two fish, and a hamster. And when all of us are big kids we are getting a dog. And that will be the last pet for YEARS." Chris and I were trying so hard not to laugh.

Issaqueena

Josiah has been begging for a pet for the past year. Most of the time he has asked for a dog, but there have been many other requests. Some of the best ones that we can remember are skunk, parrot, squirrel, panda (which would eat the bamboo out back), aardvark, giraffe, baboon, and cheetah. So, we finally gave in and took him to the pet store this past Friday. He picked out a hamster. On the way out of the store he asked for suggestions for names and Chris suggested Issaqueena. Josiah liked the name. The name comes from a Cherokee legend. But of course Chris knows the name from an annual bike ride, Issaqueena's Last Ride. Here are some pics of Josiah and Issaqueena.

Josiah got some ball time this game

Here are some pics from Josiah's last game. The coach had Josiah try to run the ball up the field several times. This worked well until he ran into the other team and they took the ball.

Josiah and Owen waiting to play!

This is how Carissa watches Josiah's games.

Tummy time

Here is Carissa doing some tummy time.

Interview with Thabiti Anyabwile about transethnic adoption

Here is a link to a very good interview that Dan Cruver at Carolina Hope Adoption did with Thabiti Anyabwile about transethnic adoption.

http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/63

Carissa's smiles

Carissa has really started smiling in the past week. Here are some pics of her.

Pictures from Josiah's 1st soccer game

Here are some pictures from practice before the game.

Here are the pictures from Josiah's first game. They play 3 on 3 with no score-keeping.

The team had their pictures taken after the game. Here is Josiah's team. Josiah's best friend, Owen, is sitting on the left.