Taking a Nap

Another picture from when we were at mom and dad's. They slept like that for quite a while.

First Time Bowling!

While staying at mom and dad's we decided to take the kids bowling. They had a hole-free ball that was a five pounder and of course they put up the bumpers for the kids. Did you know that children can gutter ball even with bumpers? Yep, when the ball rolls SUPER Slooooooooowwwwwwww down the bumpers, then at the very end it gutters.

 Most of the time Levi was saying, "Me turn, me turn."

 We had to be careful with Levi and the ball return. The woman warned that it could suck a child in. Of course the ball return was cool to watch, so many times we were telling him to get back.

 From this picture to........

 ....this picture was a very long time.

 Hannah was wanting in the action too. Doesn't she look thrilled?

EEG Day

We took Hannah in for her precautionary EEG. We had no idea what to expect. When we got home from being gone for a week and a half, we had a note in the mail stating she could not sleep for as least four hours before the test, so that she would sleep during the test. Last minute change of plans, since I was planning on taking her up and letting Jonathan watch the kids. There was no way she was going to stay awake for a hour and forty-five minute car ride. Thank goodness our good friend Kelsey was able to come over and watch Haven and Levi! 

So we got to the hospital and they took measurements and marked up her head. The tech then took a q-tip and exfoliated each marked spot (for a better electrode connection). Then they taped approximately twenty electrodes onto her head. She actually did pretty good in the beginning. The tech was impressed.

She became a bit frustrated though.

 The tech then wrapped her head with gauze to keep everything in place. She looked like she had a major head wound. It was pretty cute though.

 Hannah does not take a pacifier unless it is to chew on it, but we were trying anything to keep her settled down.

 Here is her cute little gauze and wire pony tail. Her first pony tail :o)

 I had to feed her to sleep in a dark room and then the tech woke her up after about fifteen minutes. The tech then put a strobe light in front of her and flashed different intervals in the room to measure some more brain wave stuff. After that we were done. Here is Hannah's gooey head after the electrodes were taken off. It took a couple of shampoos to wash it nice and clean. She did such a good job. We will not know the results until next week, but we are sure that she will get the all clear that nothing is wrong!

Fancy

Haven was dressed up in some new play clothes that a friend gave her.  So we will call her Fancy for this post. She was being a horse or a reindeer, I forget which. You can see her rope harness and the clothes basket is her sleigh. Pretty cool.

 Not sure why they are not smiling. Maybe because her load was a bit heavy?

To Grandmother's place we go

I think it was last weekend (or the weekend before?) we went to visit my Grandmother who lives in Illinois. This was the first time she got to see Hannah who is almost six months old now!

 All the residents loved seeing the kids. They always oooo and aaaah over them.

It's all about Fire Barney

Levi each and every day asked to watch "Fire Barney". It is all about firemen and such. So, while we were visiting mom and dad in Eldon, we took a field trip to the fire station.

Notice the name of the fire engine. Jonathan pointed out that our kids were sitting underneath the label "The Black Sheep" :o)

 I was amazed at how huge the tires were.

 Our fireman showed us the infrared devise. It was cool! You could point it at a wall and see no heat, but if you put your hand on the wall, took it away and then pointed the devise at the wall, then you could see your hand print. It was so fun.

 Our fireman was so enthusiastic to answer any question we had. He was so helpful and kind. You could tell he had a passion for his job.