Today we left the house pretty early for Morristown where Rich had an acupuncture appointment. I spent most of the trip over and back, and while he was in for his appointment, working on cross stitch.
When we left Morristown we stopped in eastern Knoxville at the VA service center for a few minutes...Rich needed a letter of some kind. We then made our way to Ft. Sanders West for his pulmonary rehab appointment. While Rich was there I drove over to Jo-Ann's to pick up some things for Primary and for the quilts I'm trying to get done. I was pretty thrilled to find the poly pellets for the quilt I'm planning for Hyrum the Elder. Wanda had mentioned that she thought he would do well with a weighted quilt. I investigated and found that they're about $100+ for just a baby/crib size quilt. I found several websites with good instructions and I think I can make one for him pretty easily. I know his favorite quilt is the old Harry Potter quilt made by Wanda for Robert years ago...and I found some blue fabric that reminded me of its "feel" and also a soft huggable fabric for the back. I also found some fabrics that will help, I hope, with the quilts I have planned.
I got back to pick up Rich and we flew home so that we could get to the post office to get birthday cards sent...we barely made it.
I had wanted to go to the church to practice the organ but Rich was pretty tired from rehab. I'll go tomorrow. Instead I reheated some clam chowder from New Years and watched a couple of episodes of star gate sg-1.
On the family front...I learned, enroute to Morristown, that Rebekah had had a car accident this morning. Wisconsin and the entire north Midwest section of the country has been slammed by a major snow storm. Bekah was going to seminary (that should have been cancelled!!!) and hit a very icy patch of road and the car slid, careening down an embankment, rolling several times, and landed upside down! Thank goodness she was wearing a seatbelt! There had been a guy following her way too closely for those conditions and at first it had unnerved her a bit...but then she decided to pay him no heed. again, blessing, blessings, as she could have yielded to the temptation to accelerate a bit to get him off her rear...that would have been disasterous! The guy saw the accident and didn't even come to her aid! However, there was a guy behind him that did, and he also had a shovel which allowed him to clear enough snow to get her door open. Luckily she is shaken but ok. The car is another matter - totaled. That is such a sad thing...she had saved and saved and saved to buy this little car and now it is no more. But, cars can be replaced, Bekah cannot. I'm profoundly grateful that she was spared serious injury!
While learning of Bekah's accident, we also learned that Joseph had had an accident on New Year's Eve too. I don't know all the details but did get that he was safe, minor damage to the car, and we are profoundly grateful that he too was spared serious injury!
Felicia called with news that Noah had gained weight for his weight check! Hallelujah! :). He weighed a whopping 10 lbs 15 oz. He's growing. I think the Prevacid is helping...just wish his pediatrician was more supportive.
Hannah called with the frustrating news that Winston has NOT gained weight. He will be having another weight check in three weeks to see how he's doing. Hannah believes that the problem may stem from them thinking he was past needing the Zantac as much as he has seemed more content and less fussy. However, his pediatrician told Hannah that sometimes the reflux acts more to upset a baby's stomach at this age more than the pain in the early weeks of life. Hence, he may not have the desire to eat because his tummy is not handling things well. Hopefully that is exactly what the problem is and can be easily remedied.
And, Cherstin had called this morning as Lorenzo had a terrible night and he's already had two courses of antibiotics to clear an ear infection. She ended up taking him in to their pediatrician for an ear check...but it was clear.... I know how stupid you can feel when that happens, but truly, I'm glad she took him in. Later this afternoon Cherstin also had a root canal. I hope she's feeling better!
And, tonight we, in eastern Tennessee, have had our first snow storm. There is maybe a 1/2" but perhaps there will be more overnight. But even this much is enough to shut things down here. Lol
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