Tonsilitis/Adnoiditis

Sounds made up, doesn't it? I assure you-it's not. Yes, our Holland is sick yet again. The poor sweet thing just can't stay well. She has been absolutely pitiful the past few days. I am happy to say that after an antibiotic injection she has perked up a bit. Our pediatrician is a gem-calls us to check up on her during his off hours and even tells us to call him in the middle of the night if we need to! We will be visiting the ENT on June 5 for a consult (sooner if there's a cancellation) on Holland's inability to fight off infection in this area of her body
Every time this happens I find myself saying (to myself)-why can't we just FIX her? Ha! If only life worked that way and we could just fix everything that didn't quite fit into our lives. Although I feel terrible for her and want her to be okay, I DO realize I can't just fix the things that happen naturally in this world. Being able to FIX things that bother us or inconvenience us would negate our need for God in our lives. Fooling ourselves into believing that we can handle all things on our own and mechanically or otherwise put things back together just frustrates and disappoints us. This is a lesson I continually learn and seem to be none wiser despite the amount of times I go through these kinds of circumstances.
Keep praying for her health-that she'll outgrow this problem or that we can surgically FIX the problem. I'm open to whatever is best for her. And I'm open to the fact that I can't control it no matter how hard I try!

Charleston

John and I had a wonderful trip to Charleston this past weekend. He had surprised me a couple of months ago saying he had made reservations to celebrate my birthday. As it turns out we had more than just my birthday to celebrate. After several years and a long journey down a path we had no idea where it would lead, God has blessed John with a new job opportunity!!! It is official-John has resigned from Wachovia and will begin a new job with WHM Capital Advisors in the very near future. He is excited to learn the art of business valuation, offer some expertise in business consulting, and manage a large sum of money in a fund (this is largely unspecified as I'm not exactly SURE what exactly John will be doing). I am so proud of him for following through on his dreams of working for an entreprenuial small firm where he can "get paid for doing things he loves" and "really have an impact".

As for our trip, we ate great food, had lots of uniterrupted time to soak in our future and make our plans, walk all around Charleston shops, take a carriage tour, and thoroughly enjoy the weekend of an unscheduled agenda.

2 New Things:

1) Rowan got himself some orange crocs! He loves them so much that he puts them on immediately upon waking up. It is so great for me because he can put them on and take them off completely by himself. They are a GREAT thing.

2) Holland's hair is finally long enough to put in 1/2 way pig tails. She is too cute for words. Speaking of words: she's saying a LOT more. Some of her favorites include: Ro Ro (for Rowan), cheese, pees (please), mush me (excuse me), mo (more), mes mam (yes ma'm), appo (apple), mamby (lamby), kiko (circle) and many more.