Full of Smiles

Hannah and I are well on the way to fully recovering from her trachiitis and my viral meningitis/exhaustion.   I’m feeling better than I have in months.  It helps that I make a point to get at least 6 hours of sleep at one time instead of 2 or 3 2-3 hour naps.

Hannah too is feeling much better.  She is more alert, happy, and just full of smiles.   She is starting to roll over again (back to front), which is a skill we thought she had lost because she hadn’t been able to do it in months.   She even tried to get onto her knees from her stomach, although the effort failed.  But at least there was intention and an attempt!

The kids got out of school today, so it is officially summer break.

Last summer was just horrible.  We moved from Texas to Vegas.  Hannah and I were in Texas until the end of June, and Hannah didn’t get out of the hospital until middle of July last year.  At that point on, it was all about Hannah’s recovery.

This summer, Daddy and I have decided to focus on being a family, doing things as a family, and just keeping it low key.   Hannah may not be able to do many of the things we plan to do, but there are quite a few that she can go with us to such as the children’s museum, the Bellagio hotel fountains, night at the park movies, and things like that.  We want this to be the summer that the three kids have fun together, as much fun as possible anyway.   We also want the kids to have fun with us, mommy and daddy, I we have actually set up a daily schedule that blocks out playtime with me so we can play games, go to the movies, bake cookies, etc.

We don’t know what next summer holds for our family, but we aren’t going to dwell on it anymore.   Hannah is here now, so we are going to do what we can together.

I just want this summer to be fun.   Family fun.  And as long as Hannah is still full of smiles, we are on the right track!