Week in the Life {A Week of Recovery}

 Sunday, January 3rd

Starting the day in Missouri with a mid morning nap and Grandma snuggles before heading back to town for brunch at Granny and Papa's.

After brunch we headed back to Iowa to unload, and then the girls and I went to cousin Lizzie's dance performance.

We had brought Christmas gifts Lauren sent to Grandma & Papa's back with us and the kids opened them.  New sleds!! (Evie opened her gift of babies Saturday night)

Being the very best Daddy ever, Mike agreed to take the kids to the park for an hour to try out the new sleds on the hills!  Off they went, leaving Evie and I to empty bags from the weekend.

The videos Mike sent me are quite sweet.  They had a fun time and were exhausted when they got home to supper.

After supper and warm showers, we settled in for the evening.  Before bed, Zayden tried out his light brite.

Monday, January 4th

Monday was supposed to be a glorious day back to school and routine and back to work for Mike, but instead it turned ghastly before it even began.  Little Evalynn pulled a freshly brewed coffee over on herself and suffered burns that resulted in a trip to the ER.

Monday set the tone for the rest of the week that became a mix of trying to school the children while also helping Evalynn recover and Mike get back into something of a work routine.

Tuesday, January 5th

Trying to keep this little one safe and calm.

Aunt Penny kept the other children, while Mike and I took Evie to a follow up with the pediatrician.

The big kids played outside and then had cocoa bombs for the first time when they came in.

Wednesday, January 6th

Thank you, Shayna, for Natalee's new shirt.  She loves it.

A bit of school while Evalynn rested.

Gifts from a friend arrived - balm to my heart.  Thank you, Melissa.

Thursday, January 7th

Living on prayers and teddy bears.

After a horrendous episode of the bandaging sticking terribly to little Evie's wound, we touched base with Aunt Lauren and our friend Steph and made a new plan for caring for Evie's burns.  After bath she started going to her highchair with activities to air out very well and we switched from gauze to non-stick bandaging with loads of antibiotic cream.  The changes helped in her healing very much.

Friday, January 8th

Airing out before dressing for the day.

I painted her toes and she didn't even know!

Evie spends a lot of time tending her babies.

New bandages in pretty colors.

We got out and got some fresh air.

Our med caddy for Evie right now.

Sweet little mama.

Very nice, Mia!!

Saturday, January 9th

Evie had a very restless night/early morning Saturday.  We had to give a dose of morphine to help her with her pain and then aired out while we held her in bed.

The rest of the day was spent at home.  Dad and the big kids tried to catch cousin Jace's guitar performance but he went on early and they missed it!

In a nutshell, a week of recovery.