Hamilton Happenings

I wanted to do a quick Halloween post so I won't ever forget how adorable Channing was.  He was a scarecrow this Halloween.  We used a pair of his overalls and I sewed on a few patches of material and then we stuffed his pockets with straw.  The paint on the nose thing didn't work so well...he rubbed it off the first time around.  Our ward did a trunk-or-treat in the parking lot.  Channing was a little skeptical about it all when we first started.  But he quickly got the hang of walking up to people, grabbing candy, and putting it in his bucket.  Someone gave him a sucker and he immediately had to have it!  At least he's easy to please!  Such a friendly scarecrow...had to say bye to the trick-or-treaters as they left.

Although Channing is still sick with croup he has learned a new skill...wiping himself.  Now every time after I change his diaper he needs a wipe of his own.  His bellybutton must be real clean!

   Time is flying by....  I usually end the day by thinking, oh my goodness I have so much to do this week!  Between school, work, certifications for work, exercising, and family life I feel busy!  Julia and Cameron and family came to visit earlier this month.  That was really fun.  We mainly just hung out and took walks.  Channing loved having friends to play with.  It'll be great to live close to family one day.     Do you know what else will be great??  Being done with school this December!!  It's so stinkin hard to have a busy day and then realize I need to do home work.  Blah, i hate it.  At least this is my last semester.  Yes!    One random moment of this month was when some driver drove up our curb, onto our grass, hit the side of our Xterra, and then drove away before we ran outside to see what just happened.  Luckily the Xterra isn't badly damaged.  The hit shifted the front bumper and broke the right headlight.   Current news with Channing.  He has a cold and

     I haven't written a blog post in so long!  Since I started working I've been much busier and my days at home are usually filled with laundry, cooking, cleaning, and having fun with Channing.  Recently I had my first L&D night shift.  And I'm happy to say that I survived!  It was actually really slow. Which made it feel really long.  At about 3am I hit a wall and felt like I was gonna fall asleep on the spot.  But I found that if I get up and do something then I wake up.      Channing has been really sick.  He's never been this sick before.  On Monday I took him to the doctor and he ended up having a double ear infection, strep throat, and a possible UTI.  It's only Wednesday now and he's so much better after starting on an antibiotic.  I'm grateful for doctors and antibiotics.  And Justin gave him a blessing, what an awesome guy I married!  After Channing was so sick and grumpy it's really nice to see his happy self back.       I was planning