To See the Mommy!

With Amanda being in the hospital, some of us in the church are helping her and Brother Chris with the girls. It's been especially hard on little Carissa not being able to see her mommy.

Hannah put the tent up for them the other night and she liked that. Around 2:30 am, she started screaming for mommy. Poor thing. She was so pitiful. She woke up again Wednesday night, about the same time, but this time she only cried for a few seconds before drifting back to sleep.


Being sweet


Hannah enjoyed having the girls to mother. She's really the one that took care of them the whole time. Not because I asked her to, but because she just kind of took over tending to their needs. It was really sweet watching her "mother hen" the little ones.


Carissa LOVES Bruce and when he's home sitting on the couch, you'll find her snuggled up next to him.


And eventually, you'll find the two of them napping.


Mrs. Janet was taking these beautiful flowers to Amanda from the church today so I asked if the girls and I could tag along so they could see their mommy. Plus I knew Amanda was needing to see them too.


Amanda's sister Kaylynn and their daddy rode with us on the church van. Look at Carissa's face. She was so happy we were going to see mommy. She started singing "Driving up the road, driving up the road, Driving up the road...." LOL


Celine was ready to give her mommy a great big hug and the cookies Mrs. Tammy helped her bake when they stayed with Mrs. Tammy Monday.


The trip to Charlotte is always an experience. There are so many one way roads that it is easy to get turned around. Mrs. Pam also went with us and offered to take the GPS, but Mrs. Janet printed instructions from Map Quest so she declined. But like I said, it's very easy to get turned around there, so we ended up here.....


...and here...


...and here...


..and many other places before Mrs. Janet finally figured out where we were and we made it to the hospital. Julie and Emily were following us, poor girls! I just knew they were wondering what in the world we were doing. But come to find out, they were just as lost as we were. LOL

Look at those beautiful eyes. She can look straight into your soul, this one can.


Amanda is still on a clear liquid diet, progressing to solids little by little. They brought her lunch, which included chocolate pudding with whipped cream. Celine was happy about that, knowing that her mother does not like chocolate. So that it wouldn't go to waste, she was happy to eat it for her mommy. She told her mother a while ago referring to chocolate, "If you'll just try it and try it and try it, eventually you'll like it!"


Celine couldn't get close enough to her mommy today. She sure did enjoyed seeing Amanda, snuggling up next to her, and having serious discussions. :)


We ate lunch at the hospital cafeteria and ran an errand before heading home. Carissa was asleep before we left the first level of the hospital parking garage. Seeing her mommy put some fears to rest and she was able to sleep the long ride home.

Celine was happy to listen to my iPod on the way home. Here she is singing God Is Bigger Than the Boogie Man. She doesn't know all the words, but the words she does know, she sings. HA!