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Bath time fun James playing air hockey with Nana
James and Grandma Lou
Visitors in our backyard.

A Praise!

Blogging friends-I was just wondering if any of you have switched over yet to the new version of blogger in beta and if you had any problems or dislikes. I have been a little hesitant to make the change and I was thinking I should get some feedback first. Thanks in advance!

Well, little James has just come out of a rough two weeks of having a yucky virus called Hand-Foot-Mouth. He was finally diagnosed on the second visit to the doctor when she noticed the little red spots on the bottom of his feet and palms of his hands. The poor guy suffered from a fever that lasted over a week and diarrhea that wouldn't ease up. He vomited 3 times and at one point I thought of taking him to the emergency room. The fact that we do not have insurance in this country deterred me from this option. So my mother came over and with her help we monitored James through the night. I have two praises from this story that I would like to share. #1 James is better and has gained the weight that he lost. This was a huge concern to us as he is already tiny and only weighing 22 lbs. (the average weight of a 1 yr. old) (Yes, I DO feed this child, he is a really active, small guy and burns off everything he consumes!) #2 This is really neat. After we get done seeing the doctor, I go to the desk to write a check for the visit. To my surprise the receptionist tells me that I have a $298 credit on my account. I tell her that this cannot be possible and that maybe she pulled up the wrong account on her computer. I inform her that we haven't been in to see the doctor since the last time we were in the states. She said that the computer hadn't listed any specific details and that she thought that I must have overpaid. So I smiled at her and said, wow, praise the Lord! It didn't occur to me until later that maybe someone had anonymously done that for us. There is just no way that I could overpay by $300!!!!!! Isn't God good?!! He used someone in that office to bless and take care of us. Thank you Jesus for your provision!

Halloween

James had a blast trick-or-treating and he couldn't believe that he was actually getting candy ("dandy") when he asked for it! He Loved being a chicken, though at times he did get hot so I removed his shoes and occasionally took off his costume to cool him off. We got our money's worth out of this costume. Earlier in the week, we went to a Halloween Festival at a local church where he played games, rode a pony and enjoyed petting some farm animals. My father also treated us to tickets for the "Not-so-scary Halloween" night at Disney World. James enjoyed the rides and spending time with his cousins.( The whole family was there including my sister Carol who flew in from SC and my aunt Dorothy, cousin Susan and her daughter Reese who flew in from VA.) The Firework show on the other hand was a loud, scary event but he still kept his curious eyes open during the whole thing while maintaining a death grip around my neck. Enjoy the pics!