YOU ARE INVITED
To our baby dedication for Belinda Allison Caton Henry and Samuel August Henry
Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Perkasie, 5th Street, Perkasie, PA.
Please come be a part of this special day!

You can call or email for more information.

What do you do on a very snowy Sunday when they cancel church?





You play outside and inside, go out to eat and get pancakes, go to Barnes and Noble, come home and eat popcorn and watch a video before falling to sleep!

Best Buddies

We had kind of a scare on Wednesday night. In the middle of the night Belinda began to make a faint crying and coughing noise, but it wasn't a normal sound. We went and picked her up, and she was having trouble breathing or even crying and coughing. We didn't want to take any chances, so we called 911. Jon and Belinda rode in on an ambulance while Leigh stayed home with Samuel.

She started breathing better with a vapor mask in front of her face. At the hospital she begin breathing a lot better, but her temperature was up to 105. She was very patient. Well, it turns out she had the croup (parents, go to www.webmd.com, search for croup so you'll be educated. We sure WEREN'T). Leigh and Samuel came and picked us up at 3AM after several medicines and some X-rays. She's been absolutely fine since then.

But...the story didn't end there. The medicine they had her on made her hungry (and a little loopy) on the way home, so she began asking for food. At about 4:00AM while I (Jon) was making pasta for her, I heard her say, "Daddy, can you get it out." She was pointing to her nose. She was holding soybean nuts. You guessed it -- I spent the next hour getting the soybean nut out of her nose! The whole family finally got to bed at 5AM after a very interesting 4 hours.

MEDICAL NOTE:
Here is a comparison of some of the advice I got that night from different people.

*Home Treatment of Croup --
EMT: Cold Air
Nurse: Cold Air
Respiratory Therapist: Cold Air (no steam)
Doctor: Cold Air and/or Steam
WebMD: Cold Air and/or Steam

*"Is Croup contagious (for our baby)?"
EMT: No
Nurse: Absolutely not
Respiratory Therapist: No
Doctor: Yes, wash your hands between handling children
WebMD: Yes, wash your hands between handling children

This is not to mention the Pediatrician's advice...

Maybe you can learn something from our adventure. We're still trying to sort out what we learned!

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Look Out!

We increased the font size on this page, so hopefully everything is very, very easy to read. We don't ramble on too much on this page (like Jon almost always does at Jon's Notes), but we do keep everyone up on what's happening -- and always post some of the latest pictures.

News Flash:
We may have 1 of the children graduating from diapers! Can you guess which one? Hopefully you guessed the almost-3-year-old Belinda over the 8-week-old Samuel. She was so excited. Of course we'll spare you some of the details, but trust us -- this is a Big Day!

It's amazing how quickly young children develop! Just looking down this page I noticed a few firsts, like Belinda's 1st picture, Samuel's 1st smile and bath. Life is full of firsts for us.

Karoake Machine -- A Star Is Born

We had a pretty exciting New Year's.
First, our neighbors had a big party in the eve, so there was a lot of noise and excitement in the air on our street until late at night. Belinda and Sammy slept just fine from 10PM on.
Then on New Year's Day, we drove down to New Jersey and enjoyed a lot of food, much of it unhealthful. The children, Belinda and her cousins, were excited because they opened presents yet again. I think everyone had fun.
Everything went well on the way home except for I (Jon) got turned around in Jersey and added 25 minutes to our return trip. Getting turned around is easy to do in South Jersey, since 1/3 of the roads are named "Jackson Road" and the other roads don't have signs.
Today we are all languishing at home with colds (Jon, Leigh, Samuel), ear infections and possible asthma (Belinda), and various other assorted illnesses (all). The weather is fine and we are going to take it easy.