I’m sick and tired (of doctors’ offices)

Here’s my little rant on how most doctors’ offices lack patient service.  On Tuesday morning I woke up with a 100 degree fever, unable to breathe, and unable to talk.  I had Casey call the doctor to see if I could come in ASAP.  The receptionist quickly asked what my symptoms were and Casey told her to which she replied that I should “stay away”(her exact words) and chillax at home until I get better.  They don’t want me getting them sick right?  Casey asked for advice on what I should do then if the doctors office won’t even help me.  She said that I should stay at home and drink a lot of liquids. 

After a long day and night of feeling horrible I decided that I should probably find a new doctor, and find a new one I did.  Right when Casey came home from work I ventured out of the apartment for the first time in a long time, and went to the doctor.  This doctors’ office gave me a mask to wear which I thought made more sense than them telling me like the previous doctors’ office did that they couldn’t see me at all.  Turns out I have bronchitis and an ear infection.  I am so glad that I didn’t “stay-away” and wait until I got better because without an antibiotic and codeine that wouldn’t have been too pleasant.  Now I finally feel better.

11 months!

Carly is 11 months today.  I cannot believe it.  My little baby is so old.  This past month Carly has grown up so much.  About two weeks ago she started WALKING!  I wasn’t expecting her to walk so soon.  One day she just let go of the couch and started walking. She didn’t even seem scared to try it out. She still crawls when she wants to get somewhere fast, but now she walks more than she crawls.

Carly’s personality is really coming out now.  She cracks us up.  She’s started to throw little tantrums when she doesn’t get her way and she gets excited when she does get her way.  Other things:

-loves to flush the toilet

-Is great at signing “milk”

-loves to growl

-loves to pull clothes out of drawers

-loves reading books

-Is great at giving kisses to everything and anyone that comes close to her

We love our little girl so much.   We feel like the luckiest people in the world to have such a sweet, smart, beautiful, funny, little girl.  We’re so excited to see what this next month will bring!

Hatches visit Milwaukee

My parents and my little brother came to visit for the last few days. We went to Chicago for a day and hung out around Milwaukee the rest of the time. I love having family come to visit. It’s so much fun to have people around that can make me laugh better than anyone else. My family has the best senses of humor in the world!

Whenever my parents come to visit they always help me with projects. My parents seriously know how to fix everything, and they know the answers to all of my questions whether is be about our cars, food, babies, politics, money, pop culture, or ANYTHING!

Here’s a photo journal of our fun trip:

Day 1 – Chicago

We got on the Skokie Swift and headed into downtown. We stopped to see the coolest baseball stadium in the world:

Then we ate some of the best pizza in the world:

Chicago stuffed pizza is amazing. Sauce goes on top, toppings and cheese go in the middle, and thick deep-dish crust keeps it all together.

Next we hit Michigan Avenue aka The Magnificent Mile. We shopped, walked, and people-watched.

Finally we made it to The Willis Tower, formerly known as The Sears Tower. We took the speediest elevator I’ve ever been on up 103 floors to The Sky Deck. The views were breathtaking…

We even got to stand on “The Ledge” which was opened a couple months ago. You stand on a plexi glass floor, and you can look straight down. I thought it was very eerie. It was pretty hard for me to take that step onto it, and especially hard to look down. I’m glad I got to do it though!

My mom made it out on The Ledge, and even Carly was brave enough to stand on it :)

Carly was a trooper the whole time. It was a pain to take her stroller on the L train, but it was so nice to have my parents and my brother always there to help out. She was happy the entire day even without getting any naps. She loved all the stuff that was going on.

We all loved spending the day in Chicago. It was so nice and convenient to take the L train all around town. I feel like you never truly visit a city until you ride its public transportation, and ride it we did.

Day 2 – Holy Hill

After our long day in Chicago we relaxed on Saturday and then headed to Holy Hill in the afternoon. The leaves were beautiful. It was freezing cold so Carly and I didn’t make it all the way up in the tower. I didn’t take any pictures outside so here’s one that I found online:

Inside the church:

Day 3 – Sunday

We took a drive and my parents took family pictures of Carly, Casey and me. Then they had to leave last night.

Thanks mom, dad, and Jake for coming and visiting. We had so much fun having you guys around!

Hand-me-downs recreated

This week I've been organizing, and getting rid of a lot of stuff.  I still had a lot of clothes from high school that I had refused to get rid of because for some reason I still thought they were cool.   I finally accepted that I wouldn’t wear those clothes again so I went through them and either Goodwilled them or put them in the “save for repurposing” pile.  Yesterday during my organizing I found these capris:

 

I loved these capris so much in high school.  I’ve been keeping them for way too long… but I decided that I couldn’t get rid of them fully - so yesterday I cut them up for fabric and made these for Carly:

Now she can have a part of me!  Isn’t that little pocket so cute!

 

  

I made the pattern all by myself!  I used some of Carly’s jeans to come up with one, and it was a cinch after cutting the pieces out. It took about an hour from start to finish. The hardest part was sewing the pocket and the button on.  My next projects are to transform a pink houndstooth skirt into a cute jumper for Carly, and make another diaper bag for my sister.  I love sewing!