Little Entertainment

We've had our share the past few weeks. Two weekends ago we went to the Shopping Extravaganza at the Outlets at Anthem and found some great things for the house, the kids, the wife and finished up all but one Christmas gift. It was a long day that started with pouring rain and ended with upper 80 degree temp, clear skies and fresh air.

Last weekend we had a blast at Schnepf farms. It's a group of family owned working farms (yes, the Schnepf Family still owns them!) and they hold different activities year round. You can purchase a peach tree or plant vegetables and they will let you know when you can come harvest them. You can be a farmer for a day. All sorts of really neat stuff. This time of year they have the Pumpkin and Chili Festival. They have rides for the little and littler kids, a pumpkin patch (not on the vine), train rides, pig races, tractors, carousel, food, corn maze, chili and cornbread...well you get the idea. It's a genuine (yet still commercial) harvest festival. Here are some pictures from our day:













This week has provided unique entertainment of its own. Tuesday night Eszter threw-up before dinner was even over and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. And tonight about an hour ago. Ash got her to the doctor today and "she might be one of those people who make it worse on themselves." Meaning her stomach may be getting irritated and then vomiting even though there is no "need" to. Thats even if their stomach has been completely empty for hours.

Yesterday morning, Ashlee had her share, but not from morning sickness. Ashlee is done with that part, but still has a touch of the flu. Yesterday afternoon she had a (scheduled) ultrasound. The babies are doing great! They are so good, they are two weeks ahead of schedule...a little scary. One weighs about 3lb 4oz and the other 2lb 15oz. Over 6 pounds of baby and she's only 28 weeks!

Last night, Ashlee was having an onslaught of contractions; as many as 20/hr but no less than 6! So we pulled Tiny E out of bed around 11:45 and went off to labor and delivery at the hospital. They ran a couple basic tests and after four hours of tired frustration, we were sent home with "we think you're getting the flu." As if she didn't already have it!! Diagnosis: Drink lots of water and take Cold-Eeze. We climbed back into bed around 4:30 and the girls were up around 8 with Eszter sick again.

So Ashlee is pretty good today, hardly any contractions and was able to get some fair rest this afternoon.

Tomorrow we were going to go to the Hall of Flame in Phoenix; which is a Fire Museum of some kind (perhaps firefighters and trucks...?). But we won't. If Eszter has a great day, we'll go to Steve and Ericka's Harvest Festival at their church tomorrow evening.