Finley Z Movie

Visit From Germany

Oma Rita and Finley

Few weeks ago Finley's Oma (Grandma in German), my mother, came to visit from Germany together with two friends, Aunt Evelyn and Jennifer.
It was a great bonding time with trips to Atlanta, Columbus, Callaway Gardens, cooking and Movie nights. Man how I have missed my mother's cooking :)

Oma Rita was filled with Joy to see her apo (Grandchild in Filipino) and Finley loved the attention all three lovely ladies gave him.
He especially received a nice dose of exclusively German talking which I really liked since I wish for him to learn my language.

Aunt Evelyn and Finley

David and I were happy to take all three of our German visitors to see IHOP (International House of Prayers) in Atlanta and found out that it was one of the ladies first time visiting such kind of church. Which I can relate to since in Germany the main curches are Catholic and Evangelists. There are not many other kind of churches you can go to. It was my first time seeing a church like IHOP myself when I came to the USA.

Aunt Evelyn, my Mother and Aunt Jennifer surrounding Finley

We were happy to be the first to introduce her to it :)
We also liked showing showing them around Atlanta City and Columbus, GA.

We also visit Callaway Gardens Resort and enjoyed Nature.

Unfortunately all three had caught a little cold just before they came to us and therefore were hesitant holding Finley a lot even though they had loved to. Next time when they are all well they can hold Finley as much as they love to.

All in all it was a fun time :)

Next time we hope to be visitors in Germany when Fynn is a little older and he can practise his German with Oma Rita :)

Unique Gifts

I wanted to put this in for a while.

Those are handmade blankets with Finley's name engraved and a stuffed animal.

A gift by David's aunt Rhonda H.

She even engraved Finley's name on clothes and hats.

Such a cool gift!

I think it's such a neat thing to know how to do this.

Fynn Z - The Movie ;P

The New Year starts COLD

My little boy is sick. He has a cough, runny nose, teary eyes......a cold. His very first cold.
I guess I knew this time would come sooner or later. Still....it hit me out of the blue and all of a sudden and no matter how much you may have thought "It's ok. All children get sick now and then." it made feel overwhelmed with worry and concern. Even filled me with fear. Fear that something horrible could happen, like childs death. I know pretty extreme but that's how I feel. I hear him cough and I jump right up beside  him, looking at my little darling with despair and distress, trying everything to help and calm down the cold. 

 Nothing seems to work and he keeps crying. What heart wrenching sound that can be for a mother.
 I feel helpless.
 I am very glad that my Hubby helps out a lot. I wouldn't know what to do without him. Compared to me he is less stressed. While I seem to just fall apart by Fynn's crying and dry coughing he goes ahead and takes charge. He sucks out the mucus out of Fynn's nose with saline drops and bulb so he can breath better which makes the little one cry with fury, his face all red and little tears running down his cheek, my heart aching in pain.
I am sooo thankful for my husband being around and helping wherever he can.
Today little Fynn his still sick. We really pray and hope for him to get better very soon. We watch and see. If not we go back to the doctor again. Right now all we can do so we were told by the doctor is saline drops, humidefier, keep nursing for hydration and keeping him uright for at least half an hour after each feeding for  easier breathing

I guess for a first-time-Mom it is quite normal to freak out over a cold that my baby has catched (especially that young of age). But many other mothers advised me, saying that it will be fine and he will be better. I am to hang in there. 
Glad to know that I am not the only one who went through panic attacks like this and other mothers can understand my feelings.
I guess I got to get used to it since I read that children get a cold much quicker and more often (up to 8 times a year) because their immune system is still immature and developing. *sigh* I will try my very best.