It's been way too long since I blogged last. We finally finished harvest on November 16. It was a pretty average year overall. Soybeans and corn were about average and grain sorghum was above average. Our biggest problem this year was getting the crop out of the field, especially the grain sorghum. The crops stayed wet due to the fall moisture which we are very thankful for. I've been in Kansas for 5 years and this is the first year in my memory that we have used the dryer on the grain bin. We usually take our crops to the elevator in town but this year due to the high moisture we decided to dry the crop with our dryer and put it in our bin. Also the corn and grain sorghum price is in the tank right now so we decided to store some on the farm until the price increases (which probably won't happen).
Like I mentioned earlier, I have been a Kansas resident for almost 5 years. I moved here in December 2008 the day after I got my Masters Degree from Purdue University. I can't say that all the days have been easy. I do miss my Illinois family and friends. I do like it in Kansas though. I'm glad Dan is from Washington County and made me move here! Everyone has been so nice and welcoming over the past few years...it's meant a lot to me.
Lorena has been getting into everything recently. We had Halloween and she was a bee.
She also helped with harvest. She loved riding in the grain truck. She is a true farmgirl.
Had to get a picture of my hubby driving the grain truck. I know I'm weird, but I think he is hot!
Lorena has done a few new things the past month. She had her first hospital stay a few weeks ago. She has had several ear infections and came down with bronchitis. She was hospitalized for about 24 hours to be under a mist tent and get breathing treatments every 3 hours. We came home with the mist tent and are still running vaporizers in her room, but she is back to her normal self. She also started walking on her own in Mid-November. She started with just a few steps, but now she can almost walk down the hallway by herself. She also switched away from a bottle and uses a modified sippy cup now. I hate to admit but I had been really worred about her not walking and using a bottle for a few months now. I guess I just needed to let her do things on her own! Preemies do things when they want and on their own schedule. She loves to climb on chairs and on the shelves of the refrigerator. We also had a fun visit with Auntie Maria over Thanksgiving.
We had an ultrasound today. I'm approximately 16 1/2 weeks and so far so good. Hiesterbaby is a girl! Dan was preparing for another girl (he had predicted Lorena was a girl too) so he wasn't too surprised when they said it's a girl. He just said, "I knew it." We just pray for a healthy full term baby. Dan is going to be way outnumbered. :-)
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