Time if just flying by...

How can it be that I have not posted in over a month? It is unbelievable how quickly time flies once we pass Labor Day. I feel like we hit Labor Day and next thing I know it is Christmas Day. This is always the best time of year for our family... We are finally able to be outside and do something other than sit in the pool or under the misters. We are excited to decorate our house for all the different seasons. We are excited to start cooking and baking again because it is not 120 degrees outside. We love this time of year... and this year is no different.

We are now fully entrenched in school and activities with the first report cards coming home this past Friday and conferences being held. We are thrilled with how well the kids are doing... they are adjusting well to 2nd grade and kindergarten and we hope the rest of the year continues to go well for them. Little One has also reached a major milestone... she has all of her "baby" teeth... we are still awaiting the 2 year molars but we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and our happy baby has returned again!

We are now on Fall Break and looking forward to some fun this week... The beginning of the week we seem to be booked solid with playdates and activities. We leave on Thursday to go to Mum and Pa's for a quick visit and to pick up our new addition Boomer. We are excited to hang out with Mum and Pa and help Pa celebrate his birthday early. We are also so excited to finally get our puppy and bring him home. We have been preparing for lots of months and the time is finally arriving.

We finished decorating the inside of the house today for fall and Mike is working on the yard and winter grass. Hopefully this week we will finish decorating the outside of the house and get it all ready for Halloween. Then it is on to Thanksgiving which we are having here this year... excited to spend time with family and friends and just have a nice and hopefully cool day. Christmas will also be spent here and the kids are already making their lists for Santa. Just really hoping Santa has a WII Fit somewhere in the North Pole! :-) We are excited that Mike will have 2 weeks off at Christmas and New Years and looking forward to all of the wonders of the Christmas season!

So, kind of a lame post but just wanted to let you all know we are still alive and kickin... just much too busy for our own good. But, we are thankful that we have such a great little family here that is getting ready for our favorite time of year. We will post pictures of the new addition later this week...

Happy Fall everyone!

A Quick Update....

Miss A still loves her music and loves her new keyboard!!!!!!!! We cannot get her off of it!

Little One still can't stand her swimming lessons...

And yes.... Miss M and Miss A still love to dress up and be silly! Thanks for the new outfits Mum and Pa!

Happy Days Are Here Again... At Least For Now!

Seems Miss A and Little One are totally back! So, we celebrated tonight by having a big bath party! All 3 kids climbed into the bathtub and had a blast... It was fun to see so much laughter and silliness! There has not been much of that the last couple of weeks!

Thankful for The Little Things in Life

Like sending both kids to school! Miss A's fever broke on Monday evening... Kept her home yesterday to play it safe and she is still fever free. Says her throat hurts, but giving her motrin before she leaves for school and making her a lunch packed with soft stuff. Miss M (knock on major wood) still seems ok. I found the baby on the kitchen table hanging from the light fixture (literally), so I would think that she is back to normal. Daddy-O is on antibiotics for a sinus infection and on his way to relief.

Now, if I could get myself back to normal life would be great. I am on Day 7 and still not able to eat much... Waiting for a throat culture to come back... They are so convinced I am living with strep that they sent it out to a lab after 2 negative ones. I guess this teaches me a lesson... Just let go of the negative and mean stuff out there... Look what happens to myself when I don't!

HOPE YOU ARE ALL STAYING HEALTHY! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Miss A now has it....

throat blisters and 102 fever? Need I say anymore?????

the update

Well, my last post saw me saying forget nutrition and just get something into Little One... The virus continued to progress and Little One was admitted to the hospital early Thursday morning. She was so dehydrated and exhausted... No matter what we gave her she would not take it... So, 3 IV bags and 1 injection of moriphine later we seemed better and were discharged from the hospital. The good thing about her being there was they tested everything.... so, we know her kidneys, liver, blood work, urinalysis etc are all totally normal... not one thing wrong that could come up on a test. I brought her home and ended back in Urgent Care with myself that night... same thing... not as severe as Little One but it gave me a whole new appreciation for her pain and discomfort... So, Little One was on a baby dose of vicodin like medication and I was on an adult dose of codeine and we are both making a full recovery... even starting to eat something. So, I am hoping this will be the worst of it... and as I say this I realize we are not even in cold and flu season! Awesome...

I have tons to update on this blog... will try to get to it later tonight... Just wanted to give you guys an update on our Little One.

FORGET NUTRITION!

Its a chocolate pudding for lunch! Notice her arm... nice big bandage from where she got a little prick for drawing blood! Tried to take it off but she did not want me to... I guess she wants to show off her battle wounds! :-)