Merry Christmas

Our girls would like to wish you a Merry Christmas - from the house of no such thing as a silent night!!!

Family of Four

We are now a family of four - and starting to love it. We are finally getting into the swing of things and establishing this as our norm. We love our new baby as much as our almost 4 year old! What a blessing we have in each other...and what a blessing it is to have a healthy baby and healthy delivery!

Super Bug?

Last week we were hit with some sort of super bug. They kept telling me M had H1N1 because of her high fever (104). However, she developed this rash that kept getting worse and worse and was unexplanable. On day 4 the Dr. said she possible had Fifth's (which on day 2 the Dr. said she absolutely did not have). At any rate, we believe she was having some sort of toxic reaction to one of the 3 perscription drugs (in addition to 2 OTC) they had her on. We have since come across Serum Sickness and think this may be our culprit since symptoms started on day 9 of Sulfa. Does anyone have experience with serum sickness? If so, what do you think? Good news is M is better now and is eating again and sassy as ever - just in time for Halloween. Here are some pics from day 2 of the illness. I would say day 3.5 was the worst...the rest of her body started to look like her face at that point.

Spoke too soon

Well, it is official, we are back on the antibiotic for lung infections. I guess we made it all the way into October before we had to start, so that is a step. We were just really hoping that this was the fall she would not need to start the meds at all. We will keep praying for her to outgrow this and for the new baby to not have this condition.

A little bit of hope

M had a very stuffy and runny nose for two weeks and guess what? She DID NOT develop a lung infection. In fact, she didn't even get the slightest cough. I hope this is not premature excitement, but this is the first time in 3 1/2 years that she has not gotten a lung infection due to a simple virus as this was. I am THRILLED to say the least!

Nesting

It is safe to say that I have been nesting lately. Unfortunatly, for my hubby, that mostly means nagging him to finish all sorts of projects. In the past two weeks we have rearranged and gotten rid of furniture, ordered (and will be arriving tomorrow) a new sofa sleeeper, had the majority of our new windows installed, and enjoyed grandma and gradpa Pate's company last weekend to build a play set for M and baby. This is no ordinary play set. It is the size of a small bedroom with a swing set off of it. Plans in the future include a rock climbing wall and a slide - lucky kid! All of this nesting - you would think my house was immaculate, but I can not stop cleaning out closets. I am getting rid of things left and right, so my house is always looking like junk. I just can't help myself. I see a storage place and I just start organizing. Hopefully we will get on to the nursery soon - we are just waiting for our window coverings to come in.

In other news M started dance class on Monday night. She proclaimed to me on the way there that she was going to cry when we got there because her friend was not in calss with her. And she did. She cried the first 10 minutes of calss. It was so cute seeing little ballet positions with giant tears in her eyes. Next week WILL be better. M has also proclaimed her lack of desire to learn. Last weekend she told me she turned off the TV because they were talking about words and she did not want to learn. The joys!

Guilt Trip

As we were getting ready for school and work on Wednesday morning M is on the potty and mumbles loud enough for us to hear, " I wish you guys loved me enough that you would let me just stay home." So starts the guilt trips!