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First up - B celebrated her birthday at her preschool last week.  She wanted to share pink, sparkle, star sugar cookies...

While B enjoyed her celebration, N got to go to the doctor again.

B had a fun time celebrating four years at preschool, N gets to do breathing treatments four times a day.

on the mend

We're on the mend again... I think this will be it for a while (cross my fingers).  We have been to the doctor's office so much, I'm pretty sure we've paid their rent for the month.  B's ear infection is all clear and her cough is finally gone.  

N had a reactive airway-thing, so we were in and out changing meds, etc.  Now he's on breathing treatments and doing better.  Clearly, he wasn't happy to wait, but he does well with his treatments at home.  

 I'm happy we switched to our current pediatrician - she rocks and the kids like her.  

still a little sick

We have been to the doctor twice this week for B.  First on Monday, bronchitis... first round of antibiotics.  Second trip to the doctor Thursday - bronchitis now worse, moved from the front of her chest to the back, and now an ear infection... second round of a different antibiotic and chest x-rays.  

Both kids were troopers at her appointments - I am thankful.  

She's a good patient.  She was a champ at the radiologist... waiting was tough, but we made it through.  

And she clearly still has her sense of humor!  

B's x-ray was clear, so we will just back next week for a follow-up on her ears.  

Getting Better

Just a quick update for you all - B & N are feeling better.  

They both have colds, but the fevers are gone and they seem to be feeling so much better.  

It's nice to see the smiles again... asking to do more activities is always a good sign.  

Here's to happy, healthy'ish kids!

Painting... paper, hand prints, and a birdhouse.

New P.J.'s -

B & N - the sick-o's... they've clocked a lot of time in their jammies the past few months.

  Sometimes there isn't a lot we can do for them - lots of fluids, loves, snuggles, and yesterday - new P.J.'s!  

It put a smile on their face.  I caved and went with Disney - Wall-E & Princess.  

I'm not a fan, but I think B was born with this subconscious love for all things Disney.    

Again...

The wave of illness is upon us!  N seems to kick it off for us each time and B is not far behind.

  This time it's fevers.  At least Mom & Dad are healthy to take care and give lots of loves - and at least the kids can still sleep okay.  

The fun never ends at our house!  Are you sure you don't want to visit?  

You may have an opportunity to do a little immunity building!

Spring Break?!

Spring Break this year is much different - sick kids, yuck!  The theme of this year has been our children's sickness!  Ugh!  poor guys.  I'm serious when I say one or the other has been sick since October.  We thought we would have a relaxing Spring Break this year - not so much.  N was sick Thursday of last week through the weekend.  

So, on to Spring Break '09!  To start it all off, we thought we should get out of the house for a little fresh air.  We didn't even make N get dressed!

  

E needed to stop in at TU, so we packed up the kids for a low-key office visit... 

 

It was a rough few days for the little guy (but he is feeling much better (knock on wood))!  

I think the trip out made him feel much better. 

He even got a little work done.  

 

At the end of the day N felt well enough for a frozen chocolate banana. And of course, Beven got in a little "dress-up" time before it was her turn to get sick!  

 

Luck of the Irish?

Not so lucky this year... B has been sick the past few days, so we didn't celebrate St. Patrick's Day to the fullest.  We usually go to the nursery to look at the new plants and flowers and we had planned to take them to Bounce U in the morning - change of plans.  Maybe in the next few weeks...

N is a goofball!  He is playing with B's barf bucket... yes, we washed it out before he put it on his head... gross!  

You can tell he is feeling better - many more smiles for Mom and Dad.

The weather has been beautiful, so he has been enjoying his play time outside.  

 

He really is our funny guy... here he is talking on his pudding cup to Nanny & Papa!  

Here we are in Oklahoma...

Friends and family are always interested in the little things in life and this may make it easier to learn more about our family at your leisure.  Grandparents on both sides are still blessed with dial-up internet and this is much easier than Facebook!  

Oklahoma is where we hang our hat and the weather yesterday was beautiful -  70's and it couldn't be better.  

We had a great and well needed visit from my friends over the weekend.  We had a great time with them.  We had a girls day of shopping.  We spent some time at Utica Square and ended the day on the patio at Starbucks.  We had a personal introduction to Wii and I think E could be addicted.  Guitar Hero and a few beers took the guys late into the last evening, we shared a bottle of wine and downloaded our photos to our Facebook accounts - all before they all had to make the drive back to Texas.  I really missed my best friend and am so grateful for the time we had together.  We will do it again soon.  

B and N have both been under the weather.  Over the weekend N had croup.  Yuck!  The coughing then began for B and continues today.  N has since been to the doctor twice.  Yesterday he tested positive for RSV.  Poor guy!  So, now we're home trying breathing treatments and getting the kids on the road to recovery.