Update

David and I got our pertussis test today and were started on antibiotics. Emma and Eli are getting their tests tomorrow and have already started their antibiotics. Maylee, who is the only one diagnosed is not on medication because we literally could not find a pharmacy who had the prescription. My pediatrician finally called it into a specialty pharmacy and we're picking it up tomorrow.

David's gradfather's funeral was this morning and it went very well. David sang and we got to see a lot of family we haven't in awhile.

I am so exhausted from running back and forth to doctors and pharmacies, not to mention coming down with something that is very likely whooping cough. Please pray for Maylee, it is dangerous in children so young.

Fun in the sun

You're just not having fun until you've spent the whole afternoon on the phone with the Health Department talking about being quarantined.

Double Blech

All right so my kids don't have RSV, they have pertussis! Otherwise known as Whooping Cough. The fun just keeps going and going. Off to get some antibiotics.

Blech

What a week. Eli brought home RSV from church this last week and promptly gave it to Maylee and me. It moved into Maylee's lungs and we've been in and out of the doctors office testing for pneumonia and whooping cough. She had to have blood drawn and chest x-rays and she has these coughing fits where she can't catch her breath and turns all red. It's so sad to see. My sickness is turning into a sinus infection with all the accompanying fun. In addition to the sickness David's grandfather passed away on Thursday. We will be attending his funeral on Tuesday and David will be singing a duet with his dad. It's been a very long week but Eli and Maylee seem to be getting better and hopefully this next week will start to look up for us.

Sunday Shot

Don't we all look so happy? This was taken after church instead of before.

Maylee's Blessing

We blessed Maylee on Valentine's Day. It was such a nice day. The weather was beautiful, we had so many of our family come out, and the food was wonderful!

Here are the wonderful priesthood holders who were in the circle. She slept through the whole thing. :-)

Granna & Aunt Blondie with the guest of Honor


Grandma and Papa (I love this picture). Please note the beautiful booties that her Great-Grandma Mace made for her.


Mommy and Maylee


And here's the cake I ordered for the blessing. Isn't it adorable? And oh it was sooo tasty. Here's the blog of the woman I ordered from. Cassy's Cakes Her prices are great and the cake was so good.

Anchors Away

Last night Eli, who has been feeling sick, asked me if he could take a bath. I said sure and sent him off without thinking about it at all. After awhile Emma asked if she could get in too, she went into the bathroom and I heard her gasp and then say.

"Eli got water all over the floor!"

We're in a bit of a tattle-tale mode right now so I just shrugged and told her to hop in the tub and I'd go get a towel.

"No, Eli got water ALL over the floor."

David by this time had got up to see what was going on and I heard him gasp and start yelling for Eli to get out of the tub. I ran back down with my towel to see what was going on and walked into the bathroom and there was literally three inches of water all over the floor.

Three inches!

Several things occur to me then. 1. Eli's never actually taken a bath alone before. 2. When Eli an Emma take baths together she is in charge of turning off the water. 3. Eli has less common sense than even a typical 4 year old. 4. How the heck to you clean up 3 inches of water off a floor?

It turns out that when the water got high enough that even Eli realized something was wrong, he panicked and instead of turning the water OFF he tried to close the shower curtain to keep the water IN the tub. Ah....precious childhood moments.