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Sadly, this has been our life for the past almost week.



That picture was from Friday morning.  A nasty cold hit this family (everyone but me) on Thursday and Paige had a fever so the kids and I stayed home until Wally got home from school around 1 and then I headed in to work for a few hours. 



Paige is my fever girl.  It seems that about every 3 to 4 months, she gets hit pretty hard.  I know fevers are not necessarily a bad thing, but the temps that hers get to make me nervous sometimes.  Luke had a fever on Monday, his first since he was 9 months old.

After another round of Motrin, Paige was up and moving on Friday night.



This one was not :(  He fell asleep on the couch at 7:30.  I couldn't even tell you the last time he actually fell asleep on the couch.



Paige took full advantage of feeling a little bit better and Luke being sound asleep.  These videos could easily be titled "The Annoying Little Sister".  So funny! Hopefully you can see them; they are a little dark.



Saturday I made the decision that we would still head to LP as we had planned for over a month.  The kids definitely weren't 100%, but they were moving and playing.  They would be able to rest at Grammy & Papa's just as they would at home.  Aunt Carly & Aunt Stacey were in town and they haven't seen the kids in quite awhile.  By Sunday afternoon I wasn't sure if I made the right decision as the kids seemed to be heading downhill again :(

On Sunday night our house smelled like someone had poured a bottle of Vick's all around.  Both kids had a bit of a rough time getting to sleep Sunday night so we put some Vick's VapoRub on Luke's feet and the vaposteam in the humidifier for Paige, both eventually got a decent night's sleep.  I had already made the decision that we would stay home Monday and head to the doctor.  Paige was fever free on Monday, but not Luke.  And I was worried about Paige's ears maybe being infected. 

Poor baby :(


As suspected, both kids just have a virus and there isn't really anything we can do for them.  As of today (Wednesday), they are both feeling a little better, but the noses are still running and the cough is still there and now I am sick.  And of course Wally has a coach's meeting and parent-teacher conferences at night this week so I am on my own with the kids.  And Wally and I have a weekend away planned to celebrate our anniversary.  I need to get better fast!

This is a nasty one for all of us!  Hopefully I can post some happier pictures soon!

One Tough Cookie

Paige had her one-year doctor's visit yesterday evening. 

She weighed in at a healthy 24 lbs exactly (93rd percentile) and was 30 inches long (80th percentile).  I, of course, have to compare that to Luke's stats at one year and they are the same length, but Paige has 12 onces on Luke (he was 23 lbs. 4 oz.).

Here she is patiently waiting for Doctor!


We were playing while we waited and I got a good glimpse in her mouth...who knew she has 2 more teeth on the bottom that are through and the top ones are coming?!?!
Doctor came in and she did much better than at her 9-month checkup.  She was definitely in the stranger danger phase then, but this time she just stared at him and made sure I was close.  Doctor was very happy with her and just laughs at her demeanor.  She showed him her bashful side (smiles and buries her head in me) when he asked her to wave goodbye as he was walking out. 
The not so fun stuff was up next!  The one-year appointment, as I recalled with Luke, is no good - blood draw, TB shot, and 3 other shots.  I was sure Paige was not going to be happy, BUT she proved that she is definitely one tough cookie!

The nurse was worried about finding a vein in her arm especially with her, as she said, "meaty" arms.  But she found one, we laid Paige down, and another nurse was there to help.  As the needle went in, Paige didn't even react.  And then as the blood was flowing out, Paige started smiling at the nurses.  We were all laughing!  The nurse said she is only the second child not to cry while having blood drawn and the first to actually smile!

Paige had no reaction to the TB shot in her arm, but wasn't too thrilled about the 3 shots in the thighs.  They were over before she could really let out a cry though - her face just got really red!  And that was it!  I think she cried more as I was getting her dressed to leave!

You are definitely tough - Big Brother Luke better watch out!

Random

So while you are reading this on Friday (or Saturday), I am most likely sitting in the garage hopefully collecting lots of money from our garage sale. It has been a lot of work gathering everything, pricing, and setting it up. It is our Village-wide garage sale so hopefully there will be a lot of traffic! If not, I probably wouldn't talk to me for a few days since I will be really po'd! Oh and the rain better hold off!!!

On another note, Paige had her 2-month check up on Tuesday. She weighed in at 12.5 lbs (up exactly 4 lbs from her birth weight) and is 24 inches long. She did really great and was smiling away at Doctor until the nurse came back in for her shots :( She got 3 of them. In a matter of 10 seconds, her face went from eyes wide open after the first shot, on the verge of tears on the second one, and full out red face screaming by the third. It is over quickly and she calmed down fairly quickly too, but it is never fun. She slept for the next I think 5 hours.

On Thursday, Luke and I (and Paige) attended a park district class called Tremendous 2's. It is only 4 weeks long and is the last class we will be able to do since I will be going back to work next month. There are only 3 other kids in the class (all boys). It is held in a preschool classroom. There was free play for the first 15 minutes, he painted a school bus, had a snack, heard a story, and sang a couple of songs. I wasn't overly impressed with the teacher or other kids/moms, but it is something to do and gets us out of the house for a bit!

I will leave you with some pictures of the kids since that is really what you come here for anyway :) These are some pictures from Andrew Family Fun Day on 8/28/11. This was a great little fun day put together by Wally's school for all the teachers and staff.

There were games and fire trucks,


a police dog (Luke's favorite part of the day!),


a sleeping baby,


tattoos,


face painting (they both got a thunderbolt = school mascot),


and swimming!