So this week (and last) have been horrible with illness. We've been thrown out of routine and been housebound...which does not go too well for me. Last week Jaxon had strep and was really really sick. Thursday was a good day, I made it to the gym, and then by that night Isaac had a fever. By Saturday night Mason had a fever, and by Sunday night it was me. So, as I write this, Tuesday night, I still feel like I'm swallowing knives, even with a load of motrin and tylenol...and I tested negative for strep. The kids are all doing great and recovering beautifully. I'm sad because I'm spending mornings in bed when I'm normally at the gym. I got on the scale to see numbers moving upward today and that was not a good feeling either (uh--understatement). So...first of all, I wanted to post pictures of Isaac's freaky hives. He got them every day in the afternoon, for 3 days. However he didn't seem to be too bothered and they went away quickly with benadryl.
Yeah, seems really upset doesn't he!!
Today I kept myself loaded up with medicine since the kids had dentist appointments. Jaxon has 2 cavities but doesn't need braces. Cavities is cheaper than braces so I'll take it! Hannah has had braces but has no cavities. Yes!! She's thrilled about that. Jaxon goes Friday for fillings...at the same time Jared goes to get his stomach scoped. I might have to switch around some appointments since I need to be driving Jared to and from his.
I started feeling really lousy though by the time we made it home from the dentist around 3. I got started making a super easy chicken noodle soup for dinner and since its Hannah's 10th birthday tomorrow, she wanted to make chocolate chip cookies as her treat that she brings to share with the class. I was all for it since I could barely handle making the soup. So when the soup was done I had to take a few pictures of the little bakers. I think she's learned great baking-cookie skills from her Mor-mor..cause she lets her brothers help and was all kinds of patient with them, when I would have been losing it just to get the job done. It was super cool to watch.
I am amazed that my first born is almost 10. I really am. I might only have 8 more years with her under my roof, I sadly realized today.
I will post about her tomorrow...cause its gonna take some serious thought. This girl's amazing and its an honor to be her mom.
Yup. The title says it all. Jaxon came down with a fever last Saturday, and on Monday the doctor informed us he had strep. So he's been on antibiotics since then but it took a couple days of really really sick Jaxon before they kicked in. He wanted me to sit with/hold him most of the time, so I didn't get much done. BUT since he's 8 and not much of a snuggler anymore I tried to enjoy it! He was fever free all day Wednesday so was able to go back to school yesterday. Then last night Isaac came down with a fever. Great. After a doctor visit today, he does not have strep...yet...but she gave me a prescription just in case he gets worse over the weekend. I made it to the gym once this week. I worked out at home the other days but it is just not the same. :(. Call me selfish, but my daily crazy hard workouts is what gets me through my days of chaos. So today I just wanted to lay in bed and sleep all day since I'm so low energy from doing nothing. I did finish up some maternity pics and blogged about those...but that's about it! So hopefully this weekend is rejuvenating. The kids have school off Monday--Valentine's Day-- so I'll have to get creative and take some cute blog-worthy photos...but realistically..that may not happen either! My sleepy sick Isaac is calling so I better run..til next time...
Um. Yup I'm slacking. When I'm up to my eye balls in photo shoots for other people I forget to take my camera out on my own kids and then I don't want to post anything if I don't have pictures! This is going to take some work I guess! But since my last post...well we've had a lot of sickness going on, in fact Jaxon has another fever/sore throat tonight. He was crying at Travis and Jenna's that he was just so tired and wanted to sleep (it was 7 p.m. and he's 8. Come on.). So that was kind of a good sign that he wasn't feeling too well.
In the past couple weeks though we've had Carson and Max over several times while Jenna and Travis are trading shifts at the UCSF children's hospital...and the weather has been awesome so we've been outside alot. Hannah will be 10 in 2 weeks so thank goodness she FINALLY taught herself to ride a bike last week. And now she wants to ride outside every single day after school. Mason's bike, that is. He can't or doesn't want to ride it so she's cruising around on this little orange I-don't-know-what in Jared's ginormous helmet. SO. For her birthday...bike and a helmet. Sweet. It only took 7 years longer than the neighbor Ciara to learn how to ride. (All our neighbor's kids learn to ride 2 wheelers when they're 3--it puts us to shame, for sure.) But, Jaxon learned how to ride his bike through his little friend Jonny's coaching: "you can do it, Jaxon! It's easy!" And he was almost 8...so I think I'm not going to worry about teaching Mason or Isaac. They'll figure it out on their own eventually, right?? And then while the kids road their bikes I practiced a little photography trick called "panning" which I don't usually use and it was the perfect opportunity to try it out. So I will put in a couple of those pictures in a minute.
Another couple things--we have the movie Despicable Me in the car on all the time. If we drive half a block to the school, the kids turn it on. Its ridiculous. I have the stupid thing memorized and I haven't even seen it. I just have heard it. The sad thing is, Isaac can barely talk and he was saying the words along with the movie the other day. He has it memorized too for crying out loud! The problem is I totally have the character's voices in my head with what the actor actually looks like..not the character. If that makes sense. Like Gru. Its Steve Carell. So I see Steve Carell in my head when I hear Gru talking. Same with Will Arnett. I see Will Arnett..not the huge banker guy or whoever character he is the voice for. So I need to watch the movie to know what I'm listening to. Wow. That was a long paragraph on a random thought. I think about it all the time though. Cause I'm driving all the time and all I ever hear is Despicable Me! I really like the character Vector's voice. But I don't know who's voice it is, so I see Vector in my head. In his "warm up suit" that the kids think look like pajamas. Can't WAIT to see that part. Its hilarious! Okay I'm rambling and sleepy which means end this post before I delete it. I will find some pictures to post first though.
