Fever

Two days without a fever for Ryan and counting!!! He is happy, active and is eating! Whoo hoo!

Bzzzz..

I think that no matter how old or infirm I may become, I will always plant a large garden in the spring. Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature's rebirth? ~Edward Giobbi


Man, if I could just get paid to take photos like this, I would quit my job tomorrow. I love how you can see the pollen on his back leg.


These are the first bumble bees that I have seen this year. Such an exciting thing to see my flowers and bushes get pollenated by nature. I really love Spring and all the newness that comes with it.












In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood

Wednesday

Today is Wednesday and Ryan still continues with fevers. 101 yesterday and already today. Hmmm.... still has a bit of a congested cough and now the R eye lid and inner eye is a bit swollen and reddened. This started yesterday and there is no change today. I will just have to keep an eye on it.
We are thinking of buying some stock in Tylenol and Motrin.

Beep be

The binky (beep be), such a comfort item for Little Ryan. This thing has gotten so much use over the last 3 weeks with him always having a fever and cough. We thought that he was getting better. Last Thursday was a bad day for him, he just couldn't get happy. I finally had to take him for a walk at 730pm to get him to stop whining. Friday was a good day, then I had to work Sat and Sun, he woke up both nights in the night with a tight, frequent cough and needed breathing treatments. Scott said those days were good. I don't know what happened, but today after he got up, more fussing. I didn't know what his problem was. Whine, whine, whine, cuddle, carry him around and even then....more whining. I put him to bed at 1000, this is earlier than he has been going down. I figured, he must be tired from the weekend, (playing in the yard all Saturday, then to Imagination Station on Sunday). When he awoke from his nap, I thought he felt warm. No, he can't have a fever again. I'll just take it in the ear......100.1. You have got to be kidding me, seriously. I am so frustrated. He was 100.6 rectal.

I guess that I am figuring that maybe he has Mono again. He had it before and had fevers for 3 weeks. What else could it be. Everything seems like it is viral, so that is my conclusion. He is still in pretty good spirits, and once the Motrin kicks in, he gets along just fine.

See....back to making messes already!

Princess Day?

I came out of my room to find Jake and Ryan hiding behind the chair. This usually means that Jake is up to something. He comes out from behind the chair all proud that he did his own make up with Amaya's make up kit. He is so beautiful.

After the make up episode, which he had to wash off so he could go to school, he found some nail polish in the cupboard. I found him hiding in the bathroom with this. Then he asked if he could put it on. Of course you can! You have to go do it at the table with a place mat, so off to the table he went.

Snaggle Tooth

Amaya has been working on this tooth for weeks. It has slowly been getting looser and lately she has been able to rock the tooth a little. Last night, (I was working) she told Scott that she wanted to get the tooth out tonight. She worked diligently in the bathroom in front of the mirror for hours. When I called to check on everyone last night, she was so excited to tell me that she could turn the tooth around. When I got home, there was a little girl sleeping in my bed without her top front tooth. She was so excited to show me, but couldn't wake up to tell me. This morning she was ecstatic!

This is the note that Amaya left for the toothfairy: Dear Toothfairy, Are you friends with the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? Because my teacher wants to know. What do you look like?

Your Friend Amaya

Reply: Dear Amaya, Yes I am friends with the Easter Bunny and Santa, I see them at the holiday festivals that we have. I have red sparkly hair and shiny wings. I have a beautiful ball gown and a wand. Keep up the great work of taking care of your teeth!

Your Friendly Toothfairy.

Caution, causes an awe.

Amaya came to lay next to me this morning as she always does when she doesn't have school.

A: I love you Momma.

M: I love you too!

A: Know how much I love you?

M: How much?

A: I love you from one side of space to the other side of space.

M: That's a lot!

A: I know, because space never ends. That's a lot of love.

Awe, I love it when the kids say stuff like this.

Dirt Balls

Holy Dirt Balls!!!! Scott rented a power raker today, we have never rented one before, but we figured it would help jump start a great lawn for the summer. After power raking the extremely DRY lawn, it needed to be raked up, or mowed in our case. Wow, the dirt was flying. Because it was awesome out today, of course, the kids wanted to be out too.
Everyone got extremely dirty. Jake was just following the mower around, which was a huge dust ball.

Scott, of course got the brunt of it, but the dirt attached to EVERYONE.









Jake couldn't be happier, he is all boy and loves the dirt. Ryan is following closely in his footsteps.

At this point, Ryan had enough, so it was off to the showers with him, then the rest of the brood.

This is not a farmers tan on Scott, it is his dirt line. Gross!

Rye Guy

I just can't believe how fast Ryan is growing. He is almost 19 months. He is such a great little guy that makes us laugh and melts our hearts with his infectious smile. He is really starting to talk a lot more lately and tries to repeat what ever you say.

Things he says regularly:

TANK OOH ( THANK YOU)

DAY GO OR GO GO (FOR DIEGO THE SHOW-THEN HE SMILES)

UP

GO

DOWN

COOKIE

EAT

JOOSE (JUICE)

BEEPBEE (BINKY)

NIGHT NIGHT

BA (BALL)

PA PA

BYE & BA BA (BUB BYE)

HI

UH OH

KAK AH (CRACKER)

JAKE

I am sure that there are more, but I can't think of them right now.

His favorite thing to do is to follow Jake around and try to do whatever Jake is doing. He also loves the bath, or any water, he plays with trucks (and even makes sounds), he likes to be read to, he loves to be pushed in this cheap doll stroller by Amaya, stacking blocks, LOVES to play chase, and to be outdoors. Another thing he does is while walking around the house, he makes monster or dinosaur roars, then he laughs at himself. He is so funny!

103.7

I brought Ryan up to work yesterday afternoon, he had a temp of 103.7 upon awakening from his nap. The Motrin hadn't even worn off yet. I wanted one of the docs to check in his ears because he has been congested for over two weeks and is at risk for an ear infection. He is also at risk of pneumonia because of the flu and because of the mild asthma that he has. Stu looked in his ears and they were fine, but thought it best to get a chest xray because of the high temp to rule out pneumonia. This meant that I had to actually register him to be seen in the ER, rats! Now the copay of $50.00, but at this point, I don't even care, I just want him better. The chest xray came back clear, so no pneumonia. He said that it is probably still the flu.......I understand, but if this continues to the end of the week I am going to call and see if he can get some antibiotics. His cough is beginning to not sound so tight and congested, but still continues the fevers. He is still sleeping right now and it is after 0800, this tells me that he is still feeling bad, because he never sleeps this long!

2 Dads

On the way to school with Jake, Dawson, and Charles (I carpool).

Jake talking to Dawson: I have two dads.

Dawson: I only have one.

Mom has to ask: Jake, what do you mean when you say you have two dads? (as this is news to me)

Jake: You know, Grandpa is Dad's dad, so, he is my dad too!

Alright then, I just had to make sure.

What the H E double hockey sticks?

What the?? Hell-o operator, give me number nine, and if you disconnect me...I'll kick you from behind the fridgerator...there was a piece of glass...miss Suzie fell upon it.. and broke her little ...asssk me no more questions, tell me no more lies, lies, lies, lies, lies... (now sing this with a tune)
I remember doing this little ditty with my friends and sister when I was in grade school, you did it as you were doing those clapping hands things that girls do with each other. This is so random, but this am I was thinking ....What the???.. as I had to wake Ryan up at 9am to bring Jake go school. He never sleeps in this late, then when I woke him up, he felt like a hot rock. Yup!! Temp of 102.2...So, What the????? (temps started 11 days ago- Galvin said it was a virus last Friday when we went in) This is too long!!
He still has a very congested cough. I guess this is still the flu virus. But, I am going to want some antibiotics if this continues much longer.

PS, maybe it is just his teeth....?

Lost & Found

Look what I found today....
I am not that happy about this.
Obviously this has been somewhere in my house since Easter, which was about month ago! Yuck! Apparently it never got found when the kids were playing easter egg hunt.

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The kids are starting to feel better, no fevers for 3 days now. Whoo Hoo! They still have runny noses and a congested cough, but I will take that without complaint. Everyone is back to school and we are back to regular schedules. It is nice. Sunday was another unexpected nice day and we played outside most of the day. It is great to get the kids back outside and to enjoy nature.

Amaya and Jake have been offered a job. They can pick the acorns out of the garden for the going rate of .01 cent per acorn. We have TONS of acorns all over our yard, and the garden area is the worst! Jake made out with $ 2.36 and Amaya made $1.57. They are very excited about their money. (We have never really given them money before, we just put it in their piggy banks)

Amaya is saving up for Horseland horses (cartoon on Saturdays), and Jake is just saving his. It was so cute to see Amaya put her money in her wallet and purse, then to walk around with it all day. She is like a little lady.

Hopefully they will learn how to handle, earn/invest and appreciate what and how they make their money for when they are older. I think this is such an important thing to teach a child.

Sick Again :(

Today is Thursday. All week Ryan has been sick. Now, today, Jake woke up with a fever. I was in denial all day with it and brought him to crazy bounce (I didn't want to renig on it). Tonight his temp was 101.3. Arrgh!!! He has had the same cough as Ryan since last week. I hope this isn't the flu, but I really think it is! Is it possible to get influenza A, then to get influenza B in the same season. That is WRONG! It doesn't seem right. Nasty, Nasty bug!!

It is crazy that something so little that needs to be magnified can cause such an upset in a person. This pic is of a flu virus.