Friday, March 30, 2018

46 weeks: So sick

I got sick starting Sunday, and had a fever Mon-Weds. Then Ruby got sick on Weds with the fever and was sick through Friday. Thankfully the boys only got a stuffy nose! The boys got two flu shots, and Ruby got one, so I think that's what made them get it so much more mild than Andy and I. Andy's still got a cough from his, thankfully I didn't get that, just clogged sinuses.
 In spite of me being sick and it being *so* hard to watch the boys with a fever, Miles started saying "Mama" when he's crawling toward me hungry and wants to nurse. :) I love it.
 Reid and I played Candyland and he did really well! He legitimately beat me twice.
 Poor Reid was stuck at home for like two weeks while we were sick. He got so bored! I sent him out to play in the rain.
 Ruby got home from school and wanted to write a letter to Grandma Patty and Grandpa Del.
 Andy was feeling a little better so he took the big kids on a walk on Tuesday night. Miles and I had fun playing the ukulele for a while.
 Wednesday Ruby woke up with the fever.
 The first day she was on the couch a lot not feeling well, but the next two days she had energy and played a lot, even with a fever.
 He crawled over to Reid's blanket and laid down on it, then picked his head up and smiled. It was so cute!
 Silly kids, they play with clean undies when they're bored.
 Cutie pie.
 She loves going out to get the mail.
 Musicians
 Coloring time!
 Feet fight!
 He laid on my backpack in the closet as his bed. Haha
 Where's Waldo with some cheddar bunnies. <3
 Ruby made her bed. It was such a relief that she didn't get super sick.
 Trying to keep him contained... this boy is super quick and puts everything in his mouth!
 The boys knocked over one of my plants, so Reid helped clean it up. He loves the shop vac, but it's a little too loud.
 St. Patrick's Day! We woke up starting to feel better, so we had a green Dutch baby, colored with spinach. It was delicious.
 He is so silly.
 Daddy/Daughter coloring time.
 He sure loves his tractor.
 They had the genius idea to build a train on the table so monster baby wouldn't destroy it.
 Trying to ride
 The boys and I went on a gorgeous Spring time walk!
 So sweet.
 Running...
 Sliding...
 Swinging...
 If you look really closely, you can see Reid way across the field. He got quite muddy!
 He was quite interested in the sewer cover. Hahaha!
 Cutie pie. His hair always does that, he has this cowlick line going down his right side. We'll see what it looks like if/when his hair finally grows!
<3 I love his chin dimple.

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

45 weeks: The flu hits our house

We got the flu this week. Andy brought it home and was sick in bed for 4 days. Then I caught it and was very sick too. Then Ruby got the fever and the boys had runny noses, but thankfully they didn't get it very bad at all. They all got the flu shot, so maybe that's why. We're all going to get it next year for sure. This year's flu was nasty. Miles also has his top two molars coming in, so he has been fussy and wanting to chew on everything, poor guy. I started giving him little bites of our food at dinner on his tray and he LOVES it. He really likes to see how things work, like Reid does. Miles will take a ball and throw it for himself, then chase it. It's the funniest thing!
 He's just so cute.
Holding hands in the car while we ran errands. It's nice having car seats in our Accord so we can take two of the kids if needed. 
 The kids have been playing with Aylah the neighbor. Reid is fishing back there with a broom. Haha!
 This is generally how baths go. Reid doesn't love them. :(
 Ruby got her first love note at school! It was from Silas R, whom we haven't met. Hopefully he's a good kid...
 Oh Reid...
 I just love her. She's so cute.
 Movie time...
 ....and jammie day. This was one of the days when Andy was sick. Ruby didn't have school on Thursday and Friday so we had to get creative.
 The kids played restaurant and made food for Miles and I.
 How cute are they.
 My dining buddy.
 That's cobb salad in the bowl and lemonade in the pitcher. :)
 Reading to Samantha and Reid.
 The girls got all dressed up. Apparently it was Samantha's birthday. Ruby even wrapped her a present.
 I took the kids to the park for some fresh air.
 Miles loves to swing.
 They drove us home.
 He's seriously getting into everything, we have to watch him like a hawk. Kind of like Ru was as a baby.
 Reid was super into the lacing cards one day and did them all.
 Playing outside with Aylah.
 And this is how we watch the Great British Baking Show.
 On Sunday we were too sick for church, so we did Sunday School at home. This is the story of the man they lowered to Jesus out of Lego guys.
 We cut a hole in the roof...
 ...made a mat...
 ...and lowered him down. Well, it was a girl.
 Ruby wrote us a note.
Miles liked the box with the hole too.
On Sunday I started getting sick, and was sick from Mon-Weds. Ruby got the fever on Weds-Friday. I'm so glad we're better now though.

Family photos

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