These photos were taken the day before the kids got sick....
1.4.10
Sunday, January 10, 2010
it's 2 birds! it's 2 planes! it's Super Twins!
AKA, the cool gifts from Liz! Thanks! They love them - seems they bring out an aerobic behavior!
These photos were taken the day before the kids got sick....
1.4.10
These photos were taken the day before the kids got sick....
1.4.10
still sick, cabin fever setting in
Not me, I rather like holing up in my own house. But, poor Carl has actually been asking me, "Please go to Walmart?" C'mon. Walmart? How sick is this poor kid??? Just a few minutes ago, he brought me a pair of shoes and asked me to put them on him. I think he thinks if he has the proper equipment, we'll take him outside.
A friend was going to invite us over for dinner this weekend, but on Friday, we said "no thank you" and told him of the pink eye. He was happy we passed on sharing that with him. But, he said he wanted to have us over very soon. We made the mistake of telling the kids maybe next weekend we'd be going to Lindy's house. Well, that wasn't good enough. Carl wanted his shoes immediately, so we said, no maybe next Saturday. Now, he is going on and on about going to Lindy's house next Saturday. He plans to wear his monkey suit since we Trick or Treated at Lindy's and of course, he'd love to see the outfits again, right?
So, the fever started on Tuesday afternoon and he is still running one. The Motrin brings it down and he is happy to play, but once it wears off, it bounces back up. Yesterday (Sat) it was still hitting things in the 103 range. Now, today, it is only going to 100 when the drugs wear off. This can only be seen as progress.
It has to be a plain ol' run of the mill cold doing this. He's been on an antibiotic for an ear infection since Thursday and it hasn't touched his thick constantly running nose, so that can't be a sinus infection. No school for him tomorrow because 1.) he won't meet the "24 hours fever free" rule and 2.) he is just too physically tired still. I don't think he has the energy to go and function for a few hours.
Both kids' pink eye seems to be gone... pink-wise. Well, it was blaring red, not pink. But, the drops have removed the color. Still, Carl's eyes are still super tired looking. Probably the cold, but could still be irritated from the conjunctivitis.
Because of the stuffed up nose, he is snoring like crazy when he sleeps. Yesterday for nap, Lew ended up letting Gretchen go to sleep in Grammie's bed in the guest room because she couldn't fall asleep with Carl's snoring. Last night, she apparently figured out a good solution to her problem. When I went in to check his temperature at midnight, she had her full-sized bed pillow completely covering her head. (Well, a 4 yr old beneath a full-sized pillow means it covered everything from the waist up) I wished I had my camera!
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**edit to add**
8:30 pm
A friend was going to invite us over for dinner this weekend, but on Friday, we said "no thank you" and told him of the pink eye. He was happy we passed on sharing that with him. But, he said he wanted to have us over very soon. We made the mistake of telling the kids maybe next weekend we'd be going to Lindy's house. Well, that wasn't good enough. Carl wanted his shoes immediately, so we said, no maybe next Saturday. Now, he is going on and on about going to Lindy's house next Saturday. He plans to wear his monkey suit since we Trick or Treated at Lindy's and of course, he'd love to see the outfits again, right?
So, the fever started on Tuesday afternoon and he is still running one. The Motrin brings it down and he is happy to play, but once it wears off, it bounces back up. Yesterday (Sat) it was still hitting things in the 103 range. Now, today, it is only going to 100 when the drugs wear off. This can only be seen as progress.
It has to be a plain ol' run of the mill cold doing this. He's been on an antibiotic for an ear infection since Thursday and it hasn't touched his thick constantly running nose, so that can't be a sinus infection. No school for him tomorrow because 1.) he won't meet the "24 hours fever free" rule and 2.) he is just too physically tired still. I don't think he has the energy to go and function for a few hours.
Both kids' pink eye seems to be gone... pink-wise. Well, it was blaring red, not pink. But, the drops have removed the color. Still, Carl's eyes are still super tired looking. Probably the cold, but could still be irritated from the conjunctivitis.
Because of the stuffed up nose, he is snoring like crazy when he sleeps. Yesterday for nap, Lew ended up letting Gretchen go to sleep in Grammie's bed in the guest room because she couldn't fall asleep with Carl's snoring. Last night, she apparently figured out a good solution to her problem. When I went in to check his temperature at midnight, she had her full-sized bed pillow completely covering her head. (Well, a 4 yr old beneath a full-sized pillow means it covered everything from the waist up) I wished I had my camera!
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**edit to add**
8:30 pm
- Carl was only about 100* before bath, but after he got out he puked all over the bathroom. (great, surely lost that dose of amoxicillin....)
- Gretchen told me "My ears are scratchy". That doesn't sound promising to me.
- Come to think of it, my throat hurts a little now, too.
Friday, January 8, 2010
no camera = Flashback Friday
OK, truly, I have plenty of current pictures to share, but, hey, we haven't cruised down memory lane in what, 6 weeks?
January 6, 2006
January 7, 2006
January 7, 2007
January 8, 2007
January 8, 2008. Yup, shorts in January.
January 20, 2009. Last year, I didn't have a camera right now either. So, here are some pictures I got to take when a friend loaned us his camera. We knew snow was in the forecast so Lew asked if we could borrow a camera to capture it!
January 6, 2006
January 7, 2006
January 7, 2007
January 8, 2007
January 8, 2008. Yup, shorts in January.
January 20, 2009. Last year, I didn't have a camera right now either. So, here are some pictures I got to take when a friend loaned us his camera. We knew snow was in the forecast so Lew asked if we could borrow a camera to capture it!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
perfect streak broken
After going 4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days without a sick child visit (other than Carl's heat rash eye roller from last May... remember this?) both kids had sick visits today. I have a bottle of amoxicillin in my fridge for the very first time ever! (Gretchen weighs 37 lbs and Carl weighs 42.5 lbs - same as he weighed last May.)
Carl's 104.6* fever apparently was not a simple reaction to he H1N1 booster shot, but is actually due to an ear infection. He showed no signs at all. No crying, no trouble laying down, no pulling on his ear, no telling me he hurt. Nothing but the crazy fever. Both kids have red eyes and Carl's were draining a lot yesterday - both have pink eye. You moms know that is so contagious you will probably catch it now that you have read the word. Sorry!
Did I mention that our cable TV went 75% out a few days ago? We have a handful of channels, but not all of them, and many kids' ones missing. This is a big issue when you have a sick child with a high fever. I want him to be able to lay still and TV sure would help that.
So, 2010:
heat
cable
camera
ear
eyes
I don't even know what kind of resolution to make based on this trend. Guess I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best!
Carl's 104.6* fever apparently was not a simple reaction to he H1N1 booster shot, but is actually due to an ear infection. He showed no signs at all. No crying, no trouble laying down, no pulling on his ear, no telling me he hurt. Nothing but the crazy fever. Both kids have red eyes and Carl's were draining a lot yesterday - both have pink eye. You moms know that is so contagious you will probably catch it now that you have read the word. Sorry!
Did I mention that our cable TV went 75% out a few days ago? We have a handful of channels, but not all of them, and many kids' ones missing. This is a big issue when you have a sick child with a high fever. I want him to be able to lay still and TV sure would help that.
So, 2010:
heat
cable
camera
ear
eyes
I don't even know what kind of resolution to make based on this trend. Guess I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
the curse of January 6th
First off - jinx aside - Happy Birthday Natalie! and early Happy Birthday, Cassie! (tomorrow)
But, alas... January 6th is a dark day for me photographically. Literally. Dark. A large dark stripe across my exposures. I know it all too well. Been here and done this before. If my past knowledge holds true in this case, I have a sick or dying shutter. It isn't opening all the way. It only started last night - the silver lining is I got through the holiday season snapping happily!
This first happened to me in June 2008. I brought it to my local camera store, they packed her up and sent her to Nikon for an estimate. It came back at like $130. Nikon is somewhat vague when you send in something for repair. Don't get me wrong, from everything I have heard and experienced, they have excellent customer service and if you send in your camera, it WILL return in perfect working order. But, they don't tell you what was actually wrong or give an itemized invoice of what they did to fix it. And this is me sending it in through my camera store. You would think they would explain it to them. Nope.
So, that was the case in 2008. It got sent in. I approved the estimate. They fixed it and I got it back in great working condition! Until early January of 2009. Up in NY, it seized up completely. I had to send it in again. That was 1/6/09. They sent it back on 1/23 (see how important this is to me? I have all the dates tucked away!) for no charge and in good working order again.
Now I have to wait and see if they send an estimate back or tell me, "she is too old. Not worth fixing." I bought the camera in 2006 and it was retired back then. This may be the catalyst for a new camera purchase.
The first thing Lew said was, "Oh great. You haven't taken the Valentine's heart photos yet!" Now that is one supportive husband - thinking only of the upcoming annual photo shoot, not the major potential purchase looming on the horizon.
But, alas... January 6th is a dark day for me photographically. Literally. Dark. A large dark stripe across my exposures. I know it all too well. Been here and done this before. If my past knowledge holds true in this case, I have a sick or dying shutter. It isn't opening all the way. It only started last night - the silver lining is I got through the holiday season snapping happily!
This first happened to me in June 2008. I brought it to my local camera store, they packed her up and sent her to Nikon for an estimate. It came back at like $130. Nikon is somewhat vague when you send in something for repair. Don't get me wrong, from everything I have heard and experienced, they have excellent customer service and if you send in your camera, it WILL return in perfect working order. But, they don't tell you what was actually wrong or give an itemized invoice of what they did to fix it. And this is me sending it in through my camera store. You would think they would explain it to them. Nope.
So, that was the case in 2008. It got sent in. I approved the estimate. They fixed it and I got it back in great working condition! Until early January of 2009. Up in NY, it seized up completely. I had to send it in again. That was 1/6/09. They sent it back on 1/23 (see how important this is to me? I have all the dates tucked away!) for no charge and in good working order again.
Now I have to wait and see if they send an estimate back or tell me, "she is too old. Not worth fixing." I bought the camera in 2006 and it was retired back then. This may be the catalyst for a new camera purchase.
The first thing Lew said was, "Oh great. You haven't taken the Valentine's heart photos yet!" Now that is one supportive husband - thinking only of the upcoming annual photo shoot, not the major potential purchase looming on the horizon.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
there were 4 in the bed and the little one said....
...."Baby, it's cold IN-side!"
OK, I couldn't figure out which song title would make a cuter post title.
Anyway, we drove back from NY on Friday January 1st 2010. We drove straight through and it only took us a total of 13 hours! Well, 12 hours 55 minutes to be exact!! That's pretty darn good considering we made the drive in 2 days on the way up.... the first day took 8 hours and the second day took 10.5 hours!!! Those days involved that insane DC beltway and area traffic. On the ride home, we went out of the way to avoid it and it seemed to work.
After 13 hours of riding in the car, you are tired and sore. The kids napped only once it got really dark. They are so good in the car, but they don't like to sleep in their car seats. Sure, when they were babies, they did, but those infant seats recline much more than big kid seats. And, I never say never... a few days I did drive around for 2 hours to get them to nap. (Never had to do it at 3 am, though.) But, they are light sleepers so even car rides don't keep them zonked. And don't even entertain the idea of moving them out of the car if they are sleeping. Ha!!
So, Friday night, we got out of the car, feeling a bit refreshed to know we were home (and I was excited because there were Santa gifts we left under the tree! I was looking forward to the late night present frenzy!) and headed into the house. Once through the door... BRRRRRR. It was 35* outside and 55* inside. Well, we didn't really know the 55* yet, since the thermostat was blank. Lew managed to get it to read digitally, but not to operate the heat pump! So, that's how we learned it was 55*. It dropped only one more degree all night - good insulation since it went into the teens outside!
It was wayyy too cold to make the kids sleep in their bedroom, so since we had just come off a week of not sleeping in our own beds, we decided to all pile into our bed for the night! Once we shuffled around so Carl could be next to Mommy and figured out how to get 4 people and 2 cats (do you have cats? Do they snub you when you leave them on vacation? If the definition of snub is "follow your grown-ups around and don't let them out of your sight for the next 4 days" then our cats snub us, too. Molly was so determined to be next to me in bed that she literally laid over Carl's legs, pinning him down. Angus decided not to actually sit on the child - he was content to use Carl's pillow and curl up with Carl's teddy bear. If Nanny were here, she would have worried the cats were "going to take Carl's breath away") into one bed we finally could get to sleep. I saw 1:30am and Gretchen was still moving around.
The good news is the guys came the following day (overtime emergency call, of course) and fixed it for us! A fuse, relay and some wiring went wonky... the heat pump dudes fixed it right up!
Let's hope this home repair trend ends quickly and isn't a sign of things to come in 2010. I was geared up to paint bedrooms, not anything more elaborate.
A reenactment:
The cats wouldn't stay on the bed long enough for the timer to go off. I tried.
OK, I couldn't figure out which song title would make a cuter post title.
Anyway, we drove back from NY on Friday January 1st 2010. We drove straight through and it only took us a total of 13 hours! Well, 12 hours 55 minutes to be exact!! That's pretty darn good considering we made the drive in 2 days on the way up.... the first day took 8 hours and the second day took 10.5 hours!!! Those days involved that insane DC beltway and area traffic. On the ride home, we went out of the way to avoid it and it seemed to work.
After 13 hours of riding in the car, you are tired and sore. The kids napped only once it got really dark. They are so good in the car, but they don't like to sleep in their car seats. Sure, when they were babies, they did, but those infant seats recline much more than big kid seats. And, I never say never... a few days I did drive around for 2 hours to get them to nap. (Never had to do it at 3 am, though.) But, they are light sleepers so even car rides don't keep them zonked. And don't even entertain the idea of moving them out of the car if they are sleeping. Ha!!
So, Friday night, we got out of the car, feeling a bit refreshed to know we were home (and I was excited because there were Santa gifts we left under the tree! I was looking forward to the late night present frenzy!) and headed into the house. Once through the door... BRRRRRR. It was 35* outside and 55* inside. Well, we didn't really know the 55* yet, since the thermostat was blank. Lew managed to get it to read digitally, but not to operate the heat pump! So, that's how we learned it was 55*. It dropped only one more degree all night - good insulation since it went into the teens outside!
It was wayyy too cold to make the kids sleep in their bedroom, so since we had just come off a week of not sleeping in our own beds, we decided to all pile into our bed for the night! Once we shuffled around so Carl could be next to Mommy and figured out how to get 4 people and 2 cats (do you have cats? Do they snub you when you leave them on vacation? If the definition of snub is "follow your grown-ups around and don't let them out of your sight for the next 4 days" then our cats snub us, too. Molly was so determined to be next to me in bed that she literally laid over Carl's legs, pinning him down. Angus decided not to actually sit on the child - he was content to use Carl's pillow and curl up with Carl's teddy bear. If Nanny were here, she would have worried the cats were "going to take Carl's breath away") into one bed we finally could get to sleep. I saw 1:30am and Gretchen was still moving around.
The good news is the guys came the following day (overtime emergency call, of course) and fixed it for us! A fuse, relay and some wiring went wonky... the heat pump dudes fixed it right up!
Let's hope this home repair trend ends quickly and isn't a sign of things to come in 2010. I was geared up to paint bedrooms, not anything more elaborate.
A reenactment:
The cats wouldn't stay on the bed long enough for the timer to go off. I tried.
final vacation photo post... a visit at Grandma's!
On Sunday, December 27th, we got to visit with Grandma and both of Lew's sisters and families. Well, most of the families - the boys were off doing teenager-y things, but hey, can't blame them. They were on winter vacation after all. Aunt Kay & Uncle Bruce came to visit without the boys.
We also got to see Aunt Barb, Uncle Joe and the cousins, Josh, Steph & Erica. The twins had a ball entertaining them for the day! One of the gifts they brought her was this princess "treasure" box. She absolutely loves it! Even that morning, once she opened it, she didn't set it down. She kept showing everyone and telling them hesitantly... "you can touch it if you would like." 
See how nicely they cooperate for my camera?
But, believe me - if she is behind the lens... you had better smile and pose nicely! or else!!!
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