Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wednesday Recap

What's new around here? Let's see....


Rob and I got to have a little getaway last weekend. It was great!! We drove down to Austin. It is such a fun city! We met up with friends Friday night for dinner and a movie. Saw Slumdog Millionaire. Great movie...so glad it won the Oscar! We got to sleep in both Saturday and Sunday. That was heaven....I had not slept through the night in months. WONDERFUL!! On Saturday afternoon we headed downtown, found a rooftop patio, and enjoyed yummy mexican food and margaritas. Went bar hopping a little bit the rest of the afternoon. Then that evening we had tickets to Esther's Follies. If you are ever in the Austin area...go see this show! I haven't laughed this much in ages! We loved it! The boys enjoyed staying here and getting spoiled rotten by my parents. It was so nice to get away!

Owen had his re-check at the dr on Monday. Tested positive for strep once again...Ughh! He has now been diagnosed as a carrier of strep. He's on a super strong antibiotic (3tsp 3x/day) to try and eradicate the bacteria. We go back in about 10 days. If he's still positive, we will then move on to seeing an ENT. We want to put him in karate and swimming lessons. We have to keep waiting for him to be completely well. We are now just a month away from his 5th b-day. I cannot believe I am about to have a 5 year old!!

Hayden is a little wild man! Cute and sweet as can be, but a major stinker these days! He loves blocks, books, balls, and any of Owen's toys he can get his hands on. His vocabulary is growing everyday. I stay super busy chasing after him these days!

We are having gorgeous weather this week, so we are heading straight to the park after school today. Hope you all have a great day :-)








Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine's Day......

from the Ackley Infirmary! We've been a sick house once again this past week! Here is what we've been dealing with-
Owen- strep again!!
Hayden- pink eye and ear infection
Rob- thankfully he only got pink eye!
Kelly- pink eye, bacterial infection in throat of some kind, and mono! I had the triple whammy!! I went to the dr 4 times, had a zillion tests, 2 different antibiotics, steroid shot, IV steroids last Monday, 2 kinds of eye drops and a lovely eye patch due to one eye that wouldn't heal! It's been crazy, but thankfully Rob stepped up to the plate and handled everything very well! The boys are feeling much better and I feel better everyday. Still very tired, but that is what happens with mono. At least I can see again and swallow without excruciating pain!
I've heard that lots of our friends and family have been sick too. I hope everyone is on the mend soon! Our dr said this is the roughest season she's seen in a long time! Tell me about it!!!!!

Monday, February 2, 2009

I'm Back

I think I finally dug myself out from under the mountain of tissues, tylenol, dr visits, pedialyte, chicken noodle soup, and fussy children! We all seem to be well and I pray we stay that way! January was just a blur. I think I spent more days home with sick kids then I did out and about with our usual routine. So, I didn't have much to blog about and no pics to post because I didn't even touch my camera between xmas and Jan 31st. We did have a fun outing on Saturday. I'll post details and pics soon.
Be back soon! :-)