Holy Sickness!

Can someone dial up and order some REAL spring weather? This warm up, freeze up switcheroo thing is killing us ALL!
AnnaJoy got sick on Good Friday and didn't really get better until last Wednesday (sort of). She went to school Wednesday and was fine, exhausted enough that we kept her home from Sparks, but fine. Thursday morning she work up vomiting! AUGH! Then she started complained that her ear really hurt...hmmmm? Sure enough, flaming ear infection with puss and all! Poor thing. She is now on antibiotics. You should see her awful face as she tries to take it bravely! This weekend she had fevers both Saturday and Sunday!!! Today? Daddy got her off the bus, as they entered the house she was telling daddy that she had asked to come home all day (because she had a tummy ache)....GOOD GREIF!
Jacob got sick about 3 days after AnnaJoy, same stuff kind of thing, fever and general blahs! With Jake's illness came the sinus part! (YUCK!) and very messy! He had fevers from Easter Sunday on through until Friday. Now he just walks around with a kleenex in his pocket reminding us that he has a "notty nose" (he somehow lost the "s" in front of snotty!!) He is the only one in the house that sometimes has energy...although today he quit eating again and is very whiney again! AUGH!
Lucas got sick on Wednesday, except his started with the respiratory crud, then fever as well. He is having a real tough time with the cough and sinus drainage...I am a bit worried his ears may be causing him some trouble as he is not sleeping well at night! Even still today he is not eating well and is very, very sensitive...will cry at the drop of a hat! Very clingy indeed!
Mike got the sinus junk and achy body, but no fever around midweek and has been a saving grace for me, even though he doesn't feel great! Everyone has an awful "smokers" cough that just about rips your insides out.
Then there is me! I got a fever and the general achy "let me die" feeling on Thursday. Worked all night with it, Mike called in to care for the kids on Friday as I was pretty much dead, with a 104 temp all day. Saturday I also had fever and now an awful cough developing, still I had to work (as I am completely out of sick days). My coworkers were so awesome! They allowed me to do as minimal as I had to and still survive. I ended up leaving work early as I began to feel worse. Sunday I slept all day (or tried!) In the afternoon I questioned at one point if I should go to a med center...I called my good buddy, Meg, who is an Adult Nurse Practionner...she was at a conference in Tennessee but still took my call. (Thanks Meg!!!) She told me to sit tight and keep taking my antibiotics and motrin! At this point I knew there was NO way I could drive, much less wear a mask and try to stand for 12 hours trying to take care of the babies. So, I called in. I don't know what will happen, I have been told I will be councelled but who knows! Today I am still with a fever of 102, I feel like I have been in a couple car accidents in a row, and that my entire face has been shattered! Please pray that our family feels better soon! It's getting so frustrating for all of us. It is so hard to stay positive when we feel so bad!
We have a vacation planned for the beginning of Spring Break. We are going to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City on Saturday, I am hoping this will be a fun way to get into the groove and start enjoying life again! Sorry about the sobering update, no photos as the photographer is out ill until further notice. I guess for our family, March is going out like a very LOUD lion!

Happy Easter!

We had an easter egg and basket hunt for the kids this morning when they woke up. Jake was totally into it and found almost all the eggs. Luke was mostly into eating what he found (wrappers and all!!) and Anna was excited for a moment but decided she didn't feel really great at that time! Then we got all dressed for church. It is really, REALLY hard to get photos of three kids at the same time! I think I may have to retreat and go to a studio from now on! Stress!!! They enjoyed the day and having the Rottier family around to play with. Also, thank you to Grandma G. for driving all the way out yesterday to bring easter candy! They loved it and it is almost gone!!! Jake has proven today that he is a candy and chocolate junky!

"Good" Friday???

I got a call from Mike early this morning telling me that AnnaJoy had a fever of 102 or greater. When I got home, she was (and is) indeed HOT! She was very stressed out about making sure I called her teacher personally to tell her that Anna would be absent...even though I left a message on the "absent line". So, after personally speaking to her teacher, I told Anna that this afternoon we would go pick up her homework to work on over the weekend. She then came up to me (pale with bright red cheeks) and said, "Mommy I am feeling much better now, I think I can make it through the school day, can you please bring me to school?" (sigh) I wish I could but alas, we are stuck together: me with no sleep, Anna with a high fever and two CRAZY brothers that have already been acting like professional boxers towards each other. Happy Good Friday to All!!

Who Needs "Luck of the Irish"?

She isn't irish, but she sure is cute! I'd kiss her! Happy St. Patty's Day! Anna had to wear green to school today, so we pulled her hair back with green and got a cool shirt for her to wear. She was really excited....except she kept calling the day "satan patrick's day" AHHHHHH, how do you fix that!? AND her teacher has a son named Patrick, I just hope I cleared up her misunderstanding before she says something at school....oh well she's 5, right?

Another "hot" one!!!

Today it got up to around 54 degrees. Jake truely wanted to put shorts and tshirt on! (not kidding!) I let the kids draw with chalk while waiting for daddy to come home! We went to get Jake a bike this evening (a Thomas the Train one) and we went to Uno's to eat pizza. All went well, by the time we got home it was back to normal...freezing! Jake has NO clue how to ride a bike but has been BEGGING to get one, so now we get to spend the rest of our days....joyously teaching him how to pedal his bike! (oh goody!)

It's Nice Outside...FINALLY!

I didn't realize until 6pm tonight that it was around 50 degrees outside, bad mommy! So, we went on a walk for about an hour and played in the driveway for a bit. FUN! (for them!) Enjoy! (they sure did!)

Easter Outfits

Aunt Noelle told us about her photographer that she used yesterday for Calli Jo's 6 month photos. I brought the kids today to get their photos with real bunnies. I didn't expect a whole lot! Jake was "shy" and Luke wanted to hold, kiss, hug, LOVE the little bunnies! I think they were SCARED! Anna just sat there and gave a sheepish little smile while holding the "roudy" baby bunny! So, we came home and I tried to take a couple for the sake of trying. Well, here is the best I got! We never made it to the white backdrop! Oh well!

The Butterflies Are Out!!

We are solo this week into the weekend as daddy is on the east side of the state for the wrestling finals. Today I decided I would bring the kids to see the butterflies. I figured, what could it hurt!? Turns out that Luke was in awe of the butterflies and wanted to chase them around! Jake liked it too, Anna wasn't as impressed...I don't think she is feeling real great right now (usually she loves it!).

More from the Butterflies...

Instead of trying to stop Luke from touching the butterfly that was staring him in the face...I took a photo! Then I realized I may have made the wrong choice!! Don't worry, he didn't get the butterfly! The kids remembered the "giant puzzle" from when they came with grandma G. So, we had someone show us where the puzzle of Africa was, they were mostly fighting over who could touch the puzzle. Luke thought the horse was great! He just stood there looking at it speaking some form of chinese I think!