Fun filled Flu....NOT

Evan as Buzz Lightyear
Grace as Supergirl

The past week of October has been a doozy for us. On Sunday night the 22nd, Grace came down with a 102 degree fever and a cough. When David got home on Monday night from work, he was feeling ill, and had a fever too. Everyone laid around all week. Evan got sick Wednesday night, and by Friday morning he seemed to be doing better. David also kicked his fever on Friday morning. Grace was still coughing horribly with a high fever, so I finally took her to the Dr. on Friday night, and she ended up having pneumonia. She is perking up quite nicely and went back to school. Evan, however came down with a fever again last night, and we are hoping it does not return tonight. The Dr's we spoke to, all thought it was H1N1. I had a Dr. appointment with my obgyn on Friday, and told her my woes, so she got me started on Tamiflu...and so far, I have been healthy. The Mama has no time to be sick! Anyway, that was our fun filled week. We are praying for good health the rest for the season.

Family Pictures

The pumpkins
Master carvers

Gracee

Evan

My cutie pies

Our family

David and the kids

Evan and Gracee

The kids giving me a smooch

Me and my Buddy!

Between illnesses, we managed to get our Family Pictures taken and carve pumpkins. Hopefully everyone will feel good for Halloween!

October

Cadence and Grace in their almost matching pj's
Dad surprised at his party

Evan's 1st time on the bus....my little boy is getting so big!

This past weekend we visited my parents house to celebrate my Dad's 57th Birthday. He is in the middle of his chemotherapy treatments, and powering through his 3rd month, with three more to go. It was a fun party, and the cousins enjoyed playing with each other.

In the meantime, my schedule just got a little crazier. Grace will be starting school an hour and a half earlier than before, starting next week. She needs a little help with reading. She will now have lunch at school too. I think she is ready for this now that she has eased into her year. Evan now has to ride the bus to Early Intervention. I thought this was going to start next week, but as I am getting the kids loaded in the car today, the bus was waiting for Evan. The person who was supposed to call me was sick, and I never got the call that it was starting today. Evan was so excited to ride the bus. I was a bit nervous, but I got a good report. Now I will need to be in more communication with his teacher's via phone and e-mail to see how he is progressing.

Yesterday I took Evan to see a pediatric Urologist. We have noticed since Evan was potty trained that whenever he urinated, that the stream went straight up, making it difficult for him to learn how to pee standing up. The Dr. was able to take a look and said that he had Meatal Stenosis. You can read more about it here: https://www.google.com/health/ref/Meatal+stenosis

Anyway, Evan will have to have a minor outpatient surgery in November to correct this. We are happy it is nothing serious and that he will finally be able to urinate standing up.

Until next time................