Oh, What a Week!

This has been a really long week. I know it is only Tuesday night but the past seven days have been rough! I had some sort of stomach bug and had to stay close to the bathroom for a few days. Connor and Laura had some sort of bug too. Laura was really lethargic for a few days and even put herself to bed for a nap twice! She threw up one night but seemed to get better after that. Connor had one day of throwing up and diarrhea. Patrick wasn't feeling really well either but managed to fight his way through it. Just when I thought everyone was better, I got a really itchy nose that has turned into a sinus cold. Then, to top it all off, when we were eating breakfast this morning, I noticed that Laura had red marks on her face. I didn't think too much of it. She said that she had bonked into something. When I got her dressed a little while later, I realized that she had red spots all over!!!! She said that they didn't itch and they didn't seem to bother her so I guessed it might be chicken pox. I made her a doctor's appointment and luckily, it is only hives! I have no idea what caused them but, after to doses of benedryl, they seem to be fading. I hope everyone is better tomorrow. It has been a really long week!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I took these pictures yesterday. We went to "Gramma's school" for their annual St. Patty's day parade. The kids had a blast and especially liked the pipers and Irish dancers.

A friend of Jeanie's from the SMM school (where she works) came to Will's birthday party to take pictures if the kids. She took tons and they turned out great. Here are a few for your enjoyment. We really wanted a nice one with all four of the cousins but it is next to impossible to get them all to look at the camera at the same time! Sophie slept through most of the party so there are very few pictures of her.

Pictures!

Kitchen




Playroom



Livingroom



Sophie!

Connor, Laura and Sophie's room!





Some recent photos of our resident monkeys!

I'm Back!

We finally have phone and internet again! HURRAY!!!!! We moved a little over three weeks ago and have been without phone or internet since then. Patrick had his cell phone and I was able to use his work cell phone (he only uses it during the summer) for local calls but it sure wasn't fun being cut off from family and friends in the rest of the world! So after lots of stressful miscommunication and misunderstanding, we finally got our phone and internet installed today! A lot has happened in the past couple week, we moved, we've had company from Alaska and Maryland, Sophie's vocabulary has exploded and Connor and Laura are helping me plan our veggie garden not to mention all the paint I've used and that we got new living room furniture! We are slowly getting unpacked and I will hopefully get a pictures and a more detailed update posted soon!!!