fishing!

I think the Wii may be as close as Erin gets to fishing....lol

okay, so I missed a day.

I have been pretty sick lately.  I didn't think to take a picture as I was cocooned on my couch yesterday.

I contemplated making up for it by doing a "day in the life of" post, but I only managed to take pictures up to (not including) lunch.

So, for today you have this one: What happens when both Mom and Dad are sick? Movies. Lots of movies.

And Coco, because he's cute.

5 & 6

It's been a rough few days.  Allison has been sick and has been waking up in the middle of the night screaming and ended up in my bed.  Now I don't sleep well with a baby in my bed on a good night.  But when they're sick and thrashing and kicking and sitting on my head?

Anyway, yesterday morning she felt really warm in spite of thermometer insisting that her temp was only 99.8 or thereabouts, and she just seemed really off balance and not herself, so I called the doctor.  She's there in the mornings on Saturdays, thankfully, so I was able to take Allison in.  And according to Dr. M.'s thermometer her temp was 103.2.  !!!!  That's a fairly big difference (and confirmed my suspicions that my thermometer was crap).   So with all tests returning negative (flu, RSV, strep) and her ears and throat clear, Dr. M. and I decided it was a virus that I needed to wait out.  So my instructions were to alternate dosages of ibuprofin and acetamenaphin, keep her hydrated, and get a new thermometer.  So I went straight to Walmart after.

There a McDonald's in that Walmart, and Allison still felt fairly warm (in spite of the dose of ibuprofin Dr. M. gave her about an hour earlier), so I decided a milkshake might help.  Allison liked that idea.

And we didn't go to church today.  Erin has still be coughing, Allison is still kind of feverish, and I decided to take a turn for the worse (coughing HURTS).  So while the girls were in with me, doing something (I don't remember), Patrick decided to watch Howl's Moving Castle.  I think he made it through 3 times.

Singing along...

And, it's Allison again.  This has actually been a pretty hard day.  The girls and I have been sick, so I only took one picture.  I guess I should take more of my other kids, huh?

Anyway, Allison woke up insanely early (6:00, the sun wasn't even up yet!) with a fever, so I went downstairs and laid on the couch with her with Dora on.  She loves Dora.  Anyway, I guess she was a little cold because she saw Erin's jacket and wanted to put it on.  And then she started singing along.  So she's wearing Sister's jacket, singing along to Dora while sick.  It's the only thing that's made her happy today.

A day late!

I forgot to post yesterday, though I did take a picture.  To make up, you get two!

Allison has figured out closed-mouth kisses.  She even says "Muah!"  I tried to take a picture when she was bombarding me, but this is the best I got

and our poor bare tree.  The room looks so boring now!  But look at all those needles (and there will be more before I'm done getting the thing in the box! Not to mention that I've already swept several times over the last month and a half!)  Hopefully we can get a new one next year.

Best friends. Even when she doesn't feel good, she has time to cuddle with Brother.

A picture a day?

I often say that when Cora died, I came to the sudden realization that you can't be happy living only for the future.  I was miserable throughout that pregnancy (but come on, pregnancy really sucks for me), and told myself that "I will be happy when the baby gets here."  And then, of course, she wasn't.  And I've always felt a little guilty for not appreciating the time with her that I had when I had it.  Which is why the subtitle of my blog is "trying to find a miracle in each new day."  But lately I've been wondering if I really have been trying to find a miracle every day.  I think I've become very complacent.  I mean, I really am truly grateful for what I have and this life I've got, but I've just been, I don't know, coasting.

So I've decided that this year, I'm going to try to take a picture every day.  Just one.  It'll be "trying to photograph a miracle in each new day."

So today? My little Allison, checking out the Joann's add.  Apparently my craftiness has been passed on.