April happenings

Awana cars

Well, let me start with a request...Baby Jolee could once again use all of her prayer warriors out there. She has developed a yucky cough and a low-grade fever. Since she is still so young and so little this is a little concerning. I took her to the pediatrician yesterday (Monday) and she tested negative for RSV...PRAISE the Lord! The bad news is that there really isn't much to do for her except comfort her the best we can. Her cough is fairly persistent and when she gets going her whole body is involved. She usually coughs until she gags, and then spits up. Its so sad...please pray that her immune system would work the way God designed it to, that her cough would ease, and she would be able to keep her milk down. Poor baby girl!

Now for the family update...

Last week was spring break for Andy and it was SO nice to have him home with us all week! We spent the week mostly inside since it snowed until Friday. Our plan was to work on the house...my job was to go through pretty much everything and weed out stuff for a garage sale, clean closets, move the boys' room to the basement and set up Jolee's room, and generally clean the house. Andy's job was to work on finishing the house...trim, grout, etc. We did pretty well...still have a ways to go, but we had a few interruptions during the week. One major one was taking the boys to the doctor for coughs and sore throats on Monday. Then Monday night Luke was breathing so poorly he started thrashing around and panicking. Andy took him to the ER around 11pm and didn't come home until around 4 am. It was a long night for everyone. Luke ended up with x-rays, a steroid shot, nebulizer treatments, and sent home with oxygen. Poor Andy had to pretty much pin him down at the ER so he could get the medicine. Not fun! That kind of knocked us out for the next day...we were exhausted and Luke was still needing a lot of care and attention. Thankfully he is doing much better now...just has a lingering cough.

During the week one of our fun projects was to work on the boys' Awana Derby cars. They each had picked one of their toy cars to duplicate. Andy did the woodwork and I was amazed at how great they came out! I did the painting with some help from the boys. It was a fun family project. We get to race in a couple weeks.

Friday was a fun day because we got to take Brady to his first soccer practice! A friend had passed us their old shin guards and soccer socks, and his cousin gave him his old cleats. I found a shirt with a soccer ball on it and Brady was all decked out! He wasn't too sure at first, but once he got all his gear on and got out there, you know he loved it! It was fun to see him in a new situation...learning to follow directions, do practice drills, and interact with players and a coach. He could actually dribble really well and of course he loved to run. A bit like his dad :)

The week came to a close on Sunday when we made it to church (yahoo!) and then to the playground. It was an absolutely BEAUTIFUL day...warm sunshine...its amazing how the weather can put me in a good mood. We played for over an hour and saw several friends there too! It was the most social thing I've done in awhile!

Now I'm adjusting again to caring for the kids by myself during the day. Things are getting much better...and if the boys would be little angels and obey all the time it would be a piece of cake! :) I am really looking forward to warm weather where we can get out more and release some pent-up energy.