End of February already!?!

I can't believe how quickly this calendar year is going already!!  It is the middle of February, one week left, already!?!  Where did this month go!?!

There has been so much going on since the holidays.

In January Brandon decided to get sick, really sick!  He was home for about a week with an ear infection.  My mom took him home with her, and he got better.  Then when she came back a week later, he got sick again!!  This time just with a runny nose, coughing, the fun stuff.  He got better again, and THEN two weeks ago he got really sick AGAIN!!  He came home from school on Tuesday and had some stuff coming out of his eyes.  When he got up Wednesday morning his eyes were swollen, and there was tons of gunk coming out of his eyes!

Bubba loves his puzzles!!

Nat of course wasn't doing too hot either, so I called the doctor.  I took both kids in that afternoon and sure enough, EAR INFECTIONS!!  Brandon had two, and Natalie had one.  We started Brandon on antibiotics right away, and it is amazing how quickly the medicine helps that kid!!  Nat is too little to take medicine, so none for her.

Hanging out at the doctor's office, wouldn't even know she was sick!

Both kids still have this lingering cough though, but they are getting better.

This past week I had to go in and have a little operation completed.  It has now been about ten days, and I can say that I am finally feeling better.  Let me tell you, my mom was so excited to have both kids home sick from school, and then me after this operation.  I am glad that it is over with though, and I am praying that it will NOT come back.  Deka said she tried her best, but the tube was so long she wasn't able to get it all out.

Tyler and I were able to sneak away for Valentine's Day and that was a treat!  It was so nice to be able to sleep, and just sit and do nothing all day.  Plus, being the weekend following my operation, it was nice to be able to recover without having to worry about taking care of the babies too!!

This past week was Teacher Appreciation week for me at school.  The parents always do an amazing job!!  They served us amazing lunches all week.  We got hand made cards, tons of candy, a plant and our doors were decorated.  It was an amazing week!  Plus, we were able to eat with our staff!  I love this week, and I always feel so blessed to teach at SOTD during this week!

Natalie left today to head up to my parent's house, so it is going to be a hard two weeks without her at home.  I miss her already, and hope that she is sleeping well for my parents so far!!

Hanging out at church with grandma and mommy

Tuesday afternoon at school, driving his car

Happy Valentine's Day

7 - possessions

I am reading 7 by Jen Hatmaker right now for bible study. This book is amazing, and if you haven't read it yet, you should!!

Here is what she said in the beginning of chapter three.

I challenge you! For the month of March, can you find 7 things in your house to give away!? Can you find things you have that you don't know why you have? Our goal is 210 items, and clothes can only count as 49 items, even if you give away 200 items of clothing!!

I can't wait to do this one, as I am preparing for chapter 2 clothes, and just finished chapter 1-food!!

A few pictures from January

February 1 . . . already!?!

Where has this month gone!?!  Oh my goodness!  I can't believe that the last post I wrote was about when I took Brandon to see Frozen, and that was our last day of Christmas break!  I can't believe it's already February, and that January just flew by!

Brandon got sick, A LOT, during the month of January.  The week before Martin Luther King Jr weekend Brandon came home sick from school.  They called me before my school day was over, and I went to pick him up.  He had a fever of 102!!  I took him to the doctor that afternoon and we found out he had an ear infection!!!  AHHH!!  My poor baby!!

My mom took both kids home with her on Wednesday so that way my dad could help her with the kids.  As soon as my mom left with the kids I got sick!!  I woke up Friday morning not feeling well at all!!  Saturday morning when I woke up for us to go up to my parent's house I couldn't talk.  I didn't have a voice all weekend, and all long weekend at that!!  My voice finally came back Monday afternoon!  It was so hard to talk with Brandon that weekend, but he took it in strides!

Brandon was able to go back to school all week the next week, and I was feeling better too.  It was so nice to finally feeling good, and having him feeling well.  It was too bad that it didn't last too long though!  This past week Brandon came from school on Tuesday and he wasn't feeling well again!!  He wanted to stay in my lap all night Tuesday night.  He sat on my lap to eat what little dinner he did, and then right after shower time he was back in my lap to watch toons.

My mom was here this past week so she kept him home for the rest of the week.  He started to feel better near the end of the week, but he still has his awful cough!  I'm hoping it goes away soon becuase it keeps him up at night.  He tosses and turns at night and wakes up a sweaty mess too.  I feel so bad for him, and hope that he starts to feel 100% again real soon!

This weekend we have been blessed to spend some special time with Tyler's sister Megan, and her family.  They flew in Thursday night, and were able to come over to the house and see the kids and Tyler.  I was out at a play seeing a student preform in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!!  It was such a cute play, and I was excited to be there to support her!

Yesterday afternoon and today we were able to go over to Tyler's parents house to hang out with family all day.  We had a great day watching the girls play together, or side by side I should say!  Brandon had a great day being able to run around outside and play with Papa too!

We are excited to go back and spend tomorrow morning with Tyler's family again and hopefully get some great family pictures!