Sick days

If you are anywhere near Dayton, stay far away from our house!  Paige was sick with a virus last week and Olivia tested positive for both strands of the flu today.  Plus, she has a double ear infection.  Poor girls, they are both on Tamiflu.  The pediatrician was very concerned about Paige getting the flu when she's not quite over the virus.  So, we are holing up this weekend and focusing on getting better! 

We did manage a few pictures on Valentine's Day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the road again...

 

 

 

The girls and I headed to Johnson City the first weekend in February for a quick visit.  Paige got to meet a few relatives for the first time and Olivia had a blast visiting friends and family.  We also got to experience something we haven't seen since leaving Colorado:  SNOW!  Oh my, Olivia was in heaven.  Unfortunately, we didn't have any snow clothes with us.  I ended up putting on every article of clothing we brought on her and she borrowed a few from her cousins.  Poor uncle Brett ended up carrying her up the hill quite a few times, because she was wearing Aubrey's rainboots.  Rainboots don't get much traction in the snow!

 

 

 

 

 

Olivia drove everyone crazy, wanting to build a snowman.  The other kids were more interested in sledding, so I got out of the car (Paige and I didn't have snow clothes, either!  We sat in the warm car) and helped her build a small snowman.  I ran back to the car to get the camera.  When I got back, she had invited Aiden to help her smash it, ha!

 

 

Visiting:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were trying to get a picture of all the kids together.  I had just told Olivia we had to leave.  This is the look she gave me:

 



 

Finally, a good one:

 

 

 

Paige was making some really funny faces while Maggie was holding her one night:

 

 

She also fell asleep on Aubrey (note the dress up clothes!):

 







 

We had a great time! 

In other news, Michael and I are still trying to give Olivia special attention.  So I decided to try out a Pinterest inspired project Saturday. 

Canvas with her name spelled out in painter's tape:

 

 

3 different paint colors (pink, purple, and yellow- her choice):

 

Paige was very interested in the progress:

 

 

Ta-da!

 

 

Fun stuff! 

Look what we found:

 

 

She looks thrilled, doesn't she?  Poor pumpkin has been battling a diaper rash pretty much since birth.  I ended up putting her in cloth diapers earlier than I intended.  It does seem to be a little better, but not completely gone.  She has her 2 month appointment Friday (can you believe it?!) and I'm hoping her pediatrician will have more recommendations (we already tried everything he said at her 1 month appointment!). 

Hope you have a good week!

 









 





 





 



 

Sweet babies...

I got the newborn pictures!  I LOVE them!

 

 

 

 

 

There are more, but you get the idea!