Even More Pictures

Madison's funky hat she got at the circus. This was her expression while Casey was singing happy birthday to her at the soup supper in Havensville.
Red Robin singing Happy Birthday to Madison.

Diggin into the ice cream sundae that they brought her at Red Robin.

Little X sitting up by himself like a big boy.

Dylan's basketball team.

More Pictures

My sickies. Syd not happy in the croup tent.

Like puting her in a big bubble.

Xavier one night when he was not feeling well, fell asleep in his walker.

Look at those puppy dog eyes. She was really not feeling well. But the next day she looked even worse. Dark, dark circles formed under her eys.

As you can see, Xavier was just as happy as ever at the hospital.

The pictures I have been promising

The kids riding the elephant. Syd up front, with Dylan and Maddy behind her.

And Again.

Just some of the performers, on balls juggling.

Silly clown.

Trapeze Artists.

Happy Birthday to You, You Live at the Zoo

You know the rest, you look like a monkey and you act like one too!! Today is Madison's birthday. She is TEN, yes TEN years old. I can hardly believe it. I can remember back 10 years ago so well. There was a train derailment in Onaga, and coal was spilled all over. We also had a healthy snow on Feb 21st, 1999, or early morning on the 22nd. Michael and I had a bottle of wine out in the snow from our suite at the hospital. Of course, it was more for him.

We took Maddy to the Red Robin last night for her birthday, and then off to the circus. She, Dylan, and Syd seemed to have a really good time. They got to ride the elephants at the circus. I do have some pictures to post and hope to make time to do that tomorrow.

Michael and I worked on getting the shelving up in all of our closets today. This has been a long time coming. We have been our house now for almost 5 years, and it will be great to actually have lots of storage in our closets.

So we took a break and headed to Havensville to the community building for dinner tonight. They had a fundraiser, soup dinner, to raise funds to make a handicapped bathroom in their building. While there, Casey Jordan, Tanner's (Michael's employee) sister and the band played and sang happy birthday to Maddy. She was just a little embarrassed. For anyone who has not been to Havensville to the Cow Creek Opry, and hear Casey and all the other local talent sing, I would highly recommend it. They are great. And for about $20, you can eat, and see the concert, and that is the whole family. Great, cheap family entertainment. Their next show is March 28th. And the Legend show that they put on, where they dress and act like the entertainers is May 2nd. We cannot wait to see these shows again.

So I promise to try and make time tomorrow to put up the photos that I have been promising. Oh, and I almost forgot, Xavier is 7 months old today also. My how time flies. We will talk more about him tomorrow also.

So to Maddy:
Happy Birthday baby. We love you so much. You have grown into quite the young lady. We are so proud of you and the qualities you have. You have so much compassion for others, and determination and endurance in you. You can do anything you put your mind to and you have proven that. You are such a big help to me at home, and sometimes I am sorry that I don't let you help me more. I am going to try and let you do more to help me out and let you take on some of the responsibility that you want to have. I guess it is just hard for me to let you grow up. But I guess there is no stopping it. Daddy and I are so proud to say we are your parents. Keep setting the examples you do now and strive to reach the goals you set in life. We love you!

Momma and Daddy.

UUGGGGHHHHHHH

Well, I am sure you are all waiting on me to post some pictures that I promised. I am hoping to get it done soon. I also want to get a video of Xavier starting to crawl, actually on all fours posted. So hopefully I will find time soon.

I am not sure where to start. So when I left off, we had just gotten home from the hospital and Syd appeared to be on the uphill side of things. Well, she is still not feeling 100% better. She is very clingy and wants to be held. She has a really good cold going on now. However, she is much improved from Friday.

Now on to Xavier. He started with a cough and cold on Saturday. Sunday he was a little fussy, but not bad. However, Sunday night he did not sleep well at all. He was up most of the night. I noticed he was still rubbing his ears. So Monday we headed off to the Dr again. Yep, both ears were infected. And there is a good possibility that he has RSV. The Dr said we were going to give him a shot. And even if he had RSV at this time, we wouldn't treat him any different, so we didn't test for it. For those of you that have seen the test for RSV done before, you will understand. For those of you whom haven't. They take this little tiny hose (about the size of a pencil lead) and stick it way up into their nose. It is hooked to a syringe with sterile saline in it. They inject the saline into the nose and withdraw it back in to the syringe. It is no fun at all. So that is why I opted to not run the test. If he were to get worse, I was to bring him in. Well, he is not sleeping the best still, and up until today was not eating much at all. Only 16 oz yesterday. About half of what he normally eats. Less than that on Monday. He has been extremely fussy. Doesn't really know what he wants. So lets pray that he is on the uphill today. He has already taken 12 oz of milk. And ate his lunch. Right now he is resting.

So yesterday I went to KC to a trade show with my sis. We had a good time. It was great to get away and get a small break. Love you Sis! So I had this tickle in my throat all day and kept coughing because of the tickle. Now this morning, my chest hurts bad. I have a bit of a headache. And a terrible cough. So now that makes 3 of us.

Maddy told me this morning that she had a bit of a sore throat. And I heard her coughing a bit through the night. She is not complaining yet, but somehow I have a feeling it won't be long. And that makes 4.

And now Dylan. He has been getting a bit of a cough the last few days. But this morning, he woke up with hives. With Dylan that is a sure sign that a fever and illness is on the way. It is just a way that his body deals with it and it is a warning sign for us. So that makes 5.

NOW, Michael chose not to get a flu shot this year. And I will be really ticked if he is the only one who doesn't get this crud. I really hope for his sake he doesn't get it. It seems to be able to get the best of you.

So, we are all going to take it easy and try to get to feeling better. My hospital bill is definitely going to be on the rise this month. With Syd's meds, and being in the hospital for 2 days, and all of us being on antibiotics, and all the dr visits, it will take a toll on the ole checkbook. So I am going to try to get the energy and time to get the pictures and video uploaded soon.

Have I mentioned I am ready for Spring? Only a few times. I hope all of you are staying healthy and staying away from all this crud.

Oh So Glad to Be Home

Oh, what a Friday the 13th!?? I didn't even realize it was Friday the 13th until they mentioned it on the radio. I headed out to Wamego to get my hair done early yesterday morning. I had taken Xavier over to my moms for the morning. I was looking forward to a little me time. Something I hadn't had in quite a while. So I was just pulling into the parking lot at the salon, and my cell rang. It was Syd's teacher and she was quite anxious. Syd could not quit coughing. She had tried a drink and given her her inhaler and it just wasn't cutting it. So I called my mom to have her run over and get her. I continued with my appointment, and ran a quick errand into Manhattan. And then on my way home. Got to my mom's, picked up Syd and headed back to the Dr. They tried a Xopenex treatment with no relief and so off we went to be admitted into the hospital once again. She coughed most of the afternoon and into the night until about 12:30 this morning. Then that pretty much stopped it all. She has been good ever since. We came home around 9:30 this morning. We are going to stay on our meds, and hope that we are out of the woods. This has probably been the worst flair up that she has ever had. It is a little scary. She looked terrible last night. She had dark circles under her eyes, she just looked worn out from coughing so much. But today, well, she acted like Syd. She is back to eating a little bit, and hopefully will get some energy back and keep headed in the right direction.

Also Happy Valentines Day to all. And to my hubby, thanks for the flowers. And thanks for cleaning up the house. I love you and all that you do for me.

I have some pictures of Syd from Thursday in the croup tent and I will try to get them posted later today or tomorrow. I am just too tired right now, and have this humongous headache.