The Unofficial Face of Swine Flu

That's right folks. This house is now swine-flu central. Awful. Horrible. Terrible. I, myself, am surviving alright. The kids are getting hit hard. This is rotten stuff.

Betrayed!

I am feeling very betrayed. By my body. We had a deal. No getting sick while Dan is gone. I thought this was a very fair deal. Apparently I was wrong. And in actuality I'm doing fairly well. A slight fever with a sore throat...not bad. The kids, on the other hand, not fairing as well. I took them into the doctor today after 3 days of fevers just to make sure I was not under-reacting.

Joshua- Stayed with auntie Angie and cousin Kierra and got some quality time in. Poor kid needed it. He had one day of a fever of 99.5 and was over it. Those strong Domrese genes!

Thomas- Ear infection (his first..actually the first of any of our kids). A throat spotted with blisters (poor kid) and a nice temperature (kept between 101-102 with Motrin AND Tylenol). Thomas typically spikes to 104.3 with any fever and may or may not begin to seize if I don't keep it down. This is the first time it's been manageable. PHEW! Still, he's got that glassy-eyed look and is just lethargic. He basically naps all day long and cries because he's so achy his clothes hurt when they touch him. :(

Molly- Totally fine. One temperature reading of 99.5 and she is good to go. Teething like a fiend, but not complaining. In fact, she's most neglected and fell asleep in the jumperoo today as I was trying to get the other three dressed and ready to go! Poor baby!!!

Kaitlyn- Just started a temperature of 102 degrees today. A slight runny nose. Feeling tired and grumpy, just wants mommy (nothing new there!). Unfortunately she is also vomiting just a touch so keeping the Motrin down for the fever is very difficult. I mixed it with apple juice earlier and she kept that down (as she can't over eat from a bottle).

As you can see, life is crazy here right now. 4 sick children. Really? I signed up for this? True, true, I did. These are the days that I remind myself how lucky I am. I got chosen. I was chosen to have two sets of twins. I would have begged for these days during the three years that we tried month after month to conceive naturally. So I take it as best I can and know that tomorrow is bound to be better. AND, at least I'm getting lots and lots of snuggles, right?!

Videos to Make You Smile

Grandparent's Day

Today was Grandparent's Day at preschool. Grandpa Larry, Grandma Patti, and Grandpa Bob arrived at school to see a musical performance (including 'Jesus Loves Me' and other songs) and then did a craft project. My apologies to the grandparent's that were not invited. We love you all and will definitely invite you to other events with more room. The boys (and girls) are absolutely blessed with many fabulous grandparents and great grandparents. We love you all and will involve you in every step possible. Here are some pictures though!! Notice the boys wearing their "My Grandpa Rules" shirt and the girls wearing their "I (heart) Grandma" onesies! CUTE!

Katie is Scooting!!!!

That's right, you heard it, Katie is scooting! It's not a full on scoot, not even an army crawl, more of a 'use your face and pull with your fingers until you get to desired location' kind of scoot. However, she's definitely mobile now. She does really well on carpet and struggles a bit more on the hardwood floors (plus when she tries to use her face it hurts to she ends up in tears). I will post a video or pictures tomorrow if I can get her to perform on demand. :) My baby is mobile...

Up Up and Away

Day #1. Thomas manages to come out back with the rest of us and lock the back door behind him. My heart just about dropped. Joshua, Molly, Thomas and I locked outside. Katie alone inside. Luckily the front door was unlocked so we were able to get back inside, but I'm going to have to be more on top of things already!

Last night we took Halloween pictures with Dan so that we would still have the traditional picture. The kids are going to be so darn cute!

Family Birthday Party

We decided to do the boys' family birthday party early this year so that Dan could be a part of it. Thomas got to choose the theme of this party and, of course, he chose Spiderman. With Spiderman being the theme, you can imagine the spiderman products they received. Spiderman costumes, Spiderman web shooter, and more! Some other favorite gifts were a pizza set, a grilling set, puzzles, Uno and Sequence for Kids (played daily), and more! The boys had fun playing with their cousins and had a great early 4th birthday. Now it's difficult to convince them that they are not actually 4 years old yet! :)