Jimminy Cricket

So somebody is feeling better! Dear, sweet Audge is pretty much back to normal. We got lots of smiles and giggles yesterday which was a welcome sight! She is constantly at my feet these days, like a little puppy dog. Always wanting to be picked up and if I don't pick her up right away, she throws her little face down on the floor (very dramatically I might add!) and cries ever so pitifully till I pick her up! She has learned how to crawl on top of things and as soon as her little ear gets back on track, I know she will take off walking like she's been doing it all along. Oh won't that be fun! About 5 yesterday evening James crawled into the kitchen where I was washing dishes(I waste sooooo much time washing dishes!) and started crying. Then he started shivering and his bottom lip was quivering. I had been waiting all day for this since he didn't want breakfast, only ate a few bites at lunch and ate only 1 of 2 cookies for his snack. If James turns down food, you know something is about to break loose! I took his temp and it was 101 so I gave him Tylenol and we wrapped up in a blanket on the floor. We sat there for about an hour(he eventually quit shivering)all the while Audrey Grace is sprawled out on the blanket in between my legs, like she is in the picture below. She's started doing that this week. I know it's because she just gets tired of trying to hold her head up with out falling over and sometimes she has to give in to the dizziness. But I think she's grown to like sprawling out in the middle of the floor just when ever!


We already had a doctor's appointment for Audrey this morning to check her ears so I was glad of that. Dr. Walker said her ear looked good and to just finish her meds and she should be fine. But he wants to see her back in 2 weeks. Jamsie was another story. He took a swab for strep but the test came back negative. I was so relieved and he sent us on our way. As I was loading them in the car though the nurse came running out and said they had looked at the test again and this time it was positive. Oh boy! My week just keeps getting better and better. At this rate I'll be good and sick on Thanksgiving.

I never let them play in the fridge, even though every time the door opens they pop outta no where to try and get in. Yesterday I was tired of telling them no so while I was cleaning it out I just let them have at it. They enjoyed and I had fun watching!

My poor baby boy. He's so pitiful. He doesn't really whine, he just sits there with these huge, sad puppy dog eyes. We caught it early thank goodness so hopefully he will be feeling much better by Monday AND Dr. Walker said he felt like a secondary infection was on it's way(like a ear infection) for James and this med will take care of that before it happens! He slept all night last night and I hope he can continue to do so; rest is so good for the sickly. I asked how likely it is that Audrey will get it and the nurse said very unlikely since the antibiotic she is on already is one of the two used to treat strep. Hallelujah! As the nurse was walking back into the building she called over her shoulder "Hope you can stay well!" Yeah, me too but seeing how both kiddos are constantly trying to stick their fingers in my mouth, always manage to cough or sneeze directly in my face and since all I've done all week is wipe snotty noses, I highly doubt it. But here's hoping!