updating our week

One of the hardest parts of working is having my kids get sick. On Thursday Brian stayed home with Mary because she had a fever and Friday I was going to stay with her. Then Thursday evening Elijah started going downhill FAST. When he gets sick it is obvious. He just lays around and is really quiet. By Thursday night I was really glad I had prepared sub plans for Friday. He felt terrible and had a high fever. I remembered that earlier this week there was a girl at the sitter who had been out with strep throat. With that information I made him a doctor's appointment Friday morning and sure enough he had strep throat too. Come to find out there had been several daycare families who have had it. Since we were already there I made Mary an appointment too, even though she seemed to be feeling better. She has an ear infection. Both kids are on antibiotic and though they are a little crabby, they are significantly better than a couple days ago.

Emily had her 4 month check up this week (a couple weeks late) and her stats are:

17 lbs (yes, she is gigantic)--95th percentile, but in her defense she has been on that projectile since she was born.
28 inches long (off the chart for height)

She actually has a mild ear infection as well, but I don't think she seems too bad so I am waiting on giving her antibiotics unless they are really necessary. We're going to wait to start rice cereal for at least another month.

Today we went to Menards for a couple of things and ended up buying our seeds for our garden. I am getting antsy to start planting things. We got spinach, lettuce, green beans, peas, watermelon, basil, and mint. We will definitely be getting a few more things, but some will be plants and others we just hadn't decided on yet. But at least it's a good start. We're expanding our garden this year because we had such good luck with it last summer and it was so enjoyable.