Week Recap

So Roc came down with something last Sunday night. Not sure what it was-he threw up but was totally acting fine so we figured it was just because Kevin had Ella and Roc all wound up earlier. Well then next day we went up to Abby's for a birthday party for Jesus, which was really fun and the kiddos had a great time, but then Roc decided to throw up all over Abby's carpet. I managed to catch some of it in my hand, but since you get no warning of this her carpet suffered some. For further details of the birthday party for Jesus click here. We made it home safely with no more incidents, but his throwing up continued -for days-we thought he was getting better, then he would throw up again. This was a very long week, as he was very tired and upset/fussy. Thankfully Kevin had 1/2 of Christmas Eve till today off so he and Roc bonded a lot and no one else seemed to catch it, so I don't think it was the flu-but who knows. I was set to call the doctor today but he seems to have perked up! He get his tubes tomorrow morning so we are anxious for that to be done with. I am no too worried about it since it is fairly routine, but they do put them totally out. Christmas was a bit of a bummer only because Roc was sick so we had to bag our Christmas Eve plans, but Ella and I did go to my parents for Christmas day. No point in having Ella miss out on the fun and the cousins, Kevin didn't mind missing it and I did bring him leftover Christmas dinner so that helped! Rachael and her man visited Kevin and brought him some snacks-and Roc threw up all over Rachael. ( this was the second incident of this as he threw up on her the previous day when she stopped by for a visit.- Rachael just goes with the flow so it did not seem to bother her too much) We did do gifts with the kiddos in the morning before we went to my parents and as much as Roc was able he opened his. He was thrilled with the fire truck and police car we got him as it makes noise and stuff. Kevin and I don't really exchange gifts but he did get me a rice cooker from the kiddos, something I have been wanting for a while so I was excited. Ella of course loves all her new bitty baby stuff-especially the backpack from my parents. Friday we attempted to have Roc and Kevin open their gifts from my parents and Grandma Ruby, but Roc did not last too long so we only stayed for a bit. Saturday my grandma had a party at her house. It was a buffet and games, the Kiddos played downstairs with Claudia, my grandma's helper and the adults had fun upstairs. I hung out with Roc downstairs as he was pretty fragile, but it was fun to visit with Claudia and the cousins always have fun together. It was a nice way to end the Christmas season. Sunday was a normal day, but we did skip church as I did not think it would be good to take Roc to the nursery and I am really not into going alone. I am just so glad Roc is feeling better and hopefully he will bounce back tomorrow quickly. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a Happy New Year.

Christmas Outfits

4th post of the day-blog slacker is catching up.
My parents got all the grand children matching Christmas outfits and they are so cute. Here are the kiddos in them. Some are at our church playing and jumping off the stage! (not during the service mind you, ha ha-and they weren't the only ones doing this so I figured it was ok)
In a couple of them Roc is making is cute scrunchy smiley face-so click on the picture for a close up.

Roc and Audrey

Third post of the day.

Roc and Audrey are not quite old enough to make and decorate cookies so they just watched, but since they are so cute I figured they needed a post of their own. Roc got a bag of gumballs and before we knew it he had them opened and was eating one. Oops!. He then decided he needed to see Audrey closer so he proceed to climb up her highchair for a closer look. I told him to give her a kiss and he did, it was so cute. Audrey is so cute who wouldn't want to kiss her!

Christmas Cookies.

Ok my second post of the day, wow-so scroll down far enough so you don't miss any.

Sadie invited Ella over to make Christmas cookies yesterday. The girls had a great time and I was really surprised at how well they did rolling the dough and cutting out their shapes. They went a little overboard on the sprinkles, but that is all part of the fun. Sadie dumped a ton on one and then told me -see it's not too much. It was really funny! Here are a few pictures of the fun.

Ella's Christmas Ballet Performance!

Ella had her first ever ballet performance today, and she did great. She was so cute and did so well. I am so proud of my little girl. I am going to post my videos here (ok got one dud on there but can't figure out how to delete-sorry) and my pictures here on facebook. Kevin, Roc, my Mom, Sadie and Grandma Ruby also came to watch. I was amazed at how well Ella was willing to do this in front of so many people. After the performance the girls had a gift exchange. Then my Mom, Grandma Ruby, Ella, Sadie and I went to Starbucks for Hot Chocolate and Cranberry Bliss Bars to celebrate. My Grandma Ruby is so cute, after one of Ella's dances she says to me "Ella was the best one!". She is not partial or anything so it must be true:)

Sick Kiddos

Ok-my second post of the day----wow. Poor Ella has not been doing too well. Last Saturday she came down with an ear infection-first one ever-. The on call doc put her on amoxicillin, but this little girl refused to take it. So after throwing it up I said forget it. Which was probably not the best choice (lesson learned). She seemed to be doing better thought but then last Tuesday she has a horrid fever (103 ish) and both ears were infected. My dad said get her the medicine-so we tried to disguise it in a milkshake,but no fooling this girl. She did not see us put it in but would not drink it as it tasted yucky. So we finally managed to get it down her-no easy task with this one, and you have to give them 20 doses over 10 days-not fun. Once we got some Advil and amoxicillin in her she seemed to do better and slept all night, but her fever kept coming back in the evenings. Thank goodness for children's Advil though. Then a few days later she was fine, but on Sunday she started to get a horrid rash that rapidly spread through out her whole body-So off to the doctor we headed on Monday. He assured me it was not contagious (whew!) (I was imagining calling ballet and Church to tell everyone she exposed them to some horrid disease :)) He took her off the amoxicillin saying it was a strep rash-I think a combo of the ear infection and reaction to the medicine? He put her on a different antibiotic and told me to bathe her in Aveeno bath stuff. This seemed to work and she has no rash but last night her ears were bothering her again. Since we were headed to the ear doctor for Roc today I figured he could check her ears too. He said she has lots of fluid and to give her dimeatap and that should clear it up. Roc on the other had has tons of fluid and defiantly needs tubes. He said he is probably not very comfortable and hears us in muffled sounds. I think his hearing seems ok as he can follow commands but he does not say much so maybe the doctor is right....We can't get in till the 30th but I am really really hoping this helps improve his mood-and mine :)

Christmas Tree

Saturday we headed up to the woods to get our tree. For only five bucks you can get a permit to cut any tree, in the woods, that you want. There was no snow at all (other than a slight amount in a very tiny section of the road)! It seems weird that we have no snow yet, even in the mountains! Anyway we drove and drove and finally reached the end of a road and got out. Kevin had us truck up a very steep hill, but we could not find one we liked, so back down we headed and drove till we found a clearing. We found a great one there (I'm all for choosing one quickly and getting outta there, but Kevin's more into finding one that looks good-but we managed to find one we agreed on in not too long of time). Ella was not too found of the whole thing and just wanted to go back home and watch cartoons! Roc had fun though-however since he slept for about 30 minutes in the car he would not nap when we got home. (lesson learned there!). Here are a few pictures of the event.

Long Time No Blog....

Ok Katie has informed me that my blog is getting boring and Kevin says I better hurry up and do a new post or I will lose my subscribers! ha ha.

Not much going on here but Roc has been fighting a cold off and on for a while now and I am beginning to wonder if his ears are bothering him more so we have an appointment with the ear Doctor next Wed. This sounds bad, but I kinda do hope it is his ears as I think I have listened to enough whining to last a lifetime these past few weeks....So if it is his ears at least we can treat this and move on!

We headed out to get our Christmas Tree on Saturday and made it not further than the store to get the permit when Roc threw up! We decided a bumpy truck ride through the woods, in the cold, would not help so we turned around and went back home. He was totally fine after he had a bath and did not throw up again, so it may have just been a combination of a cold and riding in a bumpy truck. For some reason my kids tend to throw up when they cough. We are going to make a second attempt this Saturday.

I did actually do some Black Friday shopping, first time in a long time. I am not a die-hard and did not get up super early or anything. But I did hit Rite Aid, Fred Meyer (1/2 price socks!) and Jo-Ann's. I need some new scissors and since they were 50% off plus an additional 20% I wanted to get some. Got them and a few other things too....

We did start the advent calendar last night though and the kiddos enjoyed that. Ok so that is it for now....Hopefully I can come up with some more posts so I won't lose all my "subscribers!"