Wow! This has been a crazy fall-winter season for us. After all the kids started school, we got a few weeks into a good schedule and then everyone came down sick shortly before Halloween and here we are, into the new year, and its still going on. Multiple colds followed by the flu has had our family turned upside down. The kids have missed more school than they have attended. They have seen their doctor more in the past 2 months that they have their entire lives combined. Blood tests, throat cultures, X-rays, and all has come back fine, just a "virus" that will sort itself out. We have also had referrals to ENT for Victoria and allergists for all 3 children. We have found out Victoria has severe allergies to so many things and I am hoping once she starts her immunotherapy shots this week that we will see an improvement to how often she is sick. They wanted to remove her tonsils this month, but her allergist asked that we put that off until we see if immunotherapy helps first. Henry sees the allergist this week after multiple eczema flare-ups and Adam goes next month as I am sure if his siblings have these severe allergies, he probably does as well. Adam even ended up with a trip to the Childrens Hospital, although we left shortly after arriving, as we thought he had a possible bowel obstruction and his belly was so distended. Right now, my husband is in the middle of the flu and he hasn't left the couch in a week. Its been really hard.
Christmas Day was fun. I went to bed the night before at 9 with the kids, and left Andrew to set everything up, as I was too sick to do anything. I also was too sick to even think about getting pics or video of them opening their stuff, as I just laid on the floor and watched them and tried to appear excited. Thankfully Andrew had set everything up right and he helped them with their toys while I laid around and quietly hoped death would come (yes, I was that sick). I snapped a few pics afterward of them with their things:
A few weeks before Christmas, we got a puppy. A then 14 week old miniature pinscher/chihuahua/beagle mix, whom we named Freya-Lebowski. We call her Freya or Bowski for short. She has been a wonderful addition to our family and the kids were delighted to finally have a doggie to call their own. Freya is now 4 months old and we have had her for 5 weeks today, and I am reading up on how to train her. She is super intelligent (most mini pins are) and easily trainable, thankfully. She is as sweet as can be, but is in the middle of her major teething phase and those little teeth are sharp! Anyway, here she is:
Aside from all of this, there has been alot of being silly and playing,
Lots of cuddling,
Lots of listening to music and reading and playing on our devices (and yes, wine drinking!)
Here is hoping 2013 will be a better, healthier, mostly debt free year for us, if all goes as planned. One thing is for sure...I can't wait till summer again!
