The Rest of the Sick December

12/26/14 The boys were still a little sniffly, but wanted to play outside with their new sled.  (Side note: when the sled was wrapped under the tree Easton was SURE it was a new ironing board!)  Fin wanted to go outside so bad!  But mom wasn't up for the cold!

 The boys have spent tons of time doing artwork on their new table from Grama and Grampa Cook.

 Callan.  I don't know.

 12/27/14 We took the kids to Newgate Mall to see "Big Hero 6."  They loved it!  We got there pretty early so the boys went for a ride around the mall on a koala.  

 Fin was TERRIBLE at the movie.  I hardly got to see any of it.  We planned the movie specifically around his nap time and he was soooo tired.  He cried and cried unless I let him run around outside the theater.  When we got home, Callan laid down on the couch and was just really lethargic.  I took his temperature and realized he had a 103 degree fever!  At that point I realized that Fin was also sick.  I should have known by his behavior.  He had a fever as well.  Of course it was a Saturday night so I drove around forever searching for an instacare.  I only took Cal since he'd been sick for so long.  I told them it started out as what I thought was croup 10 days earlier and that he'd had a cold ever since.  They did a nose swab and we found out he had Influenza A.  Poor baby.  Apparently the flu shot wasn't very effective this year they said.  They gave us a prescription for Tamiflu.  I went to Walgreens and waited over an hour with my sick baby for the incompetent technician to tell me that my insurance didn't cover it and it was $220.  Lame!  So after hours and hours I took him home to bed and loaded up on Motrin.  When I got the kids to bed my throat and ears started KILLING me and I knew I was going down too!  It was a rough couple of weeks!  

Fin started out his sickness by being super loopy and wild.  He was acting drunk and hilarious and oh so loving.

 On a complete tangent we had a really bad wind storm and it snowed in the kitchen.  You could stand at the kitchen table and feel the snow hitting you in the face!  Our shower pipes froze cuz it got so cold.  It was a big pain!  Tyson heated up the house to 85 degrees for two days to thaw them out!  Ugh!

 Anyway, Callan very very slowly got better.  Fin was getting worse and worse and we were up in the night with him having trouble breathing.  By this point Tyson and I were extremely sick and it was so hard to take care of him!  Tyson had to start another work week and I was so nervous to be stuck at home with sleeping kids if Fin needed to go to the ER.

12/30

 The night of 12/30 Fin and I didn't sleep at all.  I took him to the ER around midnight because he was having such a hard time breathing.  I knew he needed a steroid.  It took forever and ended up costing a ton.  I wish I would have waited until morning and taken him to his doctor.  I didn't even have a voice.  I was whispering to the doctors and nurses.  It wasn't fun.

 Poor guy was so tired the next day he fell asleep in his high chair!  This never happens!

 We had lots and lots of sleepless nights!  But he's just a sweetie and, after a week or two, we finally all got better!

We rang in 2015 hoping for a germ-free year!

Christmas 2014

On the night of December 17, Callan started showing symptoms of croup.  He was up in the night coughing and wheezing and really didn't feel well.  The next morning was his preschool Christmas Party.  He was so excited to go especially since he had to miss the Thanksgiving party while we were in California. (PS while we were there we ended up at an instacare with Callan who had a double ear infection!)  He had his white elephant gift all wrapped and ready.  When he woke up in the morning he felt great.  His voice was barely there but I let him go to school!  I would feel terrible if I found out that any other kids got sick, but he wanted to go so bad!  He had a great time and felt ok.  I made him stay on the couch for a few days and rest.  The cough never went away but he's such an easy going kid that it was hard to tell if he was sick.  We had the Cook family coming over for a Christmas party the following Sunday and with the new babies I needed everyone to be well!  

Sunday morning began with Fin diving into his brothers' bath for the third time.  You'd think I'd keep a closer eye on him after it happening so many times!  It's hard because I can't shut the bathroom door to keep him out because I need to keep an eye on the ones in the bath!  Ugh!  There goes his Christmas outfit!

Sunday night the Cook fam came over for a pre-Christmas Eve party.  We had dinner and exchanged sister gifts.  We all pitched in to get my dad a Traeger.  He got to open it early since Kate and Trace wouldn't be there on Christmas.  And of course there were plenty of baby snuggles.  But not from my family!  We were still not sure if Callan was better or not.

We did the annual nativity.  I can't remember what everyone was... I'm thinking Callan was a shepherd, Easton the donkey, and Fin the angel?

 We joked about having two baby "Jesi" (like cactus -> cacti) but then decided Jack could be John the baptist.  

The next day Callan had a school field trip.  It was supposed to happen earlier in the month but had to be rescheduled during the break.  We went to a trampoline place in Syracuse.  Callan was still coughing and kind of moping so I wasn't sure it would be good for him, but I let them jump for an hour and they had a blast.  Especially Fin!  He was in heaven acting like one of the big kids.

On Christmas Eve the boys and I spent some time at the Cooks while Tyson slept.  The boys decorated some cookies for Santa and helped decorate the Santa tree.  We planned to see a movie but it was late and everyone was tired.  We decided to just go out to dinner.  The boys begged for Cafe Rio!  Smart kids.  After dinner we headed home for them to open their new PJs.  

Christmas morning was so fun!  The boys woke up at 4:30 and Tyson was right up with them!  He convinced me to wake up Fin because everyone was calling me a mean mom!

Here is Easton with all his loot!  He didn't know what to ask Santa for, but I think he did alright!  He got the little TV for his Sega downstairs.

Callan asked Santa for red sweat pants!  He's obsessed with his red clothes and only had red basketball shorts.  I wouldn't let him wear them in the winter so he decided to ask Santa for pants!  Pretty easy to please!

Finners has had so much fun with his lawnmower and duck and his baby animal songs have been a lifesaver!

He was ready for a nap by 8:00!

I got new pots and pans and knives!  Tyson got a Kindle Fire and a box of Kansas City Steaks.  

We headed to Payson and had fun opening presents and eating there.  We had to be home by 8 so Tyson could go to work.  We stopped in Sandy on the way home and were able to talk to Cassidy!  It was so fun and she looked beautiful.  I loved hearing her Spanish intonation in her English.

Tyson left early to get an hour of sleep before work since we had two cars.  It was a snowy and slow drive home but the boys and I made it and everyone slept nice and sound!  Another great Christmas!  We are so blessed!

Back to Reality

I'm so behind I can hardly remember all the details of a crazy December.  It was weird to be back to reality after our week at the beach!  We'll see if I can remember anything that happened!

12/3/14

Fin and Easton went for their one year and 6 year check ups with our new doctor, Dr. Stevenson.

 Fin's stats:

Weight: 21 lbs 12 oz

Length: 30 in

Head Circumference: 44.8 cm

They didn't give me the paper with the percentiles on him, but everything was about average except his head was super small like his dad's!

Easton's Stats:

Weight: 47.5 lbs 59%ile

Height: 46.5 in 67%ile

Everyone was healthy and good!  But that sure didn't last long!

12/6/14

Jackson and Finley dressed up for the BYU bowl game (I think...maybe it was basketball...who cares they looked really cute!) but we couldn't see each other because our family all came down with a cough!

Fin is the worst sleeper!  He hates going to bed and is up so much at night!  December was especially complicated because of all the sickness we had going on!  I got to spend lots of late nights up with him while Tyson was at work!  We sent dad pictures to keep him awake.

 

 We came home from California excited to find that our tadpole which we had been growing since May 2nd had finally developed into a frog.  I quickly transferred it to a bigger home and spent $50 ordering the next stage of frog supplies.  THE DAY the shipment came we found it belly up.  Easton discovered it and was heartbroken.  He cried for about an hour.  By the way, that's not poop, it's food. Callan fed the frog that day (quite a bit) and Easton is convinced that Callan killed it.

RIP 12/10/14

 12/10/14

We went to see the lights at Temple Square.  We ate at Johnny Rockets and enjoyed a walk around the beautiful temple.  The boys loved it and it was a really warm night considering the season.  

 12/13/14 All the cousins were together for the first time.

After a quick snuggle with the babies, we headed to the Page Family Christmas party.  It's always so fun to get together with family that we don't see nearly as often as we should!  The cousins had a blast playing with each other and we all had a good laugh during the white elephant exchange as usual!  At the end there was a surprise visit from Santa who mysteriously resembled Uncle Alan!

12/15/14

For JD's birthday we got Kelsey and him tickets to "The Forgotten Carols" and we got to watch baby Jack!  Love that baby!

Ok that's half of December.  We'll see if I can pull off the rest of it tomorrow!