It's been awhile

It's been almost a MONTH since I blogged last. I have so much to say, but don't know where to start.

I guess I'll start with Courtwarming on February 1st. Ziek was asked to be our "cupid" for the Senior class mini- float. Here he is in all his glory.









































The next day we had family photos for the church directory. 2 out of the 3 kids had been to the doctor's office that morning where Kelton was diagnosed with bronchitis and Ziek with having some viral infection. Needless to say, we weren't at our 'best' for the photo, but here it is.
At least all 3 boys are smiling!

So the illness that Kelton and Ziek had spread through the whole house. I ended up having bronchitis and was on the Z-pack while Ziek was re-diagnosed with having both Type A and Type B influenza. Levi and Kelton ended up having influenza as well but there's no meds to give them after they've shown signs of it.

Brett was prescribed Tamiflu to prevent him from getting the flu. The boys were sick for about 10 days and my mom came to stay with the boys while Brett and I attended the Boys & Girls Club Annual Auction. The club raised over $50,000!!! Woo-hoo!!!

The boys were well for a few days, so that Brett and I could celebrate my 32nd birthday in Kansas City at the Elms.

Then reality set in and Ziek had the stomach flu and of course Levi got it too, although a milder form of it.

All in all I have to say that we are lucky to be on the mend! It has been hard the ENTIRE month with all of the runny noses, coughing, sneezing, throwing up, etc . . .

The best gift that I was given was today (21st) and tomorrow (22nd) off from school! Yes, 2 snow days so that I can take care of my pukey boys and get laundry done.

You see, the reason that these 2 days are gifts are because I have no sick days left to take off.

Next year . . . will be different . . .

We are hoping that I will be able to stay home from school next year! (big smile)

Finally, Kelton turned 6 months old! My goodness how time has FLOWN since August.

He's smiling a lot, babbling a bunch and he loves to sit on your lap and rock back and forth. He throws all of his body weight into rocking himself back and forth. He is eating cereal and we're waiting for teeth so we can start him on baby food. He's a cutie. He has very dark blue eyes with beautiful black eyelashes that girls will just melt over. Like the other boys, he's going to break hearts. I'll add a photo of just him soon.

So this month, February of 2008, has been VERY LONG! I'm hoping that March proves to be much better!