Still Sick!

This has got to be the longest running virus I've heard of in a while! Like I mentioned before, Evan's sickness started last Saturday. The others soon followed, and we are still fighting fever, much coughing, chills, stuffy noses, etc. I don't feel as bad, now knowing that half the town has it. Must not be a product of poor mothering! At least one of the local public schools had to shut down yesterday due to 25% of their kids being sick. If we are ever able to get out of the house, I might have something interesting to post! I wouldn't be totally honest if I didn't tell you that I have enjoyed having my kids home this week. There's something fun about being able to fix them what they want for breakfast without all the rush, read them books while cuddling on the couch, etc. - all while everyone else is at school! We're not perfect attendance sticklers, especially since most of our family lives away and we have to miss school to visit them, so it's not a total devastation to get to be at home -- together.
Until something exciting happens...

Olivia Update

Olivia carries on "Nichols-McCall Infant Pattern Baldness"

Two of my favorite people!

Better watch out -- she will soon be into everything!

Yum, Yum!

I've heard that a few of you love seeing Olivia on my blog, and her mommy sent me some more pics last night. They are a little fuzzy, but hopefully you'll enjoy them. She is just now 7 months old (hard to believe!) and starting to crawl. She obviously still enjoys tasting her toes!

Another Yount Baby!!!

The new little family - Jeremy, Emily, and Carl Isaac

I just love those newborns!

Congratulations to Jeremy and Emily Yount (and all of the John Yount family) of Greenville, S.C. on their 1st baby, Carl Isaac, born March 26th.

More Sickness...

Typical scene around our house lately...

As if we haven't had enough sickness around here in the last 3 or 4 months, my children all contracted the virus that is making its rounds. It is known for pounding headache, high fever, chills, and cough. My kids had a few extra symptoms, but they mostly followed the pattern. Evan started with it Saturday, and was pretty well finished by Monday. Ryan and Kaitlynn started Sunday, and are still down. Feeling that things were a little worse with Kaitlynn, I got her into the doc this morning. She has double ear infection (which was my guess), and according to the pharmacist at WalMart, took the last bottle of Omnicef off the shelf. I'm hoping they have something to give the other 150 kids that come in with this today! Kaitlynn, as usual, screamed every time the doc or nurse came near her. She has this phobia (maybe from me?) and it is just terribly annoying. Anyway, when we were ready to leave, I threw my purse over my shoulder and picked her up. She smiled the sweetest smile and said, "That was fun!" I could have smacked her at that moment! Although I feel terrible for my kids when they are sick, this illness has made things awfully quiet around the house! When they have the flu it is quiet, but I'm so busy cleaning up the "unmentionables" that I can't even enjoy the quietness! Tonight I guess I'll clean the house and then settle in for a couple of hours of intense study. Happy blogging!

Just a thought...

On January 7, 2007 I created my 1st blog. Since that time I have reconnected with many old friends, and connected with some new ones that I had previously only viewed from a distance. Since men aren't frequent visitors to my blog (maybe they lurk, but they don't post), it has become a place where women connect on a humerous and sometimes emotional level. Posting on other friend's blogs has given me a chance to "build" relationships in a way that would have never happened without the web. The other day I got to thinking about how it is going to feel when I go to IHC, campmeeting, or other spring/summer events and see these people with whom I have been communicating for 3 months, but have never really known. Will we stare across a large room at each other, trying to make sure we have the "right" person, or will we race across whatever chasm separates us and share a huge hug of friendship, while our husbands and children stare at us for acting so wierdly around "strangers"? The mental image had me cracking up, but I wanted to share that to say this: If you see me out and about, please make yourself known! It is sometimes much easier, especially as women, to converse in a world where we're not judged by our appearances (fashion, weight, beauty, etc.). When we come face to face we automatically become different, if we're not careful. Our barriers tend to go up, our inferiorities come out of hiding, and we spend more time trying to create "good" impressions of ourselves and our children than we do nurturing lasting relationships. Let me know if you're with me on this, and hopefully we'll get to see each other soon!