Brookie has a............

So, on Monday between dealing with everything with Aidan I was letting Brookie nibble on my fingers/hand while we waited for Dr. Schmitz to come in. All of a sudden I felt a tooth. Yes, you heard me correctly!! I looked and sure enough!! She broke through an entire 1 1/2 months earlier than Aidan!! Wahoo!! You go girly!! She is still gnawing like crazy so I believe that the next is a close second!!

Also, she is SO close to rolling over!! My baby is growing up!! I'm guessing within the week she will have rolled for the first time. Soo, stay tuned for the latest stuff our little angel is doing !!

Monday-May 4th

WOW!! That is all I have to say. I am SO over us all being sick. Aidan woke up on Monday with an all over body rash. It had the welts and everything. So we dosed him up with Benydryl and he finally stopped itching. The side effect....he CRASHED and hard. He slept for a good 4 hours. He fell asleep early too as in around 10:30am!!

I called our pediatrician's office and they got us in with our pediatrician at 3:30pm. So, we got there and the waiting room was PACKED!! I have not ever seen it that busy. We waited the longest we had ever waited both in the waiting room and after we had been taken back. Our doctor said it was because of the flu outbreak.

So she took a look at Mr. Man and sure enough it was a non-contagious rash. His rash had spread from mainly his torso to his face and head as well while we were waiting for the doctor. It blanched when she pressed on it and as long as it wasn't purple and was still blanching then he was fine. If it turned purple and didn't blanch then we were to call in.

We headed to Costco to grab some dinner (pre-made meal we have to just heat up) and get our picture from memory card to CD. While we were there Aidan's lips started swelling. People were looking at him like he was going to make them sick. I understand that but we can't be cave people especially if we aren't contagious. So, back to his lips. They doubled in size in 20 minutes. We swung by my mom's on the way home (we drive by anyway) and she noticed it too. They looked like they were going to explode.

John and I were REALLY nervous. His face and nose started to swell as well. I felt horrible for him. He was tired and was just wanting to go to bed. We called the doctors office (after hours nurse line) on the way home and they called back and recommended dosing him up with more benedryl. He was also running a fever at this point. (this is what they think caused the rash in the first place). If it (the swelling) wasn't improved in 45 minutes, then we were to take him to the ER. 45 minutes later......we were headed to Seattle Children's Hospital.

We could have gone somewhere closer but since they specialize in kids I figured we would have a less scary experience going somewhere like that. So we got there, parked (he slept the entire way) and walked to the entrance. 2 nurses met us at the door and asked us a slew of questions regarding if we have had the flu recently a cough, or fever. Of course Aid had both. So they masked us up immediately, purelled our hands and even took us in a different door to our own waiting area. Everyone who saw us was all masked up and had protective stuff on...just in case. John even got a sticker on him that said "Monday:no flu." So in other words they weren't sure if we could possibly be a swine flu case.

We were shown to our room and the phone began ringing. It was the person who needed our insurance information. She didn't even come in (only to grab the insurance card and she stood at the door). The doctor came in with two masks on. She diagnosed Aidan with hives. Same as our pediatrician. I felt a bit silly but got over it quickly since we didn't know if it would spread to his throat/mouth (swelling). Thankfully he is fine now. We were told to keep him comfortable and it will come and go for a few days to a few weeks possibly.

After we went to Dicks for food. John LOVES it there. I never have cared for it until Monday night. I would go again and I think John is on cloud 9 about this!! By the time we got home around 11pm Aidan was asleep. We had been gone for about 2 1/2 hours total. I figured we wouldn't get home until after midnight at the earliest!! I was very impressed!! On Tuesday Aidan woke up rash free!! His hands and feet were and are a bit swollen still but there is no other sign of the rash. We are just thankful it was something that was very simple to fix (with time). SO hopefully we are all on the mend....knock on wood. Hope you are all healthy!!

Sickies

**Warning, this blog talks about us being sick...and Aidan threw up, so if you don't want to stomach reading that, stop here...sorry had to warn.**

Ok, so what a week...two...maybe three it's been in our house. About 3 1/2 weeks ago I started to feel icky. Sore throat, the works. Well about 2 1/2 weeks ago, Aid had a fever and wasn't acting like himself at MOPS so he missed school. He bounced back until that Friday. Then the cold hit. I continued to get worse and after 2 weeks of being sick I went to the doctor. That was this past Monday 3/27. I was diagnosed with Bronchitis. Aidan went to the pediatrician that same day too. His ears hurt, his throat hurt and he had a cough. He was miserable and looked like it.

He was fine, but that night Brookie started coughing really hard and the next morning as I drove to work, she was having a really hard time catching her breath. Well she and I went into the pediatrician later that afternoon. Sure enough she had exactly what I though. Bronchiolitis (bronchitis in babies). The good news was it wasn't pneumonia, and that she didn't have to go to the hospital. Bad news she had to do an inhaler which felt like I was smothering my baby. It helped immensely though. We did it every 4 hours for 24 hours, then every 6 hours for 24 hours, and then every 8 hours for 24 hours and now its as needed. So so far she is doing ok....except that she also has pink eye which was diagnosed the next day when she went into her appointment for a re-check to make sure she was getting better not worse from the meds. So drops three times a day for her.

So he has been fine all week except for last Monday when he wasn't feeling good...he threw up twice (super sensitive gag reflex) and has had a fever off and on for the last week. But then he act's fine. When he went in with John for Brookie's re-check (I had to work during our regular pediatrician's hours) she looked at him and he was super gunky (eyes) and she said both kids had pink eye. Fast forward to today. He has been doing better and acting like he normally does when he is healthy. Well, we had gotten home from a trip to Target and he randomly threw up. We took a bath and got into bed. He was also hungry after this. He was sleeping and started coughing and threw up again. Not just once, but a few times. He kept saying "scary" which it is!! I felt so awful for him. We couldn't help him more than try to soothe. I can't figure what is going on with him. I think we will be calling our doctor in the morning even if it is a Sunday and see what they think.

I really hope it isn't the flu because I feel like we have been sick and trapped in our apartment for forever! I want to go out and be in the real world. Luckily I am able to go to work because John hasn't been working at UPS for the last week and a half (another story entirely) so I leave Aidan at home but then I come home and we mope about our apartment and hope and pray we get better. John has a cough and snotty nose but otherwise he has dodged it....knock on wood.

SO needless to say, we are a walking petri dish and can't seem to get healthy here. My good friend and hair dresser just had a baby recently and when I brought food to them last Monday, I didn't even go near sweet Scarlett because I was fearful that we might pass something onto her. I want to go and ooh and aah at her. So for now we are sick but we should be on the mend soon!! Sorry if this is all over the place, I am so worn out (even if John let me sleep until 1pm) it is almost 1am here. We'll be better soon and if not I might move out and live in a box until everyone is healthy. Kidding. It's been beautiful here too!! Good night...trying to go to bed now.

Brookie's Baptism!!

So, we finally have a SET date and SET Godparents!! I called our other Godmommy yesterday and had a wonderful conversation with her and when I asked she was so excited and she kept saying that she was going to cry!! I told her not to because that makes me cry (especially since I just had Brookie). She laughed and we continued our conversation and hung up because Brookie was starting to get hungry.

Andrea on her wedding day!! We flew to Ohio for her wedding while I was VERY prego (6 months).

Well literally an hour (maybe less) after I got off the phone with her, she called me back and said that she had a reservation to fly out here from Ohio!! It was a screaming deal, and decent flights, even if she wont be here terribly long, we will still have a grand time!!

Brookie's other Godmommy is our good friend. She has two girls of her own and I watched one all summer last year while I was prego with Brooke. In fact, Makenna is more like a big sister for Brooke instead of anything else. She was there throughout the entire pregnancy and her mom, Alexa and I have been close friends since we started hanging out a few years back.

Alexa and Brookie in the hospital visiting!!

So we are pretty excited that we have wonderful, loving, supportive, awesome people in our children's lives and that these two amazingly wonderful women will be Brooke's Godmommies!! She is a lucky girl!! Oh and the baptism date is June 7th!! Hooray!!

Pictures from Easter

Ok, here are the photos from our Easter weekend!! We went on a egg hunt in the dark...so fun!! Then it was mass in the morning, over to Nana's for brunch and another egg hunt, to the Schuler's for an egg hunt, then to my in-law's for visiting with my MIL's side. Overall it was BUSY day. John worked from 5-9:30pm that day too. So it was pretty low key after we got home. Overall it was a great day!! Hope yours was great as well! Enjoy!!

Our egg hunt in the dark!!

Easter morning, he knocked Daddy's hand that was holding his coffee which spilled onto Aidan (don't worry it wasn't hot enough to scare, just surprised him).

Aidan's Easter basket hiding under the chair that has the towels laid out on that needed folding....helped to hide the basket though!!

Brookie's basket hidden under her swing! She got a Bumbo, a few PINK toys (all our toys are from Aidan), and baby legs!!

Brookie at mass in her car seat!! She looked ADORABLE!!

Aidan found his loot!! He is BIG into bowling lately

On an Easter egg hunt at the Schuler's. It was POURING outside so it was inside!

going through the eggs

looking for eggs at Nana's, we braved the weather!

Auntie Kate watching the fun!!

Uncle Mike came out too!! I wasn't able to get a good pic of Erik though. Boo.

Lexie and her bathrobe (she and Katie were napping before the hunt)

the entire gang!! First picture with all 10 of us in it!! Next family photo will have the new baby in it!! Thanks Leslie for taking the photo!

Our cute little family!! This is one of the only that Aidan would look at the camera while John was facing forward. There were plenty with John facing backwards.

Brookie in her new Bumbo!! Happy girl!!

Aidan LOVES his sister!!

Brookie in the bathtub....such a cutie pie!!

We have yet another baptism date!!

Ok everyone, John and I have finally agreed on Godparents, and a new date for Brookie's baptism. She will be baptized on June 7th (day after my dad's birthday) at 11am mass. We normally go to 9am mass but the only other 9am mass that they are doing baptisms at is May 17th adn my mom is at a retreat, besides the fact that we want a bit more time to plan the "after party!!" Ok realistically it's going to be a BBQ but still.

So hooray we decided on it and hopefully we both don't get overwhelmed with how fast things creep up on us!! Enjoy the beautiful weather where ever you are!!

Calling all "Practicing Catholics"

So, John and I are trying to come up with Godparents for our sweet girl. This is no easy task. We have a list of a few people that we would love to have as Godparents for her, which isn't the hard part, the hard part is we need one "practicing Catholic" and they need to provide a letter from their parish stating that they are members there and are practicing. This is new since we had Aidan, so we are having a bit of a more difficult time due to this.

When we made our Godparents list, we actually had put a few people who were Catholics (not sure if they are practicing or not) on it AND we made the list up before we found out about the "practicing Catholic" thing.

SO, my question to all my 3 blog readers..maybe 4 ; ), have you come into contact with needing one person "practicing" and/or a letter stating that they are and a member of their parish? I think John and I are almost to a decision and such, we just were wondering if other people had heard of this too!! Please leave comments letting us know!! Thanks!!