The house has been down with the crud. It's Austin's fault, he started it. =) Then Bryant started with it, and then Sydney. Sydney ended up with another double ear infection and a really red throat. She got to the point where she wouldn't even swallow her food. I had to take her into the ER twice, and ended up getting her antibiotic changed to something much stronger. Austin & Bryant started feeling better, and now Austin is kind of down and out again. Not as bad as the first time, but he's snotty again and the past couple days his "mouth has been sore." He seems to be on the mend again though- and I hope it stays that way. His surgery is just over a week away, and he really needs to be healthy for it! As well as the rest of us! I am on my 4th box of Emergen-C (kind of like Airborne, but seems to work better AND tastes much better) and so far have fought it! YAY!
Austin has a 'responsibility chart' now. One of my friends had one for her daughter, and I loved it, and ordered one right away. (While sitting in her kitchen actually...haha) Anyways, we explained it all to him last night, and he is super excited about it. There are many "chores" we can choose for him to do and can switch them up weekly, or monthly or however we choose. Like, a couple we have up there right now for him are: NO WHINING, SHOW RESPECT, DRESS YOURSELF, SAY PLEASE AND THANK YOU... things like that. So at the end of the night, if he has done good with each "chore" he gets to put a little magnet smiley face on the board. He's really thinking it is cool, thinks it's a game. =) Last night he wanted to put all the smiley faces on there, and we told him that we do it every night before bed. He asked to go to bed immediately. HA! I will post a picture of it later to show you what I am talking about, it's really very neat.
Sydney is growing like a weed. She has 3 teeth now. Two front top, and one front bottom that just came through. She looks so much older with them. I can also put her hair in a little pony tail, and I am ELATED about that. Her hair is growing so much! She also just learned to clap and thinks that's the cats meow. She is starting to love playing peek-a-boo, and loves playing Patt-a-cake with her feet. Just like her big brother did.
Austin's surgery is a little over a week away and my anxiety over it is sky rocketing daily. He will have a 2 day stay in the hospital, so we are trying to get things together that will keep him busy to take his mind off of it. Bryant's dad and step mom will be here within the next couple of days; Mike came down with a cold after the first leg of their trip, so they're hunkering down and waiting it out before they come the rest of the way. Then my mom and dad will be here the 29th. We will have lots of support, and I am thankful for that. My brother is also coming in for Easter, and I am SO excited about that!
I think that's all my news for now! Hope this finds you all well!
Sydney trying to crawl & Petey keeping guard
Austin waiting for his cookies to finish. Petey is obviously as excited as Austin!xoxo
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