My baby has what?

Several weeks ago when Dave went to get Hudson up from his nap, he encountered: a ton of throw up all over Hudson's bed, he had a serious case of diarhea, and he had a rash all over his body. That was Tuesday. Thankfully, there was no more throw up, but the diarhea continued. I called the dr. on Wed. The nurse said that it sounded like strep throat, but since he was acting TOTALLY fine, I could hold off a day or 2 to see if things improved. By Friday the diarhea and rash were still pretty prominent, so I decided to take him in. They did a strep test, which came back negative. So of course, they said he probably just suffered from a small stomach bug. Well, they sent his swab off to the labs to "grow" over the weekend. They called Monday and the lab came back positive for strep. Great. Amoxicillan here were come. After a week of antibiotics the rash was about as bad as it could get. The strep was gone...but the itching was seeminly unbearable. Hudson wasn't sleeping well, and ever time I changed his diaper or his clothes, he immediately started scratching. He was covered in a terrible rash from HEAD TO TOE! He even had scratched so hard in places that he caused bleeding. I finally took him in to get it checked out. You'll never guess what he had...caused by the strep throat. SCARLET FEVER!!!!!!!! Who knew that was even still around! The dr. thought that he also had a serious case of eczema on top of the Scarlet Fever, which is why it was so terrible. He immediately started him on some oral steroids, which started making a difference within hours. Tomorrow is our last day on the 'roids, for which I am very thankful. His skin is finally back to the land of the living. He is back to sleeping and being a happy little guy.

Playing Catchup

So the last few weeks have been a bit hectic.

We had great weather there for a while-- so we were spending pretty much every waking minute outside enjoying it. We got the kids a new swingset, so they have LOVED playing on it. In between good weather, it's been rainy, windy, cold or all 3. That's the thing I really don't like much about March/April-- every day is completely unpredictable. It's like-- make up your mind, already!

I decided to go back to work...well, sort of. I have taken a part time accounting job, working from home. When I worked at the Container Store before William was born, I became pretty good friends with a guy from the company we used for our Financial Software. I know, that sounds weird. But, long story short-- we implemented the software while I was there, and I was on the implementation team-- so we saw a lot of each other, and had to work together quite a bit. Needless to say, we recently (about a month ago) became "facebook friends." Well, he emailed me to see if I would be interested in working for them from home, on a part time basis! Uh-- get to start using my brain again AND make some extra money??? Sure. Sign me up. So, this week has been my first week. It's amazing how much I'm having to relearn after having been out of it the past 3 years. These kids can sure suck info out of our brains, huh?

Last weekend a travelling carnival came to town. I wouldn't normally go to one just b/c they seem kind of yucky to me, plus I just assumed they were expensive. But, William saw it, and just HAD to go on the merry-go-round (you know, like the one on Mary Poppins). He even asked if Mary Poppins would be there. It was SO COLD that day-- like in the 40s. I wasn't going to mention it to him after his nap-- hoping that he would forget about it. He didn't. So, we bundled up the kids and headed over there. Expensive? That's putting it nicely. It cost $3 per person to ride the stupid thing. But, we forked it over, and William and Hudson loved every minute of it, even with all the shivvering. We had enough tickets leftever for William to ride the little train too. So that's what we got for $10-- 2 rides on the merry-go-round and 1 ride on the little train.

Dave is in Canada this week on business. Thankfully, I have my mom/dad here to help with the kids. I have been spending the night over there-- which is a nice change of scenery, and I have help with the whole nightime routine. Plus, after the kids go to bed, I get to watch American Idol and chat with my mom until late at night. We don't get that just me and her time too often, so I'll take it when I can get it.

So, I guess it's not super hectic. But for sure keeping me busy, not to mention the day to day responsibilities of taking care of the kids, house and hubby. Oh, one of the biggest perks of getting this new job? Well, now that I'll be making extra money-- I'm going to hire someone to clean my house!!!! WOOHOO! Reason enough to take a part time job.

I will close for now. I will add a few pictures because what's a post without some pics of my boys?

Laundry Basket Fun

Anytime I have the laundry baskets out, it's an automatic that the boys will hop in and play. A fight usually entails because one of them will crowd the other out. Needless to say, I can't stray far from them or there could be blood. As long as I'm close by, it's all fun and games. 9 times out of 10 I end up giving them a ride around the house while they kick back and squeal with excitement! Ahhh, cheap thrills!

Big Boy!

Well, William has graduated from his little Radio Flyer tricycle to a real bike. Of course, it has training wheels, but it's a real Schwin bike. And he loves it!

Visitors

My best friend, Ashley and her little man, Keaton, came to visit this past weekend. We had so much fun! Keaton and Hudson had a blast playing together.


We also managed to get a rare family photo:

(Steelers gear curtesy of Grandma Dennison)

Emery, Keaton and Hudson.

Keaton and Hudson playing with the ball blaster.

A new talent

William has this new talent:

His favorite place to show off his new talent is at the dinner table (as you can see on his face). I have a hard time telling him not to do it because I think it is just so darned funny! He will say something like "there's 2 mommies, mommy" or he'll hold up 2 fingers and say "I have 4 fingers." It has me in stitches every time!

A Woman's work is never done...

This is 5 loads of laundry that I did last week. I hate doing laundry, but once it's done, folded and put away, I feel a great sense of accomplishment. The problem is that the whole cycles starts over again...immediately!!! I am currently on my 4th load of laundry today. It never ends!!! ugh.