We Now Return to our Regularly Scheduled Program

Last Friday we were headed to Brookfield for a much anticipated trip to the zoo to celebrate the beginning of school.  On the drive down, I heard quiet crying in the back and looked back to see tears running down Abigail's cheeks.  She said "I want to go home and sleep, but I want to see the Alligator first".  I knew she must have been sick, but we were at the zoo so we went in anyways....big mistake.  She cried the whole time and we quickly left and headed home.

Her best "smile" with the alligator.

It was rough weekend full of HIGH fevers (103-105 the whole weekend), scary nights (she was delusional and thought bugs were on her and had 105 fever) and lots of calls to the dr.  On Saturday she started screaming her teeth hurt and then her nose started bleeding.  SCARY!

On Monday, we went to the dr (this morning her fever was 104).  We found out she had a burst ear drum (which explains the teeth pain and bloody nose).  She started antibiotics and her fever finally broke on Tuesday!  So needless to say, we spent 5 days in the house....with  LOTS of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

Caitlin was a trooper the whole time...and managed to stay healthy and avoid the ear infection even with her tubes in....so we are lucky!

Just a couple pics from our week of being cooped in:

On Sunday, we headed to the park (no other kids were there) for a little fresh air

And Caitlin was a BIG help with all the laundry

And Abigail drew an EXTREME "A"

We would like to thank our soon-to-be niece/cousin for not coming during this time because I was very worried she would be born and I wouldn't be able to go see her....Her due date is 3 days and she still is pretty content inside!!!  Since she wasn't born on her mommy's bday or my grandma's bday, she could still be born on Sept 6th on my grandpa's bday!

We are headed to Indiana this weekend for a lil Labor Day Relaxation!  And then, we return Monday to get ready for Abigail's 1st day of school on Tuesday!