Crappy week

Typing this I can hear my 7 year old hacking away while she sleeps. The kids and I are all sick. Started as a cold last weekend then Wednesday we woke up with what truly felt like the flu. The girls were swabbed and came back negative but we've had fever/chills/body aches/extreme fatigue/head aches/congestion/wracking coughs/vomiting from the coughing - awful stuff. Though the girls and I were mostly fever free today the baby can't seem to shake it and moaned then fell asleep, moaned, ate, then slept, over and over. As long as his Tylenol is keeping his fever down and someone is holding him he can sleep but once that wears off the moaning starts again. His Oxygen levels have been dropping to the low 70's upper 60's when he's really upset and I'm afraid if it happens again we will have to bring him to the ER to be put on oxygen. His heart rate goes up to the 160's when his fever isn't controlled - usually 110's.  In addition to this virus he also got a molar this week (2 tiny bottom teeth and now a molar?) and a burst eardrum? It's been a hell of a week in other ways that have nothing to do with Mister so I won't go into it here - just ready for this damn week to be over :(

Happy Fall!

We have had a wonderful Fall so far. The girls love school - straight A's for C (big sigh of relief that I didn't let her down with the homeschooling last year.) they call K a "future CEO" at school because she is so calm and unflappable. Mister makes us all laugh everyday with his silliness. His new trick Aaron calls "the tripod" - he lies on his stomach, pushes his butt in the air until he is on his feet, then removes his hands so he is balancing on his head and 2 feet - and he wants to be tickled. So silly. He still kind of rolls most places unless he hears his Daddy get home then he books it army crawl style to the closest door to meet his dad. We have been keeping him out of physical therapy because he just can't shake this cold and he gets so winded at therapy. I know we need to bring him back but to be honest I don't miss those 3x/wk appointments and feel like I am basically doing what they were doing here at home. He's kind of stopped gaining weight which is pretty normal for his age - 1 yr olds don't really pack on the pounds but he needs to continue to gain - there is a minimum weight for his next surgery. We see his ped once a month again because it is RSV season and he has to get the monthly synagis shot and she isn't worried about his weight. I still worry all the time though - is he drinking enough, how much did he just vomit, how many wet diapers has he had, etc. He's still mainly just tasting foods - still likes "high taste" foods like humus and pureed chili over traditional baby purees, and he is getting better with the disintegrating food group - puffs and melts. He's such a character though - notice his far off look in the superman photo? He was mad at me for making him sit on the floor like a peasant while I Wonderwoman-ed myself up so all his Halloween pics look like this - pursed lips and refusing to look at the camera. Stinker. He can now sign ball - which  is his favorite toy group. He loves his little bathtub suction basketball hoop. He loves to put things in other things - balls through a hoop, blocks in a bucket, croissant in my mouth (true story.)  Now if we could only get him to sleep more than 2 hours at a time we would be doing great (read ME! I would be doing great.) Sleep deprivation is a strange disease - it strikes your memories and your creativity and your organizational skills. I would love to have those back some day :)