This Girl...

This Girl...she is amazing!

Not even 2 years ago, she had a heart cath done at Children's Mercy in KC...she usually ends up in the hospital 2 or 3 times a year for her asthma. The girl takes more medicine every day than my 90 year old grandma. But...you'd never know it! Nothing stops her or slows her down. She loves to try new things and works hard to do her very best.

I am so very glad God blessed us with this child.

Frousins

These girls are so lucky. So lucky to be friends and cousins. Frousins as they call it. This picture was taken at Rhonda's on Christmas. Can you imagine being 13 and having your best friend at your family Christmas? The best of both worlds.

E & AO

Ethan's nickname is E. His friend, Anthony's nickname is AO. Their friends are pretty creative, aren't they?

Christmas in Goodland- Part 2

My dad and step-mom met us in Goodland too. One of our traditions with them is to stay at The Comfort Inn. We always open presents in the breakfast area and then the kids swim forever. We had a great time.

I wonder what that was about?

The mother hen.

She deserves this. If you are gonna pose for a picture then expect to see it again!

Nothing better than true laughter...I wonder what was so funny!

There is just something about this sugar pop I can't get enough of...and neither can Cassidy.

I realized I don't have many pictures of the boys except in the pool. I guess they are always off doing their own thing.

I know it's steamy. But there is something about this picture that I love.

And the fun is over....

Christmas in Goodland- Part 1

We went to Goodland over New Year's to celebrate Christmas with my mom and grandma. My sister and her family met us there, as well as my aunt and uncle from Colorado. The whole clan.
GG with her great grandchildren.

This license plate from Uncle Gary was one of Avery's favorite gifts.

Alli and GG-I love this picture!

Ethan with a wii game we never would have bought him--too much shooting!

Alli with her first $50 bill. Gotta love Grandmas!

Bethany tearing into it!

Another one bites the dust...

Bethany is sick now. Not sure if it is the same thing that Avery has or not. But she does not feel good. Fever of 100.3 (which is definitely lower than Avery's was). Peak flow of 85. Waiting to hear back from the dr. The good news is that Avery slept through the night last night for the first time since last Friday. She is definitely on the mend. Praying that Bethany's steroids kick in quickly and she feels better soon.

It smells worse than barf

Avery is sick. She's been sick since Saturday. High fever and cough. A bad cough. She had a chest xray done on Tuesday. They couldn't find anything to 100% confirm that she has pneumonia. But one area on her left lung was cloudy, so they are treating it as such. She feels miserable. We have pulled out absolutely everything in our cough arsenal. Sunday night, we decided to try rubbing vicks on her feet. I think my dad is the one who sent me an email suggesting that once. Anyway, I think she is too sick for a quick remedy like that. And to be honest, she was not impressed. She cried and cried. Then Randy and I secretly giggled when we asked her why she was crying and she said, "It smells worse than barf." Geesh, good thing it was the cherry flavor. On Tuesday, the doctor gave us two kinds of cough syrup to try. The first one is carbofed dm. I think it is definitely starting to loosen up her cough. The second one is promethazine with codeine. About 15 minutes after giving her the second one, she was kind of whining, so I asked her what was wrong. She looked up at me and said, "I keep making the throw up face."

Poor little sugar! I'm glad she's never had to take that nasty orange Triaminic my mom used to give us kids. Now that stuff definitely causes the throw up face!