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!

"Fravery" and Lucas

Avery is in Pre-K at Cradle to Crayons this year. She goes 3 mornings a week and for the most part, really enjoys it. She especially enjoys playing with one certain little boy, named Lucas Micheal Beasley. As I watch the two of them, I see so many differences. Lucas is tall, Avery is short. Lucas is the oldest of the family and has that Type A personality, Avery is the baby and most definitely acts like it. Lucas is incredibly outgoing, Avery hides behind my leg until she feels super comfortable with you. Lucas is all boy, Avery is all girl. I'm glad though, that I am the one that sees those differences and not them.

I have several cute stories about the two of them and I've decided I should share a couple of them. The first one, is "Fravery." The short version of the story is that Lucas and his dad were having a conversation in the car about girlfriends. (A conversation that his mom could overhear). They were discussing whether or not Lucas had a girlfriend. In the end, Lucas said he did but wasn't willing to share her name. He did decide that he would tell his dad a word that rhymed with her name though. And you guessed it....he said it rhymes with "Fravery"! I love that! Oftentimes when I talk about her with his mom, we refer to her as Fravery. Oh the fun I am going to have with that boy in about 10 years!

The second story took place the first day back from Christmas break. Like I said earlier, Avery is all girl. She loves to fix her own hair and pick out her own clothes. Being the 4th child, she does get this luxury quite often because frankly it is just easier that way. Avery got some new duds for Christmas from Grandma Kaufman. She LOVES them! Especially one specific outfit. She decided she was wearing that the first day back. As we left for school that morning, big sister Alli made a big fuss about how cute she looked and Avery was feeling pretty special. Then, as I made the drop off at Cradle to Crayons and was helping her take off her coat, several of the teachers were making a big fuss as well. Avery was loving it! But poor Lucas, who had rushed right over to get to play with her, was stuck. There he was waiting for his friend that he hadn't seen in 2 weeks, while she listened to all the oohs and ahhs about her cute little outfit. Poor guy! His mom asked him about Avery's new outfit when she picked him up that day. He agreed that it was new. He hadn't seen her wear it before. Then he said he wonders why Avery likes to wear dresses so much. His mom told him, "Well she is a girl."

I hope they don't start seeing the differences between them anytime soon!

Fravery and Lucas at the Christmas Program in December.