Jackie, poor Jackie

Jack, stretched across my lap, as I type one handed- my left arm asleep from the elbow down, his head laying on it, sick, sleeping. He's MISERABLE!

Day 6, high fever 103, 104.8 was the highest...herpes, simplex 1- Cold sores everywhere, lips, tongue, gums, inside of his cheeks, throat- hasn't eaten, but bits of Jello, pudding... Gatorade, water, Icee to drink, all with a straw- even medicine with a straw. Motrin, Tylenol, Maalox, benadryl, Lidacane swish in the mouth to numb the pain. Codeine... for sleeping. Like making him drink bleach, cries, whines, spits, drools...

He moves, stretches, I move my arm, take a picture of the sleeping boy. Thank me for not getting the swollen lips, massive sores, in the picture. His breath? Putrid, like something died in his mouth.



Edited to add: I forgot to say that Abe woke with a fever of 102º at 4:30 this morning and by this afternoon was 104º (Jack started with a high fever and no other discernible symptoms too). Gus has a couple of sores but no fever... both boys have started medicine to prevent this loveliness from getting as bad as Jack... Yeesh... let's hope it works!

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Turn off Week

I'm a little late to the party since "Turn off Week "officially started yesterday, but I'm turning off starting today!

When I come back I'm thinking about being a little more regular. Lately, my head has been swimming and making it hard to focus. I think if I write more regularly, even if it's just nonsense, I'm a bit clearer- kind of like crossing things off the list.

I was going to write about a fabulous 24 hours off from the kids. I surprised K with a night at a local fancy hotel- didn't do anything to speak of, but it sure was nice. And then I was overwhelmed by the sudden death of one of Leo's classmates fathers... then I was tempted to show a picture of the disgusting growth on my lip- cold sore,- yuck, kids playing in the spring, bad hair day for Leo...!

Oh, so much...

Had a scrapping event here at the house Saturday night- very fun, actually. I don't scrap- that's Käri's hobby (our house hasn't been this clean in quite some time- just don't look in the garage)...and then woke up at 3:15 a.m. early Sunday morning with the stomach flu- that was fun. Recovering nicely, thank you.

Off to turn 8 brown bananas into bread... See ya' after the 26th.

I'll be at Relay for Life walking the track to help cure cancer on the 26th thru the 27th... It's not too late to donate So far, friends and family have raised $250.00!!!!

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Strawberries in April

Even princesses have to eat.

And, why, yes, she is naked. Don't all toddlers eat naked?

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Finally!

Pretty as a Peacock!! Hello, look at those spiky spikes in the back!!
We'll see what it looks like tomorrow.

Still working on taking these self portraits...

Abe, getting in on the action.

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a little Ouch

Nothing a little diaper creme won't fix!

We can't decide if she needs speech or it's just her personality...I swear she thinks she's an only child. Juj always wants to be held and still drinks from a bottle. Her receptive language is fabulous, but she should be talking more at 26 months old!! And don't you just love Ruby coming in for a piece of the action. "Hey, if she has an ouch, I have one too, I'll just get my own jar of creme!"

And by the way, the boxes in the back, over in the corner, behind the portable crib, those, yeah, those, have been there since we moved in, 2.5 years ago! And that big lump of fabric strewn over the chair in the background? Those would be the drapes that hang over our sliding glass door, that the little girls ripped out of the wall during a rowdy game of hide-n-seek, last week. Let's just see how long it takes to put those back up, shall we! (I have another set that they pulled out a month or so ago from the living room, thrown in a different corner, somewhere.)

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