Snow day!

14 inches was my measurement in our yard.

It was cute last night when I could pull all the kids in the sled. Not so cute when 10 more inches fell overnight and I saw what the snow plow graciously left for us.


We made a snowman as big as Nathan - the next morning you could not see it.


Thank you Lord for this nice cozy warm house to live in and survive those elements!

Pictures of the kids are of the first 4 inches, imagine another 10 on top of that!

Good enough to leave the house

Nathan slept the whole night thru and so did mom.
Amazing what 1 good night sleep can do for ya!

Got some groceries and diapers and felt great to leave the house.
Nathan is improving with each day.
Mom had no reoccurring vomit and feels great from the nights' sleep.

Nathan continues to improve

Lat night Nathan slept 2 stretches of 5 hours each. This was WONDERFUL. He is much happier today and has had no steroids in 2 days. Thank you all for praying for him, he is making progress.

Unfortunately for mom, I was up half the night running to the bathroom to vomit. At least my sickness waited 'til Nathan was getting better. I am able to function ok today, just a little nauseated. I am eating bread and saltines today. No, I am not pregnant, don't even ask such things!

We simply MUST get over this (all of us) before Dec 11. Nathans next Pediatric Cardiology follow up. Please continue to pray for that.

Getting better

Nathan slept a 3 hour stretch last night - the longest stretch in the last 5 nights.

We did not need to go outside in the cold night air last night in order to alleviate his breathing problems either. Mom was happy about this.

He is making some progress. Keeping you posted.

Update on Nathan

Nathan went back to the Dr, more steroids were prescribed.
We are home and our regular Dr is back to normal office hours after the holiday.
Probably we will be done running him into the ER as my Dr is allowing me to administer it at home. We have a great relationship with this MD and she is a mom who knows and trusts me.

Nathan is still really sick, but the ability to give him the meds at home is really going to relieve some stress. He is still sleeping poorly but he is eating and drinking ok now. He still had a fever today.

Back to the Dr for Nathan

Took Nathan back to Urgent care last night - more steroids were given. They are helping. He has a secondary infection now. He had a rough night but his breathing was good enough to not go back to the ER. Keeping you posted.

How do you get on the naughty list?

Recently Caleb,while clearing his plate and cup from the dinner table, sloppily dropped his plate into the sink breaking one of the plates.

1 day later while fooling around in the bathroom (he was supposed to be brushing his teeth) he dropped and broke my q-tip holder. "I was looking at it because it was sooooooo beautiful - and I dropped it in the sink. It broke."

Now fast forward 1 more day. Out of the blue Caleb is thinking about Christmas and asks. "Mom, how do you get on the naughty list?"

I can't help myself and say: "Well, by doing naughty things like being sassy or breaking your moms things."

You should have seen the eye brows go up! HA if you can't mess with you kids then there is no fun to life.

Of course I told him I was kidding. Then he said "Mom, that is not funny!"
It was to me.