Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Taken at church during the "Road to Bethlehem" Christmas production.

Pretty sure Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed their visit!

Um.... Really?!?

More fevers.
Trip to doctor.
Influenza.
Trip to store to stock up on juice, chicken broth, tylenol, and ibuprofen.
Home to keep our germs to ourselves.
Actually - 2 members have flu, 1 is better with meds for strep, 1 (me) feels fine.

We're going to postpone Christmas... And our anniversary... and whatever else we need until we're ALL BETTER!

If anyone wants to help, we will be accepting any and all donations to pay our doctor bills. :(

One more just for good measure.

Fever.
Fever.
Fever.
Trip to doctor with child that has freshly healed chin.
Strep throat.
Trip to pharmacy.
Trip home in blinding rainstorm.
Snuggles, blankets, and books.

. . . and the very next day

Fever. (sad face)
Cough. Major cough.
Praying for the rapture.
Call from school. Daughter injured.
Laughing through tears. What else could we do?
Trip to doctor (again) (they recognized us) (3rd time this week) (sad face again)
Glue on daughter's chin. (Dermabond liquid sutures, AKA glue) Whew, no stiches!
NO medication required = NO trip to pharmacy.
Fever free for 8 hours . . . and counting.

Recap

My sincerest apologies to all you blog readers out there who have been waiting in anticipation for our next post. Waiting for another chance to live vicariously through any number of our crazy family endeavors. I will attempt to recap the last 3 weeks for you now:

Cough. Fever.
Pink Eye.
Fever. Cough. Major cough.
Trip to doctor.
Trip to pharmacy.
Major Cough. Fever.
Call to doctor.
Trip to pharmacy for strong cough medicine.
Thanksgiving. (We are thankful for medicine!)
Feeling okay again.
Cough. Fever.
Christmas tree.
Fever. Ouchy.
Trip to doctor.
Trip to pharmacy.
Still fever. Medicine no good. Resume cough.
Call to doctor.
Trip to pharmacy.
Haircuts.
Major cough resumes. Look mom - spots! Allergy.
Trip to doctor.
Trip to pharmacy. Pharmacist recommends not coming to see him again. (Why didn't I think of that!?!)
Insufficient funds. (What??)
Pitiful coughing.
Fever free household for 12 hours now . . . and counting.

There. Now you are all caught up.