Our Sick Household!

Well as you know our family has been battling RSV and all the other lovely things that come with this season in West Texas and just yesterday Thad came home and said he thought he had the flu! He said that he had run fever and that his body ached all over! So I went on "single mom" duty last night taking care of a sick husband and a baby who is trying to go everywhere these days and then pulled another "single mom" chore this morning when I got up an hour and half earlier than normal to get myself ready, then Berk, then drive her to town and then back to school, all by 7:45 AM! Thad is going to the doctor this afternoon and hopefully they will say that it is just a cold but I have a sinking feeling that he will be in "isolation" (our guest bedroom with no human contact) again tonight! (And I will be on Lysol duty whenever he leaves "his" room!) And then to add fuel to the fire, Gran calls this morning and says that the nebulizer isn't working!!! (When it rains, it pours!) Of course it did work this morning when I gave her her first treatment but would of course stop working during the day when she gets most of her treatments! So, Pops is picking one up in Lubbock today (not a cute little penguin) and we will hope that she does OK through the day. She has been just a little stuffy here lately, which around here at this time of year is totally normal and with how much the weather changes, I am sure she will have that probably until the summer!
But enough about all the troublesome things! Berkley is becoming quite the little go-getter! We think she will be crawling by the beginning of next week! She is getting good at getting her legs under her, now all she needs to do is figure out how the arm part works! She is such a roller too! Last night I was folding clothes and I would look at her one minute and she would be one way and then look back and she would be the other way and vice versa! I know that once she starts crawling she will be hard to stop! She is also cutting teeth and is quite the little toot when those teeth are hurting her! The two teeth that seem to have the biggest "bump" on them are her bottom fang teeth; we will be the people whose child looks like a werewolf for the first few months of teething!! :) She is still eating like a pig and has gotten in a routine and knows when YOU are not sticking to HER routine! As a matter of fact, I have a funny story: when we took pictures on Sunday, I took bottles and formula thinking that that would hold her over! Well she was quick to let me know that that was not the time for a bottle but rather her normal morning food! She was horribly cranky and Thad had to go to Wal-Mart and purchase food just to suffice the baby! But she definitely holds you accountable! She is also getting really good at her hand-eye coordination; she can take her pacifier and stick it in her mouth! Most of the time she just likes putting it in there and pulling it out so she can do it again; plus I think it feels good on her gums! I am going to try to get a video of her doing it so I can post it on here! But anyway just keep us in your thoughts as we are battling this horrible health season! Check back for that video; oh and definitely check out her pictures at www.rollsoffun.photoreflect.com! Pamra did such a great job and we can't wait to get some ordered for the new house!
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