Spring Break Fever

This week was my Spring Break. I wish that I could write about all of the fun and wonderful things we've been doing, but I can't. All three of us have been sick. HUGE bummer!


Jeff and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on Monday. We'd been getting over colds, but we felt good enough to go ahead with our anniversary plan. Jeff's mom, Lannie, flew down from Spokane for a few days. Jeff and I went to the beach OVERNIGHT! It was my first time EVER being away from Henry overnight. I knew he was in good hands, but it was still hard for me to leave him. He had a runny nose and a cough, but we still went. Once at the beach, I called to check in on Henry, and found out that he woke up from his nap with a fever of 104.5! We were sure it was an ear infection, so Lannie took him to the urgent care clinic. It turns out, he had pneumonia. Poor little guy. We returned the next day, and he was feeling much better, but he's been coughing like crazy all week. I'm glad Jeff & I had the opportunity to celebrate our anniversary, and I'm so appreciative that Lannie was here taking excellent care of him. Jeff & I have both been sick for the past few days, so the whole family spent Spring Break coughing and blowing our noses. It was a nice anniversary, but a pretty sad Spring Break.



I've been feeling cabin fever staying at home all week, and I think Henry has been feeling it, too. He was happy to play outside for a little while yesterday.

I haven't been taking pictures lately, but that's probably because nobody wants to see pictures of snot and kleenex. I have a couple of pictures from Easter. Henry got a basket with lots of toys and a very little bit of candy. He loves Reese's Pieces.

He got cool Thomas sunglasses!Once everyone's feeling better, we'll get out there and do stuff...and take pictures...and update the blog more often!

Children's Museum

Today Marianne and I took Peyton, Nathan, and Henry to the Portland Children's Museum. It was surprisingly busy for a Monday! It was made up of many cool hands-on imaginative play exhibits: a construction site, a digging area with shovels, trucks, and rubber rocks, a store where kids could run the cash register, a hospital, a theater, a place to play with water, and lots of other stuff to do.

Peyton brushing the crocodile's teeth

Henry checking out the crocodile

Nathan playing in the "rocks"

Henry hoarding rocks and buckets

Tickets, please!

Who's that handsome guy?

He's Baaaaack!

Henry is definitely back to his old self. He went to the doctor again on Thursday, and was diagnosed with a double ear infection. Since he's been on antibiotics, he is so much better. No fever. No coughing. He is eating. He is drinking. Life is good!


I was worried about getting him to take medicine twice a day because while he was super sick, he REFUSED to take any medicine. You can force it into his mouth, but you can't make him swallow it. Jeff had to strong-arm him a couple of times to get him to take it. But, we found something that really worked. I bribed him with lollipops. I told him, "FIRST medicine, THEN lollipop." It worked! He's been taking his meds like a champ!
I'm not sure what was going on with his hair on this day. Sick guy bead head?

Henry's been back at daycare this week, and he is having fun again. We went on a family outing to Toys 'R' Us on Sunday, and of course came home with a new Thomas item.

Thanks, Daddy! I love my new roundhouse!

Still Sick...

Poor baby! I thought Henry was getting better because he only had a low-grade fever on Monday and Tuesday. Wrong! I checked on him before going to bed last night, and he was burning hot. I took his temp, and it was back up to 103.5. To make matters worse, he now refuses to take any medicine. He will cry, run, hide, and spit out the medicine to avoid taking it. I took him to the doctor's yesterday, but the nurse just listened to his chest, looked in his ears and throat, and said that he's fine. "Fine" meaning no pneumonia, ear infection or strep throat. He has some kind of virus. He has a horrible cough, his nose is constantly running, and he keeps spiking fevers. He won't eat anything, and he will only drink a little at a time (except bath water - he wanted to chug that tonight). Sometimes he is burning up and whimpering, and other times he gets a burst of energy, and wants to play outside. I caught Henry in a brief moment of happiness yesterday. Reading with Daddy makes everything better!

Oh, Crap!

Henry has a temperature of 103.5 (after taking Motrin earlier). I hate it when my baby's sick. He's sitting on my lap eating an ice cream cone right now, so I guess he's doing o.k. Feed a fever, right?

Happy Birthday, Rocco!

Today is Rocco's 4th birthday. Jeff and I couldn't remember whether he was 3 or 4, but after counting back in time, I figured it out. I made meatloaf muffins tonight for dinner, so I gave Rocco his very own meat muffin with candles. I didn't light the candles because Rocco is afraid of fire...crazy dog. He wasn't quite sure what to do at first, but he eventually figured it out.

Henry has slight fever and a cough. I must have jinxed myself a couple of days ago when I was marveling at how healthy Henry has been this Winter. We didn't go to his My Gym class today because I didn't want to be "That Mom" who brings her sick kid around other kids. I hate when people do that! After being cooped up most of the day, we played outside on the deck for a while in the afternoon.

I gave Henry some Motrin, and I have the humidifier going in his room. He's supposed to be sleeping, but I can hear him over the monitor, and he's singing "Happy Birthday" to Rocco.