Sick, sick, sick

Doesn't my poor baby look like she has been on a 4-day bender??


It has been a LONG week. Gracie started running fever Sunday evening. The poor thing was burning up!! It was so sad. We went to see Dr. Prestidge on Monday afternoon. He said that her left ear looked a little dull and red so he gave her an antibiotic in case the ear was causing the fever. She weighed 24.6 fully clothed and her sats were around 82. He heard her cough and said "well, it definitely sounds like she has a virus."

Monday night, Bennett started running fever. He has a horrible cough. Needless to say, no one in the Cooper household was getting much sleep. Grandpa and Nana were off work on Tuesday so they were able to keep the kids for me - which was a huge help because I am quickly running out of days that I can take off. B's fever broke pretty early on but you could tell that he still didn't feel good.

Wednesday brought more of the same. Grace was still running fever. Grandpa got to use another one of his days off to keep a cutie pie! (However, I don't think that he was too sad to get some one-on-one with her!! She is in a pretty snuggly mood.) In fact, when I got to his house to pick her up, they were "resting" in the recliner together!

I talked to Dr. Prestidge yesterday morning and told him that I found out that the flu had been going like wildfire through the kids school. He told me to bring her by and he would run a flu test on her. Lo and behold....it was positive. No wonder the poor baby isn't feeling good!! So, even though it has been 4 days, he put her on Tamiflu because "this is Gracie we are talking about." Yes, she had a flu shot. But, she is just so susecptible to things. He felt like that was what Bennett was fighting off with his fever. Of course, Daddy hasn't gotten a flu shot yet! So, he gets to take some Tamiflu too! Bennett's cough still sounds horrible and he is so pale. But, he is hanging in there and going to school. The girl is with her D-Daddy for the next two days...and I am pretty sure that he would have taken B in a heartbeat....especially since he told me several times that he would.

A couple of funny things that have come out of her mouth lately....

"Mommy, Bennett hit me and I had heart surgery." (milk it sister. Homegirl is going to do her best to get out of PE!!)

"Mommy, after today is it going to be tomorrow?"

"Look Daddy! (pointing to her chest) This is where I lost my heart." Daddy tells her that she still has a heart. "No, I have a zipper now!"

We would appreciate prayers for quick healing. And, that Daddy doesn't get sick.

PS - February 7-14 is CHD Awareness Week. We are having a blood drive on February 12 at Medical City Hospital. Details to come soon......

Smarty Pants

Bennett - in all of his infinite wisdom - decided that he and Gracie were going to race while getting dressed this morning.  Daddy gave Grace a little hand to help her speed the process along.  Mommy asks the girl how many ponytails that she wants today.  The girl answers one.  Bennett - upon seeing that he is now losing the getting dressed race - says "Don't you want two ponytails?  That would look so cute!"  And, of course she wants 2 ponytails because she does everything her brother says.

And Bennett wins the race.....

That kid is always thinking.....

The Girl

Homegirl has some serious morning hair!!

Poor baby got her mommy's curly hair.  But, it isn't long enough to do anything with.  But, that smile melts my heart!!

One funny from her from this weekend.....  Bennett was told no about something.  He proceeded to throw a fit and cry.  (ahhh....I love being a parent)  He was told to stop being a crybaby.  Lu responds "I am not a crybaby!  I have a happy spirit!"

Man, I love that kid.....

Snow

Poor Bennett.....he was so excited about the possibility of snow.  He must have looked out the window 100 times yesterday.  Finally, some huge flakes started falling down from the sky.  He was so excited to get all of his snow clothes on and go outside!  He scraped the snow from the top of the cars so he could throw snowballs.

We got the shaft and nothing stuck on the ground.  Many of the cities north of us didn't have school today because of the amount of snow/ice on the ground. 

I still think that they are pretty darn cute.....snow clothes and all.

Star of the Week

Miss Grace is the Star of the Week at school this week.  She is SO excited.  She has probably told me a million times "I am the stawr of the week, Mommy." 

She was supposed to take a posted to school yesterday...but being the mom of the year that I am...I forgot.  In my defense, I didn't take them to school while we were out on break.  So, we whipped up her poster last night.  She was so excited to show all of her pictures to Miss Niecey this morning. 

She gets to bring something special every day to share with her class.  Yesterday was movie day.  Can you guess what movie she picked??  That's right...Yo Gabba Gabba!  Today she took a book to share.  It is a book that she got for Christmas.  The main characters name is Gracie and she dreams of being a famous dancer.  It has hologram pictures that change when you move the book around.  It shows hula dancing, tap dancing, Rockettes, etc.  It is very cute. 

I wanted to share her poster on the blog because I thought it turned out pretty darn cute!!

Love,
Jennifer