Where we have been...

SICK!

Lucas has been sick sick sick the past week. I noticed a runny nose, but didn't think much of it. I mean really, don't all kids have runny noses ALL THE TIME. At least Lucas does... it's usually allergies or teething or sometimes both. My theory is, if it is clear, it is nothing to worry about. Last Wednesday he woke up from his nap screaming, with a 101 Fever, and his entire ribcage was moving each time we took a breath. I called the doctor and they told us to come in immediately. We did as we were told and as it turned out he had a bronchial infection. They took his Oxygen levels and they were 90%. If they are under 95% the doctor will hospitalize you, yikes! So the doctor gave Lucas a breathing treatment to see if that would help. We went up to 91%. He insisted that we put Lucas in the hospital... Andy knowing full well our insurance would not cooperate with that insisted that we give him another breathing treatment and see if he improved. He went up to 94%. The doctor gave us our own nebulizer with strict instructions to do treatments every 4 hours, including in the middle of the night.

So yes, I woke up every 4 hours. Then we had to go back into the doctor and get his levels checked... 98%! Ever since we have been doing breathing treatments. We are now down to 1 a day... but man are they rough. Daddy is much better at giving treatments than mommy.

So now that we can leave the house I will hopefully have more exciting blog posts!

Girls Night Out

Last night we celebrated Baby Allred with a dinner at Brio. We don't go out often without the babies, so it was fun to enjoy our meal! 4 of us are pregnant, and the other 2 just had babies within the last year. I'm pretty sure everyone watching us walk in thought we were crazy. We joked that we were a birthing class and cute Rachel was our doula. :)

All the pretty ladies... Jerilyn, Rachel, me, Sara, Melissa, Sierra

In birth order... Sierra (due in 4 weeks), Me (7 weeks), Sara (10 weeks), Melissa (July 14)

Just for fun

I can't wait for the after pictures of all our babies! What's funny is this is the same birth order as our boys... Graham, Lucas, Jude and Kamden! So fun. Love these girls!

Do as I'm doing

For the past year we have sang "Do as I'm doing" as our opening song for Family Home Evening. Tonight Lucas sat and did the motions with us for the first time. Ever. Of course we think it is hilarious... mainly because the whole time he is saying "Fast" because his favorite part it "I can do it fast... or slow!" Don't mind our singing... or my haggish look, it has been a long day!

31 Weeks

It has been 3 weeks since I last posted. Not because I don't have anything to write about, but because I didn't want my post to change from when my mom was here. I can't believe it has already been 3 weeks since she was here! It was so much fun having her here and I love going back and looking at all the pictures we took. But I can't NOT post for 17 months waiting for her to come back, so I guess I will update you on baby girl :)

Here we are at 31 weeks!

Large and in charge! For the most part, I feel pretty good. Sleeping is getting harder because I am a back sleeper and I HATE sleeping on my side. This is the hardest part for me while pregnant. Other than that I can still see my toes (I can't paint them, but can see them), my ring still fits, no swollen ankles... pretty much all belly.

At my last appointment my doctor came in, listened to the heartbeat, measured and asked, "Do you have any questions?" I said no. And that was it. She said, "You are one easy patient". I said thank you and was on my way. The whole way home I thought, "should I have questions?" What would I ask? Pretty much if I have any questions I google it and have it answered in minutes. If it serious enough I call my doctor and talk to the nurse and have an answer within an hour. I would love to be a fly on the wall in all the other patients rooms to hear what they have to ask.

As far as the rest of the family goes all is well. We have been hit with the flu and have been down and out for the past week. It started with a runny nose, turned into a cough, led to throwing up, then came the diarrhea, now we still have a lingering cough. Sounds fun, no?

I guess now that I have this post done I can start posting regularly... and maybe I will just throw in a picture here and there of my mom :)