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 :)

The Great Park

Yesterday we ventured out to the "Great Park" in Irvine. Ashley and I have been wanting to go each time we come down, but we never seem to get around to it. What better time to go than with Grandma? The best part is it was FREE! My type of activity! Andy went and got Chick Fil A for lunch and we all enjoyed our time. I think we went on the carousal 5 times :)

Cute Ashley posing in her new Loft Dress

Waiting for our balloon ride

Going up!

So excited to be on the "Basketball" as Lucas called it

At 400 feet!

There was a crack in the floor so the kids were watching us go back down 

We had so much fun! And all the kids took a three hour nap so it really was a successful adventure :)

Where we have been...

This past week we have been just playing with Grandma... it doesn't matter what we are doing, we are doing it together. Mostly we are eating yummy food, laughing, staying up WAY too late, playing with cousins and having tickle time. Here are some pictures from our time:

Dinner at Cafe R&D... a family favorite.

Abby came into town for a night on the town

Making cookies

Disneyland...twice!

Yummy treats at Disneyland

Last night we had a girls night at the mall... we had so much fun shopping, eating, laughing and taking our time with NO kids!

Here is a video of the cousins playing... Lucas is going to be SO BORED when we get home. The first thing he says when he wakes up is "Shea, Ava... outside". We love cousins!

Happy new years

We had a great New Years yesterday. We started our morning off at the park to let the kids get some energy out.

The Grandkids

After naps we headed to Saddleback lanes for some bowling. 

Lucas was more interested in rearranging the balls then he was with bowling.

After dinner at Cafe Rio we came home to start the party. My mom bought hats, necklaces, and noise makers for all the kids.

Lucas was not so thrilled with the hat situation.. and apparently I have gained 20 pounds in my face. Thank you Holidays.

Shea wasn't so thrilled with the pot banging.

And a little video of our party!



Happy New Year!!!