I survived...

So far I've survived the swine flu. We're still being careful with Luke and the kids so they aren't exposed. We were able to get Tamiflu for Nick, Andrew, and Madelyn but Luke isn't old enough to take it. I was flat out in bed for a good 3-4 days, but thankfully my mom and mother in law are absolute angels and came to our rescue. They ran the household in every way and I couldn't have done it without them. I am so lucky to have such amazing people in my life! It seems like it has taken me a good 2 weeks to recover from it though. Nick started coming down with symptoms, so we got him on the tamiflu and he was only down for part of a day-lucky guy! During all the craziness we found out my mom has had several strokes (she had a MRI because of migraines) and now they are testing her to see if she has a hole in her heart (PFO), like my sister, that is causing her the problems. The last week of my pregnancy I developed major headaches that haven't gone away, so now I have to go get tested for the same problem. We're praying that whatever is found will be easily fixed.

On to better news. Luke is growing like a weed and is such a great baby! He sleeps through all the fighting and screaming and actually prefers to sleep in the midst of everyone's noise versus sleeping in a quiet room by himself. We're thrilled to finally have a mild mannered, snuggly baby. Even though he has bad gas and stomach pains, he hardly ever cries. It's amazing! Andrew and Madelyn let us know about their EVERY discomfort as babies.

Madelyn seems to be doing better (not screaming her head off about everything) with her jealousy issues, but we still have to remind her not to punch or hurt Luke about every hour. Her most frequent phrase these days is "sorry Luke." She's talking like crazy and has actually been binky free for 5 weeks now. She's down to 1 nap a day, like Andrew, and melts our hearts with her hugs and kisses.

Andrew is doing really well and LOVES Luke. He misses pre school, so we bought him a "homework" book at Sams so he can work on some skills during the summer. We bought a trampoline from Walmart.com and he is super excited about it getting here. I think I'm more excited though =).

Nick is finishing his application for Graduate school and we're hoping that he's able to be officially accepted so he can continue taking classes this Fall and on.

Well, I hope that everyone is well and has a better month than we've had!