Beach with Aunt Jamie

In February, my sister Jamie came to visit us for the weekend. We enjoyed her being here so much, that I made a personal goal to go out and visit her family and Jodie's family all by myself to just be an aunt for a while, without being distracted by my children.

While she was here, we played at the beach.

James mostly spent his time snoozing.

Here is Katie looking like she belongs on Survivor.

Jamie mostly TOOK pictures or else I'd post one of her too. :)

RSV Season

Apparently the RSV season hit pretty hard a few weeks ago. James had a cold and when I noticed him wheezing a bit we decided to take him in because he was only 4 weeks old. He had a fever when we showed up to the ER so they ran a million tests on him (blood test, urine test, chest x-ray, spinal tap) and determined he had RSV. They admitted him (due to him being only a few weeks old) and we spent the next 3 days under observation to make sure no secondary infections developed.

They ended up giving him 2 rounds of antibiotics (silly, in my opinion) some IV fluids because he wasn't nursing too well, did a breathing treatment to try and help clear his lungs, vacuumed out his nose a million times, and gave him oxygen.

I was never too worried about him. It was really all precautionary and we're glad that it didn't turn into anything worse.

I'm grateful for all of the help I received for my other kids during those three days, and now he's as good as new. Chalk it up to our first hospitalization.

Vaccine Reaction

Millie had an 18 month checkup on Friday. She's 21 pounds (8%), 29 inches (27%)
She got two shots - Hib and Pneumoccocal. One of them (most likely Hib) gave her this reaction:

It's really ugly (as you can see) and super swollen. The weirdest part is how hard it feels when you touch it - like there is tons of pressure inside and it is also hot to the touch. I'm just glad this is her last dose of both of those vaccines. I'm really bugged by how her body reacted to it. This is listed as one of the "mild" side effects.

6 Weeks old

Just a little picture update to show you what the child looks like. He definitely looks familiar. I feel like I am raising Ryan all over again, except that James might have blue eyes like Millie.

He doesn't smile yet, but he's close. I see the dimples a lot more often. He is also filling out a bit. He weighs about 11.5 lbs.

Any BYU Basketball fans out there? It's hard to resist calling him Jimmer or Jammer. :)