On the Mend? Hopefully!

Today was the first day in the past week that no one has had a fever or even a 99degree temperature! Woo Hoo! I think that we may be on the verge of getting back to normal. They are still not eating great, but hey one day at a time right? At least they should all be ready for swim lessons on Saturday morning!

I am really enjoying the new 365 blog! The link is on the upper left corner - come check it out, see what new pics I have on there and leave me a comment!

Oh guess what? Dave and I are actually going out on a date tomorrow! We are going to Bobby Flay's Burger Palace in the Mohegan sun and then maybe hittin' the slots! Wish us luck! Paying for preschool is going to be expensive! LOL!!

Sick Toddlers!

That is Logan this morning around 10:30. He spiked a fever of 102, threw up and then shortly after I changed him he fell asleep for about 30 minutes!
The kids have been having a rough time lately. Will got sick a few days before Christmas, but was feeling better in time to travel. I thought we were in the clear, but on Christmas day both Logan and Jessica had fevers and coughs like Will had the previous week. They seem to get over everything within a couple days. It reared it ugly head again last week with Will spiking a high fever and ending up on nebulizer treatments. and now just like last time, when it seems we are in the clear, Logan and Jess get sick! Jess was under the weather with a fever of 101 and a bad cough starting on Sunday. She ended up in bed with us last night and I hardly got any sleep as she keep waking and finding a better position on mom to sleep! When Dave got up for work she was at 101 again. She is still running a fever and now today poor Logan has it the worst. I hope whatever this is goes away and stays away quick! I need them healthy to get their H1N1 shots. Their pediatrician says they are expecting another bout of the flu to make its way through this area.

Doctor appointment and Toy Chaos!

I was told that my pediatrician was leaving the base and I wanted to get one last appointment with her and get her recommendation on who we should start seeing and what we should do if anything about the kids little quirks - Jess and weight gain, Will and some sensory issues and speech and Logan and his speech.
I was especially grateful for the appointment after the weekend we had with Will's fever reaching 103.5! I was very lucky - Dave was able to get the day off since after the triplets appointment, I had an appointment for my knee and then Lucas and I had dental appointments. We met with the doctor at 10am. It turns out that the doctor is not leaving until much later this year! She is apparently having some surgery next month but is only going to be out of the office for 3 weeks.

We got some good news! Jessica has finally started to gain on her curve! She is still only at the 1% but getting closer to 2%! The pediasure and whole milk with carnation instant breakfast are working! Woohoo!! Jess is still having constipation issues and the doctor prescribed Miralax to help. I hope we get it under control. I want to start officially potty training her as she has been showing the most interest and has gone pee several times on the potty. She has no other issues right now, in fact she is doing very well with speech and fine motor skills. Her gross motor stuff is a little immature but not any concern at this point.

Logan is also benefiting from the extra calories and is growing like weed! He is in the 90% for height! His weight is only 25 lbs so she wants him to stay on the same regiment as Jess. As far as his speech, she really wants Birth to Three to focus on his speech, but she feels that he understands tons and will start to talk when he wants to!

Will is still sick! She took a long time listening to his chest and then ordered a nebulizer treatment. He sounded lots better afterwards, so she prescribed treatments for an upper respiratory infection for the next several days - I guess the fever this past weekend was really fighting off something! As far as his speech and sensory issues, she is not really concerned yet - no red flags - but we are to keep an eye on him and work with Birth to Three on a few things - speech being the biggest concern at this point.

All in all a very informative appointment! and more importantly I feel like I am actually doing something right for the kids!


I am so tired of the playroom chaos! The room starts out looking like this-

but ends up looking like this after only a few minutes! I want to figure out a better storage system. It seems whenever they are bored they go in there and take everything out! Any ideas?

Who Knew ---

a paper shredder would be soo much fun and keep the kids busy for 20 minutes! I was doing my yearly paper purge and the kids had a blast helping me! I loved hearing the laughter as the paper was sucked up by the shredder!



Anyway, this weekend was tough. Will was still running a fever between 101 - 103 even with Motrin and Tylenol. Luckily, he was still sleeping well and it finally broke Sat night. *knock on wood* Logan and Jess have not gotten sick!

Dave and I went to the movies this weekend! Sounds like fun right? It was, but we did not go together! LOL Dave and Travis took Lucas to see Avatar on Sat. Then Darcy and I went to see The Blind Side yesterday. It was an amazing movie - I highly recommend it!

Today it was back to reality as Lucas was at school, Dave at work and I was home with the trio. Will started back to school today as well and after we picked him up -

This is what happens when you don't listen to mom and RUN INTO the snow instead of going to the house for nap time!


One last thing -don't forget to check out our 365 blog! The link is at the top of the page!

Happy New Year! and A New Project!

I can't believe that it is 2010! The years are seeming to go by faster and faster. We rang in the new year here at home with Boyers! We had great evening of good food and conversation! We put the triplets to bed at 8 and they slept until 7:45 this am!

I have decided to work on a new project for 2010 - a 365 Blog!
I am going to attempt to capture our year with a photo a day! I am by no means a good photographer, but I want to really try my best to capture what I am sure is going to be an interesting year. Lucas will be starting high school in the fall, and we will be potty training and making the move to big kid beds with the triplets. There will be holidays, swim lessons and I am sure lots of other crazy adventures throughout the year that I will want to capture along with everyday life.

I plan to take at least one pic a day and post them every few days, so please come along and enjoy the photos! The website is www.Dudley365.blogspot.com