The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

We should be enjoying that Spring is right around the corner, but no.  Our house is filled with sickness!!  I thought we were going to escape some of it for this season, but I guess not.  It decides to hit all at once & off and on over several weeks!!

This newest round started last week with Brennan having goopy eyes.  We went to the doctor only to find that it wasn’t just goopy eyes, but an ear infection & a form of pink eye that accompanies the ear infection.  Oh fun!

Karis had a high eosonophil count on her blood test that was done in December.  It either means allergies or parasites or amoebas!!  Great!  It's suggested that Karis do a round of Vermox just in case.  Although our doctor did not think it was elevated enough & really didn’t want to do it.  However, he knew our organization wanted us to do it & kindly obliged. =)  So, two kids on some kind of meds. 

Brennan got better only to get worse again.  A Hep A vaccination for him (a visit to the doctor for mama for a sinus infection) & few days later, he has a temp and complains of bugs in his tummy!!  Wha??  Jerry finally asks some questions, looks at his throat & discovers red spots (w/ a white center) in his mouth.  Back to the doctor for him only to be told it is something viral and not much more he can do since he is already on antibiotics.  Ok.

Long overdue & anxiously awaited we got family pictures done this past Saturday!!!  I can’t wait & am SO excited to take a look at our pictures!!  We also had Jerry’s family join us!!  It’s been forever since they have had pics done & none that included our kiddos.  We had a lot of fun traipsing around Fort Worth to get some good shots.  It was a tad (ok, make that quite a bit) cold!!!!  I had us all decked out in matching duds, but some of the photos are going to include us in coats.  I know, not a big deal.  Karis will be looking like my little Eskimo in some shots with her hood over her head!!  Reegan had already started out the day on the quiet side.  She is typically my quiet one, but seemed to be more so.  By the evening it looked as if her AND Karis were running temps.  Ugh!!  So, we all spent a lazy Sunday morning on the couch.  I hate to miss church, but I know everyone will be grateful that we didn’t expose their kids to whatever we got goin’ on in the Barnwell household!  Reegan ended the day acting pretty normal & Brennan is better.  Karis was the worst of the bunch with a sore throat, fever and not being her active self.  That is until she got a little ice cream in her this afternoon.  She seemed to perk up for awhile there (defiance included =P).