Well, my mom left this past Tuesday and...well that is probably why I have not posted until now. Life is good, very very good. But the days are pretty full with just trying to feed a newborn, much less take care of three kids in the midst of sickness. We are mostly better but Lucy has gotten the cold and seems to be having more gassy, uncomfortable bouts after eating, which has made for some short nights. Last night was better and we got decent sleep, but the few before that involved crying and -poor thing- feeling uncomfortable. I also took Austin in to the doctor Wednesday morning because he has had this weird rash that keeps spreading and itching. Turns out it is probably something with a strange Italian name that is his body's reaction to the upper respiratory infection he had. It is not a huge deal, other than itching, but could keep spreading and last up to 8 weeks. Poor guy. Today he seemed to itch less, so I am hoping it will get better sooner rather than later. Thankfully it is not contagious so he can keep going to school.
Chris has had some days off and has been a big help though. Friday we all trooped down at 7 am to the US Embassy to apply for Lucy's passport, report of birth abroad form and SS number. It went smoothly, we stopped at Peter's for brunch and watched watched the replay of the Cardinal's World Series game in the afternoon. Lucy is still super cute, still sleeping a lot and gets lots of kisses from her big brothers!
Here are some of the things we did with Nana...so thankful for her time here!
She took the boys outside to play a good bit, when everyone was healthy.
Lots of reading time- she brought great books and the boys loved to read with her.
Bennett of course loves to color and loves it even more when Nana accompanied him. Nana and the boys also played LOTS of games...I am sure she got tired of it, but Austin loves games and they must have played Hi-Ho Cherry-O 10 times at least.
THE FUN BAG- this is Nana's claim to fame with the boys. She is so creative and every day had something for the boys to open in the fun bag...whether it was animal crackers, a new book, a dinosaur toys, book and cards or something else, it was the highlight of each day.
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