Quick Update on Sadie

Ryan took Sadie to the Dr. this morning at 11:00. It was a long appt. b/c the doctor had her do nebulizer treatments in the office. He said she had a definite ear infection and most likely pneumonia. Ryan left the office and took her to the hospital for chest x-rays. The doctor's office called when I got home from work to tell me that she was being prescribed an antibiotic for her ear infection and 4 nebulizer treatments a day with albuteral for her lung infection. The x-rays showed a viral lung infection in her lungs, not pneumonia. Never heard of it. But like I said, she seems fine other than a slight cough. So I am assuming the worst was yesterday when she seemed to be in pain when she coughed. Since that is viral, it just has to run its course. She goes back to the Dr. Thursday morning to be re-checked. She is a champ- nothing medical seems to bother her. Much different than our first-born and me too!

Sunday/Monday

We had a great day on Sunday. The kids decided to put on a crazy show in the morning (see pics below). It made us late to Sunday School, but it was worth it. They put on extra undies and hats and shorts on their heads, etc. and just went crazy. Mornings like that are priceless. Sadie was determined to go to Sunday School, so we went late. She LOVES Sunday School. Mrs. Amy and Mrs. Mary do such a great job with the 2 year olds. She is so comfortable in their class. I know she will love 3-school next year because she begs to go to school every morning when Cobe and Brooks leave to go. We went to church as well, and Jen took Cobe and Brooks home with her from church (Thanks Jen!!!!). Sadie napped when we got home for a short nap (go figure since we didn't have the boys home), but I did get a few preparations done for the Superbowl. We were going to some friends of ours to watch it, but decided on Sunday to just stay home. So the Boeves came over and the Bells came over after they went to another party first. The kids all had fun playing, and I had fun chatting. Ryan and Cobe weren't happy with the outcome of the game though.

Yesterday was a regular work day. BSF last night (HEY BECKY!!!!!!!!!!), then home to find Ryan cleaning out our bedroom closet. He had trash bags of shirts he was throwing out, so I joined him, and we got a pile of shoes and hats to get rid of as well. I had already gone through my shirts on Sunday and made a pile to get rid of, so our closet looks halfway decent for a change.

Today I am going into work early to meet with my student teacher. Ryan is taking Sadie to the doctor. She still can't get over this cough. Yesterday she acted like it hurt her to cough, so I am assuming strep or pneumonia. She actually seems much better this morning and hasn't coughed hardly at all, but we are still going to take her in to make sure she isn't harboring some illness. She ate a big ole' breakfast, slapped her brother, changed her clothes 500 times, so she is acting normal, but I would feel better with a doc's diagnosis.

Here are a few pictures from Sunday:


Cobe and Landon's activity during the Superbowl was to have their own "mini" football game.
Here is Sadie during our Sunday morning variety show. Boxer shorts on her head was part of her costume.
Cobe put socks on his hands and part of his act was trying to blow out a fake candle.
Brooks lined up bathing suits, underwear and other clothes on his arms while dancing around in a helmet. Hmmmmm.... think these Huizenga kids take after their dad or their mom????? :-)

Weekend

We never did get a snow day on Friday like we should have. I shoveled the driveway 4 times just to keep up and I know there was at least 3-4 inches of new snow each time I shoveled. But of course, it stopped right when school was getting out anyway. Oh well- it's done and over with now.

Presley was supposed to come over Friday morning, but we had to postpone b/c Sadie was running a fever Thursday night. She has had a horrible cough and runny nose for a few days now. I thought she'd have a fever when she woke up Friday morning, but she didn't seem to. It did come back Friday night though, and she didn't feel well again. She was fine during the day yesterday and has been fine today as well, so we'll see if it comes back tonight.

We went to Chuck E Cheese yesterday afternoon with the Boeve girls and let the kids play some video games and eat pizza. Ryan went to GR to the Kid Rock concert and had to work all day yesterday, so he wasn't around. They are having a Kid Fun Night every Friday night at Westshore Mall, so after C.C.'s, we went out in the mall. There were singers, face painting, a clown making balloon animals, and 94.5 radio station was set up. The kids got their faces painted, but Sadie felt so bad at that point, that we didn't stay long. The kids all crashed when we got home.

This morning, we went to Landon's basketball game. Wow! He is such a great player. He dominated the court when it was his 1/2 of the quarter to play. I was very impressed as was Cobe. Cobe sat glued to the court, and as we left, immediately started asking if we could go home and play basketball. Hard to do when there is feet of snow on top of our b-ball goal and ice in the driveway. :-) So he settled for playing out in the snow with Brooks and Mark. The three of them played together all afternoon and ended up at the Elgersma's for most of the day. I left right after the game to go shopping and out to lunch with Lisa. We hit the mall ( I got a $180 coat for $44.50 and a $29 pair of jeans for $14.50), Crazy Horse for lunch, Meijer's, Target, and Walgreen's. The only other thing I got besides the coat, jeans and groceries was a sweater at Target. 3 things for myself??? Unheard of! Nothing for Ryan or the kids. Pretty productive shopping trip! I was mad because I wanted to get some more black frames, a camera bag, and some lamps, but was unsuccessful on all three of those missions.

I made a chicken casserole for dinner and now since we have eaten, we are running to the Hains' to drop something off. Cobe got picked up by Chase and his dad to go play video games, so we need to go get him as well after that. Ta-ta!

Another Day Off??????????????????????

Only time will tell! With the snow that is predicted for tonight, we could have another day at home tomorrow. I assume everyone reading this knows that it would be more than fine with me to stay home tomorrow. It is coming down pretty hard right now. Cobe just got dropped off after going to Grand Rapids with a friend after school, and his dad said the roads were slippery and the snow was blowing sideways making it hard to drive. If only it would keep up all night, then it's a given that we'll be home tomorrow.

The kids and I all had dentist appts. this morning. No cavities for any of us! Ryan drove us b/c I was worried it may be icy, but it was fine. He had to sit and wait for an hour- poor guy! We went to V's for donuts afterwards, then dropped Cobe off at school. After we came home, Sharon dropped Jake and Josh off. The kids all had fun playing (pictures below). After work, I ran to Sam's Club to get some yogurt (which the kids have been out of forever), french toast sticks, and Fuze, but ended up with quite a bit more than that. I was glad I went today instead of waiting since the weather is getting worse.

I found one more thing tonight that someone can claim (for FREE!) if interested: a nursing stool (light wood colored). All you soon to me moms give me a holler if you want it. I even deliver, right Selena???? :-) I'll keep wading through the clutter and list some more things soon. Off to tuck the kids in bed. Keep warm!


Brooks and Jake wrestling- the cousins' favorite past time for sure! Notice the backpack? For some reason, Brooks now wears it all the time while at home. Don't ask.
Look at that cutey Jakie boy!
Sadie and her peach headband. Lisa gave her one the other day, and she promptly stepped on it and broke it. So lucky her, she got to get another one today at Lisa's. So far, so good. Not broken yet. But look how she thinks she is supposed to wear the thing!!!!!!!!!! She refuses to put it on correctly.
Brooks finally smiled for a picture while eating dinner tonight.
Joshy boy would look at me for a split second and then as soon as he realized I was taking his picture, he would quickly dart his eyes away. Lil' stinker!

A Productive Snow Day & FREEBIES

I cleaned my house today as well as baked and cooked. So I feel pretty good about not wasting the day. I washed rugs, did all the laundry, dusted, vacuumed, cleaned 3 bathrooms, took out garbage, cleaned the countertops and the kitchen sink. Ryan can clean the tubs (he does a much better job than me!) tomorrow, and I'll feel like my whole house is clean. Until tomorrow when our boots track in dirty snow and grit again. Or until little boys drip toothpaste on their counters and sink. Or until they dribble on the potty. Or until they eat and drop crumbs. Or until a little girl colors on the tables and walls. And then I could start all over again. But that's okay. I definitely don't live for a clean house- I live for the happiness of my kids and family, so even after all of my hard work, I would rather have 3 kids who make a mess than a neat house any day. Although it would be nice if someone would invent something to keep my house clean for a few days anyway. :-)

Brooks and I spent some time in the kitchen today. Sadie napped from 12-3 and Cobe went to the Medendorps from 12-5:30 (Thanks Lisa!), so Brooks and I had some good one-on-one time. We made peanut butter/hershey kiss cookies, chocolate cupcakes with rainbow chip frosting, and we made a Sloppy Joe casserole. He loves to help in the kitchen, and usually I'm too rushed to let him, so it was nice that we had nothing all day so he could help me. He is such a sweet kid and really easy to please. When I was dusting his bedroom, he asked me, "Whatcha doing Mom?" I told him I was dusting. He said, "Thanks for doing that Mom." Melt my heart. I actually felt appreciated for doing housework. At least there is one in the bunch... :-)

As I was on my cleaning binge, I found some things stashed away that I would like to get rid of. So if you are reading this and want any of these items, please comment, and they are yours free of charge.

1. Baby wipe warmer- white- works great
2. Potty training potty (sits on floor)
3. Lots of picture frames- great condition- most are either silver or metal (brushed nickel color or goldish color)- all sizes from 2x3 to 8x10's
4. Navy ceramic lamp with a navy lampshade that has gold stars sporadically spread around it
5. TONS of baby toys (any first time moms out there? you would be set with toys- could be for a girl or boy)- in great shape

I am starting to go through all of our clutter, so I will be listing things as I run across them that I don't want to hang on to until we have a garage sale. Please don't be shy- claim away!

And you might start noticing another pattern as well...

That I will be posting a ton of pictures. My new camera is so much fun to use! I love taking pictures now that I can capture the picture the instant I push the button instead of waiting 30 seconds for my camera to react.

Sadie doesn't like to cooperate. She learned from her brothers to cover her face the minute she sees my camera. Little stinker!
She posed for this one because she saw Maya doing it.
Maya was a great subject. She sat and smiled and asked me to keep taking more.
Here is another one of the model.

Well the winter storm predicted for over night and today DID materialize! We have another snow day today. Nice! It is quite deceiving as to how much snow we actually got. My sidewalk and driveway don't have a speck of snow on them, but my windows have snow in between the window and the screen. The snow is blowing sideways because we have huge wind gusts. At one point I looked out and couldn't see. It looked like a true blizzard. I think the roads are pretty bad too b/c there is bound to be a layer of ice under the snow. It rained all day yesterday- we even had thunder last night. Michigan sure does have some crazy weather! I think we will stay put all morning. I saw in one report that it may die down by 3:00, so we'll see. The boys are both still in bed- not sleeping, but watching the movie Barnyard. Sis is singing and bugging Ryan right now, so I have some peace and quiet.

I am going to try and convince Ryan to go to Meijer's in awhile. It seems like a good day for baking. He doesn't even want to go out yet in this mess. I am going to stay inside and crank up the heat. Ironic how it can be close to 50 degrees yesterday and today be 0 degrees (or minus 10 with the wind chill!!!!) Crazy!

You might start noticing a pattern...

The pattern being that Lynette does so many nice things for us. She made this adorable tutu for Sadie. And of course, Sadie is in HOG HEAVEN wearing it! She won't let me call it a tutu- she has to call it a ballerina.



Here is Ryan and Cobe doing what they do best- wrestling and rough housing. They are always messing around and usually Brooks is in on it too.
And Baby Elliot gets to spend the morning with us. Sadie was sound asleep when he got here. The first time he made a noise, we heard her in her crib say, "Baby Elliot." She was raring to go!