Chicken Pox?

La-La very likely has chicken pox! She received the vaccination at 12 months as well as the booster with her kindergarten shots but she has lots of red itchy bumps. We took her to her pediatrician tonight and he can't say for sure that she has chicken pox but he really can't say that she doesn't. Because she was vaccinated, she may present with the illness differently than a classic case. We thought she had a mild case about a year ago but now that I have seen what she has now, I doubt she had it before. These spots now are bigger, there are more, and they are itchy where before they never bothered her. Maybe it is just a weird rash but who knows! So we have been quarantined for 2 weeks with the stomach flu and now we have to play it safe and keep her home for who knows how long! If it really is chicken pox, I hope our other vaccinated kids don't get it and I hope I don't get it! I did have it as a child but I had a very mild case.

What do you think? Chicken pox or something else?

How do you spell fun?

Well if you ask Care Bear it is spelled K A R A. She has learned to spell her name but really doesn't know what she is saying. She knows it is her name but if you show her the letters on paper she can't recognize them. So today she kept saying "K A R A" to daddy. He asked her what that spelled and she said it spells FUN!

Too much drama!

I need a break. Plain and simple! The stomach flu is making a run through our house. Hopefully Justin and I will avoid it but you have to wonder how many buckets you can empty and not get sick too! La-La was sick Wed -Fri and Care Bear and Jaco started it last night. Then you add a kitty who is very much so in heat and a rat with a tumor and life is a little crazy!
I have never been around a cat in heat and in a way it is amusing but it is work to make sure she isn't let outside. We are planning to get her fixed in February so if she gets pregnant now I am going to be quite frustrated.
Then on to our poor old rat. She is over 2 which is really old for a rat and has had a giant tumor (about the size of a golf ball) between her front two legs. I guess this is a common problem with rats especially ones as old as she is. Well now the tumor has disappeared and has left a small hole on her chest so who knows where it went and what will happen to her now.
The other reason I need a break is my nose. It has been stuffy for at least 6 weeks now and is driving me crazy. The left nostril is blocked 90% of the time and right now both sides are blocked to the point that almost no air is passing through at all because I am pretty sure I have caught a new cold on top of whatever else is going on.
One cool thing has come from my stuffy nose. I was asked weeks ago to sing at a ward conference today. All morning long my nose was 100% stuffed. As I am sitting in the meeting waiting to sing, my nose was 100% stuffed. I said a prayer in my heart that my nose would not affect my singing and as I walked to the podium, I was able to pass air through my nose. Not a lot of air, but enough that I was able to sing clearly and without hindrance from my cold and it was wonderful. Then as soon as I sat back down in my seat my nose was even stuffier than before. The Lord heard my prayer and allowed me to share a message with the congregation through song. It was a pretty cool experience but I wish my nose was still clear right now so I can sleep tonight. I am planning to take myself to the Dr on Tuesday after the kids are done with the stomach flu.
Ok, I am done complaining. But as I have said before, this blog is my journal so you get the good, the bad and the ugly!

Did she really just say that?

Care Bear and I were talking and this is our conversation.
Her: I want to have a baby
Me: You are too young to have a baby
Her: I really want to be a mommy!
Her: When I grow up and get a big bum I will be a mommy!

My do it adain!

Care Bear repeats those words several times each day. The little lady has rediscovered puzzles and wants to do them ALL day. She really is pretty good at them but she prefers my help. She knows how to separate the edge pieces from the center ones and she can look at each piece and see where it will fit. Our other two kids have never enjoyed puzzles like this so it is fun to see how her brain works! I love my daughter but I can only handle puzzles for so long before I am done, but she isn't! Besides the fact that I have never liked puzzles myself. For Christmas, Care Bear got a 24 piece Dora puzzle and on Sunday she completed it all by herself. It was cute to see how proud of herself she was. Now she cries before bed when we have to put Dora away and she wakes up ready to master it again!

Check out that determination!

Concentrate! Concentrate!

All done! (4th time this was completed and it was not even 10:00!)

Wedding Bells

Little girls are so funny. La-La and I were reading stories tonight and out of no where she asked me if she could marry a spanish guy. I asked her if there was a spanish boy in her class and she said no but she sees them everywhere. I said yes if she wanted to she could marry a spanish guy. Then she said she couldn't marry one because she doesn't speak spanish so how could they talk. Then she was asking me how you find a guy to marry. I told her you might meet a guy at a party or school (after you turn 16!) and maybe he would ask you on a date. On that date you would talk and if things went well you would continue to date and after awhile if you loved him and he loved you and respected you and treated you well, then maybe he would ask you to marry him. She told me that she would just have feelings and know. I guess her way could work too!

All better!

If I had to choose a flu virus, the one Care Bear got would be it. Noticeable fever started around 3 in the afternoon. Threw up twice in the early evening. Fever broke by 9:pm, slept well and woke up starving and just fine. So far no one else is showing any signs of getting it. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Ick

I was just telling my sister Michelle that it has been a long time since we have had the stomach flu at our house. I guess I spoke too soon! Miss Care Bear started running a fever this afternoon and then threw up tonight. She is such a little trooper trying so hard each time to make sure she gets it in the bucket. She came to snuggle with me a minute ago and I asked how she was feeling. She told me her licky thing doesn't hurt anymore. Translation: Tongue! Oh I hope we can keep everyone else from getting it and that tonight is not a long night!

Happy Birthday Mel!

Today is my oldest sister's birthday so I wanted to wish her a blog style birthday greeting! Mel is an amazing mom, sister and friend. She is very generous and has a strong testimony of our Savior. She has been through difficult times as a mom and has come through them with a deeper knowledge of our Savior's love for her. Her house is all the cousin's favorite to visit. I love you Mel and hope you have a wonderful year!

Chance made us sisters
Hearts made us friends!

It's me

I don't know why I am telling you this. I guess I am just hoping for some moral support as humiliating as it could be. You may have noticed on my blog list there is a blog called "I am THE Biggest Loser". Well, that is me. Unfortunately I have gained back all the weight I worked so hard to lose so now I am on a mission to get fit and to be able to recognize my own face again. If anyone wants to join me on this mission, I would love some competition! I am hoping that by making my weight loss blog public info to all of you my friends and family, that it will help give me the motivation to succeed. My goal is to lose atleast 37 lbs by June 15. So here's to a healthy me!

Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

And now Care Bear IS a Sunbeam in Primary. I can't believe my baby is no longer a baby. She loved her new class at church and her teacher loved her too. At the most there will only be three kids in her class and today it was just her and a little boy. She does miss her nursery class and even had her teacher today convinced that she was just visiting Sunbeams and would go to her other class next week. Her teacher was impressed with her fine motor skills such as cutting, gluing, and coloring. Care Bear brought home a beautiful crown and was quite proud of her work.

Before Primary, we had to get through Sacrament Meeting with our busy three year old. She is such a ham and if ANYONE laughs or smiles at something she does, she continues the behavior which is usually naughty and then she takes her naughtiness to an exteme! So today in church, she decided the Mamma Mia soundtrack was more fun to sing than the hymns and when Jaco snickered at her solo, she decided to sing it louder. Care Bear does not like to sit on the bench with us and has found the aisle much more condusive for dancing and playing chicken with Daddy. Today while sitting in the aisle, she decided to check between her toes so of course she had to take off her shoes to do it. When Justin tried to grab her she threw her shoe and it landed on the head of the Mom sitting behind us. Thankfully everyone, even the wounded mom, laughed but unfortunantly that just egged Care Bear on so Justin had to take her out. The one truly funny thing she said today was when she saw our Primary President and said" Her lives at Wal-Mart!" Earlier in the week we had seen Sister Goff at Wal-Mart so I guess Care Bear figured she must live there.

La-La also said something at church today that made me chuckle. She was looking at Jaco's book that has a section on the respiratory system. She was surprised that our hearts don't really look like a heart but then she looked at the picture of a human heart and said "This is where Jesus is, huh?!"

La-La's date with Dad

Justin usually takes Jaco golfing with him but today La-La convinced Daddy it was her turn to try. She walked 9 holes and claims she even get some balls in the hole! She is always up for new adventures so she tolerated golfing way better than Jaco. Justin said he showed her how to fix the divets on the green so she did everything she could to fix every divet she saw. She also claims she saw Tiger Woods but I know I would have gotten a very excited phone call from someone if that really had been the case. Her only question for Justin was she wanted to know why the holes were so far away!

Here is a picture of La-La from when she was about 4 months old.

And here she is golfing with Daddy for the first time on a real golf course.

Sorry the pictures aren't very good. Justin took them with his phone. But she looks cute even if she is a little fuzzy!