March 22nd, 2010

The girls are finally feeling better, and we were able to stop giving them breathing treatments late last week. They were both so excited to go back to school! James has pink eye in both of his eyes, but we are hoping that the girls and I won't end up getting it too.
My grandma gave us tickets to the Moolah Shriner's Circus, and we went last night. The girls loved it! They weren't interested in any parts of the show that didn't involve animals though. We lasted until intermission, and then we decided it was time to take them home. They sat and watched the show for an hour and a half! We couldn't believe they sat that long! When we left, Emerson cried because she wanted to ride the Elephants! While we were watching the tigers perform, I told Stella that the tigers were "good kitties" and she said, "No, mommy, they are tigers!" I wasn't able to take any pictures of the girls during the show because it was too dark, but these are pictures I took before the show started:

I love the face that Stella is making in this picture. Check out Emerson's big girls pony tail! How cute is that?!

They really do love each other!
More hugs.

They both just started laying on the floor to color. It is precious.

We had beautiful weather last Friday and decided to eat lunch outside at our new picnic table. Our neighbor, Melvin, came over to visit us while we were eating lunch and brought the girls new beanie bears. Melvin and his wife Mary have given the girls several beanie bears, and the girls have named every one of the bears "Melvin and Mary!"

The girls loved eating outside so much that they cried at dinner because they wanted to eat outside!

THANKS FOR THE TICKETS TO THE CIRCUS, NANNY!

March 16th, 2010 continued again!

March 16th, 2010 continued

James and I spent the day of my birthday at Balducci's Winery in Augusta, while Mamaw Ruth and Papaw Marty watched the girls. We needed to do a little shopping after we left the winery. James rolled his ankle playing basketball last week and insisted on using a motorized cart in Target! We had a great day together, and are so thankful that Mamaw and Papaw watched the girls for us. Thanks Mamaw and Papaw!

March 16th, 2010

The girls are still recovering slowly. They haven't had fevers since the weekend, but their coughs are getting worse. We are hopeful that the coughing is a sign that we are almost done with RSV. We are going to try to send them back to preschool tomorrow. These are some of the pictures that we have taken over the last few weeks.

Before the girls got sick, we took them out to Dennis and Sharlla's farm so we could enjoy the beautiful weather. The girls love talking about horses and cows, but were scared to death of the horses when they saw them up close! Stella was hanging on to James for dear life!

This picture was taken a day or two after they got sick. They left the living room and got really quiet, and when I went in to check on them they were playing together.

We have tried several different options to make the breathing treatments more exciting. The coloring in the high chair method was effective for less than 2 minutes!

We also tried to get one of them to entertain the other one during breathing treatments. That method also failed miserably. After giving breathing treatments around the clock for a week, we have come to realize that there is no easy way to do them.

March 12th, 2010

Another quick update:
The girls are doing okay, and they are both showing small improvements every day. They are definitely still sick though. The antibiotics don't seem to be helping much yet, but their fevers aren't as high anymore. We are still doing round-the-clock breathing treatments, and the girls hate it. They fight the treatments the entire time. It is pretty awful. We seem to be staying ahead of the sickness. I am so glad we took them to the doctor so quickly. The girls aren't eating much right now. Hopefully, they will get their appetites back soon. Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers. We appreciate all of the support.

March 9th, 2010

Quick Update:
The girls started having breathing problems yesterday, and they both went downhill quickly. We gave them breathing treatments through the night, and Stella didn't sleep very well. Mamaw Ruth and I took them to the doctor this morning, and they have RSV. Their initial strep test was negative, but our doctor was going to send it to the lab too. We won't know about the strep culture for 48 hours, but they are being treated with the same medications either way. Our doctor said that it was really good that we caught it so quickly because RSV tends to turn into pneumonia. I am so thankful that the girls didn't get RSV last year or the year before because it would have been much worse. I am bummed that we are dealing with it now, but we are hopeful that it will be over quickly.
In other news, we recently discovered that one of our kittens (Colt) is living at a house down the street from us. We haven't seen any signs of Hoosier, but it is nice to know that they ran away and nothing bad happened to them. When Emerson saw Colt outside of the neighbor's house today she said, "He is a bad cat!" Then she decided that she wants a new cat! She talked about her new kitty for at least a half hour!

March 5th, 2010

James' basketball season ended on Tuesday, and his baseball season started on Wednesday! The girls and I are so fortunate to have a husband/daddy that is such a good provider and hard worker. Hopefully, the weather will continue to cooperate so we can attend some games.

Mamaw Ruth is taking the girls to their first tumbling/gymnastics class next week. We still haven't decided if we will sign them up for regular classes or not. We will see how they do next week. I can't believe my babies are old enough to go to a tumbling class!

The girls have been going through coloring books like crazy! They both love to color. I try to make it to Target every few weeks to stock up on $1 Elmo coloring books. When I gave them their new coloring books this week, Emerson said, "This is SO COOL!" We are pretty sure she picked up that phrase at school! It was hilarious!

Stella is finally starting to do better on short car rides, and she loves to sing "E-I-E-I-O" in the car. I love listening to them sing together in the back seat. Old MacDonald's farm usually only has cows though!

Last weekend, James put together the girls' picnic table that Grandpa Kim and Grandma Natalie got them for Christmas. They love sitting at the table and working on puzzles and coloring. We are looking forward to moving their picnic and sand tables outside this weekend when it is warm!

While I was working on dinner one night this week, they set their table and then prayed before they "ate!"