Longer Update

Longer update:

1. Ben had been complaining for days that his throat hurt and I took him in to get that checked.  He had a double ear infection so bad that they were draining down his throat and he was developing strep. Antibiotics later and some rest.  He started to feel better.  Then it hit like a rock.  

Saturday night, just before Easter Sunday, he started to break out in a horrible rash!  He was itching and scratching it so bad it was bleeding and he was screaming and writhing on the ground.  Dane and Symi had just left for a Daddy Daughter Date to and Archery Banquet.  So I called the ER and asked them what we should do.  The suggested some Benadryl cream.  Along with a large dose of liquid Benadryl.  

They gave instructions that if he didn't make any changes within an hour we were to head to the ER.  Well needless to say it worked, but I slept next to Ben for the night.  The rash went away for the night, but the next morning it was starting to come back.  So we dosed him up again and stayed home for the day.  He was pretty miserable for a few days, but did improve.

Easter was totally forgotten.  No dying of eggs.  No egg hunts.  No Easter baskets.  No wearing of new Easter apparel.  Instead we sat down together as a family and went through our "Resurrection Easter Eggs" and had a FHE lesson on our Savior.  We fill baskets with a few treats on Monday Night and are still trying to find some time with Dane to dye some eggs, and then have a mini Easter Egg Hunt in our living room.  

2. Due to the Still Small Voice.  We sold our van.  Not once did I feel bad about doing so, and it all happened so quickly that we weren't quite ready for the outstanding response!  Yet we were blessed and found that our Heavenly Father was in deed guiding and directing us at this time.

3. Along with that voice to sell our van another voice came along to purchase another newer vehicle.  This too happened quickly and without any complications.  We were blessed in the price.  We were extremely blessed in the condition (still smells like a brand new car and it's only 5 years old!!).  We were blessed to fit all the car seats.  We were blessed in saving gas money and extra expenses to on fixing a vehicle.   Truly it was what we needed to do.

4. Dane isn't home much.  The time home is spent either eating, showering, or sleeping.  He'll take a few moments each day and give them specially to us.  For instance today he sat down and was reading books to the kids.  Now he's play his old Nintendo games with Ben and Symi and Jayden are watching intently.  He's a wonderful, amazing, and kind father.  He's always an outstanding husband too.  He keeps me grounded even when he's stressed and overwhelmed.


5. Well from the last post that's pretty self explanatory. Jayden is now mobile. Busy. Into everything. AND teething. (he's a little grumpy when he gets teeth.)


6. Symi is indeed potty trained and is so proud of herself!  She doesn't have accidents unless she wants to do it all by herself and can't get her pants down fast enough.  But she has a cute little bum now!!  It gets pinched and patted all the time from EVERYONE!!  Jayden even likes to tackle her and lay on it.  It's cute.


7. Life is increasingly getting harder.  Meaning, Dane is gone more and more.  Dane is working more and more.  And I'm home alone more and more with 3 kiddos.  nuf said.


8. We are currently surrounded by a neighborhood breaking out in chicken pox and shingles.  Jayden and Symi are not vaccinated for those and haven't had the chicken pox yet.  We are working on avoiding that right now. 


We went to the Dr's office. again.  I talked with my Dr about Symi and he was very concerned about her getting chicken pox.  We've talked about it before.  He's concerned that she'll get it 3-4x's as bad as a normal child.  He's concerned about it effecting her health in the future.  So he's prescribed a vaccine, (and so far it's going well)  and complete lock down.  He doesn't want us to contact or bring in the chicken pox to Symi for the next 2 weeks.  No socializing.  No church.  No carpools. No No NO!  Until the vaccine can take effect or she contracts the chicken pox.  We will  know within a week if she has the chicken pox.  And in 2 weeks her body will have an immunity to the chicken pox.  So even if the neighborhood is still sick she will hopefully be able to play with them.  Without worrying about getting them.  

9.  We will rejoin the world again on May 7.  Until then we plan on movie days, Nintendo, books, homemade play dough, cookies, coloring, legos, dying Easter Eggs, hunting for  the eggs, etc.