2011

Our family goal this year is to stay healthy healthy healthy.  Is it wishful thinking?  Yeah probably.  We didn't end 2010 so well and passed the stomach bug around a few too many times.  The boys have respiratory colds right  now and I'm hoping and praying it resolves without a need to go to the doctor.  The last thing I want is to expose my sick kids to more germs and the chance of coming down with something else.  Last week Caleb was under the weather.  I knew he wasn't acting himself when I dropped him off at daycare on Wednesday but I figured he was just tired from his all night coughing and head cold.  I got a call before lunch time and his fever was 99.8.  By 1:30 it had increased to 101.8 so I picked my sick boy up and went home.  That evening Caleb was quite lethargic and his fever skyrocketed to 104.1.  I hate when fevers get so high.  The good news is that alternating tylenol and motrin seemed to do the trick because he slept all night and woke up with only a 99.6 fever. 

Both boys are still battling the yucky cough but other than that they seem to be doing well so I just hope that's all they get and no more stomach bugs.  I've actually started taking an over the counter pro-biotic myself and I am getting the boys some chewable ones.  I'm bound and determined to keep the stomach bug away. 

Here's hoping to a happy and healthy 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!