Believe it or not...

...we are all sick again!! Jeff and the girls have had colds for about a week now. Megan had a fever for 4 days last week and I took her to the walk in clinic on Saturday. She was complaining that her ear hurt and she was just not herself. The doctor said that she had lots of ear wax and gave me a presciption for wax softening drops.

We've been putting the drops in her ears, but she continued to have a high temperature. I took her to the walk in clinic that my mom works at on Tuesday and the doctor there confirmed my suspicion...she has an ear infection. We got some antibiotics for her and her fever has not returned and she seems to be feeling better. Megs was waking up quite a bit in the night while she had the fever and so we have all been extra tired around her lately:(

Marty and I have colds now too. We are all coughing and have sore throats. I'm just so ready for our family to be healthy again...for a long time!! Bring on Spring and Summer!!

We got our new windows put in on Tuesday and they are so nice! It took 2 guys only one day to put all of them in...we have 11 windows in our house. The windows slide so nice and look really good. Jeff now has to do the window sills and all the trim(inside and outside!). Still a big project for him! I've been looking at exterior paint colors for the house. I think we are going to drive around town and look for colors we like on new houses.

Yesterday, my friend and I took our kids to the park to let them run around and get outside for a bit. It was pretty chilly when we got there, but then the sun came out and it warmed up. We had a fun time!

An attempt to get all 5 of our kids in one picture...

Today we stayed home. I took the girls in the hot tub this morning while Marty was napping. They always love to play around in there. Megan is learning to put her face in the water at swimming lessons, so she was practicing in the hot tub this morning! She gets more brave all the time. I'm so proud of her:)

Last Sunday after church Jeff went to our friends house to watch the Canada vs. USA hockey game! Jeff and I are not big hockey fans, but we were both into this game. Jeff took Megan with him and I went home with Gabby and Marty for nap time. I watched the whole game by myself! Well...Marty watched some of it with me:) During one of Canada's goals I cheered and Marty started clapping. It was SO cute! But...wow, that was such a great hockey game. I really enjoyed it and of course was thrilled that Canada won!

A red-nosed Gabby...

After the kids woke up from their naps, we headed to our friends house to join the others and have dinner together. We had the closing ceremonies of the Olympics on the TV, but we didn't really watch them...just bits and pieces of it. We had a great time hanging out together and the kids always love playing with their friends!

I have weaned Marty off of one more feed now. I nurse him first thing in the morning and then he gets a bottle of whole milk before his nap and another bottle before bedtime. So far, so good...no problems with cow's milk! He usually drinks about 5-6 oz at each feed. I'm not sure if this is enough, but I can't force him to drink anymore than that!

We don't have much planned for the weekend, but I'm still looking forward to it. Hopefully we can have some relaxing time!