141 + 37 Weeks

Carmie has been sick since Sunday morning.  Whatever she had last Thursday to make her miss school disappeared and then came back with a vengeance.  She ended up in the ER on Sunday morning because her tummy pains were so bad, and her fever was 39.6 and wouldn't break.  Her fever didn't actually break until Wednesday, the poor thing.  She has been as white as a ghost and miserable all week.  And this makes for a totally evil Carmen.  I can't really blame her, but OMG is she a nasty piece of work when she is sick!  And she had to be by my side at all times.  Thankfully she did spend some time at the farm so I had some reprieve.  She is just on the mend now, but still not eating anything.  On top of this, her bottom molars have finally come through (just waiting on the top ones now).

Thankfully little Arley has not caught her virus.  He is as happy as can be, and pulling up on everything.  He thinks standing is a laugh riot, so he pulls up whenever he is able, including in the bath which is making bath times much more difficult.  He babbles all of the time, but is very content playing in the playroom by himself.  He still has no teeth yet, but I think his gums are a little tender.  He eats like a horse - although this is probably very obvious considering the size of him.  Part of me wants him to start walking early so he can burn more calories, but part of me wants to kick his feet out from under him every time he stands, as chasing after two running kids will be difficult :)

Here is a rather gratuitous shot of our beautiful beach.  Jeff took this photo just the other day.

 Right before she got sick.

 On Thursday, still sick but on the mend.  This face is what we saw ALL week.

 Standing up in the bath.