Cooties and Smiles!

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Taylor has lots of little friends, he is just a social guy. All that socializing comes at a price though, and this past week we have been paying for it.

Taylor first came down with a cold. You know, the typical flu with a running nose, cough, congestion and temperature. Thursday evening he had a swollen eye- it looked like he had a black eye almost. The next morning it had turned a lovely shade of -you guessed it- PINK. I had called the pediatrician the day before when I noticed his eye. Since it was after hours, she said to bring him in the next day. Before I had a chance to call the office, they called me back and asked how he was doing. We made the appointment for that day. He actually fell asleep on the table, which made the exam super easy. So pink eye it was. This was a total bummer because his cousins were already on the road to come up for a visit. Bummer we didn't get to visit long, but they wanted to go to Ikea and I am sure they hit the In N Out (my brother in law would probably cater his own wedding with In N Out). So, now Tay had pink eye and a cold.

The weekend stunk having a sick kid, and Brooks stayed home on Monday since things were so hairy. Monday morning Jasmine had her well check with Dr. Sudha, and I ended up taking Tay back in with me because his cold was still hanging on. Tay looked all clear on the pink eye, but now poor little Jazzy had it in both eyes! That day Daddy started running a fever of 102 and having the same cold symptoms of Tay. We both could not sleep that night and woke up to discover we had pink eye too! By Wednesday I had gotten Tay's cold.

So, now it is Friday, and Brooks is back at work, but still running a temp, and feeling bad. His pink eye appears to be cleared up, and so does mine. I am still sick, and Tay is a bundle of energy. Fortunately little Jazzy does not seem to have caught the cold, and her eyes appear clear. Oops! Scratch that. Tay was a bundle of energy. He woke up this morning with double gooey eyes- so looks like pink eye round two.

The one bright spot of this week is what a super smiley-happy baby we have! She coos and gurgles and giggles. She is so darn cute and fun and we love her bunches and bunches! She just smiles all the time and especially when she is talking with Daddy.

Babies and Toddlers

It's April already? This past month has just flown by! Jasmine is wonderful, just wonderful. She is very sweet, happy and content. She loves to be held, but is such a great baby and hardly cries. She also is still a great little sleeper at night, and we know how lucky we are to have her. When people tell me it is not fair, I have to disagree. Although we love Taylor very much, he is WILD. So, having one of each just balances everything out :)

Otherwise, things are great, just hectic. I became pretty sick with Mastitis, which was rough. I had a 104 temp for a few days, then was pretty run down and just beat otherwise. I am back in class, which is hard. Brooks is enjoying his promotion and we both love the new car.

Tay is really into space and planets now. This weekend, I think we are going to go to the library to rent some space videos. Unfortunately, they do not show space specials 24 hours on the Discovery Channel. Today I found him in his room reading to himself from his Solar System book that we bought at the Challenger Space Museum. Yesterday we watched a show on Jupiter, and he was pretty interested in the planet's big red spot and swirly lines. Yup, my kids a genius!