Saturday, October 31, 2009

Pictures, Updates, and H1N1

So I was going to just kind of let my blog fall by the wayside, because to be honest, I have so little time and it’s difficult with no internet at home. But after being encouraged by a few people to continue blogging, I decided to give it another go. I’m not going to promise a new post every day, not even every couple of days…but I will try my hardest to get something up here at least once a week. Even if it is just a picture of one of my beautiful well behaved daughters :)

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I have been busy with my photography business, but I have a feeling that will slow down as we get into the winter months. Not a whole lot of fun to hang out in the freezing cold to get your picture taken. And I have no studio lighting, nor any knowledge of how to use any of it if I did. So I suppose I will take a step back until spring rolls around. Unless of course anyone out there is having a newborn in the next couple of months…I’m always up for that! Here are a few pictures from recent sessions.

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Oh yeah, maybe you want to see a few pictures of my own kids? Okay, here you go!

abbie1web adelle1web adelle2web she was so done with me by this point. I love to torture my girls :)natalie1web

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We are all finally recovered from our fight with the dreaded H1N1 flu. Good news about that is that we don’t have to worry about getting the vaccine (which we were NOT getting anyway). Poor Adelle got hit the hardest of all of us. She had a 104 degree temp for 5 days straight. Along with severe leg pain, headache, and cough. I slept on the couch every night because her legs hurt too bad for her to come upstairs if she needed me. The girls and I recovered with no medical intervention, but Adam did end up with a secondary infection which the doctor prescribed an antibiotic for. He is now (after 2 weeks) on the road to being fully recovered. The amazing thing about this virus is just how quickly you get hit with it…and you are down for the count. Natalie started us out with it on Saturday, Abbie got it on Sunday, I got it Monday morning, Adelle was Monday evening, and Adam was Tuesday morning. Natalie rebounded amazingly quickly much to my dismay much to my delight…it’s great to have a 3 yr old who feels fine while the mama is sick as a dog on the couch. Let me just be honest and admit that she watched WAY too much TV that week because I was in no shape to deal with her.

I will be honest here and say that this is probably the sickest I have ever been in my life. And I know it is the sickest Adelle has ever been. I found out when we were sick that even if we had gotten the vaccine, it takes 3-4 weeks to become fully effective.  So we all probably would have gotten sick anyway! And then potentially have had to deal with unknown side effects. No thanks.

The ramblings of a stay at home mom who has way too much time on her hands. Although my house could use a good cleaning...nah, this is more fun!!