Has It Been Only A Week Since Thanksgiving?

The month of November was not a healthy one for us. Brandon has battled a cold that sent him into allergies. We are running through the list of OTC's (and two trips to the Dr's)  to try to find something that works to relieve him of his congestion. Dec is not starting out well either.  Mike came down with a chest cold, yesterday (Dec 1st) . But the highlight of Nov, was Julia's visit. Her stay was too short but we enjoyed it none the less. Here are a few pictures from that day.

Just Hanging Around

This is on our back porch, tonight! GROSS!!

You can click on the picture to make it bigger.

Thanks For Explaining it. I get it now--NOT

Back From the Doctor's Office

I gave in. I cried "UNCLE!" After another late night of croupy like coughing I called our local walk in clinc and  we walked in.. Brandon's lungs are clear (yeah!) but he has a nasty sinus infection caused from the original virus.  She could hear the rattling from his nose and throat while she was listening to his chest. She checked his ears and throat (his tonsils are enlarged too) only to discover what a real mess he is. It's strange, Brandon is very goopy but has not had a sinus headache or headache for 11 days. But she said he is a 'goopy mess'. So two hours later and a trip to Safeway to fill the three prescriptions and a quick lunch at Burger King. We are home. Now we start 10 days on the antibiotics, cough syrup and an anti- inflamatory medication, with prayer we should be seeing some results soon. The medications are supposed to help him sleep too *wink*. Which in turn will help daddy & I sleep . We have not had a lot of sleep in the last 11 days. It does not help that the cotton is being harvested in our area, or that the crop duster is active too. And the wind has been blowing from the North for 3 days.  We are being assulted from all sides. Sigh.. Oh well, this too shall pass..

P.S. The clinic gave me a note so that Brandon could return to school tomorrow. I said "I'll give it to his teacher". LOL. For some reason Brandon threw the note way! *wink*

After a long week with late nights filled with coughing. We were able to venture out today. Last night was a rough night for Brandon too. He got into a coughing fit so bad he threw up (at 1 am of all times). Sigh. We had planned to go to an outside event in town but it was too windy. So we went to our old standby, Lowe's,  for the kids workshop. Then Daddy needed some helping cleaning up his lab so we went there to help him. Brandon also learned a few things about weighing and measuring .  After being stuck in the house for, 6 days for Brandon, 7 days for me, it was NICE TO GET OUTSIDE. I was a little stir crazy!!

Hmmmm...

Maybe I should dust?

My Baby Girl!!

My baby girl is all enrolled in PIMA Medical Institute in WA. Here is a picture of her taken during the first week of school. She is working her way toward a Vet Tech Degree.