And now he has pink eye

I guess I haven't updated the blog in a while. Michael went back to school and I went to being overwhelmed. I am so glad this is his last semester. He is taking 15 credits and still working 36 hours a week. During the week the kids see him for a total of about 6 hours. But this too shall pass.
We have been stressed and busy, but keeping up with what needed to be done. That is until about a week ago. Libby got a fever, then two days later Ethan got a fever, and a day later Michael was struck. There is also a cough, congestion, and a bit of vomiting to make things interesting. So on Monday I took the babies in to the Doctor. Ethan was just sick but Libby's had morphed into an ear infection. So for the first time ever I got antibiotics for one of my children. Ethan just had to suffer through everything on his own. Finally last night (Thursday) Ethan's fever broke and he seems to be on the mend.
Meanwhile, Michael has been as sick, if not sicker, then the kids. My personal opinion is that he was just so worn down that it struck him the hardest. He missed three days of work this week and all but a couple of classes. He went to those so he could take the tests. I have been lucky in that I've only developed a chest cold. Everyone in the house should be thankful for that, as I am the one who kept everyone medicated and got up with everyone all night long. I don't know how I escaped getting more sick.
This morning I woke up with a light heart thinking that everyone was on the mend. Life can get back to normal and I will soon see the outside of the apartment. Life is looking up. Michael had been complaining about his eyes but I dismissed it as congestion. He said he thought he had pink eye. I chuckled to myself at his overreaction. Then I saw his eyes. He looked like a vampire with a hangover. So off he went to the Dr. and..... he has pinkeye. He was still allowed to go to work and I have spent all day doing laundry and wiping down anything he may have thought about touching. I just can't handle an outbreak of pinkeye now. If I am stuck in the house with sick babies any longer I am going to lose my mind. Maybe I will just make Michael stay at work for the next 24 hours. I'll let him come home when he is no longer contagious. Heck, we could use the extra money anyway.

New Year's Eve

My generous in-laws bought tickets for all of their children and their spouses to go to Bogus Creek Outfitters on New Year's Eve. I have always wanted to go so I was pretty excited. The only thing that would of been better is if I hadn't been five months pregnant. They take you up to a secluded lodge by horse drawn sleigh to feed you dinner. Dinner was great and huge. I couldn't believe how many prawns Michael's brother ate. He outdid even himself. I could only eat about half of what was served, it was a ton of food. The whole time they are serving dinner they also have a live musician performing. I was a lot of fun, even if the porta potties were beyond scary. If I hadn't been pregnant I would of just held it all night long. We came back to Boise, picked up the kids from my moms and were home by 9:30. I had the bright idea of giving the kids some treats and then letting them watch a movie. I figured they would fall asleep during the movie and they would be happy to have been able to stay up late for New Years'. The movie finished at 11:30 and the kids were still bouncing off the walls. Michael and I were exhausted so we put the kids to bed, where they promptly passed out and went to bed ourselves. No one in our house was awake to ring in the New Year, but it was a great year regardless. Hope all your holidays were great.

The sun was setting right as we got up to Bogus Basin. This picture doesn't even begin to to the sunset justice.

Once there was a snowman...

We had tons of snow (with every bit of it gone now). Michael and the kids enjoyed making an enormous snowman. It is so nice that he is on winter break and has time to do things like this right now. Only one more semester to go. Woo Hooo!

Christmas Morning

Christmas is always a bit of madness around our house and this year was no exception. After Christmas at our house we head up to the Hobson's for the rest of Christmas morning. We come home, nap, unload the car and then head out to my family's celebration in the evening. Needless to say I was very glad to get home and get everyone to bed. Although Christmas is busy it is also fun for everyone.

Ethan turned Five

I really can't believe he is five years old. I remember right after I had him all the old women told me to enjoy my baby because he would grow up so fast. I just smiled and nodded because I felt like I was barely making it through a never ending successions of days. Well they were right, mostly. I think I heard it best described as Parenting : Where the days are long and the years are short. I can't believe my baby has grown into this little person.

He has his very own leatherman pocketknife now to prove how big he is. He started asking for one months ago and I told him it probably wasn't going to happen. Well Aunt Amy, or more precisely Uncle Rob, thought if a boy wanted a leatherman then he needed a leatherman. They did have the courtesy to ask permission first though. Ethan has used it to cut everything that may have possibly needed cut in the two days since he has got it, including his thumb. We are still working on teaching him how to use it safely and prudently but cutting his thumb taught him quite a bit more, much faster then Mom and Dad's lecturing.