A New Tradition

This past Friday was Jeremy's second birthday. Seth and I started what we think will be a fun new tradition. We took Jeremy out on his day and went shopping with him. My mom babysat Rebecca and Megan while we were gone, so it was just Jeremy and his Mommy and Daddy. We first went to Toys R Us and let him loose. We didn't get a cart. Seth just let Jeremy walk where ever he wanted. We have never done that before. Jeremy was a little confused at first. He was probably like, "Huh?" Once he got the idea, he loved it. Jeremy wound up picking a new track for his Hot Wheels. After Toys R Us, we went to Best Buy and bought him a new movie. We got "The Emperor's New Groove." That is such a great movie! Finally, we went to Baskin Robbins. Some of Seth's students worked there, so that was fun. He had told them that if they made a perfect sphere scoop he would give them extra credit. One of his students was kinda upset because he said the last scoop he just made was perfect and Seth was two seconds late to see it. It was pretty funny. Anyway, I hope we can continue this tradition with all of the kids. Just on their actual birthday to spend a few hours just shopping or spending time with Mom and Dad.

How do you wear your glasses???

Here are some pictures of the kids in some funky sunglasses. My mom bought them for Rebecca's dressup stuff.

Megan wore them with innocence.

Jeremy wore them with extreme protest.

Rebecca wore them with pride...

...and drama!

Influenza

Ok. This stinks. Jeremy has influenza. On Tuesday, he was coughing and felt yucky. I made him an appointment with the doctor for the next day. On Wednesday, he was very sluggish and sleepy. At his doctor's appointment, I was expecting to get some antibiotics and be sent home. Wrong! I was told to go to the hospital! Huh??? Then I was pretty freaked out. I went across the street to St. Mary's and took Jeremy to the ER. Boy, he didn't like that place. He kept asking me to "Go, Go, Go." He just wanted to go home. Poor thing. Anyway, after doing some tests, they admitted him to a room and we found out he has influenza. His oxygen in his blood is a little low because of it, so they have him on oxygen. He also has to have breathing treatments. He was a little happier yesterday evening and was pretty playful, so that's a good sign. Here's some of his more playful moments:

Here's Jeremy playing with his car (you can't see the car, but it's there) while watching the movie "Cars." "Cars" is his favorite movie.

Here is Jeremy reading a book. He is showing me a bird.

Here's Jeremy and Grandma playing piano. Jeremy loves playing piano. He enjoyed playing at the hospital for about two whole minutes...then he got bored.

Service Project

Yesterday, the Ward came over to help Seth with the drywall on the ceiling. It was so great. The kids and I went over to my mom's house so we could keep out of the way. It is so exciting! We have a ceiling in the addition now! We are so close to finishing our house. Seth and I are so grateful to the Elders that came over to help us. Thanks guys!