Spring Break Fun...just kidding

Well, we are on day 7 since we first saw the pox...looks like we're still getting them. She is pretty fussy so we know she feels awful, especially since she never fusses. The good news is she's eating well, and as you all know, that makes mommy very happy.

This stinks for the boys because we are quarantined to the house. (you're welcome, everybody) Today our cousin Kade is over playing...we're obviously counting on the vaccine working. It's beautiful outside, so I'm trying to keep everyone outside playing. I actually talked the boys into pulling weeds in our backyard for money...that oughta keep em out for a while because our entire backyard is nothing but weeds. They ate lunch on our front porch while they took a break. That's about as fun as it gets at the Stone house this year for Spring Break. Hmm...what other chores can I pay them to do? This might not turn out too bad for me.

Chicken Pox...Seriously?

Yep, you heard it right...Chicken Pox. My mom took our kids to my sweet second cousin's first birthday party exactly 13 days before we saw the first spots on Lia. We found out three days after the birthday party that Kenzi had the chicken pox. That meant that she already had them and was contagious during her birthday party. Of course, as things like that go, nobody had any idea she had them until it was too late. I wasn't too worried about it. I mean, Lia was no where near her during the whole party and the boys have both had the immunization. Surely not...could we be that unlucky? Yes we could. Amazing.

Well, it turns out so far that Lia has handled this with rediculous resilience as always. Nothing bothers this kid. She is amazing. She has several spots all over her that are now crusting over like they are supposed to toward the end of the illness. She's only run a low-grade fever so far. She's been up more than usual at night and hasn't eaten great, but all in all...she's been fine. I don't know what else to say. Now, we can just hope that the immunization does it's job with the boys and that they skate through without a hitch or that at least they have a mild case. We'll see. I hope Kenzi's feeling better, too. Someday this will be a good story for them to tell together.

Action Shots

Well, after creating a family blog because I thought I'd have so much to write about...turns out I have less to talk about than I thought. Actually, maybe I thought I'd have more time to write than I actually do. Between going back to work, kindergarten homework, starting baseball, and watching the Mavs break my heart over and over again, I guess I'm pretty busy. I do, however, have a few pics to show you. Lately, the boys have enjoyed taking pictures of themselves with my camera doing different kinds of action shots. Most of the pictures have something to do with different Star Wars moves so I thought I'd share some of them with you. The picture of Colby and Lia is before the coldest baseball practice ever known to man. I have more to say about Lia, but that deserves a post all to itself...stay tuned.