The flu!

We were hit! Sunday morning Nicolas woke up with a fever, cough, chest hurting and runny nose, out of no where. He seemed to be acting fine but when the fever got high (around 103) he would just lay there (poor guy). Monday he was a little worse, I called the dr and and they immediately told me over the phone it sounded like the flu. They would not see him, just called some Tamiflu in for him to take. So he started on Tamiflu. I'm assuming that if he did indeed have the flu, it was h1n1 because it's not regular flu season and his chest was hurting which is a major one for h1n1 (respiratory problems). Monday evening I started with a soar throat and cough. By Tuesday morning I was a wreck. Nicolas missed another day of school and I called my OB. Since I'm pregnant they did want to see me. I slept until my appointment at 2 then drug myself there (Dan, Josh, Nicolas and Zack came too, but they all waited in the car). They tested me for the flu (which SUCKED, it was soooo uncomfortable) which was negative, they don't do swine flu tests unless you're in the hospital, and they gave me a breathing treatment. I left with a script for Tamiflu (which I protested to her that I did NOT want to take it because it's normally not safe for pregnant woman, but they're giving it to them now because of how sick you can get from the flu without it). So I got home, took my first dose and within an hour was vomiting horribly. I obviously couldn't tolerate it. So for the next few hours I was throwing up, it was horrible, I have never been that sick. When it was all out of my system I started with contractions. I was worried I'd have to go to the ER for some fluids or something, but after a few hours I fell asleep. I woke up Wednesday morning feeling much better. My wonderful hubby took M-W off work to take care of me. :) There was so school Wednesday so I was thankful for that. In the meantime, Zachary started with a fever but it never really did anything. So, this being Friday night I am thankful I'm almost 100% back to normal. Yuck! I feel like I'm getting a sinus infection now, but it's ok, I will deal. :)

Oh and on a different note, Zack is potty training! He is doing it all by himself too, I haven't pushed him once. He just started going on his own, without even telling anyone (until he was one of course, then he'd run out yelling "I WENT POTTY!") so for the past 2 days he's been wearing underwear around the house. He's doing VERY well. I'm so proud of him!! Oh, and today, he found that there's a slit in the front of his underwear and has been opening it all day LOL!

Baby Guesses!

I created a game on Expect Net, go there and put in your guess! I'm not sure if you need to register (if you do, it shouldn't take long) but go to www.expectnet.com and on the left you will see where it says "Game name" type in Rodmanbaby5 (no spaces and yes the R needs to be capital). It will take you to our game. Put in your guesses about the baby's gender, weight, length, and when it will be born...by the way my official due date is May 6th. I'm getting my ultrasound on December 1st, so if you guess the wrong gender you can go back into the game and fix it. Please play, it will be fun!again the site and game name is...www.expectnet.com Rodmanbaby5

sick Elijah...

So far this fall/winter hasn't been too bad to us. Zack had an ear infection last week, Josh has done some coughing, but now Elijah's sick. He's missed Mon and Tues at school and looks like he will be missing tomorrow as well. I brought him to dr Monday. She said his throat was very red but we decided not to do the strep test because she was putting him on an antibiotic anyway so it really didn't matter, and he was wheezing so he's doing breathing treatments. He's been on his medicine 2 days now and still has a fever and no appetite. Not sure if he has a touch of the flu or something as well, just seems strange. He's not acting that bad, he lays around some but definitely isn't himself. I'm hoping he has no fever tomorrow so he can go back to school Thursday! (he has to be fever free for 24 hrs before being able to go back to school)

I hope all of you are healthy!

Halloween fun!

Saturday we had a garage sale, it was pretty chilly that morning but it warmed up pretty good during the day. The boys were pretty anxious all day about putting on their costumes! That evening Stephanie, Randy and Seth came over for dinner and to go trick-or-treating with us. We went around our neighborhood for a bit then went to mom's house (she had a special treat for the boys) and then Jessica and Aaron brought the boys around their neighborhood for a bit. It was pretty cold that night but all in all a good night. The boys got a TON of candy. Here'a few pics. :)

Spiderman (Nicolas), Zack was an adorable monkey, Elijah was a ninja, and Josh was Superman


I love how they all dressed up lol. Steph was Princess Leia, Randy Darth Vader and Seth Luke Skywalker, and he made sure to tell everyone who guessed his costume wrong that he was "Luke Skywalker!!"


Zack being only 2 1/2, was quite a bit slower then the rest of the boys so he traveled in style most of the way :D


and one more pic of my adorable niece Cami from our Halloween photoshoot!