02.08.09

Finally some ultrasound pictures! These are over a week old, my apologies, but I got to a scanner as quickly as I could. As you can tell by the second picture, this boy is NOT modest!! haha Both Jeremy and I commented on how glad we were that we decided to find out the sex because we both figured it out pretty quick, even without her explaining things to us. I have gotten several questions about names now that we know the sex. I have to admit, we kinda don't have a clue. We always have girl names picked out, and we never can agree on a boy's name. However, we also decided that the name is one thing we're keeping quiet. :) Gotta keep something a surprise!! But at this point, we are WIDE OPEN for suggestions!! So send 'em on...

This week was good, but tough with illnesses. We did end up taking all the kids to the pool last weekend, and we had a wonderful time. Unfortunately Oliver got quite sick while we were there, with his fever reaching about 103 in the middle of the night - which meant Jer and I were up past 3 a.m. keeping watch over him!! His fever finally broke, and all kids were up by 6:30 ready to swim...all kids except us old kids of course. Oi...that was an early morning. But we had fun nonetheless and brought Oliver in to the doctor Tuesday, as his fevers had now been going for 7 days. He did have a left ear infection (which I found odd considering he never complained of ear pain, nor did he ever touch it, etc.) and also some kind of bronchial/sinus infection. I think within 24 hours of being on antibiotics he was brand new again! That's when *I* started coughing/sneezing/body aches! :) Such is life as a mother, no?? Jeremy asked if I had washed my hands enough, in a joking way, and of course I did!! But you can only get coughed in your face and sneezed on so many times before it finally finds a way in. I am on the mend but it does feel slow going. Days are good, nights are still tough.

We also had the chance to meet Donna and Arlyn in Fargo for a night and get to spend some time with them. We had a wonderful time, this time with a healthy Oliver. I have some good pictures of that trip so I will post them later in the week.

Here's to a happy Sunday, and the start of great week! Blessings to all~