Brennen is sick

Brennen has not been feeling well for the last 10 days or so. We thought he was teething, and he was. Then about 4 days ago he started running a fever. I didn't want to take him to the doctor so I tried to wait this one out. Yesterday his temp was up to 102.5 and I thought we better call the doc. So we took him in this morning and the doc saw a rash and said he has a virus. He told me the virus usually last 3-5 days and if I would have waited one more day Brennen would probably be fine. However, I am sure he didn't mind the extra $20 from me and whatever my insurance pays for office visits, for the 5 minutes he spent with us. Not a bad days work if you ask me. I feel like if I don't take Brennen to the doc and he ends up being really sick then I am a bad mom and if I do take him to the doc and there is nothing they can do for him then I am an overreactive, bad mom. So either way, you guessed it, I am a bad mom when it comes to taking my child to the doctor. The last time I took him to the doc he told me to wait 10 days and call him if he wasn't better. Yes I waited 3 hours in the waiting room and paid my $20 for that visit too. Anyone else feel this way?

The Airport Adventure

Barrett trying to tame the wild red headed monster.

Amy with Brennen. He will be a couple years older before we see them again.

Chad with Brennen

Stephanie, Amy and Stephanie one last time......hopefully next time this picture will be in Paris.

The boys with their babies.
On April 17, 2008 some of our very dear friends left to go live in Paris and fulfill their calling. Barrett, Brennen and I, and our friends Matt, Stephanie, Lucas and Georgia Harrington went to the airport to see them off. We were sad to see them go, but very happy for them.

Trying something new

I have opened this blog back up so anyone can read it. I am trying a new spam filter. If it works I will leave it open, but if it doesn't work I will go back to invited readers only. So save your user name and password for possible future use. If I set it back to private then all you have to do is input your user name and password. If you have not been invited to read this blog please leave me your e-mail address in a comment under this posting and I will add you to my invited readers. Thanks.

Big Helper

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Singin' in the Rain

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I am BOY all the time

Ridin' with Daddy

Mom bought me this cool new bike seat. I get to sit in front of dad and watch everything. We have so much fun on it.

Pearly White

So mom thought it was necessary to start brushing my teeth. I let her have her way and to my surprise the toothpaste is good. Dad helped me brush my teeth and now I think I got it so I can do it by myself. Really at this point I would like to be independent with this and everything else I do. So now when I see mom and dad brush their teeth I know it is time to brush mine, at that very moment. No matter where I am, bathtub, I jump up and throw a huge fit until someone gets me my toothbrush and toothpaste. Really the toothpaste is all I want, but to keep mom and dad happy I will use the toothbrush too. So next time you see me my teeth will be clean. I have all my front teeth. Some of them have just started cutting through so they are not all big enough to really brush yet.