sick, soccer season, and new bed tent

These pictures are a little backwards.....Abby and I went out shopping today... (the last day before spring break, when I have 2 kids to shop with!)... and we found these ADORABLE shoes for soccer season which starts soon! I thought I would never find her size, and I was so surprised to find these cute pink ones!

Here is Abby peaking through the window in the bed tent that my mom gave her for her birthday. Isn't it adorable?!?! Poor thing, she tried to sleep in it her first night and we had to take it down b/c she came down w/ the "croupy cough" .

Here she is the days following.... She got sick Sunday night and was miserable all through to Thursday. She had a 3 yr check up Monday and saw the Dr. and got diagnosed w/ Croupy Cough.. then come Thursday when she wasn't feeling better I took her back again, and found out she had a bad ear infection! :(

all she would do was just lay around and hardly play at all... Mon-Thur.. Wed night she felt her best. Lucky me.. I caught a bug too... which explains why I haven't been on much. I taught my Wed night Adventure Class and came down w/ a cold shortly after I got home. :( I've been miserable ever since. Nasty cold, and sore throat. :( anyways it's amazing what 24 hours of antibiotic will do for a sick child! (as seen in top photo)... Abby is back to her normal self... w/ the exception of a light cough and sniffles.

I really enjoyed Wed at Adventure Club and it's making me sad to think about being too busy next year to teach a class. I'm really going to miss the kids.

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I have felt fairly good the last 2 days.. not many preggo symptoms.. of course I tend to read into that and worry about everything being ok. I'm trying to enjoy myself but that's rather difficult.

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Actually I've been feeling sorry for myself. I can't say enough about my friends and family who have helped me through all this trouble but it seems that my issues are never ending... I had another unspoken pregnancy related issue come up that's been rather stressful. Then coming down w/ this nasty cold has just zapped all of my energy and emotionally drained me. I'm tired of worrying, tired of being sick or having "issues" of whatever kind. I hate to complain about it but it's just been non stop and this girl needs a break!

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I should mention that Luke had an exciting "Easter" party at school today. They went on an egg hunt and got all sorts of treats, played games and had fun. Tomorrow we're hoping that it doesn't rain, so the kids can enjoy the neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt.

-Beth