All Better Now!!

Everyone is feeling tons better now...Thank goodness! We did have another visit to the doctor for Annabel early this week because she broke out in this horrible all out body rash (like we needed THAT!) on Monday and when I called Tuesday morning (when it got even worse!) they said they definitely wanted to see her. Turns out Annabel is allergic to penicillin. She'd been on day 8 of her ten day course of antibiotics for her double ear infection, but apparently reactions for this medicine often occur during the mid-late end of the treatment course. Who knew? Anyway, Annabel is now labelled as having a penicillin allergy, so we'll avoid that one in the future! The good news was that her ear infections had cleared up and we didn't have to switch to a new medicine. SO...with that, everybody is feeling much better now!

And just in time for some great weather, too! More on our outdoor adventures soon...for now, here are some cute "we're feeling MUCH better" pictures! Enjoy!



Annabel did finally make friends with her medicine! No, she's not administering it to herself here, but she did love grabbing onto the dispenser and helping us- which actually did help because she'd take a little bit in, push it away and swallow, pull it back in for more, push it away and so on. That was better than the struggle it was when we first started the meds! Thanks, Annabel...we appreciated your help and it was super cute, too!


Annabel LOVES Daniel's cars and trucks!


We took the kids to IKEA one night when everybody was finally well enough to get out of the house a little- that felt great, I'll tell you. Daniel got a new road rug which he loves!


Annabel finally started eating food again! And she's full steam ahead with real people food, too- she's enjoying some pasta here. She'll gain that pound she lost while sick back real fast!


This picture will kill my brother (we're SOX fans, hello?!), but it was too cute to pass up! For the record, BEN put the hat on her, not me.


We knew Annabel was finally feeling better when she started becoming quite the escape artist! She's about to move the gate in this picture.


Annabel LOVES the dishwasher! (You can see the rash on her cheeks if you look closely.)


Annabel loves pretending to talk on the phone! She's just as chatty as her mommy!


Another example of how much Annabel loves Daniel's cars...she actually drives them, too. And she knows that they have to be placed wheels down- she'll fix them if they're upside down. Smart girl! I love her expression here, too.


More escaping. She's trying to figure out how to move the other end of the gate this time, since we now block the looser end with a chair. We're discussing the situation because this is getting silly and Annabel also figured out today that she could just go down the other (unblocked) hall- yes, we have another hall off our kitchen that leads to the dining room (it's on the other side of the cabinet you can see in this picture). There just really isn't any stopping this girl!


Annabel is also quite the climber these days. She climbed onto Daniel's chair without any trouble the other day. She was very proud of herself! On the one hand, I wanted her to get down, on the other she's SO cute!


I did get her to sit down in the chair and she was just absolutely precious- too cute for words! This picture reminded me of when we first got the chair for Daniel. I remember how cute and proud he was, too. We'll be getting a chair for Annabel, too, someday...although if she's gonna be on this one a lot, that someday may come sooner.


More pictures coming soon because we've been having a FUN week! Stay tuned!