Day 13 of our captivity......

Mom's lost it; last night we ate like savages under the kitchen table. Being cooped up in the house is finally getting to her. Actually it was pretty fun; we pretended that we were in a cave and that we were eating worms in a mud sauce. The best part is....
we could be as MESSY as we wanted!

Even brother joined in on the fun!


The wild beast was uncaged and sent in on clean up duty!


Signed Ashie

On the downward slope - at least I hope!

Once all the chickenpox have burst and start scabbing over your child is no longer contagious. So basically when chickenpox are at their most noticeable state they are no longer contagious. I still don't dare to take Ashie out in public for fear of being shunned for having pox on his face. Hopefully we can join the rest of the world by the first of next week! We are all going stir crazy in this house, especially mom!

Coach still hasn't caught chickenpox - I am hoping the good antibodies he is receiving in my breast milk will keep him chickenpox free. Only time will tell - keep your fingers crossed! I surely do not want to see round two of chickenpox – yuk!

President Gordon B. Hinckley

Just like many of you, I am saddened to hear of President Hinckley’s passing. He was a wonderful prophet, who has meant so much in my life. I am glad that he was prophet during my most formative years, where his tender guidance helped me to make many wise choices in my life. President Hinckley thanks for caring so much about each individual in the church and spending a tireless life serving God and all of us! We love you!

Unlucky Odds

There is only a 5% chance that your child will contract chickenpox after they have received the chickenpox vaccine. Well lucky us have hit the odds. Poor Ashie came down with the chickenpox today. In all actuality he has had the chickenpox for days now, I just didn’t know it until the pox showed up on his face and arms.

Late Saturday evening Ashie started running a fever, the fever came and went all day Sunday. He also didn’t want to eat. Naphs and I just figured that this all has to do with the cold he has had for two weeks. Well on Monday he seemed to be back to his old self, his fever was gone and he was eating again. Tuesday I had planned a play date and invited my friends and their sweet kids, not knowing my house was a hot bed of chickenpox germs. Because Ashie had been doing well all day Monday and all morning Tuesday I felt confident that my house was germ free. Naphs and I even spent Monday evening spraying all of Ashie’s toys with Lysol just to rid the house of any remaining cold/croup germs.

You can imagine my surprise and frustration when Ashie got up this morning and had pox marks all over his face. I am just sick that I exposed my friend’s kids to chickenpox. Had I known the symptoms of chickenpox and had I known that Ashie was even exposed to chickenpox in the first place I would have not held the play date at my house. The thing that baffles me is where Ashie got the chickenpox in the first place. Seriously, I have sequestered both of the boys in the house for two weeks now because little Coach had a bout of croup and Ashie had a bad cold.

So to those of you who think your kids are safe because they have been vaccinated against chickenpox it is a good idea to know the symptoms, just incase you are one of the unlucky few like us who hit the odds. The thing I have learned from all of this is the symptoms for chicken pox are the same as a bad cold so watch out. If your kids spike a fever it is a good idea to sequester them for a few days just incase it is chickenpox.

To all of you that I exposed to chickenpox I am DEEPLY SORRY and hope we can still be friends. Below I listed the symptoms you should be watching for just incase.

As for Let’s Get Out and Play Tuesday’s they are cancelled because I don’t want to risk spreading anything else to our friends.

SERIOUSLY 5% odds!

Signs and symptoms

The best-known sign of chickenpox is a red, itchy rash that breaks out on your face, scalp, chest and back, but it can spread across your entire body, even into your throat, eyes and vagina.
The chickenpox rash usually appears less than two weeks after exposure to the virus and begins as superficial spots. These spots quickly turn into small liquid-filled blisters that break open and crust over. New spots continue to appear for several days and may number in the hundreds. Itching may range from mild to intense.
The rash may be preceded by or accompanied by:
• Fever
• Abdominal pain or loss of appetite
• Mild headache
• General feeling of unease and discomfort (malaise) or irritability
• Mild cough and runny nose the first two days of illness before the rash appears

Let's get out and play Tuesday's

I don't know about you, but as a kid I lOVED to play. I was constantly over at the Losser's do something with their fun crazy family. Being home all the time was hard on me, even now I get sick of being trapped in the house all week. That is why I am initiating let's get out and play Tuesday's. The goal is to get out of the house every Tuesday and do something fun! Everyone is invited and if you have any ideas of places to go please let me know. We are going to start our first let's get out and play date at my house (I know, I won't get out of the house, but those of you who come over will). So tomorrow TUESDAY come over around 10:00 a.m. and enjoy some time away from your house and let the little ones enjoy time playing with one another. Please bring a healthy snack to share. Call me if you need directions to my house.

Here are some of my ideas of places we can go - what do you think?
Sweets Taffy Factory
the play area at South Towne Mall
McDonalds
Hill Airforce Base
the Museum of Natural History at the U

I hope to see you all tomorrow!

9 Month Stats

Coach is now 9 months old. I know can you believe it? This 9 months certainly went a lot faster than Coaches 9 months of gestation. Below are Coaches stats and I added Ashie's for comparison......

Coach 9 month stats
Height 29"
Weight 21.15
Head Circ. 17.7

Ashie 9 month stats
Height 28.5"
Weight 21.6
Head Circ. 18.5

I think it is funny that their stats are virtually the same. I guess I only know how to make one prototype.

Dog food anyone?

Coach has been crawling for a couple days now and he has already found Mazie's dog food. What is with dog food and babies? They all seem to find it and are not happy until they get a taste of it. Coach is just lucky he didn't loose a finger in the process.

Watch out because here comes Coach!

It's time to pull out the baby barriers because Coach is crawling! It is crazy how fast he picked up the crawling thing. At the begging of this week he got really good at rocking on his knees and moving back and forth between a seated position on the floor to his knees. By Wednesday Ashie and I coaxed Coach into taking his first few crawls - it was AMAZING! Then by Thursday when Glama was babysitting he surprised her by crawling from her family room all the way into the kitchen, which is quit the distance for a novice crawler. Now today he has been crawling all around the house to keep up with mom and brother. Before we know it he will be running throughout the house like a crazy man with Ashie.Way to go Coach!

The stitches are gone gone gone

Ashie had his stitches removed last Friday and his wound is healing well. He actually was a champ when his stitches were removed, he didn't cry or scream once. It did help that mom came prepared with a sucker to pacify him. Glamma was nice enough to join me at the doctors office to hold Coach while I held down Ashie. Thanks Glamma for the help!

Once there was a snowman......

Ashie and Naph's created their first snowman together. Here are the pics......

Aren't my boys super cute?

Lets go for a ride dad!

Coach absolutely loves his big brother and always wants to do what his brother is doing. Too bad he can't walk our crawl to keep up with his brother. Thankfully dad found a way for Coach to keep up.........


Now who is going to be the one who pushes Coach around all day?

"More Broccoli Please!"

Ashie is my broccoli loving guy; it is nice because now there are two of us in the family who eat broccoli. One of these days we are going to convert dad to the goodness that is broccoli! Yummy!