"If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello." -Paulo Coehlo
January was mostly a good month (you'll understand the "mostly" when you get to the part about the flu ;-) ). After the pain of losing Katie we were, in many ways, happy to leave 2017 behind (but not her memory of course) and start fresh with a new year.
Early in the month, right before my post-D&E appointment with Dr. (David) Lowe, I took these pics of the kids wearing his surgical hat that he gave them the day of the procedure and had copies printed for him. They really enjoyed playing with this simple "toy." I think they are ready for medical school, don't you?
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| I had to pin this in the back to get it, in any way, to fit Lizzie's head |
We joined the Greensboro Science Center, something we had talked about doing for a long time. We've already paid for our membership several times over with our frequent trips there! The kids love it and, quite frankly, so do we!
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| Joseph helping "build" coral |
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| Lizzie is our little animal lover...she particularly loves getting up close and personal with the penguins |
We went to quite a few morning library story times at several of our wonderful libraries...cold weather entertainment!
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| Morning story time at the downtown library |
David and I had our first date night since October! My parents kept the kids while we enjoyed dinner at Imperial Koi one Friday evening. It was fabulous!
The day after Imperial Koi, we drove to Charlotte for a day of fun with our friend Emily. We ate lunch, played at a cool park, and got ice cream! Thanks, Emily, for a wonderful day!!!
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| A very elusive photograph of Joseph when he's still...not sure how we captured this rare moment on camera |
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| We're really just big kids you know |
I had very extensive blood work (read: 13 vials of blood) to determine the cause of so many miscarriages (I go into more detail about this in the second post I wrote about Katie). The kids went with me to the Greensboro LabCorp early one morning to have my blood drawn and afterward Joseph asked if they could have a treat for being so good. Mom gets a barrel of blood drawn, the kids get Panera. Seems about right...
It snowed a great deal, and we had a ball going over to my parents house to sled in their driveway!
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| I have 4-Wheel Drive and I know how to use it! I will not be kept down (or, shall I say, inside) |
On days that it wasn't snowing, we still took advantage of the outdoors, bundling up and going to the park...
I took several random pictures of these two. They are so hilarious together!
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| When we are at church, Lizzie makes sure Joseph sticks right with her! |
And, to wrap up, here is the not-so-fun part of the month I warned you about. A few days before the end of the month, David went to bed with a bad cough, which we assumed was normal wintertime congestion. He woke up obviously quite sick. We had our flu shots, but of course they don't prevent everything. I immediately told him he should go in for a flu test. One doctor's visit later and, sure enough, positive for Influenza A. We had a quick discussion about the use of Tamiflu and although I have very strong reservations about it we decided he should go ahead and go for it, and I started it also as a preventative. I set to work with all of my immune boosting remedies as well, for all of us...
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| Elderberry Syrup, Vitamin C, Kids Immune Avenger, and Doterra On Guard (diffusing in the diffuser when this pic was taken)...just part of my arsenal |
Sadly, all of my remedies were not enough and the next day Joseph woke up with a very high fever and clearly sick. Off to our pediatrician we went!
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| Waiting for Dr. (Melissa) Lowe. Trying not to spread germs to others. |
A dose of Tamiflu and lots of rest later he was able to at least sit up that night and eat some clear soup.
More on the flu saga coming at the start of the February post! Stay tuned!
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