Confirmation

We had confirmation that Chelsi has strep like the others.  J's pneumonia was not going away like we had hoped on amox, so I asked that they change his meds.  He gets z now.  If he has any fevers by Monday he has to be seen.  He's been in a greally great mood today, though he's still really tired.  I'm praying my little man is getting over this.  Chelsi actually seems to be feeling well and her temp isn't too bad.  But, we're keeping her confined to keep the others from reinfection.

Hopefully, soon, no one in the house will be sick anymore and we'll make it through the rest of the season with no major illnesses.  Please!

Lisa

It's bbaaaaccckkk!

At least I think so.  Chelsi was lying around this evening...never a good sign for a 4 year old.  Sure enough, I checked her and she felt warm.  It was just 100.5, but since she has a history of a febrile seizure now we have to treat everything.  Daddy gets to get her strep tested in the morning so if she does have strep we can treat her properly and she can get better.

4 down, 1 to go!

Lisa

Update on sick baby

No new sick babies, which is good, but one has gotten worse.

J seemed fine Friday and Saturday.  No fever, great mood, great appetite, everything.  Then suddenly about 10:30 pm on Saturday night he woke screaming.  I picked him up and he was burning up.  He was just under 105 at that point.  We put a cool rag on his head after we gave him some Motrin and waited for it to go down.  It went down fairly fast and I slept with him the rest of the night.  Sunday J was fine again.  Then, last night (Sunday), at the same time he woke screaming.  He was 105.6 under his arm.  He scared me to death.  I called the doctor to make sure cold rags wouldn't shock him and he said it was fine.  We had given him Motrin, but almost two hours later the Motrin hadn't done anything and he was still about 103.  I called our nurse hotline and she said to bring him to the ER since he was also breathing fairly fast.  By the time we got there it was down to 101.5.  They did a flu swab and it was negative.  Then they did a chest xray and it was positive for pneumonia.  The ER doctor said he probably got worse after he got strep from K.  He said he's already on the right antibiotic and should be feeling better in a day or two.  He almost seems worse today...maybe it's just that hump he's almost over though.  J's been so tired, no appetite and very clingy.  I can hold him and hold him.  He's been so sweet and just holds onto me.  He really seems to love me as much as I love him now.  And I know just how much I love this boy.  I hope he's better soon.  I hate seeing him so tired and not feeling well.  I like my active little man.

Prayers for my sweet boy and for the rest of the crew to stay healthy the rest of the season.

Lisa

Forgot to post pics of the kids (loads)

Here are all the pictures that I took of the kids last weekend, so they each have an updated photo on the wall.  Js Godparents live on a farm, which I realize there are many of around here, so we went there for the pics.

And.....Chelsi is 4

Yes, their birthdays are almost exactly 3 years apart....1 day to be precise.

We woke Chelsi up to singing happy birthday to her.  Chase figured out how to play happy birthday on Js xylophone all by himself so he could surprise her.  He played that for her after her nap.  The girls had soccer in the morning and I think they were both dragging from Js party last night.  ;)

I took Chelsi into town to get her free ice cream cake and pick out some cupcakes; since we had enough cake left over from Js party yet.  She opened most of her presents at Js party since he wouldn't notice she got presents too and everyone was there.  She loved everything she got.  We gave her ours tonight.  She was so funny.  We gave her Hullaballoo.  Grandma H gave her that for Christmas and a couple months later the kids fought over it, dropped it and broke it.  We got her a new one.  She pulled it out and said "you got me a new hubabaloo.  I love it, thank you".  She's so sweet.  So we promptly put batteries in it and it's a dud.  We tried two sets and nothing.  I have the receipt, so back to Walmart it will go and hoping they have a new one for her.  They all truly love that game.

And on the topic of soccer real quick.  She doesn't care for it.  She'll finish her trial year, but she said she doesn't care to play next year, which is fine.  But, she got up in there and kicked the ball once this morning, raises her arms like it's a touchdown and proceeds to jump up and down with her arms in the air as the game goes one.  It was so funny.

Chelsi's such a great girl.  I truly love being her mother!

Jaemin is one!

Okay, so technically, in Korea, he's already 2. A tid bit for anyone who doesn't know, when you're born in Korea you're already 1.  When the new year comes everyone turns the next year, so Jaemin turned 2 then already.  You don't really age on your actual birthday.  Kind of confusing when someone from Korea tells you how old they are because sometimes they change it for Americans and tell us their age by our culture and sometimes they don't.

Our sweet baby boys turned 1 yesterday.  I can't believe that just 6 months ago we had just found out we were going to be parents again and now our baby is 1.  Other than being sick the day before his birthday it was great.  He was in a great mood all day.  He laughed all day and tried to take a couple of steps.

We had Js TOL party in the evening complete with; cake, ice cream, deli meat, chips and bulgogi.  There wasn't much bulgogi left at all.  It was a huge hit.  All 3 grandparents were there, Loa and Js Godparents.  Since we'd had illness in the house we asked some not to come so they wouldn't get sick (or have their kids get sick).  J got plenty of present though.  The room was packed with toys in the end and I don't think he knew what to do with all his toys.  Though he really does love to hammer away on his xylophone.  Apparently, like his sisters, he likes music.

Jaemin selected a spool of thread and 10,000 Won from his TOL table.  This means he will be wealthy and have a long life.  He wore his gorgeous hanbok that his foster mother sent with him.  I loved his birthday too.  It was so fun to sing happy birthday to him all day long!  We had a little problem with the cake, but I'm trying to forget that.  :)

Here are some pictures from the party.



















Thanks, Anita, for the great 1st birthday tshirt!!







And this is the next day.  He also had a great time with his balloons this morning, though he got a big tangled as he crawled with them in hand.

What a day!

In midst of 3 sick kids in 4 days and Lysoling and Chlorixing the house for the 4th time this week and getting ready for a TOL party tonight (which will be very small family only now with strep), I went to check on little man sleeping and he was all sprawled out in his crib wearing nothing but a diaper. I looked at him and smiled and thought....he's ours. I'm so happy he's ours. How lucky were we to get a call, out of the blue, and find out we had a baby we'd never planned for, but couldn't imagine him not in our lives.

My J turns 1 today and my little boy. He took a couple of steps today, finally slept the majority of the night last night and has been smiling and talking all day. He put his hand to his face this morning and said "heo....dad". He just kept talking to his dad on his hand. So glad to get to spend today at home with him instead of work. While I don't wish one of my other baby boys were sick, I'm just thankful for all the time I get with him.

How do you thank the Lord enough for a blessing so sweet. I have 4 others that I'm truly thankful for too, but he was just such an unexpected blessing and has truly made our lives better and happier. Even on the nights (many, many) that he pushed away, hit, slapped and scratched, I couldn't believe God was entrusting another baby to us. Even though he's a bull-headed little boy who doesn't care for the word "no" and therefore ignores, I just am in awe. I love his differences from his siblings as well as his similarities. He's the glue that binds the other 4 together....truly.

Thank you, Lord, for this boy, thank you for Korea who cares enough to call for siblings and thank you DH who knew we needed him here with us, with no doubts.

I love you bubby. Happy Birthday to the sweetest kisser in the world!