Update

Today is day 22 of sickness at the Lee house.  You heard that correctly day 22.  I would say Paul, Andrew, and Daniel are better.  Daniel still coughs, but otherwise is doing good!  Emily just seems real run down and just not completely up to par.  I am just tired, oh so tired.  And dear Allie, she has pneumonia! 

We went to the doctor yesterday because her throat and chest hurt.  No strep, but pneumonia.  I was even thinking while we were there, "I sure hope we didn't waste our time coming today.  I bet she is just having some drainage and will be fine tomorrow.  I probably overreacted and we could even go to co-op."  Well, boy was I surprised when he said he could hear she has pneumonia.  By the time we came home she was so worn out and started running a fever.  Today she has just laid around and is back to feeling miserable.  One day we will all be better! 

We miss seeing our friends.  We feel like UN-socialized homeschoolers right now. 

Speaking of school...we did accomplish some school this week, but for Allie it has been put on the back burner again. Maybe by the weekend.:)

Just know all of you friends out there...WE MISS YOU!!!!

Daniel

Daniel is 6 months old here.  We had gone to see my brother at pilot training, which is why he has his flying snoopy pjs on!

Here Daniel is about 2 years old and we are in California.  He has put on his Granddad's work boots and is ready to work!  I think he was worried he would get in trouble.  He didn't.

Andrew and Allie

Allie at 6 months old.  Look at her go! I loved her head of hair!  I love brushing it and making it flip!

Andrew is 18 months here.  He loved to be just like dad!  They were two cool guys with their shades!  It's hard to tell but Andrew is styling Winnie the Pooh sunglasses!

Andrew is about 2 here.  Already loves anything that has to do with rockets.  At this age it was all about bubbles, now it's about nuclear power!

I love this picture of Paul and Allie.  She looks like a little princess!  She is 18 months old here.

Poor tooth!

Apparently I am losing a filling...I really don't like going to the dentist.  I guess I will be calling in the morning and explaining I have lost part of a filling.  It really doesn't hurt, but I don't know how much they will want to see me while I am sick. 

My new favorite thing to watch..

One of the positive things I have discovered while I have been sick for the past 18 days (but who is counting) is Downton Abbey.  How come I didn't know about this?  I have watched season 1 and I am half way through season 2.  I love the characters, the accents, the beautiful dresses, etc.  It has been a great diversion from sickness.

"It" came

 Oh my goodness!!  The UPS man paid a visit to us today, and earlier than he normally does.:)  He brought a great big box right to my door.  (In my head is the song, "Oh The Wells Fargo Wagon is a Coming Into Town" from the Music Man)  I was so excited and so happy and then we opened it!  We had a drum roll and there it was...our beautiful, wonderful Keurig Coffee maker!  Do you know that when you turn it on there is this beautiful blue light that comes on?  I love blue.  The light alone makes me happy!  It came with all these k-cups...fun!  We have made three different types of coffee and two cups of hot chocolate and then I just made some cups of hot water because it is fun!:) 

my pretty machine!

Thank you to everyone who answered my question as to what type of coffee maker to buy.  You all are great. 

Blue

I was feeling blue today.  I am so over hearing us all cough, blow our noses and just sound miserable.  I am tired of being sick.  I lamented to a friend this morning and she was so encouraging to me, because she just was understanding.  She didn't tell me to get over it, she just said she understood. Thanks Rachel.

Then God sent friends in droves...offering to bring dinner, run to the store, pray etc.  We had a surprise knock at the door and it was groceries, flowers and treats for the dog!  What awesome friends. 

Then a sweet girl commented on my blog and reminded me of just how much God cares for us.  I love Jesus so much and I am so thankful that we just have the flu.  This isn't a disaster, just an inconvenience.  It isn't cancer, been there done that with Andrew.  It's just the flu.  We are blessed that we may be sick, but we have each other.  We may be sick, but we have a safe place to be, movies to watch, games to play, books to read, and even the internet to keep in touch with friends.  We may be sick, but we are able to go to the doctor.  We may be sick, but we have sweet friends who reach out to us and show us how loved we are and pray for us.  We may be sick, but we have Jesus and He loves us and cares for us!

Feeling very thankful and grateful tonight.

Wow!  Paul came home from work with his orders in hand!  It's official we are moving this summer to Sacramento.  After 10 years of being in the eastern part of the country it seems weird to think we will be out west.  I haven't lived in California since I was in 5th grade!  This should be some adventure...3 adults, 4 kids, 85 pound lab, and a little Chinese dwarf hamster moving across country!  

Trying to look at the adventure and not the sadness of leaving some of the greatest people:(

Coffee pots

Coffee is important to the two adult women in this house.  Mom and I love our coffee and Andrew is starting to join us in our enjoyment.  During the sickness in our house, the coffee pot has been acting up.  It isn't using all the water and the coffee isn't staying hot.  This is not good.  In fact with how I have been feeling it was somewhat tragic.:)

I researched, and researched some more.  Had a lot of time on my hands.  My mom was my field researcher as she checked things out at the local stores.  We even asked our friends their opinons.  We ended up with a Keurig.  I can't wait for it to get here.  It feels like Christmas all over again.  I just was notified today that it has shipped and should be here by the end of the week.  I can't wait!
 

FLU

I haven't posted anything in awhile because life gets busy.  I have been sick for the past 12 days.  Did you catch that?  12 days.  That's almost a fortnight!  (I learned that many years ago when Andrew and I used Five in a Row).  That is a long time to not feel good.  In the mean time Paul got sick about 3 days later, he's doing better, but not completely.  Today was his first day to make an appearance at work.  Then a day or so later Daniel started this terrible, no good cough.  A few hours later Emily joined him.  The next day Allie joined the crowd.  Poor girl it had only been a few weeks since she had been so sick, that we had made two doctor visits for IV's.  

Andrew and Grandma stayed strong and Andrew was even trying to help me keep up with everyone's medicine...and then he began coughing.  We finally decided we better go to the dr.  They tested the kids for the flu and Andrew tested positive.  We thought he was maybe the lucky one because they put him on Tamiflu, but so far it hasn't helped.

Grandma finally succumbed on Saturday with a nasty cough.  She went to the dr. today and they said maybe it is bronchitis and put her on antibiotics.  

Everyone is really pathetic and did I mention it looks like Christmas in our house.  Some stuff is down, in piles, but the majority is still up.  I never thought I would say it, but I am SICK of looking at Christmas stuff.

Andrew and Allie are worrying about being behind school.  Yeah, that thing called school.  WE were suppose to start back on Jan. 7th, and we did, even though I didn't feel good.  The next day people started dropping like flies.  Allie tried yesterday to do school.  She did 3 lessons in Algebra, which promptly lead to her fever reappearing.  Never thought I would live to see the day I would have to say, "Allie, stop doing school!"

We are sick of video games, oh yeah...Andrew was trying to figure out how much energy it would require of him to stand up, walk three steps, and turn on the xbox.  He decided it was too much effort and went back to laying down.  That tells you how sick he is.  Allie did pull herself together and worked up the energy to turn it on for him, but it only lasted about 10 minutes.  We have watched so many episodes of "My Little Pony", "Full House", "Storage Wars" etc...I think we are getting sick of tv.

Daniel discovered that the shower helped his coughing and so Dad went and bought him a humidifier, which if you live here you know is kinda funny..it's only been in the 70's and like 100% humidity, anyway, Daniel looks like he is living in a fog machine.  He likes that thing pointed right in his direction!  The blessing is that he has been able to rest better.

We are praying that in the next few days people will begin to feel better and life can get back to normal...I guess we will have to see what happens.

The positives of being sick this long...you get to sleep a lot, there is no guilt for not being able to keep up with everything, I got to finish a few crafts with Emily and introduce her to the magic of Shrinky dinks.  I also got to look at things on the internet, blogs, recipes etc. that I normally don't have time for.  I was able to research a Bible curriculum for Andrew and Allie and purchase it. 

Praying we are better soon, and if any of you all are sick that you also will be better soon!