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Everyone is Healthy Again!

Wow it has been a while since we last posted so let me catch you up...let's see on Mother's Day Eric got sick and ended up going to Urgent Care where they put him on a Z-pack for Strep Throat. We figured that by Monday he would be fine. Well Tuesday he was still sick...really sick. So that afternoon I took him to the Emergency Room. They hooked him up to an IV and gave him fluids for dehydration and some pain medicine. After several blood tests they figured out that he had a virus of some kind and there wasn't much to do but wait it out. So we went home and he laid on the couch for the rest of the week. He missed all week of work!! By last Friday he was feeling good enough to play 2 softball games (of course he is miraculously healed in time for the game :).

Then Monday, the 19th was our 6th wedding anniversary. We didn't really have big plans, but were going to go out to dinner and leave the girls with a friend. Well Maddie woke up crying with a fever. She seemed OK for most of the day but then after her nap she was burning up! I took her in and she had a fever of 104.3 and ear infections in both ears! So much for a romantic evening. We laughed and said, "6 years ago would you have ever pictured this to be our life??" So after Maddie got on medicine she went to be early and we put Ella down early too and Eric got Apple Bee's car side pick up for dinner instead!

Maddie was much better the next day and is done with her medicine now. So we are all healthy and feeling good. Unfortunately, my Mother's Day and my anniversary didn't go as I planned...such is life :)

Dummie of the year!!!

HANDS DOWN, ERIK IS NOW THE OFFICIAL DUMBEST PLAYER IN SURVIVOR HISTORY!!! Even if you haven't been watching this season, you need to watch this episode when it is put on cbs.com tomorrow. It will be episode 13; how ironic for Erik that it is unlucky episode 13. I hope he can earn a million dollars scooping ice cream.

DONE

Well during nap time today Eric and I worked for 3 hours straight. The swing set is finished and it looks great! The girls have been enjoying the warm weather and their swings. I am sure that this is just that start to a lot of time spent in the backyard!!

Almost Done

Eric spent a good part of the day working on the swing set again today. The swings are the only part left to attach. The fort, rock wall, and slide are in place and Maddie and Elway were both enjoying it earlier!!

Progress!!

We are making progress...unfortunately it has been raining all day so we have had to work in the garage but here is where we are now...

Swing Set

Well we bought Maddie (and Ella) a swing set a few weeks ago...some assembly required :)
The box said that 2 people could put it together in 5-7 hours. Eric and a friend worked all afternoon a few Saturdays ago...but it is still a work in progress. Eric is hoping to get it done this weekend (as long as it doesn't snow again like last weekend). We will keep you posted (ha ha..get it posted :)

Softball

Softball season is officially here and I am so excited! This year, I hooked up with a city team and will be playing more competitive ball. We played in a tournament yesterday and lost all 3 games. However, it was our fist time playing together and at least we got to play. We were supposed to play on Friday night but got snowed out (at the end of April :-)). I played a little outfield but mostly first base. My ankle is still bothering me from when I sprained it almost 2 months ago. I went to a chiropractor from our church 3 days last week and have an appointment on Wednesday. Hopefully I can be back in the outfield when city league starts in 2 weeks.

Who's Who

Ok which one is Maddie's baby picture and which is Ella's???

Final 4 Finish

Unfortunately for me, Eric picked Kansas to win the entire tournament and out of 64 teams they actually won! It came down to the final game for us. I was in the lead by a few points, but both of the teams I picked (UNC and Duke) were out of the final game...So it came down to Kansas. The victory meant that Eric got more points to finish as the winner.
Last Monday when they played he was cheering them on like it was the Broncos in the Super Bowl or something...I told him he was being annoying and then I went to bed.
So now he gets a Saturday morning to sleep in with no interruptions. Man I could almost feel that soft pillow under my head without the sounds of crying and "Mam ma come here" in the background...back to reality :) Hey at least their is always next year...Maybe IU came make is past the first round next year too!