So, both kids have the flu and we have been stuck in the house for the last three days...I'm going kind of stir crazy, but I just want them to get better, I hate when they don't feel good. Jackson got sick first, and it's crazy because it hit so fast. We went to the Pumpkin Patch to pick out pumpkins for all of us and then dinner and he was in the best little mood. We put him to bed that night and he started fussing in his room, when I went to check on him he was burning up. I brought him to our room to keep an eye on him, then in the middle of the night he started coughung and you could tell it was harder for him to breathe, we loaded him up with Motrin to get through to the morning when we could get him to the dr. I ended up calling my mom, who works in admitting at the ER to see what my copay would be if I just brought him up there to get a flu test, b/c our insurance changed and our pediatrician doesn't take it and I had NO IDEA what a flu test would cost. Anyway, ended up taking him to the ER because it was only $35. We got right in since it was just a little after 5am. The nurse who was doing his admission said that since he had flu-like symptims, he would need to wear a mask...yeah right, you try and get a 4 year old who is a little OCD to put a hospital mask on when he is not feeling good. Well, as she was putting the mask on him, he started to get sick all over himself, me and I think a little on the nurses shoes who tried to out the mask on him. I said, "I don't think he is going to wear the mask. We got into a room, enjoying the smell on our clothes the whole time, and found out he has the flu...shocker. They wrote a prescription for Tamiflu which should help lighten the symptoms and hopefully help him get over this faster. I have had to get rather creative to keep the kids occupied the last few days with being stuck in the house, and trying to not get them hyper to keep their fevers down. The first day, when Jackson was sick and Leah was feeling fine, was especially trying, because as you all know, Leah is a busy 2 year old :) I was counting the minutes until Scott got home to get a little help. I decided to make a cake and have Leah help me decorate it to keep her occupied. I iced the chocolate cake and then gave her sprinkles to put on top. I showed her how to shake the little container, she leaned over and after two little shakes, fell into the cake with the sprinkle container and her hands. She said, "Oh no mama, that's stcky." Needless to say, I had to try reice the cake and just let her eat it. She thoroughly enjoyed the eating part of it :)
I don't get how it got on her forehead....
She is so stinkin' cute...and full of it
My poor Jackson, laying in the living room where I made a bed for him...lots of movies the last few days
I don't get how it got on her forehead....She is so stinkin' cute...and full of it
My poor Jackson, laying in the living room where I made a bed for him...lots of movies the last few days
This is at the Pumpkin Patch just a few hours before he got sick. Happy boy then
These kids are such little hams
Will I ever get a normal picture of them???
For Jackson's actual birthday, Scott and I took the kids to Dave n' Buster's. Nj and Mel came with us, this is when Nj first got in the car and wished Jackson a Happy Birthday...he loves her
Nj and Mel with the birthday boy
Jackson took this picture of Leah...he is pretty good with the camera, right
The kids playing Skee Ball with daddy. I would not go near Leah while she was throwing that ball :)
Quite the arm on that boy
The Ludlow Family
Ok, so I had been really sad thinking the memory card to my camera had been thrown away a couple of months ago. It had picks on it from this summer and when Scott and I went to The Fray concert and a wedding, etc. When I was cleaning the other day, I discovered Leah had it hidden in her room :) So happy to have found it and get those pics back. So the next pics are a little older, but worth showing
This is the neighborhood pool the kids LIVED at this summer. These are fountains, or "mountains" as Leah's calls them, that they can run through. 
Don't know how clean this is, but Jackson is drinking from the fountains
Scott and I at a wedding for one of his Dental School friends, Lindsay
The Dental School group
It looks pretty scary, but I made Mickey Mouse and Minnie pancakes for the kids one morning, Jackson gives them 2 thumbs up
The Fray concert!!! It was so much fun! This was my Mother's Day present from Scott, thanks honey!
It was SO HOT that night, notice the sweat
Me kissing the band :)
Smoochy, smoochy
My sorority sister, and college roommate, Amber came to visit. We had some much needed girl time. Love you, Amber!
