CeCe update

She got worse last night and was feeling pretty bad this morning so I took her in to the Dr.  She has an ear infection and pneumonia.  She is on breathing treatments and Augmentin.  They drew blood and her numbers came back in the normal range thankfully, so we avoided a shot and chest xray.  If she's not significantly better by Thursday we have to take her back in. 

 

Sick

Both kids have been sick this past week.  Bryce started coughing Monday afternoon but nothing too bad.  I gave him a breathing treatment Tuesday before school and when I went to pick him up Tuesday afternoon I could tell by looking at him that he felt lousy.  He was coughing so bad (and so croupy) Tuesday afternoon I called the Dr. and begged for them to see us.  I knew he needed more than what we had here.  Thank goodness they agreed to stay late to see us.  He needed another breathing treatment there and we left with prescriptions for steroids, codeine cough medicine and new nebulizer meds.  Wednesday he was no better (well his cough wasn't croupy anymore but still coughing SO MUCH) but the Dr. said it would take a while for the steroids to work so we waited.  Thursday he was still so sick so I took him back and he was diagnosed with bronchitis and we were given another nebulizer med and antibiotics.  Thursday afternoon I started seeing him perk up a little and by Friday afternoon he was feeling so much better.  Still coughing but nothing like it was Tues-Thurs. 

 

Saturday after Anthony's race CeCe woke up with fever and felt terrible from it.  She is coughing some (pretty bad at times) but nothing like Bryce was.  He never had fever with his.  She's had fever for 3 days now.  Motrin has brought the fever down since Sunday.  Saturday she stayed with Anthony while Bryce and I went to the parade and I think she felt ok for some of the time but then her fever shot up to 103 and she felt really bad.  Yesterday we had a nice day playing outside but everytime the motrin would wear off her fever would come back.  Today I thought she was feeling better but then around lunchtime she started shivering again.  She's napping now and we decided if she still has fever tomorrow we will take her in to the Dr.  She tends to get ear infections a lot so we want to make sure her ears are ok.  And there is that one time she had pneumonia which makes her more likely to get it again......

Savannah Bridge Run

 

Anthony ran in another race this weekend.  This was a 10K that goes over the very tall/steep Talmadge Bridge over the Savannah river downtown to Hutchinson Island and then back over the bridge back to downtown.  He said it was steep!!  His technique was to keep his head down on the inclines so he couldn't see how much farther he had before reaching the top.  There was a container ship going under the bridge one of the times he was at the top and he said it was so cool to see!

 

This race was much less crowded than the Rock and Roll race was (5,100 runners vs. 17,000!) and his race started at 9 so we all rode downtown together.  Here we are at mile 1 waiting on him to run by. 

 

There he is!  We planned ahead so he knew where we would be and he gave Bryce a high five on his way by.  Bryce loved it!



 

The kids and I walked to the finish line after seeing him at mile 1.  This race was different because once they got on the bridge you couldn't follow and see the runners again until the finish line.  We got a good spot and waited and watched for him.  I like that he can predict his finishing times so we knew about when to start watching for him.  

 

Yes, he and the lady in just a pink bra were running neck and neck the whole time.  I love that she has on pants, armwarmers and just a bra.  Does her stomach get too hot to cover with a shirt while the rest of her is cold?  Don't get it at all!!

 

We ran into our friends the Bradleys (my friend Brandi ran in the 5K) and the kids had fun playing together.

 

We made plans with them to go to the downtown Christmas parade that night and were so excited.  Then CeCe woke up from nap with a fever.  She and Anthony stayed home while Bryce and I went to the parade.  It was fun and I'm glad we went, but I was worried about CeCe and couldn't enjoy myself all the way. 

 

That afternoon Bryce got to try on our neighbor's new Army Ranger helmet.  It was super cool!!

 

Our Thanksgiving

We started out with a 6 hour drive to the lake on Wednesday. And let me tell you, after our marathon 16 hours in the car in one weekend a few weeks ago to visit the Williams and meet Winnie, 6 hours felt like nothing! 

 

 

The weather was great and the kids had fun playing outside.  CeCe found some shells down by the water. 

 

We raked the yard full of leaves and then Bryce and Anthony played football between the leaf piles.  

 

Thursday we went to my Aunt and Uncle's house/farm south of Montgomery for one of my favorite holiday traditions, Thanksgiving with the Robinson family!  Again, the weather that day was perfect.

 

We went on a few hayrides

 

Bryce played football with his cousins (so fun to watch them all play football together, I remember watching my boy cousins do this every year, and now a new generation is doing it!)

 

CeCe played with the cousins too

 

It got pretty hot ouside so we let CeCe take off her dress and run around in her undershirt and hidees.  She was SO excited! 

 

All the kids love driving the tractors

 

More football!  

 

Friday we drove 4.5 hours to West Point to spend the weekend with Kiki and Papaw Duke.  Friday night Papaw Duke, Anthony and Bryce went to the West Point vs. Starkville football game.  Even though WP lost, Bryce loved his first high school football game. 

 

 

 

 Of course we watched the Egg Bowl Saturday night (or the beginning anyway, it was a BAD one!).  I love that I captured this moment of our first touchdown.  Too bad it will always be a memory of such a bad loss!!  

 

The perfect weather from Thanksgiving day disappeared and it got cold in West Point!  Luckily Papaw Duke has this huge warehouse full of toys to go to on cold days!  They took CeCe's tricycle and Bryce's football and those combined with the forklift made for super fun playtime!

 

After a fun filled 4 days we drove home 9.5 hours on Sunday. 

Thanksgiving program and feast

 

CeCe's school had a Thanksgiving program today. It was cute!  Each class dressed up, CeCe's class was Native Americans.  This was her first program in front of a bunch of people and she did great! 

 

 

 

After her program we went to Bryce's school for his Thanksgiving Feast.  We cheated and brought our lunchboxes though!  It's always fun for me to see Bryce at school and CeCe loved eating with the big kids. 

Meeting Winnie

My sister's due date was Saturday 11/10.  The Thursday before she went to the Doctor and had made no change from the week before so we all thought it would be another 5-10 days at least before the baby arrived.  Friday afternoon my mom called and mentioned that Blakeley was having a few contractions but that they stopped when she laid down.  Friday night Anthony and I talked about how it was going to be nice to have nothing to do all weekend.  HA!  Saturday morning I was checking my email and noticed an email from my mom that came through at 2:41am.  I immediately knew what was going on and sure enough, they were headed to Huntsville.  I knew they wouldn't have left in the middle of the night unless Blakeley was sure it was the real thing.  I thought it over in my head and said to Anthony "Let's Go".  I know it was crazy.  Driving 8 hrs. up there on Saturday, staying not even 24 hours in Huntsville, and driving 8hrs. back on Sunday was insane but I'd do it again in a heart beat to be able to hold my brand new neice/nephew.  About 3 hours into the drive Blakeley called me to tell me she had the baby....A GIRL!!!  I had been thinking girl the whole time and am so happy to finally have a neice!  4 nephews and now finally a neice!  CeCe is thrilled too.  I know she would be happy with any baby, but she loves that she and Winnie share the name Catherine.  Winifred Catherine Williams.  Sounds so nice, doesn't it?  And CeCe loves that she can share her clothes, shoes and hair bows with Winnie. 

 

We surprised Blakeley, Hunter and the Js.  They didn't know we were coming and it was fun to surprise them.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on her!!  She looks just like Jasper. 

 

 

CeCe grinned, stared, giggled and smiled the whole time I was holding her. 

 

Not sure what was going through this one's mind.  He didn't have much to do with Winnie at all!  I think he was nervous around her because she's so tiny. 

 

CeCe couldn't wait to hold her.

 

And had to hold her again the next day before saying goodbye. 

 

While the girls were being calm in the bed, the boys were in the chair climbing all over each other and rough housing!!!

Kids Rock Race

Today was the Kids Rock 1 mile race that is part of the Rock and Roll Marathon series.  Bryce was super excited to get to run in a race just like Daddy had the day before.  We have been running with him a little bit but the most he's run is just under a mile.  We knew the crowd and other kids would pump him up and push him to go that extra little bit.  He set his goals:  Run the whole mile and finish in under 10 minutes.  He did both and his time was 9:35.  Super proud of him! 

 

 

 

I cannot get enough of this toothless smile!!! 

 

CeCe was EXHAUSTED today.  Yesterday's all day festivities combined with a late night at a friends house combined with the time change combined with no nap again today made for a super tired but still sweet and cooperative bird.  She held her sign and cheered just like she did yesterday!

 

I failed to get any pictures of Anthony running yesterday but made up for it today.....

 

Coming up to the finish line

 

He got a medal that is almost just like Anthony's but says Kids Rock.  He's very proud of it and wore it all afternoon and night!

 

One proud Mama!!