Doctors must love us!

Our family has been trading off being sick all summer! I can't even count how many times we've all been to the Dr. in just the last 3 months. Between Richard hurting his ankle, me having sinus infections and asthma problems, Brandon repeatedly having pink eye, sinus infections, and allergic reactions to who knows what, and now poor Rylee has a UTI. We had to take Rylee in to Urgent Care last night because she's been running a fever that's been between 102-104 since Monday afternoon. I couldn't get her temp to go down at all last night, and she was starting to become lethargic. The Dr. and nurse we saw last night stayed way past closing time so that they could help Rylee out, and we are so thankful for that! The poor girl had to have an antibiotic shot, which we were told will make her very sore for the next few days. She is acting like herself once again though!
I'm crossing my fingers (but not holding my breath) that this will be it for a little while!

Things I never thought I'd have to say to my kids:

"Brandon, please do not drive your truck down mommy's shirt!"

"Please do not bounce the ball off of Rylee's head!"

"NO, babies do NOT eat banana peels!!!"

"We do not eat out of the dog's dish!"

"Stop eating out of the garbage!"

"We do not use Rylee's head to play golf with!"

Yes, we've entered the terrible two's, and they are very very terrible! It's a good thing Brandon is so cute, because I don't know how he or I would survive this if he wasn't! =) And poor Rylee is going to need a helmet to survive this, the poor thing (luckily I caught him before he actually followed through with his golf swing)!

Swimming... Part II

We decided to try the swimming thing again. Brandon was pretty scared last time, so we decided to ease him into the water by bribing with candy. Not my greatest parenting moment, but hey, it worked! =) He ended up loving the water (and his candy too)! He even started paddling with his feet! We had a blast this time, and didn't want to leave! But alas, it was closing time, so we had no choice. We will be back though!!!