Wasn’t the weather today just beautiful!! It made us SO happy – I could get use to warm temps and sunshine I’m also glad it was pretty since PaPa drove up to fix the station wagon. Will was such a good helper – so I’ll let him tell the story.

First, we had to jack up the car. It was funny to see the car up in the air like that – it was even funnier to see PaPa laying under it.

Next, we had to figure out what was wrong with it. I told PaPa it was something with the brakes. PaPa said it was something with the rear wheel cylinder (or something technical like that). So, we had to run to the parts store to get the part.

While PaPa was fixing the brakes I got bored and had to take a break from brakes. Mommy let me play in the front yard, “blow out” the neighbor’s yard lights, and walk up and down the sidewalk.

Then all the men had to clean and sand some part of the wheel. It looked really cool!

I REALLY wanted to help but PaPa said it would make my hands too dirty. Look how dirty PaPa’s hands are! I would have REALLY liked to get that dirty.

Finally, we had to pump the brakes. I couldn’t reach them so Daddy had to do that part. Yay! The car is fixed. We celebrated by eating some yummy bar-b-que. I stuffed so much in my mouth that I started gagging It was such a fun day!

So, yes our car is now back to perfection. It is amazing how fast we got use to having 2 cars and how inconvenient it felt to have to take Bill to work on Wednesday morning (even though we shared a car for 1.5 years)! So, thank you PaPa for coming up and fixing our car!

Check out Will eating this “pea soup!” This was when he was sick and couldn’t really eat many solids. He is so cute!

Will had his 15 month well child check today.  He weighed 21.6 lbs (5-10%) and was 31 inches long (75%). He is keeping right on track with his growth curve. Dr. Swarr was also pleased with his overall development like teeth, words, and activity. Will also had to get 3 shots today – but he did so good! When the nurses were done Will sat up and gave them each a high five and then blew them a kiss

This weekend I did ALOT of eating and sleeping. Oh, it was so glorious!

Friday night we ate at J. Alexander’s on West End. It was very nice and relaxing. We had a leisurely 1.5 hour dinner and didn’t even realize it! We had so much food – chips, salsa, spinach queso, salad, ribs, & fries. We shared an appetizer and entree and still had enough left over for lunch on Sunday. After dinner we walked around the Mall at Green Hills where I thought we should buy some chocolate covered strawberries at Godiva. Then I came to my senses and went to Wal-Mart and bought strawberries, pineapple and chocolate instead!

We’re so classy – Bill is microwaving our chocolate!

I had Bill take my picture before we went out Friday night! It’s not the best picture but notice that I DON’T have on jeans, I DO have my hair fixed, I AM carrying a purse, and I DO have on heels Impressive.

On Saturday we mostly slept! We didn’t make it to breakfast at the Pancake Pantry until noon – and we still had to wait in line for an hour. And yes, this is what the chocolate chip pancakes look like! Yummy!

After breakfast we took a nap! I told you all we did was eat and sleep. Then we had dinner with the Metcalf’s and played the Wii. It was a fun night!

On Sunday we went to church, napped(!), and then had a special Valentine’s Day dinner. We had herb stuffed chicken, green beans, rice, salad & cresent rolls. And, drum roll please, we used our fine china for the very first time!! It was fun!

Please don’t notice that we are drinking Dr. Pepper and Mtn. Dew out of our stemware!

Today we woke up with MORE snow! I am tired of snow this winter – it is fun once and exciting twice but this is getting ridiculous. This afternoon, Will came home. We missed him so much! But it was nice to have a weekend to ourselves. And PepperAnn enjoyed a little undivided attention

Who wants to take Will next weekend?

We took Will to see his pediatrician this morning as a follow-up to our ER visit. We have had to tell “the story” about 100 times and I will be glad to not have to tell it ever again! It was scary and I don’t like re-living it!

Dr. Swarr checked Will out and when he looked in his throat – he said “I found the answer!” And he looked relieved about it so I think Bill and I took a huge collective sigh. Dr. Swarr diagnosed Will with Coxsackie virus – specifically herpangia (sores in the mouth and throat). This virus also causes hand, foot & mouth disease. The symptoms probably only developed in the past 24 hours which is why they were not able to diagnose it at the ER. This was such a great diagnosis! The “prescription” is Tylenol to keep his temperature down and lots of hugs, kisses and popsicles!

They also believe that the shaking he experienced on Monday night was not a seizure but just a reaction to the virus – riggers (sp?).  Thank you Jesus!

Thank you for all your prayers these past 48 hours! They have probably been what has kept us sane the past few days

As most of you know we ended up in the Emergency Room with Will last night. Here’s a brief synopsis of what happened (copied from an email I just sent a friend):

“Well, we ended up having a scary night! We got to the dr. office and they sent us to the ER because they thought that Will had had a seizure.

So, we were at the ER for several hours and they did a lot of bloodwork/XRays/IV/urine tests. But everything they checked at the hospital came back pretty normal – he had elevated while blood count but that was probably due to the high fever.

We got released and had to drive to COLUMBIA to get an anti-seizure medicine. We got home about midnight and he started shaking again. So, we called our dr. and he then said that it might not be a seizure since he was alert when it happened.

Will woke up this morning with a 102 fever again but it has gone down with Tylenol – so I am headed to the store for more Tylenol so we can keep the fever down!”

So, at this point we are trying to control his fever(when the medicine starts wearing off his temp. goes back up) , he is eating and drinking like normal and seems to be doing ok. We go to see his pediatrician tomorrow morning at 8:45.

…….. this is what I hear constantly these days! From the moment Will wakes up to the moment he goes to bed – he is obsessed with his Dada! I can’t even keep Will out of the bedroom in the morning when Bill is still asleep – he pushes the door open and then pitches a fit when I take him out of the room. It’s cute but can’t I get a little Mommy love

I took these pictures this morning while we were playing. I am using them in a Valentine’s Day craft project So – check back on Vday to see the completed craft!

Isn’t Will the cutest!?!? He just LOVES PepperAnn and his newest thing is giving her kisses and eskimo kisses – it is just precious. Will’s other new favorite thing to do is snack. He seriously wants to eat all day long. I will get him out of his highchair after breakfast and he will walk directly to his snack cabinet, point, and scream (until I distract him or he gets a snack)!

We’ve just been at home taking it easy since there’s still snow on the ground. I was excited about going to Bible study in the morning but I think it’s canceled since school’s are still delayed. I think we’ll go to the mall instead – just to get out of the house.

Will LOVES PepperAnn! Some days he just cannot keep his hands off of her. PA is usually understanding but other times she growls and then moves to a new location. PA is so gentle with Will! Now that Will can walk PA likes him more and he is slowly but surely learning to throw her a ball and she loves that! I couldn’t believe I got a picture of this yesterday.

Can you see the sheer delight on Will’s face?!?!