Croup Watch '09 Continues

Well, the croup bug has claimed it's last victim... Nick. After his nap today he has that hoarse voice and the cough. Tonight is going to be a fun one with him! Like last night with Cody, we had him sleeping upright in his carseat in our room by a humidifier. He woke up every hour and cried and whined and coughed and couldn't breathe. I took him into the cold garage and he would be able to breathe better and he would fall right back to sleep instantly. That is, until an hour later where we would do it all over again! This is crazy to have all 4 boys sick. Luckily Shawn is well enough to go to school.

Croup Watch '09 Update

Cody woke up with the cough this morning. Poor little thing whines all day in his little hoarse voice. It's sad. So 3 down, one to go. I am very surprised that Nick has not gotten it yet. He's the one that's been playing close with the older sick boys and even sharing straws. We'll see though when or if he gets it. We'll keep you updated!

Croup Watch '09

Kyle has woken up this morning with the "seal bark" cough. He told me he has Shawn's sickness and then said happily, "Well, atleast I can play with him now!" We'll keep you updated on the next victim of Croup.

Shawn's Illness Revealed

Shawn has Croup! Yay for Croup!!! Croup is the funnest illness there is! Yeah, all that wheezing at night and not being able to breathe is way fun. Staying up half the night looking in on your child to make sure they're okay is the best! And don't forget the beautiful "barking" cough that fills the air! So pretty! Oh, and the GREATEST part of it all........wondering when, not if, but when the other children are going to get it! Aren't you all jealous of the fun we're having at the Parkin house?!

Christmas Eve

We celebrate each Christmas Eve with Ty's side of the family.

This is McCall (my neice) and Cody. They were both dressed up in Holiday apparel and Sarah (my SIL) and I thought it was so fun to sit them together and take tons of pictures. McCall is about 5 months younger then Cody. We make Santa's favorite cookies... No Bakes. They just happen to be Ty's favorite too! We set them out on a plate for Santa.
Doesn't everyone open pj's on Christmas Eve? Ty got me these stinkin' cute pink pj's. I got Ty some pj bottoms but they were way too big. ANd the boys LOVED their Star Wars the Clone Wars pj's.

Yay for jammies!

The kids wanted to take a picture of me and Ty kissing. So here we are goin in for it....

...and here we are during it! The boys were wondering why we ended up laying down.

Stockings were hung with care!

Waiting for Santa.

Here is a picture of our Ghetto Star. I stood on a tall stool to get that star on the top. It would not stay standing up! It took me about 5 mins to get it the way I wanted it to. My arms were tired! So it was standing straight up and then 10 mins later, Shawn was jumping around and this is what happened to it. It fell over. I kept asking Ty to straighten it but he never did.

Here is a full view. Notice that it is only decorated half way up. This is because Nick would destroy the decorations if he could reach them. And I only put on about a fourth of the ornaments we usually have. I was sick when we finally put it up on the 14th and just didn't want to bother with it.

Snow Fort

Man, I HATE SNOW!!! It's cold, it's ugly when it's been on the ground for a while, it's cold, it makes the house a mess when you walk in, and it's COLD! But my boys love it for some reason. They went out about 4 times this one day. They built a snow fort. It is pretty good. It's better then any I ever made!They would come knock on the back door and ask me to video tape them every once in a while. One time while I was, They were trying to roll this huge snow ball into place. Well, they couldn't! It was just too big and heavy. So Shawn eventually got up and walked to the fence. Then he turned around and ran as fast as he could toward the snowball and ran into it, hoping to move it. It didn't budge! It was funny. But they somehow found the strength to get it to the spot they needed it to be.
I asked them if they played in the fort and they both go, "No, we just built it". All that time and they're not even going to play in it?

It was good to see them work together.

Illness Update

I hope everyone has a good Holiday. I will be posting our pics and stuff later. But I just wanted to give an illness update. Ty and I are still coughing away. It's worse at night and in the mornings. Ty also has a sore throat. I still have no energy. Kyle is also still coughing. And today Shawn woke up with a 103* fever and a sore throat and no voice and way bad coughing. It just does not end! Cross my fingers that Nick and Cody stay healthy.