On January 1st we decided to do laser tag. So fun except Kayzee and I lost terribly. Boys against girls doesn't work in our family ha ha! We also went bowling...
I went out for a girl's night and Danny built a snowman with the kids...
We got another check in the mail for our totaled van so we decided to buy a new stove with the extra money. Yay for glass top!
Memphis had a follow-up appointment for his acid reflux. He is doing so much better being on the medication so the pediatrician decided to wean him off it and then we will see how he does and if it comes back. Fingers crossed but we also went to the dentist and his teeth look so much better regarding the backs of his teeth eroding so we know the medicine was really working. Also both kids were cavity free!
I also asked the pediatrician about Memphis' huge tonsils and getting strep every month. He gave me a recommendation for an ENT specialist to see if they needed to get taken out. The specialist took one look and said they were the largest tonsils he had ever seen on a little boy. So crazy. They are called kissing tonsils cause they are so big they are touching. And every time he gets sick they get so big he can't breathe I feel so bad for him. And he snores so loud! His bedroom door is shut and my bedroom door is shut and I can still hear him snoring every night. Memphis started to cry when we talked about taking them out but the specialist told him that he could eat ice cream and play video games all day every day for a week and Memphis was so excited. Oh boy! The specialist wanted to take them out ASAP but it is a minimum recovery of two weeks and we cannot afford for Danny or I to miss 2 weeks of work so we have to wait till summer. Hopefully he survives the winter and doesn't get sick too often.
We set some new years resolutions at our house. I LOVE TO READ if you didn't know that about me already. I got over 30 books for Christmas (between presents and gift cards) so I am set for awhile! Here is just a few of them...
Last year I set a goal to read 54 books and I did it...
Every year I have been able to read more books so I set a goal to read 56 books this year. I have already read 11! I definitely got this reading bug from my mom. She reads way more than me. Love ya mom!
We also decided to eat healthier dinners and get more exercise at our house. I gained a lot of weight during the holidays so I knew I needed to get back on track. I have been eating with the 21 day fix plan and doing different workouts. The first 4 days I lost 6 pounds! The 2nd week I lost another 3 pounds.
The kids have to earn screen time by exercising first. We have a lot of dance parties at our house!
Except for the week I got strep! The first Friday back to school I woke up with the most painful sore throat and I felt weird but I didn't have a fever. I couldn't find a sub so I taught PE from a chair cause I couldn't move. Getting sick from other sick school kids is the worst. I went home and slept for a few hours and then woke up in the middle of the night with a really high fever. I just knew it was strep. As soon as the instacare opened Danny took me in and sure enough strep it was. The last time I had strep one antibiotic didn't work for me so I told the doctor that and I actually requested the penicillin shot. A really painful shot that hurts during and after for a while but I didn't want to go wait for a prescription at a pharmacy and the shot always worked so fast for my kids so I wanted to try it thinking I would get better faster. NOPE! Two days later (luckily I found subs for everyday that next week of school) I was actually worse! My fever was still high. I hadn't eaten in 4 days and I had already lost 8 pounds because it was so painful to swallow I cried every time. The only thing I could do was sip ice cold gatorade. Didn't want to get dehydrated. I called the instacare back and they prescribed another antibiotic at a really high dose to kill the strep fast. I was taking 6 pills a day! Luckily that one finally worked! Now I know of two antibiotics that don't work on me. Great.
The kids kept asking if I was going back to work (I had been taking them to school and then going home and sleeping all day) and when I told them I finally was going back, Memphis made me this sweet note...
Also in January Memphis turned 7!!! Still can't believe I have a 7 year old. I need to stop typing and go to bed so I will post again about my Memphis.
One last thing...I need to give an update on my nephew Max because we always need more pictures of that sweet baby right?!
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