Rachel has strep!!!!

Well here we go again. Rachel came home from school this afternoon, I took her to the doctor and yes she has strep!! Hopefully she does not get it a second time. Her birthday is coming in 2 weeks and that would not be fun. We went to the mother/daughter spa day it was really nice. We did each others nails and makeup. She got her hair done, then we took our picture. We also made a frame to put our picture in. It was a really nice time. Izzy is fat he went from 17 lbs to 22 in one year which is a lot for him. So the vet wants me to put him on a diet.

Back to the doctor

Went to the doctor yesterday for my blood pressure it was 140/92. Top number a little better but the bottom number did not change. He put me on Hyzaar this time. Less chance of getting the coughing like the other medicine. I go back May 31st for a recheck. Everyone doing great. This Sunday we have a mother/daughter afternoon for Rachel's school. Sounds like fun painting nail, crafts and all kinds of fun things. Nik will be able to test for his yellow belt May 8th. He is doing really good. Been a rainy last couple of days. This weekend is supposed the be nicer.

Student of the week

Rachel is student of the week at school. Here are some nice pics of her family that she had to display. She had to bring on her favorite things, and something she collects which is seashells. Then at the end of the week they give a speech to the class about themselves and all the students write a letter to them. Today Rachel is at the Maple Festival in Chardon with her friend Hannah and her family. She went there right after school she was so excited. Hannah is Rachel's best friend. Tomorrow we are going to the Maple Festival Rachel has to march in the parade for Girl Scouts. It was supposed to be the weekend right after Easter but it got cancelled because Chardon had over 2 feet of snow. After the parade the kids are going to ride some rides and we will have some good fair food. My mom is going with us Jason is so busy with work and school so he needs to catch up. It's actually nice out the weather is the mid 60's.

My Birthday

Yesterday was my 31st Birthday!! I had a nice birthday. I had Chinese for dinner. Nik and Jason made a great yummy cake. It was all Nik's idea with the M and M's on it. My mom came over later after I picked up Rachel and we opened my presents and had the yummy cake. I got some running shoes, a summer purse and a top from my mom. Some socks too. The shoes are nice I used them today on the treadmill. The purse is cute its a pale blue. Jason got me an Ipod shuffle. It is great. It is very small and I can clip it on my clothes perfect for working out. It can hold up to 250 songs. I bought myself a few songs today and Jason gave me a few from his Ipod. I got everything I wanted and I had a really nice birthday. I just wish it was warmer out. It was in the 30's and cold yesterday. Its still cold today and very windy. I think I have developed allergies. My eyes are so itchy and I have a very dry stuffy nose. So I took a Zyrtec from a sample the doctor gave me awhile ago. Hopefully that helps. I scheduled my recheck for my blood pressure finally. We will see if he puts me on a different medicine. Right now I am on nothing. I have lost 2 more pounds. I am motivated for my appointment next Thursday. I am hoping loosing a little weight will make it go down some.

Update on Nik

Nik is seeming to feel better. His temp. was gone most of the day yesterday until around 3 and then it came back to 100. This morning he woke up and it was 100.8 He seems in better spirits and is back to causing trouble. We will see how the day goes. Yesterday Jason came home with great news! Mike from his work who was the IT Director quit and gave one weeks notice, but they were going to tell him today was his last day. They nominated Jason as the acting IT Director. So this will hopefully pave the way for Jason to get his job. That would be great if it does happen. I am sure Jason will do great, I think he would make a great boss. Weather is starting to warm up a little in the 40's and rainy later today.

Nik is now sick again!!!

Enough of the sickness in this family! Well I think Nik has now what Rachel had and which I think Jason and I had too which is the flu. This morning Nik was laying on the couch and he was laying there for a long time (1 1/2 hrs) which is unlike him is is always running around. So I went over to him asked him how he felt he said his head hurt. I felt his head and it was warm. His temp was almost 101. I gave hime some tyenol. And that seemed to help he was able to run a few errands with me and was in better spirits. But then as soon as the medicine wore off his fever went back up. I had to do one more errand and Nik fell asleep in the car which Nik never falls asleep in the middle of the day. So he is defiantly not feeling good. Rachel is feeling better. Yesterday she seemed pretty good. They had fun at the egg hunt though it was the fastest egg hunt ever. It was also inside because there was probably 2 feet of snow in Chardon. Nik was upset because Rachel got more eggs than him. My birthday is coming. 31 years old I am getting old. Kim's birthday is on the 15th too,29 for her.

Happy Easter!!!

It should be more like Merry Christmas. We have a couple inches of snow on the ground. In Chardon they say there is over a foot of snow. There is more on the way. Kids got a lot of nice things in thier baskets. They had a hard time finding their baskets this year. Rachel's was behind the treadmill and Nik's was in the dryer.

Getting better

Well Rachel is getting better, she has a low grade temp of 99 and a cough and a stuffy nose. Good thing it was a short week of school because she would of missed a lot. Jason and I are finally better and are starting to work out again. Tonight we are going out to dinner at the new Winking Lizard that opened up in Concord. We are going with my brother, sister and my mom. Its to celebrate all our birthdays. We try to do this every year. Hopefully Rachel will be able to hang in there. I am going to make her take a nap, she gets very tired and does not have much of an appetite. Well Have a nice Easter. We are going to my Aunt Diane's this year. We will have a egg hunt for the kids. Nik had one in school for his Easter party and he loved it. So with the eggs he got he filled them with things from around the house and hid them. Then we had a egg hunt this morning.

Still sick

Rachel is still sick. She woke up this morning with a 104.3 temp. So I took her to the doctor this morning. They ruled out strep. Then he thought it was influenza, did an influenza test that came out negative too. He thinks it is just a viral thing and she just needs lots of rest and fluids. He told her to stay home tomorrow too from school. So Rachel's Easter break has already started. She seems a little better, temp is 101 now with Tylenol.

Report card time again

Rachel did really good on her report card again. She got a B+ in reading she went up from a B. Stayed the same in English with a A-. Spelling she went down a tiny bit from a A- to a B+. Stayed the same in Composition with a B. Stayed the same in Handwriting with a A. Stayed the same in Math with a C. Stayed the same in Social Studies with a A. She went up in Science from a B to an A. She is home sick today with a temp of 102. I think she just has a cold. Her temp is already gone so we will see if she will go to school tomorrow. She has a big math test tomorrow. So I hope she does well. Math is one of her harder subjects.