February was a better month. I was still sick a lot of the time, but was able to get up and do a little more. It was good timing, because Katy was really hoping I could go to the zoo with her for her kindergarten field trip. We made it, and she had a good time. But it was seriously intense chasing a bunch of low-attention-spanned 5-year-olds around when I had been laying in bed for 3 months. And Shawn was not that impressed that he mostly had to stay in the stroller, but it was the only way we could keep up with them!
We also made it to the IDEA Museum in February once or twice, to get some use out of the 6-month membership I bought on Groupon in December. We luckily ended up going one Saturday when they had a special members-only activity with all sorts of fun things outside. Snacks, mermaids in a lagoon, dress-up, bubbles, story time, and crafts. Of course, the kids' favorite "craft" was decorating graham crackers with frosting and all sorts of extras.
One of the excitements of the month was the stackable unit that our landlady had let us use in our rental stopped working. (it no longer used heat in the dryer part) Someone in our ward came and jury-rigged it, but it burned through the new wiring in a bout 3 loads... so we decided we were done with that. The probable repairs were going to be a decent amount, so we made our first real appliance purchase (I know, we've only been married over 10 years...) and bought a washer and dryer! Pretty crazy. Not quite as crazy as the gymnastics they had to do to get them both in that little space, though. :) We were very grateful to have a working dryer again!
Jaina had a rough month. Towards the beginning her allergies got really bad. She has them from time to time, and there are seasons she does much better if she takes something daily, but this was kind of a sudden onset thing, and she started wheezing. This child has never had a wheezy breath (that I've noticed) in her life! It progressed quickly, and we even tried taking her into Urgent Care that night. But the wait was like 3 hours, and Jeremy said most of the people there were on death's door, which we didn't want any part of, so they just came home instead. We rubbed essential oils on her chest and feet, and diffused them in her room, and hoped for the best. She slept mostly okay, but was still pretty wheeze the next morning, so we we took her in to our pediatrician (who we're way more comfortable with than a random urgent care dr) and they got a her a nebulizer and she did a treatment right then. We did several treatments for just a few days, and it cleared right up. She hasn't had a problem since. It was so random! We now have a cute penguin nebulizer though, so... And then towards the end of the month she was the first one to come down with a random virus that was 4-5 days of high fevers (we're talking up to 104º several times, which is when I start trying to bring it down just a little!) and like one random throwing up episode. Katy caught the same thing a week later, and Shawn after that (without the throwing up, thankfully). Reilly seems immune to a lot of the things everyone else catches, thankfully. :) We took Jaina in (again) because her throat hurt a little, and after 2 days of high fevers, I wanted to rule out strep, which was going around. Thankfully, that wasn't it. Just a long-lived virus!
Jeremy pretty much spoiled me on Valentine's Day, and because I was pregnant, (but not super sick still) my favorite gift was these awesome hazelnut chocolates that normally were like $20+ on Amazon that he got because he bought something else? I think. Anyway, hands down the best chocolates I've ever had. Sometimes I daydream about them. :)
Other random happenings? The Phoenix Marathon came through right by our house (about half a block over). I always love seeing the runners. Even the not-so-fast ones are so inspiring. Like they almost make me cry. The dedication and training and stick-to-it-ness that has to go along with running a race of that length is awe-inspiring. I am not a natural runner. But I'd like to do a 10K and aspire to do a half marathon some day. (At Disneyland, of course. I need extra motivation, haha) And then, a picture of me, 15 weeks pregnant, and not doiong even any 5K's in the following year, pretty much...
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