A glimpse of our craziness

The past 24 hours provided something to write about...actually something we are now laughing about. The boys came down sick Friday afternoon. Just the same fever & upper respiratory cold stuff like they had a month ago. We were up all night with both of them the past couple nights so our days have been slow. We decided to kill some time and get them out of the house yesterday (Sunday) afternoon by taking them for a drive. The weather was actually nice enough for a stoller walk but with fevers and the way they were feeling we couldn't do that.

So as we are loading them into the car I realize that our license plate tags expired in Feb. Of course it is now March and I've been driving everywhere without a second thought. So, we took the boys back inside. We were going to transfer the carseats to the other car and the battery was dead on the maxima. So that wasn't an option. As I'm looking at the paperwork for renewing it, I realize that we were suppose to take the new title for the van in to get the plates registered when we bought it. We thought the dealer took care of it all- turns out they only do the title transfers. So not only do we have expired tags, but the plates are still registered to our explorer which we don't own. As we're going through this envelope of papers I realize that our proof of insurance isn't current either...our insurance is paid, but our proof tag wasn't there- this one expired Nov. 06. So Tad has the new insurance at his office and he got to make a trip in to work last night at 9 pm to get it. The boys were scheduled for their 15 mo. well checks today and we decided I'd need to get up early, drive the expired van to get renewed, come back help the boys get a bath, and then make it to the doctor's at 10. Since we were up again all last night, I overslept, had to throw clothes on and a little make up to get out the door on time. As I was driving there, I realize..hmmm wonder when my driver's license is set to expire...Oops it already did. Yes that too had expired on Feb. 13th so I am now freaking out that I will have to take a driver's test again and when would I find time to do that. I call Tad and tell him what is going on and we both decide I have no choice but to keep driving and see what they tell me. I was the second person in the door today and I'm sure the lady who helped me is amazed someone could forget to do all this. I guess my saving grace was that there is a 30 day window from expiration and today being the 12th plus Feb. being a short month helped me. I can't imagine getting into a car with a little old man to take another driver's test. Anyway $78.00 later I was on my way home with a new tag sticker and a new license. The only problem, I have the worst license picture ever that won't let me forget about these past 24 hours. In fact I don't think I'll forget to get this once replace when its up for renewal b/c it is so horrible- remember I rolled out of bed to get there.

As for the boys, everyone had time to shower and we made their well check but they also both have ear infections in the same ear. Then they also got introduced to a breathing treatment in the office and we were sent home with antibiotics, a nebulizer, and albuterol. We suspected they might have asthma developing b/c the past 2 weeks when they've been healthy they have been wheezing when they run around and are active. Its hard to diagnos now that they are sick. The doctor said it may be asthma or it is RSV. So we're going to try breathing treatments as needed the next 2-3 weeks and check back. The boys are exhausted. Actually we all are from this mornings events. Hopefully by bedtime at least their ears will start feeling better. On the well check note, they weigh 27.4 lbs and are in the 90% for weight and are 32 in. and are in the 50% for height. They are great boys and even through sickness they keep smiling and laughing for most of the day.

One final note, my brother Brian told us late last week he passed his CPA. We are so excited for him that he has this under his belt. Congratulations Brian! He's been working in Little Rock for Deloitte. Also, thanks for your prayers for our nephew Austin. He is doing better and is home. That is all that is new here. We're going to hope the rest of the week is a little less eventful than this Monday.

Hope all is well.