The Hi & Lo of the past several days.....

We ended last week of a high note. Bella had "Donuts with Dad" at school on Wednesday. Frankie was able to attend and they had a blast together. When I picked up Bella from school, I was told that Daddy had more trouble with leaving then Bella did. Ahh..Daddy's and their little girls. Frankie was off on Friday and we spent some quality family time together, and Friday night we went to Grandpa's new house. We had SO MUCH fun, his new house is AMAZING !! Bella loved the BIG TV, the fishes, the ducks, etc. It was HEAVEN! Grandma Bird and I enjoyed kicking back and relaxing. Saturday we stuck close to home as Bella wasn't feeling 100%. Sunday we returned to Grandpa's house, as we couldn't stay away. We all had so much fun...we actually took out the fishing poles (which Bella LOVED), we fed the ducks, watched movies, and ate tons of yummy food. Bella is still talking about Grandpa's house. We just may have to move-in. Did I mention we watch Finding Nemo on a HUGE TV. Bella will never watch another movie at our house.....Nemo was huge!

Then our world as we know it...collapsed. Sunday night Bella became VERY sick. I will spare you the details. My dear son took no pity of his mother and is still refusing to sleep through the night, and picked the one night where we all were exhausted and he refused to go back to bed at 3am. Needless to say I took Bella to the doctor on Monday, and she was diagnosed with Rotavirus. YUCK! We are all staying close to home and praying that she will be better soon. She is doing a bit better today, but still not 100%. My dear son now has a terrible cold and isn't sleeping because he can't breathe through his nose. With mom and dad beyond exhausted....We are all just a mess.....

Bella was also diagnosed with a heart murmur. Nothing to be alarmed about, just something to be aware of.

On a happy note...Both of the kids are growing by leaps and bounds. Bella is still her wonderful self and amazes us every day. This week we continued to work on manners and she is a pro...you will hear please, thank you, I'm sorry, and excuse me on a regular basis now. Frankie is finally growing.. he has officially become a drool king. He loves his tummy time, smiling, talking, and as long as your entertaining him he is the happiest baby.

Enjoy the pics!