Aaaaand, We're Back

Funny that my last post a month ago was entitled "Interruptions."  I feel like this last month has been interruption after interruption.  I am finally able to take a breath today and hopefully get back in to the habit of journaling on this here blog.  I had posts for Valentine's Day and Brad's birthday in my head, but alas they are now gone.  So to sum it up- Valentine's was fun.  Brad got me roses.  Sadie and Drew had great parties at school and came home with lots of candy.  Brinlee and Cole got little gifts at home and everyone was happy.  Brad's b-day was the day after Valentine's day.  We actually got a babysitter!!!  It was so nice.  We went out to dinner at PF Changs and then went suit shopping.  We were gone for only a couple of hours and everything went great at home.  We will definitely be doing this more often.  The following Monday Brad went to Philadelphia for work for the week.  Needless to say it was an exhausting week- mostly mentally.  Poor Brad would call home during dinner and homework time each night and basically only heard Cole crying and the kids fighting.  We survived though and got him back on Friday.  That weekend a cold I had had for a couple of weeks took a nasty turn and I ended up getting really sick.  I finally dragged myself in to an urgent care on Wednesday and got some antibiotics.  The next day Brinlee's little cold also went south and we ended up at the pediatrician getting meds for her as well.  Luckily we recovered just in time for the weekend.  My mom flew down from Thursday to Monday to spend some time with us.  We went bowling, out to dinner, she and I went to a movie, and she even got to see a sneak peak of Brinlee's dance recital rehearsal.  We had lots of fun with her and were sad to see her go.  Good thing she and my dad will be meeting up with us at the end of May for the big Disneyland trip.  This weekend Brinlee danced her little hips off in her end of class dance recital.  It was adorable to say the least.  I have a little video that hopefully I will be able to post.  Afterwards Brad and Drew headed over to Drew's soccer meeting and Brinlee, Sadie, Cole, and I went out for a little congratulations lunch.  Brinlee was thrilled to be the center of attention.  Later that night the poor girl started breaking out in hives.  By Sunday morning she was covered in them.  I called the after hours clinic and found out that she was most likely having a reaction to the antibiotic.  They said as long as she wasn't having a hard time breathing or swallowing that it would most likely go away in a few days and she would be fine.  I was about to take her in again to the doctor to get checked out, but this morning her spots have faded and are almost gone.  Whew!!!  I feel like if we can all just get back to some good health around here then we will be set.  Anyway, we are on spring break this week and despite our pool being closed for maintenance we are having a good time.   I will post again soon with our adventures and hopefully some pictures...that is unless I get interrupted again. :)