More Flu and Fun!!!

Yes, unfortunately we've had more flu. Everyone seemed to be doing okay. Leland had a little cough but we decided to go to California to Oma's and Opa's for a visit before Christmas. On the way down Owen got a fever. The next day he was hacking horribly with on and off fevers. By Sunday his fever got to 104.00 degrees so I took him in to an urgent care. Turns out he had Influenza type A. This is one of the strains the flu shot or flu mist is supposed to prevent. We had gotten Owen the flu mist so his symptoms were not as bad. But let me tell you, when your child has a fever that high, nothing could be worse! So, to make a long story short, we ended up coming home on Monday. Only three days in California:( We did manage to get out one day and go to the harbor in Dana Point. As we were walking on the beach we came across a seal!! The poor thing was sick and someone from the marine institute was watching him until animal rescue came. He was really cute, like a big puppy dog. The kids were amazed. We also ran into Ed, Nathan, and Cindy Ginn which was a very nice surprise. We had a nice long chat with them and that was about it for our vacation in Cali. It was such a bummer because we were possibly going to Disneyland but Owen put the niks on that pretty quick!

Thanks for the short stay Oma and Opa!! We really wished it could have been longer. We all had fun despite the sickness. Oma kept Miranda busy with art projects that she absolutely loved and Leland and Owen had a blast in the Jacuzzi. The kids each had a job there, Miranda was in charge of getting the mail, Owen fed the fish in the pond, and Leland pulled the strings on the coo coo clock. That was enough fun for a months time!

Oh yeah! I have to mention this, when we were in Cali, Lelands front tooth was really loose and kept moving around all weird (hilarious). The day after we got home he was sledding in our backyard which of course drives Titan mad, and he jumped on Leland knocking the tooth out. The tooth fairy came the night before Santa came!! Two fun nights this year!!