Smith Family

Is this job as dreadful to everyone else as it is to me? It's very clear that I put it off as long as I could figuring she had some 6-9 month clothes still hanging out in her closet. Audrey pretty much goes ballistic if I don't hold her while I'm doing something. Since this requires both hands. She was not happy during the whole process. If this was just a matter of throwing her clothes in a bag and calling it good, that would be one thing. I feel the need to sort out by size, fold nicely and place in the box. It's so sad seeing some of my favorite outfits get folded up for the last time. We'll hope for another girl someday down the road.

Last Friday, I noticed a small red circle on Audrey and thought it was strange but didn't give it another thought. Saturday afternoon, Pete noticed that she was COVERED  in rashes. It was so scary! Luckily my friend Rebecca is an on call nurse and was able to calm my worries. They didn't bother Audrey in the slightest and she was acting like her normal self so we didn't take her to the doctor. By Monday they were gone... Weird  We gave her Benadryl, but it didn't work so we (Rebecca) figured out that it wasn't an allergic reaction but viral. Since she had a slight runny nose and fever earlier in the week it was probably just her bodies reaction to it. Whatever it was I hope it doesn't happen again!

We are trying to do date nights under $10. Which means, we must be creative. This last weekend Pete brought me my PJ's in the office and told me I wasn't aloud to leave the room till he came and got me. After about 10 min he came back and lead me to the T.V. room. He had brought our entire bed in there and had popcorn and other little goodies, and rented a movie. It was delightful. I felt like a 14 year old having a slumber party with my best friend :) Now I've got to come up with something for next week!