Hello winter, my old friend

What have we've been up to?  Well in a word, sick.  Since the beginning of January we've had three cases of the stomach virus, one cases of the flu and one case of strep.  Plus Mike was convinced he had strep, but no just a bad sore throat.  Currently Carter is running a 103 degree temp and has been sleeping since three in the afternoon.  He will be going to the doctor tomorrow.  I'm just so incredibly thankful that Owen has been spared through all of this.

But onto the cute pictures:

Daddy was away last week in Europe for week.  We got along much better than his last work trip.  All the kiddos missed him desperately and we sent him lots of pictures.

While Mike was busy in Luxemborg and Brussels I got to spend time with this cute guy.  And I wouldn't trade places with him in a heartbeat.  I gave him a mohawk in the bath one night and it dried this way.

Ahh, the life of a fourth child.  Ava gave him a pretty bow and Dawson is...... well I'll let you be the judge.

On Sunday Daddy came home!!  The kids were so excited to see him and I was too!  On Saturday I had a stomach virus and I was so happy he was home for many reasons, but I also needed the healthy set of hands!  We didn't go to church because Dawson had also been vomiting so we all stayed home and enjoyed time together.  The kids wouldn't let Mike out of their sight.  He went up to take a shower and all three kids came looking for him.  We are so happy you are home!

Carter took this video of Owen for me.  He LOVES it when I sing twinkle twinkle little star and do the hand motions.  He really wants to imitate what I'm doing and he will raise his hands above his head when I do the "up above" part.  Love this little guy!   And it goes with out saying I love the big guy behind the camera too.