A few things

We've been under the weather at our house.  I thought we just had colds with coughs.  Then Will started complaining about a tummy ache and Eli started having diarrhea and complaining about a headache.  Then I got a rash so I thought, "Uh, oh, maybe we have strep."  I knew the cough generally doesn't come with strep though so I wasn't sure.  I took us all into the doctor (spent over three hours at the doctor yesterday) and none of us have strep thankfully.  Anyway, we've busted out our humidifiers because the weather is so darn dry that the coughing is just lingering.  I slept much better last night with the humidifier right next to me.  The previous night Eli was up all night long in the bathroom, poor kid.  One time I didn't hear him run to the bathroom but then heard this huge banging noise.  It freaked me out and I ran to the bathroom to find him with his little bum in the air and maracas at his feet.  Ingenious way to get my attention, I'd say.  Thankfully, even though we've all been sick and the boys have been home from school for two days, everyone has mostly been in good spirits.

In other news, Eli has been awesome lately.  We have been experimenting.  It's not over so I'll let you know next week if it has anything to do with his behavior or not.

Also, we decided to finish our basement.  I never thought we would do that so it's been a nice surprise.  The men doing the basement promise no longer than three weeks, which is pretty amazing to me.  We are hopefully choosing carpet this weekend and the drywall goes up today.  These guys are fast!  Mike is going to do the trimming and the tile over the bathtub and the floor in the bathroom to keep costs down.  Honestly, this project is going so smoothly that if we had the money, I would always hire someone else to do it.  We discussed refinishing the floors upstairs by ourselves and as we got more into the plans I just got so anxious thinking about the chaos.  I wish I dealt with change better.  We decided to do the basement instead and pay someone to do all the inspection stuff.  I'm excited.  I'll let Mike do the post with the before and after pictures.

And finally, I have some cavities which are getting filled today and Eli has some to get filled tomorrow.  We did some projects today to prepare him for going to the dentist (and some other winter projects also).  You can check them out here.

Hope you are all having a great week.