Monday, January 05, 2015





My sentiments exactly.


Here's Rachel checking to see if her snowball was big enough yet (obviously we hadn't done her hair yet):

Heres's Andrew with one of the big snowballs to go on the bottom:

He was getting hot with all the hard work of pushing that snow around so he took off his shirt:

Here's Rachel lifting the head up:

They made a little baby snowman, too:

And here's an aerial shot from the balcony:

Andrew got a few cute shots of Rachel and Benjamin hugging the snowman...but they're on his phone and I don't want to get them off right now. You'll have to imagine the proud looks on their faces as they stood next to their snowman.

The rest of our day was pretty quiet and normal until Benjamin came to sit on my lap with a fever of who-knows-what. He was as lethargic as could be, so I just sat and held him for the rest of the day. Andrew went out and got some tylenol for him and we just took things pretty easy.

He set off a whole chain of sickness. People were dropping like flies! We'd be fine one minute and then be knocked out with a fever the next. The fever would last for 24 to 36 hours and then we'd feel better...with a few random lingering symptoms.

My mom's dizziness hasn't gone away.
I had the joy of diarrhea.
Benjamin and Reid both got a rash on their hands and feet.
Miriam's fever lasted much longer than everyone else's.
Karen's throat glands are still swollen

It's been the weirdest thing and sure slowed us down! It's taken us all week to have it go through our family, too, because no one was sick at the same time. First Benjamin, then me, then Miriam, then Andrew, then Rachel, then Grandma, then Grandpa. I'm not sure when Naanii got it because she got it after we left her house to share germs with Grandma and Grandpa. It hasn't been fun, but at least most of the symptoms disappear quickly.


  1. Gavin had a slight fever yesterday, but I think he's almost over it now.

    1. Oh, dear! I hope you and Morgan escape unscathed and that Gavin doesn't have any lingering symptoms. If he gets the rash...just know that it itches so he might be miserable. Benjamin picked his to smithereens (still has scabs) and your dad is going CRAZY trying to make the itching stop!

    2. He actually just got the rash :( So far he hasn't been too miserable. He hates fevers more.b