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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Prayer request *updated

well, we've had some pretty interesting times around here lately. and really, when i say interesting, i mean hellish.

emily woke up with a stomach virus friday night (i guess sat. morning) at 4. she vomited up almost every 30 minutes, so dan called the pediatrician and got her in at 9:20. she vomited up in the car right before we got there. yuck. thank goodness i had an old mcdonald's bag!

she got a prescription, but continued to vomit. sunday night she started having signs of dehydration, so i took her to the ER. while we were waiting for her to be seen, i began vomiting. nice. dan came and relieved me. he spent the night in the hospital with emily, i spent the night in the bathroom.

emily got an iv, and was put on fluids until 5 pm monday. she came home in great spirits. she was a little sad she did not get to play with the other sick kids like curious george did when he went to the hospital.

dan stayed home yesterday so i could get better. i got worse. emily got a little better. by 11:30 last night, ethan was vomiting, emily too, and so was i!! good news though; ethan is asleep now and has not vomited since around 3:30 this morning. he does have some stomach issues though. the doctor told dan when emily was in the hospital that stomach issues meant you were on the other side of the virus. i hope so.

pray for us. please pray elliot does not come down with it. we are doing all we can to keep him away from me and ethan. dan is healthy right now. please pray he continues to stay well. we have family coming in this weekend because elliot is (finally!) being dedicated, so if dan can just stay well until friday we will have reinforcements!

thanks!

**update -- ethan is on his way to the peditrician's office, his symptoms are much worse. please pray he does not have to be admitted to the hospital!

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

This may be the most random thing I've ever posted...

i've always thought people look a little funny upside down. stare into his eyes...he looks a little evil! :)

Monday, January 22, 2007

Reasons why I have not posted in a while

we are taking the hideous wallpaper down in the kitchen, and it's not going well...

we've been playing outside a lot (well, not this week..)

baby reagan needed another bag...

i've been trying to stop elliot from crawling up the stairs...
daddys who hunt don't carry pink bags...

more of the tacky wallpaper...

kilee needed a bib...

i made my knock-off hooter hider. and, no, girls, i did not call it the offensive name we talked about at amy's shower. it's called a "cutesy cover"....
ms. sarah needed a bag...

ms. tarrah needed a bag...

a hicks pirate needed a bag...

so, as you can see, i've been busy! :)

Monday, January 08, 2007

Post Holiday Post

well, we had a great holiday season. family came to see us, we went to see family. emily's obsession with ariel was fed, along with ethan's obsession with music. elliot enjoyed having toys that were purchased especially for him (stinks to be the third child, having hand-me-down toys all the time!) :) we made dan's aunt carla's Christmas cookies 3 times, and had the mcneal traditional Christmas Eve gumbo twice. we saw friends we have not seen in years, and met new ones.

took lots of pictures, and made lots of good memories.

mae mae, emily and elliot after Christmas Eve services

ethan frosting aunt carla's Christmas cookies

elliot on Christmas morning

the mcneal boy cousins

elliot, davis, ethan, emily and lane

Christmas 2006 Pictures -- reasons why we did not send one out this year...

these were the best...need i say more?
so, the mcneals hope you had a great Christmas!! maybe next year we can get a card out! :)