We are surviving!

i don't know how any germs are alive in this house with the massive amounts of lysol that has been sprayed around here!! almost every surface, toy and wearable item has been bleached, washed in hot water or sprayed down. with the exception of a little clutter, our house is super-clean. the grandmothers came in for a visit too. while one grandma had kid duty, the other either cleaned or did our massive amounts of laundry. we could not have gotten through the last days without their help. a nice lady from church also delivered us some homemade chicken and dumplings! yummy!! after almost a week of doing it on our own, it was nice to have some help.

elliot stayed in baby jail -- A LOT!!

emily and i are well now, and ethan is on his way. elliot and dan managed to escape the virus -- yea! elliot and i are sick though; we are suffering with some kind of upper respiratory thingy. if it's not one thing, i guess it's another. but we are all glad the stomach thing is almost OVER!

ethan, chilling out watching monsters inc. for the 10th time that day.

during all of this, we had the kitchen textured and painted. it was an experience. we found someone on craigslist who did the texture work for us, and dan and the kids painted the kitchen.

actual quote from ethan -- look mom, i'm painting the time-out corner!!

i also found time to sew a little! the unborn baby blake needed to spit up with style! :)

hopefully we can get back to our normal soon. the kids will be out of MDO this week, so i'm sure next week they'll be ready to have things normal again. thanks for the prayers!