Quarantine

The past few days Peyton and Jax have been sick. It's no fun and I feel soo bad for them. They seem to be getting semi-better though and hopefully by tomorrow they will be well enough to venture out. We usually like the days that we stay home and go nowhere, but the weather has been soo nice and here we are dreaming of things we could be doing if they weren't sick. Peyton's had a pretty high fever, but seems to be doing better and her energy is starting to return. Jax is warm, but hasn't had a very high fever yet. I'm hoping he doesn't get worse. His nose is constantly running. So far to keep us entertained we have colored, played blocks, painted our toes, watched videos, played with play dough, taken naps and watched numerous cartoons, some two or three times. (This is where I get to play on my blog) It's funny because the other day as our mini vacation to Tahoe was coming to an end I told Derek that I was ready to come home and be a mom again. Taking care of these sickies isn't exactly what I meant, but I definitely feel my motherly role coming into play. Be careful what you ask for I guess. We're even missing my mom's birthday dinner tonight. I thought "oh well, at least Derek will be home all day", but nope. He got called to work. I feel like this post has been pretty negative which doesn't match the rest of my blog at all. So, here's a few things we've been up to when we're not covered in germs....

These pictures were taken the morning we went to church to hear my brother Brad's homecoming talk. The kids were soo good and he gave a great talk. It's very fun to see my kids interact with him. Peyton says what little words she knows in Spanish to him which is pretty cool. Jax warmed up to him really quick too.

  Things like this happen at our house every day. They usually start from something small like me giving Jax a bath. I'm bathing my baby in the sink and before you know it my toddler's in too. Funny how something soo small can totally make her whole day. It really did! She loved it. All she did is sit there and get splashed by her brother, who by the way is a natural splasher, and she didn't want to get out for at least 30 minutes or so. It's moments like these that make me soo greatful to be a stay at home mom. I realize that if I worked now, like I did when Peyton was Jax's age, I would miss soo much. Instead of being able to play with them and do all these things that they want to do I'd be rushed to be somewhere I wouldn't want to be. I keep wondering when I'm going to run out of ways to explain on here how happy my kids make me and then I won't have anything more to write, but it just keeps coming so I'll just keep blogging untill I have to start repeating the things I've already said and hopefully by then you would've forgotten that I have already said them! :)

Did I mention...

Jax is almost crawling!?! He now knows how to scoot himself backwards, pull himself onto his hands and knees, and crawl sideways. Yeah, sideways. It's funny when he does that. It's like a side step, but even more awkward. Every day he gets better and better at holding himself up there and pretty soon he'll be all over! Help! :) Peyton is fully potty trained now! She's even wearing big girl panties to bed and hasn't had an accident yet! I'm soo soo proud of her! Derek and I are talking about taking the kids to Fort Bragg next month when he's scheduled for a week of vacation. I'm pretty excited to show Jax the ocean for the first time, even if he doesn't have a clue what it is. I can't wait to take them, but for now, it's back to reality being in Quarantine!