The FLU!

That nasty flu bug has been visiting our house! We took Brayton in to Doctors Care Thursday night because he was running a fever and not acting himself. We pretty much knew to be on the look out because cousin Chase had it, and well....you know how it is when the family gets together :-) We thought little Chase just had an ear infection, but...we were wrong!

We were surprised, however, when the doctor came in and told us Brayton was the "first case of positive H1N1 AND seasonal flu, and first case of seasonal flu this season." I think she scared him to death, bless his heart, he just started crying when she said that! And Frank tried to be a smart butt by asking, "are we gonna be on the news?!" I can't bring him anywhere! (He was only KIDDING, by the way!)

Anyway, Brayton is doing much better. He just doesn't have much of an appetite. That Tamiflu is a miracle drug! We were told to keep him out of school all week, so I am enjoying him being home with me. I'm giving him all kinds of love and attention. I really miss him being home all day with us...I could get a little sad about it (until he starts driving me crazy and being super hyper, then I'm ready to send him back to school, ha! ha). On Friday, I had Frank and Brayton home all day!

We also had our parent/teacher conference on Friday. I won't go into all the details, but I will say....we couldn't be PROUDER! She told us Brayton was her model student. They are keeping him challenged, but in a nut shell...he already knows what he needs to know for Kindergarten! There is a new test that they just came out with (BenchMark?) and he will hopefully be tested in December for that. He is all in to writing his own books right now. It's too cute. He wrote a book and brought it in to show his teacher and she ended up reading it to the class. I've been saving all this stuff, but I tell you...it gets out of control after a while!

Brinlee is as funny and adorable as ever. She is talking more and more everyday. She is obsessed with "dogs" and "babies". When she's ready to go night-night she starts waving to her Daddy and Bubby. Her little appetite is really picking up, too. She's been picking up where Brayton has left off. She luckily, did NOT have the flu. At least, as far as we know. She wasn't showing any symptoms and I didn't have her tested. They did give us all Tamiflu, so if she had it, we didn't know....thankfully! Her hair is really growing fast, too! I'm wondering when I should cut it. Seems like once you get their hair cut they really lose the baby look. I want to keep the baby look!

And, one more thing....HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAVEN ANN! Today my precious little niece is 2 years old. I witnessed her birth and it was the most AMAZING thing ever. I can't believe it has been 2 years! I feel so sad that we missed her "Dora" party, but we didn't want to get anyone else sick!

OK, this post was supposed to be short and sweet...that NEVER happens. I always have too much to say :-)