Easter

I am finally getting around to posting Easter pictures. It has been a crazy couple of weeks! Here is one of our favorite traditions - dying eggs. Even Matt got into this year. The older the kids get, the pretty the eggs get. This year our dye had brown, which we found odd, but Jared made several football eggs with that. Unfortunately Kendall's Easter was not so pleasant. She did not feel up to doing eggs or anything.
Friday afternoon, she had been out playing and came in complaining of an upset stomach. Within a short time she was throwing up. Between 4:30 and 10:30, she probably threw up 10 times. I finally took her to the emergency room. They got us right in and after asking some questions, gave her a pill to relieve the nausea, which she immediately threw up. They decided she had a UTI and immediately put her on an IV with antibiotics and more anti-nausea medicine. We finally headed home about 2 a.m. She was worn out and just plain weak. The next day she was still not feeling so well and was afraid to eat anything for fear of throwing up. This presented a problem since she needed to take these gigantic antibiotic pills. Finally by Sunday night, she was feeling a little better and begging to go to school the next day. (Yes, you heard me right - begging to go to school. She loves it.) By Monday morning, she had a horrible croup-y cough, so school was out of the question. We went back to the doctor, but by then it had turned into more of a cold. The good news is, they took her off the ridiculously large medication. Whatever happened to suspension liquids??? Once that has worked through her body, they are going to run a couple of tests, but so far everything has been just peachy.

On top of all that, she got her appliance. She has a teeny tiny little mouth and no room for any new teeth coming in. She has been a pro with that though. I can't believe how responsible she is and how willing she is to do what she is supposed to. It doesn't hurt either that her dentist/ortho is her Uncle Brad that gives her hugs and kisses and special attention when she comes in for visits. How did we get so lucky??