a visit from the tooth fairy

Dario lost his first baby tooth yesterday, with help from daddy who pulled it, because a new tooth was already growing in behind the old one. Dario was excited to put his tooth under his pillow so he could get money from the tooth fairy. He asked me if the tooth fairy liked his tooth would she bring him lots of money.

feeling better

After a miserable week, Laila is finally feeling better. This was the first time any of my babies have had RSV and I hope it's the last. The whole week she had a horrible cough, had trouble breathing and ran a fever. The other three kids were also sick with the same symptoms. Dario also had a stomach virus and missed two days of school. I felt like I was running a hospital last week! Luckily, the only thing Brian and I caught was a runny nose.

laila'a blessing

On Sunday Laila was blessed at church. We had lots of family come from both sides of our family. After church we had a big dinner with everyone. Thank you to everyone who participated in Laila's special day!

RSV

On Sunday Laila had a little cough, during the night it got worse and she developed a fever. The next day we took her to the doctor and found out she has RSV. She has to do breathing treatments through out the day for about a week. Luckily she just sits there and lets us hold the mask over her nose. Sometimes it's no fun being the fourth child! You get to catch all the diseases that your older siblings bring home when they kiss and slobber all over you.

beautiful day

Yesterday was another beautiful, sunny day. We took full advantage of the nice weather and had a picnic outside and played hopscotch. Unfortunately, today it is gray and rainy and soon to be cold.

9 weeks

I used to have to try really hard to get a smile out of Laila, but just within the past couple of weeks she has been giving us lots of smiles. There is nothing better than when a baby smiles at you!