Sunshine, Birthdays...and a Stomach Virus

We had a WONDERFUL weekend last weekend enjoying the nice weather. It didn't feel like February at all. On Saturday morning, Abigail and Ansley were able to enjoy spending time in their play house, and then we went to the park. After nap time, we went to Lauren's birthday party at a dance studio. All of the little ones got to dress up in all of the beautiful dance clothes and dance around in front of the mirrors. Of course, once they figured out that they could change outfits, they would wear one for a while and change into something else. They had a BLAST!

On Sunday after church, we went to Papa's house to celebrate his 85th birthday. Almost the whole family was able to be there, and we enjoyed the yummy Italian foods and our time together. On the way home, Aunt Jennifer helped us decide that Daddy was dehydrated and needed to get some fluids. After taking her advice, since she is a nurse practitioner, we dropped the girls off at her house and headed to Centennial. About 5 hours, lots of tests, drugs, and 2L of fluid later, we were on our way home. (Thank you to Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Matthew for watching the girls while we were at the hospital and Nana and Papa Bear for letting them spend the night to stay away from Daddy!) Turns out Daddy picked up a stomach virus that can last up to 7-10 days with an incubation period of that long also. (We thought it was food poisoning at first, but we were obviously wrong.) He probably came in contact with it last week. He wasn't contagious until he started having symptoms so us girls are praying real hard that he didn't share the germs with us. We'll know within the next week or so! We are now on day 5 and Daddy still feels awful. He has minimal contact with us so we are ready for him to get better soon!

Having a snack in the playhouse on Saturday

Fun at the park

Abigail's face in this picture made me laugh

On the way to Lauren's party, we heard the girls laughing and we looked back and they were taking turns praying (Side note: Their prayers are SO precious these days. They pray for anyone they can think of at the time and anything that is in sight. They have also been praying special prayers for Braeden's Mommy, Mrs. Nancy.)

Abigail - Ansley

Playing dress up at Lauren's party

Abigail - Ansley

This was Ansley's "fishy" dance. It was so funny. Of course, they would also stand in front of the mirror and "Back that fing up" while the other girls were doing more ballerina-ish dancing. Not one of our proudest moments, but it was entertaining.

They loved all of the mirrors. They would look at themselves and march around and dance. They especially loved looking in the mirrors when standing together. It's strange that they have never really been entertained by mirrors unless they are together. I wonder if it's because it's like they are just looking at their sister when there's just one standing there at a time?

Ansley kept wanting to eat cake. I told her that she couldn't have cake until Lauren finished eating her food because it was her birthday. Evidently Lauren wasn't eating fast enough, Ansley went up to her, watched her for a minute, grabbed Lauren's drink, handed it to Lauren, and told her to "drink it!"

When we were getting the girls ready for bed, I took their hair out of the braids, and they thought it looked so funny with the waves in it.

Abigail being silly

Papa's party was lots of fun too! Everyone got to play outside because it was so nice, but when it was time for cake, the little ones sat very patiently by the table. (This the great grandchildren with Papa, minus Lane and Silas)

The girls and Jolee enjoyed feeding the horses with the help of Daddy, Uncle Matthew, and Daniel.

Sitting with Daddy

Rocking on the front porch...or "Row, Row, Rowing" as the girls call it