Please let this week be calm

We had a bit of a stressful week last week.

Ben came down with a fever on Monday morning (=mommy stays home from work) which escalated into a REALLY high fever on Tuesday (=mommy stays home from work AND gets to take baby to the doctor). Come to find out that he has another ear infection, this makes #4.

My grandmother passed away on Tuesday morning. She had been battling breast cancer and the resulting health problems for a very long time. She gave a good fight, but she knew that it was her time to go and everyone was able to say their goodbyes to her before she went to sleep for the last time.

So, Grandma Charlene made the trek into the city for babysitting duty on Wednesday. I bought plane tickets to Seattle for Thursday night.

We felt Ben was doing better on Thursday morning, the fever was gone and he was acting normally. So off to daycare he went.

I left for the airport in the afternoon from work and Todd was picking him up that evening to begin his daddy & Ben time while mommy was away. When Todd picked him up he noticed pretty serious looking rash covering his torso. As you can see, Ben wasn't really phased by it, but it looked bad.

When I called from the airport we decided a call to the doc was in order. While Todd was waiting for the doc to call back Ben slipped off the couch and split his lip, not badly but enough for there to be blood. Poor Todd. I'm so sorry I wasn't there to help out. OK maybe I am glad I wasn't there. I'm not sure.

The doctor calls back and says that the rash is a common side effect of the antibiotic that he is on and that it will go away on its own. However, because we can't send him to daycare with a rash....Grandma Charlene to the rescue! She kindly came out and watched the little "blond tornado" on Friday.

Dad and Ben made it through the weekend until I came home on Sunday (with some help from some friends dropping by with dinner and some extra distractions for Ben)

So we made it through it all, with only a few bumps and bruises. Ben's were more physical than my own emotional ones. And Todd, he got hit with both.

Help us hope that this week will be less eventful!

Pics from this week!

Let's give this a shot

I am taking a clue from some other friends who have recently had kids and have far away family. I think maybe a family blog might be in order for us too.

Nothing too special, but an easy way for me to communicate with all of our 'peeps and share some pictures.

I always feel guilty forcing myself and our family on people who really don't care to see endless pictures, hear about Ben's recent cold, or how darn cute he is in his new Keen sandals.

However there are several people who tell me that they DO want to hear about this stuff. This will give everyone the opportunity to tune in when they want, and tune out when they don't!

So here we go....the Whitehead Family Blog. Let's see how this works!