….even the Joe Gibbs’ autographed football wears a tiara!  Poor Dave, the football is the only non-girly item in the whole house and now it is wearing a furry, sparkly tiara!

Carmen update: Carmen seems to be doing fairly well. She hasn’t had a fever since Wednesday. We reduced both her calories and her fluid intake and she is looking less puffy. She still has chronic diarrhea. I think I’ll stop updating about that and just let you know if she ever stops having diarrhea!

Have a wonderful Friday!

Carmen update: Carmen has a fever today and is drooling lots of yellow mucus. I am baffled as to why Carmen gets sick in the summer but stays mostly well in the winter! Maybe she secretly doesn’t like the pool?!

Yesterday we had another thunderstorm. I don’t remember June having so much rain and huge lightning storms. The forecast calls for more thunderstorms today, tomorrow and Friday. I do love rain but WOW! The huge positive is that rain here cools everything down. I am so not ready for hot, hot,  hot!

Lauren wanted me to hurry and take this picture. She was afraid I was going to get wet!

Ever have days that just don’t go right?

Most things went right yesterday but then I took Lauren and Carmen to Lauren’s last soccer practice. I walked across the field, carrying Carmen, to the moms waiting on the other side in the shade. (Normally I would put Carmen in her stroller but we had the Kid Kart in the van and I cannot pick up that thing.) When I got to the shade, my friend Karen ran over with the adapter to Carmen’s g-tube extension. It had popped off as I carried Carmen across the field. All of Carmen’s stomach contents were now soaking through my shirt. And just so you know, stomach contents that come out of a g-tube look and smell just like ones that come out of the mouth! So, then we sat in the 90 degree heat with stinky and slimy stuff all over us. There were little gnats flying all around. I think we attracted even more of them. Lovely.

Before the stomach contents adventure, we were home and I decided to try on my swimsuit to see if it still fits. It is a black and white tankini top and a black skirt bottom. I was thinking to myself that I was rather pleased with how it fits when Lauren walked in the bathroom. She says, “Wow, Mom! You look like a zebra!” Thanks. That was definitely the look I was going for! On the bright side, at least she didn’t think I looked like a hippo!

Anybody else have unfortunate events lately???!!!

This morning Rashmi took pictures of our family. We are so excited! For a sneak peek, click here to visit Rashmi’s site.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Rashmi!