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The latest production from SquidgetheMovieMaker.
[Here's the transcript, for those of you who are having trouble understanding the words:
Cameron: My mom and dad totally forgot about trash day but I remembered and took the trash out just in time. That's when I knew.
Andrew: I bench 100 ("one hummed") pounds when I was two. That's when I knew.
Ben: I slew the one-armed dreaded wizard when I was only four. That's when I knew.
Jonathan: I won the family March Madness pool and I couldn't even talk. That's when I knew.]
Incidentally, these were inspired by the boys being asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Andrew’s original answer was “a snake,” but he was persuaded to adopt a loftier goal. 
He’s three!!!
Three days old, with big brothers
Eating his presents at his first birthday
Age two
On the seesaw last week, with Ben
Happy birthday, little man! We love you!
You can see more pictures of “AP” at last year’s birthday post.
…for those of you who are sick of hearing about my health.
1. I think American culture reached a new low point when the Jimmy Dean sausage-wrapped-in-a-pancake-on-a-stick was invented.
2. I love my husband because he will call me from his car to tell me what station is playing “Love that Dirty Water,” so that I can dance around the kitchen while making dinner and reminisce about good times in Boston.
3. Trader Joe’s in North Charlotte? The pipes are in the ground. Stay tuned for further updates.
4. Everything I’ve planted in the garden has now poked its head up to say hello, even those carrots…but they don’t look too good. Maybe it’s too hot already?
5. March Madness has been good fun this year. ‘Nough said.
6. Fifteen days until the Sox home opener, am I right? Getting impatient…
I saw my GP this morning and she looked at me with a slightly shocked expression when I told her that I had had strep three times and I’ve never been given amoxicillin. Apparently there is a strain of strep in NC that is resistant to other antibiotics but is susceptible to penicillin. Oooh. So you mean I’ve actually had strep since December and never really gotten rid of it? It would appear that way.
My rapid throat culture came back negative this morning, but they are sending it to the lab to test it further, to see if I do have some lingering bacteria that is of the resistant strain. My doctor also gave me a prescription for amox to use if a) the long-term culture comes back positive or b) I start showing symptoms again. I have no fever today, no sore throat, no body aches, and I am feeling fine. She asked me not to use the prescription immediately since I have been on antibiotics so much over the last few months, and I agree! Repeated courses of antibiotics can make a person susceptible to other things like digestive problems and yeast infections.
Things learned:
- it is better to see my GP instead of an urgent care doc if I can help it
- I need to take better care of myself
- Tylenol with Codeine makes me dizzy
- A fruit smoothie from Jackson’s Java brought to me by my husband is just about the best medicine imaginable
Things to be thankful for:
- That if, in fact, I have been infected with this since December, I have not developed other things related to strep infections, like rheumatic fever (a disease affecting the joints and heart) or kidney complications
- Attentive doctors who listen
- All the nurses who complimented my children’s behavior this morning while they were all in the tiny exam room with me
- Friends and family who pray for me
- None of the kids have been infected! Amazing!
Meanwhile, you can pray for my friend Nicole who is the latest victim of strep! She is on amoxicillin so we pray that she will soon be back to normal
I hit the supplements hard yesterday (garlic, Vitamin C, and echinacea) and I gargled with salt water frequently. I also made a point to get more than eight hours of sleep last night. Today I am feeling better, but I am going to go ahead in to my appointment anyway. I wouldn’t mind talking with my doctor about what’s been going on and hear her thoughts about it. Maybe I will go ahead and get a strep test, too, to see if I still have some lingering in there.
Thanks for praying, everyone.
Well, the dust has cleared after weekend #2 and Nicole is sitting pretty atop the “Keller Madness 2007″ March Madness challenge, with Michelle right on her heels. Way to go, ladies! You have represented our gender well!!
Our weekend was a busy one with a bridal shower for our friend Wendy here on Saturday and a pizza social Saturday night. I love it when our house is full.
I finished my last round of antibiotics on Wednesday night of last week. Today, though, I am feeling like my throat is sore AGAIN. I have already made an appointment with my doctor (up until this point, it’s always been urgent care that has diagnosed me) for tomorrow morning. I think the repeated (short) courses of antibiotics have left me with little defense left and have failed to kill the strep. From what I’ve read, I may look forward to a more aggressive, ten-day course of augmentin or something similar, along with all the supplements I can think of to build my immunities back up. I am not concerned about being contagious anymore…I think I am just a weakling. The rest of the family has been fine. Please pray that this stops happening!
Here are some recent pictures…
We’ve entitled this one, “Maybe no one will notice”.
Haircut day
In honor of March Madness we have this huge setup on our couch occasionally. The boys dreamt it up.
Well, for months now, the Trader Joe’s location near us has looked like this:
Yup, that’s it. A big ol’ dirt pile with a sign…mocking me…making me feel like my dream is just out of reach…
Well, two weeks ago, the dirt started MOVING! There were real trucks and the dirt is now…FLAT. And I saw a surveyor. AND the Trader Joe’s website now has the Charlotte location listed in their “Coming Soon” column.
And the fact that I’m trying to get back to eating healthy makes it so much more desirable!!
C’mon, TJ’s!!! Get here now!!!
for your prayers. They were most wonderfully answered by a full night’s rest, completely uninterrupted. I really needed it and Jonathan needed it, too. He and Cameron are coming down with monster colds right now.
