A LONG Week!

Last week we took the kids for a eye appointment. None of them had ever been to the eye doctors but since I had a lazy eye as a kid, our pediatrition wanted them to all have a routine visit. Thankfully none of them inherited my lazy eye problem and they all could see well, but the eye doctor did mention that Lydi's optic nerve appeared swollen. He said even though it could be a sign of a serious problem, because there were no other symptoms it was probably just how hers were. He had us comeback to recheck them in a week.
Monday Kellen woke up with a fever and because of his ear infection issues a few months ago, we decided to bring him in for a dr appointment Tuesday just to check his ears. His appointment ended up being at the same time as Lydi's follow up so Gregg and the boys went to one dr while Lydi and I headed to the other. Kelly ended up being fine (or so they said) but the eye doctor said he couldn't get a good enough look at Lydi's optic nerve so he recommended a pediatric opthomologist in Missoula and they even though they are normally a couple months out they had a cancellation that afternoon. Since it was a couple hour drive and Gregg didn't have to work until the next afternoon, we decided to make a night out of it and stay in a hotel, go out to dinner and swim. The appointment went well and the dr felt that it was probably her "normal". They will monitor it over the next few months but it should be no big deal. That night after a fun dinner and swim we were getting the kids ready for bed and Kellen's fever had spiked again and he was coughing a little. Lydi woke up an hour or two later and she had a fever and weird breathing as well. The night went downhill from there. No one got much sleep and there was a time in the middle of the night where we actually considered just driving home. Over the next few days all three of them had fevers all day and all night long and the coughing got progressively worse. They all had a brutal croup virus and finally tonight 6 days later they are recovering. Payton still has a hoarse voice and they all are still coughing but nothing like the past few nights. Glad we are almost done with it!

Here are a few sicky pictures and the rest are from today enjoying the new snow. I can't believe its the middle of January and we are just getting a little snow!