What a week!!!

We have had quite the week this past week! It began about two Saturday's ago when Isaac became really sick. I know again with being sick, I tell ya! So we thought that we would wait it out but his fever wouldn't break! Not even with Tylenol and Motrin being used as a tag team every four hours! It was at 104.0 so Lim ended up taking him in to the ER. We figured it was strep. The test came back neg, but the Dr. said that it was the quick test and it is only 85 percent correct so since Isaac had puss pockets on the back of his throat he was given antibiotics. Anyway that was the start after Isaac was sick a couple of days later Alma started showing the same signs. It starts with a very bad headach maybe even a migraine, then the high fever that doesn't like to break and a very sore throat. Poor guys. Alma drank after Isaac same with Malachi. So of course when Alma and Isaac were almost done Malachi starts showing the same signs. We have had so many antibiotics in this house I tell ya. So I thought okay well we must be almost over this hopefully and I can give my house some TLC. I am amazed on how quickly the laundry adds up, and how fast the house can be messy! I was starting to feel like I was catching it so I had to rest a lot. Well Malachi was starting to show that he was feeling better and we had an appointment to go to. So we were off, went to our appointment, picked up Katelynn ( I watch her) from school and then went to the auto store because Oh yes our car almost broke down on us but with having good friends who know about cars and willing to lend a helping hand we have been working on our car and fixing it. Thank goodness!!! Anyway so we headed back home and as we walked in to our home it wreaked of gas and like something was on fire! So we searched our home trying to see if anything was on fire. We couldn't find anything! During this time the children are taking off their shoes which we told them NOT to do and was making themselves comfortable! I came downstairs and Isaac is like look Mom I took off my shoes can we watch this movie? I said NO we need to get out of here!!!! So I put his shoes on and had to pick Malachi up from laying on the stairs and was able to get all the kids out of the house and into the car. I parked the car across the parking lot and was waiting for Lim to come out of the house. He was trying to pick up some laundry that was in the hallway and such so the house didn't look too messy before we called the military police. I know silly of us. He came out only a couple of minutes after being in there feeling dizzy. So the Fire Department ended up coming like three trucks and the Fire Chief came as well! They searched but couldn't find anything either so they called up our housing people and asked for a technician to come. I have never seen them come so quick before!!! The first thing that he checked was our heater. Sure enough it was our heater. The capacitor stopped working, but the fan kept on going and was working over time. It ended up cracking the capacitor and was burning it and the wires! There wasn't any flames. The capacitor is made of plastic. Anyway it was good that we came home when we did because our heater and water heater which is right by eachother in the middle of our house, go off of gas not electric. Anyway it was crazy! So if we wouldn't have been home our house would have been gone! Crazy! So we are counting our blessings to say the least. Our good friend Jessica called to see if everything was okay since there was so many fire trucks by our house. She offered to have the boys to her house even though they were sick! What a life saver! So by the time I came home from dropping off the boys everyone was gone. I couldn't believe how fast they all left! I didn't even get to talk to the technician! He discovered the problem changed the capacitor and left during the time it took me to walk the boys up the street! Anyway the vapors were so strong we had to get into lodging for the night to air out our house. The next day it was almost clear. The upstairs was but I had to air out the downstairs all day. The boys and I all stayed upstairs. Anyway we are all safe and secure now and everything is back to normal now. I yes I have finally been able to show my house some TLC since all the boys are all better now. Malachi was such a trooper during the whole fire thing. His fever started spiking to 104.0 degrees. Poor guy! What a week!

Update

There has been lots going on here. I just haven't had time to post anything. A couple of weeks ago we had a scare. I started spotting on a Friday and it continued until Tuesday/Wednesday. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and my doctor who is also my friend Kristina checked me out and said that everything was good, then we went to the ultrasound and they said that baby was doing well and we were able to see the baby! The babies heartbeat was beating as fast as it was supposed to be so that was good. Then we went to labs and everything was fine there too. Kristina thinks that I broke a blood vessel in my cervix as I was doing the hula. I was going to do be doing two hula dances but I started spotting the day before the actual event. I know my body hasn't moved like that in years and to say the least it wasn't ready for me to start up again. hahahaha so can't do the hula until after the baby is born and just going to be sticking to walking for my exercise, besides chasing after my three boys. Malachi is loving school. He is learning subtraction right now. They just finished addition. Isaac loves being apart of the Parents as teachers program. Alma does too. When Alma is three he will have Mrs. Rachel just as Isaac has and then that means on Mondays two hours of free time for me! : ) So excited. The boys are growing like crazy. Lim is in the first phase of BNOC. It is a class that has to be taken for Staff SGT's. We are looking into doing the green to gold it is a very slight chance but we are praying that it will work. If it is what the Lord wants for us to do then that means Lim will be going to school for a couple of years and not deploying for a while!!! How great would that be!!! We aren't for sure right now. We still have some things we are figuring out and will know more once he is done with the first phase of BNOC. Well I think that is everything. Oh my last doctors appointment.... we tried hearing the babies heartbeat but baby was hiding! We are thinking behind the placenta, which sounded great. So everything is good. Baby just keeps growing and the boys are really excited. Alma and Isaac both pretend that they are babies. Alma will say that Isaac is his baby. Which I find so funny. Isaac will totally go along with it. Cracks me up. This pregnancy has been really fun. The boys are so aware of me and the baby and ask questions all the time. I showed them a real picture of what the baby looks like at 12 weeks and they looked at me with shock in their faces and said that is what the baby looks like. I answered yes that is what you looked like too when Mommy was that far along with you. Then we said how the baby takes a long time to grow and develop. Malachi likes to say it is taking a really long time Mom. I said yes and we aren't even close to baby coming so we just need to wait. I keep showing them pictures and tell them different things and the boys love it. That is all that I can think of right now. I need to check my camera and see if there is any pictures to post. We have all been sick with the stomach flu and what not so we have been recovering from all of that fun stuff. Life is good though. : ) I did post pictures of Isaac's fourth birthday! It was fun. We had our friends the Wellman's over and the Diaz's as well. We had a great time. Check out the pics. : )

Lots of fun!!!

We went to our friends house the Jones last night and it was lots of fun. We had to dress up in Super hero Characters. We did a murder mystery over at their house. It was funny to see how everyone dressed up! We had lots of laughs. Lim and I were the jesters. I totally was drawing blanks as I was supposed to tell jokes to others. I can do really silly things but it has been a long time since I have told jokes. I was going to print up some so Lim and I could use them but totally ran out of time yesterday and forgot. It was still fun. Susie and Max took lots of pictures. I will ask her for copies so I can post them! This was our first time doing a murder mystery and it was fun. Lim was impressed with how well everyone stayed in character. It was a really fun night and it was great to be able to spend the night with my hubby! The boys had a blast playing with swords and jumping on the trampoline and playing the Wii. It was great! I wish I had a picture to share. Lim was a great sport too. We had to stop by the store to pick up some drinks and Lim went in fully dressed as his character. Well he took off the capes, but still went in. What a great sport!