The Steward/Harvey Household: sick babies, the airshow, and a PROMOTION!!

Our house needs to be quarantined! First Rowen was sick with an ear infection and croup. ;( Now, Addy has a nasty cold that i'm PRAYING doesn't turn into croup... we're keeping a close eye on it. And Chris is showing symptoms as well. ;( There is so much coughing and snot... I know the germs are everywhere! The amount of OTC medicine being given in this house is crazy! And there is definitely a lack of sleep for all of us as well. Addy was up for a few hours last night. Just crying inconsolably. A couple days ago she had a 24hr "fever bug" that freaked me out, peaking at 102.5. Now she has a nasty cough and a runny nose. I made an appt for her tomorrow morning. Hopefully they can get her some steroids to kick the croup before it really sets in. Rowen is feeling much better. He's down to just the amoxicillin for his ear infections, I meant infections as in two of them. When we went to the ER they looked at both ears and claimed that his right ear was infected and his left ear was clear. When we went in this morning for his follow-up, his right ear has cleared up some but now his left ear is infected..? Can someone please tell me how a child gains an infection while being on antibiotics for a week? The doctor was pretty impressed by that. They told us to just continue the antibiotics for another week as originally planned and they set us up with a referral to see an ENT specialist to see about getting those tubes replaced. I really hope they can get us in before Rowen's trip to Colorado for Thanksgiving. The trip on the airplane and staying in the cabin in the mountains with the huge change in pressure is going to do nasty things to that child if we don't get those tubes back in. ;(

In happier news...

Jackson had his two week check-up today. He is 9lbs 13oz and 23 1/4 inches long! He's in the 89% for weight, 99% in length, and 93% for head circumference. Which is 15 inches, same as what it was a birth.

I cannot believe how tall he got in just two weeks! Exactly two inches in two weeks?!?! I knew he grew quite a bit as he outgrew his newborn outfits overnight... but i didn't think he grew that much. The nurse was impressed, he checked his length 3 times to be certain. My baby is going to be taller than me by the time he's 5! But other than a little jaundice still lingering behind, Jackson is doing well and is extremely healthy ;) I'm praying he doesn't catch what his siblings have but i'm confident with all the nursing and vitamins we're both taking, neither of us will catch it. ;)

Some more happy news...

Christopher got promoted! He made Senior Airman BTZ! This is HUGE for us! Chris has been talking about this since tech school last year when we lived in Mississippi. This basically jump started his career and put him ahead. He gets another stripe on his uniform, which I think he is most happy about. ;) He also gets a pay raise and come next April, he'll be able to test for Staff Sgt, which is another promotion. If he had not gotten this promotion, he wouldn't be able to test for Staff Sgt until this time next year... I think... Don't quote me on that.

I know I talk about how Chris is a natural at this weather business, almost like a second language... But he worked very hard for this promotion. He studied hard and he practiced his speech to the board over and over the night before the review. He was pretty nervous when doing the speech in front of me, but I knew he'd do just fine in front of the board. AND HE DID! I couldn't be more proud of him! He's extremely smart and hard working and deserves this promotion more than anyone. <3

Here are a few pictures that I've taken over the last week. ;)