Weekly Update 1/27/2013

Hi.  We're back.  The funk finally caught up with us and poor little G got it this time. Two weeks ago we took her to the doctor and discovered that she had a double ear infection and gunk in her chest.  We were concerned about the flu because it's so bad this year but it turns out she had the same cold that Wade and I had been struggling with for almost a month.  She was given antibiotics and ear drops but we had no luck getting either one of them down.  She seems much better now though.  Then poor Henry picked up a stomach bug on Friday.  He was supposed to go to KC with his Grandpa Benda to visit his cousin Campbell, but instead he was home, staying close to the bathroom.  He also seems to be feeling much better now.  It wasn't easy to find activities to keep Georgia busy while she wasn't feeling well, but the girl LOVES taking baths.  So we did a lot of that.

And we watched a lot of Yo-Gabba-Gabba, which seems to be the only show Georgia likes to watch besides KU basketball.

The sun was out yesterday and it was super warm, so while the boys relaxed, Georgia and I played with her lady bug and I snapped a few photos.  I trying to work on taking just every day photos. 

In the afternoon we headed out to lunch at First Watch with the Benda's.  Henry and Grandpa Benda played tic tac toe and giggled and acted silly while I tried to keep Georgia busy.  Georgia ate turkey burger, cheese sandwich, watermelon and strawberries.  This is a ton of food for her.While we were eating it occurred to me that it's not that Georgia doesn't like solid food, it's just that she prefers milk and she will not eat when she's not hungry.  So, if I catch her with solid food before we nurse, she'll actually eat quite well. Yesterday afternoon the boys played Wii and organized the study while I cleaned the car, went to the store and then made dinner for our friends that just had their 4th child.  I made cookies which are already gone this morning, but in my defense, we gave over half of them away.  I'm being told now that I need to make another batch.  :)
This was Wade's first week working from home.  He had a meeting in Wamego on Thursday but the rest of the week he was home designing, cleaning up the study, and staying in his pajamas.  He is much happier with this job change.  Things at my work are not so great.  They laid off 5 people this week, employees that had been there for over a decade.  We have been considering our options and planning for what we would do if something like that happens to me. A scary thought.  To be safe I've been registering to win the HGTV dream home everyday and I'm pretty sure we're going to win.  Charleston here we come! But in all seriousness, now that Wade is on a better path with his career I think it's time for me to really focus on what I want to do.  I thought finishing my degree would provide options for me or at the very least some security at my current job.  Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case. What to do now????
We don't have much planned for the next few weeks.  The weather right now is in the 60's so it's time for us to get outside and clean out our garden beds and start planning what I'm going to plant in March.  I'm thinking broccoli, salad greens, cauliflower, strawberries, raspberries, potatoes and tomatoes. 
Well I'm off to bake some cookies before Georgia wakes up from her nap.