Happy 4th Birthday to our little princess Hadley.  She was so excited to get Baby Alive (now she can change it's dirty diaper and she is excited about this????)  I am sure that will not last long!!  And she also got her very own princess bike with training wheels.  She was already riding it around the house and has totally figured out the brakes.  I am sure I will be wiping up tread marks on my hardwood floor...but hey, they are only little once right???  We are having a birthday party for her tonight since yesterday was her b-day and she had tumbling last night.  Did I mention she loves tumbling and practices on her bed before bedtime?  Good thing we didn't spring for that super awesome expensive mattress and we chose one that we she can bounce all over for a fraction of the price!

Palmer has been sick on and off for a good 8-10 weeks now and has missed quite a bit of school. When he came home last Thursday sick again and missing all the fun Homecoming activities I knew something was wrong.  We took him to the see the doctor on Friday and he had a blood test.  On Monday  we got the results and the poor kid has mono.  So that ends his football season and he is out of school and all activities for this week.  He can't even go to his sister's birthday party.  He has to rest completely and take in lots of fluids.  When you get mono your spleen is enlarged so it's a bit dangerous to be in sports.  And the fatigue wipes you out so he needs plenty of rest and TLC.....which won't be a problem for me --- if he lets me!