Birthday Party

We recently just had the girls' birthday party at the end of July.  It was postponed due to illness.  And I haven't updated or even mentioned this illness until now, but it was doozie!  The girls got a bacteria that we couldn't get rid of for almost THREE MONTHS.  On the outside, you would have never known they were sick (other than to change a diaper if you catch my drift).  And that is DEFINITELY something to be VERY thankful for.  On the inside though, we just couldn't kill this bacteria.  So, basically, the girls couldn't go to daycare for almost three months, which made Mike and I very thankful that they were only in part time daycare. 

I have often wondered what would have happened if they were in full time daycare and if we didn't have a flexible nanny who was able to pick up most of the slack.  It really could have resulted in either me or Mike losing our job.  Who knows?  Or a lot of imposing on family, which probably could have only carried us so far.  There were numerous doctor's appointments, and we finally ended up with a wonderful doctor.  It's past us now. 

The girls are healthy, and I hope they never get this bacteria again.  Most all of us carry this bacteria in our gut, but it just depends who it affects and who it doesn't. We were unlucky.  And antibiotic usage is what "wakes" it up, generally, if it's going to wake up.  The girls both had a sinus infection diagnosed on March 31st and started taking antibiotics for it.  Three months later, there we were cancelling their birthday party. 

So, anyway...back to the party.  We just had it, and let's just say it was worth the wait!  It was awesome!!!!  We rented one of those huge blow up things, but this wasn't a bouncer.  It blew up to be a huge water slide with a small pool at the bottom.  It was a BIG hit!  And we own a bounce house (not a commercial size one, but it's plenty for the kids), so we had that set up too.  It was supposed to rain that afternoon, which could have ruined the whole thing, but it only rained for about 5 minutes.  It wasn't a heavy rain, so some people didn't even go inside.  And that small rain shower actually turned out to be a blessing because it brought cloud cover with it for the rest of the evening, so the adults weren't roasting outside either.  It was actually quite nice and pleasant. 

I'll have photos for the next post.  Sorry...haven't downloaded them off the camera yet.  In the meantime, here are some other random summer photos that we have: