Tokyo Marathon

Bryan and his brothers (Darren & J)have been training for the Tokyo Marathon and it's just around the corner. With Bryan's training has also come Tori's preparations...

Wear Comfortable running shoes

Weight training on the non-running "off" days (follow a strict schedule for marathon training!)

...and ALWAYS stretch!
Good luck at the Marathon Shirley Boys!

Catching up...

Before you begin reading this post, can you tell me what famous person this looks like? I'll give you a hint - it's a man! Now on to the regular news...

The girls are asleep and I should be working since I stayed home to take care of the two little sickies (the second photo above is not from this week, but the first one is). Tori has "RSV-like" symptoms. I took her into the InstaCare on Saturday night and they checked her O2 which was low and took x-rays of her lungs then gave her a nubulizer treatment. We are now doing the treatments at home. Monday, I called our regular doc to see if I should do anything to keep Laeni safe and they asked if she was coughing and throwing up - yes to both..."bring her in". Good news is that she has clear lungs...bad news is that she has an ear infection. After we got home from the doctor and waiting an hour at Walgreens (they had a few problems mixing Laeni's meds) I noticed Tori had big green boogies in her right eye...GGGRrrrrr. So, this morning I called the doc straighaway and so far we don't have to make another trip to the doc...as long as the eye stays clear. It glued itself shut this morning, but hasn't been full of gunk since. Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer for us that these little cuties are done getting sick for awhile.

Usually I'm a mom that doesn't allow much TV besides an occasional sign language video or Disney show...but not the last couple of days. Tori asks for Elmo and we watch Elmo videos on-line. She wants to watch a "ruff-ruff" and I pop in Disney dog movie (one of the two we own :) She has been so sick that she just crys and lays down, or wants to be held, or wants "Elmo." So...she gets exactly what she wants. I have even let her have her bink all day long a couple of days. All of this video watching has been helpful so I can hold the nebulizer up to her mouth. (They gave us a fish face to put over her mouth that she can breathe the meds through, but she refuses, so we do what we can).

On the 31st of January, our lil' Elaenia was blessed. We had the blessing in our home since we still haven't taken her out much...turns out she got sick anyway! Bummer. She was a little doll. Didn't even cry until the very last. Bry did a great job and now she's official! My mom flew in from Seattle and suprised us...well, Bry knew, but us girls didn't. My uncle Vern drove her down and were sitting on the couch when I came upstairs. Very fun. There were about 30 people here to share this special day with Laeni and the rest of the fam. Thank you all for coming all this way to see us. The main photo above is from that same day. Everyone looks great except I look like I have a helmet on. Not the best hair day I guess for me. Oh well..Enjoy the pics...