Please Staph Go Away!

I went to the Dr. again today and I still have quite the infection so they had to do surgery again on my leg. I will stop there and spare all of you the rest of the details. But it is AWFUL! Don't ever get staph - Lysol and Chlorox your house right now!

Have a great Easter Weekend! Most will be going to church however I have to go back to the Dr. on Sunday to see how my leg is doing. Wish me luck!

Egg Hunt with Cousins

Last night, Uncle Bill-Bill had his boys so we celebrated Easter a little early. Gavin and Roy are Jillian's favorite cousins but it is hit or miss with Gavin sometimes. Last night was a miss as he really did not want his little cousin running after him. Oh well, next time he will love her.

Here they are! Ready for their Easter baskets - Roy, Gavin, Jillian and Rocco

Let's open the baskets! Jillian got some new silky jammies and books!

Rocco got a book too and a hat that is a little too big for now! (We were so happy that Daddy got off early and could enjoy the evening with us!!!)

It looks like somebody is ready for the egg hunt....

The hunt begins!!!! Look high and low...


She is counting her eggs...

Rocco just got to watch this year but next year, I bet he'll give Jillian a run for her money!

Thank you Grammie and Poppy for the yummy dinner and cool presents! We had so much fun!!

A Funny Girl and her Prayers

Every night right before she goes to bed, I have been teaching Jillian about praying. We pray about all sorts of things. Last night, we specifically prayed for our family.

This was our actual prayer:

Me: Dear God. Jillian, now you say it.
Jillian: Dear God.
Me: Thank you for Daddy.
Jillian: Thank you for Daddy.
Me: Thank you for Mommy.
Jillian: Thank you for Mommy.
Me: Thank you for Rocco.
Jillian: Thank you for Rocco.
Me: Thank you for....
Jillian: (interrupting) Mommy, thank you for Jillian.
Me: (with big smile on face) Of course Jillian, thank God for you.
Jillian: Of course.

That girl is funny!

What is Staphylococcus?

Staphylococcus is group of bacteria, familiarly known as Staph (pronounced "staff"), that can cause a multitude of diseases as a result of infection of various tissues of the body. Staph bacteria can cause illness not only directly by infection (such as in the skin), but also indirectly by producing toxins responsible for food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. Staph-related illness can range from mild and requiring no treatment to severe and potentially fatal.

Why am I posting about Staph you might ask? Because I have it! Grrrrrrr! I went in for my surgery/removal of the sore on my leg last night. Leg is very sore today. When will the Dr. visits come to an end?

No one believes the amount of time we have spent in a hospital or dr. office in the last 3 months. Let me just outline the Pearce sickness outbreak for 2009:

January 15-17: Hospital stay for the birth of Rocco
January 19: 4 day old visit for Rocco
January 29: 2 wk visit for Rocco. diagnosed with yeast rash
January 30: 2 year old visit for Jillian
February 2: rash not going away. given stronger medicine.
February 8: ER visit. Rocco diagnosed with RSV
February 9-10: Hospital stay for RSV
February 16: Follow-up for Rocco's RSV
February 19: 6 wk post birth visit for me
February 27: Bryan's mom has heart attack. multiple visits to hospital
March 3: Jillian diagnosed with double ear infection/sinus infection
March 16: 2 month visit for Rocco
March 17: Jillian diagnosed with pink eye and ear infections
March 20: Bryan diagnosed with staph infection in his leg
March 25: Jillian diagnosed with ear infections AGAIN
March 26: Rocco diagnosed with pink eye
April 6: Ashley diagnosed with staph too.

THIS IS INSANE!!!!! WE HAVE TO GET BETTER! WE JUST HAVE TO!!! I am going to dump a big jug of Clorox all over my house. Maybe that will work??

Very Busy Weekend

We were sooooo busy this weekend. Yesterday, we had lunch with G.G. She is our last remaining grandparent and Jillian adores her. So we got all dressed up and met her for lunch on the south side. We had fun and then Jillian had a birthday party to attend.

Bathed, dressed, with cheesy grins!

Four generations of chicks - G.G., Grammie, Mommy and Jillian

Rocco was very happy too to see his G.G.

Then we went to a very fun b-day party at MiniTown. It was so cute. Each room had a different theme - grocery store, beauty shop, kitchen, school, disco, movies, etc. They also had fun stuff outside. Jillian had a ball!!

Getting her make-up done!

Going grocery shopping! She took ALL of the carrots. Imagine that!

Making dinner with her friends!

Here she is in the music room! Billy Joel eat your heart out!

You know Jillian! She loves a good slide!

Choo-choo! She and Daddy riding the train!

Jillian had a blast! It was the cutest place! We stopped by Grandma and Papa Cheese's house on the way home for a visit! Needless to say, we were exhausted when we got home! Daddy put Jillian bed and fell asleep too!

Today is Palm Sunday which is a big deal at my church. The kiddos wore the cutest matching orange outfits. The color came out so pretty in the pictures!! Good choice mommy!!

Rocco is 10 weeks old! What a stud!

It is so difficult to get a good picture of them together!

It was VERY difficult to get Jillian to understand the eggs were pretend. No eating please!

Palm Processional! She did a great job - no crying!

The grand finale - an Easter Egg Hunt after church! The wind was AWFUL once again but we still had a great time!

Look at all of those eggs!!!

Rocco slept through the whole thing with Grammie but obviously was very happy when we got back in the car!

Easter Baskets

I got the kiddos new Easter baskets b/c I could not find Jillian's basket from last year. Jillian spent 30 minutes last night playing with them. Who knew baskets could be so much fun?? We have our first Easter Egg hunt at church on Sunday. Then she has another E.E.H. on Thursday at MDO. Then of course, gotta have an E.E.H. on Easter, right? This sounds like a lot of work for Mommy and Daddy.

Going to the store...


Finally, her "playing" went to far as she was trying to sit inside the baskets. Of course, which one did she insist upon sitting in....Rocco's. I am glad she didn't break it.

Finally, last night Jillian wanted to sing to Rocco. She did a very nice job however you can see what I am talking about when I say she likes to sing right in his face. I love when she falls off the couch. Cracks me up!

The Strong Willed Child

My sweet, gentle Jillian has recently been showing signs that she will not always be sweet and gentle. What is the cause? Who knows....the entrance of Rocco, the fact that she is now 2, maybe because I am back at work, somedays she does not get a good nap??? The fact is somedays she is HARD to deal with. The girl knows what she wants and has no problems telling you. I wanna watch a bideo, I want to go to the park right now, I want cheez-its, I want choco, etc., etc. This I could deal with OK but it is also in combination with aggression towards poor Rocco. On most days, the girl just can't seem to be gentle with him.

Somedays she will surprise me. For example, last night she was pretty darn sweet to Rocco (in Jillian standards). She asked to hold him, gave him lots of hugs and kisses. But she always yells/screams in his face. She refuses to whisper. And yes, she knows how to whisper b/c we practice.

I asked my mom for advice. Where does she get this behavior? My mom looked right at me and answered with, "Ashley, when you were little I bought the Strong Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson." Oh, I guess she gets it from me. Great!
So here it is, I got the book but have not read it yet. Hopefully, it is just a stage. Hopefully she will grow out of it. Hopefully, my sweet, loving, gentle girl will return shortly. If not, then maybe Dr. Dobson can help.