so much excitement

All the excitement has me exhausted, so I'm letting the pictures remind me of all that has happened in the past week or two. Everything will be out of chronological order, I'm sure.

I have made four trips to the doctor in the past two weeks.
1. Seth had a bad cold, so we went to ask the doctor to listen to Seth's breathing because we did NOT want to end up in the e.r. again with Seth not breathing! The doctor said everything was fine, just a cold. He's better now.

2. Joel got a sore throat and was having trouble breathing, so we went to the doctor to get antibiotics. He's better now, too.

3. The next child to need the doctor was Luke. He had some pain where no male wants to have pain. He had to have an ultrasound to find out there was some inflamation that the doctor said would go away without medication. Every time I ask him if he's still hurting, he gives me a percentage. "It feels 85% better." "Now it's 90% better, Mom." This morning, it was 98% better, so he was able to leave the house for some fun time.

4. When Luke and I were on the way home from the doctor, Jason called to tell me that Seth needed to go to the e.r. Joel, Makenzie, and Seth were with Jason at wrestling practice while Luke and I were at the doctor. The wrestlers were running laps, and the kids were sitting along the wall. Seth decided to stand up at exactly the wrong time and one of the wrestlers knocked him out with his knee. The teenager tried to jump over Seth, but couldn't miss him. This time around, we got right into the doctor in the e.r., no waiting at all. He had a ct scan which showed no bleeding in the brain or neck, so they sent us home. He just had a concussion, which I learned means "jarring of the brain." He was in a lot of pain for two and a half days, but then woke up from a little nap completely healed and back to himself. He has been eating all day today almost without stopping to make up for the two days of not eating anything at all. We've watched a LOT of Blue's Clues the last few days!


(Luke just ran into the room saying, "Mom! My problem is 100% better!!" yahoo :-)


Another exciting part of life is the complete rearranging of the house so that Joel can have his own room. The computer room/junk room/Seth's room had to be almost completely emptied. I hadn't realized how much junk I had accumulated in that little room! In just one week, though, it's pretty much all finished. Joel has his own room downstairs, and Luke and Seth are sharing a room upstairs. Luke has been a very nice big brother, straightening Seth's covers for him after Seth falls asleep -- so sweet :-) And Joel is excited beyond words to have his own room.

Since Joel was sick last weekend when the junior high church youth group had an overnighter, we had a late-nighter last night. A few friends came home with us after school yesterday to play the wii. We had pizza, soda, and ice cream followed by a movie and more video games in the game room at church (chaperoned by Jason). They had SO much fun!! Makenzie is looking forward to being in the 6th grade so that she can have a girls' late-nighter with Mom as the chaperone :-)


Tonight was the fall carnival at school. All three kids looked adorable in their costumes :-)



Seth had to stay home because of the concussion, but a friend from church heard that Seth wouldn't be able to enjoy the fall carnival and brought him a giant bag of gifts. Seth was amazed and excited by the toys and candy, going back and forth between saying "wow!" and "yumm!" for the rest of the evening :-)

I'm hoping that the Hofacker house will be excitement free this week so that Mommy Hofacker can recover!!