We've been hit!

We had yet another busy weekend.  We got to see Nick and Ashlie last weekend.  Coach Byrd wanted to honor teams at a home game. It was the 20^th anniversary of the 92-93 team that won 30 games for the first time in Belmont history and won the first ever national tournament game in school history. The 97-98 team was the first Division I basketball team and set the foundation for championship teams to come. And the 02-03 team (Adam's) won the first D1 championship of any kind by winning the North Division of the Atlantic Sun regular season.

Adam shared with me what Coach Byrd wrote to them in an email and he has a lot of people say he's a class act, so it might lose it's meaning.  But he really is a class act.  He cares about his University, program, and players equally.  I envy Adam's success in college basketball, but not nearly as much as I envy his experience of playing for a great program.  Coach Byrd values what every team went through and acknowledges them as being part of the team's successes today.  He doesn't forget about his players once they're gone.  It's nice to be remembered.  I can see why players like Adam, Steve, and Nick gave him their very best while they were there.

One of my favorite stories about Coach Byrd was when Adam was on his recruiting trip.  Coach Byrd was walking him around campus and introducing him to everybody...the Dean, the department heads, etc.  While they were walking and talking, coach Byrd stopped to pick up a piece of trash lying on campus and went out of his way to find a trash can to throw it away.  That meant the world to Adam.  He went on visits to other schools where coaches only took out 30 minutes of their day to show him around and let the assistants do the rest of the work.  But not Coach Byrd.  He was all in.

I have all kinds of stories.  It was fun seeing Nick.  Especially since we just saw Steve.  It's good to get together and laugh about...the good ol' days.

Nick had a great story that I have never heard before.  He took an accounting class with Adam and they sat together.  I guess the class was pretty tough and they had an exam.  Nick said he promised himself that he would fight temptation and not glance over at Adam's paper, he would prepare himself and pass the test on his own.  (Please note that Nick is an attorney and very smart.  Adam is smart as well...especially math smart.)  So after the test was over and they were leaving the class, Adam took it upon himself to tell Nick every question that he got wrong because he was looking at Nick's test.  (Not that he got a lot wrong.  They both passed the test.)

That is SOOO Adam.  Especially back in the day.  Very competitive and wanted to let you know about it.

Nick married a sweetheart.  Ashlie teaches preschool in LaPorte and I caught her upstairs playing with the kids.

Nick played from afar.  :)

The girls had a blast at the game.  Belmont won, of course.  :)  We haven't been to many games as a family because they start so late.  Emilie danced A LOT and Aubrie talked her Grandpa into getting her some popcorn. 

Aubrie loving on her dad and watching the game.  So sweet.

Kyle can now sit up by himself.  Look at that big head!

I can just gobble up those chubby cheeks!!!

Well, at Kyle's 6 month check-up he got a flu shot.  I was so relieved.  Now we ALL had our flu shots and the weather was about to warm up!  Aubrie came home last week from MDO with a small fever and was whining.  She had bounced back by Friday night but then Emilie started running a small fever.  I figured that Aubrie shared a little bug with her sister.  The one thing they share well.  Kyle was doing good because he was still on an antibiotic for an ear infection.

Then Sunday Emilie didn't look good, was running a small fever, and at lunch she started shivering.  We gave her some Tylenol but on Monday she was still running a fever, but the Tylenol wasn't keeping it down.  So we took her in to the doctor but had to see someone else because our doctor was booked.  They listened to her lungs and told us she had pneumonia.  Poor Emilie.  We got an antibiotic for that and took her home.  But that evening, her temperature was up to 103.5 and by the time I dialed the doctor's office, it spiked to 104.9!!  We were told to alternate Motrin and Tylenol and put her in a bath.  The bath brought her temperature down to 102.5 and she perked back up and drank more water.  By Tuesday afternoon she was fever free and sounding better but by Wednesday afternoon, her temperature came back and she was miserable again.

SOOOO, we took her BACK to the doctor and got to see our fabulous Dr. Godfrey and he said her lungs sounded fine and took a swab of her nose and it turns out our sweet Emilie has the flu and double ear infection.  Great.  We are now switched to a different antibiotic and hopefully she'll be better by Saturday.  If not, back to the doctor.

My wounded crew.  We rounded them up, put on some slippers, hats, and blankets, and ran to the store, got some dinner to go, and rented The Lorax.

Friends, please pray she is better soon and that the rest of us don't pick it up.  We are ready to feel better!  And let's hope for warm, sunny weather!  I would love to open up all the windows, let the house air out, and then Clorox wipe every surface and toy in our house!  See, for me, that really does sound fun and makes me happy and Adam thinks I'm weird.

I hope everyone else is doing well and staying healthy!  Love to all! Pin It Now!