It has been one rough week and a half at the Voakes household. It all beagn when I got a call from day care last Thursday that Annalyse had a temperature of 102. Mike took her to the doctors and they said it was just a virus that her body had to fight. Her temperature finally broke on Sunday but still no energy or wanting to eat. During dinner on Sunday, the sky got darker and darker and it began to get very windy. We could see the BIG trees behind our house begin to bend and branches breaking off so we decided to move away from the patio doors. Our power also went out in the meantime. Well, it turned out that the storm hit most of Metro Detroit and we were one of the many households that lost power. It turns out that our power was off from about 5:30 pm Sunday to about 2:00 pm Tuesday, they were extremely long days - the temps were in the 90's and very humid, with no AC. Monday, I took Annalyse back to the doctors because she really wasn't getting any better and had gotten a cold in the meantime but again they told me it was a virus and he assured me that she would be better by Wednesday (the three girls were SUPPOSED to go up to my parents on Thursday). On Wednesday, we decided that it was for the best that the girls not go up to my parents so my dad decided to come down and help instead. (We had to take turns staying home with Annalyse all week while draining our sick days). As Mike was leaving for the Mackinaw Bride on Thursday around 11:30 to pick up my dad, he got a call from day care that Meredith had a fever of 104. I had to leave work at lunchtime and pick her up. Well, today - Friday, Mike brought Annalyse back to the doctors - 3rd time in 8 days and it turns out that she now has a double ear infection. Meredith is on the mend and as long as she doesn't catch Annalyse's and mine's cold - she should be well. The girls and I plan to head up to the UP on Wednesday or Thursday as long as everyone is healthy.
In other exciting news, last Saturday we took a walk to our town's Relay for Life (it is literally the street behind our house) and the New Baltimor Police Department was having a bike and child identification booth, they registered the girls for the raffle and Megan won a new bike (it had a price tag for $69.99 from Dick's).
We gave Mike his Father's Day gift because we THOUGHT the girls would not be here this Sunday to celebrate with him. We got him a picture and a Nintendo Wii.
