We’re about to celebrate Noelle’s birthday up on here… are you guys cool with that!?!    Last week was so much fun but so hard too!  The night of Noelle’s birthday, she complained of an upset tummy after dinner.  She NEVER ever complains of being sick and is always a good sport about going to school, so I knew something was up.  I made her start the day after her birthday at school and promised her I would get a doctor’s appointment scheduled in the meantime and pick her up before lunch.  Sure enough, Tuesday afternoon, she tested positive for strep.  That threw me for a huge loop because she only complained of a tummy ache.  Then, I got tested positive for strep at the doctor on Wednesday, after a night of the sorest throat ever.  The littles both had to go to the doctor for different reasons after that, and Rose is on antibiotics too.  We were at the doctor 4/5 days last week, and it was Noelle’s birthday week!    I am just so thankful we have good doctors and access to them.  All the kids are happy and healthy this week, but last week was plain awful.  Taking care of them with strep (having it as an adult, I hear, hits us worse than kids for some reason) was pretty rough, but it’s my greatest honor to put them first and never let them down. 

Noelle and I text all the time, especially days when I’m down with fibro.  It has greatly improved her grammar, punctuation, spelling, and we get to be silly with Emojis.  Here’s a little peak into a text the morning after her birthday.  The picture on the left is from when she got home from school last Monday on her birthday.  She 100% picks out all of her outfits for school (new this year) and has done such a great job!  She’s so creative and always looks so cute!  She puts things together I wouldn’t think of in a million years.  I admire her fashion skills! 

Noelle asked for birthday donuts the morning of her birthday.  This has sort of become a birthday morning tradition and are the only mornings during the year we have donuts for breakfast; Gives us something to look forward to.  They take after their momma; White sprinkled donuts are my very favorite too!  After an awesome Monday morning celebrating Noelle and getting ready for school, it wouldn’t be long before her traditional birthday dinner got here, Cinco de Mayo style!