COVID-19

What a whirlwind of life the last 10 days. Last Monday, Harper had her last day of school this year, in school. Last Day, March 16th! A 14 day period off has quickly escalated into the remainder of this school year. She has been given review packets and some instruction, with more to come I’m sure!

Overall, the kids have done well with all the adjustments. No friends playing over, no going out for much of anything, no daycare, no school.  Harper gets frustrated easily when working on her school work, but something we will be able to work through!  The little two are just excited to not have to go to daycare, but Carter is bummed about school as well. Lillie and Grace have been watching the kids, which I’m certain is saving us all from going crazy! Tyler has been working from home since last Tuesday as well. 

I’m still going to work of course, the life of a nurse. I have my ups and downs emotionally. I have a lot of fear- fear of the unknown especially, how long will this last? What happens if I bring it home to my family? What happens when we are out of personal protective equipment (ppe) at work and can’t protect ourselves appropriately? What happens to my patients?  I’ve shed plenty of tears over this, but trying to be strong! 

Harper is doing well understanding our need to distant ourselves from others now. She has a lot of anxiety about getting sick, which is nothing new for her. She freaks out the second anyone has even a sniffle. I try to explain that this is just to keep everyone healthy and from getting sick. 

A lot of our family is also working from home right now. My mom and dad have been isolating themselves since coming back from Colorado last week. I pray that all this social distancing “flattens the curve”. I’m not sure what the next days, weeks, months will hold- this is certainly something I never expected to experience in my lifetime.

Crazy!

Since last week, the countdown has been on with all our little people until the day we get to go to ”state!” The beloved Osmond Tiger Boys Basketball had won their district and were on the way to Lincoln!

Carter had been talking about going to Lincoln since the first part of basketball season. Everyone that talked to Harlow knew we were going to “state”.  They were so excited for cheering, hotels, fun with friends........but all that was turned upside down the day before we were set to play!  

The Coronavirus has become a world pandemic and has caused a disruption in life as we had planned. The tournament would go on, but with very limited fans. We couldn’t get into the game to cheer on our tigers, we had to watch from our hotel conference room on a TV. The kids were devastated, let’s be real- I was devastated! We had all looked forward to this weekend for so long. We decided we couldn’t disappoint the kids entirely, so we still had a fun overnight stay at the hotel. The kids got a ton of swimming time in! Unfortunately, our Tigers lost a hard battled game. We are so proud of this team and all they’ve done- they are truly Carter’s role models. He can tell you all of their number- in both sets of jerseys, who has a new hair cut, who has new shoes on. This little boys heart is in basketball. He was glued to the TV during the game, but was quick to remind Jared when he was yelling at the TV that “the boys can’t hear you”! 

What did he want to do when we got home, watch basketball of course but because of the threat of the virus, they have cancelled so many things- March Madness, College World Series, the NBA season is on hold, the Masters is Postponed. The only sports any of us will be watching is reruns! 

As of now, the kids will remain having school until there are more cases in our area. All events involving crowds have been cancelled or postponed. Harper is struggling a bit with all the Coronavirus talk- she gets a little panicky when we talk about it. Hopefully, all the efforts to cancel or postpone events with large crowds slows the spread and doesn’t effect the US as much as other countries. 

(Temporary Backup) Cavity Free Club!

The kids had dentist appointments a couple weeks ago and passed with flying colors! This was Harlow’s first visit and she did a great job! She watched Carter’s exam and then got through hers like it was no big thing!  We frequently have to remind ourselves that she is only 2! Of course, when I go to change a poopy diaper I am quickly reminded of such! This little turd has not a ton of interest in potty training! We’ve had one decent day but beyond that- forget it! 

She’s sooo smart but sooo stubborn! Someday we will be diaper free again! Anyway, back to the dentist!

The ladies at the office are so great with kids! 

***favorite picture! Carter’s expression here cracks me up! Definitely his quirky personality coming out! 

All looked great! Harper has since lost her 2nd top tooth!  Hopefully those top permanent teeth make their way down without having to have any teeth pulled! And we are still saving for braces :)