The Ferrero Four

I'm back. I know I mentioned that I would have other posts about random things that I felt and maybe one day those will come but again just have not had the time to write. So here we go with another update on all things Ferrero.
Makenzie unfortunately came down with Pneumonia again! (Remember last post about complications with swine flu?) We were sent straight from the Dr. to the hospital for X-Rays due to her O2 Saturation levels being so low and the Pneumonia being in the same lung and area as just a few months prior. She spent a week and a half out of school but has made a full recovery thanks to some kick butt antibiotics and her nebulizer (sp?) machine that I have at home. She knows now that as soon as she starts a cough it is time for her "Dinosaur Medicine". (Her oxygen mask that gives her albuterol is in the shape of a dinosaur face). She has since been healthy and we are very happy for that. Not sure if I have mentioned this before but Kenzie loves to sing. The only thing is, is that it is not a sweet soft melody....no, when Kenzie sings she sings from her gut and as loud as she can (now a days nothing Kenzie does is quiet). She definitely is developing a love for attention and she really knows how to get everyone's. Her teacher's even ask me if she sings at home because apparently while she is in the bathroom taking care of her business the whole school can hear her singing away. Grandma and Grandpa got the opportunity to hear her in all of her glory while we visited for Christmas a couple weekends ago! She is getting excited about this Santa fellow that is coming although I am not sure that she really gets what is happening or what that means. I do know though that she does not like buying presents for her cousins and then having to wrap them without being able to play with them. The concept of giving is still something that we are working on.
Kylie's first half of the year is over and she is now out of school for 2 whole weeks. We are lucky that we have been able to arrange things to where she does not have to go to daycare either and so she is getting a true Christmas break. (If we had planned better and known in advance we could have hit up Grandma and Grandpa for a couple of days! =) She is still doing absolutely amazing in school (although we did have an issue a few weeks back...a lesson in cheating that we never even imagined would be needed had to be taught the hard way.) We are hoping for straight A's again! She is still an amazing child (although her emotions can get the best of her sometime...God help us for the next 11 years) and she makes us very proud. We have been lucky that she has stayed pretty healthy recently minus one day of a very random stomach virus that hit last week. She is really looking forward to this Christmas and Santa. The amazing thing is that she is starting to understand the true meaning of Christmas and not just the presents, even though they are definitely a very added bonus. Lastly, here is a Kylie/Daddy story for you. While at Grandma and Grandpa's in the mountains Kylie pulled out/lost one of her teeth. We completely forgot to put it under her pillow and the next morning the tooth was gone. We got home the next evening and Rian told Kylie to write a letter to the tooth fairy and put it under her pillow (this is something we did talk about doing)....the only problem was that I completely forgot and Daddy did not tell the "tooth fairy" that she had put the note under her pillow. The next morning we had one very disappointed little girl. Kylie though, being the reasonable child she is decided that maybe the tooth fairy was very busy and she would try again. I guess the tooth fairy felt pretty bad because she ended up getting $5 for that tooth!
Rian's work is picking up for the time being and for the last 2 weeks he has been working 6 days a week (56 hours). It is definitely nice that he is working but we are definitely missing him in the evenings and on Saturdays. We are really looking forward to the next 2 weeks of 4 day weekends with him due to the holidays. This time has definitely proven to me that there is a reason that kids need 2 parents and that I never want to have to do this on my own! He definitely is an amazing daddy! Not sure that I could get up at 5:00 every morning and not get home until almost 7 at night and still be able to function as a husband/father without any complaints! He truly amazes me every day at his dedication to his work and his family (I knew there was a reason I married him! =)
We hope that everyone is enjoying their Holiday Season and that everyone has a very Blessed and Merry Christmas!

"I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!" - Charles Dickens