Oh my goodness, what a cutie!

She looks really sweet. :)

I love chihuahuas! They have the most peculiar personalities!

Guilty pet pictures are the best! lol

Your animals are so cute! Here's our fat chihuahua. She'll be 8 this year. These pictures are older when she was skinner at about 6 lbs, now she's over 9. EEKS! After a much dreaded bath She always gets this look when we take a picture of her...she assumes guilt immediately. lol

Glad you've all been so well! That's wonderful. :)

That's interesting! I was wondering how many of the population actually get it. I would have thought more than 37% though!

We didn't get ours confirmed, but I also don't remember my family ever being so sick, especially at the same time! We all had come down it within 7 days of the first person.

I'd heard that! I told my husband after the sickness we went through I'm tempted to get it, but my husband's feeling confident in still not getting it.

I'm sorry the question was so confusing. Maybe that's what I get for trying to type so late in the day! lol I just wondered how well the shot was really working for people. At least around here where I live the virus we got is going around like crazy...we never did go to get swabbed and see if it's the flu, although we did have every flu symptom.

Just curious. :) I know it's only effective for three strains. I'm just curious how well it's working. We did not do the vaccine and never have. We have had the long, nasty flu (at least all the symptoms) these past 9 days. Sorry my wording was confusing. Hopefully I re-worded it okay. If not, let me know. :)

So sorry. We just went through this. Started back last Wed then Thurs the flu hit. Hoping to start back up next Mon.

We had the exact same symptoms. We never went to the doctor for it. I was the only one who escaped without the terrible aches, fever, & vomiting. I have been taking 5000 IU Vitamin D3 a day & drinking elderberry syrup 3 times a day. My husband got it first and is on day 9. He is still struggling with congestion & fatigue & aches. My 2 year-old is on day 8 and still has a runny nose, cough, & grumpiness. My 6 year-old is on day 5 and has a terrible barky cough. My 8 and 9 year-olds are on day 3 and just over their fevers. Their coughs aren't too bad. I have the kids taking a probiotic, 1000-2000 D3 a day, & vitamin C.

We don't do the vaccine, but we got the flu this past week. It was bad, but we are getting through it. I was the only one who wasn't laid up in bed in pain & vomiting. Days 1-3 were fever, chills, terrible aches & pains, nausea & vomiting, terrible sore throat Days 4-6 were getting an appetite back, fighting a terrible cough, runny nose, various aches My husband & son are on days 8 and 9 of it and still not feeling normal. My 2 year-old is still fighting a runny nose & the grumpies. My girls are on day 5 & 3 of it. We are just laying low, staying home until the coughs & runny noses heal up.

Thank you ladies! Good Update!

I don't think it's croup, we've had that before and this isn't barky. But he's doing much better now...I will see how he does during his nap in a bit.

Thank you for the reply. :) Since he's been awake a couple hours now, the whoop has gone away when he coughs. He kind of did that a month ago when he was sick with something respiratory too. I'm thinking it may just be how he coughs? I was up for hours last night holding him though and riddled with worry! He's just got a clear runny nose, cough, but he's feeling so much better today! He ate breakfast and is playing in the tub.

Update! Well, Praise the Lord! I slept in his room last night to keep an eye on him and he only coughed a couple times early in the night and has hardly coughed since, the sound is gone too! I think he was just so gunked up it was hard for him to get enough breath at that moment. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ We've got the infulenza/flu going through the house. DS (2 1/2) came down with it last Friday. Fever 103, cough, vomited, lots of moans & groans. His fever went away Sunday. Yesterday it came back about 100. He's got a lot of clear mucous in his nose, draining, gagging him. His cough sounds like the samples of "whooping cough" I've listened to. Should I call the dr and take him in or do you think it's just part of this virus?

Honestly, I would have just ignored the .75 offer. I hope things start selling for you. :)

I would just say "we don't know how many children the Lord has planned for us".

Kitchen Aid - I had a counter-top mixer that broke after a couple uses and they sent me a new one, no questions asked, and picked up the old one! Lowes - Has a great price matching policy. We ended up getting our dishwasher there because not only was it already cheaper than the same model at Sears, but they took an extra 10% off. :) Bigby Coffee - Always the greatest service! I could go on. I've had WAY more positive experiences than negative.

Any updates on this matter?

It is possible your child could get chicken pox from the exposure, but more than likely, your child would have had to touch one of the shingles spots on this person. If you are breastfeeding, it is even less likely. I would not worry! :)

Thank you ladies! I think we'll take a break from the books and play around with some manipulatives and practice how they can mentally break down 16 and so-on and see where that takes us. :)

Thank you for the reply and especially reminding me of the bolded. :)