All better :)

Phew! We are all better. The sickness has passed. It took almost three weeks for all signs of runny noses, coughs and whining to pass but finally the boys are cured!  We have an interesting left over side effect with Mikey in that he still wants to sit on our lap all the time, not a bad one. The boys are all completely walking now, crawling is rare.  They are even running at times and it seems like they can't decide whether to run or try to crawl when they want to get somewhere fast. They are all singing their ABC's and Old MacDonald and a bit of Twinkle Twinkle Little Start which is really funny to watch. They touch noses and say nose and sometimes they can figure our eye or ear. They are starting to recognize their ABC's on flashcards, but so far no fluent words or clear talking yet.  We are waiting patiently for them to figure it out! One major milestone every few months is enough I suppose. We are starting to encourage them to use spoons and cups by themselves...it is going okay. They are so smart and so funny right now. They run around in their cribs and laugh at each other before bed at night. Mikey and Zach even mimic each others arm movements and then laugh and laugh when they get it right. Konrad will wheel his crib (his is the only one on wheels) across the room so that he can touch his brother's hands and then the giggling really starts.  We put them to bed and then watch "baby TV" for a good hour every evening, they are so entertaining in there! They continue to grow so quickly.  We haven't taken many pictures lately, but here are a few.

Mikey trying to get the camera

Konrad wrestling for a try to get the camera

Zachary watching it all

We paid in spades for our weeks of healthy babies

It has been a very rough few weeks at the Huber house. Mike and I went to New York City for a wedding a couple of weekends ago. It was our first time away from the boys and it was a nice break. We returned home to three "starting to get sick" babies. And then they did. By Thursday night we were in the ER with Zachary and another croup flare up. This one was scary and  he was really working hard to get air in and out. They gave him steroids and breathing treatments and sent us home with the whole "there is nothing else we can do" speech. We went home with our wheezy, stridorous baby and we had a rough night...that turned into a rough 8 days and counting...the other boys got sick too and we had 5 or 6 days of high fevers 104's and 103's and coughs and runny noses. Zachary and Konrad ended up with ear infections as well. Our babysitter got sick as well, so they must have all gotten it together while we were gone. Mike and I did some creative work scheduling and we rallied our troops of extra babysitters and family to cover the days we absolutely had to work. We are starting to come out of a very, very long 7-10 days and I don't think that Mike and I will be going our of town again too soon...we paid way too dearly to the parent gods this time, lol. 

On a positive note, all of the boys are walking as their primary mode of transportation. They are so cute toddling around the living room. They are even starting to run a bit when they get excited. They legs and heads are bumped and bruised from all of their furniture and floor tackles, but they don't seem to mind at all. Their molars are almost in and they are starting to talk and sing and interact with each other and with us much more. When they are sick and clinging to us with snotty noses and whiney voices, they really are quite amazing...of course they are amazing then too but not the good king of amazing...We are blessed to have them, we know this, but sometimes we get little reminders of how really, really good the good times are and how challenging the bad times are. I will update with a good photo update soon...but they have been just too pitiful to photograph lately and we have been to wrapped up in them, to even think about it, lol.