Two New Video Clips!

After a real fun Spring Training trip, as you can tell from previous posts, I'm finally getting around to posting a video. Well, it's the best I could do with our little director hanging around!



This next one is actually from today! A new "toy" came home from Spring Training. Guess who wants to play?! :-)

Play Ball

Wow, what a great vacation!!! I was kind of concerned before we left because Linda is going through a very minor “terrible two’s” stage. There are no temper tantrums just a little whinny and usually “I want to go home”. The other thing was that at home she wanted nothing to do with the “Pack and Play’ so I figured she really doesn’t need it at home so I put it away.

Well, we had a great drive to Phoenix. Linda took a couple of half-hour naps in the car. We sang and played with her “car buddies” Pooh, purple bear, piggy book and elephant. We got to the La Quinta hotel and was very happy to see our nice big room.

Our friends the Sobos were already in town. They went out to lunch so Bill went to get us some food while I unpacked our clothes. Linda has this new little travel train track with Thomas the Train. She was happily playing with the toy on the bed. It’s great that the bed is low enough that Linda can climb up and down by herself.

When our friends got back it was time for the pool. Linda had a blast. By the second day she was swimming by herself with her floaties on… and finally keeping her mouth closed this year!!!! Yeah!!! We are definitely going for swimming lessons this summer.

Well now it was time for our first game and it was an evening game. Again, a little concerned since no real nap and big crowd. Linda had a great time. We were in the first row of the Padres vs. Mariners games on the first base side. When everyone would clap, Linda would clap. When the ball was hit Linda would yell, “I got it”. That was hilarious. I would tell her to yell “Go Padres”. Yes those words came out of my mouth. She would yell “Go Padres”.

We left about 9:15pm because I was getting tired. Linda was delirious but having a great time. When we were in the car I reminded Linda that she was going to sleep in the “Pack and Play”. Linda said, “No, I’m scared of the Pack and Play”. I said that we are going to put sheets under the pad and then her fitted sheet so it would be more comfortable and that she would have Mickey, Arf Arf and Pooh sleeping with her and we are all in the same room. When we got back she was trying to climb in the “Pack and Play”. We put her in, read a couple of books and we all went to sleep. We never heard from her all night. Yeah!!!!!

The next day was more pool time in the morning and then off to the Padres vs. Brewers game. This was a new stadium to us. It’s in Maryvale. It’s not a great area of Phoenix but what a nice park and a lot of grass seating. Our friends the Sobos arrived there first and picked an area to sit in. Mark called me and said, “We are on the lawn by the third base side. It will get shady”. Boy was he right. It was great. We had a great time. Linda was playing with Chloe for most of the game and they had a blast. After a while Bill took Linda and Chloe for a walk and Chloe got hit by a foul ball. Chloe is just fine. Then the man that got the ball gave the ball to Chloe. Now that’s exciting.

What was also great about this game is that we met up with our friends that live here that were in our travel group in China, Becky, Mark and Mai. Wow I tell ya, when you look at Linda and Mai it’s amazing to see how much they have both grown.

After the game we all went to that culinary delight, The Cracker Barrel. Ah yes, nothing better than Chicken ‘N Dumplins and some corn bread. It was a nice treat to have everyone at dinner.

Saturday was the big game for me. It was the Dodgers vs. Angels game. We woke up to me with a sore throat and Linda in a grumpy mood. This vacation was really getting to Linda. Needless to say naps and sleep time was all screwed up. She would be so excited that she wouldn’t even sleep in the car. But you know all this was smoothed over with a little visit from Chloe at breakfast. La Quinta has a free breakfast bar and we would all meet up there at some point. Chloe came and sat with us and Linda had a great time talking and eating with her. My throat, well I guess Phoenix wasn’t as kind to me as it usually is. Bill thinks it’s because they also had a decent amount of rain and so stuff is actually blooming here too.

We headed off to the game and let me tell you Sobo did a great job again at picking seats. It was in the upper 80’s today but we wouldn’t know that since we were in the shade. It was wonderful. We were in the last row of seats behind home plate. You have to remember that these stadiums are very small so it’s pretty close. I was sitting in front of where Fernando Valenzuela was broadcasting for a Spanish station in L.A. For those of you who know who that is… you know I was dying. He wouldn’t give me an autograph though. I guess he was too busy… oh well.

Linda was her delirious self again. She had a great time in the seats with Chloe making “pies and soups” with their hats and pom poms. Towards the end of the game, Linda was screaming, “GO DODGERS” as loud as she could. The people in front had a blast with this. They were hoping for a rally and thought maybe Linda’s screams would help. It didn’t, they lost 4-2.

Chloe’s brother Will got a real cool set of baseball trading cards. He now has an Ichiro card and a new Andruw Jones in a Dodgers jersey card. Great cards Will.

After we said goodbye to the Sobos (since they were leaving today), we decided to go for a drive to see if Linda would sleep… not. We ended up at a Macaroni Grill and as soon as we got there, she fell asleep so we decided to do “to go”. I think we are all going to bed early.

Tomorrow after having breakfast with a friend we will be on our way home. This has been a great trip. I’m already looking forward to next year.

A Rainy Day

It has been a while since we posted a video of Linda. I took the opportunity to capture some of her finest moments. I will upload more. This one is a test as it has been sooooooo long. Enjoy!





And I just finished another clip. Here is one busy little girl!

I've Seen The Future

A little tibbit from this morning.

I'm walking around brushing my teeth (yes a wierd habbit of mine) and wandered into Linda's room. Linda comes by wheeling her shopping cart and this is what she said to me:

Get out my room... my room.

Well there you have it. A look into teenage life.

I Can't Believe How Time Is Flying

I can’t believe how long it’s been since we have posted here. A lot has gone on since our last post. First off there was Thanksgiving in Lake Havasu with Grandma and Grandpa. As usual, we had a blast. It was nice to see everyone feeling well and pretty much back to their routines. We spent a day in Oatman, AZ and met up with one of our friends, J.R.. If you don’t know about Oatman, it’s an old mining town in Arizona on Route 66. The fun thing about Oatman (and the main reason to go to Oatman) is that wild donkeys hang around town and you feed them carrots. We wanted Linda to get a chance to feed them carrots. Well guess what. The donkeys skipped town that day (probably due to wind). There was not one donkey to be seen…. hmmmm. So we had lunch and took off.

When we got home it was time for Bill to do some major work. No not at home ( I wish it was) but at work. Bill is rebuilding three studios by the end of year. Needless to say, we have not seen much of him. While Bill was at work I was busy getting Linda’s birthday party ready, getting Linda ready for preschool and a visit from Bubbie and Zadie.

Linda started preschool the first week of December and is going two days a week. We both had a nasty cry the first day but we got over it. Linda had a great time in school. When I picked her up she had a great big hug for me. That was the best part of my day. When I asked her what she did in school she said, “Pizza, Juice, Mirna”. That’s pretty much her standard answer now when I pick her up.

Bubbie and Zadie arrived later that week for Linda’s birthday party. It was nice to have the family in town. The weather was kind of sucky so that made us all very lazy.

Well next is birthday party. We had it at Playtown. It is a great indoor playground for toddlers. We all had a blast. They do a nice job there. They even take your presents to your car. We forgot our camera but Mary and Bill were there for the rescue. Thanks for the great pictures.

The next week came the nasty head cold from preschool. That didn’t take long. It was frustrating because I felt horrible for Linda, she was just miserable with this one. She was congested, coughing, vomiting, fever and nose bleeds. This was only a head cold and it seemed worse than Bronchiolitis. I think that’s because she was younger then and she didn’t get frustrated just being in the house. I was also suffering from sinus crap (yes that’s a technical term). We really hadn’t seen much of Bill in those couple of weeks and I was really looking forward to him being home for the weekend and I being able to just get rid of the sinus crap or at least taking a little time to myself…. Nope didn’t happen. Bill got sick. Oh brother!!!! I had to try to keep Linda away from Bill so they wouldn’t just past germs to each other. That wasn’t happening. Linda wanted nothing to do with me when Bill was home. So none of us really got any rest.

Well we are finally over that hump. Yeah!!!! We are just draining now. Linda is back to her happy self. We are looking forward to the New Year and what exciting things will be coming our way.

Happy New Year to everyone!!!!!!

Jiangxi 12-06

The title of this blog is the group number for our travel group to China. It is the number we used a little over a year ago to meet our daughter in China.

This past weekend six of the families from that group (including us) reunited in Dallas. Thanks to Patty for arranging our weekend.

When we met up Friday evening at Patty's house, it felt like we just saw each other the day before. The parents continued with their conversations like they never really stop.
The girls of course are all almost two years old with the exception of Jiani. I think she's about four years old. I don't think they remember each other but they had a great time together. I think to them it was just meeting up with some fresh faces. They were all shy at the beginning, but it didn't take long for them to warm up to each other. They are all very tall and they all have the same personalities. None of them really whined much and they were all jumping beans.

Saturday we went to the Dallas Arboretum. It was great. There were lots of pretty plants and a great pumpkin festival. There was also a really cool chocolate festival. It smelled soooo good.









Saturday night we were all at Patty's parents house for a wonderful pasta dinner. They had a jumpy in the back yard and Linda went in for 10 seconds. That's a new record for her. I don't get, she loves to jump, she just doesn't like to be in a jumpy.

We tried to do the "red couch" picture. As you can see the kids had some other ideas.

Sunday morning we had breakfast with two of the families at the hotel. It felt like China with older kids. We had a great time and talked about next year. I'm pulling for San Diego to be the next trip with a stop at Legoland.

It was great to see everyone and I miss them all over again.

Pumpkin Patch!

Now this is a first. It's the second time we've been to the pumpkin patch with Linda! Wow! Now that is out of the way, we visited Bates Nut Farm once again. It looks like this is going to be a family tradition as we all had a ton 'o fun. This year we invited our friends to join us. As the saying goes, "a good time was had by all!"

Linda driving the tractor!

Look at those goofy pumpkins!

Sophia, Jinji, Jarrah, & Linda

Which way, Paul?

So many pumpkins!

On No! They got me!

Linda & Jarrah

It's this big! Whaaaaat?

There are so many more pictures I will have to process them and do a later posting. Thanks to Cory for having fun with my camera when I was busy being Dad!

We had so much fun! Thanks to everyone for coming out and joining us. We are looking forward to next year!

Oktoberfest in La Mesa

Can you believe that we are now REPEATING events! Yes, Linda has been home over one year! Her first major event to attend was the Oktoberfest. Of course, we had to go back this year and as luck would have it I did not have to work making it much more enjoyable. On a last moment call our friend Cory and Lena joined us. Thanks for the pictures!

Our favorite is Linda enjoying the Chicken Dance on daddy's shoulders. Oh the things that I must endure.

And what child does not want to play with daddy's hat. Linda loves to play with my hat. Hers? NOOOOOOO. Mine? Yeeeeees.

Finally, there must always be a goofy shot of daddy. Hey, it's part of the job, right?

Next weekend, the pumpkin patch! See you there!

An Interesting Encounter On The Way To The Mall

Wow! It's been a while since a post! Someone has be slacking.

Mel, Linda, and I visited family this past weekend in L.A. We had a great visit and Linda did not want to leave. It's tough not to have family close by as some of you know. We make the most of it, though.

Saturday afternoon we decided to walk to the Beverly Center to get out and stretch our legs and it gave us an excuse to let Linda loose, too. As we crossed a street the driver from the car waiting for us yelled out, "Is that your daughter?" I did not quite get the question the first time and asked to repeat it while trying to figure out if there was a potential incident. It was L.A.
I responded, "yes, she sure is!".
The man then returns with, "I was adopted by a Caucasian couple. I wish you the best."
We thanked him for his kind comments and continued on our way.
You might have guessed, the man was an African-American.

All we could think at the time, "Only in L.A. would that happen." Very cool.

We proceeded to have a fun time in the mall and let Linda walk, jump, and dance her way around.


P.S. We will get a couple of new pix uploaded soon!

A Great Summer

I know we have been very bad at posting! I’ve got to say that after a full day with Linda, I don’t really feel like looking at a computer for too long.

Linda has grown so much in the last couple of months both physically and mentally. She is climbing on just about anything you can think of and she is talking so much.

We started the summer with a trip to Disneyland. Bill had to work there again so we tagged along. It was a nice birthday trip for me. It was the opening of the “Finding Nemo” submarine ride. Disneyland took the old sub ride and revamped into a “Finding Nemo” theme. It was great!! It’s the second longest ride (after “Pirates of the Caribbean”) at 12 minutes long. Linda had a great time and it was really neat for me to see her getting into a ride I remember going on with my family when I was little.

For the 4th of July holiday we went to see Grandpa and Grandma Ellen in Lake Havasu. It was a very relaxing vacation. We hung out at the pool in the morning (when it was only 90 degrees). And played with some indoor toys in the afternoon (when it was 124 degrees). We were going to go the Aquatic Center one day but we got blocked in by a house fire across the street. There were three fire trucks (and a fire catering truck for the firefighters so they wouldn’t get thirsty) blocking us in so we couldn’t drive out. No one was in the house during the fire. The house in under renovation… hmmm. It was great to see the folks and we hope to see them again soon.

Last weekend Bubbie and Zadie came out to spend time with us and see the Dead Sea Scrolls that are on exhibit here in San Diego. The exhibit was fascinating!!! How can anybody read anything that small? We had a great time with Bubbie and Zadie. We blew up our large kid pool from Costco. It fit all five us very nicely. Linda had a blast even if her teeth were chattering.



In between all of this we had some nice play dates. Linda and I went to a pool party. I found out about this great floating device that Linda loves. She no longer wants to sit in her ducky (who can blame her). This device lets her move around the pool very nicely.

Here are some recent pictures of Linda and her friends. The picture of the two dads is at the Holt Picnic in June. The other little girl named Elianna is one the girls in our travel group. She comes from the same orphanage as Linda. She is a total sweetheart.

Instant Toddler

I was wandering the house settling things down after returning from Disneyland. More on that later, i.e. another post. Mel decided to lay down and rest = sinus pain in a big way. I lost track of our little darling until I hear the call: "Honey, look at what our child is doing?"

A picture, well in this case, video speaks for itself! Enjoy!

Couple of Pictures

While learning video editing, I clipped these two frames. I know everyone is hurting for more pictures, so while I work on video I will throw a few of these up! Yeah!









Both of these were shot while Linda was playing with the lawnmower referred to in the previous post. Can you tell she is having fun?

Linda and Her Slide

How cool. Linda has her own slide! She also has her own little lawnmower. (Maybe some day I won't have to mow that lawn!)
Here is a little video of her trying it out. She still needs a bit of assistance on the top, but other than that it is all fun and games!



Linda is doing quite well and is having a great time in life, or at least she is when we aren't doing crazy things to her!

I Went To a Street Brawl and a Baseball Game Broke Out

I have to go back a week before I get to the real meat of this post. A week ago Thursday I took Linda to a day game at Petco Park. It was the Padres vs. Diamond Backs.

I was a little scared about taking Linda by myself but I thought what the heck. The worst that could happen is that she gets antsy and we’ll have to go to the “Park at the Park” and play.

I managed to score the first seat in a row on the Toyota Terrace Unreserved. The price was half off the norm because Thursday day games are two for one or half off one on the Toyota Terrace Unreserved section and only $10 parking in the 8th and Harbor Garage.

So I packed a lunch for Linda and off we went. I went to one of the snack bars to get a hot dog and found out they are also two for one. I thought great. I’m getting Linda a hot dog too. We sat down at this hidden section I know about where there is always an empty table and we had our hot dogs.

Then we went to the Toyota Terrace, put the stroller inside some railings between a beam and a trash can and walked four steps down to our seat at the beginning of the row. We had a blast. Linda was yelling “ball”, dancing with the music and clapping when everyone was clapping. I had a tear in my eye. She sat on my lap for about an hour and a half and had a great time.

I was so excited when we got home that I had to call my friend Martha and tell her about it. Martha loves baseball like I do and is also from L.A. During our conversation we decided to go to Petco Park for the Padres vs. Dodgers game.

Well folks that was last night. I think Martha was a little surprise at my Dodger gear and that I’m gutsy enough to wear it here in San Diego. We wandered around the park for a bit, got some food and drinks and went to our seats. We had a very nice conversation and watched the Trevor Hoffman festivities in peace.

Then the idiots arrived. I have lived here for ten years now and I still don’t understand the “fair weather” Padre fan (no I’m not talking about real Padre/baseball fans). You know the idiots that have no idea what they are talking about and just yell to hear their own voices. But after ten years (and I guess being a mom now) I have just learned to roll my eyes, grumble a little and ignore it.

Martha is not use to it. This idiot kept yelling stupid things in our ears. His kid is bopping me with his balloon hammer and they were just plain annoying. Martha turned around and asked politely to keep it down and it got worse. He was throwing the f-bombs and other things and Martha was upset because HE’S SAYING ALL OF THIS INFRONT OF HIS TODDLER!!!!!! Unbelievable!!!!

Then he just started to get personal. I don’t remember what he said but Martha got up in his face (you go girl). The guy behind the idiot had to hold him back.

At this time the Dodgers were losing so that was not helping things. We decided to leave our seats about the 8th inning (really because I didn’t want to deal with the idiot while trying to go down steps). We found an usher and Martha told him the story. He didn’t help much. Then we found another usher that basically said, “Sorry but we have to deal with bigger drunks than that.”

As we were leaving we saw on the screen that Trevor Hoffman was blowing the save and the game was tied. When we got to the car, the Dodgers won 6-5. Yeah!!! I bet the idiot was quiet in his seat now.

Gotta love baseball.

We Are Home!!!!!

Enough said.

Where Are We????

Well, the car is quite sick. Seems like it will get a new alternator and battery along with a new set of AC compressor bearings. Oh fun.

Linda? Doing great. Of course she is quite wacked out on any consistency when it comes to eating and sleeping, but she is hanging in there. Tonight is the first night she actually has fallen asleep before 9pm! This will last up to when this noisy air conditioner turns back on. We've had some good nights with minor whining, so the AC in this room has not disturbed her too much. Every time we ride in the car is a different story. Out cold. She doesn't last more than 10 or 15 minutes before falling asleep.

Today we visited my Dad as a family. He is doing great and is waiting to be released from the hospital. Looks like tomorrow is the day. What a bummer! he will get to go home before we do! Actually, that is awesome. Linda was her cute self on the visit. After a little time in the room, Mel took her outside in a courtyard where Grandpa was able to watch her run around a bit. All was good.

We hit the pool this afternoon. Only the second time on this trip. :-( Linda had a great time in the water once again. The floating duck chair is a hit. After we rinsed off and relaxed we treated ourselves to the Macaroni Grill. Nice place and pretty good food. Linda was such an angel. We had two elderly couples tell us how cute she is. How nice.

After a little work we are now ready to settle down. We can't wait to get home!

The Murphy's Spring Training Trip

Well, we are having "fun" on this trip, but I think Linda is having the most fun and I will start with this: Linda has been such a trooper and sooooooooo good!

We decided to start our trip a day early as a family crisis, mild but a crisis, occurred which landed my Dad in the hospital. Where? No place but Phoenix. BTW, he is doing very well and should be released sometime during the week. We started our trek on Thursday morning. A beautiful morning for SD. It was uneventful until we arrived in Phoenix. We get to the hotel and find that it is so new that the pool was not even open! "How long?" we asked. Another couple of weeks! There is no way in hell we are going to stay in Phoenix with another family and have no pool for the kids to play in, so the mad dash to find another place. We manage to get rooms in another place and got a decent discount, but we are going to be calling the customer relations folks as soon as this wacky trip is over. Thursday is shot. At least I got to visit my Dad.

Friday was a pretty good day. Nothing to report. Linda did not get to the pool for her very first swim, but she did get to see, and I use that term losely, her first baseball game. We had a good time running around, and she did OK sitting in our laps for a couple of innings. It was also a rare time that she was up waaaaaaay past her bed time. Well, that has become a common occurrence on this trip. I guess that is what vacations are for.

Today started well. Linda had her first dip in a swimming pool. No complaints. She had a wonderful time. I carried her in the pool without a whine or scream. We bought a floating duck that she can sit in. She loved that. She kicked and splashed. Linda does not like blow-up arm floaters. Oh well, back to the duck. She was so tired afterwards that she took a nap from which she did not want to wake up, but we had a game to get to. This game we decided on as a last minute one and we were to buy lawn seats, so we did not buy in advance. We were less than a mile away from the stadium when we got the call from our friends that it was SOLD OUT! We retreated to Peoria to see the Mariners play the Rangers. On the way to Peoria I misjudged a dip in the road. Mel was feeding Linda as she was starving. Wham! Pasta salad on the floor in the back and on top of Mel's Coach purse! Bill is on the shit list now. We finally get to the game and enjoyed the few innings we were there. Well, we played with the kids and just had fun.

After the game we decided to do the scenic route back to our hotel and cruise down through Phoenix to Scottsdale and then to the hotel. We never made it to Scottsdale. Murphy struck again and our little Mazda SUV dropped dead. After a number of phone calls and the battery on the cell phone was dying, we got a tow to the closest Mazda dealer. The dealer sent a salesman to pick us up and he waited with us until the tow truck arrived. While we were waiting, Mel took Linda to a Walgreens across the street to cool down while I waited in the 90+ degree heat for the drivers. We used the Mazda roadside assistance plan that we purchased and thus all the "rides". The dude from Mazda took us down to the airport so we could rent a car! Yup, we now have a rental while the Tribute gets checked, and that won't even be until Monday as the service department is closed on Sundays as usual. We drove out of the rental car lot at 7:20pm. How wacky and random that Mel and I discussed earlier how nice it would be to get Linda down at a reasonable time. NOT! We went to dinner and now, at 10:20pm, Linda is yelling for Mama and is showing no signs of settling down! She will when I am done here.

So now we are stuck here in Phoenix for what looks like an extra day as we were to return home on Monday, but Tuesday will be more like it if all goes well with the car. We still love that car, it's just a bummer that this happened on this trip with everything else that is going on. Another random thing is that I took the car in last Tuesday for a regular service! Talk about adding insult to injury.

I hope Murphy was only visiting today and the next couple of days will be fun and as normal as could be expected. Linda has been patient and just a little princess through all of this sitting in car seats, strollers, and unknown cars. I hope everyone else has had uneventful days and we are taking care of Murphy. We are now going to try and get some sleep.

A Conversation Between Mother and Daughter

Here is our daily conversation.

Linda: Mama mama

Me: Yes Linda

Linda: Uh


Linda: Mama mama

Me: Yes sweetheart

Linda: hehehehehehe


Linda: Mama mama

Me: Yes dear

Linda: Fish

Me: Not before breakfast sweetheart. Drink some milk.


Linda: Mama mama

Me: Yes Linda

Linda: Dog

Me: Yes the dog is over there.


Linda: Mama mama

Me: Yes sweetheart

Linda: Dada

Me: Daddy is at work. He'll be home later.


Enough said. :-)

Mommy Lessons

Linda is feeling much better now. She is almost her old self. We have been keeping a low profile this week. At the beginning of the week it was easy because Linda was very mellow. We would read books and watch Baby Einstein DVDs and Sesame Street. Of course as the week goes on and Linda is feeling better we have to get creative and play with lots of toys. Then she's getting cabin fever (like myself) and grabs her jacket and heads straight for the front door and points. So we do quick trips.

Today when Bill came home I took a quick exercise walk. On my walk I bumped into a neighbor with two little kids. I told her about Linda's bronchiolitis. She just kinda rolled her eyes and said that's a bummer. Then she goes on to says something like a couple of weeks ago her son got the flu and then a little while later her daughter got it. She just wish that the kids got the flu at the same time.

Okay, here I am practically in tears because Linda was feeling miserable. I was all concerned about her breathing and drinking enough fluids. The neighbor just wished her kids get sick at the same time.

Wow it just reminds me of that line in the movie Parenthood where the one mother says with her first child they really watch him closely. By the third child we were letting them juggle knives.

I guess I'll still be practically in tears when Linda is feeling miserable for a little while (18 years).

Chicken Broth for the Sick

Well we are dealing with Linda's first childhood illness. Linda came down with a runny nose and cough on Friday. Like usual she was her wonderful self. Still bright and smiley and full of energy... just with a runny nose and cough. Saturday was pretty much the same. But Sunday morning her breathing just didn't seem right to me. It was kind of loud and shallow.

So we called the doctor and went in for a 11am appointment. Yes on a Sunday (we love our doctor's office). The doc took one listen to her lungs and said we made a good choice coming in today. She was wheezing. She has bronchiolitist... ugh!!!! So the doc sent us home with some prescriptions and told us to give her plenty of liquids.

It's interesting to see how mother's intuition kicks in. Even though Linda just had a runny nose and cough, no fever and still had energy to play, I just didn't feel that her breathing was quite right. I hate the situation but I'm glad to see I actually have the knack for being a mom.

We are hoping for a peaceful night. Bill is just getting over a sinus thing. My sinuses are clogged up. And, the last couple of nights have been horrible for Linda. I've got to tell you Bill was a trooper last night. It was the worst for Linda. She could not get comfortable. Bill was there to calm her down while I tried to unclogged my sinuses and get some sleep.

One thing I have learned is that if you need a good liquid for your kid to drink/eat, chicken broth works great. I think between the first dose of medication and the broth, it gave Linda a good sneeze that was a real mess. But she was breathing better after that.