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March 23, 2010

Just after Karis was born, my friend Heather sent me a little homemade gift for our family.  I’ve never even met her in person, which made it all the more generous.  Heather is one of my co-writers at Mama Manifesto, and has her own gorgeous and creative blog at Cookie Mondays, Ice Cream Sundays.   She made an adorable set of letter shirts for my kids, and sent it to me over the summer.  When I opened the shirts and saw the fourth shirt, with a K, I cried.  It meant so much to me that she acknowledged that I had four kids, even though one was still living in Haiti. 

Now that I have all four kids together, I love putting them in their matching shirts.  They are all laid out for tomorrow because we have a doctor appointment for all four kids.   That’s right . . . ALL FOUR.   Kembe’s test came back positive for some intestinal parasites, and after finding out we were given strict instructions to make sure he did not take baths with other children since it is contagious.  Um . . . oops.  Too late.  So I will be begging the doctor to treat all four kids without making me collect any more samples.  I just don’t think I can do that for three more kids. 

Here’s hoping that tomorrow I leave that office with four little prescriptions, and not a bag full of tiny collection vials.

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  1. The Step In Mom. . . says

    March 23, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Those shirts are so cute! I hope the Dr. agree's to just treat the kids and not make you get samples from all of them… that would really suck.

  2. Dan & Hillary says

    March 23, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    Very cute! Unexpected gifts are so heartwarming.
    I hope the dr's have sympathy and give you the meds.

  3. Jen says

    March 23, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    Love the shirts! Good luck at the doctors. Four kids at one appointment…you are brave!

  4. Ashley Julian says

    March 23, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    4 kids + 1 adult + Dr. office = disaster
    bring help. save your sanity 🙂

  5. Sharon says

    March 24, 2010 at 12:06 am

    Oh, I can SO relate! We are dealing with some parasites right now too!!!!!

  6. Sharon says

    March 24, 2010 at 12:07 am

    and we're hoping they're not being passed to each other…just passed. 🙂

  7. andrea says

    March 24, 2010 at 1:36 am

    ah:( im sorry your little man has some ickies!!
    praying your appts go well tomorrow! LOVE their shirts!

  8. Kimmie @ live fancy. says

    March 24, 2010 at 6:02 am

    Heather IS amazing. I {heart} her. Love the shirts. Love the happiness. Love the love. Hoping for an easy appointment for you ALL tomorrow!

  9. Heather | Cookie Mondays says

    April 2, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    hey, i'm just now seeing this!
    they look so cute in them! 🙂

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