technical difficulties

we are having some annoying internet issues at our hotel. i can't upload any of the pictures that i've taken the last few days (which are super cute) hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Nova has been sick. 5 days ago she had a terrible breath holding episode with an awful seizure. it was about 3 minutes again, and this time involved her 4 limbs, but also her little face was making terrible contortions. the face thing didn't happen last time. She also did this weird teeth gnashing thing for several minutes after the seizure. it was very sad. The next day she spiked a temp to 102. we weren't sure where the fever was coming from since she didn't have any other symptoms. she had 2 days of fever, then developed a lovely rash on her stomach, which spread to her face today. I think it is Roseola. Overall the last 2 days she has been much much improved. She was in an awful mood during the fevers, but once her temp came down she started acting like her normal, adorable self. i think she is feeling much better, in spite of the rash.

Juneau has been a real trooper through everything. she never acts up for attention when Nova is having trouble. her main issue the last few days has been waking up and screaming in the middle of the night. I don't think it is night terrors, i think she just wakes up, and then instead of going back to sleep just starts screaming. She has always screamed when she wakes up (either from nap or in the morning). She hardly EVER wakes up happy. After a few minutes of screaming she will usually snap out of it, and then is cheerful and sweet, but lately the 3 a.m. episodes have lasted 30-60 minutes. I am hoping this will settle down some once we get settled in the new house.

in spite of these minor issues, we have been having some wonderful family time the last week. We have been to Royal Gorge, to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, to a splash park in downtown Colorado Springs, and spending lots of time on playgrounds and in the pool. i am very grateful to have these few weeks with the girls and Cris during the move.

hopefully i can post some cute and funny pictures from the week soon.