Frustration!

I took Maci to the doctor again today (5th time) and they still aren't sure what is wrong with her skin. They did blood work which all fell within normal limits. I am not so much as worried about what it is now - unless it's something more serious that bloodwork is not showing. And to top it all off - it's freaking hot up here!!

Yes, that temperature reading says 100 degrees!

Another of the rash

The infamous rash

Any ideas?

It's CHAOS!

Life at our house has been total chaos for the past few weeks. I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but Maci has a terrible rash on one side of her body that is not going away and is spreading. We have spent well over $200 at the regular doctor trying to figure out what it is and trying creams and meds that aren't working. She finally has a dermatology appointment today, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that we will get some answers.



The outlets went out again in my car, so I am going to have to take it back up to VW. Apparently something I am plugging in is causing the outlets to blow.



Maci decided to taste test her poopy diaper last night - and now I am hoping she doesn't get rotovirus from that. I remember how terrible it was to go through that with Madelyn - and having the i.v. fluids pumped into her. I don't want to go through that again!



We are hopefully having family up for July 4th - which would be great since I think Madelyn misses Ashtin and Allissa. Hopfully they come and we can have a nice holiday - I know we sure need one! :)

Kid's notice the strangest things

On the way to work this morning JD was driving in front of me in the Landrover. There is a spare tire on the back of it and Madelyn says to me - "that tire is not supposed to be on the back of the car, it's supposed to be on the bottom!" Well, she does have a point.

I am attaching the pics from the weekend, just 2 of the girls' smiles, but they are such great pics I couldn't resist not putting them up.

We got the car, it was a fuse (apparently missing fuses-not sure where they ran away to though) and now we just found out our AC is going to be upwards of $400 to fix. Seriously, we really can't get a break, can we?

Where’s the Twix when you need it?

Was it the Kit-Kat or the Twix bar that so graciously offers a “break?” I need to know because surely that is what we need right about now. If Murphy’s Law was not written for us Lockwood’s, I am not sure WHO it was written for. Just in the past month our hot water heater had an issue, our air conditioner broke, the faucet in the girls’ bathroom got broken, the washer is leaking, the knob on a cabinet in our kitchen got ripped off – and yesterday we had to have my car towed to the dealership. Really, when can we just get a break!! We aren’t sure what is going on with the car – it won’t get out of park and the outlets aren’t working. Hopefully it will be covered under warranty, but knowing our luck, it WON’T!
Speaking of needing a break though, Madelyn was absolutely terrible yesterday. She was testing my patience about listening – she was blatantly ignoring me and not listening. Yesterday was not the day. I had a sore throat and felt weak on top of all the car stuff. I am hoping for a better week this week – I know I need it.

I have some pics to put up from our weekend, but I won't be able to get to that until tonight. But here is a picture of our neice - what a beautiful girl!! She has grown so fast!