Well it has been quite a few weeks over in the Chekares household. Two weeks ago was April vacation for Mark and I. It started out well with a lazy Saturday and church and breakfast with Pra Dziadziu on Sunday. Mark and I went to the Marathon Monday Red Sox game on Monday so by Tuesday we were a bit tired. Mark went to get NahNah Linda at the airport on Tuesday night and that's when it started. Isabelle threw a fit when we brought her home for the play ground on Tuesday afternoon and she has not stopped since. Wednesday was their 15 month appointment with Dr.Tartel in which they received their MMR (Mumps Measles and Rubella) vaccine. Originally I wanted to delay the girls getting this shot because it is the one that has been linked to autism and it is just really hard for them to get over. You would have thought that I was the worst mother in the world when I told this to our doctor. She went on and on about measles outbreaks and how in every town there are clusters of parents not vaccinating their children. Did I say that I did not want them vaccinated? NO!!!!!! I just wanted them delayed. So after making me feel about two inches tall we vaccinated the girls.

Over the next few days they were cranky and rightfully so. The fits continued for Miss. Belle and Sophie Rose was equally crabby. Things were getting better until last Friday when I received a call from Mark saying the Isabelle had spiked a temp of 102.7,which is not high but for a girl that never once spiked a temp at all with all the ear infections that have come her way it was cause for concern. I knew that it was from the vaccine and her brought her into the doctors that afternoon. Her lymph nodes on the back of her neck were very inflamed and for anyone who knows my history with Michael I was freaking out. The doctor said that it was a reaction from the MMR and that if they did not go down within 48-72 hours we needed to bring her back. Needless to say I was fuming mad.

So after a looooong two weeks and many sleepless nights the girls are on the mend and are trying all sorts of new things out every day. Unfortunately Miss. Belle's fits have seemed to have lingered which means that she is getting older and wants more control of things. Unfortunately for her she does not know her Mommy that well yet to realize that throwing fits are not an option in my house.

For those of you who celebrated Cinco de Mayo yesterday, here are some pictures of the girls in their very festive Mexican outfits compliments of Papouli