Unconscious

Well if you've had any communication with our house this week you know I have been very sick all week. And, I'd say I spent the last 3 days mostly unconscious. I am a bit sluggish and foggy today bbut hopefully on the mend. And to think this was not even the flu, but it took everything out of me! Goodness!

The first day of unconsciousness JM was in school and hubby got her on and off the bus that day. And he stayed home and ran errands with JC. Then when JM got home they proceeded to watch Star Wars over and over. On the 2nd day of my unconsciousness I guess hubby figured out I was serious about this being sick business and had the girls paint outside while he did some yard and patio work! Go Dad! You think maybe he reads my blog sometimes for ideas? And on the third day they may have played outside for a bit, but then they watched Star Wars 2 and 3...or whatever they are called. ha Are they obsessed? YES!

I can't say for sure if anything else interesting happened. I know my lawn looks mowed and my back patio looks clean. :-)

Weighing In at Four

Ok, JC is officially 30 pounds and 39 and 1/2 inches at age 4! She'll likely be 29 pounds tomorrow though! haha All is well. She's on the chart and looking pretty healthy and beautiful of course. Poor thing got 4 shots and has opted to hardly walk at all today. At one point she got their batons to use as walking canes! She was a brave trooper though. She really was trying to be really brave and act happy about it, but when the first shot set in, literally, that was enough.

In other news JC is enjoying Mommy time. Her school hasn't started yet and of course we've got to eat, so we went to lunch for sandwiches the other day (Thundercloud Subs-Mommy's favorite as the kids always say) and she told Daddy all about it that night. I had no clue it was a big deal, but it apparently was. We saved part of one for JM's afternoon snack.

Goodness this school business has made me cut back on pictures!

Hear, Hear

JC got tubes today and her adenoids removed. Been a crazy day. Up EARLY to get JC to surgery. Hubby came with us. JC was in super spirits. Very happy and giggly. All the doctors and nurses were quite nice. JC liked them all. The anesthesiologist said our JC was one of the easiest patients he's had..... Then she woke up after the surgery..poor thing. We were suddenly all villains. She was in a lot of pain and took a long time to fall asleep. She slept off and on through the day at home, still with some pain.

At one point this afternoon hubby asked her if it was fun... JC said, "No, I shoulda kicked that doctor!" Oh man..she still has to go to a follow up!

And where was JM in all this? She went to her first friend sleep-over so hubby and I could be with Jane! She went to S's house and had a blast. Apparently they were up til 11 and of course didn't really sleep in! Needless to say a 4 hour nap happened this afternoon!

I think my baby is on the mend and soon we will all be rested...

Weekend Words

JC: (with stuffy nose) Mom, you're my best friend. I love you. (With arms around my neck and lots of hugs. She did this repeatedly through the weekend. I think she could tell I liked it!)

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JM: (after negotiating when I'd come check on her in bed) I made that deal. I think my work is done here. Have a good evening!

After this "bit" JM does her crazy eye trick. Yes that's right, due to my child's Duane's Syndrome she gets to do nifty party tricks, which aren't exactly tricks at all but a condition where one eye doesn't move all the way to the right. It's wild and suddenly she's pretty aware of it and how to use it. I think it's funny and great to be able to use it and laugh about it. Hubby not so much. Hubby has always hated eye tricks. I have some of my own he dislikes and they aren't even as cool as JM's.

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In other news we are assisting retail this weekend by getting pumped for Christmas! We put our tree up! I thought it was nuts. We've never done it that early, but hubby was game and when hubby is ready to drag that stuff down from the attic you better take him up on it!! And of course the girls were excited. And my theory is that we are assisting the economy by decorating early, gettings folks who come over in the mood early and in turn they will start their shopping even earlier! ha, who knows - that's what the stores do. Anyway, we are excited to have the tree up for 2 whole months! We have been listening to our Harry Connick Jr. and Barry Manilow Christmas cds too! :-) I need to find the rest. ie. James Taylow and the kiddo stuff. Yes that's right my collecton is mostly the Hallmark Christmas albums! I find them delightful!

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And we voted early this week! It's certainly going to be a historical election. And I can say I didn't play favorites in the way of "parties" this year and all three parties were voted for at some point on my ballot...hmmm I wander who I voted for for president??? This is a typically red state, so that answer is not really important. What is interesting is that we will either have a part African American president or a female vice-president. Either prospect is exciting in our history regardless of my political preferences.

Bubblicious Berry Springs Park

Today we went to Berry Springs Park in Georgetown and read "Bubbles Bubbles" by Mercer Mayer and tried out some of our own bubbles! I made some homemade bubble recipes that worked ok, but the Target store ought ones M brought seemed to work best. BUT, we tried various items to blow bubbles with and the fly swatters I brought worked great in my homemade solution! You just swing the swatter around and you get bubble piles. I didn't get any pictures of that though!

M trying out her bubbles!

A checking out the resident donkeys.

JM left these sunglasses on ALL day! Never seen her do that! A little girl brought them for all the kids in JM's class in celebration of the little girl's birthday! Obviously JM thought it was pretty cool and insists I tell the girl's mother thank you!

D and her baby!

MY baby! We all had a great time in this park. I wish it was closer and I'd likely be there daily! It's very peaceful. I am unsure why JC is pouting in this picture, but I think she looks so angelic. She was actually all smiles at the park...UNTIL...we got home!

JC started screaming bloody murder. At first I thought she was super-tired but then she was pulling her ear and said it hurt. I called the doctor and rushed out the door to grab a Friday afternoon time slot!! We made it and sure enough her ear drum was about to burst!! She wasn't even sick!! This is the 2nd time this has happened where she barely has a simple runny nose and she's about to blow her eardrum out! It's wild! The Nurse Practitioner (best in the world by the way) said it was unusual but she either has a high pain tolerance or small Eustachian tubes or something. On the bight side we never have to go through weeks of nasty snot before getting anti-biotics.

On the Chart

My baby girl had her 3 year well-check appointment today and what do ya know - she made it on the chart! She's 26th percentile in weight at a whopping 26 pounds and 48th percentile for height at 36.5 inches! I am a little stunned myself. I mean I know one year olds that have weighed about this!!! But all is well with my little tiny tot!

A Hundred Bucks Later...

Oh my goodness what a night! Here is the run down:

11pm I go to bed.

2am JM is screaming. She says her stomach hurts.

3am It still hurts, no vomit, and it feels like "knives in my tummy!" And she wants to go to the hospital!

4am We go. JM and I WAIT in the EMPTY Emergency Room. You would truly think folks would be quick and with it in an empty ER, but no such luck. Perhaps we weren't really in a super duper emergency situation, so they slow down in order to dissuade us from coming again. Who knows. They were all very friendly though. After X-rays we discovered JM had severe constipation. This was my guess, but I just didn't want to ignore screams in the night, just in case. This is not the first time we had to get X-rays for this condition! It's baffling really because she isn't exactly text book in that she eats a lot of fiber and she does poop daily...Yes I know, too much information, but it's true and weird and I can't figure out why she keeps getting constipated. Although my new theory is that since she does have a high fiber diet for a child that maybe she isn't getting enough water to wash it through her system.

7am Home again and very short on sleep. We administer medicine and head to bed.

8:30am Hubby loudly gets ready for work whistling!!?????!!! I tell hubby to STOP IT!!! Hubby heads to work and gives the waking JC chocolate milk and pretzels, turns on the TV and tells her not to wake up Mommy and JM.

9:45am I figure I better get up and check on JC. I never could get fully asleep anyway. I actually didn't know Hubby was not there and as I open my bedroom door there is a quiet little face with her head to the floor trying to spy on sleeping Mommy through the crack under the door! How sweet is that!?

10:30am JM awakes! We still have a few issues through the rest of the day, but by the end of the day she appears fine.

Side Note on the ER:

JM did not scream of pain once. I knew she was still in pain and I asked her why she screams at home, but not the hospital. JM says "Because those people might hear me." Augh. Apparently Mommy and Daddy WANT to hear screaming!

Another thing is JM thought the hospital was SOOOO cool. Like we went to some cool place for mommy/daughter time at 3 AM or something! She asked about all the equipment and they let her watch cartoons and drink juice in the middle of the night. Sheesh. She is really interested in all the technical stuff too, equipment I am clueless about. She did ask me about the oral thermometer she saw on the wall though, something she has never had to use and I explained how it works. The nurse came in to use it on her and she immediately opens her mouth and lifts her tongue like she's done it a million times. And of course this afternoon I say, "I sure hope we don't have to go to the hospital again, do you?" JM: "Yes Mom, it's fun." Honestly, they shouldn't make it so fun for the sake of my doctor-loving children! I suppose it's a good thing my kids like going to the doc and perhaps it's a sign they'd be very comfortable in the medical field one day!?

Oh and the ER co-pay? A hundred bucks. The experience to my 4-year-old? Priceless! haha