In my college years we had many nights with little sleep. We would be studying, writing papers, hanging out with friends and whatever other excuse we could find to not go to bed. Back then I thought I knew what sleep deprivation meant, how naive I was.
One of those nights I remember hanging out with one of my best friends (now brother in-law), I can't remember what we were up to but I remember laughing so hard at the dumbest things. Things that on a normal nights rest would not have been quite so funny. In between our fits of laughter he said "We have the sleepy sillies" I am not sure where this saying comes from or if everyone has heard of this term or if perhaps he just made it up, however it now gets used in my house quite a bit.
Last night Brylee went to bed around 9:30, it was one of those nights where everything was just running late. She has a bedtime ritual which includes one television show usually curious george, max and ruby or clifford the big red dog, vitamins, fluoride, brush the teeth and then one book and prayers. I was rushing her through these motions because she has a tendency to drag them out as loooonnngggg as she can. I grabbed the book on her night stand and hurried her up into bed. Well it just so happens the book laying there was The Happy Birthday Book by Dr.Seuss. I love Dr.Seuss his made up words and names remind me of my family. We have a nickname for everyone and everything and generally they are weird to the outside person but make complete sense to us.
Due to it being so late and the book being longer than usual I started reading as fast as I could to speed it up and to my amazement the faster I read the harder she laughed. The harder she laughed the harder I laughed until we were both wiping our happy tears and holding sore bellies. With all the tongue twisting words I did my best to make up keep up the speed between fits of giggles. It reminded me of that moment back in college with my brother in law. On a normal night this might not have struck such a funny cord but due to the nature of how late it was I think she was a little overtired. It felt so good to share this moment with her and I did my best to soak it all in while it lasted.
The best part came when the laughter died down and she turned and whispered into my ear " MOMMA YOU MAKE ME SOOO HAPPY"
That is what I live for.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Way behind....
A happy 4th of July post was suppose to happen last week with a cute picture of our fun time swimming and playing. I bought cute little festive outfits for the kids to take a few pictures in during our bbq with some friends and family. HOWEVER...
"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry"
Which was definitely the case for us this year. If you have ever heard of something called coxsackie virus I feel your pain. To those of you who have no idea what it is I pray for your sake you never find out. Before going to work on Sunday I went in to kiss Brody as he was taking a nap and discovered he had a fever. He was not congested or grumpy or anything the day prior so I thought he might be getting some teeth, proceeded to give him some motrin and headed to work with strict instructions for the husband to follow. Sometime that afternoon I got a call from my mom who had relieved my husband for a few hours to tell me that his fever was very high, he was miserable and she thought he might have an ear infection because he was rubbing his ear. Seeing as I work in a hospital and the next day was a holiday I told her to bring him down and have him seen to get an antibiotic. So low and behold his ear drums were bulging his fever was high and a little tylenol and augmentin would do the trick. Surely he would be feeling better for our holiday plans, or so I thought.....
After a sleepless night and doses around the clock of medications his high fever was not coming down, he didn't want to eat and he just looked really sad and listless. So most of the 4th of July I sat in front of a fan or with the help of my lovely parents trying to cool this child down. Definitely NOT what I had planned for my babies first 4th of July. I tried not to let it ruin my spirits for the day but I felt most of it was spent feeling sorry for my poor little man.
After another sleepless night and his symptoms still not clearing up we headed to the doctor. I had an appointment already for a swollen lymph node behind his ear so it worked out perfect. She proceeds to tell me he has coxsackie virus or something we refer to as hand, foot and mouth??!!!!!
Seriously?!?! What happened to the simple old ear infection?
Apparently this awful awful virus also causes bulging ear drums which in the first day of the virus mimics an ear infection until the blisters show up!!! UGGHHH...... To which you are probably thinking "your a nurse didn't you see the blisters on his hands and feet and know that is what he has??" That is a great question. He only had blisters in the way back of his throat and unless you gagged him with a tongue depressor to look you couldn't see them, trust me I tried. Soon after leaving the doctors he developed other symptoms of this virus, diarrhea and vomiting, yeah it gets better can you believe it? Needless to say this went on for almost a week AND guess what it's highly contagious.
You guessed it.....he gave it to his sister. What a generous little man. However there is a bright side to this story. Apparently adults can get it to and thank the good Lord above I nor my husband have contracted this nasty virus. I hope it stays that way.
So that is why I am so way behind in posting on this blog, cleaning my house, planning my sons 1st birthday party or just life in general. However I was able to dress the B's up and get a few pictures of them. It is ridiculously hard to get a good picture of them together but we did our best. Hope you had a wonderful 4th. There is always next year for us. :-)
"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry"
Which was definitely the case for us this year. If you have ever heard of something called coxsackie virus I feel your pain. To those of you who have no idea what it is I pray for your sake you never find out. Before going to work on Sunday I went in to kiss Brody as he was taking a nap and discovered he had a fever. He was not congested or grumpy or anything the day prior so I thought he might be getting some teeth, proceeded to give him some motrin and headed to work with strict instructions for the husband to follow. Sometime that afternoon I got a call from my mom who had relieved my husband for a few hours to tell me that his fever was very high, he was miserable and she thought he might have an ear infection because he was rubbing his ear. Seeing as I work in a hospital and the next day was a holiday I told her to bring him down and have him seen to get an antibiotic. So low and behold his ear drums were bulging his fever was high and a little tylenol and augmentin would do the trick. Surely he would be feeling better for our holiday plans, or so I thought.....
After a sleepless night and doses around the clock of medications his high fever was not coming down, he didn't want to eat and he just looked really sad and listless. So most of the 4th of July I sat in front of a fan or with the help of my lovely parents trying to cool this child down. Definitely NOT what I had planned for my babies first 4th of July. I tried not to let it ruin my spirits for the day but I felt most of it was spent feeling sorry for my poor little man.
After another sleepless night and his symptoms still not clearing up we headed to the doctor. I had an appointment already for a swollen lymph node behind his ear so it worked out perfect. She proceeds to tell me he has coxsackie virus or something we refer to as hand, foot and mouth??!!!!!
Seriously?!?! What happened to the simple old ear infection?
Apparently this awful awful virus also causes bulging ear drums which in the first day of the virus mimics an ear infection until the blisters show up!!! UGGHHH...... To which you are probably thinking "your a nurse didn't you see the blisters on his hands and feet and know that is what he has??" That is a great question. He only had blisters in the way back of his throat and unless you gagged him with a tongue depressor to look you couldn't see them, trust me I tried. Soon after leaving the doctors he developed other symptoms of this virus, diarrhea and vomiting, yeah it gets better can you believe it? Needless to say this went on for almost a week AND guess what it's highly contagious.
You guessed it.....he gave it to his sister. What a generous little man. However there is a bright side to this story. Apparently adults can get it to and thank the good Lord above I nor my husband have contracted this nasty virus. I hope it stays that way.
So that is why I am so way behind in posting on this blog, cleaning my house, planning my sons 1st birthday party or just life in general. However I was able to dress the B's up and get a few pictures of them. It is ridiculously hard to get a good picture of them together but we did our best. Hope you had a wonderful 4th. There is always next year for us. :-)
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Powerful...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rhwbcRqUgY&feature=player_embedded
This is really powerful! Hope everyone has a great Saturday!
This is really powerful! Hope everyone has a great Saturday!
Friday, July 1, 2011
A poem for the day
Last evening as I was getting the kids ready for bed it seemed as if the world was against me. My sweet sweet baby boy couldn't get to sleep. So I let him get down and play for awhile and I got out my camera. No matter how much rocking and singing I did it took him FOREVER to fall asleep. Now don't get me wrong this is one of my most favorite things to do, rock my baby to sleep. After probably an hour and a half he was finally sound asleep and I had written a poem while I waited. Here goes.....
The house is a mess what's a girl to do?
There are so many demands that are placed on you.
Laundry needs to be folded and put away.
It's probably been there since the first of May.
The floors are all sticky and need a good sweep.
The bills are piled high and stacked in a heap.
There is food on the counter and all over the chair.
But honestly I just couldn't give any care.
For this little man has been trying all day.
To simply get me to sit down and play.
So the dishes can stay all piled in the sink.
For this little ones gonna be grown in a wink.
I'll sing all night long and rock him to sleep.
Because him at this age I simply can't keep.
Here are a few of the pictures I took during our play time, the time when we were suppose to be going to bed. :-)
He melts my heart he really does.
The house is a mess what's a girl to do?
There are so many demands that are placed on you.
Laundry needs to be folded and put away.
It's probably been there since the first of May.
The floors are all sticky and need a good sweep.
The bills are piled high and stacked in a heap.
There is food on the counter and all over the chair.
But honestly I just couldn't give any care.
For this little man has been trying all day.
To simply get me to sit down and play.
So the dishes can stay all piled in the sink.
For this little ones gonna be grown in a wink.
I'll sing all night long and rock him to sleep.
Because him at this age I simply can't keep.
Here are a few of the pictures I took during our play time, the time when we were suppose to be going to bed. :-)
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| He is pretty proud of his pearly whites! |
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| His sister taught him how to "sing" or screech shall we say! |
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| AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS! |
He melts my heart he really does.
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