Poor Jeff

Jeff came home from work on Friday about a half hour early and said he wasn't feeling very well and had an upset stomach. We had decided to do a movie night with the kids and I started to get things ready. Jeff joined us for a couple of minutes were Addison as crawling all over him. She loves her Daddy so much and constantly uses him as a jungle gym. After a little bit, Jeff went upstairs and remained upstairs for the rest of the night. We think he had food poisioning from something he ate that morning. He said he's never been that sick in his entire life. I felt so bad for him, and so incredibly helpless. He was so incredibly miserable he couldnt' keep anything down. Finally, at about 11:30 p.m. his stomach finally settled down a little and he was able to get a little sleep. the next morning, he said his teeth hurt, and his entire gastric system just ached. It's now Sunday morning and he said he can't laugh, sneeze, cough, or anything like that without his throat and esphagous hurting. I felt so bad for him, but I'm so glad he's on the mend.

Croup

I hate croup. I was so scared the first time one of my kids had croup. I still hate it every time they have an attack, which is usually in the middle of the night. Nate woke up this morning at about 5:00 a.m. because he couldn't breathe. The nebulizer we usually use went back to my brother-in-law so we were without a nebulizer this morning. I went back to the old fashioned methods. We sat in the bathroom and had the shower going to build up the steam. When that didn't work, Nate and I rapped up in blankets and sat on the porch. It was actually a neat experience to sit on the porch and watch the stars. We got to talk for a while and his breathing seemed to improve. I enjoy those quite moments we get to be together. Even so, I hope we don't have to go through croup again.

Zach

I went to work early early yesterday morning so I wasn't home when the kids woke up. Zach is always an early riser. I asked Jeff how the kids were and Jeff said that Zach woke up at 7:00 a.m., asked Jeff when it would be morning. Jeff told him that it was morning right then. Zach then turned around without a word, and went back to bed. He slept for another hour or so. Bucket loads and Bucket loads of personality.

Picking Nate up from School

Ok, so you may think I'm crazy, but I actually love to pick Nathan up from school. This is partly because I'm still having a hard time having him at school full time. Last year, kindergarten wasn't too bad because it was only half of the day. Most days, Nate gets out of school at 3:30 p.m. now. It's just such a long day and I really miss him. Anyhow, half the week I pick him up and the other half a friend picks him up from school. When I get him, I park my car and walk across the crosswalk and wait for him by the fence, just like I did with kindergarten last year. I could just wait in the car since he's fine to cross the crosswalk on his own, but I prefer to get out. The reason being is Nate has turned this into a game. Whenever he sees me, he gets a big grin on his face and runs as fast as he can towards me and usually jumps into my arms or gives me a hug. It melts my heart every time. I know that soon he's going to get older and not want anything to do with his mom. I'll take whatever I can get for right now.

Brushing teeth

Ok, so its been forever since I've done anything with my blog, or even read other people's blogs. Life has been insanely busy. I've basically been a full time mom and, for the most part, work a full time job at the same time which means little spare time and little sleep. Working from home is a wonderfully amazing blessing, but a curse in some sense as well. However, I am extremely grateful I am able to do it and LOVE my boss. Anyhow, I'm going to hopefully find spare moments to work on my blog/journal again soon. Any how, I just had one of those moments that just made me laugh. I was playing around with Zach (4) and Addie (1) and put Addison on Zach's shoulders, which turned into a horsey ride. That eventually lead to me giving Zach a horsey ride. While I was down on all fours with Zach on my back, Addison came up to me with her tooth brush and was trying very hard, to brush my teeth with her tooth brush. She even showed me how to open my mouth so she could brush my teeth. As I had no desire for my daughter's toothbrush in my mouth, I was able to fend her off, much to her dissappointment. I was one of those crazy mom moments that just make me laugh and want to remember.

On a very different note, I was thinking about one of those moments where I was overwhelmed with the thought of being a parent. We had Nathan and were in the hosptial, knowing full well that we got to take care of this sweet baby boy. However, it was when I was filling out the paperwork for him in the hospital, signing all sorts of releases and papers on his behalf, that it really hit me that I was a parent, and from that moment on took full responsibiilty for this child. I think that was one of the moments were it really hit me I was a parent.

I LOVE my family and am constantly grateful that I get to be a part of their lives. I'll hopefully try to be better about blogging. I want to remember every moment of these sweet kids lives.