Sick again…

We are all sick! Yes even the baby is sick! There is something so heartbreaking about seeing my sweet little girl cranky with a raspy voice and a nasty cough! We went to the doc on Wednesday and was told Dalton has bronchitis and Sunday had just started her cold! I know that days 3-5 are normally the worst with most cold viruses and today is day 3 for Sunday and she slept most the day only waking to eat and cough… by the evening though she seemed to feel a little better and played on the floor with her mat for a while, she even let me give her infant Zarbees which was great because the first time she spit it all out and then threw up from crying and coughing. ‘I will be taking her back in on Monday and I really hope she is on the mend instead of getting worse but I still want the doc to check on her and make sure she’s not getting worse!

Poor Dalton always gets so sick so fast! He’s had a fever on and off for 5 days it peaked at 103 and today it got all the way up to 102! He is on an antibiotic, prescription cough meds (at bed time only) his asthma meds, and a steroid and abuterol mixture in his nebulizer! Even though the doc said he had the beginning signs of bronchitis at the appointment he said his ears were clear, which before tubes his ears would have been the first thing to get infected so I think they are doing well. However, he did cry out saying his ear hurt so badly and we ended up giving him some Tylenol for the pain. Today he laid around a lot and took 3 naps, at the end of the evening he told me he was tired and got up and put himself in bed. It was cute and so sad all at the same time! I feel so bad for him but I gotta say being able to give him meds and vitamins at least lets me feel like I’m trying to make this cold easier for him unlike poor Sunday who can only suffer through it!

I got a nasty cough and by the end of the day I feel like total crap but other than that I feel fine which is great considering I got 2 little that need my full attention. I did have a few rough days but for the most part I think I’m on the mend just a lingering cough to annoy me… I’m not sleeping very well because I keep getting up to check on all the kids and half the night I’m dozing with Sunday in my arms and pillows to keep us propped up and unable to move from side to side.

Thanksgiving came and went and luckily I did not have to host this year and with all the left overs I do not have to worry about cooking for the next couple of nights!

Oh and Sunday was the cutest little turkey on Thanksgiving day!

 

 

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All the things!

Wow so many things have changed recently!

My bff (aka sister wife) had some unexpected events happen and asked if she could stay with us for a few months while she gets things back in order…

So while we had just cleared the office room (aka our old room) out and rearranged it to turn it into a family room it is now my bff and her 3 year olds bedroom! Craziness!

I love my bff but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried about living with her… We have a great relationship and are wonderful at communicating with one another but we’ve never lived together and sometimes our kids fight or misbehave (much like siblings) when around each other so I was worried about what that would look like full time it’s only been a week but so far so good! I’m still nervous about it, and a little sad that mine n hubbies alone in our house lasted 4 months lol but I know we will have our house back soonish… but I’m just nervous she’s my closest friend and I don’t want anything to disrupt our friendship…

MIL with dementia is not doing so well, she seems to be getting worse so fast it’s scary… it also reassures me that finding her a group home when we did was for the best I knew she was getting worse and although it hurt emotionally especially for my husband I knew that this would happen and we could not take care of her needs… I’m sad about the state she’s in but I’m glad that she has so much help available 24/7

As far as the kiddos they are growing so fast!

Adin is a teen and acts like a teen… he is big and hairy and looks older than he is so he thinks he should be able to do more and get away with more then we are okay with… We do not think it’s okay for our son to do underage things such as smoking and staying out all night…we’ve had lots of fights about this and recently he smoked at school and managed to get himself in so much trouble that he is temporarily at a behavioral school until December… then he will go back to his regular high school… he is grounded and he hasn’t been arguing about it he seems to be taking his punishment well and says that he’s not going to slip back into old habits but I’m still concerned about it and plan on getting him into a councilor to help him stay on track so that he has someone to talk to so that he doesn’t try to get back into the routine he was in…

Sunday is 3.5 months old and is beautiful! She giggled for my sister but I haven’t been able to get her to giggle for me! Which makes me a little sad because it was the cutest sound in the whole world and I want to hear more of it!!!! She is a tiny little thing only in the 20th percentile… She loves tummy time and is rolling on to her sides pretty easily I think in the next month we will see her roll all the way over! She is so sweet and so happy! She really has been the easiest of the kiddos to care for, hopefully she will be easy as a teen too! My 1st to kids were not easy teens so I do think about it! She just lights up my whole day every day!

Dalton’s 3 now!!!! He is in the stage of “WHY?” He ask’s why about everything! He is so curios about everything around him! He is funny, he does things just to crack people up and he laughs at everything! I am constantly amazed by how smart he is and how sweet he is! He still loves to snuggle and just spend time together doing anything and everything! We got him a little jeep for his birthday and we go for daily walk/drive and he loves it, he plays fireman and loves hot dogs like no tomorrow! I love him so much! I look at all my kids and feel so blessed it makes me want to cry!

Sunday is 3 months old

Today was a rough day! My sweet girl had to go in for her 3 month check up… We are a little off on our vaccine schedule… Her first appointment she hadn’t gained enough weight compared to what she lost so I was asked to bring her back along with the paperwork from the hospital… I brought her back at 3 weeks and forgot the paper work again… then I brought her back again at 6 weeks along with her paper work… she was on track for weight gain so they weren’t concerned and I was told to bring her back in 2 months… so I just scheduled it for when she turned 3 months old… so she just barely got a bunch (4) vaccines and I feel so sad seeing her go through any kind of pain from the needles but I feel good about the decision to vaccinate… I know it can be such a controversial subject but I feel like we all make the best choices we can for our children…. anyways I digress!

Sweet girl is already 3 months old! How did that happen so fast! She is smiling up a storm, sleeping pretty good and a healthy eater! She has discovered her hands and finds her feet entertaining! She is 21 inches long and 11.14 lbs now!

She is the sweetest! I still can’t believe that I have a daughter!!!! You can watch all her cuteness here!

Nerves…

I can’t believe October is over! It has been a whirlwind of a month! I have once again been a terrible blogger! At the beginning of the year I said my goal was to be more present in enjoying the moment and less consumed with being stuck in future dreams/goals/plans because although I love the feeling of completing a goal and planning out the next one, I also don’t want to miss a moment with my family because kids grow up so fast!

In October Dalton turned 3! I can’t believe he is 3 it is crazy and he is the most wonderful little being!!! I will post a whole new post about him and all his Dalton-ness! For now here is a cute little glimpse into his birthday!

Today I felt like I needed to write! Tomorrow I meet my mentor teacher! I will for sure be student teaching in the 5th grade and I’m a bit nervous! I’m excited to meet my mentor … but… I’m a bit worried.

First, I prefer the younger grades this will be a new expierence due to the age of the students. Second although I have passed all my exams saying that I know the content I still get nervous about teaching the content because 5th grade is such a critical grade for child development.

Finally my biggest concern… my mentor lost his daughter a few months ago and I’m worried about if he is really ready for a student teacher… He had the choice and he volunteered to be a mentor but I hope he is as ready as he says he is! Deep down inside I feel like this was meant to happen… from the moment I left my last mentor I felt like I would end up in 5th grade ( the grade I have the least interest in). That it was just in my cards… but now even more so I feel like I am meant to be in the class and I’m not sure if it’s because it’s going to make me stronger, or if it’s because I’m meant to be in this teachers life… 

I probably sound extremely crazy right now, but in the past when I’ve gotten these type intense of feelings they normally come to fruition… When I was little before I knew what fertility or infertility was about I knew having children wasn’t going to be easy for me… I had a feeling I was going to be a teacher even though that wasn’t really what I wanted to do when I was younger… anyways I digress…

The point is that although I’m nervous with teaching in the 5th grade, I feel like this was always meant to be!

Hopefully tomorrow when I meet the guy I will get an idea if this is going to be an enjoyable expierence or not…