Playing and standing up.
Growing up way to fast!
yeah for Benadryl, kind of
Lance has had a cold for two weeks now, with a really yucky nose for over a week. I am so ready for him to be well and no more yucky nose, no more coughing, and no more gagging until throwing up. Yesterday he threw up a little at 4 am and then twice when I was trying to clean at my mom’s. I called the doctor because I was really beginning to get worried about my little man, he wasn’t eating much and he was throwing up every now and then what little he did eat. The doctor called me back and told me not to be to concerned as long as he was having a wet diaper every 8-10 hours which he was and that throwing up was just one way he was getting rid of the mucus and protecting his lungs. He did say that I could give him a small amount of Benadryl and though I do not like to give Lance any kind of medicine the little guy needed some kind of relief. I went to the store yesterday and picked some up. We gave him some right before bedtime because we figured it would make him really sleepy and he would sleep all night long. I wish. He was up every 3 hours! It was like he was a newborn again, except he was only eating/awake for 10-15 minutes as opposed to a newborn who is up 25-45 minutes at a time. It was rough, but Lance did have a clear nose, he was able to consume as much milk as my poor body could make for him and he kept everything down since he wasn’t coughing or trying to clear his nose. Though we only gave him one dose at 8 last night his nose stayed pretty good until 11 this morning and even that isn’t as bad as it has been. He was crying in the car on the way back from our morning outing so that started the yucky nose back, but he wasn’t too bad. We gave him a little more at 11 and as a result he only napped for half an hour, I actually don’t know if the medicine is to blame since I had tried to get some vacuuming done, but I hope he will go down for a little bit since I am quite sleepy myself.
Today most of the school systems are out due to the threat of snow and so far there hasn’t been any substantial snow. My mom had to go to school today and she laughed that her school system was the only one in the area that was open. They were originally calling for 2-4 inches of snow, but I am sure by now they have cut that down, I was trying to not get my hopes up, I really want it to snow!
Though I say this everyday, I really can’t believe how Lance getting older and growing up before my eyes. He isn’t my wee little baby anymore, but he sure is a lot of fun and into everything. He loves to pull up on everything, crawl around the house, dance to any kind of music, play with daddy bike, and go to his “happy place” i.e. my knitting basket (he pulls out all of the yarn and pulls it through his hands and mouth, he gets so excited when he gets into it, it is very cute.)
one cold down, a million more to go
I think we are finally on the mend, this cold thing has not been fun. Poor Lance has barely been able to eat and thanks to his great gag reflex several meals took a return course. The yucky nose wasn’t as yucky today and he have kept down everything and no gagging since 6:30 am Sunday. Last night was the first time in almost a week that he ate something, he was only nursing. Fortunately during this whole cold he slept pretty good at night, he just didn’t eat well which led to a not good night for mommy. I thought my right side was going to explode Saturday night when he had gone 12 hours without eating from it, he was doing a one side every 4-6 hours and I didn’t sleep very comfortably. So for the first time in a week things looked better for the little one and he is in a much better mood.
Lance’s favorite thing right now is yarn. He loves to crawl over to my knitting basket and pull out everything. Today when I was changing out laundry he was playing with some yarn for Amy’s scarf, I wonder if he will be a knitter one day.
no more mucus, please
Poor Lance, I wish he could get over this cold. Last night we were playing in the living room and he spit up/ threw up on me, gross! The kid has way to much mucus in his nose and going down the back of his throat! He is also very gassy from sucking in so much air while trying to eat. The worst though was last night when I fed him and then he threw it all back up on me, I was covered. Jeff tried to help, but it kind of irritated me because he didn’t really help. Lance had just eaten and I wanted him to give him some gas drops in hopes of helping his belly, well he gagged on the drops and up came all the milk he drank. So here I am covered in spit up and Jeff jumps up grabs a roll of paper towels. All I wanted him to do was grab the baby, but he gets up and gets paper towels and then wipes off the baby. Here I was covered in milk and he doesn’t even take the baby from me immediately!! He finally takes the baby, and I go up and change clothes. I come back down and hold Lance until he is ready to eat some more. At this point I am dreading what feeding him and what the night may hold. Praise God, he slept really well, only got up once to feed and only has kept all milk down. This cold is very upsetting because he is not feeling well and the fact that it will continue to happen, this is just the beginning. It makes me wonder, why did God make viruses? What is their purpose? Do they do anything good? Will we ever be able to defeat them?
On a positive note, Grandma babysat for a few hours last night so we were able to go hang out with some people without Lance, it was nice to be away for a bit. Well I can’t waste all of nap time on the computer, must go be productive.
Road Trip
Yesterday I was very spontaneous, which is so not normal me, but I am proud of myself. Jeff was suppose to go down to Winston-Salem to meet with some of his sales reps and I had been playing with the idea of going with him for a week or two and decided this past weekend not to go. The original plan was drive down Monday night, spend the night in a hotel and meet with the reps on Tuesday. When I decided not to go, Jeff decided to just go in one day, leave early in the morning and get back that evening, but after talking to one of the reps he found out that they weren’t arriving until the afternoon and leaving early wasn’t going to work. Yesterday morning we woke up and I asked Jeff what time he was leaving, he said 11 which was right after an appointment I had, so I asked him if Lance and I could go with him. He said sure so we got ready and packed in case we spent the night and headed down. We borrowed a mini-van so we would have more room and Lance would hopefully enjoy the trip more. He loved the van, he loved being able to see the cars out the back window and all of the amenities the van had. Once we got down there he was great during the meetings, he loved going after the shoes and trying to tear the catalogues apart. Looking at the “back-to-school” women’s shoes was fun, but also frustrating. There are so many shoes that I would love to carry and it is so hard to figure out what will sell and how to get people in the shop to buy what we have. I wish I could order one of everything that I liked, but to try and narrow it down to one or two and then to get women into the shop instead of the mall is hard. Oh, and I didn’t even think about hoping that whatever style I choose won’t be at PacSun, but be popular! AHHHH, it is enough to make my head spin! Well the meetings with the reps didn’t take as long as we thought they might so we headed to Greensboro to go to dinner and while we were there we stopped at one of my favorite places: the Fresh Market! I so wish we had one in town, maybe one day when we aren’t so poor we will and I can shop there! Well the day was fun and I am proud that I didn’t just stay at home and I did something spontaneous.
mr. smiley
Last night was a rough night for all of us. Lance was up a lot and very clingy. Jeff and I felt horrible due to our colds, sinus, whatever is wrong with us. I remember at 1 am saying- why can’t we just sleep? I was so frustrated, it reminded me of the first weeks with Lance. What was so frustrating was we know we can sleep longer than 3 hour stretches, but for some reason he hasn’t been sleeping well lately. I know that this too will pass, but it is hard in the moment. I remember those first couple of weeks dreading night time because it seemed to last forever and thinking that the no sleep was going to last forever.
Well I was feeling kind of blah today, but when I was uploading the pictures from my camera to my computer I realized I have one happy kid. He is always smiling and he doesn’t just smile with his mouth, his eyes get all squinty (he gets that from his dad), his cheeks get fuller and he just radiates. He also knows that he is suppose to smile for the camera, it is funny to watch.
Yesterday Lance started doing something new. He won’t clap his own hands but he likes to hold onto my hands and clap my hands. We had a good time clapping and laughing last night.
Before Christmas when Lance and I were working at the store I had a theory or should I say a hypothesis that Lance would always poop after spending a few minutes in the exersaucer. It seemed like every time we would get to the store I would stick him in to get a few things going and before I know it there was a foul smell coming from Lance. Tuesday Jeff brought the exersaucer home with him since we aren’t working there anymore regularly and yesterday I stuck Lance in to play and sure enough he had worked up a dirty diaper. Also when I was helping John with his homework Lance was playing in the exersaucer and when I pulled him out I noticed the poopy smell. So I think my theory/hypothesis is correct, the exersaucer for whatever reason relieves constipation in Lance and it is a lot easier than feeding him prunes!
i hate postnasal drip
and major changes in weather or cold, which either has left me feeling horrible. Yesterday my throat hurt so bad and my head was so heavy. Today my throat is a lot better and my head not so cloudy. I can’t believe how well I am getting through the day despite the fact that I could not get to sleep last night, it was horrible! I tossed and turned and couldn’t get to sleep. I didn’t really get to sleep until 2 am and I started trying at 9! I feel a lot better today and I hope that I will feel even better tomorrow now that the cold front has come through and it is no longer 70 degrees outside. It isn’t the 70 degrees that is the problem just the change from 70 to a low of 20 tonight. Lance has also been a little off the last couple of days so I hope we are both on the mend. I really hate being sick and it is so hard being sick with a little guy because I can’t just lay in bed or on the couch all day, I have to take care of him. Well Lance is asleep right now and I should really use this time to pick up or lay down, I hope that I am feeling better. My head especially my ears are stuffed up, but my nose isn’t- kind of weird. Must go be productive!
back to my old self
This afternoon Jeff and I went mountain biking. It was the first time in over a year and a half that I have been on the trails. It was also only the fourth time I have been on a bike since getting pregnant. I thought the ride was going to be really hard, but it wasn’t. I do have a lot of work to do, but I wasn’t as bad as I thought I was. I was able to handle the hills better than I have in the past and I had a lot more energy and stamina then I have had before. My technique and confidence was lacking, but it will come back in time. Two years ago my new year’s resolution was to enter and finish a mountain bike race and I completed it, I thought after having lance I would never be that good again, but I might actually get better with practice. I have the energy now I just need the skill and get over the fear. So today was one step closer to me getting back to my old self. I won’t be able to ride as often as I use to, but it will get easier. The only downside to today’s activities is I feel kind of sick, my throat feels gross and I wonder if I am coming down with a cold or just allergies, I guess I will just have to wait and see and I am afraid that I am going to feel worse tomorrow. With this crazy weather I don’t know what to expect.
why are people so annoying?
I am so annoyed at people right now, and I know I need to let it go, but it just hard. Number 1 annoyance: dog poop in my yard. The city that I live in has an ordinance that owners are suppose to pick up their dog’s poop. For some unknown reason, this doesn’t seem to apply to our yard. At least once a week I step in dog poop and it is gross and really annoying. This morning Jeff stepped in some while bringing the trashcan from the street to under the stairs. I know that we have a large empty yard, but it is our large empty yard which should be free of dog poo since we don’t have a dog!!! I am saving up money to fence in the yard because I don’t want to deal with dog poop when Lance is older and will want to play outside.
Number 2 annoyance: people using other people and not being loyal. This doesn’t directly affect me, but similar things happen to me. A friend of Jeff’s had the owner of the bike shop sell his bike on eBay for him. He bought a new bike yesterday, did he buy it from the bike shop that sold his first bike for him? NO! I can’t believe that this guy did this, what was he thinking?????? That is so rude! It is one thing to buy from somewhere else, but don’t use the store to sell your bike! It is similar to our customers who will buy skateboard or snowboard stuff at other places and bring it into the shop to show Jeff what they got and tell him about “what a great deal they got.” I don’t understand these people, why do they think that we want to hear about how they bought something similar to what they could have bought from our store? That reminds me of another situation. Jeff’s brother called him one day because he was at TJMaxx and he saw a jacket that was the same brand that Jeff carries in his shop and he told Jeff that the jacket was 99 and asked if Jeff could sell him a jacket for less than 99. Well of course he couldn’t because 99 was about cost or less, well he told Jeff he “tried to give him a chance.” I think that this was extremely rude. It is one thing to find something that you are looking for cheaper and buying it, but you don’t call up the people to rub it in their face! I personally think that he was buying it not because he needed it, but because it was cheap. I also don’t understand the lack of loyalty in both cases. My sister and the bike shop owner would not buy something similar somewhere else and they definitely would not tell us about it if they did, they are loyal.
Number 3 annoyance: my clingy child. I love Lance to death, but he is driving me crazy! He wants to be held all the time and only by me. Today I had to go to the bathroom and he screamed and screamed, is it not possible to have a few seconds to myself????? Is that too much to ask???? Last night we were over at our friends’ house. They have a rock wall in their basement and I was trying to do a little climbing. Lance wanted me to hold him and every time it was my turn on the wall he would scream. As soon as I would stop and pick him up he would stop and turn to everyone and smile. It was very frustrating because I just wanted a few moments to myself.
On a positive note: I bought some fabric at the store yesterday to make pillows for our couch, I am tired of having non-matching pillows. There were so many beautiful fabrics at the store and I can’t wait to go back and find some fabric to make curtains for our bedroom and the playroom and maybe some more for pillows for the couch, I love pillows. I just have to get my sewing materials from Gram’s. I had hoped that I had some things stored with my sewing machine, but it is all in the sewing box that Gram has. The only problem is that Gram is a bit senile and thinks that my sewing box is hers, and I hope it won’t stress her out too much for me to take it. She won’t use it, but she likes for everything to be in its place and she doesn’t like change, but that is a whole other story.
Okay so this is longest post ever and there are dirty dishes to put away, I mean clean. Yeah, it is Friday, a rainy Friday, but Friday is Friday no matter the weather!
