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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Sicko's
This has been a week of sickness. Marissa woke up the other morning and didn't complain, was getting ready for school, crying all the while. She didn't have any symptons at the time of anything other than her head/neck hurt. He thought perhaps she had slept weird and had a crik in her neck or something. Bill told her, he couldn't possibly send her to school like that! So he kept her home. He had an appointment across the street and wasn't leaving till 10:30, and if she was feeling better by then he'd take her to school then. As the day progressed she got more and more misserable. She started burning up with a fever! She didn't eat anything all day, after breakfast, and she slept a lot. Day two she woke up and was sort of feeling better in general, but then said her head hurt worse than the day before. She went from fever to chills again. Today was day three for her. She had much more energy today but still didn't feel great, and had a little bit of a fever again this eveing. (a side note... this morning Marissa's teacher called from school to check up on her and see what was going on. I thought that was very, very sweet of her.)
Yesterday Sariah came home from school, went upstairs and fell asleep. She slept off and on all afternoon and had a bit of a head ache (she felt it if she was awake, but she didn't notice it if she was asleep). By bedtime she had a fever as well. She stayed home from school today.
Rebekah has been having asthma issues for about 3 weeks now. It has been getting worse little by little each week. This week she had already gone to the Dr. for it once, then last night she almost wanted us to take her to the ER. We put a call in to our Dr. who helped reassure us that she was having pain so it was hard to breathe, but not because she was unable to breathe... this morning she went in to the Dr. again. She was sent for an EKG and a chest x-rays, and given another new prescription. it did seem to help her by this afternoon. We got a phone call from our Dr. and she said the xrays and ekg were fine. She possibly has a bit of pleurisy - which is painful irritaion or infection of the lining of the lungs. This is not helpful when you have asthma to begin with. So... she ended up home from school today.
Last night when we were dealing wth Sariah and Marissa being feverish, Amanda started having a head ache as well, and I felt her and thought she might be a bit warm, we gave her tylenol, and she went to bed. It seemed like everyone was going to be sick today and stay home from school, except for Hannah... Amanda however got up and felt better, adnhad a test in a class she didn't want to miss and have to make up, so she went to school. Dad went ahead and let hannah stay home today as well, since it almost seemed like a party (not a happy party, but a lazy day party...) today. Also, Bill leaves for Germany tomorrow, so he has taken the day off to get ready to go and figured we'd all spend a little time together.
Liam isn't sick yet, but he's home with me every day, however he has these foot pains... last night was a LOOOOONG night with Liam. Some times I can get him to take tylenol, most of the time not, especially in the middle of the night when he is already half asleep but awake and screaming crying and whining and begging/insisting on me rubbing his foot! Sometimes I try to get him to take it before bed (but it's hard to know, I don't want to drug him to sleep for no good reason, but if he has been jumping or running outside without shoes or something I can almost guarantee that his foot will hurt in the middle of the night), so I try to get him to drink some 'grape juice' (grape flavored liquid tylenol).
Hopefully everyone will get better and we'll have an uneventful week while Bill is in Europe.
Yesterday Sariah came home from school, went upstairs and fell asleep. She slept off and on all afternoon and had a bit of a head ache (she felt it if she was awake, but she didn't notice it if she was asleep). By bedtime she had a fever as well. She stayed home from school today.
Rebekah has been having asthma issues for about 3 weeks now. It has been getting worse little by little each week. This week she had already gone to the Dr. for it once, then last night she almost wanted us to take her to the ER. We put a call in to our Dr. who helped reassure us that she was having pain so it was hard to breathe, but not because she was unable to breathe... this morning she went in to the Dr. again. She was sent for an EKG and a chest x-rays, and given another new prescription. it did seem to help her by this afternoon. We got a phone call from our Dr. and she said the xrays and ekg were fine. She possibly has a bit of pleurisy - which is painful irritaion or infection of the lining of the lungs. This is not helpful when you have asthma to begin with. So... she ended up home from school today.
Last night when we were dealing wth Sariah and Marissa being feverish, Amanda started having a head ache as well, and I felt her and thought she might be a bit warm, we gave her tylenol, and she went to bed. It seemed like everyone was going to be sick today and stay home from school, except for Hannah... Amanda however got up and felt better, adnhad a test in a class she didn't want to miss and have to make up, so she went to school. Dad went ahead and let hannah stay home today as well, since it almost seemed like a party (not a happy party, but a lazy day party...) today. Also, Bill leaves for Germany tomorrow, so he has taken the day off to get ready to go and figured we'd all spend a little time together.
Liam isn't sick yet, but he's home with me every day, however he has these foot pains... last night was a LOOOOONG night with Liam. Some times I can get him to take tylenol, most of the time not, especially in the middle of the night when he is already half asleep but awake and screaming crying and whining and begging/insisting on me rubbing his foot! Sometimes I try to get him to take it before bed (but it's hard to know, I don't want to drug him to sleep for no good reason, but if he has been jumping or running outside without shoes or something I can almost guarantee that his foot will hurt in the middle of the night), so I try to get him to drink some 'grape juice' (grape flavored liquid tylenol).
Hopefully everyone will get better and we'll have an uneventful week while Bill is in Europe.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
ELVIS is in the house... and other life happenings.
So... my day was going to consist of going to visit a friend I haven't seen in a long time...
But! My phone rang at 4:30 am... the mom I was working with - her water broke. No contractions yet. I managed to wake up and get moving, and started to get my ducks in a row. I left the houe at 6 something for H Hosp. It was a long day, but... it's a boy, 9 lbs 6 oz, and 22 in. and he's a CUTIE!!! As the dad made his phone calls to share their good news, several people commented that it was Elvis's birthday! (also one of the nurses commented she'd heard it on the radio comming to work that morning).
We want to thank K (mom) for being so willing to let Liam come play! Bill said that he pouted, dragging his little Diego backpack all the way up to the door and was saying, 'daddy, don't WEAVE me!'
He seemed to have a great time, and tonight when I asked him what he did today he told me, "play with K (little sister)! K is my best fwiend!" Sooo sweet!
Rebekah has started taking a College class this semester at UAH. So, she has class in the morning (m-f), and she has her college class monday and wednesday afternoons. So... she had an idea! She went to Hannah's school and ate lunch with her today. How fun is that?! She'd like to be able to go eat with Marissa as well, but her lunch time is earlier, and Rebekah gets out at the same time or 5 min's after it starts, so... she'd miss it. She thought perhaps she'd come with dessert for her or something, sometime.
Anyway, so Rebekah had lunch with Hannah, and then checked her out of school for us, because she had a Dr's appointment. Bill picked up Liam from K's and then met the girls at home and took Liam and Hannah to the Dr. (they both had an appointment with the orthopedic Dr.)
Liam pretty much has scar tissue that is causeing his hip to not fully extend. The Dr. told Bill he's seen it before, and gone in for another surgery to remove the scar tissue, and it really didn't make any difference, so rather than go through a surgical procedure for no reason... (essentially). His little ball hip joint is growing at a slower rate as well. He suggested we just continue with Physical Therapy as needed, and continue what we're doing.
They removed Liam's pants and the Dr. undid the Diaper to check the hip joint, and then put it back together... He then had Bill sort of walk around the office from room to room to get Liam to follow him so the Dr. could see how he walks. At one point Liam got ahead of Bill, ripped off his diaper and RAN giggling around the office hallway. Bill said it was pretty funny seeing his little butt cheecks sticking out from under his shirt, just running away! He told me all the nurses were just laughing, which of course fed my little streaker's enjoyment and he ran and ran around. Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!
Hannah is a post for another day...
Hope all of you had a great day!
But! My phone rang at 4:30 am... the mom I was working with - her water broke. No contractions yet. I managed to wake up and get moving, and started to get my ducks in a row. I left the houe at 6 something for H Hosp. It was a long day, but... it's a boy, 9 lbs 6 oz, and 22 in. and he's a CUTIE!!! As the dad made his phone calls to share their good news, several people commented that it was Elvis's birthday! (also one of the nurses commented she'd heard it on the radio comming to work that morning).
We want to thank K (mom) for being so willing to let Liam come play! Bill said that he pouted, dragging his little Diego backpack all the way up to the door and was saying, 'daddy, don't WEAVE me!'
He seemed to have a great time, and tonight when I asked him what he did today he told me, "play with K (little sister)! K is my best fwiend!" Sooo sweet!
Rebekah has started taking a College class this semester at UAH. So, she has class in the morning (m-f), and she has her college class monday and wednesday afternoons. So... she had an idea! She went to Hannah's school and ate lunch with her today. How fun is that?! She'd like to be able to go eat with Marissa as well, but her lunch time is earlier, and Rebekah gets out at the same time or 5 min's after it starts, so... she'd miss it. She thought perhaps she'd come with dessert for her or something, sometime.
Anyway, so Rebekah had lunch with Hannah, and then checked her out of school for us, because she had a Dr's appointment. Bill picked up Liam from K's and then met the girls at home and took Liam and Hannah to the Dr. (they both had an appointment with the orthopedic Dr.)
Liam pretty much has scar tissue that is causeing his hip to not fully extend. The Dr. told Bill he's seen it before, and gone in for another surgery to remove the scar tissue, and it really didn't make any difference, so rather than go through a surgical procedure for no reason... (essentially). His little ball hip joint is growing at a slower rate as well. He suggested we just continue with Physical Therapy as needed, and continue what we're doing.
They removed Liam's pants and the Dr. undid the Diaper to check the hip joint, and then put it back together... He then had Bill sort of walk around the office from room to room to get Liam to follow him so the Dr. could see how he walks. At one point Liam got ahead of Bill, ripped off his diaper and RAN giggling around the office hallway. Bill said it was pretty funny seeing his little butt cheecks sticking out from under his shirt, just running away! He told me all the nurses were just laughing, which of course fed my little streaker's enjoyment and he ran and ran around. Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!
Hannah is a post for another day...
Hope all of you had a great day!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Nuxie made Hat Give Away!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://nuxiemade.blogspot.com/2009/01/nuxiemade-give-away.html#links
Oh!!! These hats are soooo cute! I have a little girl who'd LOVE one!!!
Oh!!! These hats are soooo cute! I have a little girl who'd LOVE one!!!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
We're not proper people...
Do you ever look at your family, and sit back and ask yourself... Where have I gone wrong?
Didn't I teach these people anything???
Today we were sitting eating dinner, we look over, and one of my sweet darlings, is eating with her fingers. Now, I suppose you could try to say it might have been a finger food, it was fried potatoes after all... however!!! they were not french fries! They were slices and fried in the frying pan.
Today we were sitting eating dinner, we look over, and one of my sweet darlings, is eating with her fingers. Now, I suppose you could try to say it might have been a finger food, it was fried potatoes after all... however!!! they were not french fries! They were slices and fried in the frying pan. Dad called her on it and told her to use her fork. Mere seconds after being told by us both to use a fork, she is pulling all the potato pieces apart and eating with her fingers, AGAIN!!!
I got after her, and told her NOT to eat with her fingers...
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Her response?
"But mom, We're not Proper people!"
Bill just looked at me and said, that is blogworthy! :-)
S- then went on to say that just because we are not into 'High Tea' (she didn't say that part, I added it), but implied that because we don't sip our drinks with our little pinkie finger poking out... doesn't mean we shouldn't have manners. 
Thanks S~! perhaps I haven't failed completely...
Friday, January 2, 2009
Roll Tide Roll...
So... I've been meaning to write this post for several days now, but now it almost seems wrong somehow. (Tonight)
Anyway, Bill has been the benefactor of some free tickets and trips to some Bama games over the years we've lived here. His best friend here is a true blue (or should I say Crimson) Tide fan! As a result, we have pretty much as a family become Bama fans!
Bill has enjoyed watching football this past season on his flatscreen t.v. (his Christmas present in 2007). He has enjoyed that Hannah has become interested in sports a bit this past year. The older, girls due to thier marching band experiences, enjoy going to a footbal game (or going to see the bands play and march). Bill has taken Amanda and Rebekah to several games. Last week he took them and Hannah to a bowl game.
He announced while we were cleaning etc. this mornign that I could do anything I wanted this evening, because he was going to be watching The Bowl Game between Bama and Utah. Well, I have to say, I am sooooo NOT into sports. I can have fun when I am AT a ball game and it is live and all the excitement of the moment, however watching from home doesn't do a whole lot for me usually. I don't have a specific team that I need to root for. I am more of a IF a team plays against certain teams I guess I go for one that is more close to home, or the one my husband grew up loving, or the team that plays against a team I don't like... but today I sort of have to admit, that just because it was Utah, (not that I'm even from Utah - other than I attended BYU - which ought to make me go for whoever is against Utah...), I almost wanted them to win, and was not so sad when they took the early lead. I felt torn, as my husband ranted about bad calls, and brought out the 'changed line up' card... I wanted to be rooting for Bama, but found myself on the fence. Now that Bama lost the game I feel bad. As though somehow, my secret encouragement, inside, gave them the edge...
Anyway, Liam has watched the football stuff this year (and before the season started, by watching dad - and playing wii with him). His siblings have taught him a few fun tricks. The one that is important today is that he sees football and it is no longer called Football... He says, "Roll Tide Roll!" It is very cute! He was excited to watch "Roll Tide Roll" with daddy! Even though he's been saying 'Roll Tide Roll' all weekend for any football game he sees even a comercial for.
The first year we were in this house, Bill commented that he didn't have a room of his own in the house! He joked that he only had perhaps the small toilet closet part of the bathroom. For his birthday that year I bought several ball posters, football and basketball, and put them up in the bathroom on the walls. I gave him several 'old fashioned' sports handheld battery operated games in a basket. I put several balls/ a nerf football, and a special camden yards baseball I'd bought him previously, on a shelf, and some other sports themed paraphenalia. I put a huge ribbon on the bathroom door like it was a wrapped gift, and that was his birthday present! His own space. One day last week sometime, Liam came to visit me while I was in the bathroom (one day I'll be able to go to the bathroom all by myself again...I hope), and it was like he'd never been in there before. He looked up on the wall, and got all excited, chanting "Roll Tide Roll" over and over!
So, that was what I originally wanted to post about, last week or so, but tonight just pushed me to do it. (It has taken me so long though, with various interruptions and such throughout the night, that now the game is long over, and the Tide lost...)... so now I almost feel bad posting this. So if it makes you sad, mad or any other emotion other than thinking, Aaaaaahhhhh... how cute. I appologize. Sorry!
Anyway, Bill has been the benefactor of some free tickets and trips to some Bama games over the years we've lived here. His best friend here is a true blue (or should I say Crimson) Tide fan! As a result, we have pretty much as a family become Bama fans!
Bill has enjoyed watching football this past season on his flatscreen t.v. (his Christmas present in 2007). He has enjoyed that Hannah has become interested in sports a bit this past year. The older, girls due to thier marching band experiences, enjoy going to a footbal game (or going to see the bands play and march). Bill has taken Amanda and Rebekah to several games. Last week he took them and Hannah to a bowl game.
He announced while we were cleaning etc. this mornign that I could do anything I wanted this evening, because he was going to be watching The Bowl Game between Bama and Utah. Well, I have to say, I am sooooo NOT into sports. I can have fun when I am AT a ball game and it is live and all the excitement of the moment, however watching from home doesn't do a whole lot for me usually. I don't have a specific team that I need to root for. I am more of a IF a team plays against certain teams I guess I go for one that is more close to home, or the one my husband grew up loving, or the team that plays against a team I don't like... but today I sort of have to admit, that just because it was Utah, (not that I'm even from Utah - other than I attended BYU - which ought to make me go for whoever is against Utah...), I almost wanted them to win, and was not so sad when they took the early lead. I felt torn, as my husband ranted about bad calls, and brought out the 'changed line up' card... I wanted to be rooting for Bama, but found myself on the fence. Now that Bama lost the game I feel bad. As though somehow, my secret encouragement, inside, gave them the edge...
Anyway, Liam has watched the football stuff this year (and before the season started, by watching dad - and playing wii with him). His siblings have taught him a few fun tricks. The one that is important today is that he sees football and it is no longer called Football... He says, "Roll Tide Roll!" It is very cute! He was excited to watch "Roll Tide Roll" with daddy! Even though he's been saying 'Roll Tide Roll' all weekend for any football game he sees even a comercial for.
The first year we were in this house, Bill commented that he didn't have a room of his own in the house! He joked that he only had perhaps the small toilet closet part of the bathroom. For his birthday that year I bought several ball posters, football and basketball, and put them up in the bathroom on the walls. I gave him several 'old fashioned' sports handheld battery operated games in a basket. I put several balls/ a nerf football, and a special camden yards baseball I'd bought him previously, on a shelf, and some other sports themed paraphenalia. I put a huge ribbon on the bathroom door like it was a wrapped gift, and that was his birthday present! His own space. One day last week sometime, Liam came to visit me while I was in the bathroom (one day I'll be able to go to the bathroom all by myself again...I hope), and it was like he'd never been in there before. He looked up on the wall, and got all excited, chanting "Roll Tide Roll" over and over!
So, that was what I originally wanted to post about, last week or so, but tonight just pushed me to do it. (It has taken me so long though, with various interruptions and such throughout the night, that now the game is long over, and the Tide lost...)... so now I almost feel bad posting this. So if it makes you sad, mad or any other emotion other than thinking, Aaaaaahhhhh... how cute. I appologize. Sorry!
Goodbye to Christmas...
I love Christmas. I love Christmas Music, and decorations. I Love the Season... I Love the reason for the season!
Even though I haven't deocrated as much in recent years as I have at times in my life... I still feel a bit sad when we take it all down and put it all away.
This week while we put things away, we were missing a few pieces of Nativity's (the children's one's that Liam has been playing with)... and a few game pieces that Liam also played with... Noone can kill anyone with a 'lead pipe' in clue right now... as it is missing. Bill decided to move the couch, and then, while the couch was moved we decided to vacuum and then we decided to shampoo the carpets as well. So we had the love seat out in the hallway over night, and I did half the living room, the high traffic area's, then this morning we moved the couch across the room, and I did the other half of the room and did the high traffic area's again. It is not perfect, but it is so much better than it was! Love that Vacuum Bill bought me a few months back! It took a little while to figure out how all those different attachments worked! The book didn't help all that uch either, to be honest. Now to put things back to where they belong! And do the other rooms one by one...
Happy New Years!!!
Even though I haven't deocrated as much in recent years as I have at times in my life... I still feel a bit sad when we take it all down and put it all away.
This week while we put things away, we were missing a few pieces of Nativity's (the children's one's that Liam has been playing with)... and a few game pieces that Liam also played with... Noone can kill anyone with a 'lead pipe' in clue right now... as it is missing. Bill decided to move the couch, and then, while the couch was moved we decided to vacuum and then we decided to shampoo the carpets as well. So we had the love seat out in the hallway over night, and I did half the living room, the high traffic area's, then this morning we moved the couch across the room, and I did the other half of the room and did the high traffic area's again. It is not perfect, but it is so much better than it was! Love that Vacuum Bill bought me a few months back! It took a little while to figure out how all those different attachments worked! The book didn't help all that uch either, to be honest. Now to put things back to where they belong! And do the other rooms one by one...
Happy New Years!!!
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