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| This is what sick girls do...Make beds in the playroom, with a "nightstand" between them and watch movies all day! |
Layla had a Dr. appt last Thursday, it was a follow up to check her weight. My little one is only 32 pounds and will be 5 in 2 months. But according to her Dr...I am doing everything right, her only suggestion was adding more peanut butter to her snacks, since she loves it. That's easy enough. She is growing like a weed, just not weight wise. Anyways, at that appt, Ava started crying, I knew she didn't feel well but just figured it was allergies. The Dr checked her, even though it wasn't her appt...turns out she had a double ear infection and an upper respiratory infection. Well, good thing we were there. The antibiotics really did her good...but then on Sunday (Mother's Day), Layla started running a fever. It was brief, but she had this mucous ickiness coming out of her eyes. I thought it was pink eye, but my neighbor said no...it would look different. She didn't go to school on Monday and Tuesday, her eyes were worse. I took her in and she had the allergy conjunctivas. So it wasn't the pink eye that you get from other people and is contagious...it was just a reaction to her allergies and her sinuses were draining out of her eyes. Fun times in this house! So fast forward to today...my neighbor was taking the girls to school...I was meeting Ava at school this morning to go on her field trip with her. I was about to walk out of the house when Jana called in a panic and said Ava threw up in her car as they were pulling into the school...NNNNNNOOOOOOO! For one, I knew she didn't have a bug, she is still really congested and when she doesn't eat and has that ickiness in her belly, she throws it up. Guess who refused to eat breakfast this morning because she was so ready to leave to go on her field trip? Yeah! So Jana gets home with Ava, I clean the backseat of her jeep as best as I can...I refused to let her clean up my child's puke. And it was awful because she only had milk and icky congestion in her belly. After Ava got out of the shower, I decided she wasn't going to school. Like I said, I knew she wasn't sick, sick...but her eyes just looked tired and exhausted...she still has not recovered from her infections fully. So I broke the news to her and all hell broke loose. For an hour and a half I listened to her sob and scream. My heart broke for her, I know how badly she wanted to go on her field trip...but I knew she would throw up again, as soon as she got on the bus...and then they would have sent her home anyway. I am just so ready for all sickness to be out of my house! Between heating pads, kleenexes, medicine, snot, mucous pouring out of the eyes, peeling Layla's eyes open in the morning and puke...I am done! DONE! Natalie...aren't you looking forward to being a Mom!
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| Happy Mother's Day...they look well...but oh boy can they fool you. They were sick, sick, sick! |
With all the sickness...I have had to cancel and reschedule several appts. BUT...I was able to register Layla for KINDERGARTEN on Tuesday! KINDERGARTEN! She is so excited. I am still wary about it and if she is ready. Our plan was to hold her back one more year so that she was not one of the youngest, especially with her hearing loss. But, her Pre-K teacher said she thought she was ready and thinks Layla will really surprise us. I'm still not sold, but Jason and I decided that if she has to be held back...she may as well spend two years in Kindergarten instead of Pre-K...so that's when we decided she would go! I'm cautiously optimistic...I just don't want her to "slide" by and then get lost in the mix of all the politics of public school. I want her to succeed and excel. So I'm going to really work with her this summer and prepare her for what is to come. I have my flashcards and dry erase board ready.
Jason is doing really well. He finally is sounding normal as opposed to sounding down every time we get to talk. He has a satellite phone like last time, but this time, I can't call him...he can only call out. So it's a little different and we can't talk as often...so we set days that he will call to make sure I'm not busy. Last week he called at 830 in the morning and I was at the gym...on the elliptical...I literally fell off of it trying to run out of the room...my phone only works on speaker since I dropped it in the pool last summer! I talked to him Monday...and our next call is scheduled for Sunday! Funny how we have to schedule calls.
Tomorrow night...I'm rocking an 80's prom dress and hair! Bunco is 80's theme...and instead of doing the tight mini skirts, aerobic get up or madonna look alikes...I went to the thrift store and bought a 10 dollar prom dress. ha ha ha ha ha ha! It is absolutely hideous! Hideous...it is complete with a big bow in the front and puff shoulders! No shoulder pads, though! I even bought some 50 cent big weird 80's earings to go with it. Oh...tomorrow night is going to be a lot of fun...and embarrassing! We even have a crimper!
Ok, so now me again! I joined a gym 11 days ago. I absolutely love it. I don't care for the treadmill or the elliptical...the only reason I was on it before was because I was waiting for my class to start! I LOVE PILATES! Any class that has to do with Pilates. They have great mixes that add cardio and strength to Pilates. Love those classes, too! Tabalates, PiYo and Pilates Strength. I never thought I would enjoy working out, again. For the last 4 years, anytime I tried to do anything that remotely resembled working out...my stomach would start spasming and I would have to stop. I didn't have high hopes for the surgery...but by golly...detaching my colon from all those things really worked. I have had no spasms...no pain, well, yes...I have had a lot of pain from being sore...but that's good pain. I gained 20 pounds in the past 4 years and I will lose it all before Jason comes home...and at this rate, it won't take long. I started out on day 1 of the gym at 138...as of yesterday, day 10...I weighed in at 131. 7 pounds in 10 days...this weight really wants to come off! I have realized though, it's just not the weight, just knowing I am finally doing something, I feel better...I feel better about myself and I actually like getting ready for the day after I workout. Weird. But I love it and I am really proud of myself.
Alright, I'm done...here's a Mabel update...well not really...because I had to cancel her appt on Tuesday because of all the ickiness...but she is going in tomorrow, so I will finally have a weight check for my big ass baby! She is 12 weeks old now and still just as great as she has always been!
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