My boys, My world

Love these moments, these memories and the stories 

that a picture can tell.  

May I not take a single second for granted!   

Life Lately

I just can't seem to find time for blogging these days but I'll often think of random topics that I want to talk about... maybe in a few weeks when things slow down at work.  Instead I'll have to settle for a few highlights of life lately. 

LB has 17 out of 20 baby teeth... 85% done, yay!  Now I am just hoping we can hang onto them for awhile with the amount of trips and tumbles that take place through the day! 

I must start remembering to take more pictures.  After LB turned one, I just kind of quit and have missed some really good photo opportunities.  However, I did not miss this one of our little "cool dude."  If only he could reach those pedals lol.

Another reason it's hard to get pictures these days is because LB is going, going, going ALL the time.  I have a bunch of blurry pics!

PC and I have been trying to reconnect lately.  It's not that we have been arguing, it just feels like we've missed out on more than a year of really talking and listening to one another.  We both understand why but don't want it to become the "norm."  One thing that has helped is putting up a safety rail on our bed and moving LB to the side so we can get back to some snuggling!  (Anything more than that has to be a little more planned and strategic!)  Of course it would really help if LB stayed in his own bed longer than midnight but we also do much better as a couple when we get some sleep! 

I am going for a job interview later this week.  The odds are not in my favor due to many factors but I keep trying to tell myself it will be "good experience" and might lead to another opportunity.  I'm searching for something that is an increase in pay but know that will also mean more hours & workload.  Any step up in pay right now would help us to get in a better financial situation so that we might have other options when LB is a little older.  Job searching and interviews are so stressful, ugh!

Tantrums.  Have.  Arrived.  They are not every day and they don't last long but... take this kid inside when he wants to stay outside and you see him morph into a closed fists, red face, screaming/growling/crying mess!  So far these have only taken place at home but wow do I have more sympathy for the parents of the screamer in the grocery store now!

I'm really excited about easing LB into a Mother's Morning Out program through the summer and two days every week this fall.  More about that and the search for a sitter later.  Right now I'm struggling to hold my eyes open and have to take advantage of some good rest these few short hours that LB sleeps in his crib.  Thanks to anyone who kept reading through our life lately and hopefully I will get some time soon to comment on all the posts I've read recently. 

 

Yay for Strength and Spring!

We were discharged from the hospital Monday morning and LB has been gaining strength and getting better each day:]  He hasn't had milk in almost a week but we're going to slowly add that back into his diet since he has a really sensitive tummy with all of the antibiotics.  We're all trying to get caught up on sleep so I haven't even fought the nightly crib battle... we all pile into the bed and LB wakes up about once for his paci... good enough.  

We can speed up recovery around here with dog therapy!  Nothing makes this boy happier than getting the dogs to come up on the back porch and they talk about whatever dogs and little boys talk about!

I am so ready for warmer weather and today could not have come any sooner.  I am a summer-loving girl and Spring is just one step closer, yay!  We also have some special things coming up- our anniversary, camping, Spring Break, a one time house cleaning to name a few- yay!   Busy but Blessed times! 

In the hospital

We were oh so close to making it through winter with no sickness but when LB gets it, he goes all out:( Sinus, ear, 8 days of fever, virus, weight loss and dehydration has landed us a hospital stay for at least two nights.  No mama wants to see her baby get an IV but I must say I felt relief once that was done and I knew we were going to get around the clock care. I had entered panic mode. PC and grandmas and I did everything we knew to do the past week to help him and he just got worse.  So last night I slept in a hospital crib but I was beside one love of my life while the other camped out in a recliner beside us and I knew everything was going to be okay.  It has to be, this is my miracle baby.

Sick Baby & Spots on Ears... Freaking Out!

 A week ago, LB ran his first fever of 100-103 during the night and we took him to the pedi the next morning (Friday).  He said it was an ear infection in his right ear and gave us amoxicillin and told us to do ibuprofen for the fever. Over the weekend, we saw improvement but Monday afternoon and through the night the high fever was back despite the ibuprofen.  We went back to the pedi on Tuesday morning and they tested for flu.  Thankfully that was negative but they changed the antibiotic to a stronger one.  Tuesday night his nose became really runny to the point of having to sleep (as much as he could anyway) sitting up to manage it.  I called the dr again on Wednesday and they called in claritin for that.  Today, he did not run a fever until after lunch and he was a little more active but we still have a nasty runny nose (not clear today either).  His pee diapers are a little less in amount but still changing about the same number (drinking lots of water/juice but not as much milk) and his poops are watery but the dr told us that would probably happen because of the antibiotics. So, he made some improvements today, but then I saw a dark purple spot in his right ear and a lighter one in his left ear.  I am freaking out!  Has anyone experienced anything like this?  PC told me not to G.oogle it and of course I did and I'm really freaking out.  Could it be something like a busted blood vessel from all the snot-sucking?  Poor little guy... PC and I are so ready for this to be gone and for him to get relief.  Breaking our hearts!