Emily fell asleep in the car on the way home from the mall today. We only live about 5 minutes from the mall, so it's pretty incredible that she was as zonked as she was. Unfortunately, that was right about 12:00 and I let her sleep for about 15 minutes, so now it's almost 3:30 and she still hasn't started in on her afternoon nap. I fell asleep during the 40 minutes I sat with her trying to get her to relax, but no go for her. She's singing in her crib, so hopefully she'll finally pass out for a little while.
This past week has totally sucked. Travis's fever lasted until Tuesday, and he's still pretty tired today. For some reason, he decided that the areas of his life that he could reserve his energy in was anything to help me or to communicate with me. When he finally went back to work on Wednesday, he was back to 10-hour days, and I had to beg and beg for him to watch Emily on Tuesday while I went to the dentist, even though he was at home anyway!! I have been so frustrated, and finally last night I told him so (I figured it was only fair for him to be not deathly ill before I argue with him). His response? I came to bed early to sleep, why are you bothering me?? So I slept in the guest bed, again, like I did most of the nights while he was sick and couldn't sleep, and seemed to think that keeping me up TOO would somehow help him sleep better. I have been so irritated lately, and I honestly don't feel good AT ALL because the pregnancy woes are starting to set in. It has been a really, really hard week. It's amazing how feeling not good physically can lead to not feeling good mentally.
Emily actually used words to tell me something this week. It was pretty awesome. She was sitting in her wagon out on the porch, and she was playing with her shoelaces. She said, "tie, tie, tie," because her shoe was untied!! I tied it for her and she was a happy camper. I tried to reinforce how nicely that worked over just fussing and screaming "Uhh! Uhh! Uhh!", but perhaps it'll take a couple of times to set in for her. It sure felt good for me, though!
Yes, I guess that was the high point of the week. Sure wish I could've been at the wine and guitar hero party in Minneapolis. I miss you guys!!!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
A few funnies
Emily managed to sleep off her fever in one furious 3-hour nap. since then, she's been absolutely fine (phew!) but now Travis is sick! My whole family is napping right now, and while I have the house to myself and the joyous sound of March Madness on the TV, I thought I'd take a minute to share a few super-cute things that Emily has done lately.
We went to the grocery store this week, and for the first time, I set her down on the ground where she could run around. She looked up at me with this incredible smile and took off laughing. I could not believe how far she got from me in just a few seconds!! I knew right where she was, though, because she just kept laughing as she ran, and laughed and ran and laughed and ran. It was so cute. There was almost nobody in the store because it was pretty early in the day, and everybody who saw her started laughing too. It doesn't hurt that she's gorgeous, too. :)
This morning, she was playing with her baby dolls in the living room while Travis and I were in the dining room, sitting in the sun like cats do. I love having a lazy weekend that allows for such luxuries! She came running in with her doll, and put her up in the high chair, and insisted that I buckle her in. Then she grabbed a spoon off the table and pretended to feed her. Then she came over to where Travis was laying on the floor, and patted his head gently. When he lifted his head, she gave him the nicest hug and snuggled up right next to him. I know he's feeling really awful, but I'm sure that made him feel better.
On our way out the door yesterday morning, Emily totally surprised me. She had her socks and shoes and jacket on, and I was putting my jacket on, wondering where my shoes were. She remembered that I had left them by the front door, and she went and got them and brought them to me! I would've wasted 5 minutes looking for them but she knew just what I needed and where to find them! It's so cool to see her as her own person, with original thoughts and ideas.
I got to spend almost an hour outside during their naps today, and I got some yardwork done. It feels good to be a little sweaty and warmed up from the sunshine on this beautiful day. I have been feeling pretty nauseous the past few days, mostly when I'm hungry and thinking about food, especially cooked meat. You can imagine how hard it is to feel like making dinner! Anyway, it's nice to feel good for a few minutes!!!
We went to the grocery store this week, and for the first time, I set her down on the ground where she could run around. She looked up at me with this incredible smile and took off laughing. I could not believe how far she got from me in just a few seconds!! I knew right where she was, though, because she just kept laughing as she ran, and laughed and ran and laughed and ran. It was so cute. There was almost nobody in the store because it was pretty early in the day, and everybody who saw her started laughing too. It doesn't hurt that she's gorgeous, too. :)
This morning, she was playing with her baby dolls in the living room while Travis and I were in the dining room, sitting in the sun like cats do. I love having a lazy weekend that allows for such luxuries! She came running in with her doll, and put her up in the high chair, and insisted that I buckle her in. Then she grabbed a spoon off the table and pretended to feed her. Then she came over to where Travis was laying on the floor, and patted his head gently. When he lifted his head, she gave him the nicest hug and snuggled up right next to him. I know he's feeling really awful, but I'm sure that made him feel better.
On our way out the door yesterday morning, Emily totally surprised me. She had her socks and shoes and jacket on, and I was putting my jacket on, wondering where my shoes were. She remembered that I had left them by the front door, and she went and got them and brought them to me! I would've wasted 5 minutes looking for them but she knew just what I needed and where to find them! It's so cool to see her as her own person, with original thoughts and ideas.
I got to spend almost an hour outside during their naps today, and I got some yardwork done. It feels good to be a little sweaty and warmed up from the sunshine on this beautiful day. I have been feeling pretty nauseous the past few days, mostly when I'm hungry and thinking about food, especially cooked meat. You can imagine how hard it is to feel like making dinner! Anyway, it's nice to feel good for a few minutes!!!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wild Week
Travis and I went on a date last night. :) He took the whole day off from work and we just bummed around home all morning. He had an appointment midmorning to do some paperwork with insurance or something else that I'm glad he takes care of, and then he and I took Emily to daycare and spent the afternoon together picking out carpet for the porch. I think we've come up with a winner. Then, Trav's mom came down for dinner and watched Emily while Trav and I went with some friends to see Ben Folds in concert. It was really fun! I forget how awesome my friends are. :) The evening taught me that I am so incredibly out of shape that I can't even stand for two hours without my lower back killing me. How on earth am I going to get through pregnancy again? I would like to find a chiropractor, but it's a little hard to justify after spending all that money on a new van.
Anyway, this morning, Trav's mom was still here so she spent the morning with Emily while Trav and I went to the kitchen design place and finally agreed to a floorplan for our new kitchen. I can't believe this whole project is necessary because one stupid thief decided to take the entire drawer instead of just the silverware. But I guess it's worth it. I'll enjoy having a slightly bigger kitchen with more storage, and it'll improve the experience of selling this house someday. (That is such a bizarre thought!) In the past few weeks, Travis and I have butted heads on how to lay out the new floorplan, but I guess we've agreed on something now. *phew!*
The sad news is that Emily is sick again! I think she caught the virus that was going through her daycare last week, as she has a lowgrade fever and is fussy and unhappy and doesn't want to eat or drink (sore throat?). I'm glad that I'm home with her today, and I just hope that she's feeling better tomorrow! Normally, staying home isn't a big deal I have SIX meetings tomorrow! bleh. She's such a trooper, though. She loves her grandma and she tried her very best to have fun while she was here, but she ran out of gas shortly before naptime and couldn't do anything except cuddle and cry. Poor thing!
Yesterday was the first day that I really kinda felt pregnant, in that food smelled awful and I didn't want to eat anything even though I knew I was hungry. I can hardly complain because it's not like other women don't have it way worse, but even the "new car smell" in our van was nauseating to me yesterday. As we were driving around yesterday, I seriously considered how embarassing it would be to have thrown up in the van before it even has 100 miles on it.
Thanks for all the congratulations and well-wishes! We are sure excited about this baby!
Anyway, this morning, Trav's mom was still here so she spent the morning with Emily while Trav and I went to the kitchen design place and finally agreed to a floorplan for our new kitchen. I can't believe this whole project is necessary because one stupid thief decided to take the entire drawer instead of just the silverware. But I guess it's worth it. I'll enjoy having a slightly bigger kitchen with more storage, and it'll improve the experience of selling this house someday. (That is such a bizarre thought!) In the past few weeks, Travis and I have butted heads on how to lay out the new floorplan, but I guess we've agreed on something now. *phew!*
The sad news is that Emily is sick again! I think she caught the virus that was going through her daycare last week, as she has a lowgrade fever and is fussy and unhappy and doesn't want to eat or drink (sore throat?). I'm glad that I'm home with her today, and I just hope that she's feeling better tomorrow! Normally, staying home isn't a big deal I have SIX meetings tomorrow! bleh. She's such a trooper, though. She loves her grandma and she tried her very best to have fun while she was here, but she ran out of gas shortly before naptime and couldn't do anything except cuddle and cry. Poor thing!
Yesterday was the first day that I really kinda felt pregnant, in that food smelled awful and I didn't want to eat anything even though I knew I was hungry. I can hardly complain because it's not like other women don't have it way worse, but even the "new car smell" in our van was nauseating to me yesterday. As we were driving around yesterday, I seriously considered how embarassing it would be to have thrown up in the van before it even has 100 miles on it.
Thanks for all the congratulations and well-wishes! We are sure excited about this baby!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
News:
Okay, I'm finally feeling human again. My sitter called to tell me that her daughter is very sick, and she didn't know if I wanted to expose Emily to those germs. Emily's staying home today, because even though I think she probably wouldn't get sick, if she did, I would probably get it again and I just can't face another round! Even though it's very early, I am ready to share part of what made me so sick -
I'm pregnant! :)
My due date is November 7, which means I'm only about 6 weeks along. Apparently, a pregnant woman's immune system goes minimal so that the body doesn't attack the newly forming cells, which meant that I caught Emily's cold big and bad. And then, I couldn't take any decongestants, so my sinuses developed an infection. I was really hoping that most of the exhaustion was sickness related and not pregnancy related, and now that i'm feeling better, that seems to have been the case. Phew! I'm not ready to be that exhausted all the time! I'm also surprised at how many things about pregnancy I am remembering that I didn't like, which is scary. The first time, you don't know any better, but the second time, I know what I'm getting into and I know what to dread. Ugh. But we are very excited, nonetheless! Emily will be a big sister! With a growing family, that also means:
It's time for a minivan. The Bonneville is making a weird noise that coudl be harmless but probably means it needs an engine overhaul sometime soon, so we're going to trade it in while we can still claim that we can't discern any weird noise. We're looking at a 2009 Honda Odyssey, which is absolutely an amazing vehicle. I think we'll be really happy with it, if we can stomach having car payments again - and sizeable ones this time, too. But, we're helping the economy, right? Even if we're not helping the Big Three.
That's all I've got time to post for now. We are living a charmed life!!!!!!!
I'm pregnant! :)
My due date is November 7, which means I'm only about 6 weeks along. Apparently, a pregnant woman's immune system goes minimal so that the body doesn't attack the newly forming cells, which meant that I caught Emily's cold big and bad. And then, I couldn't take any decongestants, so my sinuses developed an infection. I was really hoping that most of the exhaustion was sickness related and not pregnancy related, and now that i'm feeling better, that seems to have been the case. Phew! I'm not ready to be that exhausted all the time! I'm also surprised at how many things about pregnancy I am remembering that I didn't like, which is scary. The first time, you don't know any better, but the second time, I know what I'm getting into and I know what to dread. Ugh. But we are very excited, nonetheless! Emily will be a big sister! With a growing family, that also means:
It's time for a minivan. The Bonneville is making a weird noise that coudl be harmless but probably means it needs an engine overhaul sometime soon, so we're going to trade it in while we can still claim that we can't discern any weird noise. We're looking at a 2009 Honda Odyssey, which is absolutely an amazing vehicle. I think we'll be really happy with it, if we can stomach having car payments again - and sizeable ones this time, too. But, we're helping the economy, right? Even if we're not helping the Big Three.
That's all I've got time to post for now. We are living a charmed life!!!!!!!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Sickness, part II
So, now that Emily's feeling much better, it's my turn. I started feeling not so great last Tuesday, and I couldn't believe how awful I felt on Thursday, and I stayed home from work on Friday. I was doing okay by Saturday night, and went to "Prom" with Travis and a bunch of our friends. Throughout this whole week, Emily has been up in the night for various reasons - hunger, teething, who-knows-what - so as hard as I try to get more than 8 hours of sleep a night, it has only happened twice in a week. So, I suppose I shouldn't've gone to prom, but it was SO fun, and I don't know when I might have occasion to party like that again. I paid for it on Sunday, and I was really feeling lousy but I went and played volleyball that afternoon, hoping that getting my body temperature up would burn off some germs. Instead I was just worn out. I felt okay on Monday, still groggy but functional, so I went to work all day as a part of my new work schedule (more below). Yesterday was awful, and today when I woke up, my head was on fire from the inside out. It hurt so much to blow my nose (which I've been doing constantly for the past two weeks) that I seriously cried. My ears are so full that it was 11:00 before my left one FINALLY popped. I gave in, and went to the doctor to get some antibiotics to treat a sinus infection. Horrible. Absolutely horrible. I am so incredibly miserable!! I feel like I will be sick forever. :(
Emily's daycare provider asked me to switch days because Emily was the youngest kid on a day when she had 6 or 7 kids total for the afternoon. I'm now working MWF (minus wed morning) so she has a smaller group to be with. I'm pretty sure this situation is mutually beneficial for Emily and her sitter, and I'm all right with the new plan. It's easier to communicate with our offices in Europe now that I'm available for morning phonecalls, and I think I'll like not having four days a week dominated by my work schedule.
Yesterday, when Travis got home, Emily kept saying "ba, ba, pa, pa..." to him, and it eventually turned into "pop, pop!" And I figured out why - when Travis is working on the porch, putting up trim boards around the windows, Emily likes to watch him work, nose pressed up against the sliding glass door. And his pneumatic-powered brad nailer says, "pop! pop!" Isn't that so clever?? :)
I'm about ready to lose consciousness - I am SO TIRED!! Time for my 2nd dose of antibiotics today. hooray!
Emily's daycare provider asked me to switch days because Emily was the youngest kid on a day when she had 6 or 7 kids total for the afternoon. I'm now working MWF (minus wed morning) so she has a smaller group to be with. I'm pretty sure this situation is mutually beneficial for Emily and her sitter, and I'm all right with the new plan. It's easier to communicate with our offices in Europe now that I'm available for morning phonecalls, and I think I'll like not having four days a week dominated by my work schedule.
Yesterday, when Travis got home, Emily kept saying "ba, ba, pa, pa..." to him, and it eventually turned into "pop, pop!" And I figured out why - when Travis is working on the porch, putting up trim boards around the windows, Emily likes to watch him work, nose pressed up against the sliding glass door. And his pneumatic-powered brad nailer says, "pop! pop!" Isn't that so clever?? :)
I'm about ready to lose consciousness - I am SO TIRED!! Time for my 2nd dose of antibiotics today. hooray!
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