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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Parenthood
What are some of your favorite shows that are starting this month?? I'd love to hear about them!
Double-Owwwie!
Jordan has had a rough couple of days. It started with a bad time at one of his best friend's birthday party last Saturday, basically Jordan was hit with the reality of the limitations the muscular dystrophy has placed upon his body. Especially, with how much the disease has progressed in the last 6 months. I won't go into all the details, other than to say it was a heartbreaking night, with both Jordan and I crying ourselves to sleep.
The following night, Sunday, as we were heading to bed Jordan was complaining that his ear hurt. Sure enough the next morning he was still complaining and his right ear was covered in goop.
I am surrounded by earthly angels. Two of my best friends offered to take us to the doctors (Matt is still in Orlando), but in the end my mother-in-law was able to leave work early and get him to his appointment. Turns out Jordan has a double ear infection and was given a 10-day prescription of antibiotics. The doctor also took a culture of the ear goop to make sure there isn't any bacteria along with the infection that would require other meds. Because Jordan wasn't running a fever he also got a flu shot & a pneumonia shot that his pulmonary doctor requested he get. And another round of "kudos" goes to my M-I-L for convincing Jordan to get the shots, usually Matt has to pin him down for any type of shots or IV's.
Silly me thought 'he has the antibiotics, he'll be good to go'. Nope, not even close! He was up whimpering and complaining about how badly his arm was hurting from the shots almost every hour. Then at 2:30am, he was up sobbing because he was in so much pain. At this point I'm thinking ok, who do I call to come take us to the hospital......after saying a prayer, I felt calm and had the impression to try the warm wash cloth again. He was able to get back to sleep and woke up again at 5:30am- this time it was because the alarm went off that is for Chloe to get ready for early morning seminary. He was still complaining of arm pain and also his arm pit. Even more troublesome was that I could feel heat radiating from him and his temperature read 101.9. I gave him the last dose of Motrin we had and back to bed we went (after getting Chloe out the door of course!)
After a couple more hours of restless, whimpering sleep he woke up ready for breakfast and his antibiotic. Thankfully, one of my besties came over after running to the store for more Motrin and also helped us get the milk out of the fridge that was too heavy for me and Jordan's arm was too sore to lift.....my friend also confirmed that although his fever, swollen arm, sore arm and arm pit, and now the lovely rash that was mainly squiggly lines all around the shot site that he was now sporting were all worrisome, but not quite "sound the alarm" type of worry.
We drew (or rather, she drew) a circle around the rash. We started a log to document all of these things. And watched him through out the day. Thankfully the rash ceased to spread- only one squiggly line went a tad outside the circle she drew. The light pinkness of the lines have faded even more by this evening. He says his arm hurts but isn't in pain like last night and this morning. He still has a fever which stays down with the Motrin, but overall I would say he is on the mend. I am hoping he can get some good rest tonight, kick the fever and be back to school tomorrow!!
Again, I am so very grateful for the many loving friends and family that are so supportive during these times of crisis! I feel so very blessed!
The following night, Sunday, as we were heading to bed Jordan was complaining that his ear hurt. Sure enough the next morning he was still complaining and his right ear was covered in goop.
I am surrounded by earthly angels. Two of my best friends offered to take us to the doctors (Matt is still in Orlando), but in the end my mother-in-law was able to leave work early and get him to his appointment. Turns out Jordan has a double ear infection and was given a 10-day prescription of antibiotics. The doctor also took a culture of the ear goop to make sure there isn't any bacteria along with the infection that would require other meds. Because Jordan wasn't running a fever he also got a flu shot & a pneumonia shot that his pulmonary doctor requested he get. And another round of "kudos" goes to my M-I-L for convincing Jordan to get the shots, usually Matt has to pin him down for any type of shots or IV's.
Silly me thought 'he has the antibiotics, he'll be good to go'. Nope, not even close! He was up whimpering and complaining about how badly his arm was hurting from the shots almost every hour. Then at 2:30am, he was up sobbing because he was in so much pain. At this point I'm thinking ok, who do I call to come take us to the hospital......after saying a prayer, I felt calm and had the impression to try the warm wash cloth again. He was able to get back to sleep and woke up again at 5:30am- this time it was because the alarm went off that is for Chloe to get ready for early morning seminary. He was still complaining of arm pain and also his arm pit. Even more troublesome was that I could feel heat radiating from him and his temperature read 101.9. I gave him the last dose of Motrin we had and back to bed we went (after getting Chloe out the door of course!)
After a couple more hours of restless, whimpering sleep he woke up ready for breakfast and his antibiotic. Thankfully, one of my besties came over after running to the store for more Motrin and also helped us get the milk out of the fridge that was too heavy for me and Jordan's arm was too sore to lift.....my friend also confirmed that although his fever, swollen arm, sore arm and arm pit, and now the lovely rash that was mainly squiggly lines all around the shot site that he was now sporting were all worrisome, but not quite "sound the alarm" type of worry.
We drew (or rather, she drew) a circle around the rash. We started a log to document all of these things. And watched him through out the day. Thankfully the rash ceased to spread- only one squiggly line went a tad outside the circle she drew. The light pinkness of the lines have faded even more by this evening. He says his arm hurts but isn't in pain like last night and this morning. He still has a fever which stays down with the Motrin, but overall I would say he is on the mend. I am hoping he can get some good rest tonight, kick the fever and be back to school tomorrow!!
Again, I am so very grateful for the many loving friends and family that are so supportive during these times of crisis! I feel so very blessed!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sixteenth Anniversary
Matthew and I celebrated our sixteenth wedding anniversary on Friday! We originally had a trip scheduled to St. George, but Matt had a business trip come up so we rescheduled the trip for the first week of November.
My sweetie has been working 18-20 hour days the past two weeks as he prepared/trained/and launched a new computer program for work. Top that off with a cold/fever combo that he came down with Thursday night, there really wasn't much celebrating going on.
He came upstairs about 1:30 PM and said he'd be right back. He came back with Cafe Rio for lunch, yummy! I did eat it alone, since he went straight back to work. I saw him again about 4:30PM when he came upstairs to go pick Chloe up from school. He wanted to go out after he dropped Chloe off at her friends. I wasn't about to let that happen, seeing how he couldn't stop sneezing and had a temperature of 101 degrees!
We decided to watch X-Men:First Class, which turned into me watching X-Men:First Class and him snoring 10 minutes into the movie. He did wake up 10 minutes before it ended- mainly because his alarm went off reminding him to go pick Jordan up from his friend's house. When he came back, he was back to work and I didn't see him again until 2:30am!
This has been the craziness of our lives for the past little while. I can't wait for October to get here and work hours to get back to normal!
In between all this craziness, he did give me my favorite-EST card ever.
It's Purple and Sparkly! And perfectly, perfect! And the inside has the sweetest things written in it that completely melted my heart! All I could think is "yep, he's still got it!" I love it when he gets all Romantical on me!
And to go with my perfectly, perfect card------------>
Life doesn't get any better than iTunes money to burn! Which I've already burned through half!! Good thing Christmas is around the corner!!
I am so thankful for the sixteen years we've had, and I'm even more thankful for the many years a head. I am such a lucky, lucky girl!
My sweetie has been working 18-20 hour days the past two weeks as he prepared/trained/and launched a new computer program for work. Top that off with a cold/fever combo that he came down with Thursday night, there really wasn't much celebrating going on.
He came upstairs about 1:30 PM and said he'd be right back. He came back with Cafe Rio for lunch, yummy! I did eat it alone, since he went straight back to work. I saw him again about 4:30PM when he came upstairs to go pick Chloe up from school. He wanted to go out after he dropped Chloe off at her friends. I wasn't about to let that happen, seeing how he couldn't stop sneezing and had a temperature of 101 degrees!
We decided to watch X-Men:First Class, which turned into me watching X-Men:First Class and him snoring 10 minutes into the movie. He did wake up 10 minutes before it ended- mainly because his alarm went off reminding him to go pick Jordan up from his friend's house. When he came back, he was back to work and I didn't see him again until 2:30am!
This has been the craziness of our lives for the past little while. I can't wait for October to get here and work hours to get back to normal!
In between all this craziness, he did give me my favorite-EST card ever.
It's Purple and Sparkly! And perfectly, perfect! And the inside has the sweetest things written in it that completely melted my heart! All I could think is "yep, he's still got it!" I love it when he gets all Romantical on me!
Life doesn't get any better than iTunes money to burn! Which I've already burned through half!! Good thing Christmas is around the corner!!
I am so thankful for the sixteen years we've had, and I'm even more thankful for the many years a head. I am such a lucky, lucky girl!
Mimosa
Two weekends ago, we were at a luncheon following the baptism of my best friend's son. Now to set the picture up clearly in your mind let me fill you in on a few tid-bits. It was a luncheon following a baptism into the LDS church, which we are all strong members. My best friend's husband happens to be my husbands best friend and is also our Bishop. And the last thing you need to know is that I am an IDIOT!
The Scene:I was chatting with my best friend and her mom, who happened to be leaving. We were chatting about hair and then her mom's necklace caught my eye. It really is one of the cutest things I've ever seen and so clever. It was this teeny-tiny glass vial with a petal/strand from a dandelion inside the vial, and next to the vial was this tiny silver plaque with the word "wish" en graven upon it. My description doesn't do it justice, and what made it even cuter is the fact that my best friend's mom made it! This revelation led to this conversation:
Me: "You are so talented. It is such a cute necklace."
BFF's Mom: "Thank you! I want to make one for each of my daughters and nieces honoring their grandpa. He loved mimosa, do you know what that is?"Me: "I do! It's that orange juice and champagne mixed drink."
At this point my BFF and BFF's mom burst out laughing, almost falling over, they are laughing so hard. I'm just looking at them with a questioning look and I say, "What?? What did I say?" Finally through their laughter they say, "No, he loved the mimosa flower!" Now I burst out laughing as I say, "Oh, I'm sorry! Of course it's a flower!" We're all still laughing our heads off and I'm laughing so hard I have tears streaming down my face! "I can't believe I am that clueless!"- is what I'm really thinking.
When I got home that day, I of course, googled the mimosa flower! I could not help but crack-up over my stupidity all weekend long. Especially as I realized the three major flaws to my brain power that day.
#1 Like my BFF's Mom is going to be referring to alcohol at an event like that!
#2 Like my BFF's Mom is going to mix up a batch of Mimosa and pour it into those teeny-tiny vials!
#3 Like my BFF's Mom is going to give her daughters and nieces a vial of alcohol to wear around their necks!
DUH! DUH! DUH!
I should not be allowed to speak to people in public!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
2011-2012 School Year Begins
Chloe and Jordan stared school last Wednesday, August 24, 2011. I was annoyed that their school decided to start in the middle of the week, but by Friday I was so happy we only had three days of school the first week- maybe their school knows what they're doing after all! hahahaha!
Chloe is in 9th Grade. Chloe also started early morning seminary! She is excited for this school year and her favorite two classes are Chinese & Geometry!
Jordan is in 8th Grade. Jordan's favorite class so far is Science and is also very excited for this school year!
Chloe is in 9th Grade. Chloe also started early morning seminary! She is excited for this school year and her favorite two classes are Chinese & Geometry!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Good-bye Summer
I can't believe summer is actually ending. School is starting for Chloe and Jordan tomorrow, which brings the dreaded chaos of homework, enforcing bed times, and no more sleeping in. It is so depressing! With school starting, the kids and I each made a couple of goals for the first term. The kids only had to make three school oriented goals and one spiritual goal. I, on the other hand have a bit more time on my hands so I have a few more goals. I decided if I write mine on here, maybe it will motivate me a little more. I won't share Chloe and Jordan's, they can if they want to.....
~Finish Disney 2011 scrapbook by 9/4 (thankfully I only have a few pages to finish!)
~Finish Prague scrapbook by 10/28 (thankfully I only have a few pages and touch-ups to finish!)
~Finish Jordan's K-7th scrapbook 10/28 (this is a biggie!)
~Finish Chloe's K-8th scrapbook 10/28 (I only have touch-ups and 7th-8th to finish!)
~Start 2011 scrapbook
~Read THREE books
~Read half of the Book of Mormon by 10/28 (this is for the BOM challenge to be finished by 12/31
~PJS everyday!! (Prayer, Journal, and Scriptures everyday! I am in a completely different head space when I am consistently doing these three things everyday!)
~Blog at least 3x a week (I went on a little blogging hiatus starting in July because I had my feelings hurt and I couldn't get over how certain people treated other certain people at some events over the summer and I really didn't want to make my blog a negative-space. Every time I went to blog all of the hurt and anger kept spewing out, so I took a break. I know I can't control other people's actions or feelings, but it makes me sad that I no longer have the loving, supporting friendship of someone once close to me. Enough said!)
My goals don't seem too daunting and I am looking forward to seeing how the kids like their new teachers and classes!
~Finish Disney 2011 scrapbook by 9/4 (thankfully I only have a few pages to finish!)
~Finish Prague scrapbook by 10/28 (thankfully I only have a few pages and touch-ups to finish!)
~Finish Jordan's K-7th scrapbook 10/28 (this is a biggie!)
~Finish Chloe's K-8th scrapbook 10/28 (I only have touch-ups and 7th-8th to finish!)
~Start 2011 scrapbook
~Read THREE books
~Read half of the Book of Mormon by 10/28 (this is for the BOM challenge to be finished by 12/31
~PJS everyday!! (Prayer, Journal, and Scriptures everyday! I am in a completely different head space when I am consistently doing these three things everyday!)
~Blog at least 3x a week (I went on a little blogging hiatus starting in July because I had my feelings hurt and I couldn't get over how certain people treated other certain people at some events over the summer and I really didn't want to make my blog a negative-space. Every time I went to blog all of the hurt and anger kept spewing out, so I took a break. I know I can't control other people's actions or feelings, but it makes me sad that I no longer have the loving, supporting friendship of someone once close to me. Enough said!)
My goals don't seem too daunting and I am looking forward to seeing how the kids like their new teachers and classes!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
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