Just not feeling it

Today just wasn't a good day. I wasn't feeling the holiday spirit at all! Or any spirit for that matter. I was frustrated, irritated, angry. You name it, that was me.  I'm feeling a little better now. I'm in the middle of baking my Oma's wien cookies. I am up to 300 bite size cookies so far and I have another roll of dough to go.  Then I have to add icing and sprinkles, let them dry and put them all up.  It's already 11 !!! I am thinking its going to be a long night.  Oh well, to me, it wouldn't be Christmas without these cookies so it is totally worth it! 

I am hoping tomorrow is a better day.

Holiday Cheer

As always, we've been fairly busy.  Actually, things slowed down a little for the time being.  Rassie had one appointment last week and labs.   He hasn't started his outpatient physical therapy yet so we've had time to stay home. 

We finished up the Christmas shopping.  I think we managed to do pretty good on a budget.  I finally finished wrapping gifts.  I take that back I have 3 left to wrap.  I made up all the dough for my wien cookies and tomorrow I plan on baking them.  We took the kids to see the Christmas lights at BLORA.  Scarlett and Lane both loved it!  I was surprised at how well Lane followed the lights.   Last Friday we took the kids to see Santa at the mall.  Scarlett actually sat in his lap. I was so proud of her.  When we saw him at WalMart she was scared to leave my hip.  It was like we were glued together.  We also got Lane to smile in one of the Santa pics but Scarlett had her eyes closed in that one so we had to choose another.  That's ok.  I got both my babies together in a picture with Santa.

I managed to get my house fairly clean this weekend. I need to clean the floors and pic up the minor stuff now.  I bleached both bathrooms today. I can honestly say THEY'RE CLEAN!   I think I lucked out on having to cook the ham and turkey for Christmas.  My brother and Rassie decided they were going to deep fry one turkey and smoke the other with the ham.  Woo Hoo! Less work for me.  I am doing the mashed potatoes, gravy, beans, mac & cheese, chocolate & lemon pie and maybe a green bean salad. I need to double check if mom is bringing that or not.  I can't wait for Christmas morning! I am so excited to see the kids open their gifts.  Especially Scarlett because she actually gets the concept of what a present is this year.  She got to open one the other day when the inlaws were here and she was excited!

Alright. I think thats a pretty good update for now.  I have recipes coming soon!

God Bless & Good Night

It's been a while

I guess its been a little bit since I updated on everything here.  We are all doing pretty good.  Lots of appointments and much more.   Scarlett was sick this past weekend with a stomach bug and then I had it yesterday. I felt like crud and didn't get out of bed the entire day.  I managed to drink some 7up and eat a few crackers.  Scarlett had me a little worried with her stomach bug. She threw up Saturday but then seemed to be ok. On Sunday I couldn't get her to drink anything and she had a total of ONE wet diaper.  After talking to my aunt, a nurse and my mom I decided to take her to the ER.   Because they managed to get her to take a sip of juice while we were there they said she was fine.  She still had tears and her mouth had some moisture in it.  I am glad they didn't have to hook her up to an IV though.    But I did not like the doctor we saw at all.  She said I should take a syringe and force fluids into her.  1) I don't think a scare tactic is the right way to go and 2) forcing it down her could have caused her to aspirate and fluids to go into her lungs. Then the doctor told me DO NOT give her pedialite because it is nasty and then she wouldn't drink anything.   AHH! Finally around 11pm I got her to eat a popsicle and then she decided it was good and ate 2 more. I was happy and so was Scarlett!

Today I took Lane into the doctor.  Last Monday night the area around his boy parts were all swollen. He did have a rash on his bottom though.  So when I called in and talked to the nurse she said it sounded like inflammation from a yeast infection and I could put lotrimin cream on him or monistat.  I went with A&D ointment w/zinc oxide.  The rash was gone in less than 2 days, the swelling and puffiness wasn't.  I called back and talked to the nurse again. She had me check to see if I could feel both of his testicles to make sure they were both dropped and one wasn't stuck.  They were both there.  The nurse said to give it 2 more days over the weekend and if he was still swollen bring him in.  Since I was sick Monday I had to wait until today.  The doctor said she believes its a hernia.  She checked everything over thoroughly.  It's all where its supposed to be.  Lane is still puffy though.  The doctor said he will probably swell again.  If the swelling becomes tight or bluish I should bring him back immediately. She also said if it doesn't go away when he nears the age of one they may want to do surgery to remove the hernia.  I am praying it goes away.

Other than being sick everything has been decent.  Playing, cleaning, growing.  You name it we're doing it.  We switched the nursery and Scarlett's big girl room because she wouldn't sleep in a new room and a new bed.  I only thought I was going to get the easy way out by leaving the nursery in the same room.  That's ok though.  It's working out just fine switching the rooms and Scarlett is sleeping great in her twin bed.  I think I updated on this already though? I can't remember..lol

The in laws visited this past weekend. It wasn't as bad as it could have been.  And the visit was short and sweet. Although they did claim that Scarlett drinking too much sweet tea at lunch is what caused her to throw up and be sick all weekend..lol  Oh well, what can you say?

Well I have LOTS of house work to do so I better get to it.