Most of you already know that Caleb was diagnosed with epilepsy (a person who has had two or more seizures with unknown cause) a year ago. All but one of his seizures has been full-on convulsions in his sleep. The one exception was an absence seizure, which he had a year and a half ago, in the swimming pool. He was standing there, and then his eyes crossed as he stared off into space, and he couldn’t hear or respond […]
» Read moreI am very proud to announce that the crash and gradual recovery of 2013 appears to have ended TODAY. I am beating this pregnancy anemia. This morning I woke up feeling like a real person again. I have my energy back, and it feels so good! Plus, all the problems that felt like the sky falling for the past week seem so much smaller now. Even Caleb is finally better! He went all night last night without a cough or […]
» Read moreWhat parent doesn’t loathe whining? ugh. I got an earful of whining this morning since Joshua had to go to school and Caleb (still recovering from monstrous a cold) didn’t. Joshua whined from the time he got out of bed until the time he buckled his seatbelt. I was patient from 6:40 until 7:30, at which point I snapped and yelled at him…. …..so I will not do the same to you and whine about all of my little complaints. I […]
» Read moreThis has been a most exciting week at our house. It all started Sunday, church day, when we found baskets of toys and candy just sitting on the kitchen table!!! It had the most delicious food I have ever tasted in these little plastic eggs. We all went to church, just like every Sunday. I cried when Daddy dropped me off, but as soon as he couldn’t see me I started to play. They have really cool […]
» Read moreMy head is seriously out of sorts with pregnancy anemia lately. The Week of Fuzzy Brain I have often heard people say that pregnancy is more difficult on the body as you get older, but I never experienced it until lately. Joshua was my overall hardest pregnancy, to include excessive vomiting in the first trimester as well as shockingly bad sciatica pain in the third trimester. Yet, that was my youngest pregnancy! I was doing so great until […]
» Read moreThis week: Thursday night I came down with a head cold and fever (like my 4th cold this winter), but I powered through and we had a really good time at the Farm Park on Friday. By Saturday, I was so unusually exhausted and miserable, I just crashed. I literally did not move from my chair until 11am. Poor Alan had to take care of his regular responsibilities, while also helping me with mine. As if he’s not stressed […]
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Frying Pan Farm Park Today Alan took the day off work, and we all visited Frying Pan Farm Park. Everyone had a good time, in spite of the ever-present chill. They had farm animals, a blacksmith shop, a wagon ride, a carousel, and a playground. They have a nice playground, and of course the boys insisted on playing on the playground as soon as we got there. We felt like Caleb was really channeling his DaddyO in this fleece vest. […]
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Today a very bad, bad, bad thing happened. (And for the sake of anyone new to reading my blog, you should know that I like to whine about my petty problems, as though they are actual problems. Sometimes I just do this for dramatic effect…. ; ) In the world of raising toddlers or babies, your worst nightmare is a bad napper. I’ve never had a bad napper on a regular basis, thank God! I guess he knows I could never handle […]
» Read moreToday I left Alan with all three boys, ages 2 to 6, while I went to the chiropractor’s office and to Target. I heard the sweetest, sweetest words when I got home. “It was….that kid…..no, not just him, that one too. Oh my gosh. April, please don’t leave me here alone with them again.” “Where’s Caleb?” “Huh? Oh, I don’t know. He’s fine. At least he’s been entertaining himself!” BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Now, of course, Alan was JOKING about me not leaving him […]
» Read moreToday’s Snow Day was pretty awesome, except that there was no snow to play in once the snowing stopped. It snowed for about 18 hours straight, and yet it was too warm for accumulation past 11am. This works out nicely though. Everyone got to stay home, and yet Alan was able to safely run errands. Plus tomorrow’s road conditions should be perfectly fine. Happy birthday to me! Ya’ll, today was thoroughly exhausting! It seems like everyday is exhausting lately. […]
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