We are enjoying a relaxing day at home this Thanksgiving. The turkey is in the oven and the green beans are in the crockpot. I will make the stuffing later and all the rest of the food will be supplied by my lovely parents. We are pretty much just chilling out. Delainey is in her room cleaning/playing. Cait is off playing after being a velcro baby all morning. I think she senses that I actually don't have anything pressing to do right now and is off doing her own thing. It is only when I have things like cutting onions, frying bacon, and preparing a turkey that she needs to be on my hip :) Curious little buddy. Eli is currently fighting with his big sister over a blanket. This is the usual banter when they are together. He knows how to push her (and out) buttons. Other than that, he is wandering the house looking for things to play with. Shawn is watching Cait and doing laundry - what a great husband I have. Soon he will be heading to the grocery store for some toliet paper, coke, and an easy to make dessert!
We seems to have somewhat of a reprieve from sickness other than Cait's snotty nose which is more likely related to her upper canines peaking through. Eli and I had some crazy nausea stuff earlier this week and he missed one day of school from it and I 1 day of work.
Cait had a well check yesterday and weighed in at 25 pounds. She is in the 75% for her height, 65% for weight, and 90% for head circumference. That is pretty much her pattern give or take a few 5ths of a percentage. Her tubes are still in place and we are very thankful for those. We haven't had an ear infection since they were put in! She is now starting to call my parents by name - it's very sweet!
My Mom and I think that Delainey is starting to "develop" into a woman. Crazy it seems and I will spare the details. I talked with our pediatrician about it at Cait's appointment and he says that it isn't too early. Yikes! I'm glad that she and I have talked about all these things along the way so that they are almost exciting to her - like a rite of passage sort of. We aren't quite ready to hit up the little girl intimates section but I'm sure that we will be there in the next year.
Eli is probably just a typical middle child. He pushes his boundaries with us but it is only with us (and my parents). He is good as gold at school. So I suppose we can be thankful that he knows when to let it all out! At this point, parenting him is a challenge because we can't allow him to get the upper hand even though that would be the easiest thing to do in most cases. Aside from that, in school he is doing great! He has great handwriting and I have seen a marked improvement in his coloring. He is learning to recognize new words and will write some of them. He does suprise us in that he eats school lunch about every day! Now what he actually eats, who knows? But he is getting exposed to all kinds of foods he wouldn't touch at home.
Well that is about it for us and the battery on the laptop!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Life as a working Mom of 4 and wife to 1!! :)
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
The sickly File's....
I guess that sickness is inevitable in a family of 5 with young children!
Delainey's "rash" turned out to be impetigo. I had only heard of this in passing before now. She has been on an oral and topical antibiotic since Monday and it is healing well. Poor Lain - he broke out the fairly big guns in antibiotic world - Augmentin. Her tummy wasn't too happy about that the first couple days but she is ok now.
Cait is back to having a cough and runny nose. Gotta love daycare.
I believe Eli is fine but I'm not 100% sure on that one. He doesn't have fever and his throat looks normal. It is funny that he only complains of his throat hurting before bedtime when he thinks of the remote chance of sleeping in our floor. I'm sure he is trying to pull a fast one on us.
I took off work yesterday early and stayed home today with a sore throat, fever, and chills. The chills are pretty much gone today but the others remain plus a generalized achiness. I don't think Mom's should be allowed to get sick!!! A sick Mom plus 3 kids and a Dad gone to basketball games tonight is not an ideal combination! Oh well, that is the card that I am dealt.
In other thoughts, I'm thinking about brining the turkey this year for Thanksgiving. I've never brined anything let alone baked a turkey so this should be interesting. We will keep pizza hut on speed dial....
Delainey's "rash" turned out to be impetigo. I had only heard of this in passing before now. She has been on an oral and topical antibiotic since Monday and it is healing well. Poor Lain - he broke out the fairly big guns in antibiotic world - Augmentin. Her tummy wasn't too happy about that the first couple days but she is ok now.
Cait is back to having a cough and runny nose. Gotta love daycare.
I believe Eli is fine but I'm not 100% sure on that one. He doesn't have fever and his throat looks normal. It is funny that he only complains of his throat hurting before bedtime when he thinks of the remote chance of sleeping in our floor. I'm sure he is trying to pull a fast one on us.
I took off work yesterday early and stayed home today with a sore throat, fever, and chills. The chills are pretty much gone today but the others remain plus a generalized achiness. I don't think Mom's should be allowed to get sick!!! A sick Mom plus 3 kids and a Dad gone to basketball games tonight is not an ideal combination! Oh well, that is the card that I am dealt.
In other thoughts, I'm thinking about brining the turkey this year for Thanksgiving. I've never brined anything let alone baked a turkey so this should be interesting. We will keep pizza hut on speed dial....
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A November weekly update...
All is healthy in the File home - finally! Sort of.... Cait was better by Wednesday but still was not herself until this weekend. I honestly felt like I was going to lose my mind by the end of the week due to lack of sleep, work stress, and two other children who were pushing buttons.
Delainey does have a strange rash around her mouth - very weird. It looks like chicken pox but surely can't be that since she just had a varicella booster in February. Or it could be a primary exposure to the herpes virus (cold sores) which will have multiple areas of breakout the first time. Regardless, it is weird and I think I am going to walk her into school tomorrow to be sure it is ok for her to be there.
As I said, Cait is doing well now. She has the tips of 3 teeth in and is still working on 5 others. Since she is feeling better, she has been quite the eater! As I type, she finished off a bowl of cherrios, a slice of pizza, and is working on dried apple bits. She is learning to say new words which include please, thank you, up and drink. But her fav for right now are ammy-yammy (Mommy) and no-no-no.
Eli has decided that he is going to forgo doing taekwondo this winter but is going to try out tball this summer. He does have quite the little arm on him so it should be cute. He is doing great in school - his handwriting is so neat and he has gotten a lot better about coloring in the lines. Apparently he is still a bit shy, which he comes by naturally!
Shawn starts basketball games next week. I'm not sure of the schedule yet. He has been working hard and has had a few late nights with practices. He says that he is ready to start games.
That is about it in File land!
Delainey does have a strange rash around her mouth - very weird. It looks like chicken pox but surely can't be that since she just had a varicella booster in February. Or it could be a primary exposure to the herpes virus (cold sores) which will have multiple areas of breakout the first time. Regardless, it is weird and I think I am going to walk her into school tomorrow to be sure it is ok for her to be there.
As I said, Cait is doing well now. She has the tips of 3 teeth in and is still working on 5 others. Since she is feeling better, she has been quite the eater! As I type, she finished off a bowl of cherrios, a slice of pizza, and is working on dried apple bits. She is learning to say new words which include please, thank you, up and drink. But her fav for right now are ammy-yammy (Mommy) and no-no-no.
Eli has decided that he is going to forgo doing taekwondo this winter but is going to try out tball this summer. He does have quite the little arm on him so it should be cute. He is doing great in school - his handwriting is so neat and he has gotten a lot better about coloring in the lines. Apparently he is still a bit shy, which he comes by naturally!
Shawn starts basketball games next week. I'm not sure of the schedule yet. He has been working hard and has had a few late nights with practices. He says that he is ready to start games.
That is about it in File land!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
Matthew 2:7 Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.” 9 After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.
The commercialism of Christmas is just overwhelming!!! The Christmas stuff is already out in the stores and I have heard word of the Christmas music being played as well. Is this what I want our kids to think about when they think of Christmas???? NO!
Christmas is about the birth of Jesus - our Savior! That should be the focus.
So, this Christmas the children will be getting 3 gifts from Shawn and I. The will be gifts symbolizing the gifts that were given to Jesus - gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Their gold gift will be something of value to them - something they really want.
Frankincense was used in incense burned during religious ceremonies in Biblical times and also as anointing oil. The frankincense gift to our children will be something to help them grow spiritually.
Myrrh was used for embalming and preparing a body for burial. To focus away from the morbid side of that, the myrrh gift will be something for their body - ie clothing most likely.
Now, we will still do Santa until we have no believers - which will be a while. So they will end up with 4 gifts and a stocking.
I'm hoping this works and the kids are left feeling shorted???!!!???
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The sickness chronicles....
There isn't much of interest going on here!
Cait has been sick all weekend and is slowly getting back to herself. She has had fever, stuffy/runny nose and sore throat. I took her to the pediatrician yesterday and she was negative for strep and ear infections. So a virus it is and a mean one at that! Her fever is low grade today and I'm sure we will be back to normal by tomorrow. She ate a good breakfast today so that is a good sign!
As it always happens, Shawn comes down with whatever the kids have first. He started feeling bad yesterday afternoon. So he is doped up on ibuprofen and tylenol. Eli woke up with a cough this morning but he is still acting ok. Delainey has a stuffy nose but is still ok. When the kids are sick, one of us tries to quarantine the kid with hopes of only the parent with the kid getting sick. I guess that didn't work this time. I'm still hanging in there yet to be fully sick. It's hard to tell if my achiness is from sleep deprivation or my body fighting off a cold. I'm drinking airbornne and popping vitamin c and zinc and hoping for the best!
Just a few more weeks until Thanksgiving which we will be spending with my family this year instead of Shawn's family. I always looked forward to Thanksgiving with his family but this year his step-sister is getting married the following weekend and we will be making the drive for that. So, in the name of our sanity on a car ride and the status of our checkbook, we are staying home on Thanksgiving. Apparently, I'm hosting the dinner although my parents are cooking the chicken and dumplings. I may cook a small turkey just because that is what Thanksgiving is about and I like to have frozen meat in the freezer for last minute meals. I'm gonna miss Bill's stuffing because I don't know how to make it from scratch!
That is about it from the File front!
Cait has been sick all weekend and is slowly getting back to herself. She has had fever, stuffy/runny nose and sore throat. I took her to the pediatrician yesterday and she was negative for strep and ear infections. So a virus it is and a mean one at that! Her fever is low grade today and I'm sure we will be back to normal by tomorrow. She ate a good breakfast today so that is a good sign!
As it always happens, Shawn comes down with whatever the kids have first. He started feeling bad yesterday afternoon. So he is doped up on ibuprofen and tylenol. Eli woke up with a cough this morning but he is still acting ok. Delainey has a stuffy nose but is still ok. When the kids are sick, one of us tries to quarantine the kid with hopes of only the parent with the kid getting sick. I guess that didn't work this time. I'm still hanging in there yet to be fully sick. It's hard to tell if my achiness is from sleep deprivation or my body fighting off a cold. I'm drinking airbornne and popping vitamin c and zinc and hoping for the best!
Just a few more weeks until Thanksgiving which we will be spending with my family this year instead of Shawn's family. I always looked forward to Thanksgiving with his family but this year his step-sister is getting married the following weekend and we will be making the drive for that. So, in the name of our sanity on a car ride and the status of our checkbook, we are staying home on Thanksgiving. Apparently, I'm hosting the dinner although my parents are cooking the chicken and dumplings. I may cook a small turkey just because that is what Thanksgiving is about and I like to have frozen meat in the freezer for last minute meals. I'm gonna miss Bill's stuffing because I don't know how to make it from scratch!
That is about it from the File front!
Monday, November 3, 2008
A weekly update....
Well, we have had our first tooth-related accident here in the File house....
Eli was rough housing with Daddy and somehow hit his upper front tooth on Shawn's knee. Eli's gum above the tooth was really swollen and purple, the gum was bleeding, and the tooth was loose. Shawn had a small tooth shaped boo-boo.
Momma dental hygienist was having a hard time thinking rationally with it being her own flesh-and-blood but we did well. There were no frantic calls to the dentist with Momma having seen this a million times before with other people's kids. We are in wait and see mode. The tooth is still loose and the gum is starting to look better. He has a check up in December and I will request an xray then. If he starts having a lot of pain or the tooth turns dark (nerve dying) we will pay young Dr. Davison a visit.
Delainey is quite the creative little girl. She is always coming up with little crafts or writing things. This evening, she made up her own tribute to cheese to the tune of the song that is a tribute to beans....beans, beans the magical fruit....although her cheese song is much more PC.
Cait ceases to amaze us with her cuteness. She now sings "Joy, joy, joy, joy" - so sweet. She also, at the age of 18 months, can blow her nose! It is the funniest thing! Sometimes she blows before we get the Kleenex up there but hey, it's better than sucking all that stuff back up! She finally has the point of one canine tooth in but is still working on 3 more canines and 4 molars.....all at the same time! That makes a very clingy and moody baby!
Eli....oh Eli. He is quite the little boy! Recently he has liked to push us to the edge of him getting in trouble. Listening the first time is also a challenge for him lately. Thank goodness that he just does this at home. His teacher praises him for being such a good boy at school. We are also a bit concerned that he doesn't seem to be making many friends at school. His teacher says that he is shy at school which would impair the friend making abilities. He does have little boys that he knows in class but they are a bit wilder than him and he doesn't want to hang out with them in fear of getting in trouble. So, before the school year is up, we are likely to request that he be placed in a class with different little boys in hopes of him getting away from some of the wilder boys and helping him make friends. On the positive side, I do have to say that he is the best little cleaner - he did this tonight. He can pick up his room so fast!! Oh and the other night he just melted his Daddy's heart - before bed he said "Daddy, can we go watch some sports??" :) and they did. E fell asleep cuddling Daddy while watching football.
Shawn officially started basketball practice today. Apparently, he is actually going to have to cut girls this year! I will try and refrain from the whole "breaking a girl's heart" speech that I gave him back when he was coaching softball and had to cut girls. He also has a few Sundays where he will be preaching coming soon!
I'm staying very busy with my job and with the kids at home. On interesting thing I witnessed this week was a girl who had been hit by her mother come into the nurses office at a school I was at. I guess that it just brings to light the fact that you never know what is going on in the homes of these kids. We may be the only caring person that they come in contact with all day or all week. In other things, I may have some opportunities to do inservices for staff at some area nursing homes. Geratrics aren't my favorite BUT, at $150 an inservice, I can deal.
That is about it for us! There isn't much in the very near future coming up either...
Eli was rough housing with Daddy and somehow hit his upper front tooth on Shawn's knee. Eli's gum above the tooth was really swollen and purple, the gum was bleeding, and the tooth was loose. Shawn had a small tooth shaped boo-boo.
Momma dental hygienist was having a hard time thinking rationally with it being her own flesh-and-blood but we did well. There were no frantic calls to the dentist with Momma having seen this a million times before with other people's kids. We are in wait and see mode. The tooth is still loose and the gum is starting to look better. He has a check up in December and I will request an xray then. If he starts having a lot of pain or the tooth turns dark (nerve dying) we will pay young Dr. Davison a visit.
Delainey is quite the creative little girl. She is always coming up with little crafts or writing things. This evening, she made up her own tribute to cheese to the tune of the song that is a tribute to beans....beans, beans the magical fruit....although her cheese song is much more PC.
Cait ceases to amaze us with her cuteness. She now sings "Joy, joy, joy, joy" - so sweet. She also, at the age of 18 months, can blow her nose! It is the funniest thing! Sometimes she blows before we get the Kleenex up there but hey, it's better than sucking all that stuff back up! She finally has the point of one canine tooth in but is still working on 3 more canines and 4 molars.....all at the same time! That makes a very clingy and moody baby!
Eli....oh Eli. He is quite the little boy! Recently he has liked to push us to the edge of him getting in trouble. Listening the first time is also a challenge for him lately. Thank goodness that he just does this at home. His teacher praises him for being such a good boy at school. We are also a bit concerned that he doesn't seem to be making many friends at school. His teacher says that he is shy at school which would impair the friend making abilities. He does have little boys that he knows in class but they are a bit wilder than him and he doesn't want to hang out with them in fear of getting in trouble. So, before the school year is up, we are likely to request that he be placed in a class with different little boys in hopes of him getting away from some of the wilder boys and helping him make friends. On the positive side, I do have to say that he is the best little cleaner - he did this tonight. He can pick up his room so fast!! Oh and the other night he just melted his Daddy's heart - before bed he said "Daddy, can we go watch some sports??" :) and they did. E fell asleep cuddling Daddy while watching football.
Shawn officially started basketball practice today. Apparently, he is actually going to have to cut girls this year! I will try and refrain from the whole "breaking a girl's heart" speech that I gave him back when he was coaching softball and had to cut girls. He also has a few Sundays where he will be preaching coming soon!
I'm staying very busy with my job and with the kids at home. On interesting thing I witnessed this week was a girl who had been hit by her mother come into the nurses office at a school I was at. I guess that it just brings to light the fact that you never know what is going on in the homes of these kids. We may be the only caring person that they come in contact with all day or all week. In other things, I may have some opportunities to do inservices for staff at some area nursing homes. Geratrics aren't my favorite BUT, at $150 an inservice, I can deal.
That is about it for us! There isn't much in the very near future coming up either...
Princess Caitster!
She was less than thrilled about her costume and I am AMAZED that Mom got a shot of her with the crown on. She only wore it for seconds - thank goodness it came out the dress up box!
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