What D just said!!!

"I'm a little princess, and little princesses don't have sex!!!"

Oh my goodness - I about rolled!!! She was mis-saying a commercial that said "I'm a little princess, and little princesses don't get sick!" Now, she knows what sex is and knew in a way what she was saying - it's not that she spoke of sex that makes me laugh. It's the mis-speaking and honestly, the truth of the statement. She is a princess of the Lord and little princesses don't have sex!!! (Atleast until they are married.)

No happy .... and so sad.....

Cait is walking!!!! It is so adorable!! Then at the same time it is sad that she is big enough to do that :( She doesn't make it too far yet but she is braver today than she was yesterday - so watch out!!! Go Cait!!!

My daughter the horse.....

So C has hoof and mouth disease......ooops I mean hand, foot, and mouth disease. Yeah, big fun. So that is what all the fuss has been about this week...and the fever. I took her to the Dr. this morning for the rash that appeared on her arms, legs, and diaper area last night. The only open blisters she has are in the back of her throat - so far. Last night I thought that it looked a lot like h,f m disease. D had it when she was around 18 months or so I think. But hers was more blistery. Maybe C's hasn't gotten to that stage yet. I hope that it doesn't. Poor little thing.

It seems like we have one sickness after another this year. Just between her and E though. I guess that is a part of daycare. If they both follow D's lead, they will be pretty healthy as the get older. Chock it up to immunity building!

So what do you do???

As I mentioned in a previous post, C was clear for ear infections on Monday. So, then Monday night she starts running fever. Tuesday she has a good attitude but still has the fever. Last night she was up some. This morning she is FUSSY but with a little fever. The pedi was blaming it on teeth. But, we have noticed and daycare noticed that she has tugged at her ears all yesterday. What are we suppose to do? I would feel like I am second guessing the pedi if I take her back there three days later. But then, I don't want her to be in pain. Grrrrr......

Love the Biaxin, hate the teeth....

I was SO sure that Cait had another ear infection! She was fussy, smacking at her ears, didn't have much of an appetite, etc, etc. All signs that she had another ear infection. So I put in 4.5 hours at work today and then took her to the Dr. Low and behold - no ear infection! I was amazed!!! He is blaming it on teeth. Yeah, she is finishing up getting her incisors but it isn't like one is trying to break through the surface. My Mom used to always say that the teeth "itch" before they come in - so maybe her 1 year molars are "itching". So yeah for the Biaxin that cured the ear infection and boooo on the teeth! Oh and isn't that picture great!! :)

Grouchy people....I really don't like grouchy people. Well, I guess that I could like the person but I certainly don't like the behavior. I used to get really mad and think of how they were inconviencing me - and I still do for, hmmmmm, maybe 5 minutes. But thanks to a dental educators conference I attended last fall I realize something - You never know what a person has in their denominator - What is below the line - What is below the surface. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't think that if given a choice, a person would be a grouch day after day. Yeah, things do happen that make a person that way temporarily but for one person in particular to be that way everytime I speak with them? After my 5 minutes of anger at the person's attitude today I started to think - What is in her denominator? Surely their is a reason for the grouchiness day after day. Maybe it's me?? Hmmmmm or what and who I represent? hmmmmm could be. Isn't it always our first response to think of ourselves? Maybe it is a defensive mechanism or a response to a not so happy work environment. Maybe she has an alcoholic husband, is buried in a sea of debt, and is falling apart from the inside out. Maybe, maybe, maybe.....But I do pray that whatever the reason for the grouchiness, that she will overcome. And if not, I pray that I have the tactfulness and patience to deal with her when I need to - and that God would use me to be a light.

Where did the weekend go?

Wow - it sure did fly by! Saturday morning E & D had soccer games. I stayed home with Cait because it was just cold! Shawn said that Eli was much more aggressive so that is good. He actually got pushed down - but took it like a man and got back up! Lainey said she had a good time too.

I helped to host a baby shower on Saturday afternoon - see above pics :) Sorry some are sideways! I think it went well. The Momma got lots and lots of things - I think they are just about set for baby!

We had some friends from church over saturday night. They bought the meat and I prepared it to grill. Shawn is such a good grillmaster! The chicken kebobs were awesome. I made some packet potatoes and then microed some veggies. It was a good meal! Then we played wii - which was a lot of fun :) More like the guys and kids played wii. I love cooking for people and Shawn just likes having people around. Shawn and I really like entertaining!!

Sunday was the regular Sunday for us. We ate leftovers from last night, played a little wii, and had naps. Then church a of it myselft night. I have been helping lead a Bible Study for the youth girls and and getting something out of it myself as well. I have never really considered myself a "teacher" but have actually enjoyed teaching this study. Young girls have it tough nowadays and I hope that God is using me to speak His words to them!

So on to the next week. I'm sure I will be at the Dr. with Cait tomorrow for another ear infection. She has been quite the crank today. Shawn is suppose to have a track meet tomorrow night and it is pretty cold here. Hopefully it stops sprinkling by then. We should finish up our last school site at work this week. Then we will just pick up some of the kids that didn't get their treatment earlier in the semester. I will have officially made it through an entire semester at my job - yeah! Off to bed now!!

So this is the guy.....

This is Dr. Stith from Cardinal Glennon. He is the guy who Caitney & Eli will be seeing on May 7th at 9:15am. The nurse at our pediatrician said that she was very pleased with him when she saw him with her daughter. The fact that his speciality is pediatric otolarynology (sp?) sets my mind at ease. So, we are anxiously awaiting to hear what he has to say in about a month! But rest assured - if there are any operative procedures to be done, we sure are not going to do them on the same day! That would be unreal!