A Day with Momma at Our House

This is how our days have gone at our house lately.

No. You can't have that.

No.

Give me that!

How did you get that?

Get over here!

Where did you go?

What do you want. I can't understand. Show Momma.

No. You already saw Cars today..no more movies.

Sit down. No standing in your chair you might fall.

Sit.

Now!

(I'm washing dishes, baby's in the living room...it's quiet)...You don't have the remote do you? Baby's not supposed to have the remote. (laughter)

Waahh! Waahh! (Interpretation..I want the remote...why can't I have it...I don't want you to smack my hand...was I really disobedient? Maybe just a little..but I want that!!! IT's WAY COOL!!!)

Hug Momma's legs (Meaning I love you Momma...see you can't stay mad at me...I'm too cute!)

Feeling Better

I took this picture the other day when Elijah first started feeling better. He actually wanted to play a little bit. Here he is playing with his cars. He loves "vroom"ing around.

This is him when he was sick. Poor thing. All he wanted to do was sleep or sit in his chair and watch movies. I hate to have him watch TV all day but I had to think about what I do when I am sick...lay around on the couch and watch TV. I think we watched Finding Nemo AND Cars once a day when he was sick. He would come up to us and give us the movie and then crawl in his little chair. Granted, he still does that now that he feels better but he's much more animated about it now and kicks his feet and claps his hands. Way cute. He doesn't get as much TV time though...he can play and run around since he feels better...right?

One of his favorite things is to read books. He LOVES it. I am so glad because Jake and I both love(d) to read. I say that b/c who really has time for books with a one year old. I am just working on reading my Bible through this year (I am close to catching up to the halfway point..I got a little behind). Anyway. He reads books in his crib when he wakes up, before his nap, and before bedtime. I don't have to read the books to him all the time either. Sometimes he just goes into his room, grabs his blankie and a book and gets on his little toddler bed to read. It's very sweet to hear him read in the morning too. I am so blessed to wake up to Beethoven or Bach from his music box (it was a mobile but that part comes off) and hear him "abada la ama....". That's how I know he is actually ready to get up. It's funny but if he wakes up crying, he's not ready to get up. I just let him fall back to sleep. In a little while he'll wake back up again happy and reading. Then when I go to get them he has to stand up, go to his music box, push a new button and wiggle his little bum to the music. Then he smiles, plops down and shows me his book. Predictable but very sweet. I just love him to pieces.

Well, I best be going.

I Have Wonderful People Around Me

Last night started out terribly. I came in early to team lead only to find out that they would be csectioning triplets. Of course we had very little time to get things ready and of course it happened at shift change. ICK!!! I had wonderful helpers to get through it, many of whom stayed over their shift to help get things done. Of course to add a little something special, there was a miscommunication in scheduling and we had a no show. Lovely when you're dealing with moving babies, getting beds ready and admitting triplets. This was all a little stressful but I think I would have handled it ok. Until I got a worrying call from Jake. Elijah had a 103 fever, had slept all day and wasn't really eating. I thought back and the day before he had been tugging at his ear a little bit. I attributed it to him getting his molars in but maybe he had an ear infection. How could I have shrugged it off? What a terrible mommy! I told Jake to give him some tylenol and a bath. Then I changed my mind. What if it was an ear infection and he was in terrible pain. Better go to urgent care. How can I deal with all this work stuff when MY baby is at home sick and poor Jake has to take him in to urgent care? What if he didn't know the information they ask him? Shouldn't his Momma be there to comfort him? What if it's not an ear infection and something worse. Of course at this point I burst into tears. I couldn't deal with it...and then I got called to go to a csection. Really? Right now. Didn't they know I was in crisis mode? I went to the csection and when I came back I found out that we had found someone to come in for a couple hours to help us out and my night shift CM (she's wonderful!) was going to do our high risk duty for me. Yeah! Not only that, upon hearing my worries about Elijah, she told me I needed to be home with him..that they could stick through it all. I was able to meet Jake at the urgent care. Thank God!
So at the Urgent Care I found Elijah already being seen. Daddy had it all under control. The Dr. already figured out what he had...drum roll please...Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Seriously? He showed me the very slight rash around his mouth. Yeah, I saw that. I thought it was b/c I had given him so many berries lately and he was sensitive. Nope. He showed me the inside of his mouth/throat which was very sore looking. Apparently this is a very common summer virus and you can't really do anything for it. Just keep him comfortable and hydrated. He thinks he has a mild case. I hope so. I just read up on it and often the high fever strikes first. It will be interesting to see if he gets more of a rash today. That apparently is the most uncomfortable part.
I did end up going back to work. Jake had it all under control (a little pang when I say that b/c does any mother really want to feel like she isn't needed when her baby is sick) and he would be going to bed when he got home anyway. I will be home all day (and don't have to work) so I will be able to take care of him. I just couldn't leave the girls hanging.
Better go! Keep Elijah in your prayers!

New(er) pictures...and exciting news!

I haven't posted any pictures in awhile so enjoy!

These pictures are of Elijah's new favorite food...raspberries. He was being a big goofball when I was taken them and kept nodding his head to the right every time I would pick up the camera. He was eating the raspberries as quickly as I would put them on his tray. He stuffed them all in like a little chipmunk and then would sign "more". I bought some cherries too and he was the same way. He sure does love fruit!

These picks are of him in the little pool we bought him for his birthday. He didn't stay in for long but kept kicking his feet and throwing the ball out of the pool (onto the dirt so it would get all muddy, of course). It's funny because he enjoyed it more than he's been enjoying his baths. He is more of a shower guy right now. He really doesn't want to lie down in the water and often just cries. He doesn't like his hair washed either. I think his ears are sensitive. He pulls on them when he gets out. Hmmm. I was hoping he'd be a little fishy. I guess we'll have to see how he does when he's older.

These are pictures of him with a new favorite as well...SNAPS! He loves to throw them and hear them pop. Of course it makes a mess but Daddy was great about sweeping it all up and what a joy it was to see the excited face that he would make with them.

Our exciting news? Elijah and I are going to Michigan to see Grandma and Grandpa in September. YEAH! I can't wait! And what a perfect time of year. I smell fresh donuts and caramel apples...maybe a hayride? I'll be making room in my carryon for some fresh picked apples as well. Yummy!

People in Arizona can't drive!!

I have a pet peeve. It's the fact that a large percentage of people in Arizona don't know how to drive. That's everywhere you say? I'm not so sure. I noticed when we first moved here. First of all people don't seem to understand stop signs. They just blow through them. They don't understand the concept of right of way either. How so? Well, I don't know how many times I've almost been hit because after verifying that it was clear and backing out of a parking space I've had to stop because someone flying through the parking lot just inches around me. When I went to drivers ed I learned that if someone was already in the process of backing up, you had to stop because they had the right of way. Hmm. Interesting concept. Another interesting concept? Yield signs. Yield does not mean always stop. Yield does not mean blast through the intersection. Why do I bring this up? Because I was VERY close to an accident today for the bazillionth time at a round-about (don't even get me started on round-abouts...apparently the Brits are the only people that understand them b/c out here no one has a clue!) I had the right of way because I was to the left and in the round about. Apparently the person that had the yield sign thought that yield means race through the intersection and beat the person who's coming at you. The sad part is that no, he wasn't on his cell phone...or looking back in the backseat at his kids...or any other misc. thing. No he was looking right at me as I'm blaring on the horn LAUGHING! Oh, I was livid. Why do people thing that nearly getting in an accident is funny? AUGH!!! People like that make me wonder sometimes.
Anyway. You caught me on my soap box. So on to something new.
Elijah has not had a night terror in awhile. YEAH! In fact, he has been sleeping very well. Growth spurt I think. Looking at him he has just changed a lot recently. Looks like a little boy now instead of a baby. Boo hoo. Now that he has the (somewhat modified) sign for "more" he is on to a new one..."all done". How helpful at dinnertime is that? Now I can ask him if he wants more or is all done and he can tell me. Now we just need to work on "eat" and "drink". He's one smart cookie so I'm sure that will be soon. He's cute because we always say "more please" and he caught on to the more sign but not the please. Now when he wants something that we have he signs more because he thinks it means please too. Awe..I just love him to death. It's so hard not to squeeze him every second. He's very loving too. I love when he comes over to me in the middle of playing with his cars and just gives me a hug and kiss.
Well. Best be going.