My son is eating like a Brat.

AAUUUGGHHH!!! I JUST WROTE A WHOLE POST AND LOST IT ALL!!!

I'm tired so I am going to write it again in a nutshell.

After yesterday was prepared to call dr asap this AM.
Decided to wait and see and thought was in the clear until blow-outs began
Still pushing Pedialyte and following the BRAT diet (bananas, applesauce, rice, toast)
Little man feeling much better and his personality and mobility was present.
I had busy day cleaning, lot of laundry, etc...
It snowed all stinkin' day.
I'm still bummed I lost my post and resorted to this lousy post.

Pushing Water

Marc made it to church this morning....I did not. Andrew is still under the weather. I'm almost beginning to think it's more 'bug' than teething. He ran a fever pretty much all night, or at least the many times I was up with him. Still having some 'runny' diapers and still not eating anything. This morning, the fever was down, be he is still so lethargic. He just wants to be held and still won't eat anything. I finally gave him a smoothie which is one of his favorites and he did drink some of that....shortly before throwing it (and I think more) all back up. (I am praying my kitchen rugs survive the washing machine as I write). Then he just went into wimper mode. I laid him down to sleep, but he's up there right now still lightly fussing off and on. Poor little man. I've been pushing water..I'm worried about dehydration since all the runny diapers, lack of eating, and now vomiting. Maybe we'll run out and get some pedialyte later this afternoon and see if that will work. Bummer since we were supposed to go to some friends house for lunch. We'll just have to take a raincheck on that one. Well, that's my not too pleasant update. Prayers would be appreciated. Thanks!

Daddy Survives Dirty Duty

Girls day out. I got to get up early this morning and head to Lansing to meet up with Jen and Jill (HI GIRLS) and spend the day shopping after a nice brunch at her place. It was really nice seeing them although shopping was a bomb. We had lunch at Applebees and I had a WONDERFUL lunch - the Oriental Chicken Rollup. I was SO good it was surprising.

But what do you know. I leave Marc (who is exhausted from his trip) with Andrew for the day....and Andrew is sick all day. He had diarrhea all day and went through multiple outfits, even being showered off by Marc at one point. He also was fussy, lethargic and wouldn't hardly eat all day. He was running a fever when I got home, so we pushed a little Tylenol and put him to bed. I pray it's just teething and not something else. But then again...he has a lot more teeth to get in...might be rough.

So, I am heading to bed...we have church in the morning, then we are going to lunch at some friends house.

Oh, I must mention that I have been getting A.LOT of feedback lately about the movie "The Notebook". Well, I will probably need to convince my hubby to rent it...so help if you've seen it by leaving a comment to convince him, and I'll pass them along.

Home Stretch

Well, Andrew seems to be doing a little better this morning. Still fussy and doesn't really let me get anything done while he awake, but the temp has dropped and the other "issue" seems fine too. I am thinking it was maybe just teeth...but that doesn't explain the other part. I don't know. Anyway, he is sleeping now, which I should be doing also, since we were both up A-LOT last night. But I am trying to get a bunch of stuff done today, so that tomorrow, I can just work on finish getting the house nice and neat and rice krispy treats and a nice dinner made and maybe a "welcome home poster" because....MARC COMES HOME TOMORROW!!! Woo Hoo!

Thank you all who are praying for him. He is really doing well, though this has stretched him beyond what he thought he was capable of. He still has a final test tomorrow and of course a flight home, so prayers would still be appreciated.

We have a product testing later this afternoon and then we are taking dinner to some friends of ours who just had a baby this week and then tonight is TV NIGHT!! Ok, I need to get busy before little man wakes up.

Little Whole Milk

Short little update. I didn't get my list of things done this evening...I didn't even get to lay down since Andrew woke up shortly after I posted last. The little guy isn't feeling well. He was very fussy and was running a high enough fever, that I took his temp. It was only a little over 101. But then he got diarrhea. He got pretty lethargic and just laid on me for a while. Then it seemed like he tried to sleep (which, if you know my son...he would NEVER try to sleep when surrounded by toys). So I took him upstairs at 7:30 to put him to bed and he didn't even want to nurse. I just rocked him a few minutes and he was out. I did give him a little whole milk this afternoon for the first time, but have no idea if it's related or not. He really seemed to like the milk. So anyway, I am hoping he sleeps well tonight and feels better in the AM.

Well, I could go work on the stuff that I didn't get done this afternoon....OR, I could put some chocolate chip cookies in the oven and watch a DVD. :) 'Night.

Home!

Home again, home again... It's nice to be home again.

We got home around 9 last night and stayed up and played a bit before Andrew went down for the night. Then I unloaded most of the car and was ready to collapse. It was a long day. Good, but long. We left OH around 12:30pm and stopped to visit Tayrn and Gideon for a bit, before heading up and visiting my HS friend, Becky, and her family. It was really nice, but by the time I left her place...I was so ready to be home.

This morning we had church, then Andrew napped and I worked around the house a bit and shoveled. We didn't really have any fresh food in the house, so we splurged (well, we had coupons) and split a sandwich from Arby's before doing some grocery shopping. We also stopped at the library. Now little man is down again and I put the cold food away. I need to do laundry, put the rest of the food away and pick up the rest of the house. But I am very very tired today. I might go lay down a bit before Andrew gets back up. Yea, that sounds good, so I am going to go now.

Oh - quick update on Marc. He is doing well, but working his tail off. Please continue to pray for him to finish the class strong and have a safe trip home on Friday. We are anxious to see him!

God is good and I've got proof.

OK, I know I kinda left things hangin', so I would like to give a quick update. I am in OH now visiting my folks, so I don't get online much here.

Last Tuesday, was a horrible day!! Marc sprained his ankle badly the day before and come to find out he was supposed on be in NY that morning, instead the next day. So we were calling, packing, sweating like mad to get him to NY (without being able to walk really) as soon as possible. It was crazy, but God was good. We got him there and even though he missed his first day of training, he caught up quickly. Someone who works at the hotel is a part time basketball coach and even showed Marc how to wrap his ankle and found crutches for him to use. Please continue to pray for him. He is under extreme pressure and is enduring intense training right now that I don't think I would wish on anyone. Again, God has been good, but more prayer would be appreciated.

Wednesday, I had church in the AM and then we headed down to OH. We stopped and saw my friend Kristy and her adorable little 2 mo. old on the way. It was a really nice visit. I got into OH around 8:30 pm

Thursday, Andrew and I just hung around the house, went and met mom for lunch and did some grocery shopping in the evening. Nothing too exciting. It's just nice to have someone who gets excited to get to change Andrew's diapers, etc... :)

Friday, we went and got Andrew's 1 yr. pictures taken. He was a little stinker. All smiles before and after, but Mr. Serious during. Of course, he didn't want to having to stay in one place for over 2 seconds either. I think we got an acceptable picture, though. :) Then we ran some more errands, stopped in and saw my dad at work, then just went home and worked on some projects...a poster for church, scrapbooks, pillows, etc... Had homemade chicken alfredo for dinner...mmmmmm.

Today, we went and visited my Gram for a while before meeting my cousin and her fiance and her mom for lunch. We got to talk wedding a little since she is getting married this summer. YEA SARAH! (I know she checks this blog...so HI!)

Now, little man is sleeping and I am using this time to check e-mail and catch-up here. I know this post isn't real exciting...but since I wrote the last post and then didn't post at all for a while, I had gotten some e-mails of concern. Thank you all for caring. Things are better now.

Not sure when I will write again, may not be until I head home next week. So until the next time...have a good one and keep Marc in your prayers. Thanks!!

Today

FRAZZLED DAY!

I can't get into to details right now...but today has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, day. Pray for Marc - he's in NY and the more people we have lifting him up right now, the better. Thank you.

Whose your daddy?

Happy Valentine's Day. We woke up this morning and brought Andrew in bed with us. He was playing with the baby monitor and threw it against my jaw, so I have been suffering from a nice headache most of the day. Then Andrew and I headed out to run some errands. I bought him a red heart shaped mylar ballon while we were out. Best $.59 I've spent in a long time. I tied it short to a toy, so it's at his level and he is having a blast with it. We also got Marc a simple picture frame and I put Andrew's pictures in it for his desk at work. It looks really nice and makes me want to have more pictures around the house and not just in scrapbooks. Then Marc and us headed out to lunch. We had coupons, so it was a nice, inexpensive Valentine's meal for us.

Now Andrew is down for another nap and I am feeling pretty pathetic. Why do you ask? Well, because of this headache...I'm not motivated to do anything on my long to do list. So I sit and watch Oprah and put some cookies in the oven. I never watch daytime TV...ev-er....so I am feeling guilty for it. Anyway, it happens to be on people losing weight and how they did it. AND I AM SITTING ON THE COUCH EATING COOKIES! Wait, it gets worse...I flip during a commercial to Maury Povich and it's about these two kids who have a baby and they don't know if he is the daddy or not. She cheated about a year ago and they both dealt with that, but they are still together and both of them really love this baby and want him to be the daddy, but they just don't know. So a paternity test comes back, and he IS the father and they are hugging and crying and jumping around....AND I START CRYING!! What in the world? And I'm sure you all know...crying makes your head hurt...so now it's POUNDING!

I have TONS of stuff to get done in the next two days before we leave for OH, I really should get some done. Maybe after I rest a bit...after all, I do have a headache.

Fit for a Queen

Filet Mignon, Creme brulee, stuffed mushrooms....

An episode of Emeril or my dinner tonight?? If you guessed the latter, you are correct. You see, I was invited to attend a friend's baby shower at the very nice (stress: VERY NICE) restuarant. And WOW!!! It was great!! Marc stayed homed and watched Andrew, while I got to get all gussied up and go out. It was nice to chat with other ladies, many of whom I at least was an aquaintance and who also had kids. And dinner was included. Sweet!

It sounded like Andrew and Daddy had a fun time while I was gone. From the looks of the house, they had a great time. When I got home...everything within reach of a litle boy in my kitchen was out on the kitchen floor. Everything. I also heard that Daddy let Andrew have some Pepsi. Here I leave a nice dinner for him along with a smoothie in his cool cup and he still gets Pepsi. His daddy spoils him. I guess they played with Rocky a lot, too. Andrew is getting to the age, where he can play with the tennis ball with Rocky. He can pick it up and throw it (not real far) and Rocky will get it and drop it again for him.

Well, I am going to keep this short as I need to get to bed here shortly for church tomorrow.