I am a MOP

I went to MOP's today! And I liked it! (Mothers Of Preschoolers). Our church has it and even though I knew about it, for the longest time I thought your kid had to be in 'preschool'...but preschool means before any school...so that means me. We met our old small group leaders (they are not old) last night at Chili's (MY FAVORITE!) and she goes and invited me to come along. So Andrew and I got up and about this morning, and even had enough time to hit the grocery store before heading to church.

By the way, Andrew is feeling much better and back to his old happy silly self again, thankfully. He is sleeping right now. He usually naps around 10 or 11ish, so when we go the church in the morning... he is totally wiped out and usually is asleep before we get out of the parking lot. (I am having de ja vu...if I have written about this before, forgive me). Anyway, so it's 1:21 and he's been asleep since about 11:45. In fact, Marc was home for lunch, so I dropped Andrew off and went and hit Aldi's already.

We have company coming over for dinner tonight, so I am making Enchalata Soup and Beer Bread, by request of my hubby. Mmmmm...good choice. So, I really have a lot to do...clean the house, work on dinner, and come up with a dessert that's simple and easy using what we have on hand, since I didn't think about it while I was at the store.

Well, Marc started his first day of work yesterday. We have really been blessed. You see, normally an employee would have to go to NY his first day for training for 10 days. But Marc's training doesn't start until the 16th of this month. So rather than not have him start until then, his boss let him start yesterday...even though there is like NOTHING for him to do. In fact, his boss told him to kinda come and go as he pleases during this time. It's rough for Marc because it makes for long boring days, but it is really good for us overall. 1) We will get an extra and much needed pay period in 2) benefits will start earlier 3) he will be able to study before going to NY and hopefully have a leg up to pass the test at the end of the training and take some pressure off.

Then get this...while I was employed at Charter, I participated in "Healthy Expectations" through our insurance program when I was pregnant. So anyway, Andrew is almost 11 months, right? AND, I don't even work for Charter anymore.... but I get this letter in the mail from them yesterday congradulating me on the birth of my baby and telling me about a toll-free number I can use if I have any questions the first 6 weeks postpardum. AND, as a thank you for using thier program, they sent me a Babies R Us gift card for $50 off a purchase of $50 or more. So pretty much it's a free $50 as long as I use it all at once. How cool is that?!!

Ok, Andrew is up and probably hungry...so will get going.

Never so happy to see spit

Ok, little man is still not well...not even close, but he is better than he was, if that makes any sense. He still has a fever, but not nearly as high as it was. And he is still whimpering and whiny, but he is moving around a bit more and eating a bit more and he managed to blow rasberries for a good 5 minutes. You should have seen Marc and I beaming at each other when he started spitting. There's our little boy!

So, right now he is sleeping and he has been for about 20 minutes, which is currently a record for the day. We are praying that he sleeps better than last night, 'cause both of us are wiped out even though we were able to take turns watching him and sneek naps today. I confess that I am still in my jammies from last night. :) What can I say... it's been a rough one.

So, anyway, I just made me pudding to give me my chocolate fix for the day. And I am going to curl up with the book, Indwelling. My shower and clean house will have to wait until tomorrow.

Quick Update

This is just a quick note to tell you about our evening, night and morning. Andrew had been whiny all day...especially yesterday evening. So we decided on an early bedtime...but when I went to put him down, he felt really warm. So we took his armpit temp and it was a little over 101..or 102 once you add the .9. So we gave him some Tylenol and put him down. Well, he was up many times before we even went to bed last night. Then around 11:30 he woke up and wouldn't sleep for more than 15 minutes the rest of the night and that was only with one of us rocking him. He was burning up all night. I thought around 4 his fever was breaking, but then again this morning it hovered around the 102. Then later this morning it his close to 103, so I put him in a lukewarm bath and Marc called the 24hr nurses line. Meanwhile, he has been SO lethargic and whimpering. It truly was so pathetic and sad. You would pick him up and he would lay limp on you with his head on your shoulder. Needless to say, he did NOT like the bath at all. And of course, we are not going to the Cornerstone game today. Marc picked up some more Tylenol and some Pedialyte this morning. So now it is 2:00 and even though he is still plenty warm, he seems to be feeling a little bit better. He is still whimpering a bit, but he moving around a little...walking here and there. And I got him to eat a bit, too.

So anyway...that's what's going on here...please pray little man feels better soon or holds out at least until Monday when his Doctor's office opens.

For now...ta ta.

Andrew with his Christmas police car from Aunt Kristin and Uncle Josh. 

Peaceful. 

I love Little People! 

My sleepy boy with my tired hubby 

Watching Daddy shovel snow and laughing the whole time. 

I think it's the haircut...

My son keeps feeding my dog!! We are sitting here having breakfast and Andrew is driving me crazy by either standing in his high chair repeatedly or by grabbing handfuls of baked oatmeal and holding it out for Rocky to eat. He is a little stinker. I tell ya, I think this haircut has made him ornery. His head shaking has become his full time job. And it's not a little shake either...it's the get-the-whole-shoulders-into-it-until-you-lose-your-balance-and-fall-over. He's also finding out what fun it can be to "run" (I use that term loosely) from Mom and Dad when we come get him. If he's climbing the stairs (Man, he LOVES climbing stairs) for example and he sees that we are coming to get him....he just starts laughing hysterically and tries to climb faster. It has to be the haircut....I mean, not all little boys are silly like this, are they? ;)

But he is tons of fun. He is walking everywhere...it's his main form of mobility. He really only crawls when he really wants to get somewhere fast (like 'running' from us), or to get somewhere where he can pull himself up to a stand. I also think he has learned the what "more" means. He gets very excited every time I say and do the sign. He has yet to do the sign himself (well, one time he did, but I think it might have been a fluke 'cause he hasn't done it since). I think he is understanding quite a bit...for instance, I asked him to bring me something the other day and he did. He didn't let go of the object, but he did bring it to me. He also knows, "Uh Oh". Doesn't really use it correctly...but knows how to say it. He amazes me everyday with stuff he figures out. (although we are still working on using a straw properly).

So anyway, I didn't do much of anything yesterday, other than some general pickup of the house. I was lazy. I felt like the day before was so crazy, that I kinda took yesterday off. And I got a phone call from my best friend from HS! I hadn't really talked to her much since HS which is sad. It was really nice to catch up and come to find out they only live an hour away from us now. We had Kari and Andy come over in the evening & we just hung out...the guys watched basketball and us girls watched the Apprentice (they didn't make Danny out to be the fiasco he was the week before) and ER. I am getting old...ER is on too late at night. I might have to start taping it and watching it the next day. :)

Today, since we took yesterday off per se, we have a lot to do...laundry, cleaning, etc... I don't think much is going on tonight, so that is nice. Tomorrow we are heading to the Cornerstone game with the Uelands and Dresslers (at least Kari)...Probably be the oldest crowd there other than the players parents. :) We probably hit one game year and that's plenty for me.

So, that's all for now, I should probably get busy and take advantage of little man happily playing by himself. (Mom, I will REALLY work on getting a few pics posted today...it's on my to do list!).

PS: if you know my mom...it's her birthday tomorrow. Feel free to leave her a birthday msg in this comment section and I'll make sure she gets it (if you are not a "blogspot" blogger, make sure you leave you're name after the msg, too).

Look What I've Found!

Ok, I was at our friend's house last night and her son was watch a movie from Agapeland and I started thinking back to all my favorite tapes from my childhood...

• Ants Hillvania
• Nathaiel the Grublet
• Music Machine
• Psalty Praise

And look at the website I found!
Agapeland Music

This excites me. :)