This has been the view of my week. I walked every day this week cause it was so nice! But every time I went chunk would fall asleep. This is the only nap he gets this measly 20-30 minutes of the last part of the walk. Trying to move him to a bed is just not working. He wakes up wanting the very thing he fell asleep whining about. Usually the "can-can" that I didn't pack alot of.
Just wanted to post a few pics from our outing to the zoo today. He sure is fun to be around sometimes.
We had a good party for my dad this weekend. One of the nurses/or the lady that sits at the desk and answers the information line asked me "how does he know that many people? " She just couldn't understand it. I explained it was his parents and siblings and his wife's family and and people from church and friends. It was kinda funny. I almost said "go talk to him for a while and you'll know!"
Dad and chunk loved eating the ice cream cake together. Dad made a speech but I didn't push the button right to record it. He always has us all crying when he makes speeches.
A private moment caught between my mom and dad. They are always cuddling with each other. It's really cute.
And Sunday we had a picnic at Dh's sisters new house. It was so nice to have room to move, no cats, not smokiness in the house. chunk had a blast also playing with all his cousins. He posed in this picture with Memaw.
Other things happening are just going out and enjoying the weather every moment. Fighting about going to the potty/taking a bath.
DH told chunk "no I don't think so" and chunk took it and ran with it. It's so funny cause he wags his finger to say it.
I set out chunk's birthday gift that he got from his uncle Craig today. Talking about Hours of fun! The boy loves sand and dirt and water. I was thinking during his bath when he was fighting me to get out that I need to set this up today.
Everyone is feeling alot better today.... although every stomach twinge has me freaking out...
We are enjoying Daddy being home with us this week. He's had a few stressful weeks and needed a recharge. We both took naps today after lunch so I think he is having a good vacation.
It has been an aweful few days around here. Chunk started throwing up on Thursday of Last week....Friday he was acting fine and eating okay, diahrea was gone. DH and I went to the city to celebrate our Anniversary. We spent way too much money but it was so much fun to get away. Went and picked up chunk at Sister in laws and agreed to keep our neice. She's a great little baby sitter and chunk would have alot of fun with her. Drove up to the hospital to see my dad. DH got sick as we reached the hospital. Thought it was just from eating too much bad food the night before. He ended up throwing up alot. So I had to drive him home the whole time he's blowing as he breathes cause his belly hurts so bad. So we drop him off at home, eat dinner and shop for groceries. Come home watch Nemo and then put everyone to bed only to wake up at 2:00 am with neice being sick alot and very loudly. So we had some accidents as well. There were some terrible smells in this house this weekend. Chunk woke up sunday throwing up a few times, and a steady run of well runs.
I'm not sure if I dodged it but I'm sitting in my breazy house with all the windows open, lysoled air, clean sheets in the guest room...gonna vacume and dust tomorrow...but the first order is all the sick laundry I have to do. I felt so sick yesterday and I think it was just being pregnant with the terrible smells etc.
Happy Valentines Day everyone! I woke up this morning to a handmade (on the computer message from my sweetie and of course some chocolate. Did I mention that I'm really trying to keep my weight gain down lol. Tomorrow is our 4th anniversary and I can't believe we've been married that long.
Then my second sweetie gave me omelet kisses at breakfast which I will always take. We had to make an emergency trip to see daddy. He ripped his pants while working on the server at work. It was really nice to see him during the day.
I really need to stay out of the office which means less time on the computer. In the morning chunk picked up my guitar and it made a terrible sound. Apparently one of the things he's been doing is putting chess pieces in the sound hole....(Great).
We did go to the mall yesterday where I walked and bought some maternity essentials. DH will not think it is essential. I really thought I wouldn't need clothes except for summer. With the winter we are having and the size of my belly so far i need more. I bought a thing called a bella band
I loved it...I wore it out of the store cause i was wearing my regular jeans but they were pinching just alittle. I think I can wear some of my regular shorts this summer. And I got a tank top, a long sleeve dressy shirt that was on sale and as always some undies.
Im getting super stoked about our night away from the kid. We are staying in Bricktown and having dinner and a show who knows we might go to a bar or dancing at the restaurant. We might go to Bass Pro Shops who knows.
Update on my dad--- he passed his swallow study this morning which means he gets liquid and strained foods (woo hoo!) Yay daddy! He also got some more spinal fluid drained and the dr said just a few more days with his pressure dressing and he can have it off. This will help with alot...like sleeping on his side etc. On another note his blood pressure was so low the other night he had to be taken off is bp medicine and not have therapy cause he was too weak. Crazy I know...my dad with bp too low. Wow.
We've just come home from seeing my dad in the hospital. He's passed the 1 month mark but he's had 2 major surgeries and just had a procedure to drain spinal fluid. So now add headache to the list of problems..but it's good cause it might decrease the swelling and let that incision heal.
Lots of driving for my mom and lots of lonely time at the house. She goes to work at 8, leaves at 3 to see my dad, where she bathes shaves and gets him ready for bed, comes home about 10 pm puts laundry of dads in the washer/dryer and then sleeps. And then the whole day starts again. My dad is working his butt off in rehab about 8 hrs a day. I'm so proud of both of them and he's trying so hard. He is able to use a walker and get into a wheelchair even though it wears him out to sit. He was able to give chunk a ride for a moment which was neat. Prayers are still needed for us to get him the heck out of dodge. Mom and Dad are so cute cause she still leans over and kisses him and he kisses back. She was telling him he has to practice that alot. It's really a love fest when you go visit him. I really can't believe I ever fought with them when I was younger. I used to love the the thought of moving away and being free of them (when i was 16-17). Can you imagine. Now it breaks my heart to drive 95 miles back to my house.
Chunk was crazy this weekend. We are both so tired from him. He really showed his two year ability and ran us down. I was ready to drop him off for a week somewhere. But today has been alittle better.
This......Hubby took a picture of me changing a diaper and gagging all at the same time. I ask you is this fair? Oh well I get to be with this all day....
Here chunk is looking just like daddy hand in the popcorn watching a movie with us this weekend. Hmm..could be a reason his diapers stink so bad....Note to self ..say no to chunks request for "popporn."
I don't know what will...He's such a big boy. Peeing in the potty (when we make it in time or I remind him) brushing his teeth complete with the spitting and rinsing..it's just too cute.
We had a good visit with my Mom and Dad. We will probably repeat it every Friday and Saturday cause Mom has some time to relax and Grandbaby therapy helps.
Dad is doing just awesome. He is taking a few steps/wheeling himself around in a wheelchair. They can't get his peg tube (the feeding tube put into his stomach) to work right. I swear I thought he was saying he was getting hungry but they both said he didn't. He has lost alot of weight but not in the good way. He is pretty tired since he isn't getting all his feedings.
He had trouble sleeping Thursday night and couldn't breath (stuffy nose). I know why my goodness I sit there for a few hours and my nose is dry and crusty and throat starts to hurt. But they gave him vaporized oxygen and it helped him sleep the next night.
He needs prayer for attitude now. He's not seeing progress fast enough and he sorta had an anxiety attack about it. My mom is a great cheerleader. But He's doing awesome. I've never known anyone to go through what he has so in my mind he's doing great.
My cousin's wife had their baby on Thursday and it was sent to the NICU on the floor above dad's. His lungs weren't developed even though he was only 3 days before the due date. So we have two relatives in the same hospital.
Not much to say except this had to be his idea you know? He watched t.v. like this after i put the blankets there while i was changing his sheets. He got a pretty good nap out of it too.
there too. It was soo good. We ate too much. Chunk ate the lettuce wrap filling and rice and DH and I had Mongolian Beef, Kung Pao Chicken and Banana Springrolls (we did say we were celebrating right?).
On another note my dad came through the face surgery well and was moved to a private room. Yay. He will be getting physical/speech and swallowing therapy (?) So things are going to be getting really busy for my folks.
Just a quick update on my Daddy. He is breathing on his own, talking, and everything is going really smoothly. He will be getting his face muscles sewn to some new nerves now that he has lost his facial nerve. He is also getting his eyelid stitched closed so it's not open so big. His eyeball is wandering right now but the eye Dr says it will get better. His blood pressure is so low now they have to give him more fluids so it will increase! Dr. Muchemore took him off all his statins and regular bp meds (he was on 5 or 6 big doses that didn't lower it) and put him on some adrenal regulating medicine because his high bp is due to adrenal glands not heart or diet reasons. (Yay!). The dr will test later to see if it's just one gland messed up and if so they will remove it. This is really great news for him cause he can go off his medicines completely!
On the mental note Dad is cracking jokes and telling stories about things that happened. He says he woke up on the operating table but the Dr. tells him it didn't happen but he's had alot of happy drugs. He remembers aspirating and being inti bated and he thought he was going to die and said he was scared to death. He is also having vivid Hawaii dreams about him and my mom surfing and staying completely dry. When they finished riding the "big one" Mom had a yellow surfboard and dad had a checked surfboard that they stuck into the sand. The surfer shop owner invited them to a party cause they were such good surfers. LMBO! He has always had the most vivid dreams. Anyway he wants me to name my kid John (gee if it's a boy right dad?)
Luke states that while Zacharias ministered at the golden altar of incense, an angel of God announced to him that his wife would give birth to a son, whom he was to name John, and that this son would be the forerunner of the long-expected Messiah (Luke 1:12-17). Citing their advanced age, Zacharias asked for a sign whereby he would know the truth of this prophecy, and so the angel identified itself as the Archangel Gabriel, sent specially by God to make this announcement, and added that because of Zacharias' doubt he would be struck dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things happen. Consequently, when Zacharias went out to the waiting worshippers, he was unable to pronounce the customary blessing (Luke 1:18-22).
On his return home Elizabeth duly conceived. Eight days after she gave birth when their son was to be circumcised according to Jewish tradition, their family members and neighbours assumed that he was to be named after his father, as was the custom. Elizabeth, however, insisted that his name was to be John, and so the family then questioned her husband. As soon as Zacharias had written on a writing tablet: His name is John, he regained the power of speech, and so praised God (Luke 1:60-79 Dad is being very deep.
An uneventful birthday for chunk today as we are iced in and not leaving. He's sick anyway.
But I can't believe my boy two years ago and now he's so big and smarter every day.
A picture just because....notice his OSU gear on while whatching the OU game (hee hee).
Well Im going to see my dad tonight since I'm feeling better and been on antibiotics for three days. I will probably still wear a mask just cause I'm paranoid and don't want my dad to catch anything. Then drive up to the hotel with my brother and his girlfriend so I can get to the hospital at 6 am.
If I never said what is going on my dad has an acoustic neuroma . This is not his first one. He had one the size of a dime back in 1993. He lost his hearing because of that surgery. Well since it is caused by a genetic abnormality there is a recurrance. He hasn't had a checkup for awhile and went in to get a hearing aid in his left ear. That's when they found a tumor the size of a bottle cap that has pushed his brainstem over. He has alot of secondary symptoms from this. Can't close his right eye, blood pressure won't regulate with medication and he was having some trouble turning off his body when he dreamed. This summer he would jump out of bed and hit his face on the bedside table. Luckily my mom is a nurse and an expert at butterfly sutures. So it all makes sense once we had a diagnosis.
My dad is a man of faith and trusts God with his life but is still scared. So I covet your prayers for him and our family.
Incidentally his dr is a man of god and prays every morning with his staff so we are thrilled.
They just got home from Hawaii and now have another journey ahead. But without surgery things would be worse .
This is just a quick update on our weekend.
I was way to sick to be hosting anyone at my house but we decided to keep it really small. Ate Pizza and salad and then opened presents. Chunk loved his gifts. He got some money from Grandma and knew exactly what to do with it. he took it from me and put it in his pocket. Incidentally he called money pocket now.
As you can see we got him a desk. He really likes it. I like that he'll grow into it later.
But what was he playing with today with his friend Pru? That right just give the boy a box and he's pretty happy.
I would bore you with details of my illness. Wasn't I just sick at Christmas? Good Greif. I think we aren't leaving the house for along time...Im sick of this. Im sick of feeling like a defective person since having a 10 lb baby naturally I can't cough or sneeze without an accident. I try to exercise that every day but man it doesn't make a difference. I know my weight has something to do with it. having a stomach put pressure doesn't help and neither does having to go every 5 minutes due to pregnancy. Oh well at least I can say this is temporary. Only I really need some nyquill, but that would be very bad.
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I spent tons of time writing a post holiday entry last night uploading pictures from our weekend. I hate seeing it dissapear into nothingness. Not even a back page could save it. Oh well
We had fun this weekend despite a cold rearing it's ugly head between chunk and I. He must have had it before me cause he was sniffling. If only we didn't make out I'm sure I wouldn't get sick but when he kisses you trust me you can't resist. Except he always tries to kiss me when he eats and usually has food all over his face. It's too funny. But all that kissing has led to a cold for me which really stinks since I can't take decongestant till I'm farther along. Fun Fun. It's shifted to a sore throat now and I have a nostril free now. I never have both isn't that weird?
We had an awesome time at my parents on the Christmas eve eve and eve. Lots of bonding time with chunk and PaPa and Grandma. It was alittle sickening the love fest between Papa and chunk but considering all he's going through mom and I are okay with it now I think. He's the most patient grandpa I swear. He spent an hour letting chunk climb on the lawnmower up and down. He's in the repetitive play stage. I have no patience for it sometimes.
Monday we treked to the In-Laws and had a rather crowded time with everyone. Lots of neices and nephews. Some family drama as well as one sister didn't show because she's mad at another sister (rolling my eyes). Mother in Law has adopted a stray cat and I totally was caught off guard. I took shifts in the van to regain some air. My eyes would start itching and get hard to stop sneezing and 5 minutes outside would do the trick. Luckily chunk isn't allergic and had a blast with his cousins. He had fun messing with Papa's television as well.
As for number 2 everything is great. I have no morning sickness at all. It's alot better than with chunk. I was having some pretty intense cramping tonight as I was reading to chunk. I hate those it makes you start to worry something might happen.
Luckily the hamper was empty when he did this little activity. House full of toys and he does this. It was too funny though cause chunk would go inside and then close the door and say "night night" or "bye see ya."
Well for anyone living in outerspace or outside of the rumor mill I am expecting another chunk in August.
We are so excited about the news.
