Mummy's pup escaped!!!!

Yesterday was just one of those days where absolutely everything went wrong. The morning was okay. I had to work in town (per my video), so we got moving pretty quickly and I made it to the bus on time. Work was okay. I had a 2 hour brainstorming meeting to try to streamline processing that took up most of the afternoon, but nothing crazy. After work, I waited for the bus like I typically do. It came 5 minutes early, which is NOT normal. I immediately knew something was up. The bus was packed, so I assumed the bus I got on was not my scheduled one. It was the prior bus, which ended up being 15 minutes late. Great. That can’t be a good sign. I sat down and started reading my book (Insurgent from the Divergent series). After about 2 blocks, the bus broke down. Really? The entire bus groaned. The driver restarted the bus and we were rolling again, but then broke down about five minutes later. I was proactive because I knew we’d eventually get the boot off the bus and I’d be screwed. I texted my friend who also takes the bus, but he parks closer to town. I hopped off on the busway, jumped onto another bus that took me to my friend’s park n ride. Thank God that plan worked out. He got off his bus about 5 minutes later and he rode me to my car. He only had to drive another 10 minutes, so it wasn’t too inconvenient. I was about 20 minutes late to pick Emerson up, which wasn’t too bad. It was just really hectic and I absolutely hate when shit like that happens. I didn’t get to go to the grocery store either, so I have to do that after work today. We need milk, wipes, and sour cream for our salsa chicken, which is dinner tonight.

I talked to the grass company the day before, so I knew they were coming to cut our lawn. I was hoping it would be done when we got home, but it wasn’t. When we got home, I quickly let Kodie out to pee. I didn’t want to risk her being out there, the lawn guys coming, and her getting out of the gate. Afterwards, I took Emerson outside for a walk in his push car. The weather has been so shitty lately, that I didn't want to skip out on playing outside because the grass is literally up to my calves. I figured we could take a walk, eat dinner, then hopefully the grass guys would come and we could play outside before bath and bed. I put chicken alfredo in the crockpot, which turned out to be amazing. All I had to do was boil some pasta and slap some garlic bread in the oven. Not bad. It came out delicious and we will definitely be making that again!

After dinner, the lawn guys came. They did a great job! After they were done, we all headed outside. The second Kodie stepped foot in the yard, she ran to the gate and fucking bolted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The guys didn’t shut the gate and I didn’t realize it! What the hell?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I grabbed Emerson and we went running out to the front of the house. I was screaming her name. The lawn guys hadn’t pulled away yet, so I let them know what happened. Immediately, they jumped out of the truck and helped me look for her. She was a few houses down in someone’s yard. THANK GOD. We live RIGHT off of a highway. She would have been pancaked in a second because traffic is very thick, especially at that time of day. Kodie loves going in the car, so my first thought was to grab the keys, open the car door, then pray that she fell for my trick. SHE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I trapped her in the car, grabbed the leash, then put her back in the damn house. The lawn guys handled my gate. I will NEVER make that mistake ever again!!!!!!!!! I will always check the gate because you really can’t trust, or rely on someone else, especially when it comes to the welfare of my dog. I was in a panic!!!!!!!!!!! After she came back, I just kept hugging her and telling her to never run away again! After that, we did play in the yard for a while before Em had a bath, then went to bed for the night. 

I was exhausted by the time I sat down on the couch after dishes and cleaning up. I worked out, read some of my book,  then watched some t.v., then fell asleep on the couch. I woke up around 10:30, then took my butt to bed. Em slept 830-130am. I brought him into my bed when he woke, then we both went back to sleep. He slept the whole night after that. I know I should be tougher. I am TRYING. We’ve gone from 2 hour spurts to about 5 hour spurts and sometimes a little longer. I’m impressed! We will get there. We missed mommy and me yoga last night too. With all of the chaos yesterday, I was just too tired to drag Em back out to go.

I hope the rest of the week is uneventful. It’s a four day weekend because of Memorial Day. I know I haven’t posted about this yet, but…my birthday is next Wednesday. I can’t believe I’ll be 32. It’s hard to even wrap my mind around that. I used to be the girl who threw 3 different birthday parties for herself and celebrated for a week. Now, I haven’t even mentioned it. We always have Memorial Day at my parent’s house, so we’ll just do cake that day for me. I took my actual birthday off from work too. Emerson is going to daycare, so I’ll have the entire day to myself. I have a hair and pedicure appointment too. It’s my birthday gift to myself. I haven’t had my hair highlighted in 4 months, so I’m due. I threw the toes in as a bonus. I think Emerson and I are also going to go out to dinner the night of my birthday. Nothing huge, or major, but it’s nice to feel special for the day.

My parents are supposed to bring Emerson’s sandbox over this week. I want it before the weekend. I also want to get a big, plastic pool too. I don’t want to have to leave the house on Saturday, or Sunday. I just want to hang out in the yard with enough stuff to occupy us. It’s nice to not have to leave the house though and I don’t want to have to spend money! Memorial Day will be fun. I wish my parents opened up their pool. Dad is behind because he was recovering from surgery. Today is his first day back to work, so he will be too exhausted to work on it this week. Maybe they’ll start to open it over the weekend, so it at least looks nice for Memorial Day. Even if it’s open, it’ll be WAY too cold to swim. The nights have been REALLY cold around here, so even if the water warms up during the day, it’ll just got back to freezing overnight.

Alright, I hope you all have a happy Wednesday!!!!

Mummy's morning #2

Hey guys,

This is our morning when I have to be at the office!!!!!

https://youtu.be/iwUdindAzTU

Mummy's real blog

We had a great weekend. It rained almost the entire time, but it didn’t even matter. Emerson feels 100%, so that just makes everything so much easier. Friday, I left work a little early, so that I could do our grocery shopping. I ended up saving some money because I went to Aldis. Typically, I shop at Wal*mart, but decided to try something new. Afterwards, I ran home to unload, then picked Em up from daycare. We didn’t do much on Friday night. We played outside a bit and I made a pizza for dinner. Em went to bed at his usual time. After he went to bed, I prepped 9 crock pot meals for the next few days. I made a pineapple teriyaki meatball meal, chicken alfredo, and a pineapple sweet potato chicken casserole. I spent about $26 and around an hour to prep and freeze everything! Afterwards, I went to bed. Em ended up sleeping in his crib for 5.5 hours before waking. When he did wake, I brought him into bed with me.

Saturday, Em woke us up around 645am. It was a little earlier than I would have liked, but we had gotten some great sleep the night before, so I wasn’t about to complain. We played, had breakfast, got ready, then headed out to do some errands. By the time we got home, it was nap for Mr. Emerson. He went down with ease. I was able to lay him in the crib and to walk out of the room. He slept for about 1.5 hours. While he napped, I put dinner in the crock pot. I decided to make the pineapple teriyaki meatballs. After Em’s nap, we headed to my parent’s house. We hadn’t seen them for about a week, so I wanted to go over to visit. We hung out at their house for a few hours. By the time we got home, dinner was ready in the crockpot. The house smelled incredible! Em took an hour nap after we got home, so when he woke up, we ate dinner together, then played until bedtime. He slept in his crib from 9pm until 3am. I was beyond baffled! When he cried at 3am, I did NOT go in to get him. He cried for under a minute, then put himself back to sleep until 6am! When he cried, I went in to check him. His diaper leaked, so I changed him, then brought him into bed with me. He slept until 830am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After we got up, we had breakfast and played until lunch time. We had plans to drive up to my sister’s house with my parents. She lives about 45 minutes away, so I pushed his nap, so that he’d sleep during the drive. Worked like a charm! Em slept the entire way. We had such a good time! We had a little cook out with her friends and just hung out. Em loved running around her yard. He was dragging my dad ALL around. Speaking of dad, he is back to himself! It is crazy to see him out and about and feeling back to normal. THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He looks 100 times better. Anyway, we stayed there for a few hours until Em started to get cranky and in need of a nap. We got home around 545pm. Em napped once we got home and never woke up until freaking 1am! Insane!!!!!! His diaper was pretty wet, so after I changed him, I just brought him into bed with me. I guess he really tuckered himself out running around!

This morning, I decided to take the world along with me through our morning routine. I posted a separate blog with that in it. I’m working from home today, so it’s less chaotic because I’m not racing to the bus, or working in town. This was my first video blog, so bear with me. I’m not a great video editor, nor am I trying to be. I tried to make it quick and upbeat, but informative. It doesn’t seem that difficult for me in the mornings after watching the video, but I did cut a lot out. We set the car alarm off THREE separate times. I did it twice and Em did it once LOL My entire laundry bag RIPPED, while I was trying to carry it out to the car, and I had to label everything before packing the diaper bag for daycare. I also cut out all parts of me taking care of Kodie, which adds extra work. The video would have been CRAZY long if I kept everything. It’s not as easy as it looks getting everything together in the morning by myself. Luckily, Emerson did NOT wake up early, so I was able to focus. If you listen to the video, I give timestamps at random intervals. Yes, you heard correctly. We were in the car at 6:04am, which was 4 minutes late. It’s incredible how early we are out of the door. Most people aren’t even awake yet!!!!

A morning with us!!!!

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Mummy's trying new things!!!!

I just finished my grocery list. I’m taking a BIG risk and trying something different. I’m going to freeze some crock pot meals to make my life a hell of a lot easier. I’m going to do 10 dinners for a total of $27. That’s about $2.70 a dinner.  Just a head’s up, this doesn’t include the side that I’d make with that dinner either. We’ll stick to our normal sides of pasta, rice, veggies, garlic bread, etc. Nothing too costly, but it’s the usual stuff we have. The crockpot portion is replacing our entrees. This will alleviate the painfulness of cooking in front of a hot stove when its 90 degrees out, but it’ll still allow us to eat full, healthier meals that don’t come from the microwave. Also, dinner will be pretty much ready when we walk in the house. All I’ll need to do is whip up a quick side, which won’t be too time consuming.  A friend gave me a TON of recipes, so I’m running with it. If all else fails, I won’t do this again, but I do think it’ll make life easier. I’ll let you know how it turns out!

I finished the first Divergent book and watched the movie last night. It was awesome! I’m so obsessed. I started the second book right after, so I’m about halfway through it. The second movie is newly in theaters, so I won’t be seeing that for quite some time until it comes to dvd.  I can live with that for now. There is a third book in the series, so I should be occupied for the next few days ha! It was awesome being able to watch an entire movie last night though. That’s the first time I’ve done that since Em was born! He went to bed at 7pm last night. He slept until 12:30. I went to bed around 9:45, so I got almost 3 hours in before he woke up. I did put him in bed with me. No judgement. I’m working on it. He seemed really fussy before bed though, so we skipped bath. I hope his other ear isn’t bugging him. He finished his antibiotic a few days ago, but when we were at the docs last week, they said the other ear was starting to look infected. Gah. I guess I’ll see how he is over the weekend, then go from there. If they have to prescribe something stronger, then fine, but jeez. Can we get a damn break? He just started to seem pleasant again. I don’t want that to go to hell so soon!

We have no plans this weekend. I believe there is rain the forecast too. Our grass needs cut so damn bad. It sucks paying for it just for it to rain, which accelerates growth! I hope the grass people come today regardless of the looming rain. It’s almost too long to even play back there. Em was getting pissed yesterday. He couldn’t push his dumb truck through the grass because it was too high. I don’t want to call them to come off cycle though because then I end up paying additionally. I want them to just come on my assigned day, which I think is Monday. We’ve gotten so far off cycle that I no longer remember. If all else fails, we can go to the park near our house to play.

We’re visiting my parents this weekend. My mom says my dad seems back to his old self! The old self BEFORE all of the pain started. I’m excited to see how that is. It’s been many, many months since he’s been himself, so I’m excited to go over there.  I’ll have to haul our laundry over too. We definitely are running extremely low on clothing. I hope we have stuff to get us through until we do laundry!

Alright, folks. I hope you have a lovely weekend!!!!

Mummy is cool!!!!

It has been unbearably hot the last few days. I only have an air conditioner in my bedroom, but it hasn’t been working very well. I have a fan in Emerson’s room that sits in the window. His bedroom is located on the side of the house, so it stays fairly cool because it’s shaded all day. My bedroom faces the front of the house, which bakes in the sun all day. The air conditioner is no match for the heat, so it basically pulls in lukewarm air, which makes my room hotter than Emerson’s. I decided to shut the ac off before I went to work yesterday. I thought giving it a break and only turning it on after the sun dipped down would give me a fighting chance at having a cool room for bedtime. It worked! My room was like an ice box last night! The temperature did drop outside, but before it started to rain and cool off, the room felt a lot more comfortable. Our downstairs was stifling though, so I decided to haul an air conditioner up from the basement. This thing weighed easily 100+ lbs. My back is feeling it today, but the downstairs was nice and cool last night after about 20 minutes with the air on. The temp is dropping the rest of the week, but picking back up this weekend. I think I’ve found a good balance and solution to beat the heat though, so we will be prepared. I just need to figure out what to do with Em’s room. My a/c isn’t strong enough to cool both of our rooms and the hallway. Instead, I end up wasting the electricity, so leaving my door open isn’t an option. I’ve already tried that. I don’t want to haul another 100+ lb ac upstairs either. These suckers are huge and I think it would make his room TOO cold even on a lower setting. Maybe I can try a second fan. I can put one blowing outside to suck out all of the hot air and then just have the second fan blowing regularly. I’ll give that a whirl first before I decide to put an ac in his window. I just don’t want us to suffer all summer. It seems like he’s having a harder time getting to sleep too and I think it’s because he just feels uncomfortable in his room. He’s had cool baths and slept shirtless the last week, but even still, it isn’t enough to cool him down before bed. His poor face was so red last night, while we were playing in the house. That’s the main reason I even set up a second ac. We played outside in his water table, which kept us both cool, but during and after dinner, we are usually in the house. It was just ridiculously uncomfortable. The front of my house gets reamed by the sun, so I really had no choice. I am looking forward to be able to comfortably play in the house though!

After daycare, we went through the Burger King drive-thru. I hate spending money on food and we rarely ever eat out, but I was NOT cooking in this heat and turning the stove on. I also am over having microwavable food, so Burger King it was.  It was so nice not having any dishes to wash afterwards though! I can see how people fall into the trap of ordering and eating out for dinner almost nightly. It was quick, convenient, and I had no extra work afterwards. Not tonight, though. Back to the stove for me! Hopefully with the ac, it won’t make it too bad. I love summer and the warmer weather, but damn! I’m not ready to sweat my ass off every day. I’m fearful of what my electric bill is going to be!

I’m reading the Divergent series. It is so freaking good! After Em went to bed last night, I stayed up for a few hours reading. I’m more than halfway through and I just started. There are two more books in the series. I hope they don’t disappoint. I’m officially hooked now. I can’t wait to hop on the bus after work, so I can ready more! Alright, I don’t have much more than that to report on. Have a super Tuesday, all!!!!

Em and his water table

Mummy's mummy's day!!

This weekend was REALLY busy. I worked from home on Friday. Dad had his gallbladder surgery. It went well, but he is still saying he’s in excruciating pain. I’m not sure if that’s normal, or not. I know several people have had that surgery and haven’t seemed like they were literally DYING of pain 2 days after, so I don’t know what to make of it. I think he’s in pain, but I don’t think it’s THAT bad. He is really bitchy too. I hope after a few more days he starts to feel normal. I can’t make light of what is going on though. I have a real fear that he is always going to be this way. He will always say he is in pain/sick from now on like he has been for the last few months. I do think he is hurting, but I don’t know if it’s to the extent that he’s saying. We all do love and care about him a lot, so I don’t know if it’s an attention thing, or what. It is driving me absolutely crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We only saw him for about an hour yesterday and he was just getting on my nerves so badly. I feel so mean saying that, but seriously. Just bitching! When Emerson and I got there, Em had falling asleep in the car. It was naptime. So, I laid him down on their couch where he continued to nap. I told my dad that if he woke up, to just holler and I’d come and grab him. He has a real knack for rolling off the couch. Anyway, about 30 minutes after I laid Em down, he started moving around on the couch and waking up. My dad starts freaking out. “He’s moving, he’s moving. He’s going to fall and bust his head open. He’s going to fall off the couch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” CHILL THE FUCK OUT, GUY!!!!!!!!!! I go in and Emerson is BARELY moving AT ALL. CHILL. You’re waking him up more freaking out like that! Prior to dad getting surgery, he put new hardwood floors in their dining room. He didn’t get to finish into the kitchen yet, so the floor has a small step before walking into the kitchen. It’s HARDLY noticeable. OMG. He just kept BITCHING “Someone’s going to trip and bust their head open. Someone’s going to trip on that step. I can see it happening. We’re going to be down the hospital” OMG IF YOU DON’T SHUT THE FUCK UP RIGHT NOW! It’s LITERALLY an INCH off the ground. RELAX. It isn’t that serious. GO LAY DOWN. It was like that the entire time we were there. We were just there to give my mom her mother’s day gifts and to visit for a bit. In the middle of me opening up gifts from Emerson, I was warding off my dad’s bitchy comments. It was really irritating. I understand that he doesn’t feel well, but jeez. I really do think he’s milking it for all it’s worth. My mom is really sick of it. She is sleeping in their spare room because my dad just thrashes all night and moans. She said he just randomly screams bloody murder too. If it is THAT BAD, then clearly something is wrong because it shouldn’t be THAT bad! I really hope by mid-week he feels better. I thought this surgery was going to be the answer to our prayers. Okay, I didn’t mean to vent like I just did above. That honestly came out of nowhere. I didn’t even realize it was bothering me so much either until I started to type. Okay, back to Friday. Emerson had his 15 month check-up. Boy, did we get an earful. The appointment was great. Em is developing amazing. He’s well ahead in some areas. He already has every single tooth outside of his two year molars! Thank GOD! His canine teeth are creeping in now, so we can probably put teething to rest for a bit after this. I am so freaking happy! It’s crazy that he already has all of his teeth! I wish he’d be a little more cooperative during brushing. He fights me so badly. I try to make it as fun as possible, but he still fights me to the point where I end up having to hold his arms down. It’s such a battle every morning and night. We’ll just keeping working at it, but damn. I hate the battle! Anyway, the doctor said that Em is on the heftier side, so she suggested that we switch from whole milk down to 2%. She wasn’t overly concerned and neither am I, but just to get in front of it a bit, we’re going to take her suggestion and drop the milk down. I don’t really know what that’ll change, but we’ll see how it goes. He is a very active boy already, so hopefully that’ll help him thin out a bit too. Again, I am not overly concerned about it at this point, but it isn’t a problem that I’d like to continue developing. She also wants me to let him cry it out, so that he starts to sleep longer periods of time. Now, he goes to bed in his crib, sleeps around 3 hours, then wakes up freaking out until I come in and get him. She wants that habit broken. Cry it out fucking sucks! I tried it for nap on Saturday. It did work, but it sucked. I didn’t try it for night time though. I let him cry a couple extra minutes last night, but I was so damn tired. I just put him in bed with me. Say what you want, people. This is my “I don’t give a fuck face” :/ LOL We slept all night though, which was awesome. His left ear is starting to look grim even though he’s on antibiotics, so they might put him on something stronger if he starts to get a fever again. I’ll just monitor and call if I think he seems worse. So far, he seems okay. On Saturday, we played in the yard the entire day. We both ended up getting a little bit of sunburn. Em has such fair skin that no amount of sunscreen protects him 100%. He even had on a shirt and long shorts. Poor guy. It isn’t too bad. Just a little tint of red that’s already starting to tan. We had such a great time though playing in the yard on his splash pad. We ran some errands first though, then Em took a nap. We didn’t even go outside until 2pm. We were out there until about 5 though. That three hours was so nice! The house was incredibly hot though even with the air conditioner on. We ended up playing in the playroom that night because it was much cooler. Em stayed up until about 9:45pm too because he napped so late! Sunday was awesome! Mother’s day rocked! Em and I slept in a bit, then got up, headed to dunkin donuts, then grabbed a gorgeous potted flower for me on the way home! It was a great start to the day! Afterwards, we came home, ate our breakfast, played a bit, then got ready and headed to my parent’s house. My mom and dad bought me a TON of stuff on behalf of Emerson. A mom necklace/earrings, a teddy bear, a new mug, flip flops, and a card! He is such a thoughtful kiddo! My sister and nephew met us at my parent’s house, then we headed to the waterfront for the day! It was awesome! We shopped around a bit, then got some frozen yogurt. Afterwards, Em and I went home and played in his little baby pool before dinner. It was a really great mother’s day! This week, I’m in office all week, which sucks ass! We have nothing going on, which is a good thing. It has been a busy few weeks, so not having plans is nice. We have no plans this weekend either. The park near our house is only permitted for kids under 12. I didn’t realize that. All of the items are on a smaller scale, so Em wouldn’t have a problem climbing on anything. I think we’ll head over there a couple of times. It’s really cute. It just sucks that it’s on the other side of the highway. It’s close enough to walk to, but I wouldn’t even attempt to cross that street. We’ll just drive over. Alright. I think that’s about all I have for now. I hope you all have a super week!

mummy is annoyed

Sometimes, I really hate myself. I hate that I can be a judgmental mom. I hate moms like that. I really, really do. Everyone has their own way of doing things, which I respect, but what if their way just seems……off? How do you just sit by and witness someone doing something that just doesn’t seem “right”? I’ve been battling this for a while now. I don’t want to get into too much detail, but it has been bugging me lately. It’s so hard to have conversations with people when your mind keeps saying “Is that even right??” I’m just staying in my own corner for now because I’ve had enough this week and can’t take anymore. I don’t claim to know everything. I do what I can and I try to make the best choices, but I think I’m doing okay. I also trust that I have a great circle of people around me who will guide me and tell me if I’m not doing something right.  That’s another confusing thing that I don’t understand. If someone in my circle thought I wasn’t doing something right, or I might be off my rocker, they’d tell me. My mom would call me out in a hot second. She might drive me nuts sometimes, but she knows what the hell she is talking about.  She wouldn’t let me make stupid choices that would affect Emerson either. I’m also not an ahole, so I don’t have to rely on other people to tell me if I’m effing up, but if I was, I know they’d tell me.  I know I am being VERY cryptic and that’s annoying, but I had to at least rant on a small level even if it makes sense to no one, but me. My forehead is sore from raising my eyebrow all week with a WTF? Look on my face!
 
My phone should arrive tonight! I cannot wait! My mom’s cell phone sucks. She needs a new one so badly. I used it as my alarm last night. That turned out to be a damn nightmare. I set the alarm for 4:30am. The alarm went off, so I hit snooze. It rang again at 04:40am, so I hit snooze, and went back to sleep. A little while later, I woke up and looked at the phone. I thought to myself, “Wow, it’s only 4:41am. I still have some time to sleep” I go back to sleep. I wake up again, look at the clock, and think to myself “No way it’s still 4:41am! It’s so light out” Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The phone froze!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gah! I was in a panic. I woke up at 5:58am, which is the time we are typically LEAVING the house. FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ended up being a little bit late to work, but I was running around like a real ahole this morning. While I was running around downstairs, I heard Emerson scream out. It almost sounded like he said “HEY”, but it was more gibberish than anything. I ran upstairs and saw him standing in my room like, “Yo, moms. What’s all the fuss?” I literally cracked up. I guess you had to be there.
 
I still have no idea what we’re doing for Mother’s Day. I wish the spray park was open this weekend. It doesn’t open up until May 30th.  On Saturday, I’d like to do a photo shoot with Emerson. I was thinking we could do it early when he’s most happy. I can wake up and set it up before he gets up for the day. I want to do a lemonade stand shoot for summer time. I don’t know how it’ll turn out, but I pinned some ideas and found some cute stuff, so I’ll give it a try. I’m not going all out with props, or anything either. I found something pretty simple that gets the point across enough without going overboard.
 
Alright. I guess that’s all I have for now. I hope everyone has a fabulous day!

minus baby is back!

My earlier blog was actually written yesterday. Sorry, I didn’t get to publish it until today! So when you read it, pretend it’s yesterday! Today, I filed a claim via my phone insurance company to replace my broken phone. To my surprise, they have no more versions of my phone in stock, therefore they are upgrading me to the newer version! I am so freaking excited. Now, let’s just hope this damn thing gets here in the next couple of days. I’m using my mom’s phone in the meantime and it freaking sucks! I did have to pay a $99 deductible, but from what I hear, that’s on the lower end of things, especially for getting a newer phone out of the deal.
 
Emerson seems so much like himself now. I’m so happy. When I picked him up from daycare, he was so bubbly and silly! They told me he ate all of his meatballs served at dinner and then tried stealing the other kid’s meatballs! Sounds like my boy! His appetite must be back and in overdrive. I’m just glad the meds are working. I’m not kidding, guys. It was brutal before we had a diagnosis. Anyway, after daycare, they had a book fair set up in the lobby. Emerson got three new books, which we read last night. We did play outside for a while first, then I took him for a nice, long walk in his push car. After dinner and bath, it took him awhile to fall asleep. I put him down at 7:17. He didn’t conk out until about 8pm. He seemed so tired, which is why I did bath a little earlier. Maybe I should have waited a little while. He slept from 8pm-11pm. Not bad. I was able to get my mom’s mother’s day gift put together and write out her and my sister’s cards. She put up this HUGE                family tree wall decal. It is gorgeous, but you’re supposed to put pictures in frames up on the branches. She hasn’t done it yet, so I got all of her frames and black and white photos of all of us. It’s going to look adorable. Anyway, I went to bed at 10pm, so I got a little bit of sleep before he woke. I put him in bed with me. We slept pretty well.
 
My dad is having his gall bladder removed on Friday. I hope after this is over with, he feels like himself again. He’s been in pain for so many months and just not himself. It sucks. He winces anytime he moves and he can barely pick up Emerson, though he still tries.  I know it isn’t a big surgery, or anything, but it’s the first surgery he’s ever had, so of course, I am nervous. I just want everything to be okay and to go back to normal afterwards. It has really, really sucked to watch him over the last four months. All we talk about is his pain. Even when we try to side step it, it just comes back up because it’s obviously written on his face.  Say a little prayer for my dad, please! We’d really appreciate it.
 
Mother’s day is on Sunday. We canceled our big plans because of dad’s surgery. We aren’t sure how he will feel afterwards, so my mom would rather just be home to take care of him. Instead, my sister and I are going to take the boys to do something. I’m not even sure what. The weather should be beautiful, so that’ll help. I can’t believe I’ll be celebrating my second mother’s day. Where the hell did the time go?! Emerson has a doctor appointment on Friday. It’s his 15 month check-up. I’m not sure he will get shots though because of his recent ear infection. I was told it shouldn’t interfere, but it did the last time. We’ll see how that goes.
 
Outside of the above, we have nothing planned for the weekend. I’ll let Em play in the yard with his water table and splash pad if the weather is warm enough on Saturday. I haven’t checked yet. Heck, maybe I’ll even get some sun! That would be nice. I need to figure out how the hell to assemble the grill my sister gave me. My dad bought her a grill, but she already had one, so I got a brand new grill free. It’s nothing fancy. Just your standard charcoal grill, but it would be nice to cookout this weekend. I hear the grill is a real pain in the ass to put together though. I’m dreading it. I guess I can try tonight after Emerson goes to sleep. My car already needs washed. So many birds have pooped right on it. I’ll put that on the agenda too!
 
Alright, everyone. I hope you all have a fabulous Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

mummys broken phone

I have no idea what the hell I blogged about last. It’s been a very eventful few days….
 
Friday was a normal day. I woke up, took Em to daycare, went grocery shopping, then came home to log into work. It was amazing going grocery shopping with a car that has a working trunk! I had such ease loading and unloading groceries! Wow, I’ve been missing out! Anyway, I was working for a while when I got  a call from the daycare. Uh-oh! They were calling because Emerson was flipping the fuck out. They had no idea what was wrong with him, but he was being very unlike himself. I went to pick him up early. Boy, they were not kidding. He was a damn bear! He ended up going to bed early. He slept pretty well though. The next day, he was fine. We went to my nephew’s birthday party on Saturday. Emerson had a great time running around. He didn’t have any outbursts and seemed completely fine. That night, he threw up in his bed though. It was a lot, so I thought maybe he just had too much cake at the party, or had a wet burp in his sleep. Sunday was normal. My sister and nephew came over after we ran some errands. He and my nephew played in the sprinkler and we all ate lunch together outside. Again, no abnormal behavior. He seemed fine. 245am rolled around and he was unbearable.  It was absolutely unreal. Three hours later, I finally was able to get him back to sleep. I decided on Monday that we were not going to muffins with mom. I took him to the pediatrician. I didn’t think they’d tell me anything was wrong. I was so worried my sweet boy was replaced with this tantrumming monster!
 
While we were at the docs, I was holding Emerson in the waiting room. All of a sudden, his skin turned gray and he felt really hot. Before I could even comprehend what was happening, he puked all over the both of us and the floor. I don’t mean a dainty puke either. I was saturated. It went right through my jeans and shirt. I grabbed him and ran to the bathroom, so his entire mouth was just vomiting all over me and the floor as I ran. Wow. Milk does not curdle nicely! The stench was unbearable and all the parents in the waiting room were bitching. I didn’t really care, but it was still a little embarrassing. The nurse came over with some saw dustish stuff to soak up the puke that was on the floor. Too bad she couldn’t sprinkle some on me! We waited for a little while longer, then were called back. The doctor found that Em has an ear infection. He said it was pretty bad even though Em wasn’t pulling at his ears. He also had a temp of 102. Poor guy.
 
After 3 doses of antibiotics, he was MUCH better last night. We even played outside! He figured out how to slide down his slide, which is ridiculously adorable. I was so shocked he was happy and playing. He seemed like his normal self again. No tantrums and no freaking out…Thank God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was NOT with that! Anyway, after bath, he went down fairly easily and slept for about half of the night alone. I did bring him into bed with me where he slept soundly. I really needed that sleep as did he. It was welcomed! This morning, he was a little bit down, but probably because I woke him before he was ready to get up. He’s been at daycare all day. I had to log on after he went to bed last night and to work until 930pm to make up lost time from yesterday. It sucked having to work in between naps and even during dinner time yesterday. I’m glad I don’t have to do that today. I’m also glad that he is starting to feel better. I missed my bubbly boy!
 
I broke my damn cell phone. I had to borrow my mom’s in the meantime, so that we have a phone at home in case something were to happen. It freaking sucks ass to not have a damn phone. I’m hopefully correcting that on my lunch break tomorrow. I didn’t want to drag Em to the AT&T store while he was so sick yesterday after the docs. I figure a couple days won’t kill me and I can just handle it while I’m in town tomorrow.
 
Alright, I hope you all have a super Tuesday!