Zach is 5, Jacob is 6, Neal is 10.
i have to say after reading the answers of other kids, i'm almost ashamed to post mine. i suppose these last several months of being so sick and tired and pregnant, really effected their mommie memories and ruined my chance at mother of the year, huh?
1. What is something mom always says to you?
z- Be nice
j- one too many
n- be quiet
2. What makes mom happy?
z -Kisses
j- to be good
n- us being helpful
3. What makes mom sad?
z -No Kisses
j- when we're bad and not listening
n- us being mean to each other
4. What does your mom do to make you laugh?
z- Tell Jokes
j- i don't really have an answer for that
n- sing
5. What was your mom like as a child?
z- Perfect
j- a little baby girl
n- lonely, played in the dirt
6. How old is your mom?
z- 30
j- that's easy thirty...........one
n- 31
(i tell them ALL the time that I'm 29, wtf?)
7. How tall is your mom?
z- that's a hard one
j- i really don't know
n- 4' 2"
(proof that they have no concept of height - i'm 5'8")
8. What is her favorite thing to do?
z- play on the computer
j- go to target
n- sleep
(jacob got it right)
9. What does your mom do when your not around?
z- stay home
j- stay with mikey & eli
n- feed the baby and clean
(bwahahaha they don't know i shop and go out to lunch!!!)
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
z- i DON'T KNOW
j- i don't know, for yelling at us
n- home make overs
(i'm devastated that no one said baking cookies)
11. What is your mom really good at?
z- sewing
j- yelling at us
n- cleaning
(again, devastated)
12. What is your mom not very good at?
z- hand sewing
j- spanking us
n- singing
13. What does your mom do for a job?
z- to clean the house.........am i right???
j- stay with children
n- nothing
(maybe i should make a list of all i do so they can see)
14.What is your mom's favorite food?
z- can you give me a hint? casserole
j- hamburgers
n- ribs
(not one person said Mexican, wtf? proof they do NOT pay attention)
15.What makes you proud of your mom?
z- i can't remember
j- i don't know
n- when she tried new things
(geesh)
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
z- wanda (fairly odd parents)
j- spongebob
n- susan test
17. What do you and your mom do together?
z- go on dates
j- nothing
n- shop
(i will keep jacob's answer in mind when it's HIS date night!!!)
18. How are you and your mom the same?
z- we're not
j- we both yell
n- we like to shop
19. How are you and your mom different?
z- we're just different
j- i play video games and you don't
n- i like to spend, she likes to save
20. How do you know your mom loves you?
z- b/c i was the best baby
j- i don't know
n- b/c she buys me cool things and takes me places
21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
z- that's a hard one. very, very hard.
j- i don't know
n- the way he cooks
(chris cooks??? really???)
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
z- shopping
j- target
n- super target
(finally, they all got one right!)
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
funny, funny kid
they say the most random things sometimes. most recently was jacob. he said he was not getting married or having kids because he's going to move to california and be a dairy farmer. i asked why california and he said "because happy cows come from california and happy cows make the best milk".
Friday, January 9, 2009
change in plans, update on me
so i've kinda left y'all in the dark on the house stuff. it's been a very bumpy road. we finally got going good, got the footings ready to dig and the weather went to shit. then the well digger completely trashed our driveway with his big truck and never even made it up to where he needed to dig. we've been at a stand still ever since.
then we had flooding and our driveway caused the road to wash out because the guy we paid to do the driveway didn't do it right, left in a plastic pipe he shouldn't have, didn't build the box on it that keeps it from clogging and so that's why the wash out. so the county calls and they have to dig up the pipe, and we find out the assshole didn't even get the driveway permit we told him to get. $6,000 and this dude has totally screwed us up. so the driveway is shot and has to be totally redone, at a cost of about $10,000 to get it the way we want/need it.
chris has been looking for work but things are bad here. we have companies closing left and right (our big carpet mills are even doing layoffs). seriously there were like 3 help wanted ads in the paper. construction is down so side work is limited. so we have all this money going out and nothing coming in. and i just don't want to run out of money.
so new plan.we are adding on to my parents house to make staying her long-term easier. once it's built, we will have a big bedroom, the babies will have their own room, we'll have a den, and our own bath, my mom will get a new mud/laundry room, and dining room. the older boys will still use their existing bedrooms and the existing hall bath. we started the ball rolling with permits yesterday and chris is outside with our foundation guy right now. this addition is a "payment" of sorts to my parents for all they've done, and we're not just giving rent to a stranger, at least this way what we would have paid in rent is an investment for my parents and in the end for us (b/c one day the house will be mine).
once the addition is done, Chris will hopefully have found a job, the baby will be here, and life can kind of resume some normalcy. then we'll start back at square one on the house, but rather than build the guest house first, we'll go straight for the main house. we'll put all our money and energy into making everything exactly the way we want it, able to take our time and not feel rushed to get it done for the sake of everyone's sanity.....starting with the driveway fiasco fix.
so that's where we are. as for me and baby. i am on bedrest. i am 1cm, and contracting despite my meds. the goal is to make it to 35 weeks. i'm 31w 2d. right now there's not much i can do but sit and wait and rest and spend as much time on my left side as possible. he of course still does not have a name, big suprise. but otherwise we're ready for him. my next appt is monday.
then we had flooding and our driveway caused the road to wash out because the guy we paid to do the driveway didn't do it right, left in a plastic pipe he shouldn't have, didn't build the box on it that keeps it from clogging and so that's why the wash out. so the county calls and they have to dig up the pipe, and we find out the assshole didn't even get the driveway permit we told him to get. $6,000 and this dude has totally screwed us up. so the driveway is shot and has to be totally redone, at a cost of about $10,000 to get it the way we want/need it.
chris has been looking for work but things are bad here. we have companies closing left and right (our big carpet mills are even doing layoffs). seriously there were like 3 help wanted ads in the paper. construction is down so side work is limited. so we have all this money going out and nothing coming in. and i just don't want to run out of money.
so new plan.we are adding on to my parents house to make staying her long-term easier. once it's built, we will have a big bedroom, the babies will have their own room, we'll have a den, and our own bath, my mom will get a new mud/laundry room, and dining room. the older boys will still use their existing bedrooms and the existing hall bath. we started the ball rolling with permits yesterday and chris is outside with our foundation guy right now. this addition is a "payment" of sorts to my parents for all they've done, and we're not just giving rent to a stranger, at least this way what we would have paid in rent is an investment for my parents and in the end for us (b/c one day the house will be mine).
once the addition is done, Chris will hopefully have found a job, the baby will be here, and life can kind of resume some normalcy. then we'll start back at square one on the house, but rather than build the guest house first, we'll go straight for the main house. we'll put all our money and energy into making everything exactly the way we want it, able to take our time and not feel rushed to get it done for the sake of everyone's sanity.....starting with the driveway fiasco fix.
so that's where we are. as for me and baby. i am on bedrest. i am 1cm, and contracting despite my meds. the goal is to make it to 35 weeks. i'm 31w 2d. right now there's not much i can do but sit and wait and rest and spend as much time on my left side as possible. he of course still does not have a name, big suprise. but otherwise we're ready for him. my next appt is monday.
Friday, January 2, 2009
baby names....
by boy 5 you find yourself just out of names, add to that the fact that chris and i are name procrastinators, and well, this kid may have a name on his birth certificate or he may not, lol. not sure Turd Number Five Hughes will fly anyway.
here's the list of names i like:
Adam
Andrew
Benjamin
Dominic
Gavin
Gregory
Isaac
Isaiah
Kaden
Keagan
Korbin
Liam
Oliver
Owen
Phillip
Preston
Quentin
Shaun
Spencer
Stephen
ok, so that's the list.
a few combos i like are:
Liam Oliver
Benjamin Shaun
Phillip Korbin
again, our last name is Hughes.
and the boys are
Christopher Neal
Jacob Nathaniel
Zachary Alexander
Michael Fallon
i like having different initials for marking stuff and making lists, lol, so i haveN, J, Z, M - so those initals for 1st names are out.
here's the list of names i like:
Adam
Andrew
Benjamin
Dominic
Gavin
Gregory
Isaac
Isaiah
Kaden
Keagan
Korbin
Liam
Oliver
Owen
Phillip
Preston
Quentin
Shaun
Spencer
Stephen
ok, so that's the list.
a few combos i like are:
Liam Oliver
Benjamin Shaun
Phillip Korbin
again, our last name is Hughes.
and the boys are
Christopher Neal
Jacob Nathaniel
Zachary Alexander
Michael Fallon
i like having different initials for marking stuff and making lists, lol, so i haveN, J, Z, M - so those initals for 1st names are out.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
2008 Christmas Vacation Journal
Thursday, Dec 18
The drive up to North Carolina wasn't bad; the kids were actually rather good, which made the drive very un-stressful. Mikey puked, of course, he does every long car ride. So, I told Chris today that I am certain he gets carsick. I'm going to go by a pharmacy this week and find out if there's something babies can take for that for on the way home. I get carsick, too, so I know his pain. I stay prepared with ducky bags, febreeze, and extra pads for the carseat, but still the smell, ughhh.
The cabin is gorgeous and I keep having to find ways to childproof, thanks Mikey! I have rearranged their furniture and moved all the breakables out of reach. Ok I'm off to take a shower and chill on the couch, going to raid their library and see what kind of good read I can find for the week! I'll chat with y'all tomorrow!
Friday, Dec 19
Made a grocery/supply run to Wal-Mart today. I swear the people around here don't get in any hurry for anything. Geesh. Took me 2 hours in that freakin' place. I did find something for kids for motion sickness called "Bonine" its a chewable, so we'll try that. We had what appeared to be spitting type now last night but nothing to show for it. The cabin is halfway between Boone and West Jefferson, pretty good location for getting to everything. I need to pull up the weather - Today it's like 50, figures right?!?! The boys just went out exploring the woods and I'm about to try to get Mikey to take a nap. Maybe I can squeeze in a little power nap, too!
So I got in a quick nap and Jacob and Zach came back for a little craft time. Neal and Chris headed out hunting. Oh joy.
Saturday, Dec 20
Neal woke me up about 5am; Zach had puked all over the loft. The bathroom looked like something out of "Alien" – reddish-brown puke everywhere. Who knew that's what steak and hot chocolate looked like post-digestion!?!? I got that cleaned up and went back to bed. When everyone got up, and the boys were being WILD, so they got to stand in the corner. Well, Neal, my genius child, locked his knees and passed out. I totally freaked out. Neal said "Daddy I don't feel so well" then boom, hit the floor – ugh – I thought the child was about to have a seizure or something way up here between "Bum-Fucked" and "You-Sure-Got-A-Purdy-Mouth.
Once that was over, we got ready for the day. Neal and Chris went hunting….again, and I took Jacob, Zach, and Mikey on an adventure. We went gem mining - which the boys REALLY loved – at this cute little place called "Foggy Mountain". Those kids really scored some loot! Then we drove and checked out some snow options. Ggrabbed some TCBY on the way back - YUMMY.
Sunday, Dec 21
After dinner last night we were doing crafts and playing UNO when we heard Mikey start to puke. Then at 2am he was at it again. Of course it wasn't like Zach – puke once and it's done. Oh no, it was like every 20 minutes until 3:45am. He was dry heaving because there was nothing in his tummy. He was so pitiful. Just as soon as he'd doze off he'd start again. He and I finally got to sleep around 6am, and were up again at 9:20am. He's puked once since waking, thankfully he's only had toast and water. Now an hour later and he's doing ok.
The boys are coloring and watching "The Grinch". Not sure what our plans are for today, we were hoping to go to Beech Mountain to ski/sled/tube/snowboard/etc - but not sure what we'll do since Mikey's not feeling great, and I'm kind of queasy. I can handle that, just please let my baby feel better, ya know?!?
Monday, Dec 22
Ugh!!!!!!!!! So last night around 8pm Mikey finally eats 1/2 a banana and a few saltines. We seem to be on our way to recovery and are planning our day at Beech Mountain. Mikey goes to sleep around 11pm and I head to bed too, leaving everyone else up for a bit. I zonked out, I was exhausted, and so was Mikey. At 5am I wake up to Neal standing over me saying "I'm gonna puke" and running to the bathroom. Now, Neal, well, he can be a drama queen like his momma, so that required my non-stop attention for the next 2 hours. Every time I'd lay back down I'd hear him knocking on the bathroom wall and saying "Mommmmiiiieeee" in his pitiful, I'm dying voice. I did get to go back to sleep after 7 or so until 9:45am, then Mikey was ready to get up. Of course Neal is still puking and sick as of now - 10:45am - so it looks like our trip to Beech Mountain is going to be put off yet again. I am so mad; this is so unfair to my kids, not only to BE sick, but to have to wait so patiently to go to the snow – the one thing they have looked forward to for MONTHS. Add to that the fact that it was suppose to snow some last night, but nope – not a single flake to be counted. So they don't even have a dusting here at the cabin. I knew this would happen, even if we'd gone to Steamboat Springs or Vermont there would be no snow, we'd bring the no snow zone with us....bet those in the North East state wish we had come there instead with the blizzards they're having. Oh, and can I just say it's 12 with a wind-chill of -7. Yeah, thanks old man winter, it is even more not fair to be this damn cold with NO SNOW!Otherwise, we are having fun and relaxing (when not puking/pooping/cleaning sickness). The boys love to play UNO and today maybe we'll make gingerbread houses, or not….
Tuesday, Dec 22
No one puked last night, so this morning I got up and cooked breakfast - eggs, bacon, gravy, biscuits, oranges – with no immediate pukage!! "Praise Baby Jesus" (as Jacob has been saying after the blessing these last few days). After breakfast we headed out (thank God because I had cabin fever….literally). That bitch we call our navigation system took us the long-windy-ass-way. I so wanted to barf but was determined to make this a puke-free day. We made it to Beech Mountain, which was exactly as a ski resort/town should be. The kids got to sled, which was soooooooo much fun. I nearly peed my pants laughing so hard – which doesn't take much when you're pregnant with baby five. But we realized, if we go back, which we hope to do, we HAVE to get them snow bibs and hard sleds. They went down about 4 times and were frozen and ready to come back. They had these flimsy snow-boogie things that Chris grabbed at Wal-Mart the other day. (Hey we're from Georgia, what do we know about it, right?!?!) But it was worth every frozen body part, or at least I thought so, as Mikey and I were cozy warm watching from the haystack seating at the bottom of the sled hill. Then we took a detour on the Blue Ridge Parkway, which was gorgeous. Thankfully, I doped Mikey up on motion sickness meds so he slept the whole drive, and thankfully, today has indeed been puke-free.......knocking on wood as I type. We stopped for a late lunch - someone was "thinking Arby's" and we're back home just in time, it's now sleeting outside. Hopefully this will turn to snow and result in at least a dusting, will have to check weather.com next, but even if it doesn't, then my kids got to see/feel snow, sled, and throw one snowball each. The boys are playing foosball downstairs now, maybe I'll sneak in a nap before dinner!
Wednesday, Dec 24
Guess what I woke up to at 7am this morning????????? You got it, puke - and not just any puke, Mikey's curdled-milk-puke. Oh joy in the morning – Merry Christmas Eve to me! I think he got choked, because I heard him cough before the puke-gag-woosh-barf sound, so I'm hoping it's a one time puke, not the start of Christmas Puke Fest Round 2.
Oh, and remember how wonderful yesterday was? Everything went smoothly, no puking, no incidents to report, just good family fun??? Yeah, of course the day couldn't end without some kind of kink right?
Last night we make gingerbread houses (Chris of course had to come up from playing Wii and show us all up with his Christmas Gingerbread Cabin). Then we played UNO. Mikey fell asleep watching "The Grinch" and I headed off to bed. I heard Zach crying in the living room but I didn't jump right up. When those boys get to playing and being crazy someone usually gets hurt, just the way it is in a house full of boys. Then a few minutes later in comes Chris "we have issues" (he always under-reacts in my opinion, so I knew it was something), and my sweet Zach is standing there with this nasty place on his eye. It scared me shitless, all I can think about is that episode of ER where they had to drain the dudes eye because of the pressure created by the swelling and blood. Turns out, Chris was flying the Airhog and Zach was sitting in the floor by the coffee table. Zach went to duck and bashed the corner of his eye on the edge of the table. Poor bug. After a shower, he fell asleep in my lap on the couch. I finally had to get up to pee, but I think I was up about 15 times last night checking on him. And of course, he has a gorgeous shiner to show for it this morning. It's all puffy and bruised - won't that make for purdy Christmas pics?!?!
So that's the start of my day and it's only 9:30am. It's raining and windy and just plain icky outside, so it's going to be another day inside for sure. Please pass the Calgon! I'm definitely looking forward to my parents arriving later today!
Thursday, Dec 25
Merry Christmas!!! My parents got in yesterday afternoon and it was nice to have them here. My mom has been really helpful with the cooking/cleaning/etc to give me a break. We cooked our big meal last night, so we would have more time to enjoy leftovers. Mikey puked at dinner….you knew there would be something about puke didn't ya?!?! After dinner was done, everyone opened their pj's, we settled in to watch "Nim's Island". I didn't think Mikey would ever go to sleep, but he finally conked out and we got busy getting the Christmas stuff ready. Santa ate his cookies and drank his milk and took time to leave the kids a note.
As for sleep, it was a rough night. The more I put the pieces together, the more I am concerned about Mikey. So we will be at the ped's office Monday for sure! My Dad was so kind as to take over with him about 6am so I could get a little sleep before the other boys woke up for Christmas. I think he woke up about 4 times between 3 am and 6 am. Sleep is so overrated, huh?
The kids got up and drug Chris out of bed, I think it was around 8ish, but yeah now it seems a blur. We had a small but ample Christmas, the boys were very pleased with their gifts. They have been busy playing all morning, even sharing their game consoles with each other.
We made it over to Beech Mountain today so my parents could see the snow and watch the kids sled. (I did get them snow bibs and new sleds last night, so we were prepared!) They had a blast. Chris even took Mikey down the hill once. My dad rode down a few times with Zach. We laughed a lot and just had a nice time. Then we took the Blue Ridge Parkway home, again it is just beautiful.
We've had a relaxing evening, and the kids have really enjoyed their new game systems. Neal told me he was really thankful "Santa" brought him his PSP and gave me a wink – can he really be old enough to know for sure that Santa is the spirit of giving and not truly a fat man in a red suit who flies through the air in a reindeer drawn sleigh using magic to shoot down chimneys and leave gifts? CRAP! No more idle threats there, huh?
But now it's 1 am and I'm up because Mikey had one of his screaming fits about an hour ago. He's had these before, and I don't know what it is. He is sound asleep one minute and screaming and thrashing the next. He is completely unresponsive to us when he's doing this. There's no real rhyme or reason to these "fits" – he may have a few in one night or go weeks without any, it may last seconds or what seems like an eternity before he "snaps out of it".. It's only at night, and usually, like today, he's had a perfect day with no other symptoms that something is "wrong". Tonight while he was doing it, his diaper felt wet so I turned the light on and was changing him, then I decided to change his clothes thinking he might be too hot and his eyes looked so strange – wide open but not really "seeing" anything – as he flung his head back and kicked his legs straight out. Papaw took him and he finally chilled out, then he started to whine a bit when Chris came up to see about him. So, Chris took him downstairs to cuddle with him and watch tv, and Mikey is back asleep now. I feel so helpless when he does this – and tonight I felt even worse because my dad took over and then Chris – like I didn't even get the chance to do anything for him myself. I'm sure most people would appreciate the help, I know usually I'd be all for it, but I'm the one who has to describe all this and keep track of everything so I can tell the doctors why I'm so worried, and I'm the one feeling pushed away. Not to mention, I want to nurture him, he's MY little monkey. (Ok self pity whine over.) Anyway, in the past I thought maybe it was a nightmare or night tremor when he did this, but I just don't know. And now add it to the other things that have been going on with him – the loss of appetite over the last few weeks, then the puking and diarrhea this week. I almost want to go home a day early so I can take him to the doctor Saturday instead of Monday.
OH and one more whine, my nose is all stopped up, what feels like the start of some sinus crap. REALLY???? Can't we just catch a break already? Seriously, I wanted this trip to be nothing but sugar plums and hot cocoa, so I could relish in all this happy storybook holiday, and I feel like all I've done is bitch and moan about sickness. Sorry. I'm off to take some children's Benedryl – on the approved meds list for pregnant chics or not – Merry Christmas!!!
Friday, Dec 26
We decided about 5pm today to head on home a day early. Everyone was tired and we are worried about Mikey. Hoping to take him to the doctor Saturday rather than Monday and just being ready to be back home, close to our doctors, we made the long haul home. Though, the trip home was a lot less curvy and much quicker thanks to a 2009 Road Atlas, sometimes the "good old fashioned way" is better. I swear our Navigation lives to make us crazy, we returned the favor every time she had to say "Updating Route". We got home just after midnight and of course Mikey was ready to party after sleeping the whole way home. I think we got to sleep around 4am. But all in all, despite the sickies, we had a nice trip and enjoyed our Christmas vacation.
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The drive up to North Carolina wasn't bad; the kids were actually rather good, which made the drive very un-stressful. Mikey puked, of course, he does every long car ride. So, I told Chris today that I am certain he gets carsick. I'm going to go by a pharmacy this week and find out if there's something babies can take for that for on the way home. I get carsick, too, so I know his pain. I stay prepared with ducky bags, febreeze, and extra pads for the carseat, but still the smell, ughhh.
The cabin is gorgeous and I keep having to find ways to childproof, thanks Mikey! I have rearranged their furniture and moved all the breakables out of reach. Ok I'm off to take a shower and chill on the couch, going to raid their library and see what kind of good read I can find for the week! I'll chat with y'all tomorrow!
Friday, Dec 19
Made a grocery/supply run to Wal-Mart today. I swear the people around here don't get in any hurry for anything. Geesh. Took me 2 hours in that freakin' place. I did find something for kids for motion sickness called "Bonine" its a chewable, so we'll try that. We had what appeared to be spitting type now last night but nothing to show for it. The cabin is halfway between Boone and West Jefferson, pretty good location for getting to everything. I need to pull up the weather - Today it's like 50, figures right?!?! The boys just went out exploring the woods and I'm about to try to get Mikey to take a nap. Maybe I can squeeze in a little power nap, too!
So I got in a quick nap and Jacob and Zach came back for a little craft time. Neal and Chris headed out hunting. Oh joy.
Saturday, Dec 20
Neal woke me up about 5am; Zach had puked all over the loft. The bathroom looked like something out of "Alien" – reddish-brown puke everywhere. Who knew that's what steak and hot chocolate looked like post-digestion!?!? I got that cleaned up and went back to bed. When everyone got up, and the boys were being WILD, so they got to stand in the corner. Well, Neal, my genius child, locked his knees and passed out. I totally freaked out. Neal said "Daddy I don't feel so well" then boom, hit the floor – ugh – I thought the child was about to have a seizure or something way up here between "Bum-Fucked" and "You-Sure-Got-A-Purdy-Mouth.
Once that was over, we got ready for the day. Neal and Chris went hunting….again, and I took Jacob, Zach, and Mikey on an adventure. We went gem mining - which the boys REALLY loved – at this cute little place called "Foggy Mountain". Those kids really scored some loot! Then we drove and checked out some snow options. Ggrabbed some TCBY on the way back - YUMMY.
Sunday, Dec 21
After dinner last night we were doing crafts and playing UNO when we heard Mikey start to puke. Then at 2am he was at it again. Of course it wasn't like Zach – puke once and it's done. Oh no, it was like every 20 minutes until 3:45am. He was dry heaving because there was nothing in his tummy. He was so pitiful. Just as soon as he'd doze off he'd start again. He and I finally got to sleep around 6am, and were up again at 9:20am. He's puked once since waking, thankfully he's only had toast and water. Now an hour later and he's doing ok.
The boys are coloring and watching "The Grinch". Not sure what our plans are for today, we were hoping to go to Beech Mountain to ski/sled/tube/snowboard/etc - but not sure what we'll do since Mikey's not feeling great, and I'm kind of queasy. I can handle that, just please let my baby feel better, ya know?!?
Monday, Dec 22
Ugh!!!!!!!!! So last night around 8pm Mikey finally eats 1/2 a banana and a few saltines. We seem to be on our way to recovery and are planning our day at Beech Mountain. Mikey goes to sleep around 11pm and I head to bed too, leaving everyone else up for a bit. I zonked out, I was exhausted, and so was Mikey. At 5am I wake up to Neal standing over me saying "I'm gonna puke" and running to the bathroom. Now, Neal, well, he can be a drama queen like his momma, so that required my non-stop attention for the next 2 hours. Every time I'd lay back down I'd hear him knocking on the bathroom wall and saying "Mommmmiiiieeee" in his pitiful, I'm dying voice. I did get to go back to sleep after 7 or so until 9:45am, then Mikey was ready to get up. Of course Neal is still puking and sick as of now - 10:45am - so it looks like our trip to Beech Mountain is going to be put off yet again. I am so mad; this is so unfair to my kids, not only to BE sick, but to have to wait so patiently to go to the snow – the one thing they have looked forward to for MONTHS. Add to that the fact that it was suppose to snow some last night, but nope – not a single flake to be counted. So they don't even have a dusting here at the cabin. I knew this would happen, even if we'd gone to Steamboat Springs or Vermont there would be no snow, we'd bring the no snow zone with us....bet those in the North East state wish we had come there instead with the blizzards they're having. Oh, and can I just say it's 12 with a wind-chill of -7. Yeah, thanks old man winter, it is even more not fair to be this damn cold with NO SNOW!Otherwise, we are having fun and relaxing (when not puking/pooping/cleaning sickness). The boys love to play UNO and today maybe we'll make gingerbread houses, or not….
Tuesday, Dec 22
No one puked last night, so this morning I got up and cooked breakfast - eggs, bacon, gravy, biscuits, oranges – with no immediate pukage!! "Praise Baby Jesus" (as Jacob has been saying after the blessing these last few days). After breakfast we headed out (thank God because I had cabin fever….literally). That bitch we call our navigation system took us the long-windy-ass-way. I so wanted to barf but was determined to make this a puke-free day. We made it to Beech Mountain, which was exactly as a ski resort/town should be. The kids got to sled, which was soooooooo much fun. I nearly peed my pants laughing so hard – which doesn't take much when you're pregnant with baby five. But we realized, if we go back, which we hope to do, we HAVE to get them snow bibs and hard sleds. They went down about 4 times and were frozen and ready to come back. They had these flimsy snow-boogie things that Chris grabbed at Wal-Mart the other day. (Hey we're from Georgia, what do we know about it, right?!?!) But it was worth every frozen body part, or at least I thought so, as Mikey and I were cozy warm watching from the haystack seating at the bottom of the sled hill. Then we took a detour on the Blue Ridge Parkway, which was gorgeous. Thankfully, I doped Mikey up on motion sickness meds so he slept the whole drive, and thankfully, today has indeed been puke-free.......knocking on wood as I type. We stopped for a late lunch - someone was "thinking Arby's" and we're back home just in time, it's now sleeting outside. Hopefully this will turn to snow and result in at least a dusting, will have to check weather.com next, but even if it doesn't, then my kids got to see/feel snow, sled, and throw one snowball each. The boys are playing foosball downstairs now, maybe I'll sneak in a nap before dinner!
Wednesday, Dec 24
Guess what I woke up to at 7am this morning????????? You got it, puke - and not just any puke, Mikey's curdled-milk-puke. Oh joy in the morning – Merry Christmas Eve to me! I think he got choked, because I heard him cough before the puke-gag-woosh-barf sound, so I'm hoping it's a one time puke, not the start of Christmas Puke Fest Round 2.
Oh, and remember how wonderful yesterday was? Everything went smoothly, no puking, no incidents to report, just good family fun??? Yeah, of course the day couldn't end without some kind of kink right?
Last night we make gingerbread houses (Chris of course had to come up from playing Wii and show us all up with his Christmas Gingerbread Cabin). Then we played UNO. Mikey fell asleep watching "The Grinch" and I headed off to bed. I heard Zach crying in the living room but I didn't jump right up. When those boys get to playing and being crazy someone usually gets hurt, just the way it is in a house full of boys. Then a few minutes later in comes Chris "we have issues" (he always under-reacts in my opinion, so I knew it was something), and my sweet Zach is standing there with this nasty place on his eye. It scared me shitless, all I can think about is that episode of ER where they had to drain the dudes eye because of the pressure created by the swelling and blood. Turns out, Chris was flying the Airhog and Zach was sitting in the floor by the coffee table. Zach went to duck and bashed the corner of his eye on the edge of the table. Poor bug. After a shower, he fell asleep in my lap on the couch. I finally had to get up to pee, but I think I was up about 15 times last night checking on him. And of course, he has a gorgeous shiner to show for it this morning. It's all puffy and bruised - won't that make for purdy Christmas pics?!?!
So that's the start of my day and it's only 9:30am. It's raining and windy and just plain icky outside, so it's going to be another day inside for sure. Please pass the Calgon! I'm definitely looking forward to my parents arriving later today!
Thursday, Dec 25
Merry Christmas!!! My parents got in yesterday afternoon and it was nice to have them here. My mom has been really helpful with the cooking/cleaning/etc to give me a break. We cooked our big meal last night, so we would have more time to enjoy leftovers. Mikey puked at dinner….you knew there would be something about puke didn't ya?!?! After dinner was done, everyone opened their pj's, we settled in to watch "Nim's Island". I didn't think Mikey would ever go to sleep, but he finally conked out and we got busy getting the Christmas stuff ready. Santa ate his cookies and drank his milk and took time to leave the kids a note.
As for sleep, it was a rough night. The more I put the pieces together, the more I am concerned about Mikey. So we will be at the ped's office Monday for sure! My Dad was so kind as to take over with him about 6am so I could get a little sleep before the other boys woke up for Christmas. I think he woke up about 4 times between 3 am and 6 am. Sleep is so overrated, huh?
The kids got up and drug Chris out of bed, I think it was around 8ish, but yeah now it seems a blur. We had a small but ample Christmas, the boys were very pleased with their gifts. They have been busy playing all morning, even sharing their game consoles with each other.
We made it over to Beech Mountain today so my parents could see the snow and watch the kids sled. (I did get them snow bibs and new sleds last night, so we were prepared!) They had a blast. Chris even took Mikey down the hill once. My dad rode down a few times with Zach. We laughed a lot and just had a nice time. Then we took the Blue Ridge Parkway home, again it is just beautiful.
We've had a relaxing evening, and the kids have really enjoyed their new game systems. Neal told me he was really thankful "Santa" brought him his PSP and gave me a wink – can he really be old enough to know for sure that Santa is the spirit of giving and not truly a fat man in a red suit who flies through the air in a reindeer drawn sleigh using magic to shoot down chimneys and leave gifts? CRAP! No more idle threats there, huh?
But now it's 1 am and I'm up because Mikey had one of his screaming fits about an hour ago. He's had these before, and I don't know what it is. He is sound asleep one minute and screaming and thrashing the next. He is completely unresponsive to us when he's doing this. There's no real rhyme or reason to these "fits" – he may have a few in one night or go weeks without any, it may last seconds or what seems like an eternity before he "snaps out of it".. It's only at night, and usually, like today, he's had a perfect day with no other symptoms that something is "wrong". Tonight while he was doing it, his diaper felt wet so I turned the light on and was changing him, then I decided to change his clothes thinking he might be too hot and his eyes looked so strange – wide open but not really "seeing" anything – as he flung his head back and kicked his legs straight out. Papaw took him and he finally chilled out, then he started to whine a bit when Chris came up to see about him. So, Chris took him downstairs to cuddle with him and watch tv, and Mikey is back asleep now. I feel so helpless when he does this – and tonight I felt even worse because my dad took over and then Chris – like I didn't even get the chance to do anything for him myself. I'm sure most people would appreciate the help, I know usually I'd be all for it, but I'm the one who has to describe all this and keep track of everything so I can tell the doctors why I'm so worried, and I'm the one feeling pushed away. Not to mention, I want to nurture him, he's MY little monkey. (Ok self pity whine over.) Anyway, in the past I thought maybe it was a nightmare or night tremor when he did this, but I just don't know. And now add it to the other things that have been going on with him – the loss of appetite over the last few weeks, then the puking and diarrhea this week. I almost want to go home a day early so I can take him to the doctor Saturday instead of Monday.
OH and one more whine, my nose is all stopped up, what feels like the start of some sinus crap. REALLY???? Can't we just catch a break already? Seriously, I wanted this trip to be nothing but sugar plums and hot cocoa, so I could relish in all this happy storybook holiday, and I feel like all I've done is bitch and moan about sickness. Sorry. I'm off to take some children's Benedryl – on the approved meds list for pregnant chics or not – Merry Christmas!!!
Friday, Dec 26
We decided about 5pm today to head on home a day early. Everyone was tired and we are worried about Mikey. Hoping to take him to the doctor Saturday rather than Monday and just being ready to be back home, close to our doctors, we made the long haul home. Though, the trip home was a lot less curvy and much quicker thanks to a 2009 Road Atlas, sometimes the "good old fashioned way" is better. I swear our Navigation lives to make us crazy, we returned the favor every time she had to say "Updating Route". We got home just after midnight and of course Mikey was ready to party after sleeping the whole way home. I think we got to sleep around 4am. But all in all, despite the sickies, we had a nice trip and enjoyed our Christmas vacation.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
poor deer
litterally. chris shot his first deer today. ugh. he is at his friend's house now "dressing" it with the boys. why the hell do they call it dressing when you're gutting it??? and what makes it a 10 point buck???? i mean i know the buck part but what the heck is the 10 points for? is it a contest??? he had me come over and take a pic, you know the standard hunter pic. the poor things tongue was hanging out. i took the pic and left, i wanted no part of the disgusting task at hand.Thursday, October 23, 2008
where did my sk8r boi go?
so neal had this uniqe look for 10. he had an earing, shaggy hair, wore baggy jeans and skull shirts, was way into skateboards. he was my sk8r boi.he has now turned into a little redneck. he has the head to toe real tree looking cammo get up. earring is out. forgot where he put his skateboard and found his 4wheeler. he'd rather be in the woods than anywhere else. he's showing intrest in *gasp* hunting. omg. kill me now. i blame chris. chris has never been into sports, wrestling, racing, or hunting. it was perfect. but since buying the property, they are quickly evloving into little rednecks. over the last few weeks all the boys (that includes Chris) have collected their real tree cammo stuff (did you know there are different patterns??? um yeah, real tree, and some kind of 3D fusion something) the kids who didn't care if they matched (but thanks to mommie always did) know if their cammo coordinates?!?! god help me.i want my kewl skater dude back. now my house is full of little tree-wanna-be's. last night i told neal next thing i know you'll be listening to country music. he said "i already do." i put my hand to my head and made my i'm-going-to-faint-southern-belle-style. he says "the next thing you know i'll be dipping"..........b/c he knows that really makes me want to barf. he immediately got that if-looks-could-kill-eye-glare from me and he smiled and replied with "just joking mom, i love you".
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