Sick AGAIN! But this time it was a bad one!

Yesterday was a terrible day for us. Poor Madison puked for over 14 hours. I felt so bad for her. She was so miserable. I did not really worry about it all day. All I did all day was laundry because she had soiled every sheet and blanket in my house as well as every pair of pajamas she owned. I called the Dr late afternoon to just ask them when I needed to start to worry. They asked to see her right away because she had not urinated all day. So off we went. Thank goodness she peed (and puked) while we were in the office. So that was a good sign. We still had to keep a close eye on her and make her drink a sip of clear liquids every 5 minutes. The poor kid just wanted to sleep and we woke her up every 5 minutes for a few hours. Just before I let her sleep I asked her to pee and she did. I started to feel better. For a while I was convinced that we were going to be spending the night in the hospital on IV's but as soon as she peed I knew we were on the right track. She stopped vomiting about 6 PM and slept well last night.

She woke up a new girl today. Back to her old self...super energetic and wondering what we were doing and where we were going today. I will keep her in again today and now we will just try to get her to eat again. Poor thing... now we just have to hope that the rest of us do not get it! We will try to stay away from people for a few days to make sure we are not festering the awful sickness within us.

Thank you to all who volunteered to come here if we were going to have to make a trip to the hospital. Thankfully that did not happen! Hope you are healthier than we... WILL WE EVER HAVE SPRING???

Egg Hunt 2008!!

I decided to have an egg hunt with our Monday playgroup and a few extras. I was a lot of fun, but I bit cold. Easter egg hunts are supposed to be done in spring weather. Not this one.. 30 degrees. I hope that does not happen again next year! Thank you everyone who came and maybe next year we will invite more and make it even bigger! (Now that I have been getting the girls to bed earlier... I am going to scrap more.. so stay posted and do not mind old pics. I have a ton of catching up to do!)

Out of the Mouths of Babes!

I am going to start to blog the Madison stories. Everyday she tells me something that really makes me laugh. Tonights story:

We were laying in bed and she said "Mommy, when I get bigger and marry Alex, what am I going to wear?" I had to ask her more questions... "Are you going to get married when you are my size or Madison size?" She said, "Your size." So I told her when she is my size she can wear my wedding dress. This idea seemed so cool to her. So she then wanted to know if Alex was going to wear Daddy's shirt and pants and bowtie. So I told her that he might want to wear HIS daddy's tux instead. "Oh yeah, you are right." she replied. Then she said she would need a new car seat (we have been talking about a new car seat switch). I asked her why and she said because she would be bigger and her crown would not fit in the car seat she has now. I could not help but laugh!!!

So picture this Madison in my wedding dress and Alex in Eric's tux. Both at about age 25 strapped in to extra large car seats so their crowns fit!! I love her!! I am glad she has accepted that she will be in a car seat for the rest of her life!

More stories to come.. oh wait I do have another one! I will spare all of the dialog on this one. She wanted to know why daddy does not wear his earrings anymore. More importantly... where are the earrings?? She wants me to find them so she can wear them. So if you ever see her with one diamond stud and a gold hoop in the other you will know where the earring came from!! The girl can not let good earrings go to waste!!

GOD DAMN JELLY BEANS....

And I say it that way because I mean it. Just a few minutes ago I had to dig deep into my long term memory and kick into a mode I hoped I never had to do! Maddie choked for the first time for REAL!!! She put a jelly bean in her mouth and layed down!! I saw her jump up and freak out! I did the swipe thing and then she started to breath. I did not swipe it out but I think I pushed it down. But she was breathing and crying and coughing and the tears began to flow... so I thought we were ok. I let her sit for a few seconds and then I offered her a drink to help her get it down. She looked like it was still bothering her. She began to shake like you do after a good puke. She tryed to sip a drink and could not swallow it. I began to panic and just as I almost went for the hymlic (sp?) she puked all over the place! She was more upset that she puked on her dress-up clothes and on the floor (and the dog was beginning to clean it up). She was crying and then I began to cry in relief. I have had to do the hymlic one other time when I was much younger on my little sister, but that did not seem to bother me as much as when it is your own. All I can say is, it will be a long time before I can trust her with a jelly bean again.

The Accomplishments of Today

Today was a big day for both of the girls. Today Savannah learned 2 major things. We had been practicing "SO BIG" for several weeks and in her sleep last night she finally got it!!

She is also well on her way to crawling. I tried to video this, but was unsuccessful several times. Maybe later in the week. So I am considering today her first day to crawl. She has taken several steps (crawls) today and keeps trying. When she is mad the crawls really good.

Today at gymnastics Maddie got to fly like Peter Pan. She has been waiting all year for this and FINALLY. Believe it or not, I actually had my camera and cought it on film. She kept telling her teacher that she did not want to go high, until she got up there! She had a blast. I took video and for some reason I can not get it to load... will try later!

VACATION!!! Cinderella we are coming.....

We are getting excited and ready to head to Disney World. We were on again and off again about this trip... but now we are officially going. Flights have been purchased... no going back now! We are going to Disney with Jeff's family. We hope Chris will come too! Well, I know Maddie is excited, but I am far more excited than she. I think with all the prego hormones I might cry everyday there just to watch my girls and nieces frolic in the fun of a fantasy land!!! I can live through them... I surely will not be doing very much there besides walking off some weight. The girls are ready!!!! I bought them some clothes and now that I know Maddie size for sure I think I am going to go hog wild on dresses for her. I have never seen a girl so excited about a dress then her!! Here they are sporting some of their new gear!!!

Savannah is 8 Months Old!!!

Could they really be sick again??

I can not deal with this winter!!!! I know spring is right around the corner but Madison is on her 9th cold of this season!! Savannah is also sick. I took Savannah to the Dr this AM. And I got the response I thought I was going to get.... "she is fine... the cough is normal... green mucus in a baby is nothing to worry about... 7-10 days she will be fine! Have a nice day...thank you for your money..now get the hell out!" I had the Dr look in Maddies ear too, she was complaining the other day of ear pain.... and she said her ears look fine. I need warm weather so I can air out and disinfect this house! I started to do that but I think I will finish just in time to start all over!! I need someone to take my kids for the day so I can clean from head to toe! I need to book my airfare to Disney so I know there will be some warm in my near future! Will someone please tell God that we need the spring NOW... bring it on!!! I can take the rain if the air is warmer!!! Ok, sorry if I am complaining, but I know I am not the only one who feels this way!