Thursday, June 17, 2010
Av sick and J in London-I survived!!!!!
On Thursday on vacation we were standing in line waiting to go into the pool and it was about a million degrees out and all the sudden Av threw up. It was very weird. It was just a banana I had made her eat (she gets very cranky when she does not eat. We have this problem a lot. We make her eat and things are fine. She was getting cranky so I made her eat.) She was fine afterwards. No fever and she didn’t want to skip the pool. So we went in. She acted pretty normal. Little lower on the energy but it was hot and she had not eaten much and we had a big week so we just thought she was tired. We went home and napped that day. She had been coughing kind of a lot all week so I also thought it was just from mucus. The rest of the week went on good but it just seemed she had less and less energy. We sat in the car all day Sat so I thought that would be good rest for her and she would be better Sunday. Sunday was much the same. Very low energy, coughing but in and out seemed fine. She threw up again on Sunday afternoon so we stayed home from a bday party we had. Monday I had my ultrasound and a babysitter came to watch the girls (John left for London on Sunday). Av woke up pretty good and was fine for the sitter. We went to the pool after that but she was going down hill energy wise. She had taken another 2+ hour nap on Sunday and then took one on Monday. At that point I decided something had to be up. She never naps that many days in a row anymore. Took her to the doctor Monday afternoon and she had a sinus infection. Finally a reason why and a solution and she would be better soon!!! Tuesday she went to school and did pretty okay. Cried when I left but hung in there for the day. I knew they had naptime and I kept thinking after all this sleep any minute she would be better. Wednesday she was still horrible. So low energy and soooooo whiney. I had my worst parenting day ever. Both of them were horrible. Av fought all day with me about what she was eating. She would not drink the water I knew she needed. Or eat anything good for her without a huge fight. Camille was just in a mood and bit Av 3 times. Mostly for no reason. At one point I had had it and pretended to call a babysitter over. Then all the sudden like a light switch at the 48-hour mark of being on the meds she turned herself around. She became my sweet little Avery again! It’s so nice to have her back. We had many very loud discussions yesterday and I was so happy today when she got up and instead of like yesterday demanding her bagel from me and then screaming at me when I could not get it right away she said, “may I please have my bagel now?” Then after Camille took something of hers she used her words and said, “sissy can I have that back?” instead of just taking it which always leads to her getting bit. I had to help Camille a little giving it back to her but she is actually pretty good at giving people stuff when they ask. Some of our talks set in yesterday. Guess it was not all for nothing.
a little more about vaca
We got ice cream a few nights while there. C has not really had ice cream and has never had a cone. We got the girls each a cone with a kiddie scope on it. John always helps Av “clean” hers as she is eating it. Licks it so it’s not drippy (ick but he does not mind). This time she did not need any help “cleaning” it though. She ate the whole cone totally by herself! C on the other hand, when J would try to take it to “clean” it she would say, “NOOOOOOOO!!!” She wanted no part of giving up her cone but she would not eat the cone. She would lick the ice cream down to the cone, tongue out what she could and then give J to the cone to eat it down for her so she could get to the ice cream again. If she did happen to get a piece of the cone she would hand us the chunk (un-chewed) of cone. We told her several times she could eat the cone but she was not interested.
One day we took a day trip to a separate island. It was un-inhabited. Very pretty. No gas stations, or groceries or chain restaurants. It did have a few restaurants and hotels but otherwise very natural. Spent the early part of the day in the historical district and went to a sea turtle hospital. It was very cool. The girls loved it. Got to watch a turtle get operated on, got to see recovering turtles in their pools and got to learn a lot about turtles. We spent the afternoon on the beach. That night we went to a pizza restaurant that had a playground attached to it. It was perfect for both the adults and kids!
The girls loved loved loved the ocean. They spent countless hours in it mostly with their father. I spent a lot of time with them too of course. The water was the perfect temp. Not cold at all but still refreshing. Camille loved being in about neck deep water and wanted all the time to be out there playing with the daddies and the big kids. The tide really makes a huge difference on the beach there. The first few days high tide was around 1 pm so by then the beach would be totally gone and the water would be crashing into huge rocks. It was beautiful but sad we were “kicked” off the beach. By the end of the trip high tide was more like 6 pm and we found some bigger beaches we had more time on. One night we planned to walk on the beach after dinner. Well the kids loved the ocean so much they could not resist going for a swim. So first it was up to their knees. The next thing I knew both of their dresses were soaking wet. So then Av swam in her undies and C in her diaper. The diaper was not a swim diaper though so by the very end her and Stella were romping in the ocean in their birthday suits. Boy did they love that, the dads not so much.
The week was perfect. No major issues with any of the kids. Jackson and Av got along sooooo well. They had slumber parties at night complete with pillow fights and flashlights. C did better than expected with Stella. She still had her moments but all in all we were able to keep them going so too much boredom didn’t set it. We just went and went and went. Only came back to the house 2 days out of seven for naps. Sometimes going straight from the beach for dinner. Each day we packed our lunch for the beach and then ate out at night. The girls were sooooooo good at each restaurant for dinner. It was pretty amazing.
The drive was not so bad. On the way there we left our house at about 12:45 pm. The first part of the trip was slow for us. On and off it kept raining pretty hard and then we had some police drama. First we had to follow a police escort for a while and then we followed a big huge oversized thing for a while too. Once we were about half way there though things got better. The girls were good. We got there around midnight. On the way home we left at about 8:20 am. We were all packed and ready to go and the girls got up early so we figured why not. Again they were great. We were doing great until we got stuck in an hour-long traffic jam. As soon as we were able to we got off the highway and easily went around but it took us forever to get to an exit. We only stopped twice getting home around 8pm. The girls were good as could be.
One day we took a day trip to a separate island. It was un-inhabited. Very pretty. No gas stations, or groceries or chain restaurants. It did have a few restaurants and hotels but otherwise very natural. Spent the early part of the day in the historical district and went to a sea turtle hospital. It was very cool. The girls loved it. Got to watch a turtle get operated on, got to see recovering turtles in their pools and got to learn a lot about turtles. We spent the afternoon on the beach. That night we went to a pizza restaurant that had a playground attached to it. It was perfect for both the adults and kids!
The girls loved loved loved the ocean. They spent countless hours in it mostly with their father. I spent a lot of time with them too of course. The water was the perfect temp. Not cold at all but still refreshing. Camille loved being in about neck deep water and wanted all the time to be out there playing with the daddies and the big kids. The tide really makes a huge difference on the beach there. The first few days high tide was around 1 pm so by then the beach would be totally gone and the water would be crashing into huge rocks. It was beautiful but sad we were “kicked” off the beach. By the end of the trip high tide was more like 6 pm and we found some bigger beaches we had more time on. One night we planned to walk on the beach after dinner. Well the kids loved the ocean so much they could not resist going for a swim. So first it was up to their knees. The next thing I knew both of their dresses were soaking wet. So then Av swam in her undies and C in her diaper. The diaper was not a swim diaper though so by the very end her and Stella were romping in the ocean in their birthday suits. Boy did they love that, the dads not so much.
The week was perfect. No major issues with any of the kids. Jackson and Av got along sooooo well. They had slumber parties at night complete with pillow fights and flashlights. C did better than expected with Stella. She still had her moments but all in all we were able to keep them going so too much boredom didn’t set it. We just went and went and went. Only came back to the house 2 days out of seven for naps. Sometimes going straight from the beach for dinner. Each day we packed our lunch for the beach and then ate out at night. The girls were sooooooo good at each restaurant for dinner. It was pretty amazing.
The drive was not so bad. On the way there we left our house at about 12:45 pm. The first part of the trip was slow for us. On and off it kept raining pretty hard and then we had some police drama. First we had to follow a police escort for a while and then we followed a big huge oversized thing for a while too. Once we were about half way there though things got better. The girls were good. We got there around midnight. On the way home we left at about 8:20 am. We were all packed and ready to go and the girls got up early so we figured why not. Again they were great. We were doing great until we got stuck in an hour-long traffic jam. As soon as we were able to we got off the highway and easily went around but it took us forever to get to an exit. We only stopped twice getting home around 8pm. The girls were good as could be.
Captions to the St. Simons, GA pics (first part of the trip)
1) First day on the beach
2) Fam pic
3) C getting used to it all and loving it
4) Av getting used to it all and loving it too
5) Cute girl in a cute suit
6) Av playing
7) C getting used to the waves. She was laughing out loud as each wave hit us. Notice the half eaten apple in her hand
8) Cute kids after dinner the first night
9) A rainy afternoon shopping trip. J (who was not happy with shopping) was in charge of keeping track of C. She was being WILD and finally found these bracelets. She spent a good 10 minutes standing there putting on as many as she could dig out of those baskets.
10) Showing mommy all her bracelets. Then John walked away just in time for mean mommy to take them off of her. Boy you should have seen the fit. The entire store heard it that’s for sure. She was on the floor kicking and screaming as I wrestled her trying to get these little, tiny, tangled bracelets off her wrist. It was not easy.
11) Av boogie boarding
12) Girls enjoying the sand
13) Av and daddy in the waves. They spent hours in the ocean playing together
14) Getting ready to build a sand castle
15 and 16 enjoying the water
17) Another fam pic (finally getting some pics with ncb in them)
18) C pulling Av on the boogy board
2) Fam pic
3) C getting used to it all and loving it
4) Av getting used to it all and loving it too
5) Cute girl in a cute suit
6) Av playing
7) C getting used to the waves. She was laughing out loud as each wave hit us. Notice the half eaten apple in her hand
8) Cute kids after dinner the first night
9) A rainy afternoon shopping trip. J (who was not happy with shopping) was in charge of keeping track of C. She was being WILD and finally found these bracelets. She spent a good 10 minutes standing there putting on as many as she could dig out of those baskets.
10) Showing mommy all her bracelets. Then John walked away just in time for mean mommy to take them off of her. Boy you should have seen the fit. The entire store heard it that’s for sure. She was on the floor kicking and screaming as I wrestled her trying to get these little, tiny, tangled bracelets off her wrist. It was not easy.
11) Av boogie boarding
12) Girls enjoying the sand
13) Av and daddy in the waves. They spent hours in the ocean playing together
14) Getting ready to build a sand castle
15 and 16 enjoying the water
17) Another fam pic (finally getting some pics with ncb in them)
18) C pulling Av on the boogy board
Captions to the “vacation pics” post (these pics are from the end of the trip)
1) C napping on John at the beach and John loving every minute of it. Notice she is sucking on her thumb
2) Everyone in the tunnel on the playground at the pizza place
3) Everyone building a sand castle
4) C napping on John for a second day in a row. He was a little more sunburned that day so we were trying to cover him up. She is cute, she will lay right down and cuddle and ask you to sing. She wants you to sing, “you are my sunshine” over and over again to her. If you stop she gets mad. If you try another song she gets mad. Love those moments though.
5) Fam pic at the pool. We were having a ball all coming down the water slides together
6) J and C enjoying the slide
7) Kids at the park
8) a lucky mother with her girls
9) Flying a kite
10) Showing mom where the kite is (heheheh)
11) C and Stella enjoying the mulch
12) Marci and I flying the kite (this was right before Marci accidentally let go of Av’s kite and they had to chase it down. Thankfully John was able to rescue it from a tree. Av was very upset until it was safely back. John and Rachelle got the girls 2 kites. It was the bee kite that got lost and Av said from the beginning that was the kite she wanted. The other was a ladybug and that was C’s kite according to Av.)
13) Cute girls in the ocean
14) a family of 5
15) Big boat that passed kind of close to us
16) St. Simons Island, GA 2010
17) Camille finishing the spinach dip with her hands
18) Camille (that is a smile on her face) throwing a ball with herself. She threw the biggest fit after this pic bc it was time to come inside
19) Sleepy girl on the way home with stickers stuck to her face (they were on her arms when she was awake) She has a very dirty face in this pic as well Av on the way home
2) Everyone in the tunnel on the playground at the pizza place
3) Everyone building a sand castle
4) C napping on John for a second day in a row. He was a little more sunburned that day so we were trying to cover him up. She is cute, she will lay right down and cuddle and ask you to sing. She wants you to sing, “you are my sunshine” over and over again to her. If you stop she gets mad. If you try another song she gets mad. Love those moments though.
5) Fam pic at the pool. We were having a ball all coming down the water slides together
6) J and C enjoying the slide
7) Kids at the park
8) a lucky mother with her girls
9) Flying a kite
10) Showing mom where the kite is (heheheh)
11) C and Stella enjoying the mulch
12) Marci and I flying the kite (this was right before Marci accidentally let go of Av’s kite and they had to chase it down. Thankfully John was able to rescue it from a tree. Av was very upset until it was safely back. John and Rachelle got the girls 2 kites. It was the bee kite that got lost and Av said from the beginning that was the kite she wanted. The other was a ladybug and that was C’s kite according to Av.)
13) Cute girls in the ocean
14) a family of 5
15) Big boat that passed kind of close to us
16) St. Simons Island, GA 2010
17) Camille finishing the spinach dip with her hands
18) Camille (that is a smile on her face) throwing a ball with herself. She threw the biggest fit after this pic bc it was time to come inside
19) Sleepy girl on the way home with stickers stuck to her face (they were on her arms when she was awake) She has a very dirty face in this pic as well Av on the way home
Week 24
Things are still going great! I am so lucky for that. We had our last ultrasound with the high-risk doctor and we were released!!!!! In the doctor’s words, “he is perfect.” So we are very excited about that. What I was told that I was not expecting to hear is that at the time of the ultrasound he was breech. I know at 24 weeks that is no biggie and very common and he has plenty of time to turn and most likely will but still!! I do not want to have a c-section. I have had 2 v births and had very much planned on this one being the same. So little ncb your orders are to shape up and turn around. Don’t start acting like your silly sisters already.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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