Baby It's Cold Outside

Tonight we went to Jack's Christmas concert at school. It was so cold, I thought twice about going, but he has asked so many times. SO we bundled up and went up to school. It was so cute. The only not cute part was the little girl who threw up a few rows behind us. ANother little boy rushed out of the gym looking very green. Lulu did so well. She clapped and danced to the music.

Almost 2 weeks ago we did your Christmas photo shoot. At first I thought it was going to be such a disaster, when she started crying. Then I just let her do her thing, and put some music on, and she did so good. I still have yet to get them addressed and sent out, but at least I have them. I have been wrapping gifts as I go, and I feel no stress yet. I made peanut clusters last weekend. I need to put them out of site, because it is so easy to grab a few. We did sugar cookies with the Sannes' and had lots of fun. They turned out so good. I want to make a few more different things. I have to get busy, because a week from tomorrow, I leave for Duluth. The mountain of gifts for Lulu is growing. I told Nolan he needs to put a cap on how much he spends. He laughed at me.

Lately Karady has been exploring her nose. When I say exploring, I don't just mean toughing and pulling. I could even handle her putting her finger in her nose, which she does do also. The problem I have is she is sticking food up her nose. I have gotten to the point I have been slapping her hands when she does it. We had peas the other night, and of course they are fun to put up our nose. She sneezed one out before she was done eating. The other morning she sneezed out a piece of corn; we had that 2 nights before. What do you do with a kid that does this?? I would be open to any suggestions. She tries to sneak hamburger and stuff up her nose, and when she sees I am watching, she puts it in her mouth. She is just too much.

We got a DEXA scanner this week, and we were trained in on it. What is a DEXA scanner you ask?? Well it measures your bone density. WHy is this improtant you ask? Well you are at risk for back and femur fractures if the density of your bones is low. As you age your bones lose calcium and your bones get weaker.

Well I must get to bed. It is time.

Thanks for checking in.

TTFN
LORi

Happy After Thanksgiving

Hi All. Long time no post. Well I have been pretty busy. WE celebrated T-Day with the Sannes and all of Pauls family. WE played pinochle and had lots of good food. ATe too much of course. Karady had lots of fun. She went for a walk with the kids and ran around the garage while I played cards. Thanks Sannes' for the great hospitatlity. I left with a turkey carcass all cooked down for soup.

Today we didn't have daycare so I stayed home. Karady got up and had a mutsy eye. So off we went to the clinic for an 11:00 appointment. Dr. Feijo was so busy with ER's, so we ended up seeing Jackie. We waited for about an hour to be seen. We think she has pink eye. I was going around about 2 weeks ago at Daycare. We then ran errands to the hardware store and the grocery store, and picked up LULU's eyedrops at the Drug Store. Nolan replaced my dryer hose and the water hoses to the washer and dryer. THat meant cleaning out the laundry room, which is long over due. After Karady went down for her nap we went out to put Christmas lights up. We were outside with not coats on. I finally finished up about 4. THen I started supper and I drove the hospital float in Light UP the Night parade. We got home, Karady had a bath and went to bed. THen I folded laundry, did the dishes and sat down finally to blog. What a busy day.

Tomorrow I want to put away the Thanksgiving Decor, and at least get the tree up. WE have a hanging of the greens ceremony at church, and we want to go for that on Sunday. Christmas is coming fast. NOt even close to being done shopping. Got a few things done.

Well I must go. Bed is calling me.

TTFN

LORI

On The Other Side

Well since my last post, we have had some sleepless nights, went thru almost a bottle of advil, and a bottle of Tylenol, and have done nothing but rest. I noticed the house has been staying picked up, since LULU has been to ill to play. The picture from the last post is nothing compared to what she looked like yesterday. Poor little thing had the rash so bad in her hair, I am sure she was miserable. WE added a benedryl regimine to all the other meds to make her more comfortable. I get up and check her at least two times in the night, and every time she if burning up and needs more meds. Her little eyelids are so swollen she just has slits for eyes. Her appetite has been good for the most part. She is very good about taking her medicine. Wednesday morning she stayed home until 9:30 with Nolan until she felt better. Otherwise she has been to daycare except for Monday. This morning she woke up on her own, was talking and had more energy. The space between medication doses has been getting bigger, so I know she is getting better. THe rash was gone from her head, but her eyelids were still very swollen. They call this illness fifth disease because when they discovered it, it was the fifth viral illness after measels, chicken pox, etc. How original. So she did skip the first four. I believe there is also a sixth disease. Her dad was ill this morning with a little gastroenteritis, so I hope he is well enough to take care of LULU, because me and 4 other buddies are off the Fargo tomorrow to scrapbook for the weekend.
It makes me feel better knowing that she is getting better. She may have to take care of her dad. HAHA>

TTFN

Lori

Skipping one thru four

Well I am home today again. NO not for Daycare, but because Lulu is sick. She was very tired looking yesterday and felt warm all day. After she got up from her evening nap she was on fire. I took her temp and it was well over 102. So I gave her Tylenol. She ate good, and was her almost normal self. She did like to cuddle more. SHe took her bath and had her dose of Tylenol before bed. NOlan checked on her at midnight when he came to bed and she was wimpering in her sleep and she was very warm again. I checked her temp and it was over 103. She also had a lot of wierd raised blotches on her legs. So we fed her more Tylenol and put her in bed with us. Nolan went to the hospital for ibuprofin because I have no idea where my sample bottle is. Lulu like to play with it in the car and I am not sure what happened to it. After 2 hours we gave her ibuprofin and put her in her bed. I set my alarm to check on her at 4 am, then I knew I would get up at 6:30. She was cool on each check. I waited until 7:30 and called ROss to let him know I wouldn't be in. By 7 when she got up she was at 100 again, so I gave her more Tylenol. I made an appointment and got in at 9 in the clinic. We thought that the rash was just a heat rash, but it continued to get worse. ALl the wierd blotches were gone though. SHe was like her normal self at the clinic in fact her temp was 98.6. Dr. O diagnosed her with fifth's desease. I figured it was something like that. SHe has no other symptoms, no runny nose or anything else. I mainly wanted her ears checked to make sure that it wasn't ear infection. NOthing we can do but treat the fever because it is viral. SHe took a nap from 10 to noon and by the time she got up again, five hours after her tylenol her temp was over 103 again. She just is miserable and pitiful.. She can go to daycare tomorrow, we will just have to dose her with Tylenol and ibuprofin. It is not contagious, and should last 3 to 5 days. After being on the couch 4 two hours whining and burning up, as I type now she is running around and playing. SHe at a good lunch. It is just so scary to have them so sick. I even contemplated taking her to Bismarck to the pediatrician, but I think she is going to be OK. I will keep you posted.

BOO!!

Well we made it through another Halloween. We carved our two huge pumpkins, and tried to fit Karady in one. We had so much fun, and we had a wonderful time with the Sannes. The weather was great, and Karady held my hand while we walked. We had to keep emptying her candy bucket though, which she really objected too, because she was very possesive of her candy. She also fell alot, and her candy went everywhere a few times, so we made sure to empty it often. We started at about 6:00 and went until 9:00. Karady came home with a cloth grocery bag half full of candy. Nolan manned the fort at home. He said we had about 25 trick or treaters. Of course she had to eat some candy too, so when we got home at 9:00 she was bouncing off the walls from a sugar high. She finally crashed at 10:15. She was so good, and never got crabby. With the time change she slept until 8:30 the next day. We went to church and stayed for potluck. Then we took down Halloween decorations, and went to celebrate James' first birthday.

Well thanks for checking on us.

TTFN

Lori

DADDY DAYCARE

The flu, including stomach and H1N1 is hitting hard. Daycare called me at 6:45 on Thursday morning and said she had the stomach kind and couldn't watch kids. OK now what do I do. I called a few places and they were either full or sick also. Karady won't stay with just anyone, and everyone I could think of had sick kids too. So I decided to stay home for the day. We had a good day. Didn't get much done, but it was nice to lay down and take a nap in the afternoon with lulu. I felt guilty leaving Ross alone; he wasn't too busy though. Nolan figured he could come home after his ACLS class, so I took him up on it. He had quite a time with LULU. She is VERY busy, and doesn't listen very well. He texted me back and forth quite a few times and each time he threatened to bring her over and leave her with me. He couldn't get anything done. I said Oh, welcome to my world. He volunterred earlier to stay home Friday also. His tune of course changed after his daycare duties on Thursday for the 2 hours he had her. SO he stayed home Friday also, and things went better. They had good bonding time. She has been so clingy and not feeling up to par, I think because of her teeth. I can't see any new ones coming in, but she has had all the symptoms. She did manage to poop for him a few times too, which he hates cleaning up.

When we were home on Thursday, I taught Karady to say Please. I will say "What do you say" and she says PEES. It is so cute. Now when she begs for something she repeats it over and over. She has gotten back to her old self now. She still throws a fit and crys when you take something away. She loves to play with everything else but her toys.

We had a good weekend home. I wasn't in too many times on call, but when I was, it was for a few hours at a time. It went very fast. Of course I was in over church again, and LULU loves to take her nap between 10:30 and 11.

Well we have a dermatology appointment on Wednesday, and then we are going to pick up Paula and Tammi from the airport. Our appointment is at 1 and Paul and Tammi will be in at 7, so I will try to do a little Christmas shopping, and maybe we will go and play at the mall up north, so Lulu can get out and run.

Thanks for checking in.

Lori

GOT WOOD!!

What a busy weekend we had. Friday Karady and I met Papa and Grandma in Sterling to do some exchanges. Brian and Kristin moved this weekend, so they were on their way to help.

Saturday Karady and I went to a wedding. Missy and Jeff had a nice day, and a beautiful wedding. Karady was something in church. She was not quiet by any means and we went out of church a few times to distract her. The photographer took a picture of her looking over the pew, during the ceremony. Daddy and his buds cut and hauled 5 pickup loads of wood. When I left from the reception I got a text that he was done and still had all of his appendiges. It is dangerous work. Thanks Jack and Travis for all your help. Thanks Lyle for the wood. Karady feels pretty good. Her poop still isn't back to normal, but she may be teething also. It's hard to look in her mouth these days to check things out. H1N1 has been running rampid through our area. I hope she stays well. I am thinking I will not give her the shot. I am not going to get it, and I am not going to stress over it.

Sunday Karady and I made a Walmart/sam's run. She did good, but threw a fit going into Walmart. She didn't want to sit in the cart. She screamed all the way in. I tried to do some Christmas shopping for her, but they didn't have what I wanted. When we got back home we helped Daddy stack the mountain of wood he had split. Karady even carried about 5 pieces. It was a beautiful day, and we were glad to be outside. Karady now can do a kitty, duck, and monkey sound. She also tries to repeat what you say.

Well TTFN. Thanks for checking in.