Thursday already?!

Wow, I'm slacking on posts this week, eh? Geeze! This week has seriously flown by! A few things to update on, and then if I feel like it, I'll do my regular Thankful Thursday.... if not, eh, there's always next week. =)

At the beginning of this week, Monday to be exact, Austin's cold was turning into a nasty cough. And Monday morning, each time he coughed (a crackly sounding cough) he kept saying it was hurting, while holding his chest. So I got him an appointment immediately (I know, hell must have frozen over) and got him in that day at 3:30. No phenomena, thank God, but I did end up leaving with a script for him for Nasal Spray. We have to give him nasal spray 2x a day for 10 days. The Pediatrician said that he didn't even know how Austin was breathing through his nose the little bit that he was because it was so full. So Hopefully giving him nasal spray will help his allergies and in turn help his colds. I am still watching him pretty close on this said cough though- it's still kicking his booty.

While at Austin's appointment, I asked the doc to take a peek in Sydney's ears, just for peace of mind for me. He said it wasn't a big deal, but that if something was wrong that I would have to make a separate appointment... go figure. Anyhow, her ears were full of fluid again, big shocker there, eh? So he went and made her an appointment for the next day at 1:30. Got her in, and she's back on antibiotics. I guess a stronger one this time, and I am to give it to her 3x a day for 10 days. He also put in a referral to an ENT. He said that he expects she will be getting tubes, which is what we have been thinking for the past couple months. He looked back over Sydney's history and said that it looks like her ears haven't drained since January. Duh Doc, that's why I keep coming in.

Anyhow, that seems to be the news on this end. We've only got 5 months left until Bryant leaves for Greenland- and it is starting to seem a little surreal. While it is starting to sink in for him, it hasn't for me yet. I know he's leaving, but it just doesn't seem real yet. I've started going through cabinets and closets pulling out things we haven't used or even touched in a year or more and chucking it all in a pile for a garage sale this Summer. I have a few boxes and will be boxing up the closet under the stairs today. I'd rather get things done earlier than later. Pick your jaws up off the floor, thank you.

Gotta get back to work, maybe Thankful Thursday will wait for a few hours.

xoxo

k.

Before I Was a Mom

Mothers Day 2010

Before I was a Mom,

I never tripped over toys

or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not

my plants were poisonous,

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom

I had never been puked on,

Pooped on,

Chewed on,

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind

and my thoughts,

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom

I'd never held down a screaming child

So doctors could do tests,

or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours into the night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

When I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small

Could affect my life so much.

I never knew I could love someone so much.

Before I was a Mom

I never knew the feeling of

having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel

to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond

between a Mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small

Could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

the joy,

the love,

the heartache,

the wonderment

of the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable

of feeling so much,

Before I was a Mom.