I love Christmas, Christmas Break, Christmas cooking/baking, decorating, Advent and the list goes on. I was especially excited about this Christmas since last Christmas break I was still in a shoulder brace. This Christmas did not meet my way too high expectations and that should be a lesson to me about my ridiculous expectations.
I expected no one would get sick, we would get to do our fun advent activities like volunteering at the animal shelter, making Christmas cookies without worrying someone was spreading their germs all over, we would actually get to church, family board game night, etc. This did not happen. Our sweet crazy Harper has had a fever for 8 long days, tomorrow will make 3 dr visits in a week. Am I worried? Yes. Am I disappointed that we all didn't make it home to KY for Christmas? Oh yes. Do I feel like I'm going to be quarantined in this house for a month if this gets passed on to anyone else? Yes. But I also had some quiet moments today while cuddling up with Harper that made me see once again that God is always in the little things.
I'm grateful Jason & the other girls went to KY instead of hanging out here with our germs. They get to be loved on by everybody else that loves them, I love sharing them & having everybody else see their awesomeness! I never get this much one on one time with Harper, it's weird and wonderful. She's perfect company even when she crawls in bed at 5 am and thinks an appropriate conversation for that hour is "Why is it never nighttime in the movies?" She also asked me if Santa will bring her more presents when she's feeling better. Sometimes it's hard to focus on each girls' individual needs/wants when I have the whole gaggle together. It's a good reminder to make sure I'm taking time with each of them.
Even amongst the chaos, plans changing, sickness, worry, etc. I'm still overwhelmed by my blessings.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Our day...because there's just no way to catch up!
I'm going to try & keep up but I know I can catch up the past few months so I'll start with today!
Last day of school before Christmas break, HALLELUJAH!!! I think I was more excited than the girls, I love having them home, not having to rush out the door, not having to tell them to hurry up & eat their breakfast 12x...we had snowman pancakes complete with bacon scarves to celebrate this morning. Dropped off big kids, hung out with Haley at her Christmas party, lunch, baked cookies for neighbors, was 1st in car line to pick up the girls...should have been a spectacular afternoon.
Got the girls, headed to a lab because Harper needed a blood draw. She's had some unexplained nasty bruises, a few nosebleeds & the ped wants to check for bleeding/clotting disorders. Harper has been worried about this all week because she's so squeamish, when we got there she was so nervous like I didn't know if I was going to get her in the door. The super nice tech puts the tourniquet on and Harper is freaking out, kept trying to rip it off so the lady told me she needed to sit on my lap so I could hold her down. Harper is freakishly strong, she's yelling and gets so upset that she throws up ALL over me, my coat, my pants, my boots, down in my boots, her shirt, her pants, her boots. Keep in mind she had just come from her school Christmas party where she probably ate everything in sight. During the freakout and vomiting, Lily had started sobbing because she's sensitive and gets upset when anyone she loves is hurt or upset.
This lab had nothing but those cheap paper napkins you use to dry your hands in the bathroom, not so good for cleaning up vomit. Of course we have to walk back out to the waiting room to a room full of staring strangers with vomit all over us. Harper of course is totally fine by now because they're done with the blood draw, Lily's still crying and we head home to clean up the disaster.
And in true Harper form, I get the giant pile of stuff to start rinsing it all and she yells from the shower, "Make sure you get all the throw up out of my jingle bell necklace" Yep, Harper that's totally my first priority.
Last day of school before Christmas break, HALLELUJAH!!! I think I was more excited than the girls, I love having them home, not having to rush out the door, not having to tell them to hurry up & eat their breakfast 12x...we had snowman pancakes complete with bacon scarves to celebrate this morning. Dropped off big kids, hung out with Haley at her Christmas party, lunch, baked cookies for neighbors, was 1st in car line to pick up the girls...should have been a spectacular afternoon.
Got the girls, headed to a lab because Harper needed a blood draw. She's had some unexplained nasty bruises, a few nosebleeds & the ped wants to check for bleeding/clotting disorders. Harper has been worried about this all week because she's so squeamish, when we got there she was so nervous like I didn't know if I was going to get her in the door. The super nice tech puts the tourniquet on and Harper is freaking out, kept trying to rip it off so the lady told me she needed to sit on my lap so I could hold her down. Harper is freakishly strong, she's yelling and gets so upset that she throws up ALL over me, my coat, my pants, my boots, down in my boots, her shirt, her pants, her boots. Keep in mind she had just come from her school Christmas party where she probably ate everything in sight. During the freakout and vomiting, Lily had started sobbing because she's sensitive and gets upset when anyone she loves is hurt or upset.
This lab had nothing but those cheap paper napkins you use to dry your hands in the bathroom, not so good for cleaning up vomit. Of course we have to walk back out to the waiting room to a room full of staring strangers with vomit all over us. Harper of course is totally fine by now because they're done with the blood draw, Lily's still crying and we head home to clean up the disaster.
And in true Harper form, I get the giant pile of stuff to start rinsing it all and she yells from the shower, "Make sure you get all the throw up out of my jingle bell necklace" Yep, Harper that's totally my first priority.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Day 1 The Trip
After the big anticlimactic surprise of telling the girls we were going on a family trip, I mean Lacy's reaction was priceless..."So, was that what the money was for?" because she saw Jason get out cash at the bank the previous weekend. We did get, "You're joking, right?" from Lily.
Packed up the girls backpacks, our 6 suitcases plus carryon luggage + a stroller which we ended up losing before we even got to the ship and we were off! For some reason, I was just excited about even going through the airport with them, seeing them on their first flight and just taking a break from our everyday. We quickly adopted a single file line strategy with Jason as the leader and I was the caboose. We must have said, "Single file line, keep walking, you have to keep walking, Mommy's the caboose, you have to keep walking" Escalators and moving sidewalks provided ample opportunity to say, "YOU HAVE TO KEEP WALKING" because they would stop and back up the whole line behind them.
The flight down was ROUGH, even for Jason who is our seasoned traveler. Everyone except Haley who was happy as a clam felt like we were going to be sick and Jason knew when Lacy didn't want to play minecraft her very favorite game on the Ipad, it was time to grab the barf bag. We then got ready with the other bags but didn't need them, we did grab them for rental car just in case.
Haley's favorite part of the day was the rental car because she got to be in a booster, not a big car seat. Biggest smile she had all day! All Lily could talk about was going to the beach. Lacy was super interested in the bird inside the airport while we waited for our rental car. Harper was probably loudly singing some song she made up.
After a very long travel day, we made it to our hotel which was the perfect 2 bedroom suite for our family. Ate a fancy dinner at Burger King and chilled until bedtime...another surprise awaited the girls in the morning!
Packed up the girls backpacks, our 6 suitcases plus carryon luggage + a stroller which we ended up losing before we even got to the ship and we were off! For some reason, I was just excited about even going through the airport with them, seeing them on their first flight and just taking a break from our everyday. We quickly adopted a single file line strategy with Jason as the leader and I was the caboose. We must have said, "Single file line, keep walking, you have to keep walking, Mommy's the caboose, you have to keep walking" Escalators and moving sidewalks provided ample opportunity to say, "YOU HAVE TO KEEP WALKING" because they would stop and back up the whole line behind them.
The flight down was ROUGH, even for Jason who is our seasoned traveler. Everyone except Haley who was happy as a clam felt like we were going to be sick and Jason knew when Lacy didn't want to play minecraft her very favorite game on the Ipad, it was time to grab the barf bag. We then got ready with the other bags but didn't need them, we did grab them for rental car just in case.
Haley's favorite part of the day was the rental car because she got to be in a booster, not a big car seat. Biggest smile she had all day! All Lily could talk about was going to the beach. Lacy was super interested in the bird inside the airport while we waited for our rental car. Harper was probably loudly singing some song she made up.
After a very long travel day, we made it to our hotel which was the perfect 2 bedroom suite for our family. Ate a fancy dinner at Burger King and chilled until bedtime...another surprise awaited the girls in the morning!
Jason's sign he left on his office
I'm not a fan of screen time...except on airplanes
Must be watching Harry Potter
Quiet Harper
Tiny part of our luggage haul
Waiting for Jason to park the car & of course we needed snacks during that 15 minutes
Waiting for Daddy, Lacy got really nervous like we were going to leave him behind or miss the plane
My world with their luggage
Lily getting nervous on take off
Mom, they have palm trees IN THE AIRPORT!
The booster seat..
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)