Monday, February 28, 2011

Never a Dull moment......

This afternoon I got a call from the school nurse.  She said that Griffin had been punched by another
kid while at recess.  She said it looked ok, so she sent him back to class with an ice pack.  When I
picked him up, it looked a little red, but not bad at all.  As the night has gone on it has started to look
really bad.  It's red, not just the outside of his eye, the whites of his eye too.  It's also got yellowish
goop coming out of it now.  Looks like pink eye.  I guess we're off to the Doctor in the morning, again.


* PS Savannah went back to the Doctor on Saturday.  She was put on Azithromycin.  She is doing
MUCH better now, thank goodness!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Oh, what a night!

Savannah woke up 5 times.  Fever, bad cough, feeling yucky.

Griffin woke up with night terrors.  Took him awhile to get clam
enough to get back into restful sleep. He's getting way to big for me to carry. 

Trevor woke up crying with a leg cramp.  After motrin, water, and leg
massage, he was able to go back to sleep.  


Savannah this morning.  Her fever is back.  She cries when she coughs.
She stayed home today, and has a Dr. appointement later this afternoon.

* Update- We went to the Doctor. 
He did a flu swab, it was negative.
He did a rapid strep test, it was negative.
                                                         He checked her ears, all clear.
He said her lungs were not squeaky.
He says it's probably a virus.

Fast forward to tonight.  Her fever is back up to 103 she's crying, coughing, feeling bad.
I  give her cough meds & advil, then put her to bed with the vaporizer on.
Two hours later she's up crying, and her fever is still 103 YUCK!!
I lay her in my bed.  Put ice packs under her arms and neck, and a cool washcloth
on her head & tummy.  Then she starts coughing a lot, which makes her throw up a lot.
It's  a bunch of nasty mucus.

I have a super AWESOME friend who went to the pharmacy for me (Pat's at work).
With advice from my brother who is a nurse, she bought some meds for me. 
She also bought Sprite, Gatorade, and Ginger Ale.  Seriously, so nice!
Thank you so much Tracye!!

Poor thing, I hope she gets over this soon.  She may need to go to Urgent care tomorrow.
My brother thinks she needs a chest x-ray and blood work done.



It's been over a week now.  She's not eating, singing, dancing, or acting like herself. 




Thursday, February 24, 2011

Blue & Gold

Last night we had our Blue & Gold dinner for Scouts.  It's a lot more work when you're a scout leader.

We had a yummy dinner, had a speaker, the boys each decorated a cake for a contest, and we did awards.
Trevor got his Bear, Whittling Chip Award, 1 gold arrow, and 3 silver arrows.

This is Trevor's fish cake.


We put the patches on upside down and when they do a good deed they can turn it around.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Sick

I've got one little sickie resting in his bed.  The other one snuggling with Daddy in our bed.



They have high fevers (like 103), and nasty coughs!  Trevor missed school on Friday
on now Savannah & Trevor are missing school today.  Keeping my fingers croseed
that Griffin stays healthy. Bring on spring, and warmer weather, and healthier kids. 

Friday, February 18, 2011

Feeling claustrophobic...

We've been living in New Mexico for five years now, yes FIVE!!  Latley I've been feeling a bit trapped.
I like it here, it's a nice place.  I have friends here.  The kids have friends here.  Patrick has friends here.
We have a life here.  But I still feel trapped.  Since being married we have lived in three different states.
With Patrick being former Navy, we are used to moving every couple of years.  I like moving, or better yet,
I love moving.   It's fun to meet new people, explore new places, get a new house etc.  We've been here longer than anywhere else.  I'm done with New Mexico!   I feel like we're never going to leave.  I know
that we have a plan in place.  After Patrick finishes this degree in chemical engineering we plan on moving.
The thing is that won't be for another 3 years and 3 months.  By that time we will have lived here 8 years and 3 months.  You know this is the first place in our lives that we have not lived near the beach!  I think we miss the beach the most.  Even when I lived in New York I was close to the beach.  So some days I feel like I can hardly stand to live here anymore.  I'm ready to move on.... start over somewhere else.  Hopefully near the beach somewhere.  For the time being, since we really can't move just yet I like to look at pictures of the beach.  Four years ago this month we took an awesome trip to Costa Rica with Patrick's family.  I'm going to share some pretty pictures from our trip.  Way prettier than New Mexico that's for sure!




I have tons of pictures from that trip.  This is a little look for those of you who have
not been to Costa Rica.  Simply georgous is all I can say.  Now I wish we could at least
take a trip there, but we've gotta stick to our plan.  No more big trips for awhile.
  That way when we do move we will be financially set.  Being responsible sucks!