The bug attacks

We are all battling something except for Matt. It all started a few days ago when Carleigh was coughing. Then Saturday night, she woke up and I found her on the floor of the kitchen. I take her back to bed and she starts whimpering. The whimpering turns to crying very quickly. She eventually told Matt and her ear was bothering her. Eventually she went back to bed and then I awoke at 7am to hear Cody pounding on his piano. I had to scoop him up and he rested with me until I felt like getting up (and I didn't). At the same time, I had an awful sore throat and it was killing me all night. Needless to say, we didn't get much rest.

Later today, Cody started feeling sluggish and napping and having a cough. I had an Open House at my school and talked very little. Now my eyes are watering, itchy and I feel awful. I feel a sinus infection coming on. Luckily tomorrow is a Teacher Inservice day and I will not have my students. Hopefully I will be able to pay attention in the meetings.

This is what I have been talking about the most lately. Interesting!

Nail Polish

My mom decided to wear nail polish last week, which caused a new-found interest for Carleigh. She wanted her nails and toes done. At first, she had white nails. Then today, she told her Mamaw that she wanted pink and purple. Mom bought bright pink instead. :-) So now my girl is sporting nail polish. She also has a desire to wear makeup. My girl is trying to grow up too fast!! What is next? Oh, I don't think I WANT to know! *sigh*

We attended a wedding on Saturday of a friend at church. It was a really neat wedding with a cowboy "flair." The groom and groomsmen wore black cowboy hats with their tuxedos and the bridesmaid wore cowgirl boots with their black evening gowns. Instead of writing in a book, we signed a guitar. Then, the groom sang to his new bride with the guitar everyone signed. The groom plays guitar for a famous country singer and has played on the CMA's. Pretty cool! We had a nice evening and enjoyed socializing with members of our small group Sunday School class.

It's been an interesting few days. Carleigh came home on Wednesday complaining to my mom that a little boy K bit her. We dismissed it until bath time when I took her shirt off and found an ugly bruise with a puncture wound. This made me quite livid! The same boy has hit her in the past and is drawn to Carleigh per a conversation with Carleigh's teacher. Carleigh was so upset about it. I sent an email to her teacher to find out if she was aware of it.

Her teacher emailed and called on Thursday. Apparently, K bit her when everyone was getting ready to go home with backpacks and jackets being put on. I am very proud of Carleigh because she did go to the teacher and tell her that she was bit. The teacher rolled her sleeve up but didn't see anything. Well, the bite was in the upper and inner part of her left arm. Carleigh was taken to the nurse and an incident report was taken. Her teacher called K who wasn't at school on Thursday and found out that he is moving! Praise the Lord! I am relieved to know that the kid will not be in Carleigh's class anymore and not using her as a teething ring!

It's been a rather stressful week at school with lots of appointments added in....let's just say what an interesting month!

Make me laugh

Yesterday, Cody was laying down on the floor with a pillow. I felt the need to give him a hug and a kiss because he was looking so cute. Well, he told me "Watching tv!!" Basically, he told me to get away because he was watching tv. *LOL* I guess the cartoon was more important than mommy! He is really starting go vocalize his needs and wants.

Carleigh was looking like she was up to no good, so I followed her into Cody's bedroom. She had her back to me and touching something. When I called her named, she quickly threw the object into Cody's nightstand drawer, closed it and turned around. I asked her "What are you doing? Then she blocked the nightstand with her body and said "Nothing." *sigh* Of course I had to go and investigate and found that she had taken some dvd's out of their cases and decided to hide them in Cody's drawer. She was showing "older child" behavior. It was really cute the way that she did it and it reminded me of what a teen would do. Boy am I going to have my hands full when she does turn into a teen!

Happy 6th Birthday Cody!

It's almost unimaginable to think that my sweet boy turned 6 years old today. It's scary how fast the years are flying by. I know I say this every year, but it seems like yesterday when I brought home a 5lb 2oz premie. He is an amazing little boy and I am so blessed to be his Mommy. I love his absolute innocence and how complete loving he is. After his party, he came up and hugged and kissed me and then said "Thank you Mommy!" Awww...that melts a mommy heart!

Earlier in the day as I was getting ready for his party, he saw the presents wrapped on the kitchen table. He said with a strong emotion: "I....want....big.....presents!" It was too cute!

Cody's birthday theme was "SpongeBob." He loves watching that cartoon so we found it fitting to have it as his theme this year. The party went well and Cody loves all the gifts and money he received. (I'll post more pics tomorrow!)

Recuperating

Wednesday was very rough for Cody. He slept most of the day and refused liquids due to being nauseous. The only time we could rouse him was when we turned on his piano. He is doing much better now.

Another strange sleep position

Carleigh was playing with Cody's locomotive learning center and felt the need to snooze. Does this sleeping position look painful to you? It does me! She decided to wear her "Snuggly" for the first time and it must have made her sleepy. You never know HOW she will fall asleep! Silly girl!

Cody's Surgery Update

We arrived at Children's promptly at 7:30am. After registration, we were brought to a room where Cody was watching his favorite mouse, and Matt & I were asked a gazillion questions. Afterwards, Cody was given the tour of the toy closet and picked out an adult armload of toys. This kept him busy and calm in his hospital bed. He won the heart of his pre-op nurse who gave him Mickey Mouse memory cards even though he had already picked out his prize for being a great patient. Then Cody got to pick what flavor would be in his mask that would give him the gas which would send him to dreamland.

Giving him an oral sedative was quite challenging and it took the three of us: Matt, nurse, and I to give it to him. Fifteen minutes later, he was wheeled into the induction room that was next to the operating room. We watched while he was given the gas and kissed/hugged him before we were ushered away.

His surgery lasted about an hour and then we met with his doctor who explained how to care for him after the surgery. We found out that he would take the rest of the week off from school, plus Monday being a holiday, Cody has 5 days to recuperate before going back.

We then waited for recovery to bring us back. However, Cody was not waking up so they sent us back anyway. He looked so little and pitiful when we first saw him. He was curled up in a ball and laying on his side. Although his eyes were closed, you could tell that they were swollen and wet and he had bloody tears.

After 45 minutes of refusing to wake, we got his eye opened for a minute and then I was placed into a wheelchair and I held Cody while we were wheelchaired out. It was quite comical being transported out in a wheelchair. I felt like I had just given birth to a 37 lb baby!

Cody slept the entire afternoon. We did coax him awake a couple of times, but he didn't want to open his eyes. The doctor said that that would be quite normal.

He refused to take liquids which worried this momma quite a bit. He did eat some mild cookies, but then "tossed" them due to the anesethia. The poor boy looked pitiful all evening and right before going to bed, I managed to get him to drink 2 droppers full of water although it was a forced drinking. We also managed to get his eye ointment into his eyes. Whew!

Morning came rather early when I heard him talking in the kitchen at 4:30am. Since he slept all of the day before, he was wide awake when Matt left for work. He was searching for food under the kitchen table. So I guided him back to the living room and he devoured almost a whole package of Ritz crackers and drank a couple of ounces of watered down juice. He is talking more and walking around and playing. I think we have seen the worst of it thankfully! Whew! Yesterday was quite the L*O*N*G day!

Getting ready for eye surgery

Today, Cody has his pre-op physical for his eye surgery on Wednesday. If his physical goes well, Cody is scheduled to have eye surgery on both eyes on Wednesday at 9am. We are glad that he is having it at the Liberty campus as the main campus is a long haul and no doubt we will have an unhappy camper when he wakes up. My poor little guy is having surgery, 3 days before his 6th birthday. Hopefully the surgery is a success with very little pain and irritation. I can see Wednesday being a very LONG day! Please keep my sweet Cody in your prayers!

Update: His pre-op went well and he is scheduled for his surgery tomorrow (Wed.) at 9am.

First Sleepover

Cody and Carleigh had their first ever sleepover guests last night. We invited a couple of their cousins over for the night. Everyone chowed on pizza for dinner and then we got out Carleigh's new art electronic game that you hook up to the tv called "Splatster." It was a big hit! There were a lot of interesting creations made!

Carleigh had a difficult time going to bed since she had never had a guest over. She finally wound down and everyone was alseep before eleven!

Carleigh is now missing her playmates. We'll have to have them over again soon.

Snow Fun!

I took Carleigh outside to play in the snow while Matt and Cody went to run a couple of errands. Well, Cody had to play for a few minutes even though we didn't want him to since he has surgery next week. (But sometimes, you can't tell kids that they cannot play in snow!)

Of course Carleigh was finally able to make a snow angel and decided to ride her tricycle. I had to force her inside! It was a wonderful, lazy day!

Nothing stops this girl!

She LOVES to ride the tricyle, even in cold temps I have to pull her away from it. Well, after playing and "helping" me with the shoveling, she decided to ride the tricycle. She exclaimed "It's so bumpy (the ride)! And I had to come and get her unstuck a couple of times and tried to explain that we do not ride bikes in the snow! Silly girl!

There's no day like a SNOW DAY!

At promptly 6:08am, I was awoken from my slumber to find out that the kids' school was closed which really didn't affect them anyway since they were already on a 2 hr delay. When it is a 2 hr delay, morning K and preschool kids do not have school. Then about 25 minutes later, my phone and cell phone chimed at the same time saying that we were closed. So I went back to sleep and slept on and off until almost 8.

Carleigh cannot WAIT to go outside and wants to go NOW! I have tried to explain to her that we need to wait until we get more snow. Last night, when getting out of the van, she ran to play in the little bit of snow left over from Tuesday. Her big goal for today is to make a snow angel. She is so excited! In fact, she has had her coat on for awhile now. I am excited about having my first snow day. We are supposed to get 1-2 more inches tonight so we may have a 4 day weekend. That would be AWESOME!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

A Busy Month Ahead

January will be a very busy month for our family for numerous reasons some of them include: 2 doctor appts for Cody, 1 eye surgery for Cody, 1 follow-up eye appt for Cody, Cody's birthday and birthday party, Carleigh has a doctor appointment, I have a meeting for Carleigh's IEP/Kindergarten Transition, and a few more things in the process. It just tires me out thinking about it!

Needless to say that if I do not blog as much, it is due to the above reasons plus a few that I will not mention on my blog.

Cody and Carleigh are excited about going back to school, but sadly, I do not share in their enthusiasm! It has been such a nice, relaxing break and although I love what I do, I do not always love certain aspects (or should I say people) of the job!

A Trip to the Movies

I have been given quite a few gift cards to an AMC Theater, well the closest is Newport on the Levee, so I decided the whole family would go (plus grandparents) and use all of them at once. It paid for all 6 people plus snacks at the concession stand! We went to see "Alvin & the Chipmunks - Squeakquel." It was so cute and very kid appropriate.

Cody did a fabulous job sitting and watching the movie. He was really in to the movie. At the end of the movie (at the concert scene), he clapped furiously when the song was over. It was so adorable! Carleigh like Brittney and said "I want the pink one Mommy!" They overall did a great job watching the movie. I guess I might start taking them to the movies more often! We had a wonderful time today!

New Year's Eve 2009

We had our friends Shannon and Niki over for New Year's Eve. We exchanged Christmas presents and played with the kids and chowed on appetizers. We had a great time, unfortunately the kids crashed before midnight!

Christmas De Ja Vu