a bunch of icky sickies

warning! this post will have yuckiness! do not read if you have a weak stomach!

as of the beginning of this week, we have joined the rest of the world in getting sick. we are a bunch of icky sickies! pbs started us off sunday morning when we were getting ready for church. he decided it was a good time to exorcise his stomach contents on the kitchen floor, twice. i forgot to mention that he'd gotten a flu shot on friday.

i checked his temperature and found that he had a slight fever. slight, meaning he had a fever of 101.3. needless to say we stayed home from church. (staying home from church always seems to throw me off for the week and i don't know what day it is for the rest of the week.)

we thought/hoped it was just a 24 hour bug and not something more serious. his fever was like a yoyo most of the day but never got over 103. he up chucked a couple more times and added some "peeping" to the mix later in the day. ("peeping" is what you get when a three year old describes diarrhea. not fun!)

by monday, we thought he was acting a little more normal but by 11 pm his fever spike to 105 and he had thrown up in his bed while sleeping. i tried to wake him so i could clean him and the sheets up but he wouldn't wake. i woke js up from his napping position on the couch. js put pbs in a cool bath and we gave him some children's ibuprofen. his fever was all over the place and not going down. he was so lethargic. it was all so scary. we finally made the decision to go to the er.

there are several er's to choose from in our area. so we went to the one with the children's hospital first. they were swamped! so we left and went to one that's a little closer to where we live. i sat in the
backseat with pbs and kept checking his temperature while js drove. we arrived at the er and got in right away. i'm so glad they could see us so quickly. the nurses and doctor checked pbs out and he was quite
cooperative. he was even asking some questions, maybe not medical questions but he was responding to them. (i've asked him a few times what he wants to be when he grows up and his answer has always
been a doctor.) they gave him some anti nausea medicine and that seemed to help. we were on our way home by 3 am. what a night!

pbs still had some "peeping" on tuesday, but his fever was pretty much gone. the "peeping" lasted until yesterday. he hasn't had any so far today. plus he's pretty much his normal happy self. i, on the other hand, have been shared with and started with the "peeping" this morning. i hope js can stay healthy for all of us. i hope that we can get back to normal and not be icky sickies any longer! i also hope that nobody else gets this yuckiness! i know i don't like being an icky sicky! stay healthy!

i cannot believe it!

pbs has turned three! i cannot believe it! (if any of you who read this watch disney junior's little einsteins, you might recognize my reference to quincy.)

for his birthday, pbs asked for cars and trains. since christmas was only two weeks before, he already had gotten plenty of cars and trains so i went the educational gift route. he got finger paints, play dough, construction paper, kid friendly scissors, glue sticks, preschooler sized pencils, workbooks, etc.

he did get a few toys. he was quite happy with what he did get. he's three! he doesn't need much in the way of toys. he could almost start a small library with the books he has. why is it so difficult to buy gifts for a three year old!?!?

js and i were reminiscing about what we were doing three years ago. i think we left the hospital three years ago to embark on this exciting adventure called parenthood. who knew that we would get to the point of talking about bodily functions and not thinking twice about it? who knew that we would hurt when pbs got hurt? who knew that it would be so difficult and challenging, in a good way, to discipline pbs?

as odd as it may seem sometimes, i wouldn't change one single second of our life! he's three and I cannot believe it!

new year, new me?

happy new year! i'm actively hoping this year brings some happy, encouraging times, some disappointing and  hard times, and some not too exciting, almost boring times. without all of those things, life is boring and dull. i hope to better myself in my business, in my relationships and personally as well.

during these winter months, i often get very blue. i guess it could be called "the winter blues." i don't seem to come out of my slump until i see some signs of spring. this year, i hope to not wallow in my blue period and motivate myself to be more cheerful and encouraging to myself, my family and friends.

i want to be more prosperous and successful in my mary kay business. i really enjoy getting to meet other women and helping them see their full beauty potential, inside and out. i would love to start growing my business and team and earn a car. a car would help js and me out, since we only have one car right now.

so i know what i want to do. now i just need to figure out how to do it and achieve those goals to make me a "new me."