Earlier today, we were driving to Nana's house to let Jed out for a bit. I'm pulling in their driveway and the garage door opener's not working too well. I end up taking the clicker off the visor, shaking it around a bit, and then it opens. Ryan's been watching all this from the backseat and as the door is opening says ...
"Go Mommy! Great opening it!"
Yes, I am super-Mom.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Ryan-ism
So this one had me laughing out loud for quite awhile ...
Monday we were getting Ryan back in the car after a quick stop to visit Mr. Kevin at Starbucks. Kevin had made Coleson a strawberry milkshake, and of course Ryan loved it. So, I'm buckling Ryan back in the car and it's kinda hot and Ryan comments on the heat. I said it's okay, we'll get the air on in a sec. But Ryan had a much better idea ...
"No, no air, ice cream. Ice cream make it all better!"
Monday we were getting Ryan back in the car after a quick stop to visit Mr. Kevin at Starbucks. Kevin had made Coleson a strawberry milkshake, and of course Ryan loved it. So, I'm buckling Ryan back in the car and it's kinda hot and Ryan comments on the heat. I said it's okay, we'll get the air on in a sec. But Ryan had a much better idea ...
"No, no air, ice cream. Ice cream make it all better!"
Georgia Bulldawgs
Saturday we enjoyed watching our Georgia Bulldawgs beat up on some Louisiana Lafayette Cajuns. It was Abby's first gameday and she looked super cute & spirited in her pink Georgia outfit. Ryan enjoyed his gameday too - he was allowed to watch a lot of tv and even eat lunch on the couch :) Go Dawgs!!
Then on Monday, we took a quick roadtrip to Athens. It was Abby's first visit and the first time Ryan's been old enough to understand. He was very excited to see where the Georgia Bulldawgs live & play football and he really enjoyed walking around the stadium. He kept talking about wanting to play football (I don't know about that!). It was a fun trip, although a little different from our college days - eating lunch downtown was a bit more stressful than is used to be! Abby cried hysterically; hands down the worst she's been in public yet. And Ryan freaked because his quesadilla had white cheese instead of yellow. Ahh, the joys. Overall though, good day.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
pity party please
So I've been laid up with poison ivy & impetigo. It's horrible!!
All we can think of is that I got it Thursday night after doing about two minutes of work in the backyard. And being night, I washed my hands, but didn't shower until the next morning. So I'm assuming it was on my shirt or arms and it spread as I slept on it and took my clothes on and off. Saturday morning I woke up with what I thought was a pimple on my chin, but it hurt more than a normal pimple. By Saturday night it was starting to ooze. Sunday it was just nasty looking and I had another spot on my left eye and more "pimples" just forming on my chin. The only thing I could compare it to was poison ivy, but I never really thought it was - I mean who gets poison ivy on their face?! So I went to the urgent care doc on Sunday afternoon who confirmed poison ivy, but also added impetigo to it (some sort of staff infection which is why the spots were oozing uncontrollably). He wanted to give me a steroids shot, but when he realized I was nursing said we couldn't do that. I certainly didn't want to risk passing anything to Abby, so we decided I'd just wait it out. Poison ivy peaks at between days 10 and 14 and takes about three weeks to work it's course. I knew it would only get worse before it got better, but I didn't know how much worse.
By Monday it was getting pretty bad and I was starting to worry about the spot on my eye. I was also getting pretty good at finding the little red dots that warned of spots to come. Tuesday morning I woke up and literally could not open my left eye. It was swollen completely shut. My mouth was all fat and swollen and felt like it does when the dentist numbs it and pulls a tooth. I could barely swallow (who gets poison ivy in their mouth?! That's just wrong.). It was also all over my chest, neck, and face. I could no longer tell the individual spots on my cheek - my face was just one big red swollen mess. And their were more little red bumps on my right arm, stomach, and back. Now if you've never tried to function with just one eye, let me tell you it's hard! I was so disoriented (add to that feeling like crap and fairly nauseous), I could barely function. I had no sense of depth for one thing - I'd reach for something and miss it. I broke down and called Mom for help - I'm pretty bad about asking for help. I figured if she could help me get Ryan to preschool, than I could focus on Abby, put her down for a nap, and then take care of myself. Somehow going to the doctor again never even crossed my mind. I can be kinda tough in a bad way. But Mom gets here, takes a look at me and starts calling doctors. After dropping Ryan off, us girls head to the walk-in clinic. I guess having a shut eye and swollen face has one advantage - I think we waited all of five seconds before they took me straight back.
The doctor (well nurse practitioner) was great. He says we have to do something and we have to do it now. He basically said if I had waited even a few hours longer, he'd been sending me to the hospital. I explained the nursing aspect and he was really helpful and talked to Abby's pediatrician on the phone and Mom talked to the urologist's nurse. Doc finds a combo of drugs that Abby's doctors all okay too and sends me off for immediate iv's. I got probably three hours worth of drugs. Coleson came up while the iv's were going (what a wonderful surprise!) and we left about 2:00. Shortly after leaving my eye slowly started to open. It was so weird though. At first I could literally only open it maybe a 1/16th of an inch - Coleson couldn't even tell it was open. But I could only see black and white, the world looked just like an old movie. It never scared me though - I could see two things in color - Mom's bright yellow Moe's cup and the bright yellow bar on Abby's playmat. So I figured color would come back, but it was just so weird! Kinda interesting. Got my eye completely open around 5 or 6 and the color came back, although it was almost easier having it shut. It got tired really fast, but I can't keep it closed on its own. The swelling in my face went down quite a bit and I was told my color looked better. About 9:00 I started feeling like a whole new person - took a shower and washed with disposable washclothes (actually these travel washcloth things for the kids, but they were awesome). And then covered in different cremes and caladryl.
This morning I woke up and I can open my eye, but it really doesn't want to. It's very sore and hard to hold open. A little hard to focus on this since my left eye is really just a slit. And my stomach was so itchy, I feel like I'm on fire. Took another shower and cremed up again. Several new spots on my right arm including this rash looking thing in my elbow pit. Overall, better than yesterday morning but not nearly as good as I had gotten last night. Eagerly awaiting round two of the iv's today at 3:00. I also go tomorrow afternoon. After that Doc will reevaluate. He's hoping I can switch to orals and not have to continue spending three hrs a day hooked to iv's at the office. I think the biggest factor will be my eye - he seemed to be worried about long term damage. Although now that it can open, even if it doesn't want to or doesn't always stay open, I'm assuming that I'm doing better.
So anyways, I know this is probably the longest post i've ever written and much more info than anyone really wanted to know. I wrote it 99% just for me - to get it off my chest and to help me keep straight all that's happened so far.
All we can think of is that I got it Thursday night after doing about two minutes of work in the backyard. And being night, I washed my hands, but didn't shower until the next morning. So I'm assuming it was on my shirt or arms and it spread as I slept on it and took my clothes on and off. Saturday morning I woke up with what I thought was a pimple on my chin, but it hurt more than a normal pimple. By Saturday night it was starting to ooze. Sunday it was just nasty looking and I had another spot on my left eye and more "pimples" just forming on my chin. The only thing I could compare it to was poison ivy, but I never really thought it was - I mean who gets poison ivy on their face?! So I went to the urgent care doc on Sunday afternoon who confirmed poison ivy, but also added impetigo to it (some sort of staff infection which is why the spots were oozing uncontrollably). He wanted to give me a steroids shot, but when he realized I was nursing said we couldn't do that. I certainly didn't want to risk passing anything to Abby, so we decided I'd just wait it out. Poison ivy peaks at between days 10 and 14 and takes about three weeks to work it's course. I knew it would only get worse before it got better, but I didn't know how much worse.
By Monday it was getting pretty bad and I was starting to worry about the spot on my eye. I was also getting pretty good at finding the little red dots that warned of spots to come. Tuesday morning I woke up and literally could not open my left eye. It was swollen completely shut. My mouth was all fat and swollen and felt like it does when the dentist numbs it and pulls a tooth. I could barely swallow (who gets poison ivy in their mouth?! That's just wrong.). It was also all over my chest, neck, and face. I could no longer tell the individual spots on my cheek - my face was just one big red swollen mess. And their were more little red bumps on my right arm, stomach, and back. Now if you've never tried to function with just one eye, let me tell you it's hard! I was so disoriented (add to that feeling like crap and fairly nauseous), I could barely function. I had no sense of depth for one thing - I'd reach for something and miss it. I broke down and called Mom for help - I'm pretty bad about asking for help. I figured if she could help me get Ryan to preschool, than I could focus on Abby, put her down for a nap, and then take care of myself. Somehow going to the doctor again never even crossed my mind. I can be kinda tough in a bad way. But Mom gets here, takes a look at me and starts calling doctors. After dropping Ryan off, us girls head to the walk-in clinic. I guess having a shut eye and swollen face has one advantage - I think we waited all of five seconds before they took me straight back.
The doctor (well nurse practitioner) was great. He says we have to do something and we have to do it now. He basically said if I had waited even a few hours longer, he'd been sending me to the hospital. I explained the nursing aspect and he was really helpful and talked to Abby's pediatrician on the phone and Mom talked to the urologist's nurse. Doc finds a combo of drugs that Abby's doctors all okay too and sends me off for immediate iv's. I got probably three hours worth of drugs. Coleson came up while the iv's were going (what a wonderful surprise!) and we left about 2:00. Shortly after leaving my eye slowly started to open. It was so weird though. At first I could literally only open it maybe a 1/16th of an inch - Coleson couldn't even tell it was open. But I could only see black and white, the world looked just like an old movie. It never scared me though - I could see two things in color - Mom's bright yellow Moe's cup and the bright yellow bar on Abby's playmat. So I figured color would come back, but it was just so weird! Kinda interesting. Got my eye completely open around 5 or 6 and the color came back, although it was almost easier having it shut. It got tired really fast, but I can't keep it closed on its own. The swelling in my face went down quite a bit and I was told my color looked better. About 9:00 I started feeling like a whole new person - took a shower and washed with disposable washclothes (actually these travel washcloth things for the kids, but they were awesome). And then covered in different cremes and caladryl.
This morning I woke up and I can open my eye, but it really doesn't want to. It's very sore and hard to hold open. A little hard to focus on this since my left eye is really just a slit. And my stomach was so itchy, I feel like I'm on fire. Took another shower and cremed up again. Several new spots on my right arm including this rash looking thing in my elbow pit. Overall, better than yesterday morning but not nearly as good as I had gotten last night. Eagerly awaiting round two of the iv's today at 3:00. I also go tomorrow afternoon. After that Doc will reevaluate. He's hoping I can switch to orals and not have to continue spending three hrs a day hooked to iv's at the office. I think the biggest factor will be my eye - he seemed to be worried about long term damage. Although now that it can open, even if it doesn't want to or doesn't always stay open, I'm assuming that I'm doing better.
So anyways, I know this is probably the longest post i've ever written and much more info than anyone really wanted to know. I wrote it 99% just for me - to get it off my chest and to help me keep straight all that's happened so far.
Monday, August 30, 2010
bye bye
We sold my Explorer this weekend! I'm happy of course, but also very sad. I've loved that car for the past eight years! It was a great car, but you could tell the couple that bought it already love it too, so that makes me feel a little better. Still sad to see her go though. We are quite happy with how easy the whole process was, how quickly it sold, and how much we got for it (gotta love craigslist). Coleson has a company car right now for his United Way project, so I'm able to drive the Corolla while we look for a new car. It'll be nice to not feel rushed and to make sure we love our next car just as much. That said though, we are going to test drive one tonight!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
5k
This morning we all ran, er mostly walked, a 5k down at the Marietta Square. It was actually quite enjoyable, although the big hill about 1.5 miles in almost got the best of me :) But it was beautiful weather and we enjoyed running as a family - at least most of the time, Abby cried for about 10 minutes or so at the beginning. Overall it was great and I'm happy to say we made it! And fairly respectably at that, we finished in 43-something minutes. Not too bad for not having trained at all and considering I birthed a baby & all that only 4 months ago! :) The best part of the race was that $50,000 was donated to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, which for better or worse means a lot more to us these days than it used to.
After the race we enjoyed hanging around the square and taking in the local farmer's market. We even splurged and bought some yummy stuff - tomatoes, green beans, bell peppers, two different olive oils, and of course a dessert (apple bread from Elijay, but realistically just an oversized and delicious cinnamon roll!). Even Ryan seemed to enjoy it, despite having heard farmer and asking where the animals were!
Fun start to our weekend; looking forward to more to come!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
the park
Today I took the kids to the park for a playdate with their buddies, Asher & Andrew. Ryan had a great time running all around and hanging with Asher. He and Asher are so cute together, Asher is one of just a handful of kids that I feel like Ryan actually plays with. At his age, he still follows other kids or is content to do his own thing next to them. But he and Asher always seem to have a good time together. And they are on a very similar level developmentally, so that's really fun. They push each other just enough to try new things, but not so much so that one gets left behind.While we there, Abby sat in a swing for the first time! I didn't actually swing her or anything too crazy, just let her get used to the idea. She did really well and seemed to like sitting in it. Hard to believe she's getting so big!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Boring
I feel like I should write a blog, since it's been a week since my last post. I really want to be better about updating, but I'm simply not sure what to post about this week. We've just been hanging out, doing our thing.
Ryan had me cracking up the other day. While driving he got going on all the things he is going to do when he grows up. A few highlights:
* "I get bigger, I go shopping, buy stuff" (one of the longest sentences he's put together).
* "I cut grass, I get bigger" (Daddy's favorite!).
* "I get bigger, I play tennis ball" (Mommy & Mom-Mom played in a tennis tournament last weekend, thus he's been talking a lot about tennis).
Well there ya go, found something semi-fun to write about. :)
Ryan had me cracking up the other day. While driving he got going on all the things he is going to do when he grows up. A few highlights:
* "I get bigger, I go shopping, buy stuff" (one of the longest sentences he's put together).
* "I cut grass, I get bigger" (Daddy's favorite!).
* "I get bigger, I play tennis ball" (Mommy & Mom-Mom played in a tennis tournament last weekend, thus he's been talking a lot about tennis).
Well there ya go, found something semi-fun to write about. :)
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
"Oh Cool!" of the Day
Check out Coleson's new website "Oh Cool!" of the Day. Be sure to visit daily for bite-sized chunks of fun and useful information. And hey, you never know who he might let guest post ... hehe ... hint: yours truly writes about monkeys tomorrow!(2nd) 1st day
Ryan started preschool again today. He went in the spring, but then had all summer off. Today he starts his 2's class (yes, b/c of the way his birthday falls, he'll always be the oldest one). He did really well at open house last week, but I think that had something to do with the fact that Mommy & Abby were there too. He wasn't so sure about going today. I know he cried a minute or two when I left, and his teacher was holding him. But the cries seemed to quiet pretty quick (I hung out in the hallway out of sight), so hopefully he will have a good time and make lots of little friends. I love you Buddy!
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