Wisdom from my walk

I keep reading blogs about the first snow people are getting, meanwhile it’s crazy warm here. I mean it’s almost thanksgiving and you dont need a coat on. temps are supposed to drop drastically by the end of the week but this is just crazy. I like the warmer temps, I am dreading having to walk to get caleb in the bitter cold w/ a baby and more and more pregnant. but it’s not getting me in the holiday mood at all!

Today’s current weather where I am:

Baltimore, Maryland
Currently: 68°F Cloudy
Baltimore, Maryland
Currently: 20°C Cloudy
Cloudy
Wind: Southwest at 7 MPH
Humidity: 75%
Dewpoint: 60°F
Barometer: 30.15 inches and falling
Wind: Southwest at 11 KPH
Humidity: 75%
Dewpoint: 15°C
Barometer: 1021 millibars and falling
Sunrise: 6:50 am
Sunset: 4:51 pm

I’d like to thank tropicana immunity defense orange juice for kicking my immune system into gear. I bought some Saturday evening and drank tons now and felt so much better yesterday and today. Today my only complaint is a constant migraine, I’m hoping its not from all the sugar in the orange juice since I”m not drinking as much today. But my cold symptoms about gone, Bo is doing better, teething is killing me w/ this kid. Caleb was easy w/ teething, Bo is a different kid altogether. I’d also like to thank baby orajel for giving us some restful sleep the last few nights!

we’re going minivan shopping tonight, I’m sooo excited! Because I was afraid of the jump in car inusrance premium due to getting a newer car, I called see how our policy would change if we bought this one van we are looking at tonight at a dealership. Ironically she told me that we’d save $60 on our premium if we trade in our current car and get the van. Here I was freaking about an added car payment and more insurance to pay but turns out we might be better off as far as insurance goes. I thanked the agent greatly, told her I might just get my minivan sooner due to her! 😉 when we got our current car it was only because our car got totaled in an accident that wasnt our fault. We had to get a car and the dealership made us call our insurance before leaving them to add the car. So we did but had to pay like $200 up front to get it insured that day. apparently our coverage was wrong since we had moved to MD and they never caught it til we added the new car! so I was worried this time we’d have to at least shell out the difference in premiums but looks like we might actually do better if we get the van now! wohoo for that! It makes me happy since we dont have a car pymt currently we were afraid of how much we’d be shelling out a month w/ a van but if we can get a good deal on our trade in and a good deal on a van I think we’ll be just fine. I’m praying Dean lets us buy one before our trip to Ohio, in my head it’s more convenient as well as it will keep the value of our trade in higher instaed of trading it in in a month or two w/ 1500 miles more on it. well I gotta run, just wanted to update. I’m hoping tonights car shopping goes well, wish us luck or pray or whatever you do!

guess who is sick today!? Yep, after wiping runny noses and cleaning up bo’s throw up I’m now feeling miserable. dean was out all morning, I finally told him I was coming to get him because I feel so bad. we have no plans all weekend now so Caleb is bored out of his mind. I just want to sleep and Bo is still a fussy mess. dean is fine i guess, probably just tired from being up really late and out early. aren’t saturday’s supposed to be fun?

Help!! so we went shopping tonight when Dean got home for party stuff. Got home and as we got Bo ready for bed his fever was 100.7. So no party tomorrow. I *started* to put him to bed at 7:40ish. Dean left around 8:30 to go get coffee w/ a friend. Bo spent the most of the time he was gone either screaming in his bed or in my arms. In between the small amts of sleep he did get I cleaned the house. He’s cutting a tooth, or two it seems. Something that wasnt so obvious til today, you can see the tooth almost broken through. So teething and the nasty cold Caleb had. We’ll be lucky if any of sleep tonight. I made dean pick up some baby orajel and for once Bo’s stopped screaming so pray that’s all he needed. He’s already had cold medicine w/ tylenol for the runny nose, cough and fever. I hate medicating him but someone has to get some sleep. He didnt nap all day except in the car on the way to pick up Dean from work. I am exhausted, to the point of breaking down in tears several times today. We’re hoping we’re all better by next week to try his party again and for our trip to Ohio.

Dean’s attending a men’s breakfast at church tomorrow, the first of it’s kind since we’ve attended, and it’s been a few years. It starts at 8 so we’ll both be up early, him at the breakfast, me at home w/ burnt bagels (our toaster sucks lately); a sick baby and a preschooler w/ cabin fever. After the men’s breakfast is a work day at church, doing odds and ends around the church so who knows when that ends. since we arent doing the party I’ve allowed Dean to hang out for that, but I’m planning on escaping for a nap when he gets home. If we’re lucky we’ll get the kids to nap too. There’s a few things around town I think Caleb would enjoy tomorrow but I guess only one of us will get to go w/ him if Bo keeps acting this way. I guess this is what happens when at just shy of a year a baby has only 2 teeth and decides to get a few at a time to make up for it. We were so lucky w/ Caleb, aside from clumsiness he had no fussiness or any symptoms at all w/ teething. Bo gets it all, complete with a rash on his face and crazy fussiness. Im even thinking part of the fever is from it too since Caleb’s temp never got that high w/ the cold. Should be a great weekend. I’m depressed just thinking about it! At least I’m planning a lunch out w/ my girlfriend Sunday after church, hoping that helps!! and one week from tomorrow is our big u/s , I’m getting so anxious!! well since it’s quiet and the house is clean for once I’m heading to bed, after finishing my late night snack, I made Dean pick me up a cheeseburger and fries, I was starving after all that fighting w/ bo and housework! that and I didnt eat lunch today so I think the baby needed some more calories!

Monster Cookie w/ Cookie Monster for my friend’s nephew’s birthday

Everything I know about baking and decorating comes from my mom, it’s only fair I pass it on to my sons. Caleb kept asking me if he could try and I told him when I was done, I was trying to keep the germy kids away from the cookie!

Unfortunately he’s also learning our perfectionist qualities, after messing up on the eye he said he needed to start all over. I convinced him he was doing great, heck for his first time w/ an icing bag and at the age of 4 I’d say he’s doing pretty good!

I should have gone w/ my gut and not sent Caleb to school. Bo and I headed to the grocery store, I unloaded the car first since Bo had fallen asleep on the less than 5 minute drive home. I got things in the house then him in his crib, still asleep. I ran to answer the phone so it wouldnt wake him and groaned when I saw the caller ID, it was the school. They said he said he didnt feel good and the teacher’s aid thought he felt hot, the nurse said he didnt have a fever so I asked if I had to come get him so she asked him if he wanted me to come get him and he of course said yes. Suprisingly I got Bo back in the car and he stayed asleep. he woke when I got him out at the school. the good news is since Bo didnt nap long I can hopefully get all of us an afternoon nap!

I admit I was nearly in tears when on the phone and hearing the nurse ask him if he wanted to come home. I broke down when I hung up. It was knowing he must feel horrible and out of place at the school nurse alone, and his teacher was out sick today too so it must have been a strange day all around for him. that and I was mad I allowed Dean to take him to school knowing he should have stayed home. I am pretty sure I’ll keep him home tomorrow just to be safe. Bo’s party happening is looking less and less possible. Bo’s had a runny nose and cough all day now too. I hope every year it’s not like this for Bo’s birthday but I guess that’s what happens during this time of year.

I reluctantly sent Caleb to school today. Dean was more confident than I that he’d be fine, but he still sounded pretty bad this morning. I’m somewhat expecting them to call and say he needs to go home. I’ve already warned him he’ll need a nap when he gets home, since he’s been so tired lately and after school he is usually worn out anyway. He was up late last night and early this morning so I’m sure he’ll be dragging by the time school is out. Bo had a fever last night and of course got up twice through the night, so much for getting good sleep. I’m worn out today, feel like I might be coming down w/ something, hoping it’s just lack of sleep last night. Bo is acting fine today, just has a nasty cough. no fever right now thank goodness!

I’m guessing a cold front is blowing through this morning, quiet literally. our neighbor had been nice enough to clean up our driveway on Tuesday when he was using his leaf blower on his but today it looks a mess again. All through the night it was mostly warm out but there was some fierce winds blowing. I just went out front and there’s a really dark sky, blustery winds and a chill in the air. I liked the warm sunny beginning of the week better! I just hope I can manage in a trip to the store before the clouds let lose the fury they look like they are holding back!

just to brag on how cute my hubby is, I had a grocery list on the table and I guess he saw it. I went to add things to it after he’d left for work and saw the following things he’d added to my list: flowers, wine, jacuzzi, and smiles! well after reading his list I got the smiles, he’s so silly sometimes! I called him and told him those were things he should be buying me not me him, and he said it was the thought that counts, and I quite agree. After reading someone’s journal about them getting ready to turn 18 I reflected on my 18th birthday. I should have known that that night was the beginning of how the birthdays the rest of my life would be, spent in the arms of the man I love cuddled up in front of the tv! It was an amazing night and nothing spectacular happened, but Dean and I enjoyed the evening together and it was perfect. I cant believe it’s been 8 years since then and that our love is still as strong. He still makes me laugh the same way he did when I first met him, a lot longer than 8 years ago, but now there are times when it’s so “Deanish” that I just roll my eyes and laugh! Last night Dean was playing w/ the boys, something he does every night. I was so grateful as I watched him that my kids have a dad who is so invested in them and shows them so much love all of the time. I got really lucky with this guy, thats for sure! I just hope he knows how loved and appreciated he is.