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[Chapsie]

Well... DD (2.5 yrs old) has strep throat / scarlet fever.  She is miserable and has thrown up like a gazillion times (from all the mucous she coughs up and then reswallows.  yuck).  DH is away all day at church (he is the worship team drummer and there is a special worship event at church) so I'm on my own.  To top it off, I think DS (4 yrs old) has a sinus infection.  Ugh. 

All I want to do is sleep.  

I also had a huuuuuge scare last night when I realized I hadn't felt the baby move all day.  I laid down on my left side, drank a ton of cold water and waited... and waited... and waited... and then finally she kicked.  She must just have been sleeping, but man oh man, my paranoia is through the roof!!!!

[MPsSweetie]

Sorry to hear about the sickies!

We've had it all too. Ds2 has been sick all week, fever, sore throat to the point of not being able to talk, terrible cough, almost sounded like whooping cough, so I'm not sure, ear infection... I slept on the extra bed in his room so I could hear him if he tried to call me. Well, sleep is the wrong word. I was so uncomfortable, my back is killing me, especially around my ribs. It was sweet to cuddle him all night and hold him while he was sick, but I'm exhausted. Then I woke up with a sore throat yesterday and it's only getting worse... Sigh.
Oh, and I was diagnosed with gallbladder disease two weeks ago, so I'm just feeling GREAT! Lol
Right now I'm so overwhelmed and exhausted that we are all settling in to watch Willie Wonka and relax, I can't do anything else today.

[cabbitdancer]

Oh my goodness! Sending healing thoughts to all the sick folks! Having sick kids is no fun, but having sick kids and being sick yourself is double hard.

Ah, spughy! I'm so sorry your vacation plans fell through! I know what you mean about wanting to get away from SAHMing for a little while. It isn't that every moment with the little ones isn't worth it, but aaaargh! it'd be nice to get a few days when you don't have to be "on" 24/7. We're going out to California for 3 weeks, and I suspect the trip out and the trip back will probably be the most restful part of the trip. ;) When we visit my parents (which is what we ought to be doing), I usually wind up doing the majority of the cooking and cleaning. I don't mind too much. I like cooking. It'd be nice if I could get someone else to do the cleaning, though. ;)

We did our home Thanksgiving, today. I actually managed to muster enough energy to make buttermilk cornbread muffins from scratch last night for the stuffing, and to make cream of mushroom soup from scratch, this evening, for my green bean casserole. And we even had a few buttermilk biscuits left this morning, so my daughter and I played restaurant and made sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits for the three of us. :D It's been a very good day.

[Melany]

Sorry to hear about all the sickies and the vacation plans falling through. 

I'm also stressed about after baby is born, Spughy. We are going to pull the kids out of day care to save money since I'll be on unpaid leave. This scares me. We had to leave my son in day care when my daughter was born simply because the day care in Seattle had a 2 year wait-list and you couldn't chance losing your spot. 

My daughter's 7th birthday is coming up and we're trying to get the party planned. She wants to do a cake decorating party. So, we picked up 4 6 inch cake pans today and we'll make a ton of little cakes for the girls to decorate. I looked into buying aprons as favors, but for the number of kids that adds up. I am tempted to raid my goodwill pile to cut up some old table clothes to make some basic kid sized aprons. I can use the hemmed edge for most of it. Or pick up some tea towels and make them that way. 

[chocolatechip]

spughy and writermama - you be careful on those stairs from now on! Yikes! I have been trying to be careful on our stairs, but now I'm going to be even more careful. I hope both of you feel much better soon.

Our kitchen is such that we haven't had a full-sized fridge in it, just a mini-fridge, with a regular size fridge downstairs in the basement (right off the kitchen). I haven't minded going up and down the stairs several times a day before, but realized recently that that's just not going to work in another couple months, or once we have a baby. So in addition to replacing our mostly broken stove, I'm looking for a counter-depth fridge that will fit in our kitchen! I will be glad when it's in, because the stairs are definitely not so fun any more.

And spughy, I'm so sorry about your Hawaii vacation!  What a sad thing to have happen, after you were so much looking forward to it! Is there any reason you can't go away somewhere closer to home (say, driving distance?) for at least a few days, so you can get away from the daily stuff?

Melany, I'm sure you were completely frustrated that day you had to drive all the way back to give your husband the keys, but I got a good chuckle out of the fact that you'd managed to collect ALL of those different sets of keys in your purse! My pregnancy brain right now seems to involve a complete lack of short-term memory...

Sorry to hear so many people are sick! Sending healthy thoughts to all of you!

AFM, the most exciting thing that happened is we started our childbirth class. This is our first baby, and we're planning to have it at home, and I'm really excited about the class. Very practical, detailed, open discussion about what happens during birth and what to do if you're stuck by yourselves (when I was born at home, the doctor didn't make it, so my dad caught me!). But also talking about good exercises to do, for both the mother and the birth partner, nutrition, etc., as well as what kinds of options the hospitals will give you if you end up at a hospital, so that you can be fully informed about your decisions. It's a nine week series, and I'm looking forward to it. Of course, my favorite part so far is that we learn several different ways in which our partners can help us relax during labor, and we're supposed to practice them for ten minutes every night to help me fall asleep.  Talk about good homework!!

[chocolatechip]

Oh, and Melany, your daugher's birthday party idea sounds like such fun! I bet you can make some cute aprons out of cloth scraps or tea towels like you said. It sounds like the kind of party I would have loved as a kid (or maybe still would ;)).