First Bath

I've decided to make the official merge over. My pregnancy blog was just that, a pregnancy blog. I hope to wrap it up very soon with a birth story. From here on out our new little guy will be featured over here with the rest of the family. Right where he belongs.



Speaking of the new little guy, this morning he got his first sponge-bath at home.

First I very carefully got my supplies ready

He was very suspicious right from the start.

His fears were confirmed when his hair got wet.Clearly he was traumatized.Isn't he gorgeous!

Neglected

With everything going on in my pregnancy right now, this blog seems neglected. It's certainly not for lack of things to say. The girls are doing great. Despite the viruses we've all been fighting things have been fairly calm around here. Chiggie has one more week of school and then Spring Break, which she is very excited for. Making plans would be much easier if a certain stubborn little boy would just come out already.

Every time we pull up to the house the girls count the bulbs that are up. We're up to well over 40 and counting. I love that this excites them. They know it means spring is coming and they're ready for some warmer weather and a quicker pace. It was funny to see Boo today. When I carried her out to the car to take Chiggie to school yesterday there was snow everywhere. The trees were literally covered. This morning it was gone. Not a trace at all. She looked really confused and just said, "what happened to all the snow." It was cute.

Tea registers for Kindergarten next month and she could not be more excited. She is only going half day which makes me happy as well. She already knows all of her letters, numbers to at least 20, and can read a lot of words. Her memory is amazing and I think she's going to be a really good speller. She memorizes the oddest words like, lollipop and weasel. Socially she is ready too. She makes friends easily and is a good listener. Hopefully very soon I'll be back down to just one blog!

Craziness

Check out my pregnancy blog for the latest!

Distracted

This post could easily be one for my pregnancy blog as well, but it's not entirely pregnancy related so here it will go. I posted over there last night that I have an ear infection. This remains to be true. The night went surprisingly well in the beginning and I was able to sleep with no real problems until about 2:30 when the pressure and pain was just too intense. I took more Tylenol and heated up a rice bag to put on it. Somehow I fell back asleep but woke up shortly after to a soaked pillow. The fluid was clear, but I'm assuming my ear drum must have ruptured?? The pressure was gone, but the pain still hung around.

I feel about the same today. No fever or anything. just achy. The pressure is still gone, but it feels really plugged if that makes sense. I have an appointment on Monday so hopefully we'll get this taken care of very soon. I feel like distracted has been a theme this pregnancy. I don't really have time to dwell on his impending arrival, I'm just too busy. For now that's a good thing, but when he comes I hope things slow down a bit.

Moody Midge

Eye drops, apparently, are the end of the world. I hear about them practically in my sleep. For the next 2 days our lives will continue to revolve around them. Midge has never had to take any kind of medication, other than otc pain relievers, so this is my first experience with her non-compliance. Someday she will thank me that she has her vision and her eyes are not permanently sealed shut with goop. Okay, probably not, but it's what keeps me going for now....

Better

The bad never got worse. I think we caught this second round of pink eye early because as of yesterday they both looked fine. Of course we're continuing with the dreaded drops, but at least the goop is gone. Midge hasn't had a fever at all since Monday, so the virus cleared itself up as well. They've been sleeping good too, so I think it's safe to say we're back to normal, whatever that is.

The weather has also been gorgeous two days in a row. We're talking short sleeve shirts. That's a big deal around here. Chiggie was so excited to see some of her fall clothes again. Pretty soon we'll be back to jacket weather. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but we also have a ton of bulbs coming up. It's so exciting to think of color coming back to my yard. Well, calling it a yard is a stretch, but color is always good.

Well Child Check?

I guess it's Murphy's Law or whatever you want to call it, but every time I have one of the kids scheduled for a well child check they get sick. Today it's Midge's turn. She has the darn pink eye, which Tea has again go figure. Nobody else got it the first go around so I thought by now we were in the clear. Other than that it's just a virus. This doesn't help much at night when she's crying and neither of us have gotten much sleep at all. She's been sick since Friday so this should be wrapping up fairly quickly. Giving them the eye drops is hideous. I rarely resort to bribery but I do have a bag of candy they get to pick a piece from if they get the drops with no struggling. So far, so good.

The weather here stinks. I am so ready for spring. I know it's still a few weeks away, but I can dream right? Hopefully the baby will come soon and then he'll be old enough to take out when the warm weather comes.