Addysen Update

This morning was downright crazy!!! I did not sleep for squat last night, I guess that's what happens when you turn 40 right? Addy was up quite a bit too, she's been fighting the same gunk that I have been. She's been coughing like crazy at night. Enough to make her gag :(
I was really expecting a phone call this morning that school was cancelled again because the roads are still pretty slick. But, no call. So I got up and got ready for work. About 7, Addy's nurse texted me that her car wouldn't start and she wasn't sure when she would make it to my house. Addy usually goes to school on Mondays but she wasn't feeling well all weekend so I wasn't going to send her. So I let Scott know that we needed to make arrangements this morning, one of us was going to be late to work. Addy woke up and once again had a fever. So I decided I would be the one late, Addy was definitely going into the Ped this morning. So I start Addy's feed, told Jake that I don't want him to ride the bus to school, I was going to take him since the roads were slick still. As we continue getting everyone ready the bus starts up the hill (the same hill I slid down on Friday), low and behold she can't get up the hill, it's still a solid sheet of ice, so glad I didn't let him get on! Fortunately help came and they were able to get the bus up the hill. We live in a very rural area and this was a paved road, I can only imagine what the buses dealt with on the gravel roads! Scott decided he would take the boys to school so off they went. I called and got Addy into the doc at 10 so we didn't have to rush to Springfield. Miss Kim was able to get a new battery installed so I even made it to work for a few hours. We'll have school tomorrow but we have another storm coming tomorrow night so the rest of the week is looking iffy!
In the waiting room waiting to see the doc a mom and dad came in with the most adorable little 15 month old girl named Emily. She happens to be sporting that little something extra too!! She was sooo cute! Her dad gave me their business card so we could chat sometime. I emailed the mommy and hope that we can strike up a nice friendship! Dr. M checked Miss Addy out head to toe. She has my virus. Grr (sorta) I'm very thankful that she doesn't have an ear infection, I really did want to avoid antibiotics (not wanting c-diff again). She's been pushing on her ears all weekend so I was surprised they weren't infected, just some fluid. He wanted me to have Addy drink this tonight before bed:


Well, since she doesn't drink a whole lot by mouth I figured it would be a challenge. Naturally it was but she did take in quite a bit, not a surprise that she loved the tart lemon!



So after dinner she got all cleaned up, a nice warm lotion massage and warm footie jammies (so, not her favorite!). Hoping she has a better night and can get some rest, I know she feels yucky, even though she is still her happy little self!

Happy Birthday

My day consisted of going out to eat a yummy lunch at Chilis, having the most fabulous strawberry cake made by my good friend Annie who is starting her Twenty One Cakes (her little guy has DS too). She made Scott's amazing Geocaching cake too. Then we went to Missouri State to hear the boys sing The National Anthem and a bit of the Lady Bear game.

(sorry, the pic is of the big screen since we were behind the singers)

I'm really not into sports so we left after half time. Then I said I wanted Orange Leaf so off we went. That stuff is so yummy! Definitely ate more calories today than I should have but you only turn 40 once right? So now I get to clean the house, it's a pit. I didn't get anything done during our snow days since I was so sick so I better get busy.

Today is always a bittersweet day for me. I can't help but think of Alice Rebecca Cooper. (No I've never met her and have no idea where she is) The woman who gave birth to me then put me up for adoption. It's the best thing she could have done for me, that's for sure. I always wonder if I have siblings. I imagine I do but who knows. Adoption is such a wonderful thing but there are these feelings as well. I'm so thankful that Addy will always know that her birth parents love her and think about her. She will always know her biological brother. She really has the best of both worlds, she such a lucky little girl :)

Socks

Anyone that knows Addy well knows that she DESPISES socks (and shoes and coats and footie jammie etc.)! So why did a take a picture of Addy's little feet in socks? 1. because she has them on and 2. she put them on all by herself :)

I'm not excited because she put them on by herself, that's not a new skill, I'm excited because she took the initiative to put on socks because her feet were cold and she realized that the socks would make her feet warm! You go girl!
She's still feeling pretty yucky but did sleep better last night. She also woke up fever free so just maybe we can avoid the clinic today. I'm just worried about her getting an ear infection since she has so much junkiness in her head :(

We got about three more inches of snow yesterday, we are drowning in snow. The boys are supposed to sing The National Anthem at the MSU Lady Bears basketball game tomorrow. I'm hoping they are still able to, it's the only plans we have tomorrow and tomorrow's kinda a big deal.

Snowing again

Well, it is once again snowing. Our forecast looks like this:

I have a feeling we're not going back to school for awhile :( I am finally feeling better. I have the majority of my voice back, now I just sound like a heavy smoker! I'm pretty sure Addy has gotten my crud, she started running a fever yesterday and it was up to 103 last night. It's been running around 100 today. I call her ped and they were booked and recommended Claritin to see if that helps with her coughing at night, she's not really coughing during the day except during nap so it sounds more like drainage. (I never ran a temp). If her fever spikes again I'm supposed to take her into Saturday clinic to be seen. Hoping it stays down, I know I can't drive up the hill, I'd have to make Scott take us :) The kids and I packed up to go get the meds and ended up sliding backwards and sideways down this hill:

(just an FYI, after I took this pic I demanded Cooper put on a hat and Jake come back in for his coat, even though it's not cold out!)

thankfully no cars came by and we ended up facing back towards home so back we came. Scott can get the meds on his way home from work, we're not risking it! The snow is beautiful and I love snow, I just don't like being stranded and out of school for this long. Thankfully we are just taking it easy so we can feel better. Addy's been requesting to watch Toy Story 3 about a bazillion times, I'm giving in, she feels yucky.

We've watched every Signing Time she has and have spent quite a bit of time playing with her preschool prep stuff on the Ipad, I don't think her minds going to warp too much :)

Closest she's gonna get

Addy thinks she wants to go outside. It's 14 degress with subzero windchills. Nice try sister.

Snowed in

(compare to yesterdays pic, we are sunk!)

Well we have about 10 inches or so of snow. We are stuck! Everything around here is closed, it's crazy! Scott had to go into work today so I'm on my own, voiceless with the kids. It's only 10 degrees outside so it's really too cold to go out and play in the wonderful white stuff. The boys are being really good, they are glued to the Xbox. Addy is finally down for a nap, she was fighting it but I really needed her to take one, I am still so sick. I doubt we'll be back to school for a week or so, we have more snow coming on Sunday and Monday. I'm not having to use sick days at least! We are losing most of our Spring Break now which stinks, but that's okay, I'd rather go to school when it's 70 degrees than icy and subzero!

Jarika and her roommate, Janessa

Jarika's college has been shut down too, they got about 18 inches of snow! The interstates have been closed as well, Oklahoma has pretty much shut down and Missouri hasn't been faring too well either! I'm happy to be snug at home, watching Netflix and being lazy so I can get better!

Bring on the Blizzard

Well I am currently snug in my warm house watching the blizzard come to light! We still have power but we are ready if we lose power which is very likely at this point. The storm started with ice and sleet. It's still sleeting now but we are expecting 12-20 inches of snow! Unfortunately I am so sick! I have no voice today so it's a very good thing that everything is pretty much shut down. It's not good for a speech pathologist to have no voice! Addy keeps whispering back to me, it's pretty funny. Too bad I can't LOL! I am happiest that Scott's company shut down today too so he's home to take care of me and the kids :) So check the weather and think of us in SW Missouri, we are getting hammered!

(our fridge is overflowing)