First Day of School and Blisters

The boys started 5th and 7th grade today :) they both had a good day and were glad to be back at school!

The doctor has order cultures for Addy and naturally we are having to wait for her to provide! Any other day it would be no problem! Hopefully we will have enough collected so they can be ran tomorrow. One of the nurses from Addy's home health agency is even going to take it to Springfield for me! How awesome is that!?!? That really helps me out! You can sort of tell in the picture that she is now breaking out in little blisters on her mouth. She's been so dry that I thought was what is was but now it's definitely looking like blisters. Not sure what that's about!

Addy has her Sneak Peak at preschool tonight but obviously she isn't going :( It makes me sad that she can't go but I'm sure the other parents will appreciate me not bringing her with who knows what that could be contagious! I'm really hoping and praying that she improves and is able to go to her first day of pres-K on Monday!

Poor Baby

This poor girl! She has been sick since Saturday. She only urinated 3 times today. For her, that's crazy! She usually goes at least 10 times. She's not dehydrated enough to need an IV (thank goodness) but the doc is going to run stool samples since now she is having the diarrhea issues :( I think it's Rotavirus or something like that, I don't think it's C-Diff this time but you never know. They are also going to test for parasites (yikes) and E-Coli. They asked if she's been swimming in a public pool or drinking well water. Hmmm if you scroll down I think you get your answer. Our city water is just one big well so who knows.

Today is Scott and I's 15th Wedding Anniversary. Too bad we have a sick baby and couldn't go out :( He woke up with a migraine (ugh) and I had to work today. He did go grocery shopping for me this afternoon which was wonderful! I absolutely hate that job!

The boys start school tomorrow! Addy has an ice cream social tomorrow night for her preschool which starts on Monday. I have a sneaking suspicion that she will not be able to attend :(

Puny

Poor Addy has been sick all weekend. It started yesterday morning, she vomited up all of her breakfast. She hasn't thrown up in a really long time. She acted ok afterward, wasn't acting off or anything for awhile. A little later she was running a fever so I gave her some pedialyte and tylenol and she held that down ok. She seemed fine at lunch time so I went ahead and gave her her usual feed (didn't oral feed though) and she held it down fine. I went to Springfield to get things for my classroom and Scott said she slept well and was just a little lethargic when she got up. She was running another low temp so I gave her some more pedialyte and not 5 minutes later every drop came back up! She was still not 100% but acting ok. I went to Bunco and Scott texted me to let me know that she had been hiccuping for about 30 minutes and was afraid to feed her so he just gave her some water before bedtime and she held it down.

This morning when she got up she looked awful. As you can see in the picture she's pretty pale too. She was definitely showing signs of dehydration and had a full, messy diaper, and temp again. So I gave her just a couple of ounces of formula/pedialyte mixture with tylenol and she held it down. After her feeding she instantly fell asleep on me. I went on to church and Scott gave her more of the pedialyte/formula mixture a couple hours later and held it down. She has held down the mixture feeding all day, but was really tired and crabby. I'm hoping she is much better tomorrow and is back to her old self. I started work on Friday so I won't be home with her tomorrow. Thank goodness her nurse will be here to take care of her in case it's longer than a 48 hour bug!

Gotta LOVE a deal!

I got these 11 pairs of shoes for Addy on an on-line "yard sale" for $20! They all look brand new! I think this girl is going to be set for shoes this fall!

Jordan Valley Fountains

Today is the last day of my summer vacation and I have made it a point to have a good time! I met up with a friend of mine this morning with our kids at Jordan Valley where they have a fun little water fountain that the kids can play in. April and I have been friends since kindergarten! It was soo nice this morning, in the lower 80s, so perfect for some fun in the sun. The pix look like Addy had a horrible time but she really did have fun. It took her a little while to decide she liked the spraying water but she did unless it got her in the eyes, which I think it did often! When I first put her in the middle of the shooting water she stood up and walked out of it! She is doing sooo well walking in environments besides our home!!! The boys had a blast and I really enjoyed getting to talk with April, a perfect little morning!! Now I get to spend my afternoon getting pampered by getting my hair done :) Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, I still have an hour to decide :)

Addy is really not sure about this yet!
Inching a little closer :)

Better Day

I've had a better day today :) My mood isn't 100% me but I'm much better. This definitely helped :)
Addy's communication skills are blossoming right now. She kept saying Toy Story "sowy" in Addy speak, and pointing to the tv.

She got tired of waiting for me to obey her command so she took off.

She was just heading to do it herself :)

How cute is that little waddle walk???

Hmmm Daddy brought something home for Mommy!

Smelling the sweet flowers. Of course when you ask Addy to smell, she blows :)

Thanks for the pick me up honey, I have REALLY needed a little something!

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