I Had a Moment

So I had one of those moments in my life where I couldn't believe what I was saying and what it meant. I have talked about the revelation in my life late at night when I couldn't believe that I was a mom of two kids. This was one of those moments.

Last week I bamboozled my Dad into having dinner at Red Lobster. If you know my Dad very well, you know this is not his favorite place to eat. He tolerates it, but he would prefer to eat somewhere else. I achieved this task by asking him what he was doing on Saturday night. He said nothing but watching the KU game. I then told him to clear his calendar because I wanted to go out and eat on my birthday. He said that was great, and then he said, "Where are we going?" I then had to inform him that we were indeed headed to Red Lobster. Since it was my birthday dinner, he didn't say a word about preferring to go else where.

We were all not feeling well and tired on Saturday, so we went on Sunday. On the way back I told him how I thought it was funny that no more that 10 years ago, I thought it was just crazy to even think about being almost 30. I couldn't believe how fast time had gone, and I sure couldn't believe that I was about to reach 30.

Then it hit me. I'm really almost 30. I don't think I feel like I thought I would. I don't know exactly what that feeling was, but I just knew something would be different...I'd be old. Now I am going to change "old" to something more like 80 :p I wanted to go high because I don't want to keep changing it. However, how can I be 30 already. I have been living for 30 years? Even as I am typing this, I can't believe it. It seems like so much time (30 years), and yet I feel like life has flown by.

I can now say that anyone that is around the same age is NOT old. I asked my sister if we could changed the standard of old to another age. She told me no. My guess is that she will say no, call me next year and tell me how old I am, and the next September she will change the age.

There have been so many times this year that I have had these revelations. I did once with the kids, for my birthday, and then because this summer will be 10 years out of high school. I've been out for 10 years? Only old people go to their 10 year reunion. :)

Sleep? Do You Ever Get Any?

So I've had a sick kid and one going through a growth spurt. I feel like I have had no sleep in the past 2 weeks. I told someone that I had Genevieve, and I wasn't use to a full night of sleep. Yeah right! I was getting more sleep than I actually thought I was. I'd do anything to have one good night of sleep. With the way Genevieve is sleeping so far tonight, I don't think this is that night. Maybe after tomorrow and a couple more doses of meds, she will sleep again.

Early this morning she was in the bed with me. She wasn't sleeping good, she was hurting, and she wanted Momma. So I just brought her to my bed. After a bit of laying there I asked her if she'd like to sleep in her big girl bed tonight. She smiled at me, and she shook her head yes. I thought to myself, "Jackpot!" She then told my Mom and Dad that she wanted her big girl bed. So, I got it ready, and we moved it up to her room.

As bedtime came near, I talked to her about her bed. She kept telling me that she wanted to sleep in the big girl bed with her fuzzy blanket. Anyway, we went back for bed, and she didn't want anything to do with it. She kept pointing to her crib and said, "this bed this bed." So that is what we did. It was a failed attempt tonight for the big girl bed. Maybe she'll get use to looking at it and not think it's so bad.

Random Thoughts for the Day

So, I have nothing major to blog about, but I just felt the need to write something down. You aren't going to hurt my feelings if you just skip this one, and you move on. If you don't, I don't want comments about how random or dumb this is :p

First lets talk about shoes. :) Now I like shoes. I'm all for getting a nice pair here and there. This week I have bought 2 new pair. I got a cute pair of black shoes that look like a cross between tennis shoes and sandals. I loved them so much, I went back and bought the same pair of shoes only in bronze. Like I said, I like shoes, but Genevieve is a shoe NUT. We went into Payless, she looked around, and then with a great amount of excitement said, "OOOhhhhh Shoes!" My Mom is a total sucker, and she has bought Genevieve 2 pair of shoes in the past week. I have to admit, they are very cute, but 2 pair!? She loves her shoes so much, some nights it is an uphill battle to get them off her feet for bed. I sent my cousin an email, and I guess her daughter is the same way. It must run in the family.

Our plans for the day yesterday were postponed when I had to take Genevieve to the ER. At school on Friday they noticed at the end of the day that she had what they thought was Pink Eye. I saw a sign when I dropped her off that said on the last day she was there, someone with Pink Eye was there. I didn't think anything of the Pink Eye, and I just put her drops in her eyes (she usually ends up with it when she gets an ear infection so I have drops on hand usually). Well, Friday night she was not sleeping well. She was up a lot. By Saturday at noon, I decided she needed to be seen. She was stumbling around, and you could tell she just didn't feel good. Sure enough, she had another ear infection. I asked the ER doctor about it, and she said that this time of year some kids that get colds can't keep an ear infection away. I'm hoping this is the case, and we don't need to put tubes in her ears. Just in case you care about what plans we had...We were headed to Red Lobster for my birthday dinner. I think we will go tonight if she wakes up in a good mood from her nap.

Speaking of birthday plans, today is my husband and I's 6 year anniversary. I just can't believe most days I've been married that long. Before my husband, the longest I had been in a relationship was about a whole 9 months. I was one of those people that if I knew I didn't have any interest in marring you, I didn't want to prolong it. To me that was what dating was about. So to think of being with my husband for 6 years is crazy. The 6 years is marriage, and we dated for 2 years before we were married. I have been with him for a whole 8 years. Scary! I don't know how he's put up with me for that long honestly :p He must be a good man because it takes one to deal with me.

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!! I haven't been into basketball for a long time now. I don't know why I started to watch this year, but I did. My husband and I talked about if they did make it to the Final Four, they'd have to play UNC. Well, the head coach for UNC is none other than Roy Williams. He use to coach at KU until he was offered the head coach job at UNC. I had always felt if they did play UNC it would be a very long, hard, game that would come down to the wire. I was very surprised last night when that didn't seem to be the case at all. KU came out and just took off. There were a couple of close calls, but UNC never had the lead or tied KU (believe me it came close, but it didn't happen). Anyway, I can't wait until the game on Monday!

Okay, I think I have gone on enough. I'm sure not many of you have made it this far :p If you did, bless you for hanging in there. I hope everyone is having a great start to April.

New Big Girl Chair

I guess it is that time in my kids life where it is time to grow up. Genevieve moved quickly into a new seat from her infant seat. At her 4 month check up, we learned that she was about to outgrow her seat, and we went and got a new one a few days later. Samuel had an appointment to get checked out (he's stuffy), and I found out he's only an inch from outgrowing his infant seat. So, today was the day. I went out and bought a new car seat...still for Genevieve.

Genevieve is a big girl. If I would have known then what I know now, I would have tried to accommodate this fact a little better. We got her a car seat that converts from a 5 point harness, to a backed booster, to just a booster. Thinking we'd be set, we went on about life. When we realized that the seat only forward faced to 40 lbs, and she is already 36 lbs, we knew she'd need something else. I was all set to shell out the money for the expensive seat, and then Graco came out with one that solved all our problems.

So today I bought her a new "big girl chair." It is in the van, and she has taken a ride in it. She loves the cup holder, and I think she likes it. Samuel is now in her old seat. Boy does time fly.

Parking Wars

Have you seen Parking Wars? It's a show on A&E where they show real parking authority employees in Philadelphia. They have sections that show ticketing, booting, the impound lot, and towing. I love the show. It's always so funny to see how people react to getting a ticket or towed for their tickets. Usually everyone gets really worked up, and they get confrontational. I find myself laughing and wondering why if they did something wrong are they so surprised. Well, yesterday I answered my own question.

I have started to volunteer for my Mom's office. She works at a Hospice, and they need some help around the office. So I am going and helping out. Yesterday I went to answer phones for them. I showed up about 9:00 to start helping. Well about 2 1/2 hours later things were pretty slow. I had a word fill in book in my van, so I wanted to go out and get it. I handed Samuel to Mom, and out I went. As I walked out, I noticed there was someone behind my van. As I got in the lady said, "Here you go miss, you got a ticket." I immediately asked what for. She then informed me that I had been parked longer than 2 hours. Now I looked around the lot before I parked and most parking looked to be 8 hour parking. I then asked her where it said that the spot I was in was 2 hours because I couldn't see anything even standing there. She then pointed out a sign down the way a bit, and she told me it had arrows on it to include my spot. At that time I realized that I was starting to act like the crazy people on Parking Wars. I then just said, "I'm very sorry, I'll move the van." Then I went on to ask how much my ticket was, where to pay for it, and all that fun stuff.

Needless to say I got my first parking ticket yesterday, and my grand total was a whole $2.00. I guess I'll know better than to mess with the Salina Parking Authority again. I almost thought about contesting it, but I have better things to do with my time. The signs were not clear at all, and the sign that she pointed to was about 6 spots down. Lesson learned that the spaces close to the building at Mom's office are only 2 hour parking. I thought about it later and wondered if I would have just left my car there would I have only had to pay the same $2.00 for the rest of the day. Then I told my husband that was all I needed...a boot on my van for unpaid parking tickets. :p

On the Up and Up

The past week has been crazy. Genevieve had her appointment on Monday. She went to school Tuesday and Thursday. My husband left on Tuesday. Friday afternoon was spent out with my Mom. To top all that off, I was sick the first part of the week.

On Monday in the wee hours (before the sun came up) I woke to find myself feeling sick. I went into the bathroom, and was indeed sick. When coming back in the room, my husband asked me if I felt okay. I told him no I didn't, but no big deal. I went back to sleep and was woken up once again. I went to the bathroom, and again was sick. As I came back into the room, my husband again asked if I felt okay. I again told him no, but there was nothing he could do.

By the the time we woke up to get the kids ready for our trip to Wichita for Genevieve's appointment, I had been to the bathroom about 4 times. The last time back in the room the conversation went pretty much the same, but there was a new question asked. "Hey hun? You aren't pregnant are you?" Let me state right now just in case you are wondering the same...NO I AM NOT PREGNANT. I had the flu. I know it was the flu because not only could I not keep anything down, but I also had a fever, was achy, and many more flu like symptoms. It took me about 2 days, but I got rid of the fever, and as of today, I don't totally feel like I've been hit all over with a baseball bat. Needless to say, it was a LONG day Monday. You know I felt bad because I told my husband to skip our plans of going to Target, lunch, and the Mall. If you know me in person, you know I would never say those things unless it were bad. :)

The kids and I are adjusting to not having my husband around. On Wednesday, Genevieve said she wanted to go see Daddy. I told her we could call him when we got home, but we would have to see him another time. She didn't understand, but I don't know how much a 2 year old could understand. I know she misses him, but she is doing very well. Samuel on the other hand is not. He has started recently where he cries like crazy in the evening. I don't know why, and I don't know what is going on with him. Mom keeps saying she thinks he's trying to cut teeth, but I think he's too young for that still. He is 3 months old, and I think he's going through a growth spurt, but I never remember Genevieve being fussy during that time.

This week is more of the same for us. Genevieve will be headed to school 2 days this week, and we will be trying to work into more of a routine. I will be starting some volunteer work this week. I am going 4 hours a week to answer phones, put packets together, etc for Mom's work. That's what she asks that I do for her putting Genevieve in school two days a week. It's a pretty fair trade.

Okay, I'm off to the shower now. Both kids are quiet, and I have a hot shower calling my name. :)

The End of an Era

Well not really an Era, but it seems like it could be that long. We had Genevieve's last post op appointment on Monday. I was sick with the flu, and I didn't gather a lot of what was being said. All I know is they did the tests, and she came back okay. The doctor said if we think we want it, she can be seen in a year for a follow up, but it isn't necessary. He also took her off all meds. This is the first time my baby has been med free for 2 years. The other night she went to bed and the conversation between her and I went about the same as it does every night...

"Good night Genevieve. I love you." *Give hugs and kisses and cover her up*
As I leave the room
"Uhhh Momma?"
"Yes Genevieve?"
"Uhm, Drink?"
"You have one."
"Oh.....Uh Momma?"
"Yes Genevieve?"
"Medicine?"
"No Genevieve, you don't need it anymore."
"Oh....Night night."

Her "Uhhh Momma?" has become our new thing. I know she is stalling going to bed, but she will only do it once or twice before I make sure I mean business before she goes to bed. It's just so cute to hear her say it :p