The Verdict

Adam has double ear infection. He has stopped running the fever and is acting better. This has got to be the last of being sick. I don't think we can take much more. His poor little body has been on medicine for a month straight now. Something's gotta give. The weather is going to be nice this weekend and I am determined to get outside and enjoy it! Enough of winter and cold weather.

Happy April Fool's Day to me

A person would think that this is a joke, but it's not. Poor little Adam is sick again. After he woke up from his nap this afternoon, he wasn't acting quite like himself at first. Then he kind of perked up, but by 8:00pm, he was just laying around and acting sick. He has a temperature - again! I was hoping that April would be a better month for sickness in our household, but with this being the first day of the month - we're not off to a good start. Last month, he started with influenza. Then it started to turn into pneumonia. Then he had an ear infection and both eyes were infected. Now who knows what he has.

Jeff is just getting over being sick. He had a sinus infection. He had a terrible sore throat. I think he is starting to feel better though. Sunday night was a horrible night for sleeping - for me anyway. Jeff was snoring very loudly and it kept waking me up. Last night I told him that if he started snoring I was kicking him out of bed. (I was so tired last night because I didn't sleep well the night before, so I really do not think that much would have woken me up but I didn't want to risk it.) This morning I woke up and realized that Jeff was not in bed. I didn't remember kicking him out of bed, so I was confused about what day it was. I almost thought it was Saturday and that Jeff was at work. Apparently Jeff started coughing really bad last night around midnight and he voluntarily got out of bed and went and slept in our chair. What a wonderful husband! He is so thoughtful.

Oh, and how I realized that it wasn't Saturday - I could hear Jeff snoring from the other room. I knew he was here and not at work.

Why, Why, Why?

It seems that we have officially reached the stage of Adam's life where he asks "Why?" every time we tell him something.

For example:
Mom: "Adam, Mom needs to change your diaper."
Adam: "Why?"
Mom: "Because it is wet."
Adam: "Why?"
Mom: "Because you have drank a lot."
Adam: "Why?"
Mom: "Because you were thirsty."
Adam: "Why?"
Mom: "I don't know."
Adam: "Why?"
Mom: "Because I don't know anything. Go ask your Dad."

I am sure this is just the beginning...

I Like to Move It, Move It

Earlier this evening Adam was running around our living room and all of a sudden he started singing a song. At first I really could not figure out what he was singing. Then it hit me. He was singing: "I like to Move it, Move it." If you have never heard that song before, you can click here to listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_r2psdrQkM

It is just amazing to me what kids can pick up! I am sure that Jeff or I have said that before, but it's not like we say that all of the time. Nothing is more hysterical than seeing a 2 year old run around your living room singing "I like to move it, move it." If only I would have gotten that on video. It was priceless.

Cooking Fun

Here are pictures from Adam and I attempting to make apple crisp. Adam insisted on helping! As you can see, he was a great big help.

Nothing like an old friend

Many of you that would be reading this know that I had a little "party" tonight. This was one of those parties that you host where someone demonstrates and shows a product. I am normally not a person who hosts these parties, however this stuff is really awesome and I thought that some of my friends and family members would enjoy it. So, I had a party. There were about 12 people that came over. Among those people that came over, was an old friend of mine named Sarah. After the party I started thinking about old friends. It is amazing to me how many friends that I have lost contact with. Because Jeff and Adam were not home yet and the house was quiet, I just took some time to think about those people and wonder what they are doing. Thankfully, Sarah is one of those friends who I had lost contact with but have recently been reacquainted with.

The history: Sarah and I used to work together during high school. She was a grade a head of me. We probably never would have become friends had we not worked together. We became really good friends at work and soon started hanging out with each other outside of work. We got together almost every weekend. Our supervisors and co-workers would always say that we looked like sisters and they would always get our names mixed up. I was Sarah and Sarah was Carrie. We had lots of fun during those late nights at work when the store was empty and no supervisors were around. I can recall one evening during the holiday season. The store stayed open late and there were no customers anywhere. The holiday season was the only time that the store would play music overhead, and of course it was Christmas music. So the only thing that Sarah and I could think to do to have fun was to dance to Mariah Carey's Christmas song "All I Want For Christmas." I am sure that we looked like the biggest dorks if anyone saw us, but we didn't really care that much. Anyway, we became good friends. But then life happened and some how Sarah and I lost touch. We would occasionally bump into each other at a restaurant or something, but we never really became "friends" again.

A couple of years ago, I started working at the place where I am now and through a business connection with Sarah's work place, we saw each other one day. We exchanged email addresses, phone numbers, etc. I never called her and she never called me. We would see each other very occasionally through our work places and it was always the same thing: "We should get together." "We should do lunch someday." So, over the next few years, we emailed back and forth a few times. Again, we would always end the email with the "lunch someday," "call me when you are free," "we really need to get together" stuff. Finally a few months ago, one of us (I really can't remember if it was her or me) said in an email that we just had to pick a date to get together because if we never pick a date it will never happen. We picked a date for the next Saturday for lunch. I will admit that at first, I was a little hesitant. I wondered "Will this be weird? We haven't seen/talked to each other for so long. What will we talk about?". I must say that I could not have been more wrong about the whole awkwardness thing. Sarah and I had so much to talk about. After lunch we even went shopping together. We had such a wonderful time. We decided at that point to schedule another lunch for the next month. So this last weekend, we went to lunch and then went to a movie. Next month we have plans to get together with our kids. Hopefully the weather will be nice and we can go to the park and have a picnic.

Basically, what I want to say is that an old friend is probably the best gift that can be given to you. If there is that one friend who you always think about, but never call or contact - call them and schedule something! If you do not actually schedule a lunch or meeting, you will not do it. It took Sarah and me 2 years of going back and forth about saying we need to get together before we actually did it. It just makes me sad to think that I had this great friend out there that I let just slip away. I would have loved for her to be involved in my life in the past few years. She didn't come to my wedding, my baby shower, or visit me in the hospital when I had Adam. How I would have loved to have her with me during these times. And I would have loved to have been with her during her special times. What I know now though is that because Sarah is back in my life as a friend, I plan to keep it that way. I hope everyone who reads this has their "Sarah" who they can become friends with again.

Anyone want a cat?

I really do love animals. I have pretty much always had a pet my whole life. Let me just get that out of the way. I really do not want to come across as an animal-hater.

However, lately I have become less fond of our cat. I think it all started back about 2 1/2 years ago when we brought Adam home from the hospital. Prior to this day, our cat had always been our baby. He would lay on us on the couch, sleep with us at night, and was always around. He loved both me and Jeff. Now things are different.

From the minute we walked in the door with a new baby, things haven't been the same. When we first got home from the hospital, we set Adam down in his carrier on the floor and the cat walked up to the carrier, sniffed Adam and then threw up on the floor. Jeff and I didn't know what to think. The cat did that about 2 other times over the next few days and then after that, he just stayed away from Adam. Now, that seems to be the goal of the cat - stay away from the kid.

For those of you who know our cat, you know he is not the friendliest cat in the world. In fact, he is kind of mean to strangers (but always nice to us). Jeff and I were genuinely worried about how the cat would react to a new baby. Other than the puking, the cat hasn't bothered Adam at all - even after Adam chases him all around the house. The cat also doesn't really seem to care for me either. I think he associates me with that thing that makes him puke. He seems to only like Jeff anymore.

The cat is just getting on my nerves now. I guess I never thought of myself as a clean freak, but I just cannot stand the cat hair anymore. I try to keep our house clean, but no matter how hard I try there is always going to be cat hair. The other thing that is frustrating is that I have a good friend and a brother who is allergic to cats. It is hard for them to come over to our house because they start sneezing.

So, if you or someone you know would like to adopt a cat - please let me know. I can't bring myself to take him to the pound, so his fate is in your hands.
Did I mention he is really friendly and loving?