On the Mend

After a week's worth of sleepless nights, our sweet little gal finally got some sleep! (and so did her momma)  After taking Missy Pants to the doctor yesterday morning and seeing no change in her oxygen intake, I was really worried we would not make it through the weekend without a trip to the hospital.  We have been diligent about her breathing treatments and keeping her hydrated...

And this morning I think we have turned the corner.  Ali woke up with a big smile on her face- the first time in a week!  I was so happy to see my little ray of sunshine had returned.  She still has a cough that rattles her whole body and sometimes makes her cry, but I think she is working some of that gunk out of her lungs and obviously feels so much like her old self after a good night's sleep... and we all needed it!   

Today we will continue to keep up with her medication,and making sure to give her lots of squeezes and loves :).. and hopefully our baby will be back to her sweet self in no time!

... I'm sooo anxious to see how daddy does with her-just the two of them- on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday- should make for some interesting blogging- hee hee!

So give all your sweet babies some squeezes this weekend !  I know I'm so thankful for my sweet angel girlie and for her tough little immune system !

Poor Sweet Baby

My sweet sweet baby girl is still sick :(   I received a call from our daycare lady this morning when I was working telling me that Ali was wheezing today and just seemed to be getting worse with her cold.  I called the doctor and KK took her in this afternoon.

Turns out our poor girl has RSV, a virus that only babies get that affects their lungs and breathing. First of all, let me say I am sooo thankful to the woman who watches Ali for picking up on her wheezing!  I just thought he

r cold was running it's course... first time mom alert!

The doctor prescribed singulair to help clear her airways, and she is on breathing treatments with a nebulizer every four hours. She has to sleep sitting up, so we will try her in her swing tonight and see how that goes.  Hopefully our little family can get some sleep - after 3 nights in a row of the sweet angel crying and coughing all night long, we are all exhausted!  

Momma is going to stay home with her tomorrow (thank goodness- I'm not feeling too great myself) and Daddy will stay home next week because he has more sick days.  I take her back to the doc tomorrow morning, hopefully they will see some improvement in her oxygen intake, otherwise baby girl will have to be admitted to the hospital :-( 

Please send up prayers for me sweet girl!

F-F-Freezing!

So this is how cold it is here:  one of my ninth graders was walking to school yesterday morning and slipped on some black ice in the crosswalk and... get this.. SLID across the road into the snow bank, which was SO FROZEN that he broke his tibia!  I know right- UNBELIEVABLE!  That is how FRIGGIN COLD it has been here lately.  And I think the high school (2 words, little meatball) might have forgotten to turn on the heat lately because I could not feel my fingers when teaching last period today- it's like crazy madness around here!

And don't worry, softball season (which I coach) starts February 27th- good luck with that one!

Family Pictures!

I'm so excited!!! We are going to take Missy Pants for our first ever family pictures on Sunday!  After hearing good things about prices and picture quality, we decided to try Kiddie Kandids... I am so hoping they live up to our expectations.  

My biggest fear is that our little bug will decide to not be happy during picture time, and we'll end up with a zillion pics of her not smiling.  I scheduled the pics for noon, so hopefully she will be fresh from her morning nap and ready to dazzle the camera!  

Now begins the daunting process of finding the perfect outfits...

I'm also really hoping that Missy Poo gets over her cold before then.  I also think she might be having some issues with her teeth: Although she has been sleeping great through the night,  last week she hardly napped at daycare and would not nap in the afternoon at home either.  She did not nap at all on Saturday.  Sunday she started to be very whiny and almost angry. She would chew on her toys (normal) but then get violent with them, shove them in her mouth, and scream.  After ruling out that she was not possessed, I gave her some Tylenol and laid her down for a nap. She slept for almost 3 hours straight! She has not done that since she was a baby baby!  So I'm thinking her teethers are starting to grow, even though I cannot feel any bumps.. I think those darn teeth are making a sneak attack.  

And then she wakes up yesterday with a flemy-sounding cough...today it is worse, and we've added a slight runny nose..poo baby. :-(  

She woke up 4 times last night just crying in her sleep. This morning she was not her usual sunshine-smiley self. I hated dropping her at daycare, but I know she is being loved on and cuddled... but it's hard cause I just wanna squeeze her all day and make her feel better. I am going to sprint outta  here after work to get her for sure!

Anyone got any tricks for making a sweet baby feel better?  

Annoyed again!

So I'm still annoyed with my MIL... and I can't get over it!! I know you're sick of reading about it, and I'm starting to make myself sick!

 Tonight my husband coached a basketball game, and she came.  I was sitting high up in the stands partly so she wouldn't sit by me (she can't climb the bleachers) and partly because it is easier to get up and rock the baby if need be without getting in the way of other spectators.  I feel like a terrible person- I saw her walk over to where I used to sit before the baby, and when I wasn't there, she went over and sat behind the bench. I didn't even go visit her during half time!

So she called my husband after the game and apparently didn't see us sitting up in the bleachers, and I lied and said I didn't see her either.  But when he was talking to her, he said "I'll tell her to sit closer to the court next time and look for you"... umm....NO!!!  I don't want to have to sit next to that woman for an entire basketball game... and I feel HORRIBLE for feeling that way!  

I just want to tell my husband that I don't like his mom. I don't want to have to pretend to enjoy her company- which is what I do now.  It's hard enough that she comes over once a week, but now she expects us to be this big, happy family all the time.  It also makes me angry that Kris puts me in that position- I also want to tell him he cannot force me to have a relationship with her. 

And I know she is getting better- KK was happy because this is the first time his mom has come to watch one of his games sober- EVER- and she called to congratulate him after the game and remembered stuff that happened... so I should be feeling happy for him.  But the truth is, I don't.  I want  her to leave us alone.   She is obsessed with us- and I feel so smothered.  Her son is 35 years old and she is still coming to his games and calling him to congratulate him... It's like she forgets that he is a GROWN UP now. She has gone from barely caring about anything to being super involved.  And I can't help but think she does it all for show- like Ali  and Kris are prizes she can claim. I even think she wants me to be one of her prizes like "oh look at Linda, she has this happy little family to be the head of"... Bleck It's all so fake!

I know that I really need to change my heart, and I feel terrible for the way I feel towards her. I don't understand why I can't let it go and why I let it eat me up so much. I am being such a brat, part of me feels so ashamed of myself, and the other part makes me want to just scream. I just need to accept her for what she is and be kind.  Why can I not be kind?  I'm struggling with this- and I really want to talk to Kris, but I KNOW it will end in a fight.  I want to feel compassion and be happy that she is healing and want her to be part of her granddaughter's life- so then why do I just want her to leave us alone? 

OH yeah- she's coming over tomorrow too- even though she was JUST HERE on Wednesday... SEE!!! There I go again!!!  I need to change my attitude pronto!

Twitter?

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My username is jelliknowles- add me to your followers and teach me how it works! 

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