8/6/17

It's been a rough day today, full of sad, sick little kiddos. Tatum has run a 100-102 fever all day and when this afternoon after Tylenol (we've been alternating Tylenol/Motrin every three hours with little improvement) she started to head up past 104 instead of down we took her back to pediatric urgent care.

Who knew a urine specimen cup could be so amazing?

After a urine test and a chest X-ray we have a diagnosis of Bronchitis/Walking Pneumonia. 😢 They put her on a second antibiotic on top of the one she started last night, so hopefully things will start to look up. She's looked so sad and pitiful all day. 😦

Wyatt didn't have the best day either. I still can't decide if he's got the same virus Tatum started all this out with over a week ago (I hope not) or if it's because he seems to be stopped up again and hasn't pooped since Thursday evening. I guess tomorrow I'll be headed to the store at some point to get baby suppositories for him, which sounds like a blast….. literally.

We did get the last couple shelves installed at the booth at Lonestar and a couple clip lights to help brighten things up and now we just need Stacie's sign for Tick Tock Crafts and all her stuff loaded in there!! I'm really excited about opening day, and I have a bunch more stuff to make and take over there this week to be ready for it!

Headed off to bed as I negotiate the challenge of sick toddler home with newborn tomorrow. Wish me luck!!

7/23/17

Knew it was going to be a challenging day today after Tatum woke up, came out into the hallway, and promptly threw herself face down on the floor and began her morning of whining.  Good lord, the Drama Diva was totally in the house and on fire today!

Wade took her for a walk and then some playing outside with sidewalk chalk this morning while Wyatt and I spent the morning crafting.  For lunch Tatum announced she wanted HAM, so we went over to Honey Baked Ham.  This is where the real adventures started.

She was acting kind of funny when we first got there, but too late I recognized the signs of a poop coming.  I hustled her into the bathroom only to find the gift had already been given, and no changing table.  For real, people, WHO HAS BATHROOMS WITHOUT CHANGING TABLES ANYMORE?

So, I earned a SERIOUS “Mommy Badge” today for my successful, amazingly mess-free, STANDING poopy pull-up changing skills.  For real y’all.  A STANDING UP POOP CHANGE. I’m feeling pretty boss at this point.  #SuperMom strikes again.

AND….. AANNNNDDDD….. after that she ate ALL her ham.  Boom.  Mike Drop.  Yassss.

Naptime was short, but my head was full of ideas for my booth, so I didn’t sleep at all.  When everyone woke up I announced my plans to Wade and told him I wanted them done today.  He wasn’t super happy with me, but since I’ve been such a good housewife this week I think he humored me.  =)  We packed the kids up in the cars (he had to take Truck Norris to pick up the wood) and headed off to Home Depot and Lonestar Mercantile.

This is where “Bad Mood Betty” entered the picture.  Drama Diva didn’t have enough nap before she woke herself up, and so the mood in the mini-van was pretty intense.  Luckily, #SuperMom was prepared for such shenanigans and brought my trusty sidekick, iPad.

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We made it to the booth and Wade really busted his hump to get this thing done for me.  I think he really surprised even himself at how fast we accomplished such a task with TWO kids in tow.  Luckily I packed snacks, iPad, and when the native started to get restless improvised and built her a fort from my shelves that were waiting to go in the booth.  #SuperMom- 3, Bad Mood Betty- 0.  Woot Woot!

Tatum really did well for the hour and a half we were at Lonestar, so I promised her ice cream.  #SuperMom isn’t above bribes.  You work with the tools you’re given.

The booth turned out really good looking!  I can’t wait to get the finishing touches in and start loading it up with goodies for sale!  I have so many ideas swimming in my head it’s hard to keep them all straight, so I’ve started emailing them to myself as they come.  Needless to say, my email box is rather full.

We had another “funny” this evening when Tatum came back into our bedroom to give Wyatt his third goodnight hug.  She was standing over his Rock and Play about ready to bend down and hug him when he had a massive, noisy, gross, liquids-sounding poop.  It was loud and nightmarish sounding.  She totally stopped mid-stoop, looked up at me, and asked “What happened?”  I said “Baby Wyatt pooped, Honey.”

She stared at me for a second, looked down at him, straightened up, changed her mind about the hug, and quickly walked away.  I had a good laugh about that behind her back before she went to bed.  *grin*

Back to the regular grind of SAHM-hood tomorrow!  Need to get some of these To Do list things marked off!  ❤  Night all!

7-19-2017

Whew, somehow this entire day is done and I haven’t accomplished much of anything besides keeping both kids alive, a few loads of laundry, and organizing a few bills from Wyatt’s birth and my Pars Planitis stuff.  Where does the day go??  Maybe it was that 2.5 hour nap I snuck in while he was sleeping earlier.  *grin*

Wyatt is doing MUCH better with the old formula and I credit the probiotic, even though I just started it yesterday.  He’s not straining to poop and he seems 100% more comfortable.  The only time he gets super pissed is when he’s ready to eat and I can’t get his bottle ready fast enough.  Even though Wade is skeptical about the probiotic if it seems to be working it’s awesome in my book. =)

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He was pretty peaceful all day and it seems like we’re headed into a fairly decent night, hope I don’t jinx it!

Tatum had a much better drop off at school too!  She was only a little clingy, and pretty much sat right down at a table with Avery to work on a puzzle.  It was “Kona Ice” day today, so when I told her Kona couldn’t come while mommy was there she said “OH, BYE Mommy” and waved and blew me a kiss.  I’ll totally take it.  LOL!

I’m constantly amazed about how much laundry and dish washing having two little ones requires.  Seriously, I though Wade was bad with the laundry, but these two??  I mean, Wyatt weighs less than 8lbs at this point, how CAN he go through that much stuff?  And why do we use so many towels?  The modern household mysteries that may never be explained.

Picked Tatum up from school to go to her ENT recheck which went really well. She spotted a photo of an old guy in Time Magazine in the waiting room and proclaimed loudly “That’s NOT my Granddaddy!”  I asked her how she knew and she told me “This guy has HAIR, Granddaddy doesn’t have any hair!”  *Snork* Tell it like it is kid. =)

On the way home, we were sitting at a stoplight and I looked back and her to ask her a question and she was LICKING THE BOTTOM OF HER SHOE.  That’s right. She had pulled her leg ALL the way up to her face and was doing the unspeakable.  I about died on the spot.  Why are toddlers so dang nasty???  For real, WHO LICKS A SHOE???  Gah!!!

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When we got home the boys were peacefully sleeping – these kiddos love their Granddaddy for sure!  We went out to dinner for Granddaddy’s impending birthday on Friday and Tatum was a total nut.

Things I never thought I’d say in my lifetime:

1- Stop licking all the butter off your bread.

2- Stop licking the butter out of the bowl.

3- For God’s Sake, Tatum, STOP LICKING THE BUTTER.

4- Stop licking the ketchup off your fries.

5- Fries are not a delivery system for ketchup, Tatum.

6- Stop stabbing the bread with a crayon.

This little girl at dinner right here was almost enough for me to ask the waiter to replace my sweet tea with a strong, tall, Long Island Iced Tea.  I don’t think anyone would have judged me…. not much anyway!

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Nothing says a good toddler nighttime like chocolate Nothing Bundt Cake before dinner.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDDADDY!!!

A PS to 7-18-17

OMG y’all, only 8:30pm and we’ve had SIX poopy diapers today, SIXXXXX.

For real, complete 180 degrees.

Oh yeah, and for my first ever day of picking up Tatum at daycare with Wyatt by myself, I put him in his car seat to leave and he promptly projectile spit-up ALL OVER himself and ALL OVER the car set.

Welcome to Mommyhood, Y’all.  Shiz just got real. =/

He sure is cute though…

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