Sickness: Part Too Many!!

This weekend has been filled with additional sickness. Thursday I started not feeling well, but toughed out the day at work. I came home and immediately went to bed. Adam took Alex to the ENT on Friday because his ears still weren't cleared up. They told us to put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in his ears before putting ear drops ins to help get rid of all the earwax buildup. I had to go for my monthly visit with Dr. Putman on Friday too. I had lost about 1 1/2 pounds, so total weight gain is at about 10 lbs. I was supposed to do my blood glucose test, but since I was feeling nauseous they said I could do it on Monday. I didn't go to work and slept the rest of the day away.

Saturday, I still wasn't feeling great and then Alex started acting like he didn't feel well. He didn't eat much and didn't play a lot either. He ended up puking about 7pm and woke up with diarrhea. Both ends have gotten at work out all day and we couldn't get him to drink anything. I was starting to get worried and after consulting with Nana we decided to call the telenurse. They told us just to be safe, we needed to take him to Express Care. So we hopped in the car, and off we went. They gave Alex Zofran to stop the nausea, and tried giving him Pedialyte. Of course, we couldn't get him to drink any of it, but they let us go home and told us to call Dr. Savage in the morning if he still wasn't drinking. I got him to drink some on the way home and he even asked for fruit snacks. I gave him some and he ate them all. He came home and went to bed, and has been sleeping for about an hour and a half now. Let's cross our fingers that tomorrow will be a better day. The good news is they said his ears looked pretty clear, so looks like the drops are finally working!! We go for a recheck in 3 weeks.

I'm going to stay home with him, but am getting up early to go take my glucose test before Adam has to go to work. The spring weather is so beautiful, we're hoping it will stay and take away all our yucky sickness!!

On a funny note. . . since Alex has had several dirty diapers today I kept checking his pants asking him if he had pooped. At one point today he grabbed the back of my pants and asked me if I had pooped. I seriously couldn't quit laughing and it still makes me laugh as I write this. Later on in the day while I was eating a sandwich and drinking a soda, I burped extremely loud and Alex handed me his puke bowl just in case I needed it. He is definitely an observant little man!

Luck of the Irish!

Alex had a fun day at daycare celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Of course, he looked super cute sporting his green and his Mr. Lucky shirt! It was a nice day today, so the kids made bags to go outside and go on a leprachan/treasure hunt! Alex came home with lots of gold and green coins. He was so excited to show them to us when he got home!!

Tunnel of Fun

Grandma & Grandpa Kershaw got Alex this tunnel for Christmas and he loves to get in it and hide. He laughs so loud he couldn't really hide if he wanted to. Sometimes if we aren't paying attention to him, he'll start asking 'Where'd he go?' so that we will start playing with him. His new favorite thing to do in it is take a flashlight into it and shine it around. It's these simple little pleasures in life that make me love being a Mommy!!!

Dream a Little Dream!!

Yesterday was the first official day with the hour time change to spring forward. I don't know how one hour makes such a huge difference, but it took it's toll on this Kershaw house. We napped for 3 hours yesterday!!!! Followed by a trip to Dairy Queen for ice cream! What a great way to spend a Sunday!

While taking my 3 hour nap, I had a very vivid dream. Little Baby Kershaw made HER appearance on May 16th, weighed 8lbs 1oz, had tons of hair, and was perfectly healthy! Don't know if this is a little preview of what's to come, but I guess time will tell!!! This is the last week of the second trimester.

Car Shopping

Tonight we headed to Litchfield to look at one last car before making our decision. On Monday we went to Winchester and then headed to Nana & Papa's for dinner. On Wednesday, Daddy drove to Carlinville and Hillsboro to look at cars. After lots of test driving and price negotiating we've decided to buy a 2010 Silver Chevrolet Traverse and we will be getting it on Saturday!!! YAY!!

After shopping tonight we decided to get a bite to eat at Ruby Tuesday's. Alex thoroughly enjoyed his chicken strips, mashed potatoes, and grapes dipped in ketchup. I just so happened to have the camera in my purse so we snapped a couple photos. Of course, as soon as Daddy got the camera out Alex stopped eating to pose for a picture while he was saying 'cheese!!!'

Also a Happy Belated 28th Birthday to Uncle Jacob!!! He celebrated his birthday on Tuesday! We love and miss you!!

Ear Infection Go Away!!

Alex has been snotty and had a cough for about a week now, so we decided we should probably take him to the doctor before the weekend came and he got worse. He had also been pulling on his ear, which made us wonder if he had an ear infection. With his tubes in you can usually tell he has an infection because it drains yucky junk out of his ear, but nothing was happening this time. Anyway, we decided to be safe then sorry and sure enough Alex had a clogged tube and an ear infection in his right ear. So, they put him on a 10 antibiotic and very expensive ear drops. Let's hope this does the trick and that this is the last sickness we have to deal with before spring stays for good!!! We'll have to go back in a few weeks for a recheck to make sure things are all cleared up. Fingers crossed.

Daddy went to the Dr. this week too. He's been on two different antibiotics for a sinus infection and just can't seem to shake it. They gave him another antibiotic and a steroid to take. Hopefully this will work. Thank God I've avoided any major sickness!!

BOOM!!

You can even see his favorite page in this photo!!

Alex really enjoys reading books, but he has a handful that are his old standbys. They include The Monster at the End of the Book, My Football Book, and handful of Dr. Suess books. His favorite Dr. Suess book is Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now? There is one page where Marvin gets shot out of a cannon and it says BOOM! It's his favorite page and he reads that page over and over again as 'boom' is a word in his vocabulary, which is ever growing. He loves to read his book to his entourage of babies, which include 2 teddy bears, a turtle, and 2 of Mommy's Cabbage Patch dolls from when she was little. Yes, Alex sleeps with them all and most days they all have to come downstairs with him. He loves to hug and kiss on them. Hopefully this is a sign of how good he'll be when his real 'baby' brother or sister arrives!!