Hot Dog, Hot Dog, Hot Diggity Dog......

Can anyone listen to that song and not have it stuck in your head ALL day?

Well, that song reminds me of our cute little bonus room, the one where we close the vents to keep most the air downstairs and where I could do Bikram Yoga. Holy Hell it's hot up here.....so hot I can't stand to even download our pictures from Hawaii, or that's the excuse I'm using.

But look at the view from the window!

And the hits just keep coming

*this picture pretty much sums up June*

Double ear infections and a new tooth behind us we dropped the kids off at Aunt Sue's (yes, I do have the best sisters!) on Friday, ready to start our vacation. *Side note, my hunches were right and Adi did get a new tooth with the ear infections. Not one of the front teeth she needs but one of her eye teeth, yes, our daughter has a fang ( really!?!?). Anyways, we dropped them off and flew off to Hawaii for some fun in the sun! (literally we needed the sun , hadn't seen it in quite some time with all this rain)

However, when I called on Saturday morning to check in on Aunt Sue's mental status (and the kids) Adi was not doing well again. Maybe the ear infections were back? Being the Super Mom, Sue survived the weekend and packed up all 4 kids and took Adi to the Pediatrician on Monday. I should mention that on the way to the doctors office a tire tread shattered Sue's car windshield ("Aunt Sue, watch where you are going!" haha). Her ears were good but now she had a very sore throat but the only thing to give an 8 month old is Tylenol and Motrin. As luck would have it Sue's 2 kids both came down with the flu on Tuesday and Wednesday, Good Times! Gar started running a fever but really nothing more, luckily. We got home the following Friday and everyone was back to health, minus the windshield. On Saturday, Adi woke up with a little cough and runny nose but I didn't think much of it until Sunday morning. The poor little thing could barely breathe her chest was so congested. By noon I was in my usual freak out mode, I don't handle sick kids very well, and took her into Insta Care. They hooked her up to an oxygen reading machine (which of course Adi screamed about) and they didn't like the results. They decided to give her a Nebulizer treatment, wait....did I say they gave her? I meant they made me give her. Have you every tried to hold a sick, squirmy, screaming bloody murder 8 month old down while holding a mask to her face that is making this awful sucking noise with steam coming out of it? It sucked and I cried! After all this the doctor came up with a diagnosis of asthma, WHAT?!?! Coincidence that Aunt Sue had the same symptoms during the weekend? Anyways, we now own our own Nebulizer machine which was a god send for the next 2 days because she was able to breathe a lot easier and is now back to her old self.

Oh Yeah, Happy Father's Day! I didn't mention that on late Sunday afternoon I got the flu and was out of commission. Sorry Sean, I owe you another day.......

I'm now happy to report that in between all this another tooth popped through on Tuesday. A front tooth next to the fang, now she'll just look lopsided!

More to come on Hawaii but now I've got a game of "Go, Fish" calling my name

Double the Fun

It all started out so innocently last Sunday, a small fever, nothing a little Tylenol couldn't handle.  Monday morning brought a little bit more of the same but I chalked it up to teething.  No worries until around 1 that afternoon when I get the dreaded phone call from day care asking me to come pick up Adi, her temperature is now 103 and she had a dose of Tylenol an hour ago.  We tried a dose of Motrin but we couldn't get the fever to break.  A quick call to the pediatrician and they say there is some sort of fever that has hit the valley, not to worry it goes away in time, just keep giving her Tylenol and Motrin.  That night she screamed for hours so I finally sat in the recliner with her and let her sleep on my chest.  Around 3 am I woke up soaking wet, Adi had sweated out her fever and she was doing better so I was able to put her back in her bed and get a little sleep.  Tuesday morning she was a little warm but nothing like the day before but she couldn't go back to day care yet.  Lucky for me Aunt Kim was available to watch her half day.  She did great all day and I was happy that her fever was almost gone and the worst was over but around 7 pm the fever came back.  She was on fire again, this time we got temp readings from 103 to 105.  Wednesday morning she wasn't any better and I was a complete mess!  At my work, the first part of the month is our absolute busiest time and we've only got so many days to get everything in and reports out the door.  This is one of those times when all I want to do is snuggle Adi better but I've got to be at work.  How do you chose work or family, the balancing act is impossible!?!  Aunt Kim swoops in and saves the day again(I don't know what I would do without my sisters!)  I am able to get an appointment to see the dr that evening and we figure out that on top of the fever she has an ear infection in both ears.  That explains how miserable she has been!  We start the  amoxicillin and I feel better knowing that I am finally doing something to help her.  The fever had broken early Wednesday so Thursday she is able to go back to day care.  I drop her off but around noon I get a call that she has been crying all morning.  I head over there to see what is going on and I notice that she has a rash all over her body, is she allergic to the amoxicillin?  I call the dr again and they want to see the rash to be able to tell.  Sean picks her up and takes her to the appointment but they can't tell if she is or not so they suggest to stop using the amoxicillin to see if it goes away.  I'm stressed out again!!  Friday morning the rash is clearing up and Adi is smiling again, YEAH!  I pick up some ear drops and she becomes a whole new woman. 

It was a hell of a week and I am so glad it is behind me!   

*Thanks to Kaley for working at the pediatricians office and being so patient with me also*

9 Holes and 10 Years

Last Friday Sean and I celebrated our 10 year Anniversary!  We wanted to be in Hawaii but were not able to go in May so our trip is planned for June.  We decided to both take the day off from work anyways and spend some time together.  Time together, with no kids?  Weird!  That does not happen very often so we didn't quite know what to do.  I don't think I have golfed since we had Gar so I suggested we go and play nine holes.   Sean was a little surprised but he didn't seem to have a problem with that.  I of course was very rusty and need to go play more often but I had a great time and the weather was beautiful that day.  

We usually say "I love you" to each other every day but I hope Sean knows how much I truly love him.  You are the best friend, husband and absolute best father to our two beautiful children.  You often joke around with me that you are "Father/Husband of the Year" but you really are in my eyes.  You step in and help with whatever I am needing help with, most the time without being asked.  You have a work ethic that sets an example to our children and I hope they both emulate.  Our yard is immaculate, garage organized and the cars are always well maintained.  Not to leave out a vacuumed and dusted house weekly.  Life is certainly sweet with you in it!   

Here are some pictures that I have scanned of the two of us over the years

Dating

The Proposal

Honeymoon

One of our favorite trips, Lake Powell

Graduation

Sue's Wedding

Sean won a work trip to Puerto Rico

Wow, time flies when you are having fun!  And I hope we have 10, 20, 30 , 40 more.....years to come

p.s.   I don't think a day goes by that I don't laugh with you, I do think you are funny!

So Sweet

I was standing in the kitchen on Monday and Gar came in and handed me this note.  He asked me if I could read it and I didn't want to hurt his feelings so I hesitated trying to think of something to say but before I could he read it to me.  How cute is that, my first note from Gar! 

eARs

After months of worrying......over nothing!  Especially after her 6 month dr appointment I thought this was going to be dramatic again but she only cried for less than a minute and she was over it.  

Hot Mommas

I'm a little late in posting this but to all the Hot Mommas in my life "Happy Mother's Day!"

Reflecting back to growing up I couldn't have asked for anything more in a mom. She was always there and would do anything for us (this extended to our friends also). She taught me how to be the best I could and I hope I have done her proud! My favorite memories growing up often include my Mom......sitting in class at Granite Elementary you could always count on my mom to go jogging by the windows. Every Saturday morning my mom would vaccuum, always running into our bedroom doors to wake us up. Occassionally she would venture into our rooms which always ended up with an awful shrieking noise as our socks were eaten by the vaccuum. The many hours she spent coaching our softball teams (remember that time she was showing how to swing the bat and she hit me in the head?), running us to gymanstics or dance classes. If we were out in the neighborhood playing and she wanted us home she would just yell for us, her voice could carry far! We always had the best birthday parties, especially the one when the monkeys came. I could go on and on.....

I know you have all heard it/and or said it but I truly have one of the best Mom's!

About 5 years ago we weren't thinking of having kids any time soon. Today, I can't think of anything I would rather be doing! I received my first handmade gifts from Gar and Adi this year and I will cherish them always. Although, my manicure/pedicure gift from Sean was quite fabulous.

When life gets crazy I think back to a blog I came across awhile ago, a couple lost their only child to SIDS at 7 months old. The blog was started to document their memory of him and their pain with dealing with the loss. It broke my heart! I now stop more often to enjoy the moments with my kids, good or bad. I miss moments in their lives when I am at work and I feel guilty. But working makes me a better mom and provides them with a better life. I am so grateful that my kids are healthy and happy and I hope I can be as good a mom as my mom is to me.

So when I look around the house and it is a disaster and the laundry is piled sky high I remember that I am busy enjoying the moments with my kids and not worried about what kind of a housekeeper I am.