And he's Two.... ♥
12 years ago
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Couch Tricks
Kerriann's new thing is doing acrobatic moves on the couch... she is such a little daredevil already! Here's the best video we've captured so far...
Our First Mother's Day Together
This year I celebrated my first Mother's Day of actually being a mother. Last year Kevin and I celebrated, but it was nothing compared to this year. This year, I knew just how badly mothers deserve to be celebrated and pampered on their special day :). In fact, it made me realize that we need a special day of rest for mothers at least once a month... ha ha!
My day started by Kevin waking up early with Kerriann and letting me sleep in. It's always hard for me to go back to sleep now that my body is used to 5am wake up calls, but it was nice to be able to relax and not start my day so early. After I got up, I had breakfast and opened my cards from Kevin and Kerriann. They were so sweet, and Kerriann even got me a $50 spa gift card. I still haven't used it, but I'm sure it will be very enjoyable when I finally do! I'm really looking forward to a massage.
After breakfast we relaxed for awhile before heading to Dothan for lunch. There aren't many unique options as far as dining out goes, so I picked Applebee's. I was starving and really craving their boneless wings ;). We had a great lunch, and after that we headed home to relax. I spent the rest of the day taking it easy while Kevin changed every diaper and helped around the house with the laundry and dishes. It was so nice! I haven't relaxed that much in a year and a half.
This year I was really able to understand the full meaning of being a mother. After being so sick, but having to just keep going for Kerriann, I really knew the meaning of being strong. Living in Alabama and taking care of her alone for the most part has been so hard. There is no one to call on the days that you are tired and need a break. You have to keep going even when you haven't eaten, slept or showered in days. You know that your job is to take care of this tiny human being and to make sure that they have the best of everything, even if that means making sacrifices. Once you are a mother, it really makes you appreciate your own mother on a whole new level. You really have no clue what they gave up for you until you do it for your own child. This is not a negative thing though, seeing the outcome of your sacrifices everyday is well worth it. I am so blessed to be the mother of such a beautiful, perfect little girl!
As always, Mother's Day comes with a little bit of sadness for me, as it marks the anniversary of my Nonna's passing on. This year made three years, though it seems like just yesterday. Thinking about losing her makes it even harder for me to be away from my mom on Mother's Day. I really hope that next year we can be together to remember and celebrate her life. We miss you Nonna!
I hope all of the other mother's out there, old and new, had a wonderful Mother's Day... I'm sorry this wish is so belated!
My day started by Kevin waking up early with Kerriann and letting me sleep in. It's always hard for me to go back to sleep now that my body is used to 5am wake up calls, but it was nice to be able to relax and not start my day so early. After I got up, I had breakfast and opened my cards from Kevin and Kerriann. They were so sweet, and Kerriann even got me a $50 spa gift card. I still haven't used it, but I'm sure it will be very enjoyable when I finally do! I'm really looking forward to a massage.
After breakfast we relaxed for awhile before heading to Dothan for lunch. There aren't many unique options as far as dining out goes, so I picked Applebee's. I was starving and really craving their boneless wings ;). We had a great lunch, and after that we headed home to relax. I spent the rest of the day taking it easy while Kevin changed every diaper and helped around the house with the laundry and dishes. It was so nice! I haven't relaxed that much in a year and a half.
This year I was really able to understand the full meaning of being a mother. After being so sick, but having to just keep going for Kerriann, I really knew the meaning of being strong. Living in Alabama and taking care of her alone for the most part has been so hard. There is no one to call on the days that you are tired and need a break. You have to keep going even when you haven't eaten, slept or showered in days. You know that your job is to take care of this tiny human being and to make sure that they have the best of everything, even if that means making sacrifices. Once you are a mother, it really makes you appreciate your own mother on a whole new level. You really have no clue what they gave up for you until you do it for your own child. This is not a negative thing though, seeing the outcome of your sacrifices everyday is well worth it. I am so blessed to be the mother of such a beautiful, perfect little girl!
As always, Mother's Day comes with a little bit of sadness for me, as it marks the anniversary of my Nonna's passing on. This year made three years, though it seems like just yesterday. Thinking about losing her makes it even harder for me to be away from my mom on Mother's Day. I really hope that next year we can be together to remember and celebrate her life. We miss you Nonna!
I hope all of the other mother's out there, old and new, had a wonderful Mother's Day... I'm sorry this wish is so belated!
I was still getting over being sick... so I don't look amazing... but here we are in the backyard on our first Mother's Day together!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Kerriann picking a movie...
I told Kerriann she could pick the movie today... I didn't think she'd pick a documentary on noodling (google it if you've never heard of it lol). Excuse me saying "no" during the movie... she was trying to get the wires behind the bookcase. I really just wanted everyone to see her getting into a little mischief since no one can experience it in person!
Tickle Me Elmo
Kerriann received Tickle Me Elmo as a gift from her Great-Grammy Hudock last June and she is finally able to appreciate him. She LOVES playing with Elmo and I'm pretty sure she thinks he is an actual person. Here are some pictures of her playing with Elmo. Thanks Grammy for this wonderful gift! :)
She's so smart, she's figured out that if she squeezes his nose he talks!
Look... they're making the same face!
Silly Pants
Kevin was watching Kerriann while I got ready and this is what I saw when I looked out of the bathroom...
Look at those blue eyes!
Her pants do make a pretty cute hat ;)
Sick Baby, Sick Mommy
I know I promised in one of my last posts that I would start writing shorter posts so I wouldn't fall so far behind... but... obviously that hasn't happened the past month. I would like to promise that it won't happen again, but we have a trip home planned in a few weeks so I KNOW it will happen during that time as well.
First of all let me explain what's been going on in our house... two Fridays ago when I got Kerriann out of bed for the morning her poor little body was on fire! I was surprised because I had accidentally left her ceiling fan on during the night. I took off her PJ's and checked her temperature to find that it was 103 degrees... poor baby! I decided to give her Tylenol and go for our usual morning walk because I thought the fresh air might make her feel better. She was extremely clingy during the walk and would not let me push her in the stroller... so I had to carry her for 2 miles! I know she is a tiny girl, but even tiny 9 month olds become heavy after 5 minutes of being in your arms. She ended up taking FIVE naps that day... for those of you who know us well... you know that that is insane... because it is a fight to get this child to take more than one nap in a day. Then she had the worst time sleeping that night... waking every couple of hours screaming and arching her back... there was nothing I could do to calm her down at one point. I finally got her back to bed and she slept from 2-6am.
Saturday morning she still had a fever of 102 and also had a very runny nose. And by very runny I mean we had to suction it out about every 5 minutes. She was so miserable and so were we. I decided to call her doctor because she had been congested for the 3 weeks before that (I'd called the weekend before and they said it must be allergies). They told us to come in since she had been congested for so long. They ended up finding fluid in her ears, so they prescribed an antibiotic and sent us on our way. They said that the fluid had probably built up during the weeks of congestion before that, and the fluid was causing the temperature. I didn't really believe this because it seemed like an all out horrible cold or flu... but what do I know?
So we continued to try our best to keep her comfortable for the next few days... she was fever free by Monday morning and well on her way to recovery. By this time I was completely exhausted from getting up with her throughout the nights and taking care of her alone during the day (Kevin's classes had him leaving before we woke up and getting home after Kerriann was in bed).
I started to come down with a fever and cold symptoms Wednesday... and by Thursday morning I was just as miserable as she had been. I've honestly never been that sick before (that I remember). I rarely get fevers and my temperature was 102. I had horrible congestion and a severe headache. The worst part was that I couldn't take any medication other than Tylenol because I'm still breastfeeding (for those of you who don't know, cold medicines dry your milk up). The second worst part was that I had no one to take care of me... so not only did I have to fend for myself... I also had to take care of an extremely active 9 month old alone. It was honestly one of the worst weeks that I have had while living down here. I felt so hopeless and depressed the entire time. I don't do well with staying home alone to begin with, so throw being sick on top of that and the outcome is no good. I was barely able to get any sleep during the night because I was so uncomfortable, and I wasn't able to lay down during the day because I had to take care of Kerriann. On Saturday morning I was still miserable with a fever of 101 so we went to an Urgent Care place so I could be checked out. We waited 2 hours which wasn't easy with Kerriann... but by the time we were done my nose had actually started to clear a little and my fever had started to come down. I felt AMAZING compared to how I had felt the previous days, and I was actually able to get 6 hours of rest that night.
Today is Wednesday and I am just now feeling better. I'm still blowing my nose every now and then and I have a slight headache, but it is nothing compared to how I was feeling a few days ago. I'm sorry to be such a downer throughout this entire post, but I kind of need to brag that I actually survived the week. There were times when I wasn't sure that I was going to. My feelings the past week really led me to have an epiphany on Mother's Day... I'll write more about that in my Mother's Day post which I will be writing very soon.
So... that's my excuse for not writing the past couple of weeks! Hope all of our friends and family are doing well and that no one else has caught the same horrible bug!
First of all let me explain what's been going on in our house... two Fridays ago when I got Kerriann out of bed for the morning her poor little body was on fire! I was surprised because I had accidentally left her ceiling fan on during the night. I took off her PJ's and checked her temperature to find that it was 103 degrees... poor baby! I decided to give her Tylenol and go for our usual morning walk because I thought the fresh air might make her feel better. She was extremely clingy during the walk and would not let me push her in the stroller... so I had to carry her for 2 miles! I know she is a tiny girl, but even tiny 9 month olds become heavy after 5 minutes of being in your arms. She ended up taking FIVE naps that day... for those of you who know us well... you know that that is insane... because it is a fight to get this child to take more than one nap in a day. Then she had the worst time sleeping that night... waking every couple of hours screaming and arching her back... there was nothing I could do to calm her down at one point. I finally got her back to bed and she slept from 2-6am.
Saturday morning she still had a fever of 102 and also had a very runny nose. And by very runny I mean we had to suction it out about every 5 minutes. She was so miserable and so were we. I decided to call her doctor because she had been congested for the 3 weeks before that (I'd called the weekend before and they said it must be allergies). They told us to come in since she had been congested for so long. They ended up finding fluid in her ears, so they prescribed an antibiotic and sent us on our way. They said that the fluid had probably built up during the weeks of congestion before that, and the fluid was causing the temperature. I didn't really believe this because it seemed like an all out horrible cold or flu... but what do I know?
So we continued to try our best to keep her comfortable for the next few days... she was fever free by Monday morning and well on her way to recovery. By this time I was completely exhausted from getting up with her throughout the nights and taking care of her alone during the day (Kevin's classes had him leaving before we woke up and getting home after Kerriann was in bed).
I started to come down with a fever and cold symptoms Wednesday... and by Thursday morning I was just as miserable as she had been. I've honestly never been that sick before (that I remember). I rarely get fevers and my temperature was 102. I had horrible congestion and a severe headache. The worst part was that I couldn't take any medication other than Tylenol because I'm still breastfeeding (for those of you who don't know, cold medicines dry your milk up). The second worst part was that I had no one to take care of me... so not only did I have to fend for myself... I also had to take care of an extremely active 9 month old alone. It was honestly one of the worst weeks that I have had while living down here. I felt so hopeless and depressed the entire time. I don't do well with staying home alone to begin with, so throw being sick on top of that and the outcome is no good. I was barely able to get any sleep during the night because I was so uncomfortable, and I wasn't able to lay down during the day because I had to take care of Kerriann. On Saturday morning I was still miserable with a fever of 101 so we went to an Urgent Care place so I could be checked out. We waited 2 hours which wasn't easy with Kerriann... but by the time we were done my nose had actually started to clear a little and my fever had started to come down. I felt AMAZING compared to how I had felt the previous days, and I was actually able to get 6 hours of rest that night.
Today is Wednesday and I am just now feeling better. I'm still blowing my nose every now and then and I have a slight headache, but it is nothing compared to how I was feeling a few days ago. I'm sorry to be such a downer throughout this entire post, but I kind of need to brag that I actually survived the week. There were times when I wasn't sure that I was going to. My feelings the past week really led me to have an epiphany on Mother's Day... I'll write more about that in my Mother's Day post which I will be writing very soon.
So... that's my excuse for not writing the past couple of weeks! Hope all of our friends and family are doing well and that no one else has caught the same horrible bug!
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