The first birthday party supplies have been purchased for
next month’s big day. His theme is
turtles for obvious reasons… slow and steady wins the race, baby. I always tell him that. This year has been tough- there is no
reason to lie. He’s been sick a
lot, he missed most of his milestones and he has had more appointments than I
can count, BUT guess who is almost all caught up?? Somebody is walking along furniture, eating all regular food
and is even practicing standing alone.
That’s right. Slow and
steady, baby. He’s my turtle. Thank God.
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| Yikes! |
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| Poor Girl. |
Life at the Clark’s does not disappoint. Always an adventure. My entire family was so sick a couple
weeks ago. I swear it was the
plague. First Easton got
sick. Shocker. He had a respiratory virus that ended
up in pneumonia (or new activity in the upper lobes, whatever!) that lasted 12
days. It was a joy. He was at the doctor 5 times in two weeks,
which was embarrassing, but I was OK with it because monitoring him outpatient
is always better than inpatient. I
am a major Hurley fan but I think we have put our overnight time in there and
honestly- I’m over it! Easton
finally got better and all was well.
For a day. Next I get a
sinus infection and strep throat.
So annoying. Four days
later, Paige gets a crazy case of croup.
We have had croup in this house a few times and let me tell you- this
girl did it up right. I’ve never
heard such a scary sound coming from such a small girl. It sounded like her
throat was closing off. On top of
that, she had a fever of 104 for about 10 hours that wouldn’t break on Motrin
and Tylenol. Off to ER we went
because she was lethargic, not talking, eating or drinking. Scaring her Mama! Once we get in the car she started
vomiting. Those of you who know
me, know this was not good. I
don’t do puke. My kids do not
puke. This was the first time ever
one of my kids puked and I have been a Mom almost 5 years. This sounds terrible but I am calmer
standing next to a baby on a ventilator than a kid that’s puking. I can’t deal. Ugh! Anyways…
We get to ER and she pukes up the medicine again. Seriously, I almost fainted. Thank God she had her Super Daddy there. He was awesome. Never left her side as her Mother was
pacing around the hallway, drinking pop and eating sugar, trying not to keel
over and end up in the bed next to her.
I was a wreck. In my
defense, the beeping machines, super sick child, and scary noises she was
making were hitting a bit to close to home. I’m usually a soldier at the hospital but I failed big
time. Poor Paigey. Again, Thank God for my husband. He is the hero. I eventually got it together and cuddled
my girl. After some medicine,
steroids, hydration and the 7 hours it took to get her fever down to 101, we went
home. Missed an entire nights
sleep but went home! Paige still ran a fever for 4 days and then was
better by Sunday night. Next was
Matt. Sick as a dog. Fever, coughing, chills. Super sick and could hardly move for 3
days. Monday morning rolls around
and guess who has a temp of 103.9??? Carter! Awesome. I stay
home from work to take care of everyone. Things are manageable until later in the day, Paige spikes a
fever of 103. She was healthy for
one day and then caught what the rest of the family had. It was a joke. I had to line my counters with paper
tracking everyone’s temperature and what kind of medication they were given at
what time. It was an absolute
train wreck. Seriously, a
disaster. In the middle of this, I
got sick again too. At one point,
everyone had a fever. Are you
exhausted reading this? I am. It’s over. We survived and we are back in action. Whew!
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| This child was on the couch for 6 days! |
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| Trouble. |
Team Easton Gives Back is right around the corner! I’m so excited for this event. Tons of hard work has gone into this
and I just pray it is successful.
I’m looking forward to having so many people all in one room celebrating
Easton and coming together to raise money for such an important cause. I’m spending all my free time getting
the final details in order and checking my mailbox for RSVP’s. It’s like getting married all over
again!
May is going to be busy, busy, busy for us. My birthday, the benefit, Easton’s
birthday and Carter’s birthday… and that’s just the big stuff! Can’t wait!
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