My heart aches

Yesterday and today have been rough, to say the least. I have been taking care of my little Oliver. I wrote last week about my baby recovering from strep throat and an ear infection and then a cold... Sunday it began again. Yesterday, he spiked a fever of 103.2. Our family doctor instructed we take him to the Pediatric ER. We are now battling an upper respiratory infection. He is so clingy and irritable. Poor baby. This morning we started the day with a 103.4. Clearly we are not yet on the road to recovery.

 

My poor hubby has been battling pink eye and something strep-like, perhaps tonsillitis. With all this sickness going on I've been pretty busy. Very little TV and I'm very behind on headline news. Living in Canada I don't hear much about what's going on in the States. I have to search it out. Last night I got online and read about the tornadoes in Indiana. In Canada, "tornadoes strike Midwest" ummm. that barely touches on the subject. I learned about Henryville, Indiana. This small city was hit Friday afternoon by an  EF4 tornado. My oldest and very dear friend grew up in this town. His family is there, and he lives maybe 15-20 minutes from it in an area that was hit as well. Seeing pictures of the destroyed high school didn't just pull at my heart strings, it ripped at them! I had a small panic attack last night. I sat in this gym and watched my friend graduate.

Henryville High School

I immediately emailed and texted him- due to the late hour I did not call. He got back to me very early this morning. He and his family are ok. They have experienced a great deal of damage and his brother lost his home, but they are all safe. 

Talk of tornadoes is just something you hear about, but until it hits someone you love you don't realize how incredible and violent and terrifying they are! I'm not going to share all the pictures I've seen online that break my heart. All you need to do is google Henryville, Indiana images, it'll take your breath away.

I have made a monetary donation through the Salvation Army. Maybe you could consider it as well. I chose to go straight to the website instead of texting a donation because I read that the charity has to pay money to process those donations and sometimes takes 30-90 days to receive the money and they need it now.

Really feeling blessed today...

what's going on

My poor little Oliver woke up Tuesday a little off. He slept in till almost 9am. Very unusual. He had 2 bites of his breakfast. Very very unusual. (He eats his breakfast and half of mine on a normal day.) He curled up in my lap and stayed there all morning. Very odd. This kid has so much energy (think Tasmanian devil... in a good way). Then he threw up and his low fever got higher. That was it, Daddy scheduled a doctor's appointment. BabyMan had strep and an ear infection. Poor kid. We have turned the corner. His energy is back and he's eating a little bit. Hopefully by tomorrow my little piggy will be back. I was kinda bummed the snuggles only lasted for a day. 

Sick baby snuggles.

12 hours later, already on the mend

24 hours later, aside from a low fever and little appetite, you'd never know he was sick!

So, I'm off to clean some more. I am determined to keep these germs from spreading. I really don't want any of the other kids getting sick. Crossing my fingers!!

a little retail therapy doesn't hurt

His new favorite place is IN the toy bin.

I meant to share earlier, but my sweet little Oliver, who understands everything and chooses to say nothing, has finally said "mama". He has the most adorable little voice and hearing it call for me is the best! I definitely prefer it over the point & shriek method he has been using to communicate.

I've been doing a little retail therapy this week. I've been kinda down in the dumps. I am 8 weeks postpartum and my 7 year old keeps asking me when I'm going to get smaller, you know loose "this" (as he puts his hands at his stomach and motions a big belly). Yes, I have some weight to lose, and yes some of it shouldn't have been there before Tyler (2 babies in 2 years- cut me some slack). Anyways... I've been trying to inspire myself to take better of myself. Some of the lovelies that are waiting for me at my in-laws house in Ohio ( I don't ship to Canada. I either can't get it here or the postage is as much as the item. Um, no thanks, I'll ship it to the good ol' USofA and wait till we travel again.)

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This is the Columbia Mom-O-Gram Benton (whatever that means) in Isla. It is the pink ribbon edition. I will buy anything with this little symbol.  $1.00 for each garment sold is donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation- awesome!

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I got this pretty little thing from Victoriasecret.com because it was the closest I could get to this...

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They don't exactly look the same because they are being worn differently in each picture, however the top pic shows the color I got, that's why I used it. The gray sweater, that I did purchase is onsale and I had a gift card, so after all of that and adding in tax, I paid about $16. The Leopard print cashmere sweater (that my dear friend wore to brunch on Sunday) is almost $400. YIKES! So, imitation is the highest form of flattery, right, I went out and found the closest thing in my budget. I have high hopes! 

This is a random picture of a bottle from google images. This is Essie Raise Awareness (yup, another pink ribbon item). "A portion of the proceeds from each bottle will be donated to Living Beyond Breast Cancer." I love that my nails are the same color as my Kitchenaid mixer. :) I have not taken pictures of my nails because I have been lazy. My motivation and camera are never in the same place at the same time. I know pictures aren't that hard to take, but I am a lousy photographer and the weather has been so gray. Doesn't make for pretty pictures.

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AJ bought me this book to "entertain" me while he plays his new videogame. He is very thoughtful. I really wanted this book (I'll let you know what I think after I've read it.) He really is sweet, he brought me Starbucks too!