So, it's spring break at my house and at millions of households across the country. I'm sure I'm not the only stay-at-home parent who usually approaches this week with a somewhat equal blend of eagerness and dread. Add to that a teething, rashy baby with a very fickle appetite who is not sleeping at night, a sick three-year-old and a VERY curious four-year-old, and the blend of emotions becomes a bit more unbalanced.
Makena is sick. Again. I feel for her because she's so active and energetic that being sick is especially cruel for her. She's constantly coughing (morning, noon, night) and now has a fever and that look around her eyes (see below) that just says "Mommy, I don't feel good but I don't want to say it because I still want to have fun and do stuff." She has been tested for food allergies and we know she's allergic to eggs, soy and nuts, but she's not been tested for environmental allergies. She also has a family history of asthma and she had very bad eczema for her first 18 months. So, hopefully, prayerfully, we'll find out if she's just been unlucky this cold and flu season or if there's some other reason why it seems to have been so tough on her lately.
Aidan has been such a good boy lately. Right after he turned four was not a good time for him or for us. I was worried that our precocious four-year-old would spend the next year of his life in one long time out while chewing on a bar of soap. But lately he's been a really, really good boy. A reprieve for us all from Consequences and Bad Choices. He's been so great with Nadia, whispering in her ear that he loves her and running to get her attention when she starts to fuss (which lately keeps him rather busy). Our loquacious boy and his constant barrage of questions can test our patience and make it totally impossible for grown-up conversation, but I love hearing how is mind works. Lately he's asking the "If this happens then what" questions. Many of them are beyond silly and wholly unanswerable, but quite a few of them are surprisingly interesting. I love this boy beyond measure and I'll take all his sweetness I can get.
And now on to Miss Nadia, our six-month-old bundle of drool, babble and whine. She's 17.5 lbs (75th percentile) and 27.25 inches (95th). She's getting more and more active and at times has no interest in her bottle or food but would rather toss her head all around looking at the goings on around her. She loves to be around The Bigs who, I'm sure, will be her lifelong sources of entertainment. But. she. is. not. sleeping. Which means we're not sleeping. Ugh. Last night she was up almost every hour and I suspect the rash I found this morning around her neck had something to do with that. But normally, she's up about three times in the night, sometimes to eat, other times I'm sure it's for the sheer pleasure of waking us up. We're trying to push the solids (her doctor says 30% of her daily calories should be coming from solids) but sometimes she just won't take it. I know that when she's taking in more solid food in her diet she'll be more likely to sleep better. It's a good thing she's so flippin' adorable - makes these tough days so much easier.
As for us, well, not much is going on. Filed our taxes, got a new Canon 5D (!!!), had a date last Friday night (had some awesome curry), spent Sunday evening with Nadia's birthmother and her bio siblings, had two photo shoots this weekend, have done and (mostly) put away about 10 loads of laundry. We had plans for tomorrow to go to my mom's house so that all five of her grandkids could paint crosses and dye eggs, but our little sickie should stay home and keep her germs more or less to herself. It's not that often anymore that all the grands get together, so it's a bummer that we're going to have to stay home.
So, my little bunny rabbits, here are some photos of The Bigs from today. (I asked Aidan to make his pouty face and this is what he did. And this is EXACTLY the face he makes when he's pouting. Maybe he really WAS pouting at having to have his photo taken, hence the exact likeness of pout. Hmmm.)
Awww, poor little Makena, I hope she feels better soon. She is so adorable.
Isn't it funny how when our kids are being little stinkers they stop right before your breaking point? LOL! Awesome, awesome photos, as always!
Posted by: Cheryl | April 04, 2007 at 01:24 PM