i'm ready for the sickness to be gone!

it has been a horrible weekend!

aiden has been so sick - running a fever since saturday morning and i really wasn't able to get it down all that well.  we went to immediate care on sunday and they diagnosed him with strep (even though they didn't do a strep test) and put him on an antibiotic. sunday night aiden woke up with a fever of 105 (by ear) and when i gave him meds to help him feel better he threw them up and it was boiling hot! we left immediately for the ER - it was 10:50pm.

we didn't really wait all that long, which was nice - his rectal temp was 104.3 and they gave him tylenol - they did a strep test and chest x-ray - strep came back negative and there were some spots on his lungs - not quite pneumonia - but almost.  his fever was down to 101 and they gave him an antibiotic shot and a steroid and we had to wait to make sure he didn't have a reaction to the antibiotic.  we both fell asleep on the ER bed (most uncomfortable hospital bed in the world!) and then when they came back to check on us 30 min. later his fever was down to 99 (yay!) and no reaction to the meds - so we could go home and just had to follow up with our regular doctor in the morning... and we arrived home at 3:00am.

8:00am  - he wakes up! and is screaming and doesn't want to calm down.... i honestly do not remember what calmed him down - but i do remember that eventually he drinks his milk and watches some cartoons (all on my lap) and eventually falls back asleep - until i screw it up and try to lay down which pisses him off.....

we go to the doctor's office at 11am - eh, nothing much to write home about - continue the meds - blah blah blah

home by 12:30pm to nap... which only lasts 1 hour

UGH!!!

i really hope he sleeps well tonight - although we have to be back at the doctor at 8am tomorrow for Hep A shot

i need to go to sleep...

2 year molars SUCK

well aiden's 2 year molars have been coming in - this explains A LOT! they are messing with his sleep, basically his waking up. he used to wake up and be happy and would play in his crib.  now he wakes up screaming and crying - i will be happy when they are done!

aiden will be 2 years old in 2 weeks! the in-laws are coming in the weekend before he turns 2 for a family party - nothing big.  we're keeping it low key this year. but we will be doing cupcakes and stuff at school on the day he turns 2.

we've got about 24 weeks (which equals 168 days) even though we don't have a set come home date yet - it's nice to have some sort of countdown going.  every day when aiden wakes up and i'm changing his diaper he says "daddy" and i just say "he's at work" that really does seem to appease him for right now.

adam's schedule has changed - he is working 12 noon - 12 midnight.  so now we talk about 4pm (our time) when he gets home.... he goes into work while i'm sleeping - so now we only get to talk face-to-face one time a day - but we do usually text/email at some point during the day too - which is nice.

it's bedtime for me! i'm really trying to get to bed earlier (tonight is a fail) so i can get up earlier so that i don't have to be at work so late... although tomorrow i have an eye doctor appt in the morning so i have to wait for that.  looking forward to getting back into some contacts!

second half

well - adam is about to begin his 14 hour flight - and we are beginning the second half of this adventure - it's all downhill from here... it was very hard to leave him at the airport this afternoon.

Daddy's Visit

just a few photos of our visit with adam while he was home for his R&R - we had a GREAT visit!

waiting for daddy's bag

welcome home!

in port royal - on a walk - on daddy's shoulders

dinner date - at the melting pot

seuss landing!

Hogwarts!!

in beaufort - playing in the park with daddy

throwing acorns into the water

family picture - before we head home

thing 1, 2, and 3

yup - we definitely have a boy

aiden was on the potty tonight and he was done (he hadn't done anything) and he pointed down and said "shake" and he shakes it like we showed him to - and I said "Yay - lets go get our pj's on now" and he says "no. shake." and does it again - and again - and then he goes "shake, shake, shake"

ugh - :-P