I am Back.... You Have Been Warned
Well it has been quite a long time since I have posted anything. So let me make this my post to update everything that has happened since my last post.
OK here we go....
My Grandma and Aunt came in from Texas on the 11th. So I had been trying to get as much done around the house so I could spend as much time with them as possible. My Grandma is 87 and at that age you just never know if you will get to see her again and her memory is going so unfortunately she isn't quite like she used to be. This was the first time she was able to see James in person and you could tell she enjoyed every minute of it. So I wanted to make sure she was able to spend as much time with him as possible.
On the 14th we has 2 family reunions to go to. The first one was in Connersville, Indiana then the second was in Mt. Orab, Ohio. That was quite a tip between the 2. We picked up our niece (Paige) at the first one and she went with us to the 2nd one. She is 13 years old and just adores James and he feels the same about her. She is a really good kid so I don't really mind her hanging around, heck most of the time you don't even know that she is around. We had plans to go to the Newport Aquarium the next day and Paige w as hinting that she would like to go too. :) So she ended up spending the night with us so she could go. She was supposed to be spending the weekend with her Grandparents, but her plans changed a bit when she heard about the Aquarium.
The 15th we all (Aunt, Grandma, James, Paige, Mom, Kevin and Myself) went to the aquarium. I really think that James enjoyed himself. He was so intent on watching all the fish in each tank. I know that Grandma and my Aunt had fun, especially where you could feed the birds. I got the one that liked to unbutton things and of course my shirt buttoned up and he was trying to get them all unbuttoned. Boy would that have been quite a show that no one would have wanted to see. James stayed awake the entire time in the aquarium. I was quite surprised. After we were done we went to Johnny Rockets to eat. James crashed out on Paige's lap while we all ate. Did I mention that she Loves him? If Paige is around she constantly has James and takes care of him like a little mother hen. It is really cute and we have made sure that she isn't thinking of having one of her own. She said that she likes what she has with James because she can send him home. So we are safe in that area for a little while longer. After eating we all headed home. It was a busy day so James went to bed early.
While all of this has been going on Kevin's Aunt was in the hospital having complications with her cancer. So on the 17th we went to the hospital to see her. She was in a type of coma to where she really wasn't there. They had her on morphine to keep her comfortable and had already called in the family just in case she didn't make it. So we had this going on as well as all the other stuff.
On the 18th we went to Babies R Us to have pictures done. We were supposed to do it on the 17th, but decided to move it so we could get to the hospital before Kevin's aunt passed. We were supposed to have all the Grandparents, the Great Grandma (the only Great Grandparent still alive) Kevin, James and myself. Unfortunately with the Aunt situation Kevin's parents weren't able to make it. We went ahead and did my side since the Great Grandma is on my side and we will do Kevin's side when they are able to do it. The pictures turned out really good and at least we will have pictures of James and his Great Grandma together if something was to happen before she was able to get back up again.
On the morning of the 19th Kevin's Aunt passed away. It was sad, but was a relief. She was suffering so bad even with all the drugs that they were pumping into her to try and make her comfortable. She was a good church going woman so we know where she is right now and know that it is a much better place than here.
The 21st was James' dedication at Church and his party afterward. There were 3 other girls being dedicated that day as well so we had a full house. At 2pm was James' party. We had all sides of the family there. It was a good time, except for the fact that we all knew at 5pm the visitations started for Kevin's Aunt. Kevin went to the visitations while I stayed at the party. I felt like I needed to be in both places and I didn't know what to do. Kevin told me to stay at the party and he would go to the visitations so that way we would be represented at both places. So needless to say this was another very late night.
The 22nd was the funeral. It was a small and simple funeral. Very pretty and sweet. I am sure his Aunt would have approved. Since Kevin was a pall barrier he had to stay behind after the service to do his job. My MIL held James during the service and he fell asleep in her arms. I really think having him there helped her through it (it was her sister). After the funeral everyone went back to the church for a lunch that was prepared by the church. It was very nice and the food was really good. After all that we all came home and took a nap. We all needed one really bad.
On the 23th in the morning my Aunt and Grandma headed back to Texas. They left at 9am. They made it home safe and sound, so our lives are a little back to normal. At least not quite as busy.
The past few days I have been working on trying to get the hundreds of pictures from the digital camera to the computer. The I have to name and shrink them all to the sizes that I need. Plus I also have to get them downloaded to the different photo hosting services that I use. I also need to get some ordered from Costco. This is all so time consuming. I guess I will get it done one of these days.
The evening of the 26th James didn't sleep well at all. He was constantly waking up crying. So I got no sleep that night. I think it is his teeth plus growing pains. Poor little man can't get a break. It all seems to come at him all at once.
This afternoon James decided to spit up quite a bit. He normally never spits up. I just figured it was a bubble. This evening he has projectile vomited 5 times!!! This is nothing like him. He isn't running a temp. (under arm was 97 so that makes it actually 98) so that is a good thing, but I just wish I knew what was causing it. I know that he is teething, but he didn't do it with his last 2 that he got. The only thing different that I did was gave him some grape tylenol and he drank some water at my Mom's (she has a water softener that runs the water through salt to soften it). I an going to change him back to the cherry flavor and see if that helps. I really hope that he isn't getting sick. Needless to say he is sleeping in our bed this evening since he almost choked himself when he threw up in his bed. He is sleeping with Kevin right now. I hope he gets a good nights sleep he really needs it.
I am headed off to bed now so I can get some sleep. Good night.
OK here we go....
My Grandma and Aunt came in from Texas on the 11th. So I had been trying to get as much done around the house so I could spend as much time with them as possible. My Grandma is 87 and at that age you just never know if you will get to see her again and her memory is going so unfortunately she isn't quite like she used to be. This was the first time she was able to see James in person and you could tell she enjoyed every minute of it. So I wanted to make sure she was able to spend as much time with him as possible.
On the 14th we has 2 family reunions to go to. The first one was in Connersville, Indiana then the second was in Mt. Orab, Ohio. That was quite a tip between the 2. We picked up our niece (Paige) at the first one and she went with us to the 2nd one. She is 13 years old and just adores James and he feels the same about her. She is a really good kid so I don't really mind her hanging around, heck most of the time you don't even know that she is around. We had plans to go to the Newport Aquarium the next day and Paige w as hinting that she would like to go too. :) So she ended up spending the night with us so she could go. She was supposed to be spending the weekend with her Grandparents, but her plans changed a bit when she heard about the Aquarium.
The 15th we all (Aunt, Grandma, James, Paige, Mom, Kevin and Myself) went to the aquarium. I really think that James enjoyed himself. He was so intent on watching all the fish in each tank. I know that Grandma and my Aunt had fun, especially where you could feed the birds. I got the one that liked to unbutton things and of course my shirt buttoned up and he was trying to get them all unbuttoned. Boy would that have been quite a show that no one would have wanted to see. James stayed awake the entire time in the aquarium. I was quite surprised. After we were done we went to Johnny Rockets to eat. James crashed out on Paige's lap while we all ate. Did I mention that she Loves him? If Paige is around she constantly has James and takes care of him like a little mother hen. It is really cute and we have made sure that she isn't thinking of having one of her own. She said that she likes what she has with James because she can send him home. So we are safe in that area for a little while longer. After eating we all headed home. It was a busy day so James went to bed early.
While all of this has been going on Kevin's Aunt was in the hospital having complications with her cancer. So on the 17th we went to the hospital to see her. She was in a type of coma to where she really wasn't there. They had her on morphine to keep her comfortable and had already called in the family just in case she didn't make it. So we had this going on as well as all the other stuff.
On the 18th we went to Babies R Us to have pictures done. We were supposed to do it on the 17th, but decided to move it so we could get to the hospital before Kevin's aunt passed. We were supposed to have all the Grandparents, the Great Grandma (the only Great Grandparent still alive) Kevin, James and myself. Unfortunately with the Aunt situation Kevin's parents weren't able to make it. We went ahead and did my side since the Great Grandma is on my side and we will do Kevin's side when they are able to do it. The pictures turned out really good and at least we will have pictures of James and his Great Grandma together if something was to happen before she was able to get back up again.
On the morning of the 19th Kevin's Aunt passed away. It was sad, but was a relief. She was suffering so bad even with all the drugs that they were pumping into her to try and make her comfortable. She was a good church going woman so we know where she is right now and know that it is a much better place than here.
The 21st was James' dedication at Church and his party afterward. There were 3 other girls being dedicated that day as well so we had a full house. At 2pm was James' party. We had all sides of the family there. It was a good time, except for the fact that we all knew at 5pm the visitations started for Kevin's Aunt. Kevin went to the visitations while I stayed at the party. I felt like I needed to be in both places and I didn't know what to do. Kevin told me to stay at the party and he would go to the visitations so that way we would be represented at both places. So needless to say this was another very late night.
The 22nd was the funeral. It was a small and simple funeral. Very pretty and sweet. I am sure his Aunt would have approved. Since Kevin was a pall barrier he had to stay behind after the service to do his job. My MIL held James during the service and he fell asleep in her arms. I really think having him there helped her through it (it was her sister). After the funeral everyone went back to the church for a lunch that was prepared by the church. It was very nice and the food was really good. After all that we all came home and took a nap. We all needed one really bad.
On the 23th in the morning my Aunt and Grandma headed back to Texas. They left at 9am. They made it home safe and sound, so our lives are a little back to normal. At least not quite as busy.
The past few days I have been working on trying to get the hundreds of pictures from the digital camera to the computer. The I have to name and shrink them all to the sizes that I need. Plus I also have to get them downloaded to the different photo hosting services that I use. I also need to get some ordered from Costco. This is all so time consuming. I guess I will get it done one of these days.
The evening of the 26th James didn't sleep well at all. He was constantly waking up crying. So I got no sleep that night. I think it is his teeth plus growing pains. Poor little man can't get a break. It all seems to come at him all at once.
This afternoon James decided to spit up quite a bit. He normally never spits up. I just figured it was a bubble. This evening he has projectile vomited 5 times!!! This is nothing like him. He isn't running a temp. (under arm was 97 so that makes it actually 98) so that is a good thing, but I just wish I knew what was causing it. I know that he is teething, but he didn't do it with his last 2 that he got. The only thing different that I did was gave him some grape tylenol and he drank some water at my Mom's (she has a water softener that runs the water through salt to soften it). I an going to change him back to the cherry flavor and see if that helps. I really hope that he isn't getting sick. Needless to say he is sleeping in our bed this evening since he almost choked himself when he threw up in his bed. He is sleeping with Kevin right now. I hope he gets a good nights sleep he really needs it.
I am headed off to bed now so I can get some sleep. Good night.
posted by ~Tonia~ | 11:48 PM
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