Is the week over yet?

Alright, what a week. Oh my. So Addie's been sick as I previously mentioned. Monday I took her to the doctor because she still had a fever and was very listless. She was pale and like a little rag doll. The doctor looked at her ears, throat, etc. She said her throat was red and sore, and that her ears looked wonderful and fabulous, but that may change. Yesterday she screamed all day. Not a cry or whimper, but full-on scream, non-stop for hours and hours. I took her into the doctor again, and low and behold, 2 ear infections! She didn't go to bed last night until about midnight. Oh my. Non-stop screaming, all day, all night until midnight. I know ear infections are no picnic. They're torture, actually. Tylenol wouldn't touch the pain, had to break out the Motrin. Today she slept in until 10 (usually gets up at 6:30 or 7:00), and she's on her second nap, just past 2:00. Something tells me she's tired. No more sickness!!! It's miserable for everyone.

Both Anders and Addie are asleep right now. Anders has been really good about taking naps lately. He doesn't fight me at all, ever since I changed the name from "nap time" to "quiet time". Napping is optional, but quiet time is not. He's been napping every day for the past couple of weeks. It's wonderous.

We went to Costco last night to break up the monotany of screaming.... there are so many things there that I want to buy. Not for myself, even. The toys! Oh, the toys! I wish I could buy my kids everything, but I know that would be stupid. There are so many fun things there that I know Anders would love, and Addie's starting to be interested in toys and interactive stuff too. We're going to keep Christmas real low key while we can, one or two Santa gifts per kid. It would just be so fun to buy everything they ever wanted.

Nils is going right from work to school, so he won't be home until 7:00- and then I have to leave right when he gets home for a Primary meeting. Then I have to go to the gym after that. I can't take the kids to the gym during the day when we are carriers of diseases. It's rough. How I look forward to the weekend!

Sick Addie

Addie's sick. I don't know with what, but she's had a temperature all day and has been lethargic and snuggly. I have a feeling we'll be visiting the doctor tomorrow. There was a sign on the gym daycare door the other day that said there had been an outbreak of chicken pox. That would be just swell.

So we went to Salt Lake last night in an attempt to go to the Church History Museum to see the Joseph Smith exhibit. We got there about 7:30, and they closed at 7:00. It was absolutely FREEEEEEZING, and we had taken trax. So we had waited at the trax station for 10 minutes freezing our buns off, then walked a block or so to the museum to find it was closed. We walked around Temple Square for a little while, then got back on the train. Anders loved the train. We went with my Mom and Greg and Britta, and he had a great time. Poor little Addie was burrowed into me like a groundhog the whole time. She was so cold. THEN, on our way home a blizzard came out of NOWHERE. It took us 2 hours to drive home. Holy crap. There were cars sliding all over the road, some flipped over, some spun around. It was very scary and horrible. We were just pooped when we finally got home at 11:22 pm.

We sluffed church today, because we're evil. Actually, we weren't going to take Addie to church, and we figured we had such a traumatic night last night that we deserved a day of rest. It was kind of nice to lay around all day. We let Anders color in his special "marker book" since it's Sunday. Honestly, I think he spent the better part of 2 or 3 hours coloring in it. He's been saying all week that he wants to to go church, and I think it's this book. He loves it. Perhaps it will help us in converting him to the gospel. Who knows!

I'm done- a sink of dishes awaits me.

Saturday Madness

What a wild day. The kids both got up at 7:00, which I think is just cruel. I went to the gym, came home, showered and went for a haircut. Came home, went to Super Saturday. Came home, and we went to Target and the mall. Anders cried pretty much the whole time. We came home, had dinner and put those rascals to bed! I've been reading a book called 1-2-3 Magic for disciplining Anders when he acts up. It works well, but public settings require you to ignore the screaming. It's great when people look at you and your screaming child. Their looks vary from "That's funny", "Those poor parents", "Get your kids out of here", etc. Anyhoo, I'm just physically tired tonight. I was going to go to the store for groceries, but I don't think I can muster the energy.

We got a fun book for Anders to play with during church. It's sort of a dry-erase book that should keep him occupied for the duration of Sacrament Meeting. That's one of our biggest stresses, that hour of the week. The past few weeks I've been stuffing him with candy to keep him quiet, but I think people are starting to notice and it doesn't look good. Plus, it's not good for him in any way, really. We're going to keep this book for church only, so he doesn't get to play with it at all during the week. We'll see how that goes. It's so funny to see the difference in Anders and Addie. Anders has always been a challenge during church. He was born that way. He screamed through church as a newborn, and hasn't stopped since. Addie's fine. She doesn't fuss during church and is just more content in general. It's nice to have one be a little easier in that way.

Okay, I'm done. I think I'll do something that requires little energy. Typing is just too much for me. Bonsoir.

Funny Stuff

I need to write some of the funny things Anders has said lately before I forget. We were at Macey's the other day grocery shopping. We saw a man in a long black trench coat with long black hair and some stubble. Anders said to me, "Mommy, it's a Jesus!" I laughed and laughed out loud. The guy actually looked a little scary, which added to the humor of it all.

My mom bought him two Spiderman shirts last week and he's in love with them. He's never seen a Spiderman show or anything, but somehow he knows who Spiderman is and thinks he's AWESOME. So we went to our neighbor's house and Anders said to their little boy, Caleb, "Yes Caleb, I AM wearing a Spiderman shirt!", as if Caleb asked or cared.

On Halloween when we went trick or treating, Anders told us that he didn't want to say "trick or treat" at the doors. We asked him why, and he said, "Because I'm much too shy." Much too shy? Where did he get that one?

I've been taking Anders and Addie with me to the gym everyday, and they play in little daycare there. Anders loves it. When I'm done working out and go to get them, he almost always says, "No, Mommy! Go exercise! I'm not done yet!" It makes me feel so loved.

He's been saying a lot of funny words in general. He uses the word "Spooky" a lot, he says, "Oh my GOSH!" all the time, and also says, "Oh Shoot!". It's a good thing we don't swear.

What a boy!

Darkness

Isn't that just a happy title. What's up with it getting dark at 5:30? How is that good for anyone? And it just gets worse from here to December. Geez, no wonder people get depressed around the holidays. I don't think it's the holidays at all, I think it's the sun's premature departure from Earth every day. I'm making a mental effort to stay positive through these times of darkness. It helps that I'm not pregnant- giving birth in January 2 of the last 3 years wasn't a good thing for me. (Let me qualify that statement: I love my children and I'm thankful they were born. January just isn't the best time of year for me. Add to that the postpartum crap...you know.) Anyhoo, like I was saying, I'm hoping to make it through the winter with as little blueness as possible.

So, Addie is really crawling. She's got the hang of it, one little leg in front of the other. She's much happier now. It's very cute to see her crawling around. Anders is still talking non-stop. He really never stops talking. Ever.

So I was thinking about stopping the Pampered Chef thing, but then I got a shipment of stuff for my kit enhancement month, and I decided that I just love the products too much to stop doing it. I really just do it for the free stuff and discounts. But it's worth it. I'm having an open house on Saturday, hopefully people will come. I took October off to decide if it's something I want to continue doing. I don't love all the work it involves, but I really like getting free crap. It's a disease.

Good night, I have nothing more to say.

And it Starts!

Addie is officially mobile. She doesn't crawl in a conventional manner. It's more of the 80's breakdance move "The Worm". Remember that? It's bittersweet, really. She's been frustrated for awhile because she couldn't go where she wanted, but now we have to baby-proof. She's also started pulling herself up into a sit. Last night I put her to bed and she started screaming a couple of minutes later. I went in to see, and she had pulled herself up in her crib and was hanging over the side. We hadn't lowered her crib mattress because she wasn't doing anything like that until now. Crazy kid. It's about time, she's almost 10 months old. This morning I stuck her in a laundry basket (on the floor, not the dryer), and she pulled herself into a stand. Anders did that, too. The day after he started to crawl he was pulling himself up. Shouldn't there be a little more time in between?

So I've been part of this "Ladies Night Out" group this year, and last night it was my turn to host it. It's kind of a strange little group- I was invited because my sister-in-law started it, but it's mostly girls from her ward and their friends. I'm kind of like the red headed step child of the group, but whatever. Anyway, over the year it's pretty much fizzled, so last night 3 people of about 15 showed up. It was still fun, but kind of a sad way to end it. We decided last night was the last one since no one comes anymore.

I'm glad it's Friday. Weekends are good.