Thursday, December 18, 2008

Festival of Lights highlights (without pictures...again)

On the way to the Festival of Lights Sean was laughing really hard and Olivia said, "I'm afraid you're going to hurt yourself. You may have overdosed on happiness."

At the entry of the Festival of Lights there was a giant poinsettia made of lights and I asked, "Who knows what that flower is called?" Sean replied, "I do! It's a...(thinking)...pornosopia!"
(I guess maybe that's a Thanksgiving poinsettia?)

Friday, December 12, 2008

Our first emergency phone call from school

Here's how it went:

Teacher: Hi Deanne. We were at the rug reading a story and Sean was laughing, leaned forward and hit his head and now there's blood everywhere.

(He hit the top of his head on the corner of the metal part that hangs underneath the desk)

Me: Do you think it needs stitches?

Teacher: Possibly. There's really a lot of blood.

Me: I'll be right there.

I had just finished getting a massage and my massage therapist, who also happens to be my good friend, offered to keep David while I went. I called the Dr.'s office to prepare them that we were coming while I was heading to the school. As I entered the office, I saw a whole team of teachers and administrators hovering over Sean's head. At this point I had a real mommy moment. Sean was able to be brave until he saw me, then he started to cry. My heart melted, and I gave him a huge hug. The librarian was wearing plastic gloves and announced that she had finally found the source of the bleeding. Gratefully it was a puncture wound and sealed itself up...no stitches (whew). His head looked like someone had poured red kool-aid on it. We called the Dr.'s office to tell them we weren't coming, then headed home with an ice pack. I told Sean we should go home and get the blood washed off and rest for a while. His response? "But can I just leave it on until my friends come home so they believe what happened to me?" (Don't you love the way a 7 year old's brain works?) I couldn't deny his request for evidence, so we left the blood untouched (luckily a lot of it had washed off with the preliminary dabbing by the librarian and the moisture from the ice pack). Unfortunately our camera battery was dead, so we have no photographic proof, but I'm sure it's vivid in Sean's memory. I'm so grateful he was o.k.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Tagged

I'm still working on remembering the tags I've received, but I will start with an easy one. 4th folder, 4th picture:
This was at our pre-school Halloween party (I taught pre-school at my house a few years back).
I tag anyone who is having a hard time thinking about what to blog about.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Details...

Thanks for all of your words of congratulations. Here are a few more details.

Due Date: June 22nd. (I'm 11 weeks.) It seems really far away, and we wanted to wait until Christmas to announce, but as it turns out, with baby #5, my body knows the drill, and has already started to expand. Unfortunately this is not contained to the belly area (my behind and thighs are in on the secret, and not to be out-done by the belly, they are making their presence known). To all those who are fortunate enough to have "belly only" pregnancies, please take a moment to be thankful.

How I'm feeling: Tired and a little nauseous, but really excited. I can't complain. Pregnancy is like medication for my arthritis. I have very little pain when I'm pregnant (hormones). I heard the heartbeat the day before Thanksgiving, and it sounds strong. That made me very grateful. We approach the first part of pregnancy with cautious optimism (I've had two miscarriages, so it makes it hard to get really excited until we hear a heartbeat).

How the kids are feeling: They are all very excited. Olivia is convinced (wishful thinking) it's a girl, Sean thinks it's a boy, Warren thinks it's twins, and David says I have a boy baby in my tummy and he has a girl baby in his tummy (who he will name "GooseMonster"). One of them is bound to be right.

How I got the stick into the balloon in a sanitary manner: This is for you, Stacy. I toyed with the idea of letting you believe it was still wet when it was inserted in the balloon, and that I made the Macey's employee put it in there, but decided that was a little bit sick and wrong. I assure you it was done in the most sanitary way possible. It was cleaned with a Clorox wipe, then I placed it in the balloon before the machine put air in it. Darin popped the balloon before the kids got home from school, so it was our little secret until the day before Thanksgiving.

What I am craving: Grape Gatorade and Jr. bacon cheeseburgers (from Wendy's). (In case you're interested, with Olivia it was corn dogs, Sean was ice cream, Warren and David were both crunchy tacos from Taco Bell.) Does anyone out there crave things that are GOOD for you when you're pregnant? It kind of makes me sick to read all those things listed together.

At my first appointment I found out my Dr. won't be here when I deliver. He is going on a medical service mission for the church and will leave at the first of the year. I have found a new doctor that will take over in January, but I'm a little sad not to have my Dr. I'm a creature of habit, and I felt so comfortable with him. I'm sure everything will be great with the new Dr.

We'll keep you posted!