Under the weather...

And boy is that an understatement. I will not be participating in Not me! Monday today. Not that I do not have plenty of those to go around from this past week but I honestly have not so much as turned the computer on in days. This is coming from my phone actually. This might get interesting to say the least.

Anyway, just about everyone in our house has been sick for the last week. Let me just say that Monday was our best day. Boog did not have school and Sour Apple got out at noon on Wednesday. We spent the rest of last week either in the dentist (remember last weeks Not me?) or at the doctor and/or the pharmacy. Daddy ended up taking 4 days off because he was sick. While I was at the dentist with all 4 kiddos on Thursday, he was seeing the doctor. He had bronchitis, got 2 shots and 2 prescriptions. Friday, we were in he doctor with the 2 little guys. Boog had pneumonia. Tutti-Frutti had an ear infection. After that visit we stopped at the pharmacy for another bag of drugs then off to the urgent care so I could be seen. I had bronchitis. I got one shot and 2 prescriptions. The weekend was rough. No one felt good. We shipped the 2 big kids off for the weekend hoping to spare them even though Sour Apple had just been sick the week before. The little guys ran fever all weekend. They had the chills. Tutti-Frutti slept nearly all day. We all felt horrible. We survived. Barely. Only to get up this morning with a tiny tot burning up again. Back to he doctor this morning with Tutti-Frutti. He has the flu. 2 more new prescriptions.

Boy we have sure spent a lot at the dentist, doctor and pharmacy since last Thursday. A mini vacation might have been cheaper. I am sure it would have been more fun.

Hopefully we are on the mend. Have a great week. I'll be back when I can.

It's late again...Weekly Wednesday. Maybe I should call it A Day Late Thursday!

Sorry for the lateness once again. It just seems like Wednesdays slip away and before I know it, they are gone.
Poor guy feels crummy today, actually he has felt crummy for a few days. I took him to the doctor yesterday (part of why I did not get around to the post) and as it turns out, he has an ear infection again and bronchiolitis. They put him on a nebulizer treatment. Oh boy, that is like trying to wrestle down an angry octopus, you have never seen a kid with so many hands until you try to give them a breathing treatment. He is also on a new antibiotic and oral steroids. Yay me! Those tend to turn my children into fit throwing little (or not so little) monsters. You would think I might have had some sort of reprieve from nasty children since Sour Apple was on a steroid last week for poison oak that covered the lower half of his body. He was nasty and I use that word because I cannot think of a better (or worse) word to use for how he acted while on it.

Anyway, back to Tutti-Frutti. Just after one dose of the steroid, his personality started changing. He has been hollering at me (yes, hollering) throwing fits and demanding lots of attention. It makes it so hard for him to fall and stay asleep. It had the same effect on Boog too. Anytime the doctor writes that out, I always joke (or maybe not) about him taking the kid home with him until the course of medication is over. Well, needless to say I always get to come home with the little monsters.

Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for them because I know it has to make them jittery and feel horrible, but I feel bad for me too! You know, like today for example. Tutti-Frutti was awake off and on all last night, got up early this morning and at nearly noon today has still not had a nap, and boy let me tell you...he is not a very fun child to be around right now. He does not want anything, he wants everything, he does not want to be held but you had better hold him. He does not want to eat, but you should try, he does not want his pappi, but it better be in his mouth, he does not want to be messed with, but you had better be trying to entertain him. Sheesh...I am worn out already and the day is nowhere near even half over! Oh I love kids though! Bring 'em on, I can handle the long haul.

On another fun note though...

Last night we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a birthday dinner for Daddy, YUMMY! Wonderful lasagna and lemon bars! Thanks you guys, it was great!

Not me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest with each other, and live to tell about it. When you are finished here, head on over to MckMama's blog to see a list of more not me's. You will be so glad you did!

Oh boy...my week was looooong! It started out by not having a poor sick baby on Monday. Sour Apple was out of school for the day so we had an ortho appointment then went for lunch and to the mall for some shopping. I noticed that Tutti-Frutti had been sleeping a lot, but really thought nothing of it. I mean he is a baby and they sometimes do that, right? So on with our shopping, and honestly it helped that he was sleeping. Monday night, Sour Apple had a basketball game so off we went, Mr. Sleep All Day in tow. He slept thru most of the game then woke up and smiled and was being all sweet and cute so I am still thinking nothing of it, that is...until we get home.

I decided to take his temp because he had felt hot but we were so busy all day that I did not take the time to do it. I know...horrible parent alert! Well, sure enough, he had a temp. It was low grade but we gave him tylenol anyway since by this time he had gone from Mr. Sleep All Day to Mr. CRABBY PANTS. As the night went on, the temp kept rising so I called the on call service for the Pedi. Well, they were soooo much help. OR NOT! He ended up being up on and off all night long. Wheew. That was tiring. Good thing NONE of that actually happened. I think I would have been too tired to function.

On to Tuesday, we were up early. Or would that actually have been, we were still up? Anyway, I called the Pediatrician's office and was able to get him in for a 10:30 appointment. Did I mention I hate having an appointment at that time? By then, they have plenty of time to get backed up. Oh well, that is for another day. It actually was not that long, considering...So, sure enough, for the first time in his life, Tutti-Frutti has an ear infection, and not just any ole ear infection, TWO ear infections. Poor guy, so off to the pharmacy we go. Good thing he likes the medicine.

You know this couldn't have been on Tuesday because both little boys have music on Tuesdays! So Daddy ended up taking Boog to music while I took Tutti-Frutti to the Dr.

The last few weeks, Wednesdays have been our zoo day. Well this week...not so much. Since we had a sick baby, surely we did not take the 2 little ones to the grocery store for the morning. No, we wouldn't do that. We know how important rest is when you are not feeling well. What kind of parents do you think we are anyway?And since we did not do that, you know we certianly did not go to a second grocery store to find the rest of the organic produce we needed!

Ah, sweet Thursday...since Sour Apple has band after school, I absolutely did not stay home all day long in my pajamas! I also did not keep the little boys in theirs until it was almost time for daddy to get home. I would never do that. I am not that lazy! I would not rush to get myself and both kids ready just before he was due to walk thru the door. Nope, not me!

And Friday, well it most definately was not Boog's last basketball game of the season. They did not hand out trophys to the kids, and they were not just the cutest little things ever, so proud of their trophies! Since it was not the last game, there is no way that one of the moms brought cupcakes for the kids. And since he did not have a cupcake, there is no way that a cupcake could have made it into my car or caused the riot of all riots between 2 of the other children! Good thing there were no cupcakes because that might have gotten ugly and we do not need ugly!

Saturday, Sour Apple did not have a basketball game at 8:15AM! There is just no way that anyone in their right mind would schedule a game that early on a weekend. Of course since it was not that early, I did not have to drag all 4 of the children up at the crack of dark to get ready. That would have just been ridiculous for a weekend, and the one day that they might have actually slept late. Since I was up anyway, after the game, I spent the entire day making fresh organic babyfood for the wee lil' feller. Yummy.

Saturday night...headed to church, we leave 1 hour and 10 minutes before church starts, we live 15 minutes (max) away from the church. Why did we leave that early you ask...well, I wanted to be able to *top off* Tutti-Frutti before leaving him in the nursery and we had 5 children (Lemon Drop had a friend over for the day) off in diffent rooms, for the most part, 3 different rooms for 5 kids. And we were having friends meet us so we wanted to be on time for a change. So, down the hall toward Boog's room first...HOLY BAD IDEA BATMAN! What were we thinking?!? From the looks of what was happening, I am surprised no one called in an excorcist for us. When I say he went ballistic, it is only because I cannot think of another pleasant way to say what was happening to my sweet, loving, perfect 3 year old child! A term that could have been used would be "Goin' Ape S*$#!" to be realistic, at least. We pry him from the stroller, kicking, screaming, thrashing about...get him to a lady in charge and run for our lives. Anyone who knows me knows that this was a HUGE (as in ginormous) step for me. A little while back, I could have NEVER done that. We will leave that story for another day. We get the rest of the kids delivered and make a swing back by Boog's room, we did not hear screeching coming from the room so we had someone check for us just to make sure. He had calmed down so we headed off to enjoy the service and for THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 3 YEARS, we made it thru the ENTIRE service without being paged. Wheew. That was a night. Count that as a victory so off to Chipotle to celebrate! Ha!

Speaking of sleeping late, Sunday, we had nowhere to go...so you know I am totally lying when I say that Boog AND Tutti-Frutti woke me up at 6:45AM! You know, that is a lie because they know how important it is for mommy to be able to sleep late one day a week. My children would never wake me up that early on a day that we did not have to go anywhere at all. And, since I am still sleeping, there is no way that I am actually almost finished with all of the laundry. Quick, everyone take off all of your clothes and go to your room, there will be no dirtying of laundry today!

There is also absolutely no way that I did a post about my precious 3 year old baby shakin' it at his brother. Nope, not me! I mean seriously, this is a family blog!

Ah, and today...who knows what lies ahead for us! Happy not me'ing! everyone. Now, get on over to MckMama's to see what everyone else has not been doing. Makes me feel better anyway.

Oh...and because I am soooo not vain about my own children...I absolutely without a doubt, do not have the most beautiful almost 6 month 5 month old baby in the world, see...

And since we were speaking of that baby...he is totally not getting to the age where he realizes that I have left; therefore, he does not screach like a wild man when I walk away from him! Wheew, good thing too, that might get tiring!

Not me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest with each other, and live to tell about it. When you are finished here, head on over to MckMama's blog to see a list of more not me's. You will be so glad you did!

What a week...good thing none of this really happened to me!

I did not have to take Tutti-Frutti to the pediatrician this week because he was sick. That would have been no fun to spend the better part of an entire morning sitting in the waiting room.

Also, while I was not sitting there, there would have been no way that I would have met the nicest lady. After not talking to her for a while, I in not way found out that she is pregnant with her ninth (yes, I said 9th!) child. When she told me that, I most certianly did not get excited and wonder what that would be like. What, am I CRAZY?!

She also did not tell me that they were taking the 9 children to Disney World! OMG! They are taking 9 children to Disney World? And I am freaked out about what it will be like taking 4 this time around! HA! We have it made.

After we were moved back to our room, I absolutely did not wonder, out loud to my husband, what in the heck her husband does for a living that would allow 1) them to have 9 children and 2) to be able to take said children on a vacation to Disney World. You know I would have never done that, because that would have been rude!

Also, after that conversation with husband, I again did not ask him about having another baby. Seriously, 5 kids? Well, I have to be honest here...I did indeed ask hubby about baby #5...

Speaking of kids...we were, right? I did not send my dear sweet husband to make the most awesome purchase EVER! We got a double stroller, not just any double stroller. I LOVE this stroller. I had a BabyTrend sit and stand deluxe and I HATED it! (Did I mention that I hated that stroller?) It was worse than trying to drive an 18-wheeler thru the store, wide turns and all. Well, I have not taken this one into a clothing store, but I can only imagine that when I do, it will drive like a dream. So, if you are in the market for a new double stroller, especially one that fits a growing 3 year old, go check this out! I thought I had a picture of both kids in it, guess not...

Friday, I did not go on a field trip with Sour Apple's class to The Museum of Natural Science. I also did not beg my mother to go, nor did I take a 3 year old or a 5 month old. That would have just been plain crazy. And since none of that happened, we did not have a great time.

Since we were not already right beside the train outside the zoo, we did not take the little boys for a ride before we left. That might have been a fun thing to do, and we cannot have any of that! You will never see pictures to prove it either!

Oh...and I am really glad that this did not happen...when we got in the car, my mother did not have a message on her phone from MY alarm company saying that my garage detector had been activated and the police had been called! WHAT? I am an hour away and this was 2 1/2 hours ago! Just great, wouldn't that have been loads of fun to deal with on our way home if it had indeed happened? You will be happy to know though that if this had indeed happened, that it was just the wind and an unsecured side door...wheew!

It is a really good thing that we did not go too, because traffic was HORRIBLE on the way home. That would have meant that I would have gotten back to the school WAY after the bus full of children did, AND that Sour Apple would have had to wait there for over an hour for me to arrive to pick him up! Sooo glad that none of that actually happened. I might have been voted Mother of the Year! And...I might have had a kid fall asleep in the car...

Another good reason that none of that could have happened is because we had company waiting for use at home and it would have taken, ooohhhh...let's say 30 more minutes than usual to get home from school. AND since Boog did not have basketball at 5:30, it sure was nice to be able to come home and sit down and relax for the rest of the night since I had not been gone all day.

Oh, and I almost forgot. I did not buy one of these so that I can make my own babyfood. Since I did not buy that, I cannot tell you how great the food was. Too bad, now we might never know!

Saturday night, we were not invited over to our friends' house for food and fun, good thing too, hubs had to work today and it might have been really hard on him to get up and go to work today after all of that yummy Mexitalian food we would have had. Not to mention the fact of how late it would have been when we got home. Man, I am sooo glad that did not happen.

I am glad my little Tutti-Frutti is not keeping me up all night anymore. I would be really tired if that were still happening...{yawn} Good thing is though, at least if it really were happening, he is certianly not the most beautiful baby in the whole stinkin' world! See for yourself...

Oh...and I would never admit to hitting refresh while checking MckMama's blog this morning only to find that she had just put her post up and I am #5! Holy cow! That would never happen, I am soooo not that lucky! Happy Not Meing...

Now...go on over to MckMama's and see what everyone else has not been doing...

Not me! Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest with each other, and live to tell about it. When you are finished here, head on over to MckMama's blog to see a list of more not me's. You will be so glad you did!





Let's see...this week, I did not get woken up all night long, almost everynight by a precious 5 month old, because we all know that he is way too old to be waking up in the middle of the night.





So, in light of not being that mom, I most certianly am not so tired during the day that I can barely function!





Then if I am not that mom, I surely did not beg my mother to pick up the older kids from school one day because the little ones were napping and I did not want to wake them up!





I did not try to nap with them one day only to be roused from my near dozing by said 5 month old because he was ready to wake up. Nope, glad that was not me!





On Tuesday, I was not sad because My Knight in Shining Armour went on a field trip with one of the older kids and I did not get to spend the day with him. Nuh uh...wasn't me! Because I know how important it is for Dad's to get a chance to go when they can.





This Friday, I am certianly not taking a 3 year old and a 5 month old on a field trip with another older child's class! What, am I crazy? Wait, do not answer that!





About that field trip, I really never would have thought to ask afore mentioned grandma to take a day off of her busy work schedule so she could go with me to make sure we kept not only the children on the field trip in line, but the little ones as well. That would mean that I might not be able to handle 6 or 7 kids on my own.





I have also not eaten at Chipotle two or more times this week. I certainly know how important variety is!





Surely you all now that I have also not still been procrastinating doing my Disney itenirary! That would be just plain crazy.





You should know too that I am not sitting here typing this one handed because I am holding the most beautiful baby in the world.





The reason I am not holding that baby is because he is for sure not feeling under the weather like the rest of the clan.





Ah, and about the rest of the clan, I have not turned their world upside down by reading and following the advice in this book. Tell them once and walk away...my new motto!



Sunday, I most certianly did not have to redo spruce up my blog because I messed it up so bad I could not fix it...nope, glad that did not happen to me! I had too much to do for that to have happened.



And finally, last night, I surely did not have to pry Tutti-Frutti's foot out of his mouth in order to feed him. Now that would have just been plain funny!



So, now join in the fun and let me know what you did not do...truth...it's good for the soul.