I'm seeing...spots!

Well, M is STILL sick! Poor girl, I was starting to get so impatient and feel so cooped up with her and then I looked at her tummy and noticed tiny pink spots all over! We have to go to the doctor this afternoon to find out if it's a reaction or what's going on because she's still not better and now we have spots! I just want her to feel better soon!!!!

Book Review: Twilight

I just finished Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I had read some good reviews on it and found out she graduated from BYU which usually ensures a clean read. Then I stumbled on a blog of a lady who is, well, an obsessed fan and thought it was at least worth a library rental. So I ordered it from the library. But I didn't get around to reading it and it's a thick book! I got the reminder that it was due in two days and realized I needed to get crackin'!

Well, two days later, I can say I really enjoyed it! It is about a girl who falls in love with a vampire. Seriously. And it's a whole new take on vampires that I really enjoyed. It's convincing and suspensful and exciting without being too scary (I've had many sleepless nights thanks to Mary Higgins Clark and Law & Order). I've already ordered the sequel from the library. While the little one has been sick, I devoured that book and over 500 pages of Harry Potter 5! Anyway, it's a fun read!

Weekend Worries

Why do kids get sick on the weekend? Then you have to spend the weekend in an inner debate. Do you go to urgent care for them to just say that it's a virus (which you knew deep down) and you have to wait it out, drink fluids, use tylenol and rest? or Do you wait it out to call the doctor on Monday to only find out that it was an ear infection and if you HAD gone to urgent care, you would be two days ahead on getting rid of it? This is usually complicated by being right before or after vacation times (at least with us) so the worry is compounded by missing extra work, contaminating family members, and not being able to travel possibly. At least for us...

M got a cold on vacation and has been sick all week. She has seemed pretty okay except for the runny nose and cough but has been warm off and on as well. This weekend, though, she is hot! We've been fighting to keep her fever down and worrying that it's a cold turned ear infection or that she has had the fever all week and we've been masking it with her cold medicine that has tylenol built in.

This is the part of parenting that stresses me most. Worrying that I'm making things worse or not doing enough. W stayed home with her during church and I was just heartsick sitting alone at church-lonely and worried for my little one. I cried the whole way through fast & testimony meeting only to call home before primary and find out that she wasn't any better. She even watched a whole movie with Dad...that's a bad sign!

Harry Potter

I just found out that the 5th movie The OOTP comes out on July 11th, not July 13th like it was originally planned. This could be very good for me. See, I'm having my gall bladder taken out on July 11th but not until the afternoon. I figure, if I can't eat, maybe I can go to a movie before I get the my insides taken out. When it was going to be on the 13th, I figured I was going to be the last to see it. I went to one of the earlier movies on opening night, midnight. I don't remember which one. But it was fun. I told Will that maybe this one we should go to the opening show, just for fun. Then the surgery ruined that. So maybe it's fixed. We'll see! In honor of my current jubilation that I might get to see it after all, I hereby declare Fridays Harry Potter days! For this one, here are my five reasons I'm excited for movie number five to come out:
1. Fred and George finally get to shine-I love F&G and don't think they get enough spotlight but they definitely make up for it in this chapter!
2. two words: Hermione rebels
3. Luna Lovegood and Tonks, I can't wait to see how they are portrayed!
4. Another of my favorites, Lupin, returns to the action
5. Even though this book is darker than the rest, I am glad there's no more waiting and worrying for Voldemort to return, he's returned, so now they start to do deal with it

Big Kids

Meggie and Hazel just want to be big kids like Christian and Everett sooooo bad!!!! They would steal food off their plates and try to climb into their chairs-too funny!

Highlights!

M and H playing "nice" before the catfights began!

M wanted to take Tickle Me Elmo to Grace's graduation. Not sure why but he was the "baby" that day.

M loved playing Grandma's piano and singing. She took it very seriously-turning the pages to different songs and singing as she played! Too cute! I'm still working on putting video up on the blog because we have some cute video of this and her walking.

This was M's favorite spot at the pool-apparently she loves swimming as much as I used to! The good news about that is there is hope!

The last morning, Grace helped take care of M while I packed. She was so distraught that I might leave without her that she lost it and fell asleep!

17!!!!

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We were in the den playing and she walked across the whole room totaling 17 steps without falling! This may be for real!!!!