Will It Ever End?

So once again the kids are sick! I swear this is never ending. Jarryd is home from school today because he has a fever. Although he has no other symptoms I couldn't send him because I know they would have just sent him home if they knew he was feverish. Maddie has been crying all morning that her belly hurts. Liam has had 2 diapers of poop that have exploded out his diaper because there was so much. I am just waiting for me and Paul to get it now.

And seriously enough with the damn snow already. I am so sick and tired of snow. We drove home from New Hampshire yesterday in a horrible snowstorm. And anyone that knows the drive from there to here knows it is the worst road ever for snow. It snowed all day yesterday and now its sunny and almost 40 out. Then we wonder why everyone is so sick this year.

I am just so tired of this weather. I want to get outside. I want the kids to be able to play and get fresh air. I want to start walking in the evening again. I want to open all my windows and have the wonderful smell to take over my house. When I am driving I want to be able open my car windows. I just want spring, well late spring so all the snow and mud is gone.

This and That.

So Liams appointment got bumped up to yesterday afternoon at the ENT's. We saw Dr. Gavin who is Jarryd's ENT and we really like him. He actually said his right ear looks just about ear infection free!!! So I was so excited thinking maybe finally we had no ear infections. Well then he moved to the right ear and that was a whole nother story. There is so much fluid built up behind the ear drum that he is a little worried about it rupturing. He wanted to do the surgery tomorrow but since Liam had some Motrin for another fever on Tuesday he didn't feel comfortable doing it so soon. So we go next Friday for the tubes. So he said for any fevers or pain to only use tylenol between now and then. So only another week for the poor little man and then hopefully all this pain and irritation will be over for him. It really just sucks when there is nothing we can do.
This afternoon we are headed up to New Hampshire to visit with my Grandfather and Uncle. We love spending time up there with them. While we are up there we plan on going to Disney on Ice. I can't wait I have never been to one and I think Madalynn and Jarryd will really enjoy it. We are also going to do a little shopping at the outlets in Maine. We just got tickets this week for our trip to Florida in April to see my Dad and step Mom. So we are going to get the kids some new summer outfirs to take down with us.
I am really nervous about my diet while up there. I have been sticking strong to it all week. I have been excercising as much as possible. Although I know its not good to weight yourself daily I have to for motivation. So far I have lost 4 pounds. Its only been 6 days so I am really happy with that. Its a good start on a very long path of recovering my body!

Weight Loss

I just wanted to drop a quick little note to let everyone know that Today is the day I started my diet. I am so nervous about this, but I know its time. So here goes nothing...

Update on Liam

Okay so I took Liam back to the pediatrian Friday afternoon. He had been running a fever and just not feeling well. Well of course his ears were actually worse. He had been on the antibiotic, Bactrum, for 8 days at that point. He also had a very red irritated throat, a fever of 102.6, and very lethargic. So the Dr. also said he caught a mild version of the flu. This tends to be common in children this year that had the flu shot. I guess its better then the actual flu. At this point the pediatrician is just like what next. He did however put him on Zythromax(also known as the ZPack), to take for 5 days with the Bactrum!
He had his first ear infection was Dec. 4! And since then other then a day or two inbetween checkups he has been on 5 differnent antibiotics with basially no brake. We are doing everything possible to prevent further infections, but nothing is helping. I don't like how much tylenol and motrin we have had to give him either. But it is the only thing that will control the pain.
After reviewing his chart the Dr. came to the conclusion there is nothing more they can do for Liam. So he is sending us to an ENT to get him some tubes. The appointment is next Thurs morning. We are seeing Dr. Gavin who is Jarryds ENT. We really like him a lot. Although we have to travel to Albany Med I am very anxious to get to this appointment and find out what he thinks about all this. In the mean time, we are just waiting. Him and Maddie are both supposed to have Well Visits onThurs. Chances are Liams shots will be postponed b/c of the illness. But at least we can see how the ears are doing. I sure hope they are no worse.

I Want Health Fully Restored In My House

Well for the past 3 days Liam has had a low grade fever. But last night it spiked to 103.5, needless to say me and Paul got no sleep. He has been coughing a lot too. Here is the thing, the poor kid has been on a really strong antibiotic for over a week because of the ear infections. So what on earth could it be now? Well we are off to the Dr.s at 3 to hopfully figure this out! I really just feel so helpless.
I also think Maddie might have something brewing as well. She is never a lazy child. Well from the time she got up this morning till she went down for a nap, she never got off the couch. She just kept asking me to cuddle her all morning. So she has been down since noon so maybe she was just overtired. But she is just so not herself today. She refused to eat all morning. Finally around 11:30 I got her to eat almost a whole thing of yogurt which is better then nothing! We are supposed to be going to check out a school for her next week so hopefully she won't be too sick. Its just a preschool with a class for 2 year olds. They go 2 mornings a week for 2.5 hours. All they do is learn social skills, work on potty training and that kind of stuff. They don't do a lot of teaching at that age, which I like. She just needs something, because even with her brothers and 2 daycare kids she is just very bored here. She needs something more!
At least Jarryd is remaining healthy!*Knoch on wood* He has a busy weekend. He has a birthday party tomorrow morning at Tree Pad in Queensbury. Then Sunday is his ski lesson again. Last week went better then the week before so hopefully this week will go even better then last!!! He really likes it, he just wants instant sucsess!
Well Paul should be home soon, he is leaving work early so I can take Liam to the Dr.s and not have to take 4 extra kids with me! He is such a good husband...sometimes!(hahaha). So I will try to get a post up about how we make up! Hopefully its nothing and I am just being over paranoid! I tend to do that a little bit. After spending so much time in the NICU with both the boys.

Naptime Is My Favorite Time

So all 4 kids are sleeping right now! Its very rare that I get them to all sleep at the same time. Liam is usually awake during the older kids naps because he still takes 2 naps most days, which work around the other kids one nap. But today I really needed this. So hopefully I will get at least an hour to myself.

I am so nervous, we finally got Paul's other W2 yesterday in the mail. We took them to our accountant so now we just have to wait 2-3 days to find out how much we will be getting back this year. The last 2 years we have gotten back at least $8,000! But this year we are not sure what will happen because of Paul working in VT and us living here in NY. If we get enough back the only things we want to buy with it are a new camera and computer. Both of ours are about shot. Other then that we just want to dump the rest into a savings account. We are really getting the "house fever". We both want to buy our own house so bad, but know unless we have a BIG down payment it is never going to happen. So over the next 2 years we are going to really tighten our belts and save ever possible penny we can. Our biggest thing is we want to own our house and not have our house own us and have no money left after paying a mortgage payment. So for now our duplex will due. The rent is cheap and it is 3 bedrooms. Its just that we are really outgrowing. So we shall see.

I have decided that I really am ready to start losing all this baby weight. Maddie just turned 2 and Liam is going to be 9months on Sat. so the time is now. I have struggled so much with my weight in the last 6 months. I really do think its the IUD I had placed. Since I have had it I have actually gained a great deal of weight. But no more excuses. The time is now. So I will keep an update on when I officially start and my progress. My first goal is to lose 20lbs by April 21, which is when we leave for Florida to visit my father and Step Mom! And they are really my weight loss inspiration right now. They have both lost so much weight and look so good! So I know its something I really can do, its just a matter of self discipline!