On the Mend

Thankfully Sydney, Ryan, and I are all on our way to being healthy again. Ryan and I started getting sick last Wed/Thurs. It wasn't a fun week for any of us! Besides the lagging cough, we are feeling much better. I hope we all stay well for a long time!!

Saturday, we headed to Central City, KY to pick up Sam. We dropped him off on our way to IL a week and a half ago, but when our destination for that Friday changed from Paducah to Evansville, IN we weren't able to pick him up like we had originally planned. Luckily, my parents love Sam. So, they didn't mind keeping him. It is nice to have him home. :o)

We also picked up a lawn mower that my parents graciously gave us. Now that we're in a rental house, the yard work is up to us. We're not complaining, though. We're actually looking forward to it. We were very thankful to my parents!! It definitely saved us $$! 

When we got home from Central City, I mowed our yard while Ryan worked on cutting back 3 of the plants that were hugely overgrown. I wish we would have taken a before & after picture because it is a huge difference! Our yard was in desperate need of mowing! It looks great now & I can't wait until the weather warms up again so that we can get out there and play!! 

Thanks to all for your prayers for Sydney. It was a scary time for this mommy. Although the sickness itself wasn't a scary sickness, the fever was. It just wouldn't break at night. That part really had me freaked out. Now, she's fever-free & sleeping through the night!! Yay!! :o)

On a side note, Sara, you were right!! Once she got close to the 18 month mark, she began sleeping through the night with no problem. We still have to get up with her occasionally, but it's only a few times a week. That, I can definitely handle! Thanks for giving me hope! 

Almost dead dog

For those of you looking for a deep blog...this isn't it. Most of my blogs don't go very deep, but this one definitely won't. If you want to keep reading that's great. If not, it will be considered a "dear diary" entry.

Today can go down as a really bad day. Ryan is working midnights a few days this week. So, he got home as Sydney & I got up. Trying to keep a baby & dog quiet so that he could sleep was not easy at all!!!! Then Sam decided to turn my day into a HORRIBLE day. He peed on a new rug I got. After washing it twice, it still has a yellow stain!!! He threw up on the living room floor...gross!...peed on the kitchen floor, and pulled up some berber carpet in Sydney's room. Talk about a dead dog!!! He is normally a REALLY, REALLY good dog. I'm not sure what has gotten into him, but today he almost saw his last day. If it wasn't for Ryan being home and disciplining him, I think I could have beat him to death...no probably not. BUT I was so mad at him. After dinner tonight Ryan headed out...praying I'm sure that the house is the same with everyone still alive when he returns in the morning!!!

I hate days like this--days when you feel like the world is aiming against you. Ok, so maybe it wasn't the worst day I could possibly have, but it was still frustrating. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day than today. I really need a pick-me-up kind of day...