Wow, has it really been over a week since my last post? Time sure does fly!
Well, last Sunday (Father's Day), I took the girls to the Childrens Museum in Denver. We met up with Courtney's friend Addison and Addison's sister and mom. We got there a few minutes before it actually opened, but that was ok because they have a pretty cool playground for the kids to burn off some energy on. Finally we went inside.
That place is perfect for Courtney. There was one area that was great for Kasey, the rest of the museum not as much, but she tried to keep up with her sister. But Courtney and Addison had a BLAST. I was trying to find a good picture from the museum trip, but there are so many that are so good, it's hard to decide! If you get a chance, you should go check them out.
Monday started Princess Dance Camp. Courtney was in my room at 6:23am asking "is it time for Princess Dance Camp?" Ugh, that's early. So, I explained that no it wasn't, but it would be soon enough. After breakfast and getting ready we finally left. This was a little dance camp that Courtney went to at a local dance studio. They whole idea of the camp was to get the little girls ready to be princesses. Such as teach them manners, to curtsy, along with a little tap and ballet routine. It was very cute. Class was Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. Then following the class on Friday the class gave a small recital. It was adorable. Courtney had a good time.
They are also having an encore camp she will be attending in a few weeks. Same thing, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. This time Hubby will get to see the little recital at the end.
Hubby did make it back to town late Friday night. His plane was delayed a few hours, but he did finally make it. I picked him up at the airport at 11pm Friday night.
Maddie, our cadet who graduated in May, was back for a visit this week. Her boyfriend Toby is getting ready to enter his senior year at the Academy, so she was back visiting him before leaving for Australia for a few weeks. She will be back mid July for a few days before she drives back to MN with Toby.
So, we got to enjoy a lot of Maddie this week. On Thursday Maddie went with us to a play date at a park. The MOPS group I attend is having play dates at parks on Thursdays all around the city. This one was down at Bear Creek Park, down on my old end of town. Maddie was such a help to have there! She played with Courtney while I stayed with Kasey.
After the girls ran around in the heat for an hour, we headed to Rudy's! Rudy's is a new restaurant here in town. It is primarily based in Texas, and Hubby has eaten at several when he is down there. So, we were super excited to get one here in town. It opened about a month ago and it has apparently been PACKED. I had never been before, Maddie had though. And having her with us also got us a military discount! It was good. I highly suggest the brisket if you ever get the chance to try one out. Rudy's is a BBQ/gas station joint.
I started this post a few days ago, and finally am getting a chance to finish it.
Our weekend was busy. Hubby drove Maddie and her friend to the airport in Denver to leave for Australia. I took Courtney to a birthday party for her friend Addison. She has been to several parties for her friends turning 4 now. It is starting to feel like she will never turn 4! But at the same time, I am ok with her not growing up...
Speaking about Courtney growing up, she is so excited to go to the school at the end of our street. It is our local elementary school and she was accepted into the preschool program there, so she will be starting there in the fall. She is so excited about it that she points it out every time we go by. I, however, am not looking forward to it (in a way). I guess to me it just feels so much like real school because it's at an elementary. I am struggling with it, I want her to go, but at the same time I feel like screaming "no, she's still my baby!" Jeez, if I am this bad with the first one, can you imagine what will happen with the second? Hubby will probably have to pry me out of the classroom!
Sunday we purposefully had a quieter day. Courtney and I went to church in the morning, then we had a quiet rest of the day. We all needed it.
Monday we watched Hailey while Kinsey went to a doctors appointment. So, it was like a play date as far as the girls were concerned. You know they are getting older when I don't have to sit and referee constantly. In fact I really only had to intervene once between them. And another time I caught Courtney drawing on her mirror with my eye pencil, but that was all my kid. It's such a change for them from where we used to be! It was very enjoyable!
Last night we headed up to Denver, just Hubby and I (kids were home with a babysitter) to meet his Aunt and Uncle who were on a night's layover in Denver before heading on to their vacation. We met up with them, as well as Hubby's cousin who lives in Denver and his girlfriend for dinner. We went to an Italian place right by their hotel. It was nice! We had a great time catching up, I always enjoy spending time with family. We are so lucky that we have great family too!
Today after bible study at church, I headed out a different way than normal because I had to go pick something up at someone's house. Because of the way I went, I headed by the park in the middle of town. I was sitting at the light when I noticed an elephant in the park. Yes, I said an elephant. And I do mean a REAL elephant. I showed Courtney and we decided to see if we could find a parking spot. It was meant to be, because when I turned the corner to start looking for a spot, a car pulled out! So, we took that spot and headed to the middle of the park.
We have a Renaissance Festival here in Colorado every summer. The elephant is down from the Ren Fest as we call it, with several people in character too. They were all promoting the festival. It also happened to be the elephant's 23rd birthday. So, we made it just in time that we were able to feed her some pellets and then sing happy birthday to her! They made her a cake of watermelon, apples and carrots. It was so cute! 2 news stations were there, as were several photographers.
In fact, that afternoon Courtney and I showed up in some pics: http://www.pikespeakparent.com/profiles/blogs/renaissance-festival
I follow Pikes Peak Parent on Facebook and they posted it there. Kasey was there with us too, but you really can't see her. Several women from my church also stopped to check out the elephant with their kids. It was a big elephant! I took pictures with my camera too (another reason I always carry my camera with me) so you can see more pics on our website.
Well, this post is long enough! Time for bed!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
North Pole
So, the grandparents left, a few days later Hubby left again. This time for a 2 week straight stint. So, as usual the girls and I try to keep busy to make time go by fast. We have succeeded so far. In fact some times, with all the stuff we have planned and are running around doing, I don't get much in the way of housework done. It's not easy to begin with to get it done with the 2 kiddos running around, and I am the only parent distraction, but then to not be home much on top of that really adds to the mess. BUT, Hubby will be home someday and maybe then I can get a little bit more cleaning done.
I took the girls to the North Pole for their first trip ever. I went with another Mommy that I met at the zoo, she has a girl Addison who turns 4 in about 2 weeks, and a 6 month old daughter as well.
Here's my girls at the front gate:
Courtney took this picture!
If you are not familiar with the North Pole, I will do my best to explain it, but you can check them out at their website: (http://www.santas-colo.com) It's an amuesment park for smaller kids, probably ages3-8 mostly. It has rides, nothing too big or wild, more smaller and slower things. And of course Santa is there year round. It's been open forever, well at least since 1956 anyway. Courtney got a kick out of the rides and rode as many as she could for the 3 hours that we were there before it closed. Kasey saw most of the park this way:
Here's Courtney and Addison on the Tilt-O-Whirl with me.
Before we headed for home, we stopped in the bathroom for a potty break. Imagine my surprise when I was looking at the picture on the wall and saw my sister! At about 8 years old! (she's the one on the far right)
Anyway, it was a great time, the girls had a blast, the weather was great, overall a fun day. We stopped at my parents house on the way home (since we were on that end of town, kind of) for dinner. We hadn't seen my mom since she got home from Ireland the week before, so it was good to see her again!
The rest of the week was standard stuff. I did start my summer program at church. Since MOPS doesn't run in the summer, this is kind of their alternative. They had 3 different options you could choose from. I chose the Bible study. I have actually never done a Bible study before. So, I am learning as I go. Right now I am WAY behind in our study book thing. I missed the first week because I was on my way back from Myrtle Beach. So, I didn't get my book until this past Tuesday. So I have a week to catch up on, plus this weeks section to read, and I haven't read any yet... OOPS! I have a lot of reading to do over the next few nights.
Wednesday Courtney had her OT as usual. Sometime she does great, some times I realize how different she is from a lot of kids. This was one of those weeks... I am starting to feel a little nervous about pre-school in the fall. But her therapist assures me we will get though it...
Thursday was zoo preschool. We learned about grizzly bears this week. We have learned about them before, but they are still just so cute! Emmit and Digger are our two bears at the zoo. I could just squeeze them!
Friday I took the girls to get haircuts, and then a quick swing through the mall. I had to pick up a few small items at Bath and Body Works, so we also picked up some pretzel bites to snack on and then stopped at the play structure to play. Hey, why not! We have time!
Add in a few play dates with the neighbor across the street and week one of Hubby's trip was over in a flash!
Today we spent the day at my parents' house. It's been a while since they have gotten a play day down there. We set up the pool, and basically spent the day outdoors enjoying the HOT weather. We had all the umbrellas up for shade and in the afternoon at Walmart we picked up a small EZ up shade tent. We put that up over the pool and the girls spent the afternoon playing in the pool, in the shade. It was quite nice. We also ate lunch and dinner outside. Ahh, you just gotta love days like that...
Tomorrow the girls and I are headed up to meet Addison and her mom at the Children's Museum in Denver. Ironically Addison's dad is on a 2 week trip at the moment too!
Well, time is escaping me. I need to go start some laundry and then get to reading! I hope everyone is well!!!
I took the girls to the North Pole for their first trip ever. I went with another Mommy that I met at the zoo, she has a girl Addison who turns 4 in about 2 weeks, and a 6 month old daughter as well.
Here's my girls at the front gate:
Courtney took this picture!
If you are not familiar with the North Pole, I will do my best to explain it, but you can check them out at their website: (http://www.santas-colo.com) It's an amuesment park for smaller kids, probably ages3-8 mostly. It has rides, nothing too big or wild, more smaller and slower things. And of course Santa is there year round. It's been open forever, well at least since 1956 anyway. Courtney got a kick out of the rides and rode as many as she could for the 3 hours that we were there before it closed. Kasey saw most of the park this way:
Here's Courtney and Addison on the Tilt-O-Whirl with me.
Before we headed for home, we stopped in the bathroom for a potty break. Imagine my surprise when I was looking at the picture on the wall and saw my sister! At about 8 years old! (she's the one on the far right)
Anyway, it was a great time, the girls had a blast, the weather was great, overall a fun day. We stopped at my parents house on the way home (since we were on that end of town, kind of) for dinner. We hadn't seen my mom since she got home from Ireland the week before, so it was good to see her again!
The rest of the week was standard stuff. I did start my summer program at church. Since MOPS doesn't run in the summer, this is kind of their alternative. They had 3 different options you could choose from. I chose the Bible study. I have actually never done a Bible study before. So, I am learning as I go. Right now I am WAY behind in our study book thing. I missed the first week because I was on my way back from Myrtle Beach. So, I didn't get my book until this past Tuesday. So I have a week to catch up on, plus this weeks section to read, and I haven't read any yet... OOPS! I have a lot of reading to do over the next few nights.
Wednesday Courtney had her OT as usual. Sometime she does great, some times I realize how different she is from a lot of kids. This was one of those weeks... I am starting to feel a little nervous about pre-school in the fall. But her therapist assures me we will get though it...
Thursday was zoo preschool. We learned about grizzly bears this week. We have learned about them before, but they are still just so cute! Emmit and Digger are our two bears at the zoo. I could just squeeze them!
Friday I took the girls to get haircuts, and then a quick swing through the mall. I had to pick up a few small items at Bath and Body Works, so we also picked up some pretzel bites to snack on and then stopped at the play structure to play. Hey, why not! We have time!
Add in a few play dates with the neighbor across the street and week one of Hubby's trip was over in a flash!
Today we spent the day at my parents' house. It's been a while since they have gotten a play day down there. We set up the pool, and basically spent the day outdoors enjoying the HOT weather. We had all the umbrellas up for shade and in the afternoon at Walmart we picked up a small EZ up shade tent. We put that up over the pool and the girls spent the afternoon playing in the pool, in the shade. It was quite nice. We also ate lunch and dinner outside. Ahh, you just gotta love days like that...
Tomorrow the girls and I are headed up to meet Addison and her mom at the Children's Museum in Denver. Ironically Addison's dad is on a 2 week trip at the moment too!
Well, time is escaping me. I need to go start some laundry and then get to reading! I hope everyone is well!!!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Pictures
Here we are at the Sunbird around the fire pit:
Here's Courtney and Addison riding horses at the zoo!
Here are the orangutans painting for us:
Here we all are at the zoo:
Sunrise out our plane window on the way home:
View from our hotel room, you can see the beach, pools, and waterslide:
Me with a diver at Ripley's Aquarium:
Granddad taught Kasey how to eat Pudding:
Kasey and Granddad holding hands walking around the Shops at Castle Rock:
Here's Courtney and Addison riding horses at the zoo!
Here are the orangutans painting for us:
Here we all are at the zoo:
Sunrise out our plane window on the way home:
View from our hotel room, you can see the beach, pools, and waterslide:
Me with a diver at Ripley's Aquarium:
Granddad taught Kasey how to eat Pudding:
Kasey and Granddad holding hands walking around the Shops at Castle Rock:
Friday, June 11, 2010
Myrtle Beach
First let me say that yes, I changed the look of the blog! It had been almost 6 years of the same look! Time for a new one! If anyone has any complaints, let me know... (like it's too hard to read or something)
Ok, so Courtney is doing MUCH better. She did get a NASTY ear infection, most likely due to the swelling from the croup. So, she is on antibiotics and ear drops now. She still has a slight cough, but she is so much better! She still wants to eat constantly. Can't tell if that is still a side effect of steroids or not...
Hubby's parents were here like I said last blog. Friday we got a new roof on the house. So we took off to Castle Rock for the day. Why torture ourselves sitting in the house with all the banging?! We had a great time walking around there. And we found some great deals!
The next morning I headed off to the airport EARLY! Three planes and airports later, there was Hubby waiting at the other end! We stopped and ate dinner at a hibachi place before heading back to our awesome hotel. Our hotel was 15 stories tall, right on the beach! We were on the 14th floor, but due to the air conditioners being below our balcony a few floors we couldn't hear the beach. But the hotel was HUGE and offered 2 outdoor pools, a water slide, an indoor pool, hot tubs, spa and all the other fun things to go with a SUPER hotel!
The next morning after breakfast we went to play mini-golf at the same golf course where the Masters of Miniature Golf is played. No kidding folks, there are professional mini golf players... Anyway, we played all 18, and had fun. Hubby beat me by a few strokes...
It was HOT. The thermometer said 93 degrees, but that doesn't factor in humidity which was also high. Hubby had a headache, so I headed down to the beach while he took a nap. I walked the beach for a bit, then I went back to our hotel and had a pina colada at the pool bar. After that I decided it was time to put my suit on and try out the nice pools and water slide! When I got to our room, Hubby was awake, so he joined me at the pool. It was perfect to be in the water for a while, then get out and sit under an umbrella wet. It was so warm it felt perfect! We went down the water slide once. It was pretty crowded with kids. I think we took another dip in the pool, but we just sat at our table, ordered some fruit and drinks, and enjoyed the weather.
After getting changed and cleaned up, we met up with Shane (Hubby's co-worker who was also on the trip). We all headed out to Ripley's Aquarium. Pretty neat place, we enjoyed walking around and checking out the cool stuff! I got to pet a big sting ray, that was fun!
After that we went to a Brazilian steakhouse. I don't know if anyone has ever been to one of those before, but let me just say: yummy! They walk around with several types of meat on sticks. You have a little card on your table telling them if you want more meat, or if they should just skip you. We were there for a while and we ate and ate and ate! Mmmmm, good...
The next morning we headed off (with Shane too) to Brookgreen Gardens (http://www.brookgreen.org/). What a NEAT place. Years ago it was a rice plantation. Then in the 1930's this couple transformed it into a gardens/sculpture place. They also have a small AZA zoo on site. It was so beautiful! The gardens and sculptures were so amazing and the whole place was so peaceful. We also took a tour of the zoo, with a guide and that was fun! It was a fun day! It was also about 10 degrees cooler than the day before so that really helped too. I took many picutres, none really do it justice. If you are ever in the area, stop by to see it for yourself! You can also check out all the pictures on our website...
After we got back to the hotel, Hubby needed to rest because he still had his headache. I went down to the pool. I took a dip in the pool then sat in a lounge chair reading. I was sitting under an umbrella but I should have sat in the sun. Due to the cooler temps I was actually a bit chilly when I was sitting reading my book. After about an hour, and one pina colada, I headed back up to the room.
That night we went to Bonefish Grill. I know it's a chain, but we don't have one here, so I had never eaten there. Their tuna was soo good! It was just how I like it! Mmmmm!! After dinner we made a quick stop at one of their many many beach ware stores before heading back to the hotel to pack.
Tuesday morning we had to get up at 3:30am for our 5:30am flight. Yes, 3:30am. Ugh. We had a wake up call set, Hubby's alarm on his cell phone, my alarm on my cell phone, and the alarm clock in the room all set to go off so we would NOT oversleep! And we didn't! We got to the airport on time and on our flight. Again after 3 planes and airports, we made it home. I missed my girls. The break from them was nice, but at the same time, I missed them.
Wednesday Courtney had her OT and then a doctor's appointment (where we found out about the ear infection). While the girls were napping, Grammy and Granddad went up to the Academy to check out what was new.
Thursday we had something special planned. We had purchased at the zoo ball last year, an orangutan painting. That is where the orangutans paint for you! So, we headed up to the zoo early and met up with some zoo ladies who took us to the gorilla house. We got to pick our colors of paint then go out back with the orangutan's. There were two orangutans there and they painted us 2 pictures! It was fun to watch. Although I didn't get to see the whole thing because Kasey wanted to WALK. So, we had to excuse ourselves a few times to let her stretch her legs elsewhere. It was quite neat though, and I think everyone enjoyed it!
After that we were able to catch up with the preschool class and see the Lynx. After class was over we walked around the zoo with our friends from the preschool class also. It was fun! We got to show Grammy and Granddad all the cool new things at our zoo! Courtney and her friend rode the merry-go-round, got their faces painted, and rode ponies. It was a good day had by all.
Then last night Hubby, myself and Grammy and Granddad went to the Sunbird restaurant. (The kids stayed with a sitter). It sits up on a bluff overlooking Colorado Springs. It's one of those places that has been there forever and is fun to go to for a nice grown up dinner! After dinner we sat outside by the fire pit enjoying the night and looking at stars, or planets, or whatever the super bright thing in the sky was that we were looking at. (It was the topic of a major discussion).
Sadly today the grandparents left. We always enjoy their time here, and it's always hard to see them go. It always seems that the visits are too short. We are really hoping to be able to get to Florida in the fall/winter. You know, when it's cold in Colorado and WARM in Florida! But seriously, the girls love their Grammy and Granddad, and I do too... I am really blessed to have such wonderful in-laws!
And it's amazing how much Grammy and Granddad brought out of the girls. Courtney would show off to Granddad by drawing letters! Seriously? I have tried and tried to get her to do it (using fun methods and games of course), but she never cared about impressing me! And Kasey picked up several new words and blowing kisses! Jeez, they really are going to have to come to visit more often to help my kids education move along! Of course Granddad taught Kasey the finer things in life too, like how yummy ice cream can be and how to eat pudding...
I tried to add some super cute pictures, but the site isn't agreeing with me tonight. Maybe tomorrow I can get that done!
Ok, so Courtney is doing MUCH better. She did get a NASTY ear infection, most likely due to the swelling from the croup. So, she is on antibiotics and ear drops now. She still has a slight cough, but she is so much better! She still wants to eat constantly. Can't tell if that is still a side effect of steroids or not...
Hubby's parents were here like I said last blog. Friday we got a new roof on the house. So we took off to Castle Rock for the day. Why torture ourselves sitting in the house with all the banging?! We had a great time walking around there. And we found some great deals!
The next morning I headed off to the airport EARLY! Three planes and airports later, there was Hubby waiting at the other end! We stopped and ate dinner at a hibachi place before heading back to our awesome hotel. Our hotel was 15 stories tall, right on the beach! We were on the 14th floor, but due to the air conditioners being below our balcony a few floors we couldn't hear the beach. But the hotel was HUGE and offered 2 outdoor pools, a water slide, an indoor pool, hot tubs, spa and all the other fun things to go with a SUPER hotel!
The next morning after breakfast we went to play mini-golf at the same golf course where the Masters of Miniature Golf is played. No kidding folks, there are professional mini golf players... Anyway, we played all 18, and had fun. Hubby beat me by a few strokes...
It was HOT. The thermometer said 93 degrees, but that doesn't factor in humidity which was also high. Hubby had a headache, so I headed down to the beach while he took a nap. I walked the beach for a bit, then I went back to our hotel and had a pina colada at the pool bar. After that I decided it was time to put my suit on and try out the nice pools and water slide! When I got to our room, Hubby was awake, so he joined me at the pool. It was perfect to be in the water for a while, then get out and sit under an umbrella wet. It was so warm it felt perfect! We went down the water slide once. It was pretty crowded with kids. I think we took another dip in the pool, but we just sat at our table, ordered some fruit and drinks, and enjoyed the weather.
After getting changed and cleaned up, we met up with Shane (Hubby's co-worker who was also on the trip). We all headed out to Ripley's Aquarium. Pretty neat place, we enjoyed walking around and checking out the cool stuff! I got to pet a big sting ray, that was fun!
After that we went to a Brazilian steakhouse. I don't know if anyone has ever been to one of those before, but let me just say: yummy! They walk around with several types of meat on sticks. You have a little card on your table telling them if you want more meat, or if they should just skip you. We were there for a while and we ate and ate and ate! Mmmmm, good...
The next morning we headed off (with Shane too) to Brookgreen Gardens (http://www.brookgreen.org/). What a NEAT place. Years ago it was a rice plantation. Then in the 1930's this couple transformed it into a gardens/sculpture place. They also have a small AZA zoo on site. It was so beautiful! The gardens and sculptures were so amazing and the whole place was so peaceful. We also took a tour of the zoo, with a guide and that was fun! It was a fun day! It was also about 10 degrees cooler than the day before so that really helped too. I took many picutres, none really do it justice. If you are ever in the area, stop by to see it for yourself! You can also check out all the pictures on our website...
After we got back to the hotel, Hubby needed to rest because he still had his headache. I went down to the pool. I took a dip in the pool then sat in a lounge chair reading. I was sitting under an umbrella but I should have sat in the sun. Due to the cooler temps I was actually a bit chilly when I was sitting reading my book. After about an hour, and one pina colada, I headed back up to the room.
That night we went to Bonefish Grill. I know it's a chain, but we don't have one here, so I had never eaten there. Their tuna was soo good! It was just how I like it! Mmmmm!! After dinner we made a quick stop at one of their many many beach ware stores before heading back to the hotel to pack.
Tuesday morning we had to get up at 3:30am for our 5:30am flight. Yes, 3:30am. Ugh. We had a wake up call set, Hubby's alarm on his cell phone, my alarm on my cell phone, and the alarm clock in the room all set to go off so we would NOT oversleep! And we didn't! We got to the airport on time and on our flight. Again after 3 planes and airports, we made it home. I missed my girls. The break from them was nice, but at the same time, I missed them.
Wednesday Courtney had her OT and then a doctor's appointment (where we found out about the ear infection). While the girls were napping, Grammy and Granddad went up to the Academy to check out what was new.
Thursday we had something special planned. We had purchased at the zoo ball last year, an orangutan painting. That is where the orangutans paint for you! So, we headed up to the zoo early and met up with some zoo ladies who took us to the gorilla house. We got to pick our colors of paint then go out back with the orangutan's. There were two orangutans there and they painted us 2 pictures! It was fun to watch. Although I didn't get to see the whole thing because Kasey wanted to WALK. So, we had to excuse ourselves a few times to let her stretch her legs elsewhere. It was quite neat though, and I think everyone enjoyed it!
After that we were able to catch up with the preschool class and see the Lynx. After class was over we walked around the zoo with our friends from the preschool class also. It was fun! We got to show Grammy and Granddad all the cool new things at our zoo! Courtney and her friend rode the merry-go-round, got their faces painted, and rode ponies. It was a good day had by all.
Then last night Hubby, myself and Grammy and Granddad went to the Sunbird restaurant. (The kids stayed with a sitter). It sits up on a bluff overlooking Colorado Springs. It's one of those places that has been there forever and is fun to go to for a nice grown up dinner! After dinner we sat outside by the fire pit enjoying the night and looking at stars, or planets, or whatever the super bright thing in the sky was that we were looking at. (It was the topic of a major discussion).
Sadly today the grandparents left. We always enjoy their time here, and it's always hard to see them go. It always seems that the visits are too short. We are really hoping to be able to get to Florida in the fall/winter. You know, when it's cold in Colorado and WARM in Florida! But seriously, the girls love their Grammy and Granddad, and I do too... I am really blessed to have such wonderful in-laws!
And it's amazing how much Grammy and Granddad brought out of the girls. Courtney would show off to Granddad by drawing letters! Seriously? I have tried and tried to get her to do it (using fun methods and games of course), but she never cared about impressing me! And Kasey picked up several new words and blowing kisses! Jeez, they really are going to have to come to visit more often to help my kids education move along! Of course Granddad taught Kasey the finer things in life too, like how yummy ice cream can be and how to eat pudding...
I tried to add some super cute pictures, but the site isn't agreeing with me tonight. Maybe tomorrow I can get that done!
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Courtney
So, now I know how much your kids can scare the CRAP out of you... I suspected Courtney was getting a cold over the weekend. Tuesday I took her to the pediatrician because she was complaining of a sore throat. I took Kasey too because she was coughing a lot.
Anyway, the pediatrician looked Courtney over and tested her for strep which turned out negative. The diagnosis was just a cold. Brought her home, pushed fluids and lots of Popsicles. Put her to bed that night about 7:30pm and she just about passed out (which is odd for her). About 9pm that night I heard her in the bathroom gasping to breath. I ran up the stairs, she said she needed to go potty. But I had other ideas. I called my neighbor and asked her to run over. She did, and I loaded up Courtney and headed for the ER. My neighbor stayed at the house with Kasey.
They diagnosed her with croup pretty fast. They also said she was having pretty bad strider, which is what they call the wheezing or something like that. My friend Kelly came down to be with us, for which I am so grateful. It was pretty scary for me there for a while.
After an oral dose of steroids and a breathing treatment of steroids, they decided to keep Courtney over night to make sure she would still be stable when the steroids wore off. So, she and I stayed overnight at the hospital. We arrived at the hospital about 10pm, we got to our room in the pediatric unit about 1:30am and by the time we were finally alone and able to turn out the lights it was 2:30am. Courtney had been awake that whole time. She finally fell asleep about 2:45am and was awake at 6am. It was a LONG night. We were finally discharged about 1pm on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Dana went to our house and took over care of Kasey for our neighbor, and Hubby's parents arrived in town. They ended up having to take a cab to the house since I was supposed to pick them up, but was unable. When Courtney and I arrived home Dana was still here as were Hubby's parents. We finally got both girls down for a nap and I took one too. And all of us slept extremely sound last night.
Courtney is doing much better. She had her last dose of steroids tonight, so she is now done with those thank goodness. Apparently with croup the first night is always the worst and it get better from there. So, the good news is that we are DONE with the first night! But I really really hope I never have to go through that again. It was really scary!!!!
So, Hubby's parents have arrived, they are going to take care of the girls this weekend while I head out to Myrtle Beach to meet up with Hubby. Yes, I get 4 days and 3 night of kid free time with Hubby! We fly back Tuesday and Hubby's parents stay until Friday.
Hope all of you are well!
Anyway, the pediatrician looked Courtney over and tested her for strep which turned out negative. The diagnosis was just a cold. Brought her home, pushed fluids and lots of Popsicles. Put her to bed that night about 7:30pm and she just about passed out (which is odd for her). About 9pm that night I heard her in the bathroom gasping to breath. I ran up the stairs, she said she needed to go potty. But I had other ideas. I called my neighbor and asked her to run over. She did, and I loaded up Courtney and headed for the ER. My neighbor stayed at the house with Kasey.
They diagnosed her with croup pretty fast. They also said she was having pretty bad strider, which is what they call the wheezing or something like that. My friend Kelly came down to be with us, for which I am so grateful. It was pretty scary for me there for a while.
After an oral dose of steroids and a breathing treatment of steroids, they decided to keep Courtney over night to make sure she would still be stable when the steroids wore off. So, she and I stayed overnight at the hospital. We arrived at the hospital about 10pm, we got to our room in the pediatric unit about 1:30am and by the time we were finally alone and able to turn out the lights it was 2:30am. Courtney had been awake that whole time. She finally fell asleep about 2:45am and was awake at 6am. It was a LONG night. We were finally discharged about 1pm on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Dana went to our house and took over care of Kasey for our neighbor, and Hubby's parents arrived in town. They ended up having to take a cab to the house since I was supposed to pick them up, but was unable. When Courtney and I arrived home Dana was still here as were Hubby's parents. We finally got both girls down for a nap and I took one too. And all of us slept extremely sound last night.
Courtney is doing much better. She had her last dose of steroids tonight, so she is now done with those thank goodness. Apparently with croup the first night is always the worst and it get better from there. So, the good news is that we are DONE with the first night! But I really really hope I never have to go through that again. It was really scary!!!!
So, Hubby's parents have arrived, they are going to take care of the girls this weekend while I head out to Myrtle Beach to meet up with Hubby. Yes, I get 4 days and 3 night of kid free time with Hubby! We fly back Tuesday and Hubby's parents stay until Friday.
Hope all of you are well!
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