Two sickies

Monday night, Andy came home not feeling to well either. He had a sweatshirt on and was shivering underneath a blanket on the couch, so it wasn't looking good. I decided to make him an old family remedy, the Hotty Totty. My Italian Grandpa drank this all the time when he was feeling under the weather. Heck, I don't think you even need to be sick to drink this.

Combine 1 cup of coffee, 1 shot of whiskey, 1 shot of wine, a lemon wedge and sugar to taste. Bring to a boil and then turn off. Breathe in the steam while it cools, then drink.

I'm sure it tastes better when you don't over boil it and burn it. (Ooops.) But hey, Andy is feeling better today.

Madeline is still sick. This ear infection is taking her through the ringer. We are battling a fever of ~101 until her antibiotics kick in. Unfortunately we got a late start on that. I went to pick up her prescription after Andy got home from work yesterday. The medicine comes in a glass bottle. (Who does this anymore anyway?!) It had been a long day, I was tired and hungry and it was cold outside so I had my gloves on.....you see where I'm going with this....I dropped the %$!@ bottle and it broke. I turned around not 5 minutes after I purchased the darn thing and took it back, fully expecting to get a replacement. Nope. The prescription is only good for one bottle.

Stupid lady: "You will need another one from the doctor, Ma'am."

Me: "The doctor's office is closed."

Stupid lady: "Then you'll have to wait until tomorrow."

Me: "WHAT?!"

Stupid lady: "And oh, by the way, the insurance company probably won't pay for the second bottle either."

Needless to say, Andy and I were both livid. So poor Madeline had to wait until today to get her first dose of the antibiotic. I hope it starts working soon because she is miserable. And lesson learned....pick up all prescriptions before the doctor's office closes.

A wedding and the park

My sister was the Matron of Honor in a wedding on Saturday. The bride is an old friend of the family. Jackie met her in grade school and they've been best friends ever since. I almost didn't think we'd make it because I was feeling super lousy when I got up that morning. But after the day went on, we decided to make it a quick trip.....down to Cincy for the wedding and straight back home that night. I'm glad we went because the time we did have there was fun. And Katie was beautiful!!

We made it home just in time to see the ball intercepted at the end of the OSU/Penn State game. Boo! (I know Sarah W. is laughing cynically. Stop it already!)

Then yesterday we wanted to do something fun as a family. The sun came out and it looked like a nice day so we decided to go to the park. Madeline was acting cranky but I didn't really think anything was wrong with her until we got home. You can kinda see it in the pictures though. Poor thing has ANOTHER ear infection.

BIG NEWS!!

I'm going to be an Aunt!! I'm so stinkin' excited!! My sister found out a few weeks ago and had her ultrasound to see the heartbeat this past week. She is due June 17th. So Madeline and her new cousin will be exactly one year apart.

Way behind on my blogging

Things have been beyond busy this week and I haven't had a chance to post yet about last weekend. We drove down to Cincy to visit Andy's family and particulary see his Aunt Phyllis who was in town from California. Here she is with Madeline.

Later in the week, Madeline and I attended a Halloween Party at my friend, Erin's, house. All of the babies were SO adorable! I only got a pictures of a few of them though.


This is one of Madeline's friends, Weston. How cute are they?

These two little guys are twins.

Madeline playing with Aunt Janny.

M and Brody talking it up.

We went to the pumpkin patch...

...and came home with a pretty cute pumpkin.

Some videos

So I've been slacking on the videos. Sorry to all the out-of-town family members that follow my blog. But here are two super cute ones sure to make up for it.

The first one here is her first taste of cereal. I know I said we were going to hold off on this, but she was still giving us problems at night and we wanted SLEEP. I'd say it went pretty well for her first time. It's been about 4 nights now and the first night she actually ate most of it, she slept through the night for us!! Absolute bliss, I tell you.



The second one is the best though. She's never laughed like this before. She really just started noticing the dogs this week and really paying attention to them. Then one night she decided they were hysterical and I grabbed the camera. Just precious!

Quick update

So things have been super crazy, busy, and stressful around here. M went to bed pretty easy tonight so I have a few minutes for an update. She is feeling much better from her ear infections so hopefully she'll stay healthy for at least a week. :P Unfortunately, her being sick threw her routine out of whack so she is waking up in the middle of the night again. We are working on breaking that habit now that she is feeling better. I'm hopeful that tonight we'll get some sleep.

Also, she is really starting to notice the dogs now. When they are around she keeps an eye on them and watches what they are doing. She also discovered how to blow raspberries so she does it ALL THE TIME. It's so funny!

So her update is all good news. The rest of us have nothing but bad news, it seems. I'm STILL sick and I think it's developed into a sinus infection. I had a few people mention to me today, "You sound like you are getting sick." Nope, I've been sick. I actually sound better today! I'm calling my doc tomorrow and I better get some meds. To add insult to misery, work is working me like a dog. I'm working strange and long hours. It's for a new project so my schedule will probably be like this for awhile. At least I get to work with my good friend, Jan.

Then that leaves my sweet hubby. He is in his last quarter of school and he CANNOT WAIT to be finished. Between all the school work and a few other personal things stressing him out, he is a ball of nerves. It was really nice to get away with him for the OSU football game on Saturday. Since we live so close to the stadium we walk there and back. It's a great time for some one-on-one conversation. Then on the way home we stopped at a local bar and got some grub. It was a much needed respite and we had a great time together, sans baby.

4 month update and photo shoot

So today was M's four month doctor's appointment. She is one healthy baby in terms of growing.....in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. BUT not only does she have a cold and ugly cough, she has a double ear infection too. Poor thing. :( So because she has enough to deal with, the doctor postponed her second dose of shots for 2 more weeks.

On the solids front, the pediatrician said if M is sleeping through the night and not acting like she needs more to eat, then she advises to wait until 5 months for cereal and 6 months for fruits and veges. We aren't in any rush to get her started so we'll stick with just formula for now.

I'm sick of being sick

So all three of us are sick again. I made it into work, but I would much rather be at home sleeping. Andy stayed home but I took M to daycare so he could get some rest. This is getting old.

Cold morning

A cold morning in Ohio.....

I'm blinging again!!

I'm wearing BOTH my wedding band and engagement ring today!! I've been able to wear my wedding band for over a month now, but I wasn't able to get on both. So I tried it out this morning and it fits!! I'm so excited. My hand feels heavy now. hehe

Four nights in a row!

I hope I'm not jinxing myself here, but Madeline hasn't had a bottle in the middle of the night for 4 nights now. I hope this continues and we are well on our way to completely sleeping through the night. She still wakes up and we have to sooth her back to sleep, but that's okay. Baby steps, baby steps.