Now this has to be the cutest thing yet I have managed to catch on video. This is Grant dancing "Grandma Billman Style" and he is SOOO good at it. As soon as Brian put on one of his crazy CD's Grant stopped dead in his tracks and started what you see on the video and didn't stop until the song was over! Oh and if your wondering what in the world he has on his head ...it's his pirate hat from his pirate costume....we are going as a pirate for Halloween....I think he likes the do rag....it does look a baby do rag doesn't it?
Friday, October 16, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
French Toast this Morning!
I cannot stress how much this kid LOVES French Toast right now. He will sit and eat as many pieces as I will give him. And we can FINALLY feed ourselves.!!!!.....I didn't think I was going to see the day we were off baby food! I guess they just have to do it when their ready (he's been feeding himself now for 3 weeks or so). I feel so free when we can go to McDonalds and he sits and eats a cheeseburger and his french fries....I just can't hardly believe it! We are on a sippee cup but he refuses to hold it so I'm constantly doing it for him STILL.....but hopefully that will change! Maybe I wasn't giving him enough credit and he could have been doing this on his own much earlier!
Rainbows and Yellow Brick Roads
Well we are beginning to see a little bit of a rainbow at the end of our week. Grant is clearing up on his rash and feeling great and my blisters are beginning to show signs of going away! Rachael got some good grades back on her end of quarter exams as well! Last but not least my testing that I had done on the breast turned out to be ok so no worries! I guess these days I think metaphorically (I guess that's part of my dark side or weird side?) and ironically I feel it's totally fitting for Grant to be a scarecrow this year for Halloween! We have some bad stuff happen over the past couple of weeks and thought that it was perfect!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Lip, Hand, Foot, Mouth, House, and Breast...what next?
Ok so I'm sure the title instantaneosly got your attention. This has been one CRAZY week. Last Sunday Grant decides to fall next to our wicker basket filled with his toys. I had just picked up his toys in the living room when he inevitably always goes right behind me to dump them out again. I saw him stumble and graze the side of the wicker basket (your thinking no big deal right...well that's what I thought) I then picked him up as he was crying like I have never heard him wail as I was consoling him with Grant's head over my shoulder. Well then I leaned forward with him...only to see a mouth full of blood gushing out ...so of course I go into panick mode. I couldn't see where the source of the blood was coming from as everything was ....well... bloody. So I did what I thought could help and wet a paper towel with cold water and let him bite down on it to try and get the bleeding to stop. After about 6 bloody filled paper towels and my shirt that looked like someone had just been shot........Brian had just left to go to Wal-Mart and after calling him 3 times saying "LEAVE THE CART GRANT's CUT HIS MOUTH OPEN". What I found out after examining him was he not only busted his lip but he cut and split open the little piece of tissue that's right underneath the top of the lip (top of the gum). So after calling my best friend asking what in the heck should I do....we both concured that maybe calling the ER would be a good idea......so I called the ER and let them know what happened and their response was "we can't give any medical advice over the phone".....so my response was "fine but should I bring him in? I don't know if something should be stitched or not?"....the ER's response was "well if you think you should then you can but we can't advise you!" I couldn't believe what I was hearing....so of course I then ask "well if he had a broken bone pertruding out of his skin and I was dumb enough to call and ask you if I needed to bring him in...your response would be I'm sorry we can't give any advice over the phone do what you think is best? That's DUMB!!" and then I hung up the phone....it made me feel better! Next morning called pediatrician and he said it would mend itself not to do anything with it. Grant's lip is healing and is looking back to normal!
So..... Grant get's sick a couple of days after the lip incident.! He was running a pretty high temperature of about 103. There was nothing leading up to this sickness like a runny nose or a little cranky it was like we were fine when we entered Target and when we came out we had a fever (literally that quick!) So I start pouring tylenol down Grant the minute I suspect this mysterious fever that came out of no where....as the night wore on I was counting the hours till the 4th hour mark like an egg timer and then administered more tylenol (wasn't breaking at this point) finally the fever appeared to start breaking around 6 am as he was beginning to cool off.....after speaking with mother that morning she suggested that I check the bottoms of his feet.....when I noticed little pinprick rashy on the sides of his feet....so I decided to give him a bath thinking maybe I could wash the rash away (well it was a thought ok!) So after the warm bath I notice more and more rash around his mouth and more on his feet...so we were headed to the pediatrician at that point...when the Dr. checked for Strep and what is called "Hand, Foot, Mouth disease" he tested negative for Strep and Pediatrician said he had this "hand, foot, mouth" which is a viral thing that starts with a nasty fever and when the fever goes away the rash comes on and stays for a period of 3-5 days. Apparently it runs rampid this time of year in toddlers (fall time). All he said was it has to take it's course and just give him tylenol with plenty of fluids....so we are in the rash phase now but hopefully will clear up in the next couple of days.
Ok so as I am getting ready for my OB/GYN appointment I get a call from our realtor saying someone wants to see our house in an hour. So I begin pleading as my house is a disaster zone with Rachael being out of school for the day (teacher in/service) and Grant getting out everything he owns and my Dr. appt in an hour I ask if they can come back after 6pm to view the home.....of course the answer is NO they can't...and they really wanted to see our home. So Brian and I swept through the house putting/stuffing/shoving anything we could so that the house looked alright. So next is the Dr. appt.
So the Dr. appt....we race to the Dr. appt (at this point I look like death warmed over....running a slight temp because I think I've gotten a little bit of what Grant had) No time to put makeup on or fix hair because we busted it to get this house cleaned up in a matter of an hour slap a baseball cap on and we go. So get to the Dr. appt where he finds the mass that I had discussed with him on my breast (dr. feels like it is a cyst) but have to go in for testing next Tuesday (so this throws me into a little bit of a stir) ...get to the car....then Brian tells me that I need to call the realtor because it sounds like they are pretty positive and want to know if we can get out by the middle of November because they are pretty serious about possibly buying our home (and they are cash buyers coming from Florida) ...well as you can imagine....I'm just a little overwelmed about EVERYTHING. At that point I handed the phone over to Brian and said you are going to have to deal with this because I just have too much on my plate right now. So that's where we are.....pray for us.....for healing...for grace...and for mercy....God gave me a lot this week...so he must have some kind of faith in me (right?)
So..... Grant get's sick a couple of days after the lip incident.! He was running a pretty high temperature of about 103. There was nothing leading up to this sickness like a runny nose or a little cranky it was like we were fine when we entered Target and when we came out we had a fever (literally that quick!) So I start pouring tylenol down Grant the minute I suspect this mysterious fever that came out of no where....as the night wore on I was counting the hours till the 4th hour mark like an egg timer and then administered more tylenol (wasn't breaking at this point) finally the fever appeared to start breaking around 6 am as he was beginning to cool off.....after speaking with mother that morning she suggested that I check the bottoms of his feet.....when I noticed little pinprick rashy on the sides of his feet....so I decided to give him a bath thinking maybe I could wash the rash away (well it was a thought ok!) So after the warm bath I notice more and more rash around his mouth and more on his feet...so we were headed to the pediatrician at that point...when the Dr. checked for Strep and what is called "Hand, Foot, Mouth disease" he tested negative for Strep and Pediatrician said he had this "hand, foot, mouth" which is a viral thing that starts with a nasty fever and when the fever goes away the rash comes on and stays for a period of 3-5 days. Apparently it runs rampid this time of year in toddlers (fall time). All he said was it has to take it's course and just give him tylenol with plenty of fluids....so we are in the rash phase now but hopefully will clear up in the next couple of days.
Ok so as I am getting ready for my OB/GYN appointment I get a call from our realtor saying someone wants to see our house in an hour. So I begin pleading as my house is a disaster zone with Rachael being out of school for the day (teacher in/service) and Grant getting out everything he owns and my Dr. appt in an hour I ask if they can come back after 6pm to view the home.....of course the answer is NO they can't...and they really wanted to see our home. So Brian and I swept through the house putting/stuffing/shoving anything we could so that the house looked alright. So next is the Dr. appt.
So the Dr. appt....we race to the Dr. appt (at this point I look like death warmed over....running a slight temp because I think I've gotten a little bit of what Grant had) No time to put makeup on or fix hair because we busted it to get this house cleaned up in a matter of an hour slap a baseball cap on and we go. So get to the Dr. appt where he finds the mass that I had discussed with him on my breast (dr. feels like it is a cyst) but have to go in for testing next Tuesday (so this throws me into a little bit of a stir) ...get to the car....then Brian tells me that I need to call the realtor because it sounds like they are pretty positive and want to know if we can get out by the middle of November because they are pretty serious about possibly buying our home (and they are cash buyers coming from Florida) ...well as you can imagine....I'm just a little overwelmed about EVERYTHING. At that point I handed the phone over to Brian and said you are going to have to deal with this because I just have too much on my plate right now. So that's where we are.....pray for us.....for healing...for grace...and for mercy....God gave me a lot this week...so he must have some kind of faith in me (right?)
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