Sick Baby

Carter was sick at the end of last week and this weekend. He seemed to have a touch of the flu, and then Friday evening, developed pink eye. We took him to the doctor first thing Saturday morning where they diagnosed him with pink eye (that took a genius apparently) and a left ear infection. So we got some antibiotics for both, which have given him a pretty bad case of diarrhea (sp?). He passed his flu to me, which I suffered through Friday night/Saturday morning. NOT fun times. You would never be able to tell Carter is sick though - here he is playing on the floor naked with his blanket........pink eye and all!

Parenting this week.........SUCKS

So I can't figure out what is wrong with Carter. Here's a recap of yesterday and today.

This morning, I heard Carter around 4. He's never up that early, so I just dismissed it and fell back asleep. When I went in at 7 to wake him up, he was covered in and laying in puke. Lovely! That made me feel like a stellar mother.

Was puked all over two more times before finally getting out the door to work.
Puked at daycare.
Had "massive" diarrhea (sp?) at daycare.
Puked once more on me tonight.

Ugh

Random Fact #12

I love camping!

When it's decent weather, I love camping. I love being on the river, watching Eric fish, reading a good book, and of course sitting by the campfire laughing until our stomachs hurt. I love camping whether it's just me and Eric, or a whole group of people. We went last year a couple times, including when I was pretty darn fat and pregnant!

My family has gone camping for as long as I can remember.....whether it's renting cabins in Deadwood, Boiling Springs, or Third Forks (Sage Hen?), or trailer camping in Prairie......we always had such a good time. It was always my mom, dad, brother, aunt, uncle, and cousins Matt and Brian. There was hardly ever a vacation without the 8 of us there. And the dogs. ALWAYS the dogs. We have camping songs - one of which WILL be included at the wedding. THE camping song. And I will have it played long after all the "other" guests have left. And I will insist that the 8 of us sit around and sing the song just like we always did. My wedding will not be complete without it. We have tried to include others in our camping adventures, but some have left in the middle of the night, and others, well, we scared the pee out of them when we all broke out in song with THE camping song. :) I guess some people just can't handle the 8 of us! I will have to dig out some of the camping pictures from long ago to revisit some memories!

Here is a picture of us over Memorial Day 2006 in Hell's Canyon.

Hair

I think I finally found the hairstyle that I am wanting for the wedding. It's simple, yet pretty, and I think it fits me and our style of wedding. I'm going to continue growing my hair out, and will be going back to blonde here soon. Yay! Eric isn't thrilled with is, but it's my hair, and I just prefer being blonde.

Random Fact #11

I hate raw meat.


Don't get me wrong, I love COOKED meat. I love steak like no other, ham, pork tenderloin, chicken any way I can get it, meatballs, juicy hamburgers.........the list goes on. But I can't handle raw meat. I hate touching it while I'm preparing a meal. In fact, I will use any utensil imaginable to avoid touching raw meat. I LOVE swedish meatballs....but there is no way I am sticking my hands into the bowl and mashing up the raw hamburger. Blech blech blech.

I love my meat cooked and dead. Slightly juicy, slightly pink, but no blood please.

Random Fact #10

I love swimming.

I love being in the water. Not COLD water though. Which is why I don't often get into the river. I prefer a luke warm/warm water......lakes are ok, pools are great, oceans are even better. I used to swim laps in hotel swimming pools when we were younger and on vacation. I just love being in the water. And being in the water pregnant was even better! Took off all that weight! I can't wait for our honeymoon - hopefully many, many hours will be spent in the pool on the ship and in the oceans at Grand Cayman and Mexico.