Taking A Break...

For a bit. Surgery is Monday. I'm quite scared. And nervous. But I know that it'll be good. Once the fog lifts and I'm seeing clearly, it will all be worth it. Talk soon.

Amber

I Have A Blog????

I kinda forgot for a second. So crazy right now. I've been having this whole coughing deal since the party. Feel like I'm coughing up an actual lung most of the time. No other symptoms though just a cough.

So something to NOT do when you are going in for eye surgery in a few days. DON'T go reading other people's blogs. Although I found some good ones that were very reassuring, for one, I was feeling faint and had to walk away. I opted not to watch the procedure on youtube. But apparently, you can do that as well.

Watching American Idol. My faves are the Australia guy (can't remember his name) and the Jason Castro guy (which coincidentally is also Eric's brother's name). But I'm loving the whole dreds and guitar thing. Although they told him to not use the guitar next week.

All day field trip tomorrow with Cameron's class. We are going see the Wizard of Oz. I'm assuming it's going to be high school kids putting it on not sure though. And a picnic in the park. It's kinda chilly right now, so hopefully it warms up a little.

That's about all for now. I'll try to update before going under the laser. Apparently I won't be reading a computer screen for a little while. I'll have Eric read me everyone's blogs. LoL. And maybe he can type mine. Lol. Happy Wednesday!
Amber :)

Payton's Princess Party

Party weekend. I think we're still recovering. LoL. So some of you may remember last year Cam's school had a cake bingo and we went and didn't win a thing. So this year, it was the night before the party. Keep in mind please, that I had already baked 4 cakes to put together for Payton's castle cake. So we go to the bingo and this year we win 4. Yes, 4 cakes. So we come home to 8 cakes. Ironic isn't it? Eric also won a door prize. A huge tool box filled with all kinds of different tools. So this year, bingo was quite successful for our family.

Fast forward to Saturday. Cameron has a game in the morning. After the game, Eric, my mom and I go home to tackle the tremendous job of assembling the castle cake. I think we did pretty good for our first cake experience, what do you guys think?

I will say this though, next year, I'll pay the professionals. Lol. And we sent 3 cakes home as party favors. ;)

The turn out was lower than usual, but I think the girls had fun anyway. There was a castle fun jump in the backyard, so that took a lot of their time.

Eric cooked a gumbo, as per weather reports stating early in the week that it would be cold, but it ended up in the 70's. Payton was a little warm in her long sleeved shirt and tights. LoL. It's usually freezing for her parties. This was quite a switch.She got lots of presents that she's pretty much been playing with non stop since her party. The pinata was full of candy. I wish we had a shot of when the attachment broke and Eric was pitching the pinata to the kids like a baseball. Crazy, scary times folks. I'm worried every year that we will send a child home with a pinata injury. LoL. Another successful party. I cannot believe she's 4. We registered her for preschool yesterday. Sigh. Time is aflyin'.

Happy Birthday...

To this little cutie. 4 today.

We're Not Hospitally People...

Yes, I made up a word. Meaning that we don't do hospitals. We just don't. See previous post when my son smashed his face on the cement with blood pouring out all over. No hospital, just a quick call to the oncall doc. I think my not wanting to go to hospitals stems from the fact that I hate paying money for them to state the obvious and then send me home. In the instance of Cameron, the oncall doc told me to apply ice, give Tylenol and Motrin. Easy enough.
So last January, when Payton stuck a bead almost to her brain, I was hesitant to go.. But when it became obvious that it wasn't coming out, I broke down and took her. I think my hesitation was well justified see here. Oh and FYI, the cost of pulling a bead from a child's nose? $500.00. Just saying.

Fast forward to Thursday. Things were going as planned, kids were brushed and in bed, Lost was on, all was right in our little world. Except for Eric having a few stomach cramps. So a little while later, we are in bed and his right side is really hurting at this point, I'm thinking appendix, so I go get the computer to do a little researching on webmd. He's got most of the symptoms. At this point he's got the chills, horrible cramps in his side and is nauseous. I'm a little panicky at this point, but he says he wants to try to get some sleep. **Let me just add that Wednesday night, I barely slept at all between Payton coming in 4 times, the neighbors dog barking like an idiot and a lost cell phone beeping every few minutes because the battery is about dead.** So I fall asleep really quickly. He wakes me up about 10 minutes later saying that he cannot stand the pain anymore. He's doubled over. Cannot stand, sit, lay, nothing. So I jump up and call my dad over to come sit with the kids. And drive speeding like a crazy woman to the nearest hospital. Oh yeah, I'm crying too thinking that my hubby's appendix is about to rupture.

So we get to the ER and of course it's crazy busy. He's doubled over and white as a ghost. We tell the lady in admitting who "goes to get a nurse" who never shows up. Finally I go and knock on the glass door of the triage area and tell the lady that we think my husband's appendix is gonna burst, could she possibly do something. I'm in tears at this point (yet again). So she goes to get a wheelchair and they bring him in the room. He's almost screaming in agony at this point. I'm pretty much hysterical. He starts throwing up which is another symptom of the appendicitis. The nurse comes in and puts him an iv and gives him pain killers. He's finally ok. And it's not appendicitis after all, it's a kidney stone. I almost laugh at the irony, 6 years ago I was in this position, except at the end of my laboring, I had a cute and cuddly baby. At the end of his, he's gonna have... a rock. Apparently kidney stones are about as bad as labor. Except I was trying to pass a 9 lb. 3 oz. 22 inch baby, he's passing a 4mm stone. But it is an extremely painful thing, nonetheless.

We had to stop after the ER and fill some prescriptions for pain killers, we got home at about 5:30 in the morning. I was so exhausted it wasn't funny. I slept for about an hour and a half and then got up to get Cam on the bus. Then Eric and I slept most of the morning, into the afternoon. Thank God Payton can occupy herself pretty good. She would play in the playroom and then come sit and watch Caillou.

Here we are Sunday night, and Eric still hasn't passed his kidney stone. We are anxiously awaiting it's arrival. It pretty much ruined a weekend that I was really looking forward to. Date night Saturday, and a semi one on Sunday.

So 2 ER trips in 2 months. Apparently we have become hospitally. I'm not proud.

***This post was written with Eric's consent. And by consent, I mean that I told hm "You do realize I'll be blogging about this, right?"***

Medical Wisdom of a 3 (Almost 4) Year Old & Other Randomalities

**While Eric and I were discussing my eye surgery Payton asks "Are they just gonna pop your old eyes out and pop some new ones in?" LoL. Hope not.



**Upon hearing that my grandmother had fallen and broken her leg, "Can they just glue MawMaw Pye's leg back on?" Not sure that would work.



**It's time to be finished with AI auditions already. Time to get on with it.



**One day until LOST! Really good theory discussing going on here.



**Mardi Gras was very uneventful. We played wii most of the day. My mom and Eric's mom came over for awhile and played some Wii as well. His mom babysits a 6 month old and she brought her over. Eric, Cameron and Payton all got baby fever I think. Mommy did not. It was fun to play with her, but then she left before bedtime. But speaking of bedtime, my almost 4 year old, is averaging waking up about 3 times per night. Kinda like having a baby around.



**Payton's party is in a little over a week. Handmade invitations are only about half way done. I'm a little stressed about this folks, I cannot lie.



**I'm really busy with painting again. When I found out my surgery got pushed back, I started taking orders and now I'm busy as all get out. I'm a little stressed, see previous random fact.



**Cameron goes back to school tomorrow, things will be back to normal and it'll feel like Monday, but will really be Thursday, gotta love that!



**Getting back to the party, Eric and I have decided to take on the monumental task of making a castle cake. There will be pics posted, if it looks decent that is.



**I've been extremely hungry for boiled crawfish. Unless you want to trade in your first born, though, it's not likely you'll get any. Seriously, so dang expensive right now.


**Looks like it's back to the beach for us this summer. Planning the family vacay for June. My mom and dad, Jenny and Ali, and two youngest sisters Becky and Amy will be making the trip with us this year. Should be fun. Oh and we've also decided to take a long beach weekend in April without the kiddies again. Going with the friends we went with last year.

**Heading out to run errands. Happy Wednesday!! :)

Wowza

So Lost played last night and although I wasn't viewing it through my best eyesight, it was SOOOOOOO good. I had my eyes dilated for my pre-op visit (my surgery has been pushed back to March 3rd). I've never had my eyes dilated before, so wasn't sure what to expect. Well my vision got really blurry and I'm thinking "this will wear off in an hour or so"). Silly me. Last night at 10:30 (12 hours after having my eyes dilated), I still could not see. But I saw good enough to watch Lost. And yes, I did wait for Eric. It was tough though. Going back today with my eyesight back to norm to rewatch things that I didn't catch last night.

We got a wii in today. I've been looking for one since Christmas and apparently if you are not in the right place at the right time, you can forget it. So I bit the bullet and ordered one on Ebay. I've been soooo nervous since I ordered it on Wed. The lady had really good feedback and has sold quite a few wii's so I went with her. It was overpriced, but that's to be expected I guess. Anyway, it's here, so I'm breathing easier than I have been the last couple of days.

So happy that it's Friday. Cam is off next Mon, Tues and Wed for Mardi Gras, so it's a holiday weekend of sorts. Eric is just off on Mardi Gras day. I was reading in the paper today about a lady who had a full cup of beer thrown at her and her 6 year old daughter by one of the men on the parade floats. Yet another reason to stay home, I say.

Happy wiikending to you! ;)