Ahh...quiet time. I took Dylan to be with his dad and papaw who are working in the fields today. He need to get away to something different. He was thrilled, as he always is to go work with daddy. Ethan is napping and all I hear is a ticking clock, and the whoosh of the fan in Ethan's room through the monitor. Nice.
Yesterday I finally got vegetables into Ethan! Yay for small victories! He had a container of "mixed veggies" at lunch and then squash at dinner. He finally eats veggies! I'm probably jinxing it all right now though.
I am kind of down on myself for the moment. I wish I could drop some of this weight I am carrying around. I fix decent meals, and try to control my portions, but I never seem to get very far. I just tried on my shorts from 2 summers ago, and while I could get them on, I don't believe that I could ever sit in them. They became a second skin. In my head I knew that would happen so this whole summer, that is why I have avoided shorts. I just wore the 2 pairs of jeans I have and left it alone. I hate buying clothes, because nothing ever fits right. So I don't buy clothes, unless I really really have to. Its almost a traumatic experience to go clothes shopping. I should have never tried those shorts on. I did it because of our (possible) trip next week. I should have been smarter and checked the weather forecast BEFORE I went to get them out. If I would have seen the temps for out there next week, I wouldn't have even attempted. 70s next week. That is perfect jeans weather for me. Right along the beach in the 70s will feel cool, because there is always a cool ocean breeze coming off the water.
No plans for the weekend. Ryan doesn't have to work and its supposed to rain, so we will probably just hang out here.

Ever since Ethan got sick, he became a wonderful sleeper. He would nap like a baby should. Well as of today, I think that is over. He is back to his short naps that I hoped had gone away. Its so exhausting. He has had 3 naps today. 3, because he woke up at 6:30 this morning!!! Only one of these 3 naps has been over 30 minutes. Now that he is up from this 3rd nap, he is wonderfully grumpy! Ahhh...is it my bedtime yet?!
We are still working on the whole poop thing with Dylan. Our latest attempt seems to be failing miserably. We have been leaving him in underwear for his nap. Hoping that since he is in underwear he won't poop. I tell him, and he knows, that I can see and hear him on the monitor, and all he has to do is tell me if he has to go to the bathroom and I will take him. So I put him to bed, and he has later told me that he needs to pee. So we go the to bathroom, he pees and goes back to his room. The last 2 days, he has fallen asleep right after that, and then poops in his underwear. Ugh. So today, before I put him down for his nap, Ethan was napping, so I made Dylan go to the bathroom, and made him sit there for near 20 minutes trying t get him to poop. He peed, but no poop. He started to get upset, because he wanted to get up. Fine. So I put him to bed, and told him again, not to poop in his underwear. Well, Ethan woke up, and I went to get him, fed him a bottle. While I was feeding Ethan the bottle, I saw Dylan get out of bed and start playing with his toys. After I fed Ethan, I went in there to tell him to get back in bed. I smelled him. He had pooped. In like 10 minutes or so of me leaving his room!!!!! Before today, I thought maybe he was pooping during his sleep. Nope. He was awake when he did it. So leaving him in his underwear is not working. What will!?
Enough for now. Ethan is getting shrill in his shrieking.

Well Ethan is feeling better. He's been better for a few days now. So I'm glad we got past that. He did get a bit of the rash, but it was no big deal. Over the weekend, Ryan's sister took Dylan for a day and we left Ethan with Ryan's parents. That was the first time that Ethan has been away from me for a night. He did well, and so did I! I needed that bit of a break too. He can be very exhausting. Ryan and I ran some errands on Saturday and then went to dinner. We went to a place in Cincinnati that had been featured on that Food Network show, Diners Drive-ins and Dives. It was very busy, but since we didn't have any kids with us, we decided to just wait the hour. I'm glad we did. Who knows when we would get a chance to do that again. Its not a place I would think of as kid friendly. Its not fancy or anything, just small, noisy, and no high chairs. Sunday Ryan worked. I went to pick Ethan up that morning, and stayed for lunch, and waited for Dylan to come back. They took Dylan to a place with model trains and trains to ride on and play with. I was told he had a good time, so that's all that matters.
We aren't doing anything today either. Its just another normal day. No big plans for the week. All I want is for everyone to stay healthy! No more sickies!

A very long last couple of days. Lets see if I get the days right here. Tuesday Ethan started running a fever. So I started the Ibuprofen. Lunch time came around and his fever was over 100, so to be safe I called his pediatrician's office, and spoke to the medical assistant. She told me what to watch out for and said they wanted to see him if he still had the fever the next day. Ok. He is not acting well either. He just wanted me to hold him. He kept sleeping on my chest. Normally he fights his sleep and certainly wont fall asleep on me. He is too nosey for that! So I keep on the meds all day, between the ibuprofen and tylenol. That night put him to bed as usual. He started fussing around 2 am. Ryan was already up. He just got home from a fire. I came down as he was going in Ethan's room. Ethan was burning up. Took his temp...the correct way...and it was 104.3! Ryan and I started to worry at that point. So we gave him more medicine, he was due anyway, and waited a bit to see if his temp would come down. It didn't. Well not enough to make a difference. So we checked his temp again, it was 104.1. So Ryan called his parents to come down and to stay here with Dylan while we took Ethan to the Er. It was 2 am, and we didn't want to wait around until 9 for the doctor to open.
I am so thankful that his parents came down. So when we got the the Er, their temperature reading came up to 103.9. They took blood, did a chest xray, gave him more meds and then a shot of antibiotic just to be safe. So we stayed around for a bit to make sure he was not having a reaction to the antibiotic. His fever had come down to 99 when we left. His pediatrician's office told the Er doc that they wanted to see him later as well. So we went home, Ryan got ready for work, and thankfully Ryan's parents took Dylan home with them. Ethan was so clingy, it would have been hard to do what I needed to for Dylan. I ended up getting an appointment for Ethan that morning. His temp was finally down to normal by the time we got to the office. We were keeping him on medicine so it was definitely working. His doctor said that all signs pointed to a virus. She thought it maybe roseola. Nothing serious, just fever, then rash. He hasn't the rash yet. He may or he may not we'll see.
So last night I made sure to keep on the medicine schedule of every 3 hours of ibuprofen and tylenol. He slept through me giving him the meds thankfully. His fever is staying down. I'm hoping we are almost through this. He seems like he feels somewhat better this morning, but he wasn't really awake very long before he was ready for a nap. So I'm hoping that this afternoon he will be feeling better. I'm still really tired today, but not as sleepy as I was yesterday. Hopefully tonight will be filled with more sleep. At most I think it would only be one more day of him feeling bad. He should be back to normal shortly.

I feel like poo! Headache, again. Not too painful though. But my back, OUCH! It is killing me for some reason. It hurts so bad to sit on the floor to play with Ethan. It hurts to lean over to pick him up. I get minor relief when I lay down. I have no idea what I have done to it, but I had to have hurt something somehow. We didn't do much this weekend, as always, but really it was a nice weekend. Pleasant is the best way to put it.
Dylan refused to leave today when I picked him up from school. He couldn't wait to get out the door this morning, so I should have known he would put up a fight. When I got there, they were all outside. He saw me and ran for this little plastic playhouse they have. I had to crouch in that thing and pull him out. I was not happy to say the least. Anytime they are outside he fights me. If they are inside, its usually fine.
Ethan has his fifth tooth just starting to poke through the gums. You can't really see it yet, but man you can feel it. It has to hurt him. But he has been doing ok for the most part.
Getting closer to our vacation! Yay! And this weekend, Ryan's sister is planning to take Dylan for a night. That will be nice too! Saturday (I think...I don't have a calender by me) is our 6th anniversary too! It should be a nice weekend! Looking forward to this weekend will help me get through Ethan's grumps and Dylan's tantrums this week...I hope! Nothing else. Going to try to entertain Ethan.

Headache...yet again. Everyday this week. Nice. Yesterday was decent. Ryan took Dylan with him all day. Dylan loves doing that. I got a couple of things done around here. I could have done more, but Ethan wasn't having it. Since I wasn't paying full attention to him, he didn't want me to continue. We went to town to get a couple of things. I took a gamble and put him in the seat of the shopping cart. I dragged my shopping cart cover out and stuck it on and put him in and strapped him down. He enjoyed it. Kind of. Halfway through the store he got tired of sitting there. Guess I can't blame him. Carts aren't what I would call comfy. So anyway, he started fussing so I busted out of there before he had a total meltdown. Guess for a little while longer, he will have to sit in his carrier. So I wasn't able to get half of what I wanted.
Today Ryan took Dylan again. 2 days in a row, how did I get so lucky?! Too bad this headache is kicking my butt. I tried to nap while Ethan napped, but it didn't work. I could not fall asleep from the pain. I had more stuff that I needed to get done around here, but that's not going to happen. No big plans for the weekend. I would be very happy if my headache went away.

Not a lot going on this week. Dylan had a good day at school yesterday. He stayed dry at least this time! I am sitting outside now on the porch watching Dylan play. Ethan is napping. Ethan is having another bad day today. Very cranky. Yesterday was a good day for him. Dylan is riding around on his power wheel four wheeler looking for flowers (weeds) in the yard. He carries a little sand bucket around with him and collects the flowers then brings them to me. This week the weather is finally cooling down. At least it wont be near 90 any this week.
We got some babysitters lined up for the boys in September, so Ryan and I are going to be able to take short vacation together. We are going to drive to Atlantic City, NJ and stay a few nights in one of the casinos out there. Of course plans could still change, but as of now, we are going and I am so excited. I can't wait to eat my dinner in peace! No screaming from one kid because I'm not feeding him fast enough, and no jibberish from the other (just because he can). Everyone needs a little time for themselves every now and then. I never take time for just me so I can't wait. A big thanks to the family for helping out. It means a lot.
So not much else.