It's the Simple Things

Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday. Our holiday weekend wasn't quite what we had in mind or planned on but it was good to see some of our family anyway. Grant started having breathing problems again on Saturday and woke up with a 102 fever on Sunday morning. We ended up taking him to the Now Care at HIMG on Sunday afternoon. They told us he had a slight case of pneumonia. I was really looking forward to making it to services at First Baptist on Sunday morning but it just didn't work out that way. Christmas day wasn't much better for Grant and the nights were worse for him and for us. His cough was terrible at night and woke him often, which in turn, made it hard for us to get a good night's sleep. We left Ohio early on Tuesday so we could bring him to his regular pediatrician's office here in Roanoke. They immediately put him on a steroid to help the breathing situation and that made a difference overnight. He is still not feeling 100% but I see quite a bit of improvement.

I spent Tuesday at home with Grant cleaning out his tox boxes and bedroom to make room for the numerous new toys he received from everyone. Gee whiz! Where am I going to put all of this stuff? I have a huge load that needs to go to Goodwill and another load to take to storage for the new baby to use eventually. I need a bigger house with a playroom - I just don't want the mortgage or housework that comes along with a bigger house. Maybe in a couple of years.

Thanks for all of the gifts everybody. In spite of everything we did have a good Christmas and have hope that next year will be better. I didn't have much time to take a lot of pictures but mom and Chris managed to take some of Grant. Grant opened his stocking up first on Christmas morning to find a small bag of goldfish crackers. Everytime he would finish opening a package he would say "more." He had goldfish for breakfast needless to say.

Chris and I are both worn out from last weekend. Not only was Grant sick but he is definitely a full blown toddler now. I do believe that everything up until now (other than the newborn stage) has been a breeze. The kid never stops! As soon as I clean up one mess he has made three more. What a workout!

Baby number 2 (yes, still no name) has been moving quite a bit. I don't remember Grant moving this much or kicking this hard. Feeling my baby move is by far my favorite thing about pregnancy. Chris can already feel it when he moves too. Amazing. I'm excited about my next ultrasound on February 1st. He wouldn't cooperate last time so they didn't get a good picture of his heart. He shouldn't look as alienish this time around. I'm excited to see what he looks like. We're still toying with different names, but my recent pick is Benjamin Mitchell. I want to call him Ben. Chris likes it too, but he still hasn't given the final okay on it. I'll keep everyone posted.

I'm still organizing, purging household items, and making plans for Tristen and the new baby. I gave my notice here at work last week, so my last day is officially January 12th. It can't come soon enough. My goal is to have the nursery set up and in order by the time I will start watching Tristen on February 5th. I have loads of work to do! I'm ready to see the fruits of my labor.

Happy New Year everyone!