Crazy Days!

So this past week has been pretty rough! I have worked late every night and I still have to go in this weekend (at least I am thinking I will, but still keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to). We have Ethan this week so Ted was doing alot of the running around, picking up the kids, feeding them, and entertaining them until bed time. On Wednesday, I only saw Brody for about 5 minutes because I didn't get home from work until 9:00 pm! UGH! Atleast there is a light at the end of my tunnel. The project I have been working on gets submitted on Monday so that will be a huge relief. And it is just in time since Ted has to leave on Monday for South Carolina. Atleast he will only be gone until Friday. It is pretty rough when he is not here trying to get everything done....but such is life! Ted keeps reminding me that if/when we have another kid, it won't get any easier. I understand that and I am prepared (atleast I think!)

Yesterday morning when I was taking Ethan to school, he said he wasn't feeling that great. I asked him if he thought he could make it through the school day and he said he thought he could. I told him if he felt really bad to go to the nurse.

Well....he made it through the day but when Ted picked him up last night, he had a temperature of 103. We gave him some Motrin and he chilled out for the evening. This morning, when I went to wake him up for school, I asked him how he felt and he said he didn't feel good. I took his temp and it was 103.7. No school for Ethan! I gave him some more Motrin and he went back to sleep. Ted stayed home with him today and I took Brody to my Dad's. I called Ted around 9:30 and he said his temp was 99 so that was a good sign. About 3:30 today, Ted calls me and said he was taking Ethan to the ER because his temperature was 104.7!! 104.7!!!!!!!!! OMG! I couldn't believe it. I left work and met them at the ER. At first, I thought maybe something was wrong with our thermometer. Well, not the case. When he got to the ER, his temp was 104.3. They gave him some tylenol, tested him for the flu (which came back negative) and then they figured he had bronchitis. They gave us some meds and an inhaler (he is barking like a dog) and sent us on our way. I just took his temperature about 30 minutes ago and it was 100.2. Hopefully, he is on the road to recovery.

I do have a fear that Brody could get it because I read up on bronchitis (yes on the internet, which is never really my friend) and they said it was contagious. I am working from home tomorrow and will have both of the kids with me so hopefully, Ethan will be feeling better and will not give it to Brody. But, if Brody gets it, he gets it. He has yet to get sick in his 11 months of life.....which is pretty crazy, so I am sure he is due for something. I am actually so surprised he hasn't been sick yet. I was sick at one point and so was my Dad and he didn't get it. Hopefully, he has a powerful immune system. I am keeping my fingers crossed on that too!

Since I am on the sick topic, we have officially put Brody on the waiting list for daycare. There is this really awesome place right outside of my parents neighborhood that my neighbor takes her two kids to. I have heard great things about it so even though I am super duper nervous about Brody in daycare, I think it will be really good for him. It is extremely convenient, especially for when Ted is out of town because my parents can walk there to pick Brody up. The daycare closes at 6 and I know most days, I will not be able to get there by 6 so it will be nice for my parents when they need to pick him up for me. I have already cried numerous times at the thought of someone taking care of Brody besides me, Ted or my parents. And since he is on a pretty strict schedule, I have already asked for the schedule for the class he would be in so I can start preparing him for the transition. I think it is time for Brody to have some socialization and be around other kids. Of course with that will come sickness. But we are truly lucky that he has managed to stay healthy for this long!

I initially wanted to only put him in daycare part time, but this place does not offer part-time and since we have to pay for the whole week, he will be going atleast four days a week (I haven't decided about Fridays yet.....I still want to be home with him on Fridays). We have told my Dad that he can go pick him up whenever he wants to so we will see what happens. There are about 10 people ahead of us, but we didn't want to enroll him until June anyway so hopefully, the timing will be perfect.

This blog is pretty much all over the place, but since I haven't blogged in over a week, I have much to say! Brody has taken a few steps on his own, but of course, he has defaulted to crawling because he can get where he wants to go much faster. We are also working on waving, which he has yet to do. I am trying not to freak out about that because most of the information I have read says he should be doing it by now. Sometimes, he does clench and unclench his fist when we are waving to him, but I wouldn't call that an official wave.

Here are a few pictures from last weekend. We celebrated Tab's husband Kevin's big 4-0 birthday! The second pic is Brody giving Daddy a big wet one! He is so cute.

Here is a nice picture of Brody's future in-laws! :) I keeping joking about the fact that I have already arranged Brody's marriage to Mallory Mae, although everyone thinks that might be a little too much like incest. I keep reminding them that they aren't blood related! :) And, Kevin has already said that she won't date......EVER!