Oh Poop

We spent 4 hours in the Urgent Care on Sunday night with a Henry Boy who would not drink and if he did, it was exiting quickly.

He got his first IV and a book. Fluids were injected and we were sent home. Doctor says it was probably an intestinal virus.

did not get better...I cried all the way to the ER.

We spent 9 hours in the Emergency Room on Monday with a Henry Boy who still would not drink and the exiting thing was getting worse. It was a ridiculous experience in the ER filled with Arizona's finest...

He got his second IV. No book this time, but was poked 3 times to get a vein. Sadness. Fluids were injected and we were sent back into the waiting room IV and all to further witness the parenting of Arizona's finest.

thanks Tara for coming to our rescue and documenting our day

Henry was still not drinking, so we were admitted to the hospital. I was actually relieved, because then the nurses and doctors could do the majority of the worrying.

Henry was isolated from all the other kids. Weird that I was frustrated, because in the ER all I wanted was to be away from people.

Lots more fluids in and lots more fluids out.

Diagnosis...Rotavirus. Poop.

Good nurses, except for the one who gave him ice cream when he had not eaten ANYTHING for two days. I protested, she insisted and Henry threw up. Too bad she was not in the room.

Since Monday Henry kept saying, "Ready to go home?" And finally Wednesday afternoon he (and his mom) got their wish. One week before he turned two.

As we drove away, Henry says, "Ready to go to the library?"

Gotta LOVE this Henry Boy.

Shirtless ABC's

Here is Henry once again with his 23 month old's version of the ABC's

He watched himself after taping and laughed so hard and then when it was over said, "where'd Henry go?" We had another one, but at the end he farted, so it did not make the cut.

New Blog

So, I am into my second month of being pregnant. I have decided to start a new blog. Ryan is reading this over my shoulder and said, "Why are you starting a new one?" I told him if he would just wait for me to be done writing, I would explain.

I will still be blogging on 3 from Oregon 2 Arizona, but I decided that maybe not everyone is that interested in reading about my pregnancy. So check it out...

Water and Rocks

Boys like to throw rocks...I have learned this in my 30 some years. Henry is no exception. He LOVES to throw rocks mainly in water...big rocks, small rocks, dirt. It is a very serious thing for him. He like the hunt and the fun of watching the water splash. Lucky for us, it rained a lot today and lots of puddles formed.

And the rock throwing begins

A friend of mine suggested if ever I was around a body of water to throw a rock in it. He said there is always something we need to let go of and throwing a rock into water is a good release. I have to agree, plus it makes the best noise. My favorite place to throw a rock is the Metolious River, by the way.

I love this boy.

Bundle of Joy

So, about 2 months ago my friend Dani asked if I would help organize Aaron's baby shower with her and her sister Wendy. I was ecstatic and went to work on the invitations (a picture of them later, because I did not make myself one). Lots of invitations, a lunch or two, a cake testing, and a few shopping trips later...we were at Wendy's house loving on Aaron and hoping all of our grandiose ideas would come out even halfway the way we hoped they would. And I have to say...it was a day to remember. I think the three of us were pretty proud of ourselves.

Bounce U

We got invited to a birthday party at Bounce U, an indoor house of bounce. Henry was a little little, but it was still a fun Saturday afternoon excursion. Plus I got to hang out with some of my favorite 3 year olds.

Good-bye Friends

So, today I said good-bye to my three-year-olds. Mixed feelings. Mainly sad feelings. I passed a parent in the hallway, who started to come my way, but remembered his daughter had moved to the other side of the hall. When he came out of the other classroom his head was down and I said, "I am sad." He kinda looked up and I said, "Are you sad?" Then he looked up with big red eyes and nodded and quickly left. I knew they would love their new class, but I just worried about them being sad. It is not like school-school where they have all summer. Yesterday they were with me and today they went to another room. I wanted to sneak in their room and hug them all, but I decided to give them a couple of days.

My new class is so sweet. They are learning to pull up their pants IN the bathroom, recognize their own name and use the BIG slide on the BIG playground. We were really proud today, because all the kids fell asleep WITHOUT their backs being rubbed--AMAZING FEAT! I am so excited to teach them new songs and see them grow.

Still there is a little ache for my old kids, even the ones that mad me want to pull out my hair.