Boy oh boy - when it rains, it pours. This is a very ranty post as I am having some difficulty with optimism at the moment.
What a crazy 2 weeks it's been. Firstly, we're over the flu! Yahoo! Then the Moose got 2 new teeth & her fever came back for seconds. Then Yobo slipped & busted his hand pretty good - he's been a joy. Then I broke my bottom retainer; hello bill I can't pay. Then I had this wonderful massage and was all stoked & on cloud 9... until I went to start the car when leave the massage place and it decided it didn't want to go anywhere. Thankfully, it's just the battery that died and, after a night of recharging, Yobo was able to get it to start again. This weekend's market was pretty much a bust - there was a concert being set up in the parking lot that the market-goers use, so inconvenient parking = not many market goers. Plus the sound check was so loud it vibrated everything, making it difficult to breathe. This went on for the whole last hour of market. The Moose had some nastiness in her belly or something and woke us up at 4am Monday screaming (I would have been screaming, too)! The smell hit me at the door. When I picked her up, she was wet. When I turned on the light, I discovered it wasn't all pee.
Work stuff, work stuff, work stuff. Work is crazy
My migraines are trying to eat me alive. My milk supply is all but non-existant. There has been a household shortage on sleep. The mosquitoes are CRAZY thick, even by Alaskan standards, and they LOVE me. Many mosquitoes have been horrifically murdered by slaps & claps. There's been a lot of arguing all around & including me. What else can I throw in here? Well, that's not all of it, but it's the version that's more appropriate for posting online. Thanks, it actually feels a *little* better getting all of that out. So even if no one reads this post, at least I got that part out of my system :D
OK, I'm done now. Adorable pictures will be posted tonight!
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Down with the Sickness
Ug. It finally got me yesterday afternoon. I have been punched in the face by a summer cold virus :( Yobo is solo-ing market today & Grandma has the Moose. Today is Kids' Day at the Spenard Farmers' Market - we're giving away FREE mache & winter spinach seeds. Yobo's mom (Grandma) took the Moose for the day, so I'm home alone for the first time in like for.eh.ver. It's weird. It'd probably be kind of nice if I didn't feel like poo; but, as it is, I'm laying in bed, watching bad TV, and occasionally hanging my head over the humidifier. I tried sleeping at first, but it's so hard to sleep when you can't breathe and I keep going back & forth between too hot & too cold. Ug.
The Moose is still a little sick, but she's been fine as long as she's awake LOL when it's bedtime, there is about an hour of screaming before settling. Poor kid. She slept until 2pm yesterday! That's insanity! We discovered this morning that she finds aspirators very funny :D The feeling of getting the snot sucked out of her nose makes her crack up - thank goodness for that!
I'm watching this horrible show called "Don't Trust the B----- in Apt 23". It's absolutely ridiculous, but suits me well during this sad, stuffy headed time. If you need an inane laugh, I highly recommend it.
I'm watching this horrible show called "Don't Trust the B----- in Apt 23". It's absolutely ridiculous, but suits me well during this sad, stuffy headed time. If you need an inane laugh, I highly recommend it.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Videos! Here Moosey Moosey...
Yay! for videos! The 1st one's a giggling Moose, the 2nd's a walking one.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Achoo!
Well, the Moose is definitely sick. Poor little bug can't breathe through her nose, so she's only sleeping a couple of hours at a time max. Plus, now she can't breastfeed, which is a big part of the usual sleep time routine. Since she can't breastfeed, I've increased pumping, but not much production happens this way anymore. I'm lucky to get 1/3 oz total among work pump sessions! I don't know how much she's able to get out, but it's definitely more than 1/3 oz throughout the work day.
Of course, her appetite only waned for a few hours yesterday during the day LOL then she was back to monster feeding! She's on a curry kick the last couple of days (probably since she stopped feeling good) - she wants rice & curry and curry & rice, with the occassional bowl of baby oatmeal with blueberries. She'll eat bananas, but doesn't eat them in 2 bites anymore; now she eats part of it and just plays with the rest of it.
She's got the sniffles & can't snuffle. I was trying to show her how to blow her nose last night LOL she just thought I was being funny. She'd put her nose into the kleenex & start giggling :D Thankfully, she's such a happy baby! All last night, she was my little Klingon, but she was quite pleasant about the whole thing. I even held her for a bit while I was doing some easy stuff on Wii Fit - she was cracking up when we did MamaBaby step aerobics! There wasn't much of a cough, but a slight fever and lots of sneezing.
Waking up this morning was weird... I normally get up at 5:30, spend about a 1/2 hour feeding her & a 1/2 hour getting ready for work. This morning I got up at 5:30, got ready for work, stopped for a cup of decaf, and am now at work at 5:36am, pumping & blogging. Oh yeah, and Yobo told me this morning he's not feeling too hot himself now :( I greeted my boss this morning with "kid's definitely sick, I'm here early for a quiet place to pump. by the way, the husband's starting to feel sick, too..." Oi vei.
Of course, her appetite only waned for a few hours yesterday during the day LOL then she was back to monster feeding! She's on a curry kick the last couple of days (probably since she stopped feeling good) - she wants rice & curry and curry & rice, with the occassional bowl of baby oatmeal with blueberries. She'll eat bananas, but doesn't eat them in 2 bites anymore; now she eats part of it and just plays with the rest of it.
She's got the sniffles & can't snuffle. I was trying to show her how to blow her nose last night LOL she just thought I was being funny. She'd put her nose into the kleenex & start giggling :D Thankfully, she's such a happy baby! All last night, she was my little Klingon, but she was quite pleasant about the whole thing. I even held her for a bit while I was doing some easy stuff on Wii Fit - she was cracking up when we did MamaBaby step aerobics! There wasn't much of a cough, but a slight fever and lots of sneezing.
Waking up this morning was weird... I normally get up at 5:30, spend about a 1/2 hour feeding her & a 1/2 hour getting ready for work. This morning I got up at 5:30, got ready for work, stopped for a cup of decaf, and am now at work at 5:36am, pumping & blogging. Oh yeah, and Yobo told me this morning he's not feeling too hot himself now :( I greeted my boss this morning with "kid's definitely sick, I'm here early for a quiet place to pump. by the way, the husband's starting to feel sick, too..." Oi vei.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
the Moose's 1st cold
So, last night the Moose was sneezing like crazy. She generally sneezes at bright lights & gets congested when teething, so Yobo assured me it was not a cold and she was just going through her growth thing (see previous post).
After said previous post was posted this morning, I get a phone call from Yobo to let me know that the kid indeed DOES seem to have her 1st cold! Now she's coughing, too - poor baby. They were supposed to go with Grandma today to the library to see the Wizard of Oz as performed by marionettes! Yobo said she's still in a pretty good mood (THANK YOU), but hasn't left his lap much today.
I am getting a lot of Wows about the fact that she is over a year old and just NOW getting her 1st cold. Thank goodness for small favors then. Now I can't wait to go home & scoop the poor girl up!
After said previous post was posted this morning, I get a phone call from Yobo to let me know that the kid indeed DOES seem to have her 1st cold! Now she's coughing, too - poor baby. They were supposed to go with Grandma today to the library to see the Wizard of Oz as performed by marionettes! Yobo said she's still in a pretty good mood (THANK YOU), but hasn't left his lap much today.
I am getting a lot of Wows about the fact that she is over a year old and just NOW getting her 1st cold. Thank goodness for small favors then. Now I can't wait to go home & scoop the poor girl up!
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