H1N1

Is anyone else scared? Just today I have heard of over 10 reports of swine flu in our county. I feel like locking my doors and not letting anyone in. This is so scary. I am a member of a photog forum (for like a year now) and I really enjoy all the moms on the site but this morning one of the more active members lost her 4 year old son to H1N1 because it turned into pneumonia. Can you image? I am going crazy in my mind thinking of these germs just waiting to attack my child. Is that extreme??? Probably but it's also realistic. My MIL is a nurse and she works with the public so that really scares me for her too. I just can't help but be really bothered to the point I am driving myself insane thinking about it. He is teething, I know that but there are always the "what if's" but then it's scary thinking of taking him to the hospital where other sick people are because what if he's not sick? Then that might make him sick ACKKK I'm a nut or am I going nuts? Either way this is so scary, and I'm sorry to force my thoughts about this upon others but I am so worried about this and from what I am hearing it is much worse the younger you are so please WASH your hands often and clorox everything. I have went through a whole super sized can of clorox wipes today. The H1N1 shot should be here soon make sure and try to get one!!!

UPDATE: No shopping for a while. I really want to but I'm not willing to take Rees in public for a while. Just think about shopping cart handles etc. It is scary.

Thanks for letting me vent. Remember Antibacterial is your friend :)

Oh, and thanks Celeste I am going to pick those teething tablets up and try them I'll let ya know how they work. I had never heard of them

Oh to blog again

Seems like it's been forever since I have blogged just for the heck of it. Now is as good as time as any to catch up. Dad is recovering very quickly so all is well over his way. I was hoping things could slow down and go back to normal for a bit but no such luck my little man is cutting another dang tooth. He has such a hard time with them. He spiked a big fever, got the chills, was up ALL night, won't eat, runny nose and just feel rotten. I hate it for him so badly. That all happened Saturday night. Oh, I should back up and share our big Saturday night plans. I got the bright idea that we should do something fun as a family...but what in G-county options are so limited so we decided to see if Rees would enjoy a movie. We went to Mexican and that was yummy then we ventured off to Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. We paid $14 to get in, spent $12 on junk food then got in to an already started movie... 1o minutes later we were exiting the theater. LOL, he is so not ready for that yet. Now we know! It was a desperate attempt to do a family thing close to home but maybe next year! Okay back to sickness... So today Rees threw up his milk this morning now I am super worried that maybe it's not teeth? How are you ever really sure it's just a big guessing game but I don't ever feel better even after taking him to the Dr. because it doesn't seem like they ever have answers? He is so pathetic and lifeless. He still won't eat anything substantial and he is so tired and whinny I am so torn as to what to do. If he wakes up with this in the morning I think we're gonna go to the Dr...yuck! Oh fyi he doesn't have a temp anymore.

We were outside for a bit today. It's such a great fall day out. I ripped up all of my geraniums so I can replace them with the god for saken mums that I say I'm never going to plant again but always do. and then I'm going to hit Hobby Lobby for some fall dec since they have it all 1/2 price. The new one in Huntington is SOooooo nice I love it. As soon as Rees gets over all this we have some shoppin to do!

I have done some really great photo shoots lately (one of which was a newborn!!!) so I am trying to get the photos together then I'll be posting them on here to share! So there will be more posts soon on events of this past week.

Home sweet home...

I apologize for not posting yesterday like I said but I couldn't get internet at the hotel and I'm not smart enough to post off my iphone. But.... Dad is doing so well. He's already walked and drank broth, jello and coffee and he's antsy which is very much my dad! He can't stand to sit and do nothing and I can image that now that he's not in the pain that he was before he is excited to get home and back to his life. I cannot say enough good things about Cleveland Clinic. That is unlike any other hospital that I have ever been in. The waiting area is so nice, I should know we were there for 12 hours yesterday. But they do make a terrible situation as comfortable as it can possibly be. You can even check the status of the patients on a screen that has their ID and see where they are at in their surgery. Mom had a beeper that texted messages from the surgeon on what was going on, which made it a lot easier and gave us something to concentrate on. This is an amazing facility where the people are so nice and accommodating. It made our journey as good as it could have been. I am exhausted I didn't get much sleep in that hard mattress that we had to sleep on so I am looking forward to crawling into my super soft bed and falling asleep QUICKLY!

Keep us in your thoughts.

Well "the" day has arrived. Me and my family are in the waiting room at the Cleveland Clinic waiting for my dad to get out of surgery. My dear daddy has been in a lot of discomfort and is more than ready to have this surgery so keep us in your thoughts! This is a beautiful facility and I am so confident that he is at the right place at the right time. But dad is very private man so that's all that I'm going to say about our time in Cleveland until he's out of surgery and in good shape.

So I'm hoping the time will go by quickly and I'll post again at the end of the day.

The best week of the year!

Sorry I have been slacking on my blog the past week I have got several things going on in my personal life right now that are consuming me. I have pictures to edit, the store, a baby boy and a hubby that is super busy too so that doesn't leave much time for anything else at the moment. I have been on a "vacation" of sorts this week (I don't have a sitter) but the time with Rees has been wonderful. I do worry about my work piling up at the store but I have wonderful ladies there and they take care of it very well! Rees is such a wonderful little man he has been in such a good mood and so happy all week. I have got to make dinner every night and we sit down at 8 and watch all the great season premieres together while we're having snack time :) I love snack time! Then at 9 he goes down and I'm usually not far behind. His energy exhausts me, just watching him. I wish I had 1/10 of his energy I could get so much done.

This is my favorite time of year....Fall Season Premiere. I used to be a tv junkie before I had Rees now that he is older I think I am reverting back to my old self. I love me some good tv. So let's talk tv... Mondays are my fav. Big Bang Theory, 2 1/2 Men, How I met your mother and now a new show with Jenna Elfman (Can't remember the name) it wasn't too bad. These are my fav sitcoms! Although did anyone see Cougar Town last night??? Channel 8 WOW it was hilarious. I laughed my butt off I think it's on again on Friday you've gotta watch it. And of course Survivor I love that show and how bout' Shambo she's gonna be a hoot I can already tell. I missed SUV lastnight thank goodness for TIVO!!!! Can you all tell how obsessed I am with my shows? I won't make a habit of discussing every episode :) The posts will be limited here for the next couple weeks as I will be out of town and I'm not sure about internet connection but after that I'll be back to sharing my bizarre life on a daily basis!

scrapbook love

Rees has been a sleepy head today. He didn't get up until 11:30 (when I went in and woke him up) then he went back down for a nap at 2:00 and he's still asleep so I have had the luxury of some uninterrupted scrapbooking. The pages with my dad and Rees are some of my favorite pictures from the year. That was over the course of the day and I can't describe how much fun we all had. Just one of those days that sticks in your memory. I love how my page turned out too.

Fall Fever

I LOVE THIS WEATHER! I can't get enough of the brisk breeze in the evenings, the "breads" that people are bringing to me (not sure why this is happening but it's been really yummy), my new plug-ins that are pumpkin spice, I got out a snuggly blanket yesterday evening and my winter jammies! I might be rushing into it, but I just want it to be here NOW. Amidst my fall bliss we have been dealing with an unknown thing that Rees is going through. I told you about his fever on Saturday night and all day Sunday he was like a limp noodle, then Sunday evening a wild man now today he has been in and out of complete and utter meltdowns and crying uncontrollably for no apparent reason. Nothing we do or say makes him feel better. We can't even look at him without him having a breakdown? I am thinking that it is a tooth because of the inconsistency of the symptoms and he will not eat...it's making me crazy so hopefully this will pass quickly. It so frustrating when he can't tell me what is going on in his little body. He doesn't know how to handle these emotions so he just goes bonkers...kinda reminds me of myself on a bad day :) It amazes me when I go over to my mom and dad's to pick him up and he doesn't even look happy to see me...he just whines because he knows he has to leave. I'm like ummmm I feed you, change your disgusting diapers, spoil you and I can't even get a hug. Seriously if I try to pick him up he goes limp so I can't life him. He loves it over! His grandpa spends a lot of time with him outside, which is his favorite place to be so that always perks him up, it even worked today amidst all the grumpiness. So I am beat, I think I'm gonna turn in for the night.