It's Over....

The move that is, we did it and no I don't ever want to do it again! I do want to say thank you to my daddy, and father in-law Tom as well as my sister and new brother in-law Steve. We also could not have accomplished what we did this weekend without the help of my grandmother, she watched Kendall for us, and for those of you that have or have had an infant you know what a BIG help that was. And I especially want to say thank you to my mother for ALL of her help throughout this process. As I am typing this she is at my house unpacking boxes, her help has been priceless and I am so thankful.

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Packing...

So this weekend we will be moving. As you can imagine moving a family of six and a dog is quite an undertaking. On top of moving we are downsizing, so while packing I am trying to figure out what I can use at the new house and what I want to get rid of, as well as what I cannot not use but don't necessarily want to get rid of (so it will end up in the attic). I will be so glad when it is over and we are settled. Although like I told Michael, the packing isn't the hard part....it is the unpacking and trying to figure out where everything is going to go that is the real chore.

Bug Country

So once again we are dealing with the plight of bug bite allergies. Sunday morning Cody was outside playing (without bug spray on, a no no on our part) and he got two mosquito bites on his left wrist. It immediately began swelling and I began giving him Benedryl, by yesterday morning the swelling had moved into his hand and fingers, I continued with the Benedryl and the Motrin for the swelling and pain. By three o'clock this morning (when he woke me up crying from it hurting) he had a club hand and the swelling had traveled up to his elbow. So now my poor baby is swollen fingertip to elbow and the whole area is feverish. So I called his pediatrician first thing this morning and we are going to see him after lunch. I am sure Cody will end up getting a shot (oh joy), but am hoping once we leave the doctors he will be feeling some relief. I have never seen a child react to insect bites the way he does, I am hoping it is an allergy he will "outgrow" and will not have to battle his whole life, especially living in "bug country" also known as south Georgia....

Growing Pains

This past Monday night I had a parent orientation meeting for upcoming 6th grade students at Cathy's school. We all assembled in the sanctuary where we met with administrators and teachers and got an overview of what to expect in the upcoming year. After which Cathy and I went to the six grade hall and walked her schedule and met her teachers so she would be familiar before school began. As I sat there and listened I had this overwhelming feeling of sadness. It hit me like a brick at once that my "baby" was no longer a "baby", and in fact is a young lady. I sat there thinking oh my gosh, six more years, I only have six more years and my little girl will not be mine any longer. I am excited to start this new era in her life, the transition period where she will go from little girl to young woman. I know there will be many new things to teach and share with her over the next several years. I just wish the years would not go as quickly as the last 11 have. I love my daughter so very much and am so proud that she is mine!

Chaos

You guessed it today was the first day of school. It was total chaos at my house this morning, as you can imagine (or at least it felt that way to me). So I get it in the car everyone is loaded and has their seat belt on and all book bags and lunchboxes are accounted for. I am backing out the driveway and the time on the clock is 7:18 (school takes in at 8:15), we have one hour to get to school. I am feeling a false sense of relief, "I did it, we are going to be on time". WRONG!!! we hit major traffic, I mean major, it took us 1hr and 10 min to travel from our house to the kids school. It should have taken us 45. And all the while I have Cathy and Colin freaking out in the back "Mom, we are going to be late" "Hurry, hurry, please change to green light".

So needless to say, the kids were late on their first day back to school. I hope they will not be to mad at me, I did everything in my power to get them there on time.....The universe was against me this morning. Oh and thanks to all the chaos and me stressing my hives were in full effect as you can see on my cheek in the picture with Kendall...lovely. But I do think the pictures of them turned out cute, I especially love Cody's pose :)

Itchy Mess

So this past weekend has to be one of my most miserable in recent history. I woke up last Friday morning with what I thought was a cluster of bug bites on my right forearm and elbow. As the day progressed I started getting the same raised areas in other places at which point I realized it was not bug bites, but the hives. By Saturday morning it had spread and I was now getting them all over my hands and face, by late Saturday night my face was so bad that I could see my eyelids swollen in front of my eyes. I had been taking Benedryl but it was obviously not helping, and they were so painful and itchy. The ones on the inside of my palms would sting anytime I would touch something. So when I woke up Sunday morning and they were still present off to the ER I went. The doctor there gave me a shot of steroids and sent me home with more medicine to take. He told me to continue with the Benedryl as well and that if they were not improving within the next 2 to 3 days that I would need to go an an allergist to see if they could figure out what was triggering them. They are better today, much better, but definitely still present....ugh, I will be sooo glad when they are gone completely.