Sick Babies...

So Emma has some weird bumps/rash on her arms spreading down her one side and now a bit over her back and stomach...so we go to the Docs for her at 2:15...and Connor slept in WAY late today..is very lethargic..low grade fever..mucousy loose bowel movements as well as very gurgled mucousy sounding couch and breathing. He's a snuggly bug which I'm eating up and enjoying every minute of that...but can't get him in until 4pm. I'm on the fence about going to the ER as he just has a low grade fever...but if it spikes..you can bet I'll head over to Portsmouth.

I wanted to go to Bible Study today...I did my reading..and I got lemon poppy seed bread from the grocery store. Again...I was prepared and had to bail...I know Lori and Carrie understand...but I really wanted to be there...Melissa was going to come over afterwards to cut my hair too...I really need a hair cut...but most of all I REALLY wanted to see Melissa...I miss her...

I RSVP'd to a lot of things this week. I pray this is nothing serious for either of my kids...that would just break my heart if they got seriously sick...I also want them to enjoy the summer and get out and do things...between illness and smoke..who knows when that will happen.

I don't work tonight thank goodness...we do have people coming to the house though..so I need to get a move on around here...I guess that's a bonus to being stuck in the house...more opportunity to get things done...if I can ever tear myself off of here...

zippa dee do da

Emma's dance recital, while it had it's downfalls (ie. starting at 5:40pm instead of 4:00pm, bad sound, "those" parents etc.) it was well worth the wait to see Emma dance her feathered little toochie off. She was definately someone to be proud of...we arrived to find out that Emma was recieving an award. Inspiration Academy of The Perfomings Arts Rising Star Award!!! I was super proud...don't get me wrong..I'm well aware she's only 3...and that each separate class gave out this award..but I still had my moment..thinking back to her first days when she'd get kicked outta class for not listening..or would come home without a sticker for leading the class on a run around instead of doing her dance. She now strives every week to listen and earn her sticker..she loves Miss Kim...and while the negatives were leading us to reconsider her enrollment..that little award just saved them from losing our tuition. We'll keep her in. The look on her face when she came running off stage yelling "I got a trophy Mama" was well worth the blood sweat and tears that she's (and us) put into it. It was a nice evening.

I'm trying to post the small snippit of a video I took while in the theatre...I couldn't take the whole thing, we really weren't suppose to take video of it, but I wasn't about to pay $40 for a DVD copy of the recital I already had to pay $10/per person to see.

Emma is the furthest little one on the left. Shaking her feather bum!! GOOO EMMA!!! I'm a proud Mama tonight!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlwAA_Po4q4

smoke...airports...and 4 days off...

I just dropped my Mom off at the airport an hour ago. I came home and tried to sleep some more this morning...but no luck...I crawled into Emma's bed...thinking she'd wake up pretty sad without Nana there...she's still sleeping and here I am...not..I'll be napping this afternoon that's for sure...

...I'm going to miss my Mom...she's such a big help around the house...my laundry is totally caught up...my kitchen floor is shiny...and the playroom has remained organized all week...that and the kids LOVE having her here. They get excited just seeing Nana in the morning...so if that makes their day then it makes mine. I'm not sure when we'll see Nana again. At this point the only for sure is Christmas...we have no holidays booked between then...she has some in October but isn't sure if she'll financially be able to afford flying or even driving down at that point...so a visit then is up in the air...Christmas seems so far off though...

The smoke was ridiculous earlier on my drive...not so bad here in VA Beach, but as I drove closer to the airport it was so thick it was making me cough...I felt ill on my way home...it must be wafting this way as I can smell is seeping through walls...unless the smell is just stuck on me from the drive. They say it's going to go on for months...

So Allen and I have 4 full days off together!!! His parents are in town, but I'm so looking forward to them these 4 days. Two of them we'll spend at Busch Gardens (YAY)...and today is Emma's dance recital. Wednesday..I'm not sure what our plans are going to be..but we'll be together..and not working!!!

The WASP nest...

Last night was a meeting for DH's ship...it was nice...I liked feeling like a part of a bigger 'family'..and I really enjoyed getting information right from the horses mouth about schedule, leave, pay, etc. DH will be gone most of 2009. Doing a 3 month surge and then leaving for a 7 month deployment. They'll be gone for little bits and bobbles here and there too...

...so I really never thought it would come to him leaving again...it is going to be a real test for me..the last time I had my Mom, Brother, and only 1 baby to worry about. This time around we have 3 babies, and my Mom isn't going to be around. I'm just not sure I'm ready for DH to be gone for so much!! I mean the great and wonderful people I have here..all have their own families to worry about...

I've been here a year now and while that seems like a long enough time..I still feel a bit out of place..so I can only imagine how much more out of place I'll be with DH gone.

When I started writing this last night..I felt a lot worse now than I do posting it now. I had words of wisdom come from a dear friend this morning and I know she's gonna be a big cruch for me while Allen is gone next year...even if she doesn't want to job..hehe

Here we go...

I'm jumping on the bandwagon...first myspace...then facebook...and now here I am blogging. I set this up as a sort of different way of keeping up with family and friends...and posting pictures. I find myself only logging onto facebook to change my status or play scrabble...so I figured this might make me upload pictures more...talk more...and...it'll be easier for my Mom to see pictures..haha enough for now...I'm off to enjoy quiet time while the kids nap...Sweet tea in hand..Y&R starts soon!!