Here he is, my little stinker...

wouldn't you know it

After a whole summer without even a sniffle, Megan decided to come down with something. Julie Ann was coming up today to go see butterflies with us and I ended up canceling. :( I think that M would be fine, but I don't want her to pick up anything else.

Lesseee...
Wednesday we spent the whole day in Blowing Rock. Josh took the day off and we played in the park in town (actually Josh and M played, Dawson and I went to some shops), ate lunch at Cheeseburgers in Paridise, had Kilwins icecream and then played at the parkway. Dawson napped in the car with MIL while we let Megan play in the creek. It was a beautiful day and was 15 degrees cooler up there.

Yesterday we stayed home. Megan surpised me by getting sick. She started by throwing up twice and then her nose started running and she started sneezing. No fever so MIL can't fret about West Nile. lol

Dawson is walking a little better every day. He is taking 5 and 6 steps at a time sometimes. I think its becoming time to get him a pair of shoes for occasional wear. I called a boutique in hickory that sells Stride Rite and found out that they keep a full selection of shoes in wide and xtra wide. They also have the very flexible soles so I think we will be picking up a pair pretty soon. ($40!!!!!)

I have a lot of projects I need to get moving on. I have material to make 12 aprons and only have the first one cut out so I have some work to do. I need to buy bias tape to sew them, but I think I can pick that up today or tomorrow. I also REALLY REALLY REALLY need to finish the top of Megan's quilt which means a lot of rotary cutting. Monday evening is going to become crafting night for me and Robin. We decided that we needed to get together one night a week to be accountable to each other.

We rented a Bob the Builder video for Megan the other night. I don't get to see the show because we are without nick here, but it seems that Wendy has the hots for Bob. Is this a well documented fact or is it just on this video?

Should we...shouldn't we...

I didn't mention this here before, but we were considering bankruptcy very seriously. We had everything set, got the money out of our (small) 401K and then just sat there. I talked about taking everything to the lawyer's office. WE talked about going together on his day off. We talked about him taking a lunch break and going. We talked about looking at other attorneys. We just never DID anything about it. Then all of a sudden we both basically blurted out that we didn't feel right about it. It was kind of surprising. I didn't expect to say it. My own fears of our situation kept me believing that it was the only answer to our problems. We prayed about it though and now I feel at peace. We have always been taken care of before. Nothing has ever happened that was too much to handle. I know that when the time comes that I need a vehicle, one will be provided. We will be fine.

I was Miss Suzy Homemaker today. Before lunch, I had already changed the sheets on 3 mattresses, washed them, turned the mattress, vaccumed, dusted, folded laundry, cleaned the bathroom and straitened up. After going to 2 grocery stores, I swept and steam cleaned the hardwood floors. For dinner we had bean and cheese chimichangas with sour cream and guacamole. I also boiled noodles for tomorrow's pasta salad and put pintos in to soak for tomorrow's dinner. (Red beans and rice with TVP...never had it before, but we're gonna give it a try)

Josh is off tomorrow and we have decided to take the kids to Blowing Rock for a picnic and some walking. I want to do some window shopping and maybe get D's birthday present. I love shopping in the town of BR. There is a Kilwins in town too, so I will be sure not to leave without a cone of yummy ice cream. :)

Hopefully I'll have a pic to show you tomorrow, but tonight Dawson did hte funniest thing. I was on the couch and J was sitting in the loveseat eating dinner. I couldn't see D's face so I had no clue what was going on. I figured J was watching him. Anyway, he says, "Get over here and look at your son!" I am greeted to a smiling baby boy who has various shades of blue, red, green, purple and yellow all over his face, tounge, teeth, etc... He was chewing on Megan's water colors. Ay yay yay! It was funny. I'll be sure to keep them put away a little better next time though.

I'm Frustrated
And the more I think about it, the madder I get! I thought talking to Skyra about it would help but it just made me more furious. I called my midwife friend last night to find out if her client had had the baby yet. If not, I was going to see if I could come to the next visit to listen with the fetoscope. Well, she said that the baby hadn't come yet and the mom was in nursing school during the day so they weren't able to meet until an evening. Well, I got curious...Is she going to take a break after the baby is born?? I was told she was, but that because she couldn't afford to be away too long, it would only be a few days. Then I'm told that she will be in school for 10 hours some days and only 3 others. This is 10 HOURS away from a baby who is only a few days old! Why the fuck does she care about what kind of birth experience she has (planning a homebirth) if she is willing to be away from her tiny newborn for 10 hours a day. I guess since daddy and grandma are taking care of it, that things will be fine and dandy. They are actually praying that her recovery will be quick and easy. Man that pisses me off!! I can't imagine the God I worship listening to a prayer of a mother who wants to get recover as quickly as possible so she can spend all day in class away from her newborn. GRRRRR! I was as quiet about it as I could be and then just said that I couldn't imagine leaving my baby. I don't have any idea what else to say. I have no desire to meet this woman now though. I guess as a midwife, you do your job and let the parent do theirs.