Tiny Germ Carrier

Hello everyone. Sorry I missed you all yesterday, but we were all sick. Yes all of us right down to the dogs.

It all started with Evie throwing up at daycare Thursday. We thought nothing of it as she seemed fine, no fever and went on about her day.  Saturday she did it again and then the runs began.  She had three blowouts Saturday.  She also seemed uninterested in eating and well was fussy as all get out.  Sunday she had two blowouts and I decided a trip to urgent care was needed.  Turns out she had a double ear infection. Hate those things. So off to the pharmacy to pick up her meds.  I arrive to the drive thru window with my very fussy baby in the backseat only to wait for 15 minutes behind another car.  The drive thru is not for waiting people... not with a fussy infant.  I finally get up to the window and they tell me her meds will be $475.  WHAT???!!  You have got to be kidding me. And this was with insurance.  And the substitute med was $350.  Thank you obamacare.  I called the pedi back and she gave me a coupon code.  So an hour later and still $110 we had meds for the baby and were headed home.

The rest of Sunday went ok.  We went to our neighborhood Christmas dinner and arrived back home, put the baby to bed and then it hit.  My tummy began to hurt.  I wanted to hurl people.  And J, well he had the runs and wanted to hurl as well.  At first I blamed the food we had just eaten.. until my mom and brother later confirmed they had the same thing and we knew it... Evie the tiny germ carrier hit.  Yesterday was a mess. I sent E to school so J and I could rest. I finally upchucked everything and hit the Pepto.  I got up and started to work around 10:30 a.m. J on the other hand was down and out for the count.  Flu like all day.  Achy body, ya'll he looked green.  I worked off and on for about 5 hours napping in between when my stomach felt upset.  I finally got J out of the house for some fresh air around 3pm and got him a smoothie. It was the first thing we ate all day.  I then headed to the grocery store and picked up E from school.  I could tell she was feeling better and man we needed a day to rest.  Hmm all it took for a day alone was being sick in bed.

So, last night I rubbed everyone down with Thieves, went to town with the bleach on the house and crawled into bed around 10 p.m.  This morning, everyone seemed a lot better. I am at work, J too the struggle bus to work and well E was happy as a little clam. 

In other news, my brother graduated with his bachelors degree Friday.  To say I was proud is an understatement.  This has been a work for him for over 10 years.

We also went to the Nutcracker Friday night as part of my anniversary gift and Evie well, despite feeling awful is still utterly cute.

Now, I just need to get some last minute gifts and get some things wrapped up and oh hey Christmas is 10 days away!

And big things are happening around this ole blog come January 1! Stay tuned.

Evie Update

Evelyn Ray, you are 8 months old! (Where did the last 8 months of my life go?)

 

I am not sure how much you weight, but I know its over the 20 pound mark and you are about 29 inches tall (daddy measures with his trusty measuring tape).  You continue to be the joy of our life.  This month you started army crawling (albeit only when bribed), eating table food (you love peaches, mandarin oranges, toast and avocado), celebrated Thanksgiving and met the man in the big red suit.

You are also much more, well, umm, let's say opinionated. You let us know when you are not happy or have not gotten what you want.  You have moved up to the Infant 2 room and well you have been nonstop ever since.  You refuse to really nap at school because you have to see and do everything (pretty sure you got that from mommy).  But, you sleep like a champ at home at night so I won't complain.

You still have no interest in actually for legit hands ands and knees crawling, but man you want to, in fact you will throw an all out baby fit because you won't crawl.  You also have no desire to pull up, stand up or well be mobile other than rolling.  In the walker you just tend to push yourself or try to bounce.

But when you are content with your toys you are content.  You to bang things together, "pet" the puppies (we are trying to teach you to be gentle), but man Sophie is so tolerant of you and you squeal with delight when you see her.  You are trying to cut you top teeth, so I blame the fussiness on that.  We can see its white edge but it just will not poke through.

You also want to do everything on your own.  You want to feed yourself, hold your own cup and bottle, get your toys out of the box and well I bet you would change yourself if I would let you.  Miss Independent (again you get if from your mama).

This month will be big as you will celebrate your first Christmas and go on your first plane ride! (pray for me).

You have also developed quite the nicknames: Evie, Ev, Peanut, E-Frog, cutie patootie (that's from Uncle Bubby), and toot butt (your daddy).

We love you to the moon and back sweet girl!

The 5 People You Work With

We all have those people. You know the people I am talking about... you talk about them to your friends, gchat the thing they just did to your BOFF, or share stories with your spouse. These are the people I have experienced while at work.

1. The Yeller. They yell, constantly. To you, to your boss, your co-workers, the guy who delivers the soda. And I don't mean in an angry way, he is just LOUD.  I swear through the concrete walls and the two offices in between I can still hear him on a conference call. Heck, I can hear him in the bathroom. And don't try to call him out. Nope, no way because then for the rest of your career, he will point out any loudness on your part. Period.

2.  The Know-it-all. She does--know.it.all.  And she tells you. She knows who is being hired, fired, promoted. She knows how much you make, how many hours you bill, whether your boss thinks you are a good worker.  She also knows it all about anything related to your line of work.  It's like she thinks she is a walking encyclopedia. Truth. she annoys the crap out of you.  For lawyers, she was the gunner of your 1L class.

3. Mr. Passive Aggressive.  You may work for him or perhaps be him (please don't be him).  He's normally Mr. Nice Guy, happy go lucky and a joy to work for and with. Until you piss him off or catch him on a bad day.  He’ll do anything to avoid conflict and this includes arguing with you. It’s ingrained in his mind that arguing is unacceptable and he simply won’t do it. The passive aggressive man constantly sees himself as the victim in his head. He just can’t seem to win for losing. On top of that, it’s always someone else’s fault when something bad happens to him. He takes no responsibility for his actions.  He looks at you like you are dumb and then walks away. You feel defeated. He wins.

4. Worthless Guy. Yup, that's it. He is worthless.  You have no clue what he does all day besides playing solitaire or pinning things.  She checks instagram 900 times a day and he sends fart jokes.  You cannot figure out who he/she slept with to get there, but alas there they sit. every.single.day.

5. Your work spouse.  That person, of the opposite sex whom you've connected.  Its not romantic and chances are your spouse has met him/her and loves him/her.  She is your go-to for things. he is the person you cry to when your boss (Mr. Passive Aggressive) makes you cry.  You sit next to each other in every meeting, grab each other lunch and vent to.  Yup, the work spouse also takes the brunt your of crap.  They deal with your PMS, your my wife made me convo and every in-law issue known to man.  It's like being married.  He/she is your person--at work.

Better Late Than...

I am so mad at myself. I had a post all lined up today, ya know a good one, all thought out and pics included... and I scheduled it to post and everything.... for 7pm tonight. Le sigh. Le Moan....

And I did not realize it until I was in court this morning and had no comments from my usual suspects. At first I thought no one thought it was comment worthy, I admit I was a tad sad... and then I thought blogger was down.... yeah then I saw it was total user error.

So, check back tomorrow.

Lil Bits of Cheer

Back again this Tuesday to share some bits of cheer this Holiday season with Jess.
I grew up living in apartments. I never lived in a house until I was married. I always dreamed of having a house to decorate and put up lights on. Well, the first round ole marriage did not bring that. So, I was ecstatic that J grew up in a light-filled house.  It may not be much, but these lights bring so much joy to my heart this Holiday season.

It may not be a lot, but I like it!

Fireworks & Cake

And its Monday again. I admit it was hard to get out of bed this morning and get rolling. I just want like 3 days off to sleep, just sleep. But alas, this is real life and so onward and upward. But we did have a great weekend....

Friday, we celebrated our Anniversary. Our anniversary was technically Sunday, but we decided Friday was easier to celebrate.  We just did a simple casual dinner at a local place and ice cream.  We exchanged traditional first anniversary gifts of paper.

I got these gorgeous handmade paper flowers. They have our name and wedding date. I also got tickets to see the Nutcracker next weekend! He did well ladies.

I got him cufflinks that had the lyrics to our first dance song (on paper) inside them.

Evie was more excited about her favorite babysitter coming over than any gift exchanging.

She looks so big in this picture. Where did my little squishy roly poly go!

Saturday I got a much-needed coffee date in with one of my sorority sisters, who is also my Essential Oils guru. I have jumped on the bandwagon and I admit, I am loving them.  I met up with Brittany so we could chat and she could give me the low down on the wonderful uses for my oils.  From congestion relief to cuts, bruises and the pink eye that J somehow caught, they have been wonderful in our home.

Saturday evening we attended the wedding of some good friends of ours (and the guy who introduced me to J). This was on over the top wedding.  Complete with formal attire (yup busted out the long dress), ice sculpture martini bar, fireworks... Yes they had a firework show mid-wedding, and an awesome band.  It was so fun to celebrate these two and well see all the guys all gussied up.

Yall, I stayed up until 11:30 p.m.!

Sunday was lazy but gorgeous outside.  Temps in the high 60's not a cloud in the sky! We did some yard work, I got a mani/pedi and we took E on a long walk. And.... we at our cake topper.

We are officially in a countdown to Christmas and well, for me, a few days off.  I think J and I both need some down time.

Happy Monday all and have a good week! 18 days to go.

What's Hap-Pinning Wednesday & #HFTHbloghop

 

 

It's Wednesday and you know what that means! It's time for What's Hap-Pinning Wednesday and also still participating in the Home For The Holidays Blog Hop.

 

Today's HFTH topic is traditions!

 

 

Since this is Evie's first Christmas J and I are trying to start traditions for her and our little family.  So, we are combining some of what our families did and adding in some new ones.

 

1. Photos with Santa.  It's a must for any parent with littles. As you know, we took Evie before Thanksgiving and came out sans tears.

 

 

 

2. Fort Worth Parade of Lights. Its the kickoff to Fort Worth's holiday season and is full of floats all covered in lights.  Again, it happened before Thanksgiving this year, but we are making this one a must as well. The streets are lined with people and Sundance Square is abuzz with people, lights, vendors and Santa.

 

3. TCU Tree Lighting.  As you all know I am a tried and true TCU alumna.  Last night we headed up to campus to see the big tree get lit.  The event is family friendly and comes with fireworks, music, hot chocolate, photos,  coloring for the kids and more!

 





These are just a few of the things we will do every year with Evie.  We also have some other traditions that she will get to share in like getting new jammies to open for Christmas Eve, eating tamales as the Christmas Eve dinner, baking cookies and getting a new ornament for the tree each year.

What are you Holiday traditions? Don't forget to link up here and here.