I took the kids to the doctor today. Both of the boys had rechecks for their ears. Jon Kent's ears looked great and his lungs sounded fine. So he is all healed up. Nathan still has a slight right red ear. And he has a slight wheeze when he takes deep breaths. He is on another round of a different antibiotic because the last one upset his tummy. I have to take Nathan back October 7th for another recheck of his ears and for his 6 month check-up.
Last night Nathan slept some what better. He woke up 3 times and was restless. I can't wait until he gets to sleeping better, if only to wake up once. I keep feeling his gums to see if I feel a tooth, but so far nothing. Just a lot of slobber. Both of the older two cut their first one right around 6 months, so we'll see.
Well being a single mom is the pits. It's only day 2 and I'm tired. Who knew Kent helped so much? Bath time is about to kill me. Eh.. Last night wasn't so bad. I got all three kids bathed and in bed in about an hour. Only problem was... my sons don't like to sleep. Jon Kent has to sleep with his flashlight despite the fact he has 4 night lights in his room. Nathan is teething or his ears are hurting or something. But he was up about every 90 minutes or so through the night. We have a doctor appointment tomorrow, so if it is his ears we'll know then.
I have gotten a lot done during the day. I'm currently fall cleaning and purging stuff that we really don't need. I took like 5 bags of "stuff" to a thrift store drop off. Jon Kent and Zoey didn't understand the fact that I was getting rid of their toys and clothes to give to kids who don't have as much as them. But they finally kind of got the idea. Tonight when I went to the drop off place I put the bags into the bins (they kind of look like large trash cans) and I got back in the car. Earlier I told the kids that I was going to drop their stuff off so that other kids could have it. So I get back in the car and Zoey asks me, "Momma, do those kids live in those trash cans?". I couldn't help but laugh.
Another Zoey funny: Kent's grandparents took them to town to spoil them... and as they were in line at Wal-Mart there was this lady behind them that Zoey had chatted with. As they were leaving the store Zoey kept looking over her shoulder seeing the same lady behind them. Finally she turned around and said, "Hey.. are you following me!??!" LOL. That girl is a hoot.
Well, that's it for me. It's my bed time. Yall have a good one!
This past weekend we made sure to have a good time as a family. It was the last few days we would have with Kent for two weeks, so we wanted to make it special.
Friday: We took the kids to Chuck-E-Cheese's. They had a ball. Jon Kent loves, loves, loves to play the games and shoot basketball. Zoey just likes going from machine to machine putting tokens in. She is happy as can be with a handful of tokens. While we were there a "robot" Chuck-E-Cheese came out and did a show. Zoey went running to see him but about 15 feet away put the brakes on and rethought her plans. Both of the kids weren't too sure of him. He was kind of freaky if I do say so myself. After eating and playing we headed home. That night I made homemade sloppy joes (none of that manwich stuff) and fries. The kids were thrilled when we told them we were going to watch a movie while we ate. So they got to have a "picnic" and movie. We also baked cookies for desert.
Saturday: The kids had their first soccer game. It was a hoot! Jon Kent is #6 and Zoey is #4. They play in a league of 2-6 year olds. To make it easier and fair the rules were adjusted for them. It's a smaller field, smaller goals and no goalie. Only 4 kids from each team play at the same time and if you put a 2 year old in on one team, you have to put a 2 year old in on the other team, etc. The kids had a good time. And while the league doesn't "technically" keep score... we won 13-6. Woohoo! After the game we took the kids for ice cream. Later that night we had a "family date night". We took the kids to a local steakhouse and ate. The kids love going there and always ask if we can go and "eat some steak". They both love steak dipped in ranch. So we did that and then took them to Wal-Mart to each get a toy for being so good lately.
Sunday: We just hung out as a family for most of the day. Kent cooked us all waffles for breakfast and the kids played video games with their daddy and built numerous creations with building blocks, etc. It was a relaxing day to end a busy weekend.
Kent will be gone until the 26th. This is the longest we have ever been apart. It finally hit me today after he left and I was doing laundry that it will be 2 weeks before I see him again. I know it will go quickly once it's done but looking at it from here, today, it seems like such a long time. I honestly don't know how military families do it. I guess.. they just do. Anyway, I've got some videos of the soccer game and pictures from our weekend, so please enjoy!
Why in this world is gas $5-6 a gallon? I know all about Ike and them having to shut down all these oil places, etc. But really.. we don't know if anything will come of these storms and yet all the gas stations hiked up their prices and most in my town are even out of gas all together. All because people are panicking. This morning it was like $3.65 at one gas station and now they are saying before night's end it could be $6. Ridiculous.
The media hasn't been buzzing about 9/11 this year as they have in years past. Makes me sad to think that we are already forgetting. I know we, as a country, have a lot going on right now with the Presidential elections and such, but we all need to take a moment.. or really several moments.. to remember what happened 7 years ago today. We need to remember that our freedom was attacked, our country was wounded and citizens were lost. Let us never forget how we felt at the moment we found out. Let us never forget the images of what we show. Let us never forget the cries of the families as they grieved in front of the whole world. Let us never forget the pride in country that we felt as we all stood up together and helped each other through that horrid time in our history. As we move on from this day to the next.. just don't forget.
I'm Emily. I'm a Christian. I'm 30 years old. I'm a wife to my soulmate, Kent. I'm a SAHM to my 3 beautiful children: Jon Kent-9, Zoey-8 and Nathan-5. I'm from a small southern town where we say ain't and y'all. I love my southern roots and wouldn't trade it for all the cream of wheat you've got. We currently hang our hats in South Carolina because of a job promotion my husband was given. So come along for the journey that is my life.
