A look back at 2010 at the Z’s (all right, so it’s all Logan, of course…)!
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
We are ready to welcome 2011 with an end to sickness and excitement about what’s ahead! Hope you have a great New Years!
We went back to the doctor today and unfortunately Logan is still wheezing. The doctor felt like it was enough still that he does need to continue the nebulizer. They even decided that it was time for us to have one of our own, not just rent theirs. On the bright side, the one we rented was always a boring box. The pharmacy had two choices for us: penguin or fire truck. Of course, I chose fire truck for Logan…and we continue the treatments, probably until Sunday. His cough was worse at points today, but overall his mood does seem better. His ears even already looked better since Tuesday. The doctor said that to look at him from two feet away he’s not in any sort of breathing distress and he looks happy, so that is the most important part. But we are ready for our baby to get all better!
On a side note, this is what he looked like when he woke up from his nap today:
That little tooshee (um, spelling?) sticking out was just too cute.
“Um, mom, why are you looking at me? Is there a draft in here?”
He loved the vacuum again today. I’m hoping he loves it this much when he is about 10 years old too!
The doctor reminded me “It’s just the start of winter.” UGH. He also said we’d have to watch his wheezing in the future and see if it develops into any sort of childhood asthma. UGH. Insurance didn’t cover the nebulizer. UGH. Sleep is awful. I asked the doctor if there was anything different we should be doing, should we be letting him cry, I’m grasping at straws! He said no, this is not the time to let him cry, the wheezing is too rough and he is too sick. But it took an hour to get him to sleep tonight and he’s already been up once. UGH.
Then, today, I found myself gazing down at a little boy who fell asleep in my arms before his nap, and reminded myself that life, thankfulness, attitude…it’s all about perspective. Things seem rough right now, but we continue to be blessed beyond our wildest dreams.
One of the my favorite blogs, Maybe If You Just Relax, was devastating today. She had her twins a few weeks early last night, and one of them didn’t make it. Though I don’t know her AT ALL, I found myself telling Peter about it, and thinking about it all day. Because a little lost sleep? Compared to the pure devastation she must be feeling? I cannot even begin to imagine.
Quite a few people in my life have been trying to have babies, some for a while. I know they would give anything for a little lost sleep, if it meant waking up to a baby who needed them.
Then I thought about the Sartini’s and thought about how they have a baby who is battling cancer and getting transplants. And my baby? He is so relatively healthy that I can’t even fathom what they go through each day.
So yes, tonight, I am thankful. I am thankful for my wonderful little family, all the people who have checked on us, thought about us, commiserated with us over the past two weeks. I am thankful for a little boy who loves to play, who hides in his tent with his daddy to surprise me when I get home from the grocery store, and who discovered tonight that he loves pineapple. I’m thankful for two sets of grandparents that are close enough that they could be here at a moments notice. I am thankful that when my little boy needs me in the middle of the night, he lets me know. And I’m thankful that he is there, to need me.
Perspective – it’s a funny thing. One little shift in my thoughts, and a whole lot more to be thankful for.
I think Logan might be on the mend, but he is still wheezing pretty badly. But, the big news is…HE SLEPT! From 8:15 (late, late for him) until 5am. STRAIGHT! I know it wasn’t a very long night’s sleep, but it was SO nice. He also took a 2.5 hour nap this afternoon. So we are hoping for more of the same tonight.
Now, our day, in pictures…
Medicine, lots of medicine… (Logan does not watch TV. Ever. It’s not that I don’t want him to ever watch tv, I am not that unrealistic. We’re just holding off for a while…my hubby is a bit of a tv addict you see (impossible to talk to him when it’s on!) and I’m trying to avoid 2 of them! I have made an exception for the nebulizer treatments only – yep, still breaking all those “rules!”).
There was some seriousness…
And there were, finally, some smiles!
We have our follow up tomorrow…fingers crossed for a good night tonight and a good appointment tomorrow!
Ugh, we cannot kick this (have I said this 20 times in the past week?) ! Logan is still not himself, (and nights are AWFUL) so I took him to the doctor again today. Something just didn’t seem right, and I’m glad I took him. He was wheezing more and also has an ear infection. Not fun!!! They did one nebulizer (breathing) treatment in the office and noticed a good improvement, so he was sent home with that to use every 4 – 6 hours, as well as our favorite, Amoxicillin. We go back on Thursday to get rechecked, so I’m glad to have a follow up in place already. I have my fingers SO majorly crossed and am doing lots of praying that he starts to really feel better soon. We all need it!
Just a quick post tonight because I am beat, but wanted to give everyone an update. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers, we are ready for our little guy to feel al better!
We were so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa K today! We were supposed to go down there, but then Logan got sick…then they were going to come up here, and it snowed. So finally, today, they made it! Despite major wind and yucky travel, they braved it to come to our house and we were SO glad!
Logan was so excited to see Grandma K!
And he also quickly discovered how much fun it was to give Grandpa K hugs!
Logan was very lucky and got lots of fun presents! He jumped into his present from Aunt Kim, Uncle Brian, Aidan and Conner right away!
“WOW! A pillow pet! Just what I always wanted!”
Then there was…ELMO! This one dances around too!
“What is this? We get to play basketball in the bathtub? How cool!”
“A book! A book!”
“And a puzzle too!”
“A frog! To put all my bath toys in!”
Then all the adults opened our presents. We got just as spoiled! I cannot wait to get one of mine in the mail…the other “Z’s” had my blog made into a book! I will show it off when it arrives for sure.
Logan decided he had to help Grandma and Grandpa open theirs…
“Hey look, I can show you who these people are!”
Logan had a great time with them all afternoon. We decided once again that we could have just given him paper, boxes, and guess what else…a cooler!
Grandma and Grandpa brought this cooler stuffed to the gills with food for us (since we missed Christmas dinner) including Grandma’s famous cookies! Logan was fascinated with it right away. Grandpa decided to help him out and clean it all out so he could really explore!
What a great day! It was cold and windy outside, but warm and fun inside. Thanks for coming up to see us Grandma and Grandpa K! We can’t wait to see you again really soon!
With all of the craziness of the past week I didn’t get to post about a fabulous box we received in the mail! Logan was SO excited to open his presents from the J’s!
“Oh! What is this? A present that I am allowed to open?”
“Another one? TWO??? How did I get so lucky?”
“Give me a second, time to dive in!”
“Ah-Ha! Now I will just have to decide what masterpieces to create first!”
“Oh! Melissa and Doug, I love them! Look at this cool shape sorter!”
“Mommy says I am really good at this!” Seriously, he surprised me by getting a tricky one in yesterday…he is so smart!
Thank you so much J’s! They also sent us some yummy homemade BBQ/Hot sauce that we cannot wait to try out!
Now, we just have to find a time to see them soon!
Love you guys, thanks for always being there for us! :)
Merry Christmas from the Z’s! The good news is I think things are starting to look up here. Logan had a better night last night. He slept from 7:30 – 10:45, was awake and cranky 10:45 – 1:00, slept 1:00 – 6:30…we’ll take it! I did the night time stuff so Peter took him when he woke up and the boys let me sleep until 8:45! Fabulous! Plus, it was snowing when I woke up. I don’t think I’ve ever had a white Christmas before. It didn’t last long, but it was pretty.
Logan’s temp was 99.4 at 8:45…I did give him some motrin because those molars are killing him. He had a pretty good morning, and LOVED opening his presents from Santa! In my family Santa never wrapped presents, but at Peter’s house Santa did wrap presents…so I went with wrapping them. Logan loved opening!
And, just as I suspected, we could have just gotten him paper!
He LOVED the tent that was in this box. A complete hit!
He also got a dressy monkey from Santa…
And some bath tub toys!
And that Santa, he is so smart, he even brought Logan cups and bibs for his stocking!
There was LOTS of playing today, especially with the tent!
The monkey got played with too, and even got some kisses!
Of course we had to play with the bath toys too (I promise those are stains on the tub, NOT mold!)!
And Logan was on the lookout for more snow all day!
After Logan woke up from his awesome nap (for the first time in days, without tears!) he was quite sad that all the presents were gone…I love this “Where did they go?” expression…
We got to talk to Grandma K and Aunt Kim today on Skype, but are missing them a lot! Hopefully we will see Grandma and Grandpa K tomorrow, if we can keep the snow away. Since we’re out of school I’m all for the snow staying away…and coming back when we can have a real day off!
Peter and I were both feeling a little glum this afternoon, and so when I called my mom to chat (they had gone down to Great Grandma’s house since we weren’t supposed to be here) I finally said, “We are so sad, it doesn’t feel like Christmas, can you come over?” They said sure and soon (well, about 1.5 hours later) Grandma and Grandpa F, Josh and Joey all showed up at our house. We ordered Chinese since we didn’t have any Christmas dinner to cook, and just sat around and enjoyed the company. We are so grateful to them for coming over! It was at the end of a long day at way out of their way, but definitely helped our spirits!
I took Logan’s temp at 7pm and it was 99.5…11 hours after his last Motrin dose! Woo Hoo! I have high hopes for tonight’s sleep.
I’m going to post Christmas Eve pics separately, below I hope. We hope you had a very Merry Christmas and we hope we get to continue our Christmas fun with the K’s tomorrow!
