This is really long. I sat down and all of a sudden I have a book written!!
One of the perks of being a teacher is Spring Break! I sometimes forget that not every human being has a Spring Break. Heath quickly reminds me every year that he will be working when I am off for the week..ha!! I decided not to fill up our week of Spring Break with tons of things to do. The Friday we got out, Aunt Sonya took Westin to the doctor for me while I wrapped up my last day of work before my break. He, of course, had the croup as he did the weeks we were out for Christmas Break. Thankfully we caught it early and was able to wipe it out very quickly. The downside of this was that he was on a steroid that made him O.R.N.E.R.Y. It's the only word I can think of to describe his mood. He was miserable, I was miserable so the first few days of Spring Break were less than stellar. On a brighter note, my mom drove in that same Friday to spend the weekend with us! I have signed up for a few sewing classes and one happened to land on Saturday so she kept the babies for me so I could enjoy my morning at Sew Close to Home learning how to make pants!
I must say that I am in love with sewing and the thought of making AR and Westin's summer clothes makes me giddy. I want to learn more!! Even though Mr. Westin was ill-natured, Mom and I were still able to set up the sewing machines and practice what I learned!! It was fun.
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| pj pants for Westin and Maggie |
We also attempted a little something I found on a blog {I have no clue which one} around Valentine's Day. On the post I ran across, they made a heart out of ribbon and sewed it onto the shirt. So we attempted a St. Patrick's Day shamrock. I must say it's precious and AR loved that it was hers!
Mom left me Monday morning. Sadly, I had two cranky babies with green, runny noses. Since it never fails that Westin's runny noses always turn into something way worse and AR had been on an antibiotic for a sinus infection and it still never cleared up, I decided to get them both into the doctor on Tuesday. So after some fabric shopping and lunch with Memaw, we made our way to the pediatrician. It was my first trip, I must say, to take both of them to the doctor by myself. They both did great! I was so proud of them. Neither one cried when Dr. Goldblatt checked them over and both got smiley faces on their tongue depressors!
The results: Westin Wayne is over the croup but now has a sinus infection. AR still has a sinus infection and needs an xray done on her adenoids because more than likely they need to be removed.
Wednesday we made our way to Children's Hospital South to have the xrays done. Again, AR was amazing! Her adenoids are "enlarged" so we were referred to an ENT. I guess we will go from there.
Thursday morning I was suppose to catch a 6:30 flight out of Birmingham to San Antonio. I decided to stay at my dads on Wednesday night with the kids so he could drive me to the airport and the kids could sleep in since they were staying there anyway. I set my alarm for 4:00 am and my mom called me at 4:30 to make sure I was awake. Guess what: Westin woke me up at 5:30. Yes! 5:30. I was suppose to be checking my bags and walking through security at 5:30. Not rolling out of bed. I did make it to the airport in time but not without panic or doubt. I landed in San Antonio at 10:00 and enjoyed 5 days with my wonderful husband. The fact that I didn't take many pictures is an understatement. I actually only took 1:
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St. Patty's Day with the Leprechaun who really isn't Irish. The beard...L'Oreal.
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I was kind of shocked with myself that this is all I took. This was my first trip to San Antonio by myself so Heath and I enjoyed so much quality time together. We didn't do a whole lot of "touristy" things. We ate and shopped and ate and shopped and ate some more and read. It was so nice! I sure do love that hubby of mine {even though he got mad at me for making him break his diet for a few days :}!!
While I was enjoying precious time with the hubs, our babies were spending quality time in Huntsville with their JiJi and Uncle Joe and our extended family. I asked Jill to send me pictures so I looked forward to these sweet pictures coming through my phone throughout the week.
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| AR and Joseph w/ a baby alligator |
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| Mary Kate, Joseph, AR and Westin playing at Chic fil A |
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| AR reading bed time books with Grandmama |
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| Playing/cleaning the driveway |
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| Westin with Aunt Megan and Mary Kate! |
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| Westin and Matt! |
They had such a good time. Two days into my trip Westin became congested, wheezy, hoarse, etc. I decided to take a morning flight instead of the afternoon flight out of San Antonio on Monday so I could get Westin back into the doctor before I started back to work.
Monday: Westin, AR and I are finally reunited after I was delayed in Houston for too long. I took the kids back to the doctor.
Westin's results: thrush and ear infection. The sweet baby had croup, a sinus infection, thrush, and and ear infection in one week. Lord, please have mercy on him and our checking account.
Spring Break co pays - $112.00
Spring Break prescriptions - $36
Last week was rough. Both kids had a really hard time adjusting back to their daily routine....and so did I. Westin was sick and really cranky and I couldn't blame him for it. Thankfully, everyone is better, we all got to spend several days with our sweet Daddy, and Mommy is on countdown to the last day of school. I am hoping for a much better week!!
