Success at the Dr.'s office...finally

We have taken Jordana to the Dr. 3 times for her third hepB shot. Every time we have gone, she has spiked a fever. I swear she can do it on command! This time, we made an early morning appointment before school and loaded her up with Tylenol before we left. She had 98.6 when we left the house and 99.3 by the time we got there. The Dr said it was low grade and since it was a forehead reading, it was ok. Now Jordana is freaking out. She is climbing up my neck and won't let go. So I laid her down and was practically lying on top of her. She wouldn't let go. The nurse was like, don't move.....done! Jordana didn't even know what hit her. With me lying on top of her, it kept her arms restrained and her struggle to bury herself in my neck distracted her. It was over before she could react. Not a single tear shed!!! She got a sticker and donuts for breakfast. By the time she got to school, her snoopy bandaid was on her forehead!! I gave her some Ibuprofen just in case, and left her in the care of the music teacher. When I picked her up at 4, she was having a grand old time. We are free and clear until she is 4......yes!!!

This pix represents the new best seat in the house. Randy bought this recliner and we are all always fighting over it. Jordana watches cartoon afer school one day.

Catching up...

Things have been crazy around here. We are slowly getting our house back together. We have a working air conditioner, all the rooms are now painted and the birds are gone. Randy has some painting touch ups to do where we had cracks sealed in the dining room, game room and stairway, but the majority of the repairs are done. Jordana's room is finished. I will be taking some pix soon to show them. We hope to start having her nap in there soon.

As for the 4th, the fireworks were a bust for Jordana. In the morning, there was a parade in our neighborhood that came right in front of our house. The firetrucks and antique vehicles didn't scare Jordana, she just waved and ran to pick up the candy the threw at us. As for the fireworks, they seemed exciting for Jordana when we talked about it, but when the time came to see them for real, they literally scared the poop out of her! We took her outside and she sat down next to me. While Randy was setting some up in the street, Jordana started hearing the ones in the neighborhood. She started climbing up in her chair and told me she wanted to go inside. I tried to get her to sit in my lap, but when Randy set off the first firework.....she was a mess. We went inside and I sat on the couch with her...and smelled poopy diaper. Jordana was so scared she pooped in her pants!!! Poor thing.

Today I worked 12 hours (nice for the paycheck...bad for me). I was short a pharamcist and a tech and had to work a double. Not fun. By 8 o'clock, I was ready to go home. One of my poor techs had a root canal this morning and stuck it out all day with me. What a trooper. Hopefully tomorrow will be better....

Wonderful silence!!

The birds are gone. For the bargain price of $102, we have eliminated the birds (humanely) and capped the fireplace. The silence is wonderful. The cats are disappointed...but they'll get over it. The house is slowing coming together. Garage sale date has been set. Walls are painted, pictures and mirrors are making their way back on the wall and Jordana's room is almost finished. I think we will start having her nap in there this weekend. The only hurdle...we need to find a local chapter of Pacifiers anonomous. Jordana is way hooked on them. The past 2 nights she has woken up crying because they fell out of the crib. They fall out all the time but it never bothered her. I think maybe she is starting to figure out the baby thing. Last night, while changing a poopy diaper, she pointed at me and said "my mommy", then pointed at my belly and said "not the baby's mommy". Uh oh......

Potty training....

Not going so well, but makes for some cute photos!! Spending the weekend with Daddy sure tuckers Jordana out!!!

Disaster area.

There is no other way to describe the state of my house. A complete and total disaster. We will not be having house guests for a while. It started with the mess in the bedroom, from the leak, then it followed upstairs when we had to empty the attic closet into the game room to stop the flood. Then my office was affected when I came home from CKU and decided to revamp my office and purge the stuff I don't use. Then the mud room and utility room and guest bathroom, because the painters were coming. So as of today, the master bedroom is back in one piece, Jordana's bedroom and bathroom is painted and so is the mudroom area. The cracks in our walls, including the hole at the bottom of the stairs where the fish went thru, have all been fixed. Randy has been cleaning the master and rearranging furniture. He finished Jordana's new bedroom but we need to get the carpet cleaned before we completly move her in. My office clean out has been a slow process....but I am 6 months pregnant. I have to take lots of breaks. After we finish downstairs, we are going to rearrange the stuff in our 2 attic closets. The final solution....a garage sale to get rid of all this crap we have accumulated over the years. I hope to do this in late July or early August. I have a ton of scrap stuff to sell, 3 computers and lots of random stuff (including 4 boxes of hangers!!!) Of course we will not be selling much baby stuff....just some stained pieces and some old toys.
I hope to post some pix next week from CKU and a few of the family.

Ahh.....relief!

Today, I got goose bumps. it was not from hearing or seeing someting....or some reaction. It was from the new air conditioner that was installed downstairs this morning. Finally....11 days later. Now if we could get the master bedroom back in order.....

Still waiting.....

So we were approved for the new compressor from the warranty company but we don't know when we will get it. Still living in the guest room. The insurance company is taking their time filing a claim...hopefully we'll get some answers next week. They are covering their asses...big blunders tend to make people worry. We should be getting our policy fixed to where it should be. Me...I'm just tired all the time. This weekend I will be preparing for my retreat...don't want to go unprepared. Good thing I don't have to fly anywhere....