Delayed Reaction ?

I was trying to get MaryVic to lay down with me and close her eyes last night. She was pulling all the usual stalling tactics when all of the sudden she tears up and tells me, “I didn’t want to spend the night at Matthew and Connors. Why did you have to stay at the doctors?”

Ah sweetie, Mommy and Daddy had to stay because William hurt his leg and it took a long time for the doctor to fix it.

Why does he have to wear the cast? To help his leg get better. I wanted to snuggle you and missed you *sob*

Mommy and Daddy missed you too but we thought you would have fun with Matthew and Connor.

I wanted to sleep at home! We did too honey.

I was a little surprised at the declaration more than 2 weeks after the event. The only thing I can think is that she became worried because I told her that both brother and mommy have doctor appointments on Tuesday so she needed to go to school.

She was quiet sincerely upset about being parent-less that evening although we knew with our friends she’d have a good time and be okay. I remember Greg and I discussing one of us going back and home but she was asleep at our friends before or just after William got out of O.R.

She must have been more worried than we realized although I don’t know of anything else we could have done. Just broke my heart to hear her talk about this insecurity though.

She snuggled up with Daddy afterwards and fell fast asleep. We’ll just see how easily she goes to school today.

Not very easily. She cried, and tried her best NOT to get out of the car. Honestly, it’s the first time she’s actively turned away from me, and tried to stay in the car. Much hugging, and kissing in Daycare, but an awful lot of crying when Daddy was leaving.

She’s rather enjoying this Mommy time instead of going to school. Going to school is now disrupting her schedule, and it’s not something she’s happy about.

Snow Tomorrow!

Ok, never count your chickens until they hatch, but there are multiple forecasts for snow in Nashville Friday. The fun part?

2-4 inches by 8am Saturday morning, with an additional inch accumulation on Saturday.

Mary Vic will go nuts if this comes through.

Lets hope!

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There are some seriously P*SSED Ducks in the corner of the pond.

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These were at ~9pm. It’s been snowing for about 2 hours now. It’s supposed to keep this up until daylight. If it does, 4-6 inches may be an understatement.

Mary has been out once, and is upset she isn’t out now. Getting her to sleep might be interesting.

Tears

Dropped Mary off for Daycare this morning, as we have to take William to the Dr. for his followup this afternoon.

To say that she didn’t want to go might be understating the case a bit. Tears, crying, and general shyness. Everyone has been asking about her, everyone (teachers and kids) was thrilled to see her, she gets to go to Gymnastics and (probably) Dance. It’ll be great!

But it’s not staying home with Mom.

Monday morning start

William slept well last night. He started waking around 3 and after the third time, I picked him up and fell back on the guest bed. I think he just needed to be in a new position which the cast won’t allow for and you can’t just roll him over in the crib. Everyone is asleep. Our big plan for the day is a trip to storytime at the library with either playing on the library children’s computers or at the playground behind the library. The second item on the agenda is a trip to the grocery store so we can get eggs for the neighborhood egg hunt on Sunday. Wish us luck!

Sunday morning and medicine

Well, I tried to give William his tylenol this morning and the little stinker spat half of it out.  I looked at him and sternly said ‘That’s not funny.”  William then goes ‘funny, funny, funny.’  *sigh*

He is happily watching Blues Clues now.  The same episode for the third time and he actively participates, clapping, singing along.  Very cute to watch.  

Saturday – first trip out!

We got William out of the house for the first time and he was thrilled. We went and ate at the Texas Roadhouse. William was pointing at everything and chatting in the van. He sat in his stroller instead of an high chair and was quite happy. They played ‘Jimmy Crack Corn’ and several of the servers danced in the aisle. Greg took MaryVic to watch although she was too shy to join in.

We went to Costco afterwards and grabbed a few things. Greg and I took turns carrying William some to shift his position around. He fell asleep in the stroller. Woke up when we put him the car and that was all the nap he took. Tried to get him and MaryVic to take a quiet time twice later in the day but no dice.

We took a nice walk down to the pond and fed the geese. William rode in the wagon again and enjoyed it. Greg posted pictures at our photo web site.

Greg had pointed out during lunch that the doctor said not to give William too much motrin since some studies had shown it inhibits bone growth. Mary Alice gave him some motrin around 10:30 and he didn’t get any more pain killers until bed time. He got really fussy later in the day.

I gave him the prescription pain killer at sponge bath time. He spat part of it out. I don’t know if it was lack of nap or that we missed a dose of pain killer but he screamed and fussed at bedtime. He kept yelling ‘stuck!’. I felt so bad for him. We wound up with him on his tummy on my chest when he finally went to sleep. Greg had to come and put me up on the bed. He tried to take W to the crib but he woke up screaming again. Greg got him arranged mostly next to me and so we slept. I think part of the reason he was waking was he was trying to turn over in his sleep and unable to :(

Monday morning

William starts fussing and when I wake up, it is morning. I get up and straighten him. He is pushing at his cast and yelling, “I stuck, I stuck!”. I have to smile ruefully as I tell him, “Yes honey, you sure are.” I get him changed and downstairs. After we try a few things and have a discussion, despite his concerns he goes on his tummy. He has since fallen asleep again and Mary is with me snuggled in at my side. Hopefully today will go smoother than last night.

William and Mary

Bowel update… He had a movement Sunday night, but frankly we were too tired to do much more than change it and try to get back to sleep.

William was up at 4:30am this morning screaming his head off. He’s doing well, all things considered, but sometimes you just wish he’d sleep.