Sunday, January 30, 2011

Reality Slapped Me In The Face

I walked in the door from New York City around 11:15pm last Sunday night.  I was in bed around 11:45pm and at 12:30am Lindy woke up crying.  I went in to check on her and it was pretty funny.  She was calling for Daddy and she saw me instead.  She made some crazy expressions and acted pleased to see me.

I went to give her a kiss and she felt warm.  I took her temperature and yes she had one.  Vacation was definitely over after that.  Welcome home!

She was sick the ENTIRE week.  She had a temperature all day every day until yesterday (Saturday evening).  She stayed home from school the entire week. 

The first couple days she had a cough and a temperature but didn’t act like she felt that bad.  After her nap on Tuesday she seemed pretty wiped out.  Wednesday she seemed better, after she napped on Daddy in the recliner. 

I finally decided to take her into the doctor since she still had the temperature on Thursday morning.  We got right in and our doctor checked her out.   She was wheezing a little and had the beginnings of an ear infection.  We got her some albuterol with a spacer and mask and an antibiotic. 

Thursday afternoon was the worst she was all week.  She slept in her bed for a little while at naptime and after that she slept on me, Drew, or the couch the rest of the night.  She seemed so wiped out.  She woke up feeling better on Friday morning but after her nap she acted very sick again.  Finally yesterday she started acting like the Lindy we know and love.  She really ate hardly anything all week long and she at some lunch and dinner yesterday.  She definitely turned the corner yesterday.

Will stayed well all week.  He went to school on Tuesday, to music on Wednesday, to hear an African youth choir on Wednesday night, and to school on Thursday. 

Friday night we had our trusty babysitter, Janice come watch the kids so we could go to supper club.  Lindy was kind of puny that evening but I knew she was in good hands with Janice.  Janice got her to sleep in her bed for the first time the whole week! 

We finally decided to get out of the house yesterday.  We rode downtown and checked out the new site for the March for Babies walk.  I’m on the planning committee so I wanted to check it out.  It was in the mid-50’s so it was nice to get a little fresh air.

Will has gotten a cold.  He started coughing a bit Saturday night and his nose is running like crazy right now.  I hope his just stays as a cold and doesn’t go as far as Lindy’s did.  Guess we’ll see what happens this week!

I took hardly any pictures this week because there wasn’t anything going on.  It’s the least amount of pictures I’ve taken in awhile!

While Drew and Will were gone on Wednesday night, Lindy got to play some new games on the iPad.DSC_6243There was a lot of this going on this week.  Which actually breaks my cardinal rule of no kids in my bed but I caved this week.  It was exhausting after so many nights of her not sleeping!DSC_6245And a lot of sleeping on the couch went on too.DSC_6246A lot of laying on Mommy or Daddy with sick, sad eyes.DSC_6252Lindy with her inhaler, spacer, and mask.DSC_6255Getting a little fresh air yesterday.DSC_6264At the new walk site for the March for Babies.  Drew and Will are sitting on the wall in the picture.  They are tiny compared to the BB&T building!DSC_6281DSC_6288FINALLY – she smiles!  She feels better.DSC_6296When she started acting silly and giving me her crazy faces I knew she was better!DSC_6306Will wrote his name today on the Magna Doodle.  It’s the first time that I know of that he’s actually written it and you know what it says!DSC_6338

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Mommy Takes Manhattan

I flew up to NYC on Wednesday the 19th to visit my friend Callie, her husband Chris, and her son Jack.  I met Callie in grad school at Salem College.  Drew and I went to visit them in the summer of 2009 when she was about 7.5 months pregnant with Jack. 

I got to Callie’s apartment around 2pm and was met by the cutest little man in NYC!  We ate lunch and headed out to hit the town.  We walked around Tribeca and got a snack at Tribeca treats.  We ended up walking over the Brooklyn Bridge, something Callie and Jack had never done.  Drew and I had walked it the last time we were there so it was my second time. Jack slept almost the entire time we were out and about walking.  Wednesday evening Callie made a scrumptious dinner and we hung around their apartment.

We headed out late Thursday morning and went up to FAO Schwarz.  Man, it’s an adventure getting a baby and a stroller on and off the subway!  Especially in the winter when you have these huge warm coats and big things in the stroller to keep the kid warm.  I don’t know how people do it by themselves because it took two of us to do it.  We spent over an hour in FAO Schwarz, checking out all the toys.  We got to play the ‘Big’ Piano, the piano Tom Hanks plays in the movie Big.  After FAO Schwarz we met up with Chris for lunch and then we headed to the American Museum of Natural History.  Unfortunately we only had a couple hours before it closed but it was so cool.  I’m not always a museum kind of girl but I really liked this one.  It was neat seeing all the animals.  We headed back to the apartment and met up with Chris’ parents for the handoff of Jack.  Jack went and spent the rest of the weekend with his grandparents in NJ so that we could be a couple of footloose and fancy free girls in the city! 

Friday morning was one of the most fun days for me.  We got up really early and headed up to the Live with Regis and Kelly show.  We got on the standby list for tickets at 7:45am.  At 8:45am they started seating the audience.  There were 17 people in line and we were 16 and 17.  She came and took the first 12 and sat them and then came back for us!  We got taken to our seats at like 8:57am!  Regis wasn’t there but the guest co-host was Ashton Kutcher, which was kind of cool.  The guests were Jason Statham and the Cake Boss.  We didn’t have the greatest seats, we were blocked by the cameras a lot of the time but I it was still really cool to see live TV.  Kelly Ripa is the skinniest person in the entire world.  They threw these white beach balls around during the trivia contest and Callie took one straight in the face.  Too bad they didn’t get that on TV!  Drew watched the show and never saw us.  Oh well, it was still fun!

Friday afternoon we took a tour of Radio City Music Hall and got to meet a real Rockette.  I’ve seen the Rockettes twice so I thought it was pretty neat.  It was cool to go in some random places, like the hydraulics room to see how the four elevators on the stage work.

Friday  night we headed out to dinner, at about 9pm.  So New York City time, so past my bedtime!  We ate dinner in Greenwich Village at like 10:30pm.  It was a fun evening at a cool fish restaurant. 

Saturday we slept in and then went to the South Street Seaport and got tickets at the TKTS booth.  We got tickets to the Addams Family for that night.  We ate lunch at another cool little place and did some shopping.  We also went to Macy’s and shopped in the afternoon.  We met up with Chris again at a little Italian restaurant and then headed to the theatre for our show.  The show was really good but the coolest part was that the lead actors were Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.  It was awesome to see them act in a Broadway show.  The play was very funny and entertaining.  After the play we headed to Hard Rock CafĂ© for a snack and finally back to their apartment. 

Sunday we slept in again and then I had to get packed and we headed to the airport.  My flight was at 1:55pm so they dropped me off around noon.  It was sad to be leaving but I was ready to get back to my own family.  Soon after getting there they started showing my flight was delayed and started making announcements that the plane was coming from Philadelphia and was having maintenance issues.  The short story is that my flight got cancelled and the next flight I could get on was at 8:30pm.  I spent 8.5 hours at Laguardia airport on Sunday.  ugggggg.  Ed and Jamie ended up having to pick me up since the kids were in bed.  I finally got home a little after 11pm.  Talk about a LONG day.  I was so glad to see Drew and be home! 

Here are some of the pictures I took last weekend!

This is Jack’s winter stroller gear.  DSC_5857Callie’s first time on the Brooklyn Bridge.DSC_5868My second time on the Brooklyn Bridge.DSC_5869DSC_5874DSC_5879Looking at the Empire State Building in the distance.DSC_5896Crazy jumping pictures on the Bridge!DSC_5900DSC_5902Callie and Jack in the subway!DSC_5910DSC_5921This guy was so tall!DSC_5922A Barbie foosball table.  ha ha ha.DSC_5933The Big Piano!DSC_5942DSC_5949DSC_5951Jack asleep in his little cocoon.DSC_5987Standing beside a huge turtle at the American Museum of Natural History.DSC_5989Where’s Jamie?DSC_5995DSC_6000Callie was scared and running from the dinosaur in the background!DSC_6018A HUGE whale!  I look like a piece of rice compared to this thing!DSC_6024DSC_6027It snowed Friday morning!DSC_6047Gelman from the Regis and Kelly show was prepping the audience on when to clap, how to clap, etc. DSC_6050Ashton Kutcher and Kelly Ripa!DSC_6065DSC_6083The set.DSC_6086DSC_6091DSC_6092Times Square.DSC_6101We actually went in Saks and tried on party dresses.  We’re wild and crazy girls!DSC_6105DSC_6122Rockefeller Plaza!DSC_6123DSC_6184DSC_6151Hydraulics room!DSC_6157Me and Jenna the Rockette!DSC_6174Friday night Chris brought home flowers for ‘our’ date.  What a gentleman!DSC_6188Lunch Saturday at Fresh Salt, a place I kept hearing Callie talk about and was glad I got to go to!DSC_6202Macys!  I’m actually in the picture but you can’t see me.DSC_6222The ball is actually up there on top, but it’s really hard to see.DSC_6228The Addams Family at the Lunt Fontanne theatre.DSC_6238