Spring time

Things I look forward to this time of year
warm weather
chacos
shorts
grilling
being outside w/ the boys
going for walks to the store or the library or just about anywhere
the snow going away and green appearing
open windows
and planting my garden... mostly so i can enjoy the food to come =)

Swings, Pink eyes, and SPit UP

We finally got to go to the park for the first time this year, it was still a little cold but I bundled up the boys and off we went. I was grateful that Kim came over and walked to the park with me. Tobin seems to be scared of heights a bit but he sure does enjoy the swings. This of course was after we had a bout with pink eye earlier in the week. Poor guy both eyes, they would be all gunked up after he slept. Daddy went in to get him one morning and he pointed to the eye that he couldn't open and asked daddy "eye, eye?". We've been working on getting him to say the body parts so he can tell us when something hurts and he did for the first time that morning.
I think we finally figured out some meds for Zeke to take that will help him gain some weight. The true test will be Friday when we go get his weight checked. He's still spitting, but it doesn't seem to hurt so much, or at least not all the time. Of course I say that and he starts his something doesn't feel good cry. =/ I sure hope he grows out of this soon.

Whirlwind

The past week has been a whirlwind, and whirlwinds make huge messes. First I went down to Iowa City to get my rings cleaned and checked to keep the warranty on them current only to find out that Zales closed the store in the coralridge mall. Now the closest one is in Waterloo. Who goes to Waterloo, what is there to do there? The trip however wasn't a total lose, I was able to find some recordable storybooks that Aaron's parents wanted me to get for them to do while they're in the states the next time. I've been looking everywhere for them and hadn't had any success.
Second, Zeke started to worry me because there was even more spit up than normal. So Friday we went in to get his weight checked and he'd only gained 4 oz in two weeks... which then created...
Third, A visit to a pediatric gastrointestinal specialist at the University of Iowa Hospital. That place is a maze. We managed to not turn into the right entrance then when we finally found the correct one and then the correct parking garage, it was of course full. I only knew how to get to where i needed to be from that garage but, Amy, Amanda and I figured it out and got to the Dr's a little late. Good news though, stringer medicine that should take care of his spitting and fussiness.

Then yesterday, what I thought was going to be a nice uneventful day... had to wait for 30 minutes for a Rx that should have already been filled (which it was, they just couldn't find it). Then needed to refill ink cartridges so that Amanda could print out stuff she needed for her travel this week. Never before have I had so much trouble with the ink, (I personally think it's because it was an off brand cartridge)... Two colors of ink were spilled, One just pooled on the table, no big deal... The other made a huge mess, there was black ink on more places than there wasn't, oh well. I eventually got them filled and the printer is working again yay =)

But here's what happened to me...

So I was going to write something about why I was going to try this blog thing out and what was going to be on here, but I don't really know the answers to those questions. SO, I'm just going to start.

Today we were going to try to go downtown to watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade, but instead we're watching it right now online. Zeke's still not feeling the best, I'm waiting to hear from the Dr. Maybe we'll get a new medicine to try, but I'm tired of not being able to help the little guy.