Baby Kemerling

My brother and his wife are expecting their first on September 28th. Munchkin is about to get a huge lesson in sharing! Ha! Welcome Baby Kemerling. We can't wait to meet you!!!

One down, one to go

One of my boys is back and the other gets back soon. Munchkin returned home after spending several days with the grandparents. I went up to my mom and dad's for the weekend and then came home to have a few days to myself. I cleaned, ran errands, attended MOPS, shopped, organized and saw lots of friends. It was just what I needed.

Munchkin misses all his grandparents but I think he'll be happy once daddy gets home. Our living room floor is covered with toys again. Tomorrow morning we're going to a work day for MOPS at church and then we're coming home to make a surprise for daddy - Great grandma Vette's banana cake!!!

Thank you grandparents for taking care of my little guy!

Ahhh...normalcy!

Now that Munchkin is on another med, things are starting to look up. He slept well last night and woke up feeling well. Granted, he still has a runny nose and cough, but we were able to have some fun today!

This morning I dropped him off at the church nursery and headed to Mimi's Cafe with my MOPS Bible study for some breakfast - a little end of the year celebration. When I picked him up from the nursery he said he wanted to go to the park, so we went. It was so nice to be outside climbing, sliding, and being active! Tomorrow it may be rainy so it will probably be another day indoors.

Hubby leaves for Europe soon. Please be in prayer for safe travels!

Doctor. Doctor, give me the news...

Took Munchkin to the doctor today. Just as I suspected - just allergies. So we've started him on some children's allergy medicine. The doctor said he should take the grape flavored chewables fine. I thought "um, probably not" so when I went to the store today I bought the chewables and the liquid.

Much to my surprise (or not) he gagged, cried, spit and clung to me for dear life.

I think we'll try to liquid tomorrow.

On a different note, here are some pics from a couple weeks ago when we went to Deanna Rose. You'll notice there are no animals. That's because last year Munchkin had to play on the smaller playground. But this year he was big enough and confident enough to play on the big kid playground. We were there the majority of time.

You just did what?

As soon as I finished my previous post Munchkin just counted out loud from one to ten in Spanish. My work here is done! :)

A nose, a race and volcano ash

We're still struggling with allergies/asthma. We're doing breathing treatments every four hours, staying inside a lot, trying to keep up with a runny nose and praying for the pollen count to go down. I may take him to the doctor tomorrow because yesterday he woke up from his nap crying (this never happens) and said his nose hurt like there was an owie in it. Hmm...we'll have the doctor take a look.

I'm still running. Three weeks from today is the race. I am currently doing 3.25 miles in 38 minutes; a personal best for me. I am also continuing my weights but much prefer running outside. I like running outside so much better than on the elliptical so I'm avoiding that at all costs.

Hubby leaves for Germany and Sweden soon - as long as the airports aren't shut down on account of ash from the volcano. We'll miss him terribly. I'm praying Munchkin is feeling much better while daddy is out of town.

Well it's time for another breathing treatment so I'd better go. Sorry for not posting lately but we haven't had that much going on.

Allergies...Ugh!

Well, we didn't make it to Deanna Rose this morning. Last night Munchkin had trouble sleeping because of allergies. He has a stuffy, runny nose and when he breathes he snorts and whistles. It drove him crazy during the night. So instead of going outside and having those little allergies flare up even more, we're staying inside today. Hopefully a day of air conditioning will help.

He's been a real trooper, as usual. We've postponed the trip to Deanna Rose with Mason for next Wednesday. Instead of playing outside this morning he played in his room while I went through his closet and dresser. I totally cleaned everything out and reorganized. Ahhhh...relief! His closet has been a mess lately, so has his dresser drawers. I have two boxes of clothes ready to go in the basement, a few garage sale items, and clothes for spring/summer put away and ready to wear. Everything is neat and organized! Just the way I like it. I think he had fun too. I found some old books shoved in between things in his closet, so he had fun reading those while I worked.

Tonight Hubby has some work he needs to do in the yard. I think that will be the hardest for Munchkin. I know he'll want to be out there helping daddy. Wish me luck keeping this outsider inside all day! :)