Sick Sick Sick

Sickness is still around at my house.

I don't want it here!

Connor has had a wet phlemy cough for 2 weeks now with no improvement no matter what I try. (Although it hasn't gotten worse either.)

Today I take him to his peds office and they peek in his ear and say "whoa he has an ear infection!" Connor usually plays with his ears (has since birth) and every time he has pulled on his ears lately I've asked him if his ears hurt. He always says no. He hasn't been running a fever either. They told me that they were glad I brought him in today. His eardrum wasn't about to rupture, but if I hadn't brought him in today, he would been in by the end of the weekend.

Unfortunately antibiotics give him diarrhea as well. Three hours after his first dose of amoxicillan, he had a NASTY watery diarrhea diaper. I just hope he doesn't have one in the middle of the night and it doesn't get changed until the morning.

I'm feeling better from my bought with an upper respiratory infection, but now Sammie isn't feeling well. It's barely 8pm and he's already in bed with a headache and not feeling well.

As soon as I get Connor in bed, I am hoping in the shower and going to bed myself.

And just because I don't want to leave another post without a picture, here for your viewing pleasure!

A boy in bed!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

It was not me who was trying to fish a toy out from under our stove, that our son had stashed in there, and realizing that I could not lay flat on my stomach to see under the stove because of my rather, um, large chest. Hmm. It was not me who had to have my not so chesty mother in law come over to retrieve said toy from under the stove. I am always able to get my childs toys from wherever he may stash them.

It was definately not me who bribed her son with tv to get him to take a nap. Nope, it REALLY was NOT ME. I would never use an artificial something to get him to go to sleep because I needed to do some things around the house. I'm a great mother who would not do that. Ummm, yeah.

Beautiful Sundays

It's gorgeous and over 70 degrees outside in the middle of November. Thanksgiving is 2 weeks away and then Christmas. Time goes by waaayyy too fast.

After Connor gets up from his nap, I think we'll go outside on the porch and blow bubbles or jump in piles of leaves.

I'm currently watching a movie called "Noone Would Tell." Fred Savage and Candace Cameron are in it. It's about a teenage couple who have been dating a short while and he starts getting violent. It starts off with him only verbally abusing her and he tells her that nobody cares about her but him. Of course she believes him and her self esteem goes down the tube. She wants to be with him so she keeps telling herself that it's all her fault. Then he starts pushing her around and slamming her into walls, all the while apologizing after the fact and saying it will never happen again. Soon he starts slapping her and she ends up breaking up with him. He doesn't take it well and tells her that if she isn't with him, then she wouldn't be with anybody else either. He asks her to go for a ride with him or something one last time and she does. He takes her to a lake and murders her. She was only 16.

It's so hard watching movies like this because I know it happens everyday and nobody will open their mouths to get help because they are scared. I've never been in that situation and thank goodness. I would hope I would be smart and strong enough to get help.

Anyway we have one more full week of work and then a short week due to Thanksgiving! I can't wait! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. This morning Connor and I went to a couple of stores to buy some Christmas stuff that was SUPER cheap. I can't wait to decorate! I'm sure I'll do it the weekend of Thanksgiving.

I'll leave you with an adorable picture of Connor waking up saying "I'm ready to get up Mama!"

I'm boring and a rambler

But I like it like that.

Happy Veteran's Day!

I'm very thankful for those fighting for us and for those who fought for us long ago. Please keep up the hard work.

Carolina Son is currently sleeping in his crib and Carolina Boy is working on making some bracelets. He weaves bracelets from paracord. He does watchbands, keychains, bracelets and all sorts of nifty things.

I am now the proud owner of an upper respiratory infection. I've been waking up constantly at night with an extremely sore throat from sinus drainage. And then when I wake up, my head feels like it will explode.

Sounds lovely, huh?

Be jealous.

Sore throat

Sometimes I hate this time of year. When the weather turns cooler, I almost ALWAYS end up with a sore throat. I think it's due to sinus drainage. But poor Carolina Son has a pretty wet cough that won't go away. We finally were able to get him his seasonal flu shot on Halloween.

Speaking of Halloween, I've got some pictures to post!

At work, we were a bunch of crayons. Of coure I was the blue one, because that's my favorite color.




Me with my little fireman


Connor trying to kiss a diva dog

I can't believe Thanksgiving is in less than 3 weeks, so that means Christmas is less than 2 months away! It always sneaks up on me.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.



It was not me who, while going to eat at Cold Stone Creamery, saw a jar labeled "tasting spoons" and picked one up. While it was on it's way to my mouth (because i taste my spoons first!) the guy working there said "Uh maam? Those have already been used!" My eyes got huge and i dropped that spoon in a hasty manner! Sammie and i giggled hysterically while we picked out our ice cream and mix ins.

It was also not me who pondered aloud whether or not i should use cover up on Connor's nose after he had a run in with the wheel of a tricycle. He has fall pictures at his daycare tomorrow and it looks like someone sliced some skin off his nose, because, you know, that's what happens when wheels of tricycles come in contact with little noses.

I won't be using coverup by the way.


It was guess who? Not me! who REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY enjoyed dressing up as a zombie for an early Halloween party this past weekend. It came me an excuse to put on makeup and make myself look AWFUL because i didn't brush or wash my hair! Hehe, zombies aren't supposed to smile though. I had a hard time with that concept.




Me and my zombie love

Fish Sticks, boys, and pumpkins

I'm hovering over my kitchen counter waiting for Connor's fish sticks and tater tots to finish in the toaster oven. While he's eating, i'm fixing some broccoli and cheese soup along with some grilled cheese sandwiches.

I just peeked into the living room where Connor is watching Max and Ruby, and he is sprawled out across our ottoman with his head down. Poor boy looks so sleepy. But everytime i ask him if he's okay its "i'm okay mama!"

Yum the timer dinged so the fish sticks and tots are finshed! I'm off to let them cool.

Along came a boy....


At the pumpkin patch last Saturday

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.



It was not me who scolded my mother in law for unloading and loading back the dishwasher because I did not do it yet and I did not want to seem the messy type. Because my house is always clean and my dishes are never dirty. My house stays immaculately clean at all times even though I work full time.

Yeah.

It was also not me who may or may not have accidently or not accidently spilled birdseed all over the basement floor. It is also possible that I did or morelikelythannot clean up the mess because I was tired from mowing the grass or weed eating the yard.

Ah it feels better getting that out!

Welcome to my Carolina World!

Welcome! This is my first blog and my first post.

I'm a twenty something year old wife and mother from North Carolina. I've been married 5 and a half years and my husband and I have an adorable 2 and a half year old son. I work in health care and my husband is in law enforcement. Our son works on being the typical toddler. Read: he runs around the house cheering about cartoons. And while we are working on potty training, he gets up from the potty and runs around the house naked jabbering about blankets.

My life is fun, as currently I'm making funny noises at the boy and he's just grinning at me like I've just run away from the looney bin. He's hysterical. I never knew kids were so funny until I had one of my own.

Please bear with me as I learn the blogging world. Any tips and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Thanks and welcome to my world of being a working wife and mother!