Taking Care of Momma

When you join the ranks of Mommyhood, often times we start to put ourselves last.  At least, that's what I do for my kids and hubby.  But perhaps, we should all remember that we are humans too and sometimes we do come first.  Especially when your body is telling you to!!  If we aren't healthy and up to par, they will suffer.  Right??  So, best to be healthy and take care of you:)

When my kids are sick or don't feel well, I am the first one to see what happens and call the doctor.  I don't call for every little thing, but when they are sick and not getting better I call right away.  I am also the biggest nagger towards my hubby when he starts to complain about his aches/pains and troubles.  Call the doctor, I say.  And now, I think I need to follow my own advice.

I don't know what's wrong and there are several things that it could be...from a simple infection to things of greater significance.  I always say I don't have time to go to the doc.  And I really don't.  But, I need to make the time.  I haven't had a true physical since I started having babies (10 years ago).  I haven't been to a skin doctor in over 10 years to have my moles checked.  I haven't been to the Ob since Franny was born.  Hey, at least I keep my dental appts twice a year...  ok, not funny.  I know, I have a tendency to make jokes about pretty much everything b/c I like to keep it light.

So, I'm off to call the doctor and hopefully there will be an appointment that won't disrupt my kids after school schedule (ha ha ha ha ha) or my multitude of job schedules (again, ha ha ha ha).  Perhaps I should just go to Urgent Care...they're open late, right??  Do they have a Drive-Thru care??  Wouldn't that be convenient- drive to the window, yell out your symptoms and get your diagnosis without getting out of the car...

I will keep you posted...well, at least I will try and keep you posted... I know these posts are sometimes few and far between:)

Have a fabulous day!!

Franny takes a header...

Check out that nose...fell, head first, down our front steps.  Now, I should tell you these steps are concrete and have no railing.  I should also tell you Kyra was standing right next to her off in her own little world.

Usually, Kyra will hold her hand going down the steps so I can finish getting everything we need and get out the door.  Trying to get 4 kids out the door and onto an activity is somewhat of a challenge so I rely on the help from the big kids to get the little kids into the car.  Usually, not a problem.  Well, unless you get annoyed that the boys trudge through the muddy grass, step in every puddle and run around the car instead of getting in it a problem???

Ah well...accidents happen, right??  I think every kid has face planted themselves down these steps...and probably a few adults:)

Only bled for a little bit and now she just looks like Rudolph as the nose has gotten redder and more swollen.  She will live and perhaps Kyra will pay more attention to her??  ha ha...

This is not her first fall...nor will it be her last.  Of all my children, Franny will most likely cause me to run to the emergency room.  I have been pretty lucky with the other three on that department... twice with DJ (and one of them was b/c of a tick bite and not an accident) and once with Max.  None for Kyra at this point.  Uh oh, did I just jinx them???

Let me tell you about the last scary fall of Franny's.  I have been meaning to write this for awhile but just can't seem to fit everything into 24 hours a day..  We took a trip over to Pirate's Park...a park near here that has a big Pirate Ship for the kids to play on.  I walk Franny up the plank and further up to the top...little did I know there was a hole for sliding down a pole just on the other side of where the steps were... yup... she went through it and landed about 6 feet below.  Of course, that one put my heart into my throat like no other Franny fall has ever done.  Fortunately, she was fine.  Scared (me) and unscathed.  And Luckily, she didn't land on the nail that was sticking up just a few inches away...that would not have been good.

This is the pirate ship

This is where she fell

This was 5 minutes later..

In other news...here is how my weekend was (you can hum the Flight of the Bumblebee while you read it..lol)

Friday friday friday
Finish cookies Finish cake
Deliver cookies
Pick up kids
Snack time, change your clothes, let's go
Deliver DJ at his dance
Deliver sample cake for tasting
Grab a bite to eat
Religious retreat
Saturday Saturday Saturday
Gotta get to work
Drive down to Jerz
Please please fix my lens
Fill the tank Stop get milk
Clean Clean Clean the sink
Make dinner clean it up
Play with fondant Play with kids
Whew one kid in bed finally sitting down
Oh crap the TV's black... oh geez there goes the sound
Franny's passed out put them all to bed
Pitter patter of feet..really, it's just a little rain
Up again, Church is early and that beeping machine woke me up:(
CCD, make breakfast, pick up at CCD, make more breakfast
Carry a heavy TV and make hubby carry other one back (yup, I'm a weakling)
Go to work, grocery shopping in a downpour
Unload groceries, unload dishes, eat some grub
Make hubby clean the kitchen...fell asleep on the couch snuggled up with Franny
Went to bed at 2AM...who's that in my bed?? DJ afraid of the rain again... ear plugs ear plugs ear plugs!!!
Franny's awake and won't stay put..wanna sleep..brought her in with us:(
Monday Monday here we come, let's start all over again!!

Franny's Day... and evidently mine too:)

My kids always know when I have things to do, you know??  And today was no exception.  Franny is one smart cookie and she let herself shine today!!  Here is a brief overview of what she did today:

-crumbles her cupcake and throws it all over the floor

-dumps her eggs on the floor

-opens the container of wipes and evenly distributes them all over the house

-pulls the books off the shelves and throws them on the ground

-Pulls apart her cheese stick and throws all the pieces on the floor

-empties the block bin and runs right through them kicking them all over the place and when Max actually helps by cleaning them up, she does it all over again

-climbs into the block bin for Max to pull her around

-plays the empty and run through with the other blocks in a bag...yes, she can open zippered bags now

-plays in the toilet, thus getting her completely soaked along with the floor, toilet, toilet paper, rug, etc

-pulls my camera off the bed and drops it on some lifting weights breaking the lens protector thingy and perhaps more to the  lens itself  (ok, she did this the other day, but if feels like it was only today)

-manages to sneak upstairs when the gate is off only to play in that toilet with the toilet brush and carry it all
over upstairs dripping stuff every where (did I mention that nobody knows how to flush a toilet in this house??)
 -passes out in the car while on delivery run

-sits on Max while he is 'playing' in Baby C's carseat b/c she wants to be in there too

-upended my purse all over the floor

Hey- I had stuff to get done...and she is brutal!!  I only have a few pics b/c I just happened to have the camera around as I'm practicing with a diff. lens.  So, here they are..

Here's what I did today... well, I got it all done (my baking stuff, that is) on time except my kitchen looks like a bomb went off in it still...lol

 Finished, packaged and delivered 100 voleyball cookies:)

Filled, stacked, frosted, re-frosted, packaged and delivered.

See, Momma works!!  ha ha ha