Swinging

I don't know if you can guess by the title of this post or not but I'll tell you anyway. WE FINALLY GOT A SWING. It is the best invention for babies EVER, next to the Boppy of course. Cael loves it. It's kind of a funny story how I got it. I joined this group on Facebook for yard sales in northeast Missouri and southern Iowa and posted on the wall asking if anyone had one. Luckily, a lady in Brashear was getting rid oof one that was in very good shape at a yard sale in May and she told me that I could have it for ten dollars. It was PERFECT! 6 speeds, has a timer, and plays music, all on four D batteries. Heck. Yes.

So I was told by several people that I need to stop being so open in my blogs. One reason being my medications. I was told that people can use this against me. How? Does anyone know how?

For the past week Cael has been having really really nasty diapers, like a gray-green paste, sometimes with yellow chunks... It's really gross and lately he's been spitting up a water-like liquid that makes him scream and cry. So we took him to Dr. Early who said that it could either be a stomach virus or reflux. He said it was more than likely a stomach virus though because of the poop. We now have a medicine called Hyosyne to give to Cael three times a day. He likes it though. My mom would always tell me horror stories of when she tries to give me medicine as a child. One time, she had to pin me down on the floor and force feed the medicine to me and I ended up spitting the medicine back out and put a red stain on her robe. I don't remember this though.

In about a week, Cael, my mom, my sister, my grandma, and I will be heading to Ohio for my cousin Kara's graduation from college. This will be the longest car ride Cael has ever had and we're not sure how it's going to go. It takes about 7 hours on average for us to get there but you also have to factor in pit stops, feedings, diaper changes, etc. This could end up being a 9+ hour trip :/ That will stink... Brad is planning on going back to Warrensburg that weekend so he can spend time with his family and friends there. His mom's birthday is also on the Monday after Mother's Day.

This will be the longest time Brad and I have been apart since before we moved in together... Yeah, he's been back since then but it's only been for two to three days at most. We won't see each other for four, yes four days... That might sound a little mushy gushy and stupid, but I'm going to miss him A LOT... At least I'll have Cael with me and have Skype and my cell phone so we can still see/hear from each other... But I'm still kind of sad about it... I'll be lonely without Brad to cuddle with at night :(

Right now I'm watching Brad play Dante's Inferno on the XBox 360. It's kind of a knock off of God of War and it's graphic are AMAZING. It's almost like a movie when the story parts come up.

Well I'm exhausted so I'm gonna head off to bed finally. Good night, sleep tight and don't let those bed bugs bite.

Sleeping Like A Baby

I just had to post it. It's too cute to keep to myself :)

Holy Crap, Week

Today was my first day back working at JC Penney and wow, did it feel good to be doing something that wasn't sitting on my butt all day or running around and buying things that our family needs. It took me forever to get back into the swing of things, but I did eventually get the hang of it again. I needed today.

Yesterday I went to an appointment with Reggie, a psychiatric nurse that I've been seeing for about two years now. After talking to her, she thought that it would be best for me to at least start back on the fluoxetine (yes, I just used a generic name for a medication). I go back in three weeks to see her again...

On a better note, Cael is doing wonderful. Actually he's been really grouchy today and has super bad gas but otherwise he's doing perfectly. At the moment, he's sleeping like a baby, hahaha

Right now I'm watching Brad play Left 4 Dead on the Xbox 360. I'm not a huge fan of this game, mostly because my dreams in the night consist of zombies running at me and me trying to get away and, in the end, not succeeding... Like I said, I'm not a huge fan of this game...

Well, I'm about to pass out, I'm so tired... But Cael is about to wake up so I have a feeling I won't be getting to sleep until very, very late... Oh well...

Formula-holics Anonymous

Cael, you have a problem. You need to realize this. It hurts your father and me more than you know. You can't keep drinking like this. You drink a whole bottle and then you pass out. Sometimes, you don't even finish the whole bottle. We're concerned for you and we only want to see you happy and healthy. We're taking you to FA tomorrow.

We're not stupid, just so you know lol

Cael is sat my mom's house today. Natalie, my younger sister, wanted to take him on a walk in his stroller so I sent my mom a text saying, "If you want Cael, come and get him."

HE'S A MONTH OLD ALREADY! I still can't believe it! A month ago, at this very time, I was in labor with him and was crying my eyes out because it hurt. At 5:55 pm I started pushing and then POP! there he was! Holy cow, time is going by so fast... Can we rewind it for just a little while? I don't want my baby to grow up... Pretty soon he'll be crawling, then walking, then using the big boy potty, then the next thing I know, he'll be in college and then having babies of his own... *cries a little inside*

But I'm cherishing the moments we have with him now, when he still needs his mommy for everything. Bottles need to be washed, chores need to be done, but I don't care. I'm playing with my baby boy while I can.

Sleep Deprived and Hungry

Cael has made it to the one month mark! Well, technically he hasn't really made it until 6:05 tonight but whatever...

You may ask why 12:27 am was chosen as this morning's blog post time. Well, Cael's hungry and I'm bored, that's why. But he's almost done with this bottle so I'll be getting off soon to burp and rock him to sleep.

Good night all! I'll post something later today as well.

Family Time

Family time is something that we don't get to have a lot. Brad's mom is visiting today and will be here for the weekend. It's really nice having her here because Brad and I get time to chill and she doesn't get to see Cael as often as my family does. I'm really looking forward to Easter. One reason is, Easter = effing AMAZING food :) Another is all of our family gets together and it's nice to see everyone and talk to everyone.

Cael is almost a month old already! He's so big now! I can't believe how fast he's growing up, it seems like only yesterday we were worrying about his sleeping schedule and all that. Now we're worrying more about gas and feeding.

At Cael's last appointment, which was because I was worried about how his breathing has been lately, he weighed in at 9 pounds and 3 ounces! He's almost gained 2 pounds since birth! What a big boy :)

So the whole thing with Cael's breathing has been bothersome. He snores really bad and after a bottle, he'll suck in a breath and then have issues starting back up with breathing. He's just has so much congestion that we can't suck out of his nose with the aspirator because it's so far back. Dr. Early said to get Little Noses diluted saline drops and it will loosen up the mucus so it's easier to suck it out with the aspirator. The aspirator that we have is kind of crappy though because the rubber is really thick and you can't squeeze it very well.

Well, my baby's a-cryin' so I think I'll be getting off here. Night all!