Got milk?

Last night Marshall dropped me off to do a pump class. We had picked up a free pizza beforehand and he was going to go home and feed Chandler. Chan hadn't had a nap yesterday so he fell asleep in the car. I guess when they went home Chandler was way out of it. They got up to the apartment and Marsh offered him some pizza. Chan really doesn't like pizza, weird kid, but decided he wanted some Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I hadn't had the chance to go to the grocery store so we didn't have any milk. Marshall decided to improvise and put water....yes WATER in his cereal. Talk about nasty. Chandler took one bite and threw a fit. I don't blame him, I think I would have too. He kept yelling, "I want milk! I want milk!" I guess he ended up being hungry enough that he ate 2 bowls of water cereal. Pretty disgusting if you ask me. Guess we need to venture out to get some milk today....lol.

Toning Up

I hit my pre pregnancy weight about a month ago.  Actually I was 1 lb under which made me happy.  I don't own a scale though so I haven't weighed myself in over a month.  Maybe I'll eventually get one but then again I don't really want to be obsessed with weighing myself all the time.  So if I'm at my pre-prego weight why am I not happy?  I finally realized that my energy levels are ridiculously low - especially with my baby who boycotts sleeping at night.  I'm tired all of the time.  I'd like to firm up my middle too.  I did really good working out when we lived with my parents because they have a home gym.  It's all gone down the drain since we moved.   About a month ago I started doing a daycare trade at our City Center.  I work in the daycare for 2 hours a week, on Tuesdays, and in return get a free membership.   It's nice because I can take the boys with me and they get some interaction with other kids.  I decided to start taking advantage of my membership by going to some classes.  After a class yesterday and today, I am officially SUPER sore.  I went to a cycling class last night and then a cardio circuit class this morning. They both kicked my butt, but it's nice to work out so hard you feel like you are going to vomit.  That's what you get when you don't work out for while and then push yourself too hard.  Hopefully I can tone up a little bit and get my energy levels up.  I need to get a new swimsuit and some goggles too so I can swim laps and have variety in my workouts.  

Halloween Giveaway

My babes and kids sites is having a Halloween Giveaway. Check it out!

Some Family Time

Since we have moved to Utah 3 months ago, we've never had a Saturday that we've had all day to do what we want and just spend time together as a family. Marshall had to work the first 6 Saturdays at his job, he was gone for training a couple weeks, we went to Idaho for a wedding...etc. So this last Saturday we decided to go do some fun things as a family.

We went to Hogle Zoo and on the way stopped at the Farmer's Market at Pioneer Park in SLC. We got some awesome fresh peaches that were so delicious. Once we got to Hogle we spent about 3 1/2 hours there. It was fun to see some of the bigger animals like giraffes and elephants. Chandler was in heaven with all the animals and everywhere we went he would run or gallop. Rowan was quite intruiged as well. We rode the little train while we were there and Chandler loved that as well. After Hogle we ate at Chipotle (YUM YUM) and picked up some things at Costco. We didn't get home until after 8. It was a busy day but so much fun to spend a Saturday together.

Housewarming Gift

My brother Jason lives in Salt Lake. He hadn't been down to see our apartment or visit yet so he decided to come on Friday night. He lives very close to downtown so he's about a half hour drive from us. Well he showed up with a big smile on his face and said, "Happy Housewarming."

True, we don't live in a house, but honestly it's my first "housewarming gift," lol. Boy does he know me. It was fun to visit for a few hours. Jason is 13 years older than me so I was pretty young when he left home. So back to the candy - thanks Jason. And everyone else, you don't even want to know how many candy bars I've eaten today....I think I may have a hoarding problem ;)

Rowan

We went to a follow up appointment today at the ped's office. Rowan is still wheezing. It's been a long week too. We've stayed home a lot and gone a little stir crazy. Chandler has spent a lot of time in the naughty spot and I think he is really sick of our apartment. The steroid Rowan is on has made him really fussy too. Chan and Marsh went to the Dr. (urgent care) on Monday night. Marsh has bronchitis and a sinus infection which I think he is almost over. Chan had another ear infection, go figure. The PA we saw was a little dense and didn't have the best bedside manner. He also prescribed Chandler the wrong dose of antibiotic. Double what he should have had, but luckily the Pharmicist caught it. Did I mention how grateful I am for awesome health insurance? Especially since between all the sickies in my house we have been to the Dr. 7 times in the last month.
Anyways, back to our office visit. Rowan's ear infections look much better and he hasn't run a fever for a few days. The new diagnosis- Pediatric Asthma. We are now trying the Singulair granules to see if that helps with his wheezing and to open up his airway a little more. He has to take it daily so hopefully I can be good about remembering. I'm really hoping that he will grow out of it. I know my nephew Kaden had asthma when he was young and eventually grew out of it. We go back in another 4 weeks to see if it is working. He will also get a flu shot at this time. Dr. Lei said there are 2 different flu shots out this year and he wants to give him one in 4 weeks, and then another one a month later, so we will probably do that at his 9-10 month well baby. I'd hate to have a sick baby all winter, so I'm all about the flu shots. We will continue to do albuterol treatments when Rowan really needs them. (Oh and Rowan isn't crawling yet, but he is soooo super close. I'll be sure to post when he takes off.)

Pneumonia

Yesterday Rowan's nose started getting bad again and he started getting a little wheezy.  We had a long night last night and this morning he was wheezing again.  At about noon it started to get really bad and scared me.  I noticed that he was retracting quite forcefully and his respirations were quick.  He was really having to work to breathe.  He was also running a low grade fever - right at 100.  I didn't want to mess around so we went into the dr.  I was going to just see a Nurse Practitioner but after assessing him, she wanted the Dr.'s opinion.  His respirations were about 60 per min. The dr. came in and listened to him.  After that we did two breathing treatments and a chest x-ray.  After the chest x-ray we did one more breathing treatment.  He sounded so much better.  The dr. then came in and said Rowan had fluid in two different parts of his lungs.  He said he had a mild case of pneumonia and didn't want it to get any worse.  Oh, and he still has a raging ear infection in his one ear.  So back on a stronger antibiotic, 5 more days of steroids, and breathing treatments every 6 hours. Chandler was terrible at the visit and we were there for an hour and a half.  Makes me wish I had found someone to watch him for a little bit.  It felt a bit like a 3 ring circus.  While we were there he smashed goldfish into the carpet, put his whole head under running water in the sink, took 7 "complimentary" dum dums, spit water all over the floor...I was more than just a little stressed the entire appointment.  I had a hard time keeping tabs on him too as I had to do the breathing treatments with Rowan.  

I am just so sad my baby is so sick.   I guess I should be grateful that it's not bad enough that they would have to hospitalize him. He is completely worn out from the appointment and I'm happy to see him sleeping soundly.  Marshall has also had some sort of sinus crud for a week and a half.  I'm making him go to the dr. tonight.