Hello! I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything (over a week) and it's not because I haven't thought about it. It's just because I really haven't thought of anything profound to write about or share. Lately, things have been exhausting around here and I didn't really want to share them because who wants to read one long list of frustrations. But I could really use the prayers so here goes in no particular order:
1. Hattie Boo: For those that don't know, my little Hattie love is a sensitive girl. She tends to get sick often for what seems to be no apparent reason. And each time she gets sick, she gets a fever and vomits. We've tried eliminating things from her diet, blame it on teething, or tried to find various other explanations, but we haven't come up with anything yet. This past weekend was another one of her episodes in which she threw-up on Sunday night (twice), had a fever Monday and part of Tuesday, was fine yesterday, but then threw-up twice later last night. Of course, this means lots of sheet changing and worrying that it's a stomach virus and that we're all going to get it, only to shrug it off as "that's Hattie" and thinking that the puking is over. But then - bam it happens again. We've been experiencing this about once a month and my nerves are shot with worry. It's not normal for your child to vomit that frequently. But at this point I'm not sure what to do. And my little love doesn't even cry when it happens. Half the time I have to have super hearing power to even realize she's vomited in her crib. *sigh* It's been a few rough, sleepless nights for all of us.
2. Lucy: This child never sleeps. She has had this problem since she was an infant and we thought she'd grow out of it, but three years later, she's still not sleeping through the night in her own bed. But while that's just life with Lucy, this month she needs to see the dentist for some cavity repairs. Call it a combination of bad genes and bad parenting, Lucy has so many cavities that the best way for the dentist to take care of them all is by having her be put under full anesthesia while a special pediatric dentist does the work. While I realize cavities are a fact of life and that this is not a life threatening procedure, I'm still stressed and wrecked with guilt about contributing to the fact that she has cavities in the first place. (Constant juice in sippy cups is to blame.) We have since cut the juice entirely from our house and that seems to be going better than I had thought it would. Still, I'm just wanting this to be over so we can move on. Hopefully once they are fixed, we'll be done with dental problems for awhile.
3. Family illness: My grandpa isn't doing too well these days and although there's nothing I can do about it, I'm still stressed and sad for everyone involved. I already lost my grandma (my dad's mom) this year, so I don't want to think about losing another grandparent so soon.
4. Life in general: You know, it takes a tragedy in someone else's life in order for you to realize the blessings in your own and unfornately that's what happened recently. Whenever I'm having a pity party for myself, I just have to remember that my life is full of wonderful things and I have much to be thankful for, even if I'm just feeling crabby or overwhelmed. It helps to put things in perspective.
Thanks for reading and for the prayers.
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