…busy?

Here it is the end of July, and summer for us is just about done. We’ve had swim lessons, playground programs, field trips, playdates, and on Friday we leave for a long, long, long drive. We’ll be in West Virginia for a day, then Washington DC for most of a week, and will hit Cleveland on the way back.

While in DC we’ll be taking the train a lot - yes, with 3 kids! If any of you big city types have any tips, please let me know! How do you work a double stroller on the subway anyway…

Our family needs to travel more.

The news from the cath was good - things are stable, and there is no need to start planning a transplant just yet. It’s as good as we could have possibly hoped. Nonetheless, you might assume that we’d had our fill of hospitals this month.

Apparently, you’d be wrong.

This morning, no doubt feeling both invincible and overjoyed at his good fortune at having a mother who can be bullied into making lunch at 10:15am, Boy-o decided to do a bit of couch jumping in celebration of the forthcoming egg sandwich. So being in the kitchen making 3rd breakfast/1st lunch, I missed the really fun part where he somehow managed to leave the couch head-first, using the coffee table to break his fall.

The blood was quite copious, and the super fun trip to the ER has bought us Boy-o’s first two stitches since he was a newborn! Right in the middle of his forehead, natch. The really cool part is how you can see the line going all across his forehead and eyebrow in the exact shape of the coffee table’s corner. Also cool? He is off showers and bathing for yet another 5 days. Feeling faint? Come smell my kid! If that doesn’t wake you up, nothing will!

I can’t quite decide what to do with this blog. Lately I’ve been focused on some different things… like crochet, and the Crochet Revolution. And I’ve written up a couple of patterns. And I think I’d like to share them. But do I do that here, or do I start a second blog to neglect? I’m not sure, but I think the face of this blog may change a little bit. I don’t plan on deleting old posts, or not talking about my life, I just want to mix it up a little.

We’ll see. For now, remember to floss before you brush, and wish us well. Boy-o goes in the U or Iowa Children’s tomorrow for another heart catheterization. We’ll have our fingers crossed, and could use any extra fingers you could spare.

Boy-o’s cardiologist conferences with the pediatric cardiology team in Iowa City to discuss whether his current symptoms warrant (another) heart catheterization. He continues the antibiotics for his ear infection and nebulizer for bronchiolitis.

Queenie had blood tests and x-rays. Her leg and hip are not broken. It may be a muscle pull. If it’s not better in two days we test for leukemia. In the meantime she lays on the couch demanding snacks. She continues her antibiotics for her ear infection.

Bon Bon is a cheery delight… as he continues his antibiotics for his ear infection.

The Producer has been diagnosed with a sinus infection.  He picks up his antibiotics this afternoon.

I’m fine, thanks.

FREEBIE OF THE DAY: They say smiling is good for you…think it’ll keep me safe?

FREEBIE OF THE DAY: Need a little Discipline?

FREEBIE OF THE DAY: Timely!