Aiden's "Born to Rock" in his Bumbo chair (recommended by his Physical Therapist) with his spikey new 'do'
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Bumbo Chairs: Best things EVER!
Aiden's "Born to Rock" in his Bumbo chair (recommended by his Physical Therapist) with his spikey new 'do'
Monday, April 23, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
HA!!!! America can get on with their normal ways of life....
Sanjaya is GONE! FINALLY, the 'fun' of voting for the worse wore off, and people FINALLY decided that Sanjaya wasn't worth it, he sucked so bad, it wasn't even funny enough to keep up with the fake votes! We all win!
Poor Aiden is sick... AGAIN! He has the worse cough ever, and his breathing sounds worse than when he had RSV. I brought him to the doctor on Monday when this all started, but she listened to him for 10 seconds and said "he sounds fine to me"
Last time a doctor said that, he was in the hospital a week later with RSV.
at that time, yes, he didn't sound too bad, but of course as soon as we left the clinic and made it back to Nanny Karissa's he was coughing up a storm. He's stuffed up, you can hear the phlem in his throat and chest. I feel so bad for him, because he wakes up coughing, so he isn't getting any sleep, and his throat hurts, his eyes are watery and he's sneezing like crazy! I can't wait for his 4 month apointment on Monday!
The weather has been BEAUTIFUL the past couple of days, I think we're finally over the whole snow thing. today marked the 10 year anniversary of the "FLOOD OF '97" for Grand Forks. I didn't live here then but I can't imagine how much that sucked! It was the one of U.S. largest flood evacuations before Katrina!! And no one died in Grand Forks, thats amazing considering they evacuated like 50,000 people! ANyway, some of the photography of the flood is amazing... There are probably lots if you google. it....
have a good night@
Poor Aiden is sick... AGAIN! He has the worse cough ever, and his breathing sounds worse than when he had RSV. I brought him to the doctor on Monday when this all started, but she listened to him for 10 seconds and said "he sounds fine to me"
Last time a doctor said that, he was in the hospital a week later with RSV.
at that time, yes, he didn't sound too bad, but of course as soon as we left the clinic and made it back to Nanny Karissa's he was coughing up a storm. He's stuffed up, you can hear the phlem in his throat and chest. I feel so bad for him, because he wakes up coughing, so he isn't getting any sleep, and his throat hurts, his eyes are watery and he's sneezing like crazy! I can't wait for his 4 month apointment on Monday!
The weather has been BEAUTIFUL the past couple of days, I think we're finally over the whole snow thing. today marked the 10 year anniversary of the "FLOOD OF '97" for Grand Forks. I didn't live here then but I can't imagine how much that sucked! It was the one of U.S. largest flood evacuations before Katrina!! And no one died in Grand Forks, thats amazing considering they evacuated like 50,000 people! ANyway, some of the photography of the flood is amazing... There are probably lots if you google. it....
have a good night@
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
What a F#%*ed up day!
Sorry for the language, but my gosh, what a day I've had! Of course, I"ll write in semi-Cliff's notes so you don't get zombie eyes from staring at the computer screen too long reading my post...
8:00am: I'm at work, one hour into my shift, I'm stocking the coffee bar area. A gentleman comes up to me "excuse me, Miss, there is a lady out by the end entrance and shes bleeding, she needs help!" So we both run down the hall and I see this lady slumped against the building outside. As I walked toward the door, I see blood smeared on the glass, I open the door and see lots of blood. I bent down and asked her what happened, she says she fell and really hurt her arm. Her coat and glove are soaked in blood. I told the guy to dial 911. She said she was in room blah blah blah and her sister was in that room so I should go get her. So I did while the guy stayed with her. I was gone 2 minutes and when I got back, the guy was gone... whatever. The lady's sister came out in her nighty and bare feet. She sees her sister, realizes how serious it is, and goes back to the room to put clothes on so she can go with her to the hospital. So this woman (who is a RN) is staying remarkably calm...while she says "I'm losing too much blood, I feel like I'm going to pass out" So I keep talking to her as I rubbed her back, and she leaned against me and I'm thinking this ambulance is taking too long (even though it was only like 3-5 minutes it felt longer) so they come, cut off the sleeve of her coat... and I couldn't see everything but she had a compound fracture, her bone obviously broke through her skin. I stepped away, because, I'm can take blood okay, but not that much and not when my heart was already beating a million miles a minute and I was already shaking cause it was scary. Anyway, she got to the hospital, had to have surgery, and Jan talked to her and she was doing okay. She was really really lucky, the artery didn't break, it just stretched, otherwise she could have been A LOT worse off... and her nerves are okay I guess. Phew. And as far as we can tell, its not the hotels fault or anything, it looks like she just tripped up the curb and fell way wrong.
Okay... so I go back to breakfast and by this time, its time to start cleaning up. This lady comes down and asks if its okay is she can make a waffle. This usually makes me mad because, c'mon people... anyway, I'm okay with it because she's really nice. She sits in the corner and answers her cell phone while she's eating. As she's talking (kind of loud actually) I hear that her voice is starting to quiver, and then it turns into sobbing "I just miss home! I'm feel like crap, I look like crap...." more and more and more. She's crying all a lone. I'm thinking "what the hell do I do" So I ignored her and kept wiping tables like nothing was going on. Just me and a crying woman in the corner. Hm...but then she left, and I've never felt so cold hearted. I mean, its only human to reach out to people and comfort them when they're crying, but a total stranger I overheard on her cell?
THEN.... after I was done cleaning I was doing stuff at the desk, and this guy came in. He told me he was just waiting for someone. Then, of course, he had to tell me who, and why.... him and his buddy, who got totally wasted last night and are hungover today, are being deployed back to Iraq for the 3rd time and they leave today to get there tomorrow evening. He's leaving his 4 year old twins, who he was away from for the first year of their life because he was in Italy. He is a Col. in the Army. ALthough he was interesting, and I enjoyed his stories, he kept talkiing, and talking, and talking... about eveything WAR.... and man, this guy is all about blowing up the entire middle east to just end it all. he's all about the war and he is US military to the core... great, but I have a till to count, laundry to do, papers to do, things to email and fax.... then he gets on his phone and on the top of his lungs starts screaming at the poor PFC on the other side. "DO YOU KNOW WHO THE F*$! I AM!! YOU NAME DROP MY NAME RIGHT NOW TO THE Mother F*$!er SITTING ACROSS FROM YOU SO SHIT GETS DONE AROUND THERE" He went off for at least 3 minutes and then he called someone else and did the same thing for another 5... by that time he was screaming into the phone and so then I said "excuse me, Sir" and gave him a "shhh... " look like I didn't want to SAY anything because pfew... I didn't want to be his next victim. So he lowered his voice and went into the entrance. I mean how rude, I was on the phone for part of his ranting, and I'm sure the guest anywhere in the hotel could hear him!
Anyway, I left work and though "thats enough crazy day for me" I picked up Aiden and went to his PT appointment. His head is getting less flat on his right side, and his facial palsy looks better. She said he is doing very well and probably won't even need a helmet. YAY!!!
Then we got home, and Blake and Amber came over and we watched American Idol. Sanjaya sucked, even if Paula said it was "nice" and Simon said "Im going to regret this, but you weren't bad" he better not win. I'll never watch AI again!
now I'm going to bed. Tomorrow is my day off. GOOD!
Doug and Jas, Tab and Derek went to the Type O Negative concert tonight in Minneapolis. Hope they had fun! Can't wait to hear about it.
Sorry, that wasn' t so much Cliff's notes, hope you got through the whole thing okay!!!
8:00am: I'm at work, one hour into my shift, I'm stocking the coffee bar area. A gentleman comes up to me "excuse me, Miss, there is a lady out by the end entrance and shes bleeding, she needs help!" So we both run down the hall and I see this lady slumped against the building outside. As I walked toward the door, I see blood smeared on the glass, I open the door and see lots of blood. I bent down and asked her what happened, she says she fell and really hurt her arm. Her coat and glove are soaked in blood. I told the guy to dial 911. She said she was in room blah blah blah and her sister was in that room so I should go get her. So I did while the guy stayed with her. I was gone 2 minutes and when I got back, the guy was gone... whatever. The lady's sister came out in her nighty and bare feet. She sees her sister, realizes how serious it is, and goes back to the room to put clothes on so she can go with her to the hospital. So this woman (who is a RN) is staying remarkably calm...while she says "I'm losing too much blood, I feel like I'm going to pass out" So I keep talking to her as I rubbed her back, and she leaned against me and I'm thinking this ambulance is taking too long (even though it was only like 3-5 minutes it felt longer) so they come, cut off the sleeve of her coat... and I couldn't see everything but she had a compound fracture, her bone obviously broke through her skin. I stepped away, because, I'm can take blood okay, but not that much and not when my heart was already beating a million miles a minute and I was already shaking cause it was scary. Anyway, she got to the hospital, had to have surgery, and Jan talked to her and she was doing okay. She was really really lucky, the artery didn't break, it just stretched, otherwise she could have been A LOT worse off... and her nerves are okay I guess. Phew. And as far as we can tell, its not the hotels fault or anything, it looks like she just tripped up the curb and fell way wrong.
Okay... so I go back to breakfast and by this time, its time to start cleaning up. This lady comes down and asks if its okay is she can make a waffle. This usually makes me mad because, c'mon people... anyway, I'm okay with it because she's really nice. She sits in the corner and answers her cell phone while she's eating. As she's talking (kind of loud actually) I hear that her voice is starting to quiver, and then it turns into sobbing "I just miss home! I'm feel like crap, I look like crap...." more and more and more. She's crying all a lone. I'm thinking "what the hell do I do" So I ignored her and kept wiping tables like nothing was going on. Just me and a crying woman in the corner. Hm...but then she left, and I've never felt so cold hearted. I mean, its only human to reach out to people and comfort them when they're crying, but a total stranger I overheard on her cell?
THEN.... after I was done cleaning I was doing stuff at the desk, and this guy came in. He told me he was just waiting for someone. Then, of course, he had to tell me who, and why.... him and his buddy, who got totally wasted last night and are hungover today, are being deployed back to Iraq for the 3rd time and they leave today to get there tomorrow evening. He's leaving his 4 year old twins, who he was away from for the first year of their life because he was in Italy. He is a Col. in the Army. ALthough he was interesting, and I enjoyed his stories, he kept talkiing, and talking, and talking... about eveything WAR.... and man, this guy is all about blowing up the entire middle east to just end it all. he's all about the war and he is US military to the core... great, but I have a till to count, laundry to do, papers to do, things to email and fax.... then he gets on his phone and on the top of his lungs starts screaming at the poor PFC on the other side. "DO YOU KNOW WHO THE F*$! I AM!! YOU NAME DROP MY NAME RIGHT NOW TO THE Mother F*$!er SITTING ACROSS FROM YOU SO SHIT GETS DONE AROUND THERE" He went off for at least 3 minutes and then he called someone else and did the same thing for another 5... by that time he was screaming into the phone and so then I said "excuse me, Sir" and gave him a "shhh... " look like I didn't want to SAY anything because pfew... I didn't want to be his next victim. So he lowered his voice and went into the entrance. I mean how rude, I was on the phone for part of his ranting, and I'm sure the guest anywhere in the hotel could hear him!
Anyway, I left work and though "thats enough crazy day for me" I picked up Aiden and went to his PT appointment. His head is getting less flat on his right side, and his facial palsy looks better. She said he is doing very well and probably won't even need a helmet. YAY!!!
Then we got home, and Blake and Amber came over and we watched American Idol. Sanjaya sucked, even if Paula said it was "nice" and Simon said "Im going to regret this, but you weren't bad" he better not win. I'll never watch AI again!
now I'm going to bed. Tomorrow is my day off. GOOD!
Doug and Jas, Tab and Derek went to the Type O Negative concert tonight in Minneapolis. Hope they had fun! Can't wait to hear about it.
Sorry, that wasn' t so much Cliff's notes, hope you got through the whole thing okay!!!
Oh, and Aiden went to the doc. yesterday, he weighs 11lbs, 7.6oz!
Friday, April 06, 2007
Little Mr. McScreamer
Aiden definately has found his voice... and knows how to use it. He found that his voice can get him instant attention if he shreeeeeeks as loud as he possibly can. Its actually pretty funny because you can tell when he's about to do it because he'll make little fists, close his eyes, take a deep breath and let it all out with all his little lungs can handle. then he opens his eyes wide to see if you're listening to him, and then he repeats. He usually only does it when he's hungry, or when he wakes up and no one is around. He's starting to make some sort of sleeping pattern. He takes a nap at Karissa's from about 1-3 or 4. I'm sure she's happy about that because that's Isabella's nap time, so she gets a break! Then he'll sleep from about 5-6ish at home and then he's zonked out at about 8 or 9.... and then the night goes okay... by okay, I mean he isn't really fussy, but he doesn't sleep for more than 1 hour increments. To make a long story short, we're working on the whole sleep thing.
So this whole Sanjaya thing has my panties all up in a bunch. I almost don't even want to watch American Idol because of the idiots that are throwing the competition out the window and vote for Sanjaya, knowing damn well that he sucks. Gina went home, so now my two favorites are gone, and I'm sure they feel like they got ripped off, they have to watch as Sanjaya is making a mockery of what they DESERVE... and thats my little rant. Freakin' idiot. I wouldn't be surprised if, when he DOES get voted off, he gets stoned to death by an angry mob.
My mom and Dad are in town for Easter (just another excuse to see Aiden) but I'm excited because they're taking him tomorrow night and staying at the hotel. My mom said that gives us time to work on a little sister for Aiden... first of all, NO ONE should have to hear their mom say that, its creepy. Second of all... It'll be a while before Aiden gets a puppy, let a lone a little sister. Then for Easter we're eatin' ham and all the fixins. I work this weekend too... yucky. I feel like I see my co-workers more than I see my son... I guess thats just the way it goes though.
Anyway, I've been trying to take pics of Aiden, but my camera isn't saving new pictures. I have no clue why. I spent an hour today trying to figure it out, I guess I'm just gonna have to get a new camera!
So this whole Sanjaya thing has my panties all up in a bunch. I almost don't even want to watch American Idol because of the idiots that are throwing the competition out the window and vote for Sanjaya, knowing damn well that he sucks. Gina went home, so now my two favorites are gone, and I'm sure they feel like they got ripped off, they have to watch as Sanjaya is making a mockery of what they DESERVE... and thats my little rant. Freakin' idiot. I wouldn't be surprised if, when he DOES get voted off, he gets stoned to death by an angry mob.
My mom and Dad are in town for Easter (just another excuse to see Aiden) but I'm excited because they're taking him tomorrow night and staying at the hotel. My mom said that gives us time to work on a little sister for Aiden... first of all, NO ONE should have to hear their mom say that, its creepy. Second of all... It'll be a while before Aiden gets a puppy, let a lone a little sister. Then for Easter we're eatin' ham and all the fixins. I work this weekend too... yucky. I feel like I see my co-workers more than I see my son... I guess thats just the way it goes though.
Anyway, I've been trying to take pics of Aiden, but my camera isn't saving new pictures. I have no clue why. I spent an hour today trying to figure it out, I guess I'm just gonna have to get a new camera!
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