The only prescription is more cowbell...

FEVER!!!

I always associate the word fever with cowbell..Thank you Christopher Walken and Saturday Night Live.

Last night Landry fell asleep on the couch pretty early. Since we didn't get much sleep the night before, I wasn't surprised. I let her sleep for about 30 minutes before waking her up. It was 5:30 so I was afraid that if she slept too long then she would wake up and be up all night. When I woke her up, she was burning up. At first, I figured it was just because she had her blanket over her and she fell asleep on leather, which accounted for the sweat. After an hour, she wasn't moving around much, so I gave her a big hug and found her to still be really hot. She was in the kitchen with me while I was cooking, and I thought...maybe it's just because it is so hot in here...BUT - my mom brain was working so I took her temperature because the heat plus the fact that she wasn't acting like her usual self didn't add up. So, 101.3...oh my poor baby. I finish cooking, we all eat, but Landry. I finally got her to eat some dry Cheerios, but she didn't want to drink anything. I gave her some tylenol and waited. She just sat in my lap unmoving. After a couple of hours I was sweating as well. I felt like I was sitting under an electric blanket in the middle of summer. So, I took her temperature again at 10. It was up to 102.6. It had been nearly 4 hours, so I gave her some more tylenol and we went to bed. She was in and out of sleep. I could hear her whimper and it was terrible. I felt so bad for her. Every 15 minutes she would wake up crying. I would rock her for 5 minutes until she settled down. This went on and on. At 2, I could barely hold my eyes open. I checked her temperature which had spiked even higher at 103.4! I woke up pretty quickly at that number and decided that with my sleepy brain perhaps I read it wrong, so I took it again...yep - still 103.4! I gave her more tylenol and went to wake JR. My stupid brain wasn't working right as I tried to remember at what temperature you should go to the ER. Please don't judge me...be at that point I REALLY didn't want to go to the ER. I hadn't gotten any sleep the night before, and still hadn't slept all night. Of course I was really worried about my baby and yes, no matter how tired I was I would have taken her to the hospital. JR got online and started looking up my answer while I rocked and soothed my baby girl. Then he called up to the hospital and was told to take her temperature again in an hour and we needed to give the tylenol time to work...ummm...she just had her 3rd dose and it WASN'T working. So now my mommy brain is angry at the hospital for dismissing my baby as if she is just fine..SHE IS NOT FINE. I was ready to take her to the hospital right then and there. I know - this is confusing because it totally contrasts what I just said. So, I wait the hour, and surprisingly Landry is asleep and hasn't woken up during the entire torturous hour. Finally, it was time to check her. It was back down to 102.7...still too high for my liking, but at least it was going down. I set my alarm and fell asleep. An hour later, she was still asleep and I took her temperature again....102.1, still going down. At that point I fell asleep. I got up this morning and checked her temperature first thing, it was 100.6. Still a fever but at least it wasn't so high. We took Logan to school and so far she has been sleeping, but she is still at 100.6 Poor baby girl. Hopefully she will feel better soon.

House Fever!

Today is Thursday and the plumbers have still not come to install the sink/countertops in the kids bathroom and guest bathroom. This is highly annoying. in fact, not much has been done at the house this week. Sure, they got the granite countertops and sink put in the kitchen. Yesterday they did the tile backsplash. They put the linoleum floor in the kitchen and entryway (not that it matters since that is all being replaced with wood as soon as we close!) They got the front part of the fence put up (but not the back), they FINALLY put on our master closet door (except they did it backwards so the door swings into the clothes, so that has to be fixed...ughhhhh), they finally got Landry's door, closet door, and the trim done in her room, and they put up the shutters on the outside of the house (except for ONE window). This may sound like a lot, but really they are minor little jobs that take a small amount of time to do...and seriously what is up with only doing part of a job??? Anyway, the kitchen is looking really good, here are a few photos I took this morning with my phone...sorry about the quality, I could have taken them with my awesome new camera, but I wanted to upload them quickly, and since my computer sucks, my camera phone was my fastest option.