Another Week Beckons

Sunday! Sunday!

What a day! Up way too early this morning. The kids and I had to be at the church at 7:45 am. It wouldn't have been too bad if it was just me. I could have woken up at 7am and made it. But with 4 kids in tow, we got up at six. I had to get everyone fed, changed and in the car with all accessories. For instance a bottle, diapers, pull ups and wipes. Make sure they all had shoes and their clothes were fairly clean. I say fairly because they are kids and I have learned that keeping them spotless is like dreaming the impossible dream!! Kids are dirt magnets. I laugh because when I was growing up, I always said, "my kids aren't going to look like that in public!" referring to the little kids running around filthy dirty from head to toe. Well, the reality is that at some point, all kids look like that!! It just happens. Dirt and kids just go together.

So we made it to church on time. I had to work in the nursery so I absolutely had to be there. About 20 minutes after we got there, my youngest started getting a fever. He was kind of fussy and just wanting to sleep but couldn't get comfortable. He was chewing on his fist, which for a 15 month old is not a regular occurrance. At least not for him. So I looked in his mouth and his last 4 teeth, the pointy ones on the top and bottom are all swollen. Well the gums are swollen because the teeth are trying to come in. He already has all of his teeth including his molars, just not those 4 teeth. So he is miserable. Children's Motrin works pretty good for it but you can just tell it hurts by looking at him. His eyes water and his lips are bright red. Poor guy!!

After church one of my friends came over for lunch with her two kids, one boy one girl. She brought a sprinkler so after lunch we had the kids outside running through the water. The baby wasn't too thrilled with water spraying him so he stayed back. Got a little wet and cooled his fever but mostly just watched the others get wet.

My friend is so great!! She is very normal, which seems odd for me to say that but around here, it's not common to find a regular person! We have psycho wives, cheating wives, lazy wives, fight all the time wives, gossip wives, etc... There are very few of us who actually get off our duffs and do stuff regardless of whether our husbands are home or not. She is not an Army wife anymore after her divorce but we have stayed friends. We are just regular people who like to be with our kids and when something needs done, we get it done and don't complain about it. I like that in her.

Anyways, another day to mark off the calendar. Lets get this deployment over with!! I really want my husband home!