Sore Throats in Magrath

So Caleb and I have been in Magrath for well over a week now. It's been kind of rainy, but it started clearing up last night, so that's nice. I took Caleb for a walk today in Amy's jogging stroller and I LOVE how well it handles. I may have to get one for myself:P So anyways, on Tuesday Caleb started running a fever and I couldn't keep it down for more than an hour, even alternating between Motrin and Tylenol so that night I took him to the emergency room in Raymond. Turns out he had tonsillitis, the poor kid. He wasn't eating or drinking much of anything that day, it was so hard to see him like that. So I held him all night while we slept and that seemed to keep him calm. After a couple days of medicine, cuddling and forcing liquids into him he got back to his old self. Then Saturday night my throat started hurting and I thought, "Oh crap, this is not good". So by Sunday evening it was worse and I went back to Emerg in Raymond. Turns out the problem in my throat is just a viral infection, so the doctor just gave me a prescription for Tylenol 3s for the pain. They seem to be working. Hopefully this'll clear up tomorrow or Wednesday. It's been nice being able to visit with John's family again though. I fell in love with a lot that's for sale in town right now, but there's no use in us buying a lot when he have no clue when we'd be able to build on it, so we're sticking with our original plan of eventually subdividing Amy's lot and building our house there. I ordered some FHE packets tonight from www.craftycopies.com and I'm looking forward to getting those. I purchased:
Plan of Salvation
Being not of the World
Honoring your Parents
Love at Home AND
Sunday is a special day.
Amy has a whole box full of these type of lessons and I think they're great, so I'm going to try to build up a collection of my own. Other than that, not too much else is new. The baby is growing and I can occasionally feel her kicking, it's so exciting! I'm looking forward to getting some more sun and fresh air over the next few days and then our trip to the Calgary Zoo this coming Saturday. My brother, his girlfriend and John's parents are coming with us as well, so it should be lots of fun:)

I heard the baby, YAY:)

So Sunday wasn't bad Mother's Day wise. John gave me 2 cards and Caleb gave me a card. I didn't get a present that day because they gave me my present a few weeks ago (a 2GB iPod). John ended up staying with us for most of that day instead of heading home the night before like he had planned to. The down side was how we spent that day. We went to my Grandma and Grandpa's place. They had just signed papers for selling their farm 2 days before that, so I knew that this might be the last time I got to go out to the farm. So my mum, stepdad, John, Caleb, my brother and I all piled into my mum's new van. I don't like it to begin with, I think it looks like a box. My brother and I were in the very back and because John was in front of me, I didn't exactly have a lot of leg room. But we watched Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition), so that helped to keep my mind occupied. Once we got to the farm it was clear that it was going to be a very long day and I would have to use every ounce of patience I had within me. My grandparents are obviously regretting that they are selling the farm. It kind of makes sense, that's the only home my grandpa has ever known and my grandma has been there since they got married, so they have a VERY deep attachment to it. But they are being impossible sellers, and it was so annoying to listen to them complain about EVERYTHING to do with the sale and the sellers. Then they did things that deeply hurt my mum and my favourite uncle (my mum has 4 brothers and no sisters), so that put me in an even worse mood because I felt so bad for them. Then we piled back into the van for another uncomfortable 2 1/2 hours. Basically, it was not the enjoyable day at the farm that I was hoping it would be. I'm just glad that I don't have to go back out there again if I don't want to. It was WAY stressful for me. However, yesterday was really good. I had my second prenatal appointment and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat and hear her moving around (I'm still certain it's a girl even though my ultrasound isn't until June 9th). It was so nice to be reminded that I'm not so tired and sick for nothing, but that there is a wonderful baby growing inside of me. I'm so excited to hear the baby again next month. I ended up losing a kg this last month (oops), but I guess that's what happens when you combine morning sickness and a really nasty cold. I'm sure it won't happen again this month. The doctor said the baby is doing well and growing great, so that's good news. Then Caleb and I came home last night. He was so happy to be home and see his own toys again. And I was VERY happy to sleep in my own bed again last night. Now we have to pack over the next couple of days for our next grand adventure, the trip to Magrath. I'm very excited for it:)

Dreading this Sunday

Last night John got his early Father's Day/Birthday gift. Caleb and I gave him a Nintendo Wii, a couple of games and a few accessories for it. Needless to say, John is very happy with his gift and looking forward to getting lots of use out of it while Caleb and I are visiting in Magrath this month. I'm glad that he likes it. I have my own controller with its pink sleeve on it, ha ha. John chose the black sleeve for his. Caleb was throwing a huge hissy fit while we were getting it though, it was awful. He wanted to be outside and walking around so badly, so I'm going to have to take him out to play today, I think. He didn't get to yesterday because my stomach was acting up again. I'm having a rough week as it gets closer and closer to Mother's Day. There is no skirting this truth, that I hate Mother's Day and I have for the past four years. In 2004, I was carrying my firstborn child that Mother's Day, the birth father had just taken off on me a few weeks before and I was alone and scared. I had no idea what I was going to do. In 2005, I was still mouring that little girl even though I knew that she was happy and healthy with the family I chose for her, I longed so much to feel her in my arms that one day. I ended up leaving sacrament meeting crying. 2006 brought another year of me carrying a child during Mother's Day and I soon found out that no joy of knowing that I would have my own child to hold that time next year could erase the pain I felt knowing that I could have been holding one right then. Last year was another hard one. I had high expectations for that day now that I had Caleb, but I was sorely disappointed. Visions of breakfast in bed or similar were in reality 2 cold Eggos waiting on the table with no one around them and a quickly signed card beside them. Caleb fussed through Church because to him it was just like any other Sunday and my husband ended up being the concluding speaker and told the ward (with my permission) about my story as a birth mother, so I ended up reliving that moment all over again on the one day of the year I would love to forget about it. This year, like 2004 and 2006, I am carrying a child for Mother's Day again. Although Caleb is older now and a lot more fun than he was a year ago, he still doesn't understand that this coming Sunday is different than other Sundays and so there will still be no "Happy Mommy Day, Mommy" in our house. Because being in Church on Mother's Day has become so hard for me, I have opted to forego Church this year and instead go with my son to visit my grandmother, who I don't get to see very often. What I would REALLY like to do on Sunday is to fall asleep the night before and not wake up until Monday morning, but I know that isn't an option. I just hope I get as few 'Happy Mother's Day' wishes as possible.

Tired of being sick

Wow, I haven't written in a while but that was because I came down with a really nasty cold and was in bed for a few days with it. Saturday night I went out for dinner at Moxies with my friends, Alana and Jodi. It was so nice to get out with other people, I don't do that very often. After Jodi and I searched Blockbuster from top to bottom and found that there was absolutely nothing for us to rent we ended up just watching one of mine and John's videos, Sahara. I had seen it a couple times already and really like it and Jodi hadn't seen it yet. Then a few hours of gabbing after that and then I went back home. On Sunday I only had sharing time to teach for since I had to go to the visiting teaching conference. I didn't really get much out of it because I was still sick and so my head was kind of in a fog, but at least I made it through church. I hung out at Jodi's again that evening. I think being cooped up the last few months with morning sickness really didn't agree with me so now that I can handle getting out I'm trying to make the most of it. Hopefully some time this week she'll be able to dye and cut my hair for me, but I'm not exactly sure since she hurt her ankle yesterday. I feel awful for her. I sprained my ankle last year (when Caleb was just crawling) and it was awful. He spent about a week being babysat by ward members while I was on my crutches. Anyways, so tomorrow I am visiting teaching Alana and since it's her birthday this month I need to get her card made tonight. No plans on Thursday yet and then on Friday we're heading to Wainmo. Caleb and I will be there until Tuesday. The big plans for tonight are grocery shopping since it's 10% Tuesday at Safeway today. Man, we are so boring.