eye infection #2

While we were at Strawberry Ransom's tear duct was starting to hurt again. When we got home he took some Benadryl hoping that would make it go away like it had in the past. We went to my parents house to watch a movie outside, but his eye was not getting any better so I called the after hours eye doctor and got a prescription for him and a hot pack for his eye. It was nice that we knew what to do this time instead of spending hours in the ER!

Today we spent the day resting because his eye is still throbbing and I can hardly move because my skin is so tight on my legs and shoulders from my sunburn I got at Strawberry. -Katie

strawberry

We went to Strawberry Lake to swim , catch fish, and relax. After going to Blackriver and catching hundreds of fish, lake fishing is just plain boring. It was really windy and the water was ice cold so swimming was out of the question. Everyone was sitting by the lake bored, so I walked and found a spot for us that was shielded from the wind and had a spot that Conrad could play in some shallow water. After a few casts I got sick of regular fishing and I put some bacon on the spinner and tried to get some crawdads. Once I pulled a few up Brenda and Emily started going for it too. Before long we had a whole bucket of them! Katie and Larry were watching and Conrad was trying to help us as much as he could without falling in. I started to feel my eye hurt and I knew that I was getting one of those stupid infections so I knew that we had to get home soon. And poor Katie's shoulders got sooooo burnt! We had a lot of fun and we got a big kick out of Emily when she jumped in the freezng cold water. She is crazy!

Rans

sick days

I was at work on Monday night when Ransom called to tell me that Conrad threw up. I quickly grabbed my stuff and came home. He had never thrown up before and I think it freaked him out. You never would have guessed he was sick because he would run around like his usual crazy self and then suddenly he would throw up, cry for a few minutes, and then was running around again. I was lucky enough to be thrown up on a few times, but luckily Ransom was home to take care of Conrad while I showered! I hope it's at least another couple years before he throws up again.

Conrad was mostly better on Tuesday, but I stayed home with him just to be sure. When I went to bed that night I started feeling gross, but I thought I was just being paranoid. At 3am it was my turn to throw up. I threw up until 8 that night and it has never hurt so bad to throw up. Ransom was nice enough to take off work so that he could help take care of Conrad and I. I had my fingers crossed all day that I would feel better because Lindsey and I had tickets to go to the Backstreet Boys concert, 7th row on the floor. Unfortunately, I had to miss it. Today is much better, just working on getting some strength back and an appetite! -Katie

never ever again

My sisters and I have been going through our houses and getting rid of things we don't use anymore so that we could do a yard sale. It was soooooo slow and HOT. I was miserable and had horrible heartburn so they let me sneak inside a lot. The best part was the slushies. We have all vowed that we will never have enough stuff to get rid of at once so that we never have to do a yard sale again! We each walked away with $43.70 and that definitely wasn't worth the effort we put into it.

In the afternoon we surprised our dad and took him to get a massage. While we were waiting I saw that baby gap was having a clearance sale. I grabbed Kels and she helped me spend every last penny I earned on the cutest baby girl clothes. Didn't mean to do that, but the clothes were so cute I couldn't resist. I learned very quickly that I cannot be trusted in that store! -Katie

relief

When I had my 20 week ultrasound they told me I would need to come back and be rechecked at 28 weeks to see if the placenta was in the way of the birth canal or if it had moved. That kind of freaked me out, but she said it was nothing to worry about. At my next appointment I asked the nurse what would happen if the placenta was in the way. She said it was nothing serious, but I would have to have a c-section. As it got closer to my appointment I was getting more and more nervous because I really didn't want to have a c-section, but grateful that this had been my biggest problem the whole pregnancy. Luckily at my appointment we learned that everything is normal and no need for a c-section! I was so relieved. -Katie