Late Night...or Early Morning?

Miss Abbie woke up about 4 this morning crying. I thought it was just normal waking up but she was in pain. I could not figure out what it was. When she tried to potty though, she cried and I figured out she had some tummy issues. Her crying woke Brian up and he held her. As a mom, you feel (at least I do) like you should be able to do it all. Brian was able to calm her down and get her close to sleep. But not enough. She woke back up with a present of returning her milk to us and the crying continued. Finally, about 5 she went to sleep and we put her on her back. She woke an hour later so I rocked her back to sleep where she slept till 8.30.
Poor baby! She did finally use the restroom during this time. She has been a bit fussy all morning and threw up some more. How do you know when it's sickness or just reflux? I don't know the difference. She has been taking a long nap; going on 2 1/2 hours. I hope she feels better when she wakes up.
My poor little munchkin, please feel better soon!

Christmas

We made it! Christmas is over. We began the holidays with runny noses and ear infections. Mom and dad got the runny noses too. We are better and enjoyed the holiday. We had Christmas at Ginny's on Christmas Eve. I think it went well. We then went over to Brian's parents' house to open presents. Christmas morning my parents came over and we did Christmas and Abbie opened her presents. She got so much stuff from both sides! Let's just say her play room now has toys to play with. She did a great job!
To end this holiday, she now has little red bumps over her body and Brian got terribly sick (still is). This is a holiday we will remember. To top it off, it's 80 degrees outside! IT'S DECEMBER! I have actually enjoyed the warm weather.
I hope this "cold" front cools things off, Brian gets better (and Abbie and I don't get it!), Abbie's bumps go away, and we can all be well and enjoy a healthy new year! :)

Bouncy, Bouncy

My little one is feeling better and slept all night: from 7 -10. Yes, 10! I had to wake her up. I got out her jumper today just to see how she would do. I think she really enjoyed it. She played about 15 minutes until her nap began to call her. Take a peek at my little jumpin' munchkin! :)

Little Ears, Sneezes, and Snots

My little munchkin is sick. Her first time. We went almost 5 months! She woke up at 11 on Saturday night coughing and a super runny nose and continued to wake up every 3 hours to have me suck it out, feed her a bit, and put her back down. She was snotty yesterday but ok. During the night we woke up at 2 and sucked out the nose, fed her, threw up, cleaned up, tried to eat a bit more, threw up, cleaned up, and finally went down about 3:15. That was fun.
I decided to take her to the doctor to just make sure she was ok and it was just a runny nose. Come to find out she also has an ear infection in her right ear. I am glad I took her in! Dad even got to go with us. He has done a fabulous job helping me out last night and this morning (with a dog who also got sick twice in the house!).
Happy vacation huh? At least I didn't have to go in sleep deprived.

It's Official

I am now officially on break. I already enjoy it. I got to sleep in and wake up when there was light outside. Confusing at first. I got ready and some things done before little one woke up. Nice. I am going to like this break. It will be a nice time to spend with Abbie and just be home for a while. My goal is to be with her as much at home without feeling like I need to be out and about. My prayer over the break will be to cherish this first Christmas with her and to enjoy it with family.

It's Here

Yeah, it's here! Christmas vacation. Need I say more?
Oh, and to moms out there. My little one has decided that anywhere from 5-5:30 is a great time to wake up. That doesn't work for me since I get up about 5:45 to get ready. See the conflict? She goes to bed about 6:30 at night because I just can't keep her up. (Excpet tonight, it's 8:45 and she is just going down!)
So...with all that-do you keep them up later at night like to 7-7:30 and will that help? Also, is it wrong of me to feed her at 5 (am!) then put her back down even though I know she could stay up? Am I doing the right thing at that time of morning (you know, teaching her to SLEEP) or am I being selfish? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have gone to great lengths to do what I can to to help her sleep (fan, heater, humidipher).
Let me know...

Pictures

We went to Sears to get pictures taken. I actually like a picture of me for a change. Must be the baby in the picture with me. She is just too cute...Abbie that is! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

My first Christmas

Too Much

As most know, the holidays bring on too much. Too much ______. You fill in the blank.
Our past week has been very busy. Brian's grandmother, Nellie (Ginny) passed away a week ago and her funeral was on Wednesday. If you live around here you know that Wednesday consisted of sleet, snow, and ice. What a day for a funeral! We all bundled up though and battled the weather. I think Ginny would get a kick out of us at the grave site with blankets galore.
Ginny was a wonderful lady and such a giver. Her house had an open door policy. No need to knock, just come in. She had a servant's heart and generosity was her motto. I know where Brian gets his example from. She was a wonderful lady who battled liver cancer for 3 years and finally, the LORD took her home. She has no more pain, sorrow, sleepless nights, and treatments. She is perfect now.
The following day school was canceled and Brian's work worked from home. So we spent the day at home in front of the fire, Abbie and me that is and Brian did really work. All day.
Last night I did a biggie. Abbie spent the night with my parents. We went to Brian's company Christmas party (fun) and stayed out late (the latest I have been out since....forever!!!). I did ok though. I think it was because she was pretty much already asleep when I dropped her off and she was getting up and getting ready when I was, just not here.
This is the last week of school before the holidays. I fully expect hyper active kids, stressed out teachers counting the hours, minutes, and seconds. It will be nice to be home with Abbie for a bit then we are in the for the home stretch for next semester.
Until then...be careful with your too much's and remember the LORD our Savior and His saving grace and his gift to the world.

Half Day Free Day

I know there are a lot of complaints out there with teaching but here is one thing you won't hear me complaining about. A free half day. An E.P. Rayzor tradition for Christmas is to give the teachers' a half day off in the afternoon for "shopping" or whatever you want to do. I am very excited because I got a Friday this year. We sign up on a calendar on days we choose as long as we are the only ones from the grade gone. We just split up our kiddos among the teachers in our grade and leave at 11:30.
What's that? What I am I doing?
I am going to clean house since no one will be home and then go shopping for Brian's Christmas and run a few errands then go get Abbie. I am going to try to enjoy some time for myself. Selfish? I am trying not to think about it that way since I have not done anything by myself since she has been born. I think it's ok to be by myself for a couple of hours.