Day 2 On My Own with the Boys

This isn't the first time I've had the boys on my own as Matt travels for work, but it has been the most eventful and it's only day 2. Luke's cough came back again and seemed even worse on Monday so I managed to get him a 4:45 appointment at the doctor. This meant that I had to haul both boys in after they'd been at Miss Julie's all day. Gabe really wants to eat close to 5. So I figured I would just feed him while we were waiting, but realized that I forgot to pack a spoon! The waiting room was as full as I've seen it in a long time. Luckily, it didn't take too long to get called back. We found out that not only did he have a double ear infection, but was also showing some asthmatic symtpoms in his breathing so he would need to use an inhaler at least temporarily. After the appointment, I decided that I needed to feed both boys before trying to drag them to the pharmacy. So we went home, ate, and headed out to get Luke's medicine which included the yummy pink Amoxocillan and 2 inhaler treatments.

Today began with me calling in for a sub and frantically preparing sub plans to email to a colleague. I am so blessed to work with people who are willing to jump in and help out in a pinch! I think the biggest problem was that he was so tired from not sleeping well. I didn't sleep well either because he was on all of this new medicine so I kept checking on him. Then factor in Gabe's regular stirrings and I'm amazed that I was awake with my alarm. It was kind of nice to stay home with them for the day though. We hung out, watched movies, made cookies, played, and made art! Luke's iswas much better, but still flares up when he gets too active. He was a little crazy at bedtime though curteousy of one of the medicines I'm sure. At one point he was growling loudly to get me to come in. Then he told me he was growling because the medicine made him growl! I think he heard me make an offhand comment about the medicine making him a little "crazy." A little after 9 though both boys were finally asleep. The trick for Luke was giving him 3 pillows to prop him up and reduce the coughing. He made the connection that it was like the hospital and then started talking about a baby coming out - that's his association wiht hospitals (me having Gabe).

On an unrelated note, he was writing his letter to Santa today but refuses to tell me what's on it. He simply said he wanted lot of presents. I asked how many and he said 5. Then he asked if that was a lot and I said yes. He changed his mind anyway and decided that 100 would be better. Then he upped it to a made-up number that sounded really big!