Tuesday morning rolled around and Gracie started vomiting after breakfast. She has never been one to spit up and it has probably been months since she has spit up at all and the only other time she has been sick was with two ear infections, which really don't bother her that much. Needless to say, it was so hard to watch her suffer as she vomited NINE times throughout the course of the day. We both went through countless outfits (and Dad even got puked on once too), crib sheets, and three baths. I was so worried that she was dehydrated so I packed her in the car and headed to Locust to the dr. at almost 5 that night. Turns out, there was nothing that they could give her and I just had to go buy Pedialyte and start trying to get her to keep it down. Anyways, after many shed tears and prayers she has not thrown up at all today and hopefully the diarhhea that everyone else has gotten will not be bad if it starts tomorrow. Now I know why moms are such worriers, it is so hard to watch your child suffer like that and this was only for one day. I can't imagine having a child with a serious illness or disease. There are days when I feel like I have it all together on this "Mom" thing and days like yesterday when I was clueless as to what to do.
As my mom would say, I am getting "back to the land of the living" and finally getting caught up on housework and laundry on this New Year's Eve night. Hubby is of course at the church until well after midnight so I am going to be reading one of the fabulous new books he got me for Christmas. Anyone else out there a Karen Kingsbury fan? I am on the 4th book in the "Redemption" series. You won't want to put them down once you start.
Happy New Year everyone!
A short list at 2008 for our family:
- God watched over us in January as a man ran a stop sign and t-boned us on a country road on our way to church. My Malibu was totalled and I spent the night in the hospital to make sure the baby was ok. Thankfully, we both walked away with only minor bruises and scratches.
- We became completely debt-free in Feb.
- We were blessed with FOUR baby showers and everything we could possibly need to welcome our baby girl into the world.
- We found out a week before Gracie was born that our house would no longer be "provided" for us and we would have to pay rent or buy it.
- Gracie surprised us with her debut into the world 3 wks. early and completely changed our lives forever.
- I said goodbye to a job I loathed and co-workers I had grown to love.
- Super Summer, Falls Creek, and the usual summer youth activities
- We decided to stay in our home and closed on it in July.
- We put a new roof on the house and new windows.
- Enjoyed our first holidays as a family of 3.
- Continuously counting our blessings that God provided for us in 2008 and looking forward to what will happen in 2009.
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I was so sure that I had commented on this post. Oh well. I must have read it in a hurry at work and just THOUGHT about commenting. You had quite a year! I'm glad that we have had the chance to be acquainted in 2008. As for what a compliance officer is: It is my job to make sure the bank is adhering to all federal regulations that govern banks. That means that I help develop and implement policies and procedures to facilitate that. It can be quite technical and boring at times, sometimes tedious and maddening, but I am enjoying the challenge. The debt free part of your review is great! Did you all do Financial Peace?
yeah, guess it was a "green" thing! I wasn't even thinking that! I absolutely LOVE those Karen Kingsbury books!!! I am totally addicted, and usually only on vacation times when I have time to read them, but I get SO into them!!! It's a great series! I am on the second series now, i forget what it's called, but still so good!!!
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