Sick Baby, once again

Today was Brenna's 15 month checkup, this should have been a quick trip to the doctor to get weighed, measured and have a few shots, wrong! I picked Brenna up from Grandma Becky's at around 2 pm, she was napping at the time so I had no way of knowing that she wasn't feeling well. We got the doctor's office and let the receptionist know we were there and Brenna throws up on me, right there in the waiting room. We go to the bathroom to get cleaned up and of course now Brenna feels a little better so she runs around the waiting room like she has no care in the world. We finally make it back to the exam room and get a height and weight check, yeah Brenna has finally reached 2o lbs, 2o lbs 5 oz to be exact and she is now 31 3/4 inches tall. The nurse then proceeds to take her temp, 102.3, great just what we needed another virus. Brenna got to have her blood taken which is a lot more traumatic than getting shots. Since she had a fever she couldn't get her shots, so now we have to go back next week for shots. On top of it all Brenna threw up on her mama again as we were leaving the doctors office. It was one of those crowning moments of motherhood, when you want to cry or throw up yourself, but instead you go to the bathroom, clean yourself up and get on with your day. I do have to say she is feeling a little better tonight and I kind of like the cuddly girl I get when she is not feeling so well, cuz usually she is running around non-stop and it is nice to just slow down.

House Update

Well our new home is nearing completion, we now have a kitchen minus the appliances (they will be delivered on Thursday). The bathrooms are finished and we are awaiting carpet. The lighting was hung yesterday and today, I think. It has just been a long wonderful road to seeing our new home come together. Our deck was completed yesterday, minus the stairs which will be put on after the final dirt work is done, which will come after the bricklayer gets finished. We are also getting a new roof to replace the new roof that had hail damage, what fun. I just thank God everyday for his many blessings, even if those blessings make me want to scream and rip my hair out from time to time, they are blessings none the less.

Lightbulbs

So today I went with my friend Tara and my daughter Brenna to go pick up a few things for the new house. On my list were lightbulbs and bath accessories, not a big list but an expensive one none the less. Who in their life has had to buy new light bulbs for an entire house all at one time, well I did today. I bought 8 packages of 4 lightbulbs, and not the cheap ones, no I was given specific instructions from Morgan, the 'great one' as he likes to be called, to get those lightbulbs that look like pigtails, that are like $16 for a package of 4. Now I know that these bulbs last a long time, but I never thought that I would purchase that many at once and spend over $100 on lightbulbs. I know I shouldn't whine about the price when they are going into a new home, but come on lightbulbs should be the least expensive thing going into a home, now I feel like I have made a huge investment into the lightbulbs and GE should thank me for my enormous purchase today.

Brenna's Water Park

Since the lovely pool in Elm Creek is being redone this summer I decided to get Brenna a little pool for the yard, but Daddy doesn't want it in our yard here in town so it is at Grandma Pat's house for now. Here is a look at Brenna's first time playing in her new pool. Note: The water was absolutely freezing cold, but Brenna doesn't seem to mind. Mommy on the other hand couldn't stand in it for very long.

The Zoo

On Saturday, May 31, Morgan, Brenna and I went to the Henry Doorly Zoo with Shannon, Noah and Aden. We had a great time, it was hot and extremely exhausting. This picture of Brenna sums it up.