Lent

So I've given up Facebook for Lent. I've decided to go back to the "Old School" way of doing things, calling people on the phone. Is it really necessary for everyone to know that I'm bored or sick or tired or happy or anything else at all hours of the day? No. Or what I should ask, does anyone really care that I'm one of the above? Probably not. The only time someone really cares is if I post about the kids. At this point I should know to call the people that are most important to me and tell them what's going on. I think I do a pretty good job at doing that, but this "vacation" will get me back to talking to people more often.

On that note, I'll catch you up on the kids...

Kaitlyn's feeling much better after her double ear infection. She's still getting teeth and boy does she know how to get teeth. I don't remember her getting just one tooth. It was always multiples. This time it's all her molars. Thankfully I think they've almost all broken though because she's not as cranky and fussy as she had been. That doesn't mean she's still full of hugs and kisses, but more than a few weeks ago.

Speaking of hugs and kisses, she's learned where her nose is!!!! I showed her this weekend and it only took about 4 times to point to her nose for her to pick up on it. You ask her now where her nose is and she points to it and sniffs.

Now for an update on Joshy. The poor little fellow....has a hernia. We found this out on Valentines' Day. He went down for a nap and when both kids got up we went for haircuts. Him and daddy got their hair cut and when we were done Josh wanted to go to Target. We headed over there since we were out and were walking around when Josh bent over and said, Mommy it hurts. Jason asked if he had to go potty. Josh said yes, so I picked him up and head to the bathroom. He tried going, but just told me it hurt. So we went out and found Daddy and Baby and got in the car. We decided to pick up french fries for dinner and when we got home I put Josh in his booster seat and he just wailed with pain and screaming that he hurt. I told Jason we had to go to the docto and I went to look for the phone number for Urgent Care. Jason found the number while Kaitlyn ate and I got clothes for her to get changed into. We got the kids packed up and in the car and headed to Urgent Care down the road. When we got there Josh started acting fine. We got called back and when the doctor came in he said to undo Josh's diaper. Once I did that the doctor took 1 look and said, "You need to take him to the ER right now"! He said there was a possiblity that the testicle was twisted and that they would do an emergency ultrasound to figure it out.

We packed the kids up and headed to the ER. Granddad and Nana met us there and took Kaitlyn back to their place since it was past her bedtime and we weren't sure what was going on or how long we would be at the hospital. We got called back to the nurses station about an hour after we got there and the nurse went and told the doctor what was going on and they got us back right away. The doctor came in and took a look and decided it was a hernia. He was able to pop everything back into place, but not before Josh was crying that it hurt and not to touch it. Once the doctor got it back into place, Josh said, "My boo boo doesn't hurt anymore". We went home shortly after that.

Josh now has an appointment with the surgeon for March 8th. He needs to have surgery to get it repaired.

So that's how we spent Valentines' Day.