Worst Thing to Spill on Your Carpet

I now know what is the worst thing you can spill on your carpet. Cheese dip. I spilled a whole bowl of cheese dip on my carpet. First, it was very difficult to get the cheese dip off the carpet without rubbing it into the carpet. Once we finally got the cheese dip off the carpet, then it was time to deal with the stain. We tried a stain remover and though it got most of the stain off, you can still see a yellow tint. In the past our carpet has been amazing when it comes to removing stains. We have had grape juice spilled on our carpet and dried over night and we were still easily able to get it completely out of our carpet. We have also had chocolate, blood and even black wax spilled on our carpet and we were able to get all of them out without a trace left. But we have met our match with cheese dip. I think we are just going to permanently have a slight yellow stain on our carpet.

No Rest for the Weary #4

This week I was suppose to rest and be productive. Mom took Addison to Marion, so it has just been me and Hunter. I have been taking a nap everyday, but on Tuesday I didn't take one, because I was feeling energized. Then Tuesday night Daniel had to work until 11:00pm and I do not sleep when Daniel is not home. I try to sleep, but right as I am about to slip into sleep I hear a noise that wakes me up, because I worry that someone is going to break into our house. My fears are completely ill-logical (if that is a word), because we have an alarm and a dog. So if anyone tried to get into our house, I would know. But that still doesn't help me to sleep when Daniel is not here.

Anyway, so I didn't get to sleep on Tuesday until after 11:00pm and then of course I had to get up at 3:00am and 6:00am to feed Hunter.

Then on Wednesday I didn't get much of a nap because I had to unexpectedly take Hunter to the doctor in the afternoon (during my normal nap time). Then Wednesday night Daniel worked until 2:00am, so I didn't get to sleep until a little after 2:00am and then Hunter woke up to eat at 2:30am and than again at 5:30am.

Then today (Thursday) I had a doctor's appointment this morning, so I couldn't sleep in any. And when I tried to take a nap this afternoon, Hunter cried during most of the time.

I would really like to get some sleep soon!

How Sweet Are My Little Ones

No Rest for the Weary #3

My mother has taken Addison to Marion to visit and so you would think that I would get a great night of sleep, without having to worry about getting up to take care of Addison. Well, Hunter decided to make up for the fact that Addison was not here, by making it a long night. Actually, it was probably my fault he got sick, but it still made for a long night.

Our normal nightly routine is for me to feed hunter and then Daniel also gives him a small bottle of formula, so he will sleep a little longer. Well apparently we might have given him too much last night. Hunter normally wakes up at 3:00am wanting to eat. But last night he did not wake up. I, on the other hand, did wake up (at 2:45am) with very full breasts. So I decided to wake Hunter up and feed him. He ate both breasts and as I was getting ready to burp him he vomited. I don't mean spit up, he VOMITED. It was a lot and was forceful and came out of his mouth and nose. At this point I figured he was done. I cleaned him and me up and started to change his diaper. And then he vomited again. Again it forcefully came out of his mouth and nose and made a mess over everything on the changing table and me. I again cleaned him up and started to change his outfit. As I was taking off his onesie, I scrapped his nose with my nail and his nose started bleeding. He started screaming. I held a burp cloth to his nose until it stopped bleeding. Then Daniel and I (at this point Daniel was up and helping me) finished cleaning Hunter up and changing him. When we thought he couldn't possibly have anything left in his stomach, guess what. He vomited AGAIN. Though this time was not as bad as the first two times. We decided to take his temperature and it was normal. We looked up vomiting in our child care book and it said that an infant will vomit if they have eaten too much, but it also said this could be a sign of digestional problems. Daniel and I finally got everything cleaned up and got Hunter back in bed and we got back to bed a little after 4:00am. At this point I had been up since 2:45am.

I talked to the nurse at Hunter's doctor's office and she said it sounded like he just ate too much.

Hopefully tonight will go better.

Warning - Raleigh News Story

I heard this on the news last night and again this morning and it just shocked me that people would take advantage of good Samaritans. This happened in Raleigh a few days ago.

Two women and a girl were driving home from mid-night bowling, when they noticed a man laying in the road. The women made a U-turn to go help the man. As their car got closer to the man and they started to slow down, the man got up and started running towards their car. This is when they also noticed two other men running towards their car. Luckily they were able to pull away before the men got to their car.

The ladies called the police, but by the time the police got there, the men were gone. The police said that you should NEVER stop to help someone. If you think someone needs help, you should call the police instead.

It is so sad that this is what our world is becoming. It is not even safe to try to help out another person, without fear that they may try to hurt you.

Small fingers fit into the strangest places

Addison was helping me put clothes into the dryer, a task she loves doing. I suddenly noticed that she was no longer grabbing the clothes I was handing her. I looked down and saw her hands wrapped around the bottom lip of the dryer opening. I didn't think much about it and I started saying "Addison take this and put it in the dryer." Addison didn't reach for the item, which was strange and then she started saying "fingers, fingers." I finally reached down to grab her hands, which is when I realized that her fingers were stuck in the little holes of the lint area. I didn't even know that there were holes there. I had to pull her fingers out, which luckily didn't seem to hurt her. Then she promptly went back to helping me put clothes in the dryer. She is such a good girl.

No Rest for the Weary #2

Our normal nightly routine is for me to get ready for bed right before Hunter's 9:30pm feeding, so I can go straight to bed after his feeding and get as much sleep as possible. Also, after I feed Hunter, Daniel gives him a bottle with about an ounce of formula, which helps Hunter to sleep longer at night, hence, giving mommy more sleep. We just bought the vitamins that you are suppose to give breastfeeding babies (because they don't get enough vitamin D from breast milk). After Hunter had fed on one side last night we decided to give him his vitamin before I fed him the other side. Apparently he does NOT like his vitamin. He started gaging when we gave it to him. And then when I tried to finish breast feeding him, he would not eat. He would not even latch on. Daniel tried to give him a bottle and he would not eat that either. We were getting a little stressed and it was getting later and later. Finally I decided to pump the other side (because I had to empty it somehow) and Daniel changed Hunter's diaper and got him swaddled for bed. At this point it is sometime after 10:30 and as we are starting to take Hunter to bed when he starts to suck, like he wants to eat. So we decide to give him the milk I pumped. He eats all of that and a ounce of formula. We were so thankful that he finally ate, but we were also VERY TIRED. I didn't get to bed until close to 11:00, which is really late when you have to get up at 2:00ish to feed again.

Needless to say, this morning was a coffee morning!

No Rest for the Weary & Another Addison story

Today I put Addison down for her nap and then Hunter and I laid down for a nap. I can usually get an hour to an hour and a half before either Hunter or Addison wake up. I didn't have coffee this morning, so I was particularly tired today. I immediately fell asleep, which is unusual for me. It usually takes me 15 to 20 minutes to get to sleep. After being asleep for about 30 minutes, Hunter starts crying. This has never happened before. I was REALLY tired and I didn't want to get up yet. So I re-swaddled him, hoping that would help. It did not work. In total desperation I gave him a pacifier (which we do not normally use). This worked as long as the pacifier stayed in his mouth. Ever 5 minutes or so, the pacifier would fall out of his mouth. So basically right as I was getting back to sleep, Hunter would start crying again and I would again put the pacifier in his mouth. We did this for about an hour, until I finally gave up and just got up. I then made myself a cup of coffee. Thank God for coffee!

Addison Story:
I was breastfeeding Hunter today, when Addison brought her toy phone up and put it up to Hunter's ear. Then she said "talk Hunter, talk." She held the phone at Hunter's ear for a few seconds, and then said "Bye" and took the phone away. She did this a few times. It was so cute.