I see that there are a couple of you still out there checking in on us! I will keep on posting as if I'm talking to you then! I do check all the blogs I'm following at least weekly if you are wondering, ny the way!!
This week Jansen has stuck with the runny nose and now has developed ANOTHER fever. Ugh! This is getting so frustrating. He seems fine most of the time. He eats, potties, plays, etc. like normal. He does have a moment here and there of crankiness, clinginess, and such but mostly he seems OK, until bedtime. He goes to sleep OK, but wakes up shortly after and can't get back to sleep. Sometimes for hours. This means that Mommy gets little sleep on those nights too. I'm something of a bear some mornings, but at least Jansen naps well for whomever gets the bonus of being around him at naptime. If it's me you can bet I'm joining his so I can catch up a tiny bit on my sleep but unfortunately it isn't me as often as I'd like that gets to benefit from naptime! We called the pediatrician today and he said that if Jansen had another rough night tonite or his fever went up to bring him in tomorrow. We might be looking at a continuation of his other cold, a new cold, or an ear infection. Part of me thinks it might be the 12 month molars trying to rear their head. I guess we are on wait and see.
Jansen also has done some funny things this week. There are pictures of a few of them posted for this week, but one that I didn't get a picture of is my Wii Fit experience with him yesterday. As many of you know I Wii Fit pretty much every night and have lost 16 pounds since we got it. Some nights I have to do it when Jansen is awake and last night Daddy was gone also taking Jonathan home. Jansen is often content to watch the Mii's cheering when I finish something or watching the trainers do the exercises along with me. It's really pretty cute most of the time. When they clap and jump or bend their knees and bounce around to celebrate he does the same thing with a giant smile on his face. It's sooooo fun to watch. Last night started out like that except I was doing the strength training exercises. I had gotten all the way down to the arm and leg extensions. I was on all fours doing the exercises when he decided to lay down under my face and laugh at me. Fine... in fact fun! We were having a good time. It was definitely easier than when he wants to climb on my extended arm or leg or whatever other exercise I'm doing that he climbs on me for and adds extra weight to! That is until he decided to shove his finger all the way up my left nostril while I was in full extension. I swear he was trying to tickle my sinus he had his finger jammed up there so far! I sputtered and dropped the pose, of course and pulled my head away from his nasal violating finger, but he just laughed and giggled so hard he rolled off the Wii Fit Board that he had been sitting on. I picked him up, washed his hands, and assumed the position again to continue the work out. This nose thing had become a game now and so he dove right back in to try again. I was prepared this time though and avoided the attack. He did succeed in getting me to end the work out though! At least I had done my self-required 30 minutes already so it wasn't like I ended too early.
I had a very busy weekend. Friday night Jansen and I went to dinner and to hang out with Ann and Adalyn. We hadn't gotten to hang with them in a while so we stayed out a little late with them, but it was super fun! On Saturday I had the Teens Make a Difference volunteer day with my PALs student in the morning from 9-noon. Then I came home to spend a little time with Jonathan before I had to leave again. Jonathan and I baked the Bat Cake while I was home. That evening I had to sponsor my kids volunteering as the workers for a local company's Halloween Fest. It is a really fun night that we have been invited to volunteer at the last few years. We get to dress up and run game booths so the employees can bring their families and have fun. They do Halloween rather than a company Christmas party or summer picnic. We were there from 4-9 so I got home kind of late again by the time we got everything cleaned up and the kids all delivered home. Sunday was spent with fevering Jansen while Jonathan and Daddy went to church. I had to go get groceries after they got home and then when I got home they had to leave, so I didn't get to see Jonathan very much this weekend. I'll make up for it next time, especially since he's almost 10 then!! Sheesh!! I can't believe he's double digits already!!
Jonathan must have had a pretty good couple of weeks at school because the times I did get to see him this weekend were mostly with him on the video games again. If he hadn't had a good couple of weeks his Dad would have made him do other things like read (*gasp*) or work math problems (*faint*) all weekend! We did get to bake and decorate our annual cake together though so that was really cool. We didn't get time to do pumpkins this year and I'm really bummed about that though. I guess that just means we'll have to do extra fall/birthday stuff next time! I really miss my Uno buddy too, so maybe I can get him to play a few rounds with me next visit!
I'm also supposed to mention that Jonathan is OU (University of Oklahoma for those of you that don't know) crazy and anything OU is on his birthday list... well and Christmas list too he said! I also got out of him that aside from OU stuff he will be adding movies and video games to his Christmas list for Santa and anyone else who is interested!!
There's our past week! Prayers for Jansen to get better and stay better would be greatly appreciated! Mommy's getting worn out and stressed out with these stinky fevers amongst a busy time at work, besides.
Happy Trick-or-Treating! Next week will be full of Halloween Costume posts I'm sure!!
