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Out with the Truckers, Kickers & Cowboy Angels

My parents stopped by for a few hours before the really hit the road for their road trip and I’ll admit I’m a bit envious of them going on a trip. Maggie tends to still scream in the car, so a road trip might not be as relaxing with her, but going somewhere sure sounds appealing! Especially if you are hunting for sun, as my parents are.

Maggie has been wearing her sunglasses in hopes of the sun actually showing up, but of course more rain just dumps from the sky. Seriously though, this morning she wore the ridiculous sunglasses that my brother, Phil, got her all morning.

After toe-kisses, rocking horse rides, walks up and down the hallway, books read and tons and tons of snuggles, my parents hit the trail. We haven’t really left the house in the last few days and I think the excitement of having guests pushed Maggie to exhaustion. She practically fell asleep before they were out of the driveway and took a massive nap. Guess we’re still in recovery here @ HBHQ.

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The Other Side of Sickness

The last few days around here have been rough. Maggie had been sick, but it looks like she is in full recovery mode now. Having a child that is sick is the absolute worst thing in the world. I don’t think I’ve felt so helpless in my life and I don’t look forward to the next time we have to go down that road.

Last night her fever peaked at 103 and both Barry and I nearly had a panic attack, but thankfully she responded quickly to the Tylenol and she had her first solidish night of sleep in a few days. I took her to the doctor yesterday, but aside from what we were already doing, there wasn’t much more to be done.

I haven’t wanted to write about her being sick because it was really heartbreaking – the sparkle was missing from her eyes and her energy level was at zero. But this morning she popped up and promptly started waving at us and before we knew it she was making hot laps up and down the hallway with her Radio Flyer push cart.

We had to cancel on a few people today (sorry, Tamara, Cole & Larry!) and we didn’t make it to the library for storytime, but Maggie has been using her sparkle all around the house today and I’m sure by tomorrow we’ll be fully recovered. Never have I been so happy for the Naptime Battle.

I know that when I was sick as a kid the only thing that truly made me feel better was my parents, not even the “I’m Sick”  7 – Up cheered me up. We certainly weren’t giving Mags 7-Up yesterday, but it was clear that she just wanted to be held by us, and so we held her knowing that a little TLC can go a long, long way.

To health!!

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Dance Party @ hBhQ

We had a major dance party here at HBHQ last night. Have you heard Adele’s Rolling in the Deep song?

Well, I love it.

It just makes me want to bust a move and so tonight we cranked it up and did just that. I pranced around with Sydney in my arms and Barry carried Maggie in his Captain’s Chair. Maggie got quite a kick out of Sydney’s floating head and was cracking up during the whole song.

In other news I’ve unearthed some old pictures of Maggie that I’m drooling over, simply because they are super beautiful and also because I had forgotten I even took them. I’ve determined that she is growing up at warp speed and I have to suppress the urge to document every moment with my camera.

BUT

I sure do love that I’ve got a ton of photos of these past 10 months and I have no plans to put my camera down anytime soon; however, I suppose I could practice ‘forgetting’ it a time or two, just for the sake of living truly in the moment. I’ll work on that. Maybe.

Anyhow, our house has been full of dance parties and babies that like to wake up through out the night. It is also full of bedrooms that are blue, kitchens that are green and everything else in between.

Go get your dance on today, you’ll feel better.

P.S. When I was trying to buy a song by the artist Pink, I accidently bought Aerosmith’s song “Pink,” turns out you can dance your toosh off to that song too.