Stomp Rocket

If you are looking for a gift for a child age 3 or older I highly recommend the Stomp Rocket! This toy entertained 3 boys (ages 5,4,3) and 4 grown man (ages 65,38,35) for 3 whole hours! It absolutely amazed me! It is a real simple toy you just put the nerf-like rocket on the one end, point it to where you want it to go, and "Stomp" on the plastic pillow-like thing at the other end. Believe it or not the rockets launch pretty high! You can get them at The Learning Express store or I'm sure on-line. Just a suggestion.
But be careful not to shoot the rocket up on the roof. My 5 year old nephew did that, then decided to climb out of my sister's window and on to the roof to retrieve the rocket. He got back in the house safely, bent the screen when he tried to put it back in the window, and got in A LOT of trouble!

Loooong Day

Whoo what a day! I should have known when the little Princess got up at 6:30am that it was going to be a very long day!
Then at 7:45am I notice my neighbor across the street run across the street to my other neighbors house who has newborn twins. I see her and the one baby outside on the porch (the other baby is still in the hospital), I think were is her husband, and then I see the neighbor who ran across the street go into her house. What the heck. All of a sudden here come fire trucks and police cars up the road into her driveway. At that point I tell my husband watch the girl I'm going to see if everything is ok. Here her carbon monoxide detectors were going off. Today was the first day her husband went back to work. The poor girl was a mess.
At 8:10am I am finally headed out to go to work knowing that I'm going to be 10 minutes late. To top off my morning my coffee was cold!
Wednesday's at the office are always exhausting for me because I'm trying to work and at the same time keep an eye on my Princess, who by the way is not a princess at work. She just isn't herself at the office, she is a totally different child then how she is at home. I guess she is just out of her norm, but by the time I get home on Wednesday nights I'm ready for bed! But the day doesn't end there. Wednesday nights my hubby plays golf so then I have to be a single Mom for the night after chasing after the Princess all day. Tonight wasn't too bad except that I'm fighting a cold or have really bad allergies. I haven't figured out what it is. I am leaning toward a cold since the little one just got over croup but I hate to admit that my immune system failed me again!
So that was my loooong day in a nut shell. Tomorrow should be a whole lot better since it is suppose to be sunny and warm. Plus I'll be working from home so someone will be in a better mood.
Oh by the way I spoke to my neighbor tonight and asked if her day got any better after the whole carbon monoxide scare. The builder came out to check the detectors and to see if it was just a bad wire, here they don't even have carbon monoxide detectors in their house it was their smoke detectors that were going off. Whoops!

Time to Prep

I decided to do a BBQ at my house on Sunday for Memorial Day so now it's time to stress and prep! I love having get togethers once they are happening, I hate the prep and the clean up. But it is worth it because you get to see all your friends and family without having to leave your house!
I just got back from the good old dollar store. I got the plates, napkins, cups and plastic ware. That part is done!
All that is left is grocery shopping, Costco shopping, and cooking/baking! No problem! I still have 2 more days plus Sunday morning!
The only problem is I haven't heard back from anyone yet!

I wish I was here...

Blue Skies
Sunshine
Palm Trees
White Sandy Beaches
Clear Warm Water
Paradise

What else could you ask for?

"The Weather is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful" - Jimmy Buffett

Snot Every Where

My little Sweet Pea has croup! Yuck! It is probably the sickest she has been since she was born. I feel so bad the poor little girl. She has snot every where. When she sneezes she coughs at the same time and snot is every where, coming out her nose and out of her mouth. I feel like I have snot all over me. That's all I did today was wipe snot. She is even vomiting snot. Did I mention there is snot every where! Gross!

On a happy note she had her 18 month check up today. She is weighing in at 24 pounds which is in the 50th percentile. She is also 50% in height at 31 1/4". The doctor said she wasn't even going to talk to me about developmental stuff because she is obviously ahead for her age! I'm so proud of her!

Date Night

So hubby and I went on a date on Friday night. It was wonderful. I can't tell you the last time just the two of us went out. Since having our daughter we haven't gone out by ourselves a lot or at all. I love being a mom and spending time as a family but I forgot how much fun it is to be the two of us. Let me tell you hubby was the perfect gentlemen opening doors and complimenting me. It actually felt like were dating again. We went out to dinner at our friend's restaurant. Fabulous! We shared calamari appetizer, then I got the lump crab meat and shrimp Alfredo pasta, and finished it off with some kind of cappuccino hazelnut chocolate cake! We got home just in time to kiss our little one good night. Then we crashed on the couch feeling very uncomfortable. It was probably the most I ate in one sitting for months. It was the perfect start to the weekend. I can't wait for our next date night!

Strike 3

Well my Remicade treatment didn't go too well yesterday. I had another reaction. So now I have 8 weeks to decide what to do. The doctor said she would be willing to try it one more time this time having the IV drip really slow. I have the reaction 30 minutes into the treatment, then they stop it and dose me with fluids and steroids, and start it up again and I'm fine. So we just have to find a way to get me past the 30 minute mark. So do I give it one more try or do I try a different treatment? The other treatment my doctor is thinking about is Humira. I would have to give myself injections every other week. Which is no big deal, that doesn't bother me a bit. But how do I know that will work as well as the Remicade. The Remicade isn't only helping the rheumatoid arthritis it is helping my ulcerative colitis. The Humira is suppose to help both too. Ughh I hate making decisions. On one hand the Humira sounds great because it will be a 15 second injection at home instead of a 4 hour infusion at the doctor's office. Plus the nurses won't have to worry about me coming in. I know it isn't my fault but I feel so bad that I put the two nurses through my reactions. I'm sure it isn't a bright spot in their day and I don't want them to see my name of the schedule and think Oh Great Trouble Patient is coming in. Believe me you do think that about certain patients, not in a mean way but in a pitiful way. But I know how the Remicade works and how great I feel after I get it. Should I just give it one more try? Or throw in the towel?