I feel like it’s been forever since I wrote last. It’s been a little crazy. Lily hasn’t been well since Saturday. We took the Coen’s out to Couran Cove on Saturday, and as the day went on I got more and more worried about Lily. She had mucus oozing out of her eyes (came on out of nowhere), had diarrhea, and slept a ton. Despite my worries, we had a fun time with the Coen’s.

After Hours.
When we got home, I started googling to find out what might be wrong with Lily. Side note…how did moms back in the day survive without Dr. Google??? It was looking like conjunctivitis, and it was recommended to see a doctor ASAP. We didn’t have any cash on us so we couldn’t use the Med Call home dr service. It was about 6:30 on a Saturday night, and I found an after hours care clinic in southport about 20 minutes away. We loaded up the kids and off we went. Both kids handled the LONG wait really well. Ty watched a Bond movie, Lily slept. Jay and I watched people. Quite an interesting crowd, I must say. A crack whore and her bikie boyfriend, a teenage boy that had some sort of crotch problem, a grown man that played video games with the volume cranked on his phone, and a sweet old lady that told me her life story in 2 hours. After we finally got in to see the doctor, my suspicions were confirmed, and then some. Conjunctivitis, sore throat, and ear infection. Jay had me run into the after hours chemist while he stayed in the car with the kids, wishing me luck to not get macheted (not shot because there aren’t any guns here)… it seemed a little sketch from the outside but was quite nice inside. I got Lily’s meds and off we went to home…and the start of a week’s worth of no sleep. And that’s basically how the week went. I worked every day except Friday, Jay stayed home with Lily on Monday and Wednesday. On Tuesday and Thursday we had thought she was better so we took her to daycare, only to find out that by late afternoon her eyes were oozing again. :(. Thursday night she had a fever, which carried over into Friday, and again on Saturday. Jay and I decided to take her to see our doctor on Friday. Her ear was still infected after a week in meds, and she figures she has a virus that just needs to run its course. She took a swab to make sure it isn’t something else – won’t hear the results until Monday. The doctor gave us a different type of antibiotic to try to fight the ear infection. Since this is the 5th or 6th ear infection in Lily’s short life, she referred us to a doctor to get tubes (they call them grommets) put in her ears. She couldn’t get in for the consultation until December, but is on the cancellation list. At this point I am willing to do whatever it takes to prevent these ear infections. 😦

Bell!
Saturday morning Ty had swim lessons. Jay stayed home with Lily (good thing because she puked all over him) and I took Ty to swimming. He was doing really well and then scratched his leg on the pool steps. He was halfway crying, acting like he wanted to get out of the water. I had to fight back the urge to run over and kiss his leg…and acted like it was no big deal. After a few minutes, his swim teacher was able to talk him back in, and he finished the lesson with a bang! He had done so well that his teacher told him he could go ring the bell and move up to the next level – L3!! In that class, they swim the whole length of the pool. The more advanced swimmers do the crawl and them switch to their backs and back and forth. I am excited to see him grow over the next couple of months. He rang the bell and everyone at the pool clapped. So fun!

Mic.
I had to go to the mall to get my iPhone 5 battery replaced, so Ty and I headed that way right after swimming. We rarely get to spend time together with just the two of us – we had a great day. He was such a good boy. We went into a lot of toy stores and I offered to buy him a few games, but he said he didn’t want them. Then he saw the Build-A-Bear store. He hasn’t been in one, at least not with me anytime in the recent past. But he was walking around, scoping out all of the outfits and the machine to make a bear. Then he spotted the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle bear. Well, since he suffered through a trip to the mall with mom and had been so good, I thought, why not. He picked out Michelangelo, some pjs and slippers and nunchucks (because who doesn’t sleep with their nunchucks), a red heart, and a noise maker that songs the Turtle song. He was eating it all up – must be at just the right age to get a kick out of the whole process. So yeah, a $35 “bear” quickly turned into $85. Good lord… He better pass that down to his children someday. Welcome to the family Mic. Hi-YA!

As a side note, I wish I had invented Apple. That store is always packed, but runs amazingly smooth. “Stand by the headphone” and someone magically appears with answers to all of your questions and fixes for all of your problems. There are like 50 people working and they are all busy. You can literally see dollar signs floating in the air. What a deal….

Hair.
It’s official. Lily has hair. Well, enough to be able to put in a hair clip. Woohoo!

B.
This week Ty has been learning about the letter B. He wanted to write letters when we got home. His favorite B word was baseball, so that is what he wrote. Pretty impressive!

Spring.
Saturday was a beautiful spring day and it got us in the spring cleaning mood. We didn’t want to do too much so that Lily could rest, but we were able to pressure wash all of the patio around the pool and the back of the house. It looks so much better! I decided that I probably need a pressure washer when we get back to the US – talk about immediate gratification. I could have washed the grout all day and been totally content. Jay and Ty puttied some of the nicks in the walls (oops). I organized the pantry (again – yes Miranda it was a mess already). Then Lily and I gave ourselves pedicures before she fell asleep for a nice afternoon nap. Jay grilled steaks for dinner and Ty watched Transformers before we called it a night. Another restless night for Lily as she continued to try to fight off whatever it is that is making her unwell.

Day of Rest.
Sunday morning we went to the marina for breakfast then came home and watched the Iowa vs Iowa State game. Hooray for a Cyclone victory!! I thought it would be best to keep Lily home and relatively quiet, so Jay and Ty went and picked the Torrey’s up for a boat ride. Lily and I had a lovely day. She took a good nap in my lap while I talked to my cousin about her trip down under in November. After lunch (I gave Lily ketchup for the first time and she loved dipping her sausage in it) we went for a nice long walk around the neighborhood. It was sunny and probably 75 degrees, light breeze. So nice. When we got home I sat on the patio and blogged while Lily explored. I love watching her waddle around and listening to her little feet stomping the ground.

Lily fell asleep again and I got to watch an entire movie uninterrupted. Imogene. Not great, not bad, but a good movie for turning off my brain for a couple hours. Unfortunately she woke with a temp of 101, not real happy. 😦

The boys got home around 4:30 and it sounded like they had a really fun day with the Torrey’s. They went to Tipplers and had a good time feeding the wallabies. Ty made sure to put barbecue sauce on the French fry before giving it to the wallaby.

Jay and I whipped together a delicious lasagna for dinner, then after quick baths we went on a buggy ride to check out the life size samurai ninja statue that Lily and I spied on our walk today. Oh yes, it’s awesome. Hoping for a good week ahead of us, with everyone healthy and happy. G’day mates!