It's Dylann's first Halloween! Isn't she the sweetest little penguin you've ever seen!! She wasn't very happy about the costume, but she did sit still for a few pics. We took her to 3 of our neighbors houses and that was about all she could handle. She is already in bed! We're just about out of candy, so we'll be turning the light out shortly. We have a scary movie to watch...I won't make it, I hate scary movies! That's ok, I'm exhausted and I think I'm gonna go to bed early!

Cold again!

It's even colder this morning than it was yesterday! I broke down and got out my winter coat and a few sweaters. I don't know what it is about Floridians, but we try to go as long as possible without dragging out the winter clothes. Maybe we think that cold snaps are too short to go to the trouble...remember, the winter clothes have been put away for about 6 months now...it's a pain in the neck to dig them out! Whatever the reason, I had to dig way into the back of my closet, contorting my body to find the rubbermaid tub and pull out whatever was on top. We have a small space heater that we keep under the bathroom sink...well it's on top of the sink now warming up that bathroom! Oh and that leads me to another Floridian quirk...we never turn on the central heat...never. Give it a few hours and it will warm up on it's own. Funny. Well, I am going out to brave the cold and get my big diesel truck cranked up and get the heat blowing on high for about 15 minutes before I get in! Have a good day! Keep warm!

It's cold!

Wow, what a shocker when I woke up this morning! It's in the 40's...bbrrrrr. I'm a Florida girl through and through and I can't stand to be cold! I had to put on slippers and a sweater over my jammies this morning. Dilly woke me up coughing this morning. I laid there waiting to see if her mama would get up and get her, but after about 15 minutes of it I figured she was probably ignoring her...she couldn't have not heard her. Last night at dinner Katie said that Dylann is exhausting!! My hubby and I looked at each other wide-eyed. Katie gets ticked off pretty easily so instead of making a snide comment I just said, "yeah, can you imagine if you lived alone and didn't have me to help!" ...it still ticked her off. Oh well, the truth hurts baby!

So, today I have no plans. Before I quit work I would have loved a day like today. Now that I'm home everyday, I feel as though I must clean the house on days like this. It needs it...so I will feel guilty if I don't do it! Then again...there's always tomorrow! ...and therein lies the problem! I'm not used to being home everyday...I worked for 24 years of my life and now I don't know how to be a housewife! I can manage an office like nobody's business, but I can't manage a house! It doesn't make sence. Does anyone out there have any house-management advise for me? I need a schedule...a mission for each day. Unfortunately I don't really care that much. I guess I'll go turn on Judge Judy.

Roseola

We just got home from the pediatrician...Dilly has roseola. It's symptoms are a high fever for 3 days and then when the fever goes away a rash develops on their torso, neck and shoulders. All 3 of my kids had it but it wasn't until this morning when I saw the rash that it occured to me that it could be roseola. So, she will be fine! She is already 99% better. She is very sleepy and cranky, but no more fever. The rash doesn't itch or bother her at all. So hopefully I will not have any more sick baby posts...yeah!!

Baby is doing better today.

We had another long night, but at least Katie was home and she and I took turns sleeping with Dylann. She was scorching hot again all night long, but is only slightly warm right now. She's been cranky and fussy all day, but I can deal with that as long as the fever is gone. Katie being a new mom started to panic when she felt how hot she was in the middle of the night. I remember those days and so I know that there isn't much more we can do. We have her on antibiotics and baby fever reducer. We are also trying to keep her drinking the pedialyte and wiping her down with cool rags. If she isn't better by tomorrow morning we will be taking her back to the doctor. She and Katie are both napping right now...I might join them!

Plans were made to be broken

Well, so much for the game. I was up all night with a sick baby and she is still running a fever. Her mama was out of town for a friends 21st birthday party...I don't even want to know... Poor Dilly has been trying to get sick again and by the time I got home yesterday afternoon her fever was up to 100. By 9:00 it was 102. She finished her antibiotic for her last bout a week ago and had some left over, so I started giving her that plus infant motrin and it seems to work for a little while. After I put her to bed, however, she started to throw up...let me rephrase that: after I put her into MY bed! Then the "comedy of errors" began...it wasn't funny then, but now that everything turned out ok I can chuckle about it. Here's the play-by-play: I lay her down on my bed and then I begin to take off my jeans so I can climb in with her. I have one leg out of my jeans when she starts to throw up. I quickly reach for her and pick her up so I can make my way to the bathroom...one leg on and one leg off. As I'm quickly hobbling to the bathroom I am trying to shake the pant leg off, but it just turns inside-out and won't come off! I have double doors leading into the bathroom and one side of the doors stays latched up at the top. My pants became stuck up under the latched door. As I tried to make my way toward the garden tub with Dylann vomiting the whole way, my pants refused to come with me and caused me to trip and fall while holding the puking baby. I did a great job of cradling her and she didn't get hurt, but I landed on my knees and elbows. FINALLY, I dragged my leg out of the pants and made it to the tub and held her over it as she continued to throw up. My bed is covered in it...I am covered in it...she is covered in it...there is a trail from the bed to the bathroom...the bathroom floor where we fell has a puddle...and now the bath tub is splattered. Unbelieveable! She finally stopped and I got her cleaned up with a fresh bottle of pedialyte on a blanket and boppy in front of the TV. I change myself and the sheets...grab her and climb back into the bed. She was pretty hot most of the night and I mopped her brow with a cool rag throughout the night. Hubby was home, but he has a bad sore throat and he was asleep in the recliner through it all. I am exhausted, but she is feeling a little better this morning. Her mama will be home this evening and I'm going to take a bubble bath (in the no longer pukey tub) and hide out in my room. Well, I hope I made somebody laugh today...or smile at least! I hope you all have a great day!

Rainy Day

It's a yucky rainy day, but I shouldn't complain because we really could use the rain. We are about to go into the Florida dry season and we haven't had much rain in the past couple of months. Dylann is at home with a fever. She was a little warm yesterday, but last night she was getting hot and this morning she was hot again. Her mama is staying home with her today. I work at my old job on Friday's to help out. I worked as an administrative assistant at my church for several years and when I quit this past June they didn't know if they would replace me with a full time person or a part time person. So, I've kind of helped out on Friday's since then and it's working pretty well. I am getting tired of it, but it's only for a few hours once a week and they are paying me, soooooo.......

Tomorrow I am going to the Gator game. We are Bull Gators and have really good seats with access to the clubhouse and a large buffet for free...it's very nice. It's about a 2 hour drive and although I love it once I get there, I'm not usually excited about it. I love my Saturday's... they're mine! So when I have to share them I get a little testy. Now that I'm not working it's harder for me to complain...isn't everyday mine? Yeah well.... tomorrow is the big Mt. Dora craft fair and I'd rather go there. I will have a great day...if Dilly is better it will be her first Gator game...a right of passage in our family. I'll take pictures, of course!