3 Not Fun Things

Here are a few pictures my mom took of us on Father's Day. Look at that baby! He's already quite a bit bigger, especially his cheeks.

My favorite. Look at those loving little brothers!

So life has been fun and crazy around here with 4 little kids. I feel so frazzled and tired all the time but I love watching the kids play and learn and grow. Here are a few less than fun things that have happened this week.

#1 Darren has developed sores in his diaper area to the point that I wanted to take him to the doctor. So I called and made an appointment for the next day. Annie had a fever and acted sick that night and ended up throwing up late that night so I took her to the doctor with us. Turns out Darren's is a fungus aggravated because he's in diapers so she suggested potty training. He loves the underwear and sitting on the potty, but refuses to go on the potty. I should be glad though because he'll come running to me saying, "Pee. Pee," and takes me to the spot on the floor where he'd just peed. Oh well, its a step. We're just trying to change him as often as possible and he puts up a fight so that's really fun. Annie ended up having a kidney infection! Poor kid had only mentioned in passing that her side hurt as she went running off. We caught it early but it is still bad enough that we have to be really careful. She had to have a big shot Thursday and today and will again on Monday. Poor kid. It is actually e coli caused by improper wiping which means I have to fight with my strong willed 4 year old and not let her do it herself. TMI? Sorry. Its just been a blast around here. When we went home and told Rick about the shot I said, "Daddy, Annie was so brave." She said, "No I wasn't Mom. I was very freaking out!"

#2 As we were stopped at a convenience store on Pioneer Day I saw someone drinking beer in his car. He got out and threw away 2 cans and popped another. I told Rick and we called the police. Nobody better be drinking and driving in my neighborhood. Its just something I feel strongly about. Well, we were almost to our friend's house and had to turn around and go back to talk to the police. They said he wasn't acting intoxicated but could tell he had been drinking and would try to get him to walk home. I hope it all turned out okay. I really wasn't trying to get him arrested, I just didn't want him to drive again. That was an experience that I could have done without.

#3 Maybe I'm the only one who has done this but has anyone else done a huge shopping trip and then forgotten their wallet? I've only done it once or twice but today when I got to the register I couldn't find my wallet. I couldn't figure out where I could have left it but called Rick and he couldn't find it either. Just at the point when I'm starting to get worried, Carlyn and I got back to the van and my wallet had fallen out of my purse in between the front seats. Whew. Crisis averted. They checked all my groceries and had suspended the transaction so I just had to go back and swipe my card. Not too bad, but I'm really glad that my wallet wasn't missing.

Pregnancy, Props, and a little Misc

Well, I was feeling excited that I was almost half way done with my pregnancy. As of Monday I thought I was 19 weeks. When I got the dr office Monday afternoon, in a horrible snowstorm I might add, my dr told me that I'm really two weeks behind. I know its not that big of a deal, but the last two weeks I'm pregnant I know I'll be wishing I could really have been done already. I also can't seem to kick this sinus garbage that I have going on. For some reason its worse when I'm pregnant. I hope I pull out of it soon.

I had 2 really good customer service experiences today. The first was that I went to Harmon's for groceries. Actually, I go there specifically because I know I'll have good customer service there and I can drive up and they'll load my groceries. Even Albertson's or Smith's employees just look at you like you're crazy most of the time when you ask and forget it at Walmart.

The other was that I went through the drive through at my credit union and made a deposit. As a afterthought I asked if they had a calendar. She said yes, but she couldn't put it is the tube at the drive through. I said thanks and I'd run in for it. I don't know if she could tell I was sick or was just nice, but she ran it out to me and brought me an extra one too. So nice and above what she needed to do.

When I got home from the store today the girls were playing hospital. I heard one say, "Okay patient, I'm going downstairs now. I'll come back later to check on you." So cute.

Election

I'm not trying to offend anyone, but this is my blog and my opinion. Don't read it if you don't want to. :)

First I want to say that I voted, so I feel totally justified in voicing my opinion. What is the saying about not having a voice if you don't vote? I'm so very upset tonight about the way this election has ended up. I can't believe that our country voted for a person who doesn't believe in the constitution. I know that many people, good people, voted for him, but all I think of when I see him is a man who doesn't understand what it means to be an American and the ideals of our founding fathers. I see a man who thinks that everyone should agree with him or be squashed. Maybe I'm naive, but I can't see why so many people believe in him. I know so many people are anti-Bush, and they see McCain as too similar. I know that many people are anti-war. I just think too many people thought it was the cool thing to do and did it. I'm not talking about the people that studied and voted because they agreed with him, I'm talking about the people who didn't know what they voted for and I'm afraid we're going to see some scary things come to pass because of the results of this election. America is the greatest nation, but I'm sad it ended up like this. McCain was quoted as saying, "Let there be no reason for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.” I still value my citizenship, but I worry what that will mean.