School, Crawling, and House Work

Things have been going good.... busy, busy, busy......

Nathen is army crawling everywhere. I cant keep him in the same place for to long. He is becoming a healthy baby. We are so proud of him! He is such a trooper. He tried Mac -N- Cheese a bit ago and he is not to sure about that. He is getting a long week of getting sick. That was not fun at all. On Saturday morning he woke up from his nap with a fever. I checked it... 103 F.... Yikes. He seemed okay, until he didn't eat his lunch. Then I got really worried. He was pulling his ears and rubbing his eyes. The first thing I thought was.... TEETHING!!! He had been crying 2 day prior, due to his front teeth coming in. WRONG!!!! Anyway, He went back to sleep without eating and woke up for a bottle. I gave him his bottle and he ate it fine. Then a few moments after finishing he couldn't hold it down. I picked him up and he seemed even hotter. I put him in a semi - warm bath. Then called and made an appointment to get him in the see the Doctor.

We went into the doctors office. They diagnosed Nathen with Herpangina. YEAH.... I know... weird name. Its a very painful mouth and throat infection... She leaned him back so I could see that big red painful looking sores in his throat. I felt so sorry for him. NO WONDER HE WAS CRYING AND DIDN'T WANT TO EAT!!!! On top of that it was very contagious. My poor baby wasn't able to sleep but in two hour sessions and not able to eat much. By Sunday night his fever broke and went away. He is slowly getting back to normal Nathen. He is starting to smile and giggle again. I never knew I could miss something so much. He is such a wonderful blessing in our lives.

Dustin is attending the University of Phoenix and going through General Classes before he starts on his classes in Software Engineering. I can say, honestly,I have never seen him really enjoy anything, like he does his college. I am so very proud of him for taking that big giant leap of FAITH! It sure is very scary when you make such a huge change. While he is going to school, he is also working at Henry Schein where he works in Technical Support. He is really enjoying it there, and he is learning and gaining experience that would point him on the right track after college. He has made some really wonderful and life changing choices lately and I am really proud him for that. He doesn't seem to have a whole lot of free between the homework and sleep. A few short years and it will be worth every second lost.

I am doing better with stress levels. Well, I am trying to get better at managing that. In May, I quit my job as the Senior Asst. at Security Finance. I had been there for almost 5 years. Dustin got a job offer. So We decided to take a chance with this company and so now I am currently staying home and not working at all. We really can't afford daycare. I am honestly thankful that we can't. So one of us can stay here with him at all times. I think that is very important for a child's development.

So all in all, We are doing well. Nathen is growing, Dustin is growing academically, and I am growing to become a better mom and wife to the most important men in my life. This will be the key to my success. I am happy with what I have and I feel that I am blessed.