Feeling better and Bargains

Just an update on Ohlen: He is feeling much better. His head feels cool, and his other ailments seem to be going away too. He hasn't thrown up today, YAY! Although, he isn't quite 100% yet. He is much more mobile than he was yesterday. I ran up stairs and when I came back down he was eating the cover of my gardening book... that I left on the floor... this mobile baby stuff is still new. :) He is also much more smiley. As you can see in the picture.

Also, Ohlen has really started to enjoy scratching/strumming things with his fingers. It cracks me up. He especially likes the noise his crib mattress makes.

This weather has got me in the mood for garage sales. :) Having one and going to some. I love looking for bargains! We are hoping to create Baby #2 in the near future, so my goal is to find a crib and a two kidder stroller this summer. Just to clarify, baby #2 is NOT in existence yet, we hope soon, but no, not yet. :)

Garage sales always make me think of my Grandma Lucy. I can't believe she will be gone three years this June. (Kaiser was born on the day she died, crazy coincidence.) I don't think about her every day, but when I do, I miss her so much. I hate that she isn't here for Ohlen's life. I hate that he won't ever meet his Great grandma Lucy. But I think I mostly hate that I don't get to see her. I miss her smell, her smile, her distinct throat clearing, her scarves, her jerking driving, her humor, her friendship, her love, her hugs. I think part of me hasn't completely dealt with her being gone. It was so sudden, so unexpected. I still have a very vivid memory of walking in the room at the hospital to find her already gone. What I wouldn't give to talk to her one more time. To tell her how much I love her.

But back to what I was saying. Gram had a love of garage sales, at one time. We even had a cake for her birthday one year that was her in her Buick at a garage sale... :) Heck, at one point she owned a used furniture store that basically was a year round garage sale... :) Such great memories. Happy Bargain Hunting everyone!

Becoming Mommy

When you become a parent there comes a day when it suddenly hits you...you are the mommy. You are the one that makes the owies go away, you are the one that stops the tears, you are the one that has to figure out what's going wrong, when your baby can't tell you whats wrong. I mean, you always know those things, but I think there is a time when it suddenly becomes a reality. Mine came today.

Ohlen hasn't been feeling too good. He's thrown up a couple of times, has diarrhea, has a slight temperature, and is not quite his normal ultra smiley self. It's the first time he's been sick, and it's so frustrating. He can't tell me what hurts. But it's not all bad. He isn't fussy, or grumpy, just not as smiley. There hasn't been a whole lot of crying. And his temperature is going down and down. And he kept his last meal down! :) I think it's been harder on me than on him. It's really made me think about all that being a mom involves, and I wouldn't trade this job for the world! :)

I really have so much respect for all the parents that have gone through sickness, injuries, anything hard. It's killing me and he's only a little sick. But I know that God's got His eye on him, and it's a much better eye than mine. :) I've really been trying to lean more on Him, and not try and think that I have to do it all on my own, because doing it on my own just doesn't work so well. :)

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