My Little Man

It's almost been a year since this little person joined our family. Time sure flies fast. He's working at walking along the furniture, crawling anywhere he can squeeze his little body through, and smiling like crazy when either Lyndon, Kianna or myself are in his sight. You wouldn't know from this pic that he can put on quite the pouty face, which he is doing at this precise moment. Anyway, there's my little man.

Let's Play Ball

Kianna is growing up so fast. Today she got her very first glove, ball and bat. She was so excited. Daddy was out back teaching her all his tricks. I was pretending to try her glove on and she got quite possessive. "That's my glove mommy" she says. One of these days we are going to enroll her in something. I do know that whatever it is that we put her in, she's going to love it.

Payback

I'm learning that there is truth to the old adage "what goes around comes around."As a parent of a 3 year old girl, I have been learning many, many things. One thing though, is that it doesn't take long for a child to display typical male/female attitudes. Here is why. I was busy on the computer and Kianna kept wanting to touch some buttons. I had said no a couple of times and finally I cupped her face in my hands, made her look me in the eyes, and told her to repeat after me "I will not touch the buttons anymore." Well, in true female form, she turned around, crossed her arms, and stuck out that bottom lip. I tried to get her to turn around and look at me again but she would not budge. So, as a result of a bad decision made on her part, she was sent to her room. She did not like that one bit.

She reminds me a lot of me when I was a kid. I could be, and still am, very stubborn. I wouldn't budge if my life depended on it! Well, God's giving me payback now with a daughter who is every bit as stubborn as I am. So, remember, what goes around really does come around!

Unwanted Reactions

So, I thought I was okay after getting my shots. My arm was hurting a little bit like the nurse said it would but nothing to worry about. Well, being that I got a tetanus and twinrix, which both have fever listed in their reactions, I came down with a fever last night. I was supposed to go out last night and that sure didn't happen. It's been a long time since I've felt that way and I hope it's a long time before I feel that way again. Being cold is not one of my favorite things. I had 3 blankets wrapped around me at one point and I was still freezing. The only part of me that wasn't internally frozen was my face which was sooooo hot. What an icky feeling! This reaction was new for me. I've never reacted to anything like this before. Oh well, like I said in my last post, I'm a big girl, I'll get over it. I think I'm better today. We'll see as the day wears on. I hope so I don't want to miss 2 nights of activity in a row.

I'm Stuck

I went to get my shots today. They really weren't that bad. Just a little prick in each arm. It's nothing like getting an epidural. That's probably because they weren't shoving a giant needle into my spine! Now, however, I have much more sympathy for my children when they have to get their shots. The arm I got the twinrix in is a little bit sore but I'm a big girl, I'll get over it. I also had to get my tetanus as well. It seem that I hadn't gotten that done since 1994 and you're supposed to get that one every 10 years. Well, now I'm good for another 10. That's great. I shouldn't need anymore vaccinations until then. Spencer's the next one who needs to get shots, that's for his one year shots. I'm sure he'll be fine. Then I won't have to bring him in for a while to get more. I think the one's they get after that is when they are 5 years old.
Anyway, I'm stuck and I survived. That's about it.

Getting Stuck

Tomorrow I get to go get stuck. I need to get my hep A and hep B vaccinations before I go to Mexico on a missions trip. It's one thing for me to bring in my children to get their shots because I'm there to hold them still, it's completely different when it's my turn. Mind you, I usually just turn my head and don't look but it has been a while since I've had to be stuck with anything. The last time that happened I was in full-blown labour getting an epidural! I guess compared to that, these needles won't be so bad.
I have vivid memories of going to get my needles when I was 5. The health center was still at the cosmo civic center and we had to walk up a long ramp to get to the right floor. Then I was asked if I wanted to sit by myself or on mom's lap. Well, of course I chose mom's lap. It must have been a fairly traumatic experience for me to remember all of those details. Oddly enough, I'd like to be a nurse someday. I must have gotten over my fear of needles!
Oh well, I'll let you guys know how the needles went and if I passed out! The only thing is that I have to bring the kids along because there's nobody to babysit at that time of day so I'm hoping that they won't hinder the process at all. Kianna will be very curious about it and Spencer will just be wanting to move around. I guess I'll see how they do.