Longest WEEK ever

When it rains, it POURS, that is for sure. On Thursday Josh came home from work early as he wasn't feeling well. He had been in the bathroom all night being sick and was tired, and was still being sick so he came home. Well, about 8 pm that night, Hunter started vomiting. All over everything. Poor little guy. It is so hard when they are so little because they can't give more than a nanosecond of advanced warning before they throw up. He threw up all over the floor 3 times, all over our recliner, all over our bed twice.

It only lasted until 130 am thank goodness. He was as good as new the next morning. He has diarrhea now...I guess it is moving out of his system.

Then, last night I knocked over a soda onto our Tivo. 300 bucks gone. I called the company and they said they will replace it for a 20 dollar shipping and handling fee, thank goodness.

Alex started vomiting at 5 pm tonight and he has thrown up twice. Not sure how the night will go. Hunter then threw up everywhere again, but he's a gag-er so I think it was sympathy puking.

I am hoping we have a better day tomorrow!

Little Boys Can't Fly

Well, we knew it would happen eventually. It was more a matter of "when" not "if." My little daredevil broke his arm :o( I did not see it happen, but I am pretty sure he jumped off his bed (it's a queen size). His cry let me know something was different. His little arm looked bent, so to the ER we go. They heavily sedated him in order to set the arm. He was so funny and goofy then. On the arm where his IV was he had a board taped to the palm of his hand up his forearm for stability. Well, he thought it was an airplane and was flying it. He was babbling and laughing incoherently. Poor little baby. He's doing pretty good now, but he is having a little trouble adjusting to his cast - like he doesn't know where to put it...he's afraid to lift it on his own, etc.

In other news, Alexander had his appointment today....GOOD NEWS!!!!! His blood counts were finally 100% normal! YAY!!!!!!!!!!! We only have one more appt in Feb, then we are all done and he can be a normal baby!

Here are some pictures of Hunter's arm:

Before the cast

After the cast

Stumble

Well, I have not done the greatest on my diet today, that is for sure. I don't think Chinese food is that great for you. Also, I didn't exercise today either...therefore breaking 2 days of exercising. UWF starts up on Monday and I do not have my class finished or loaded, so I will be doing that tonight too. I guess that time just kind of got away from me today. I am very tired today for some reason, so my energy isn't the greatest. I think it would be good if Josh and I started taking vitamins too. We are both SO tired all the time. I know some of it is contributed to the stress we are under and the fact that we get up about 4 times a night with Alex, but gosh! This is getting tiring. There is so much we need to do and just taking care of the boys and general upkeep of the house is kicking my patoot! Tomorrow is my day to sleep in and I am excited about that.

Hunter was good today. He is such a sweet little boy. Seriously - he is so precious. Alex was reaching for the carbon monoxide detector that is plugged in to an outlet on the floor and Hunter runs to him screaming, "No baby! NOOOO! Owie, baby. No touch. Owie. This is Mommy's, no touch." He is going to be one kick-ass older brother!

Seven Pounds

I went to see the movie Seven Pounds, with Will Smith, tonight. It was a very interesting movie. Definitely a "to see" movie...not sure if I would go to the theater for it though. It was good to get out of the house and see Stephanie (love ya!). We had a lot of fun, like we always do, and we didn't get arrested (which is always a plus...especially with Steph, HA!). But anyway, I definitely broke my diet a bit, but as I never, hardly ever do anything I thought it was okay. I did my gazelle for 30 minutes today, which is definitely a good thing. From what I understand, you have to do something for 21 days for it to become a habit. This is day 2 :0)

I read somewhere on the internet today, about Alex's illness, that neutropenia is common. Alexander has something call Transiet Erythroblastopenia of Childhood (TEC). While his hemoglobin (red blood cells) are normal now, a large section of his white blood cells (called neutrophils) are NOT normal. They are very low, and this is called neutropenia. He basically has very little immune system, almost like that of a person with AIDS, if that helps explain it better. I believe my biggest fear is that Alex does have cancer. I suppose I haven't said that out loud yet, but since we never did the bone marrow aspiration it's always in the back of my head. I have decided to go with Alex to the doctor myself on Monday since I will have 9 million questions, as I always do.

On another note, I gave Alexander his first table food today. He had chopped carrots and broccoli, mashed potatoes and super soft chicken. He was hesitant at first, but he did really well. I could tell he was very proud of himself. I should also mention that his diarrhea has stopped, so his diaper rash is better. He has been spending his days down in Hunter's room lately. He plays with some of his toys in his brother's room - he seems to really love it and I think Hunter likes the company. Hunter has been brushing his own teeth lately. Every morning he reminds me and says, "I brush teef with paste, Mommy." It's so funny...well, maybe just to me!