Sicky

Carson and I are sick. We are just waiting for Devin to take his turn.

On Wednesday Carson started acting sick. By that evening, we had learned our niece, Raegan, was diagnosed with RSV. We called the doctor, and he told us to give him benedryl, and call back if he seems to lose his appetite. Come Friday, Devin took him in. Sure enough, he was diagnosed with RSV as well. The hospital sent over a nebulizer and he is to have a breathing treatment every 4-6 hours. They gave us this cute little fishy mask to go with it, but Carson is not buying it. He just has this heartbreaking cry when we try to put the mask on him. We tried to distract him, but it doesn't work.

That evening, I started to cough. I thought it was odd since that same day, I just finished 10 days of antibiotics for a sinus infections. I ended up going to bed early.

On Saturday, we had plans to go to Layton to Drake's 3rd birthday party, after my friend Sara's baby shower. We knew the party was out of the question because the doctor advised us to keep Carson inside for the next week. I felt fine, so I went to the baby shower.

Later in the afternoon, I started to feel worse and worse, so I ended up sleeping most of the day, then all night. Thank goodness Devin is feeling well so he can stay with Carson. Carson had a fever starting early Sunday morning, and woke up 7 or so times in the night. I was so out of it I didn't notice. Devin gave him a breathing treatment, and he fell asleep on Devin's lap.

On Sunday morning Devin told me I should go to Urgent Care. I went right when it opened, and it was really bust. Lots of coughing babies. I watched 3-4 people who where there after me get called, so I went to the receptionist to ask about it. It turns out she had misplaced my stuff, and got bumped to the front. Thank goodness. 30 min and a blood draw later, I was diagnosed with viral bronchitis. I got a prescription for cough medicine with codeine in it, and came home. I ended up sleeping 5 more hours. When I got up at 4, Carson was feeling a lot better. He ate some fruit and some puffs, and we played. We discovered that he likes the adult portion of the nebulizer because he can chew on it. That has led to more successful treatments.

I stayed home from work today, still not feeling great. Carson slept through the night again, no fever, so he is on the mend. His appetite seems to be back as well. This is our first time dealing with him being sick. it was not easy. I would have given anything to make him feel better! I know that next time this happens we will be able to handle it a little more gracefully. We are just glad he is feeling better!

i. am. in. love.

This has to be the most COMFORTABLE shoe EVER.
In my mind, Devin and I are going to take up running this summer. But in reality, they just look really cute with jeans and a sweater for work. :) LOVE. IT.

Life As We Know It.

I do want to be a better blogger, I do. I want to be a writer. I want a lot of things. In 7th grade, at Vandenberg Middle School, I was voted most likely to be a writer in my yearbook. This was courtesy of my peers. What did they know? Perhaps blogging is as close to being a writer that I will get in this life. Instead I enjoy reading other peoples words. Be it books, or blogs. As I read, I think, "I can do that, I want to do that!" Well, this is as far as I get.

Devin and I have been busy making decisions, and waiting on life. I feel like waiting is such a terrible, yucky word. When it comes down to it, all we do is wait. As a child I thought often, I can not wait to be a teenager. As a teenager, I was waiting for adult life. And so it goes. Now we are waiting on school to be done. To buy a house. To know where we are going to end up. There is a lot of waiting taking place. A lot of anxiety, and a lot of uncertainty.

Currently, we are getting ready to move to Salt Lake. We will be in a new city. Devin will be going to the University of Utah for Therapeutic Recreation.

Pros: We will have cheaper rent, utilities. Closer to Devin's family, closer to being done with school. Saving money to buy a house.

Cons: Leaving my friends in Provo. Leaving the city I am familiar with. Leaving my job. Leaving Carson's first house. Living with family, and not alone.

Thoughts: Where is life going to take us? I want answers, and I know that I can't have them. I am not sure where I am going to be working next year. That terrifies me. I will have a job. That is a definite blessing that I know many don't have. It makes me feel almost rotten for feeling so anxious. We aren't homeless, we have a comfortable lifestyle. I JUST WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING! :)

Carson is adorable. That helps with everything. I just know that with Heavenly Fathers help, we can never go wrong and will always make the right decisions for our family.