Bittersweet

I have been craving my venti non-fat Chai from Starbucks since yesterday.  I moaned and groaned about wanting my tea all day yesterday and today.  So I stopped at our local Starbucks on my way home to visit my family and low and behold, manning the drive thru window was someone who wasn’t under the age of 23.  In fact, this man hadn’t seen 23 in probably about 45 years.   I never thought I would EVER see anyone other than a very young person working there.  He must have been new because he was asking a lot of questions and his apron wasn’t pristine.   It’s funny how you don’t realize you have certain expectations about places until it’s different.

Now I’m craving a huge Denver omelet from Christine’s, have been since about 4 am this morning.   Not sure how I’ll manage to take care of that craving (and no I’m not pregnant - it’s from not eating but about once a day with all the stuff with Littlest).  

Six months ago today Littlest and Sweet Baby Boy were born.   Apparently Littlest wanted to celebrate her birthday in the place where she came in the world!  She is still in the hospital, but I think she is doing better.   She actually was smiling and talking today.   This afternoon and evening she had horrible coughing fits - it was awful.  They still have her on a bit of oxygen, but managed to be off of it for a few hours during the day.  I suspect she will be there until Saturday.  

Littlest came into the world at 1:51 pm six months ago today and I came into the world at 11:45ish p.m. 43 years ago today. 

Yup, today was my birthday.  It was about as good of a day as Mother’s Day was.  Because I’m staying the night at the hospital with Littlest, Daddy got me a GIANT chocolate cake and a huge hanging fuscia plant for my birthday and gave it to me yesterday.  Nana made a huge dinner for me that I finally got to taste about 10:30 tonight (yummy).

Littlest is still in the hospital and will be for at least another night.  She just isn’t keeping her oxygen saturation levels up where they want them.  She has so much mucous in her nose and back of her throat that she has horrible coughing fits.   She is eating better today and I think the breathing treatments are helping.  Her doctors and nurses are wonderful, so I don’t have to worry a bit about her.  It’s just hard to see her Royal Littlest in the hospital again.  

Just a quick update.   The doctor admitted Littlest to the hospital again yesterday.  She’s okay and it’s mostly a precaution because she was such a preemie.  She has like a viral illness, possibly a cold.   Most kids would be sent home to work it out, but because of her past history and that she is working hard to breathe, the doctor decided to admit her.   She’s doing okay, but they put her on oxygen and an IV so she can get her strength up and also a lot of nasal suctioning because she’s pretty snarffy.  Like I told Daddy, Littlest gets extra special treatment because she was born at almost 26 weeks and so what is normal for other kids, she gets extra super special precautions taken.   Because of that, Bug gets extra super special love too.   No child left behind!

Yes, I know my spelling and grammar is atrocious.  I can’t seem to help it.

I did it.  Probably for the third time in my entire life, I did it.  I parallel parked perfectly the first try!  The FIRST try!  Holy Cow, I was so proud of myself that I had take a picture of it.

It was probably the first time with our big vehicle that I’ve ever done that. 

The girls, Grandma, and I went down to the local Saturday Market and a Tibetan bazaar was also going on.   Saturday Market is in a park where only the bums and homeless used to hang out, in fact, very few if anyone else used it.   It’s been completely  redone and is a wonderful place.  After my perfect parallel park, I noticed this (see picture below) walking on the way to the park  and it reminded me of how it used to be.  There also used to be a beer company just a few blocks from this park as well, but they tore that thing down a bazillion years ago.

After I dropped Grandma and the girls off at home, I headed over to Costco (cue the angelic music)  Nirvana!  (nirvana - any place of complete bliss and delight and peace)  I guess I haven’t been there in a while, everything has been changed around.  There is just something about that place that makes want to spend hours just looking around.  It’s especially good if they have the samples out.  Shoot grab a book, a snack, and then hang out in that middle section where they have the furniture or lawn chairs.  Kick back and relax.   Who could ask for more.  Of course, I spent way too much money, but unfortunately it was all stuff we needed like diapers, laundry soap and such. 


Can’t you just the halo-like glow?

Finally, here’s a picture of Bug with Grandma.  Bug is showing off her new summery outfit with her cute sparkly pink jellies.

Have you ever noticed that when your head is stuffy, your nose is stuffy, and your ears are stuffy…that you can’t read very well, you obviously can’t hear worth beans, and next thing you know people are saying the strangest things and weird words pop up on the page.  Holy cow, I’m constantly having to interpret things.  It’s like people are doing it on purpose to mess with me,  because you know it’s them and not me.  I also noticed that the keyboard purposely skips or adds letters as I’m typing.   It’s all a conspiracy.   I know it is!  My eye is twitching now…

Talk about conspiracy, I’m trying to get in to see the doctor, but I can’t get into my own doctor until next week, so I want to go to urgent care, but not the one across town.  I want to go to the clinic’s urgent care.  Thing is, even though the clinic is in network for all the doctors, to go to the same day clinic it’s out of network - WTF!?!  So I would have to pay more to be seen there.  I just want an antibiotic so that the stupid conspiracy will end.  

It seems like almost overnight Littlest has decided to break out of her “I’m just a baby, so I’m going to lay around” life. She is starting to be awake more, looking around, smiling her cute little imp smile, and cooing! She has the cutest tiny voice. She has always been a frowner when she doesn’t like something, but now you can see the smile in her eyes before it spreads to her face. She also is starting to look more to her left side than before. She even has batted around some of the little toys we’ve hung for her. I think at this rate she will be walking before Bug does!

I swear pictures are coming soon.

This last week has been busy and I haven’t had enough time to post.  Dear Daddy decided we needed to use a different photo editing program and I can’t seem to just work it without really learning it and I haven’t taken time to figure it out, so no pictures yet. 

Stay tuned….

Bug and Littlest want to wish their wonderful Daddy a Happy Father’s Day!  They think their Daddy is the bestest in the world.

Title sung to the tune of  ”Sisters” from White Christmas as sung by Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen.

Happy to be sisters.

A call of the wild one.

I love my little sister.

Pointing out Littlest’s smile… or is it poking out sister’s eye.

SHHHH….Don’t tell Mommy!

And now for the Amazing Tupperware Hat!


Let’s try this on…hmmm…..

Aren’t I just the cutest!?!

My Amazing Tupperware Hat will protect me from falling obects as I crawl through the toy jungle in the living room.

Now I’m a drunken Tupperware Hat wearer

 
Now I’m wearing my yamika - oy vay!

B’Shalom