Mother of the Year Award

We're only 2 months into this year and I already deserve the worst mother of the year award (because of events in 1 week). My stomach is churning as a write this because thinking about it is so frightening to me. This evening as I was taking Seth out of his bath I had a distinct thought (promting from the spirit I'm sure) to remove the plug. I sometimes leave the water because Luke gets in right afterward. But, I didn't take out the plug becasue I was trying to hurry and keep the bedtime routine going. I took Seth into the living room where David and Luke were playing with cars and put on his diaper and jammies. As soon as I finished, David asked me to find some phone numbers that he needed, so before I forgot about it I just decided to go do that (forgetting about the full tub). I went into the office down the hall and aparently Seth followed soon after. I thought Seth was with David and he thought Seth had followed me into the office. I heard Seth crying, but thought he was with David, so I was going to let him handle it . . . Likewise, David thought I was taking care of Seth . . . until he just continued to cry (possibly as long as a minute). I followed his cry into the bathroom and found him frantically trying to climb out of the tub drenched from head to toe. He must have fallen in head first and I don't even want to think about what could have happened if he had hit his head or been more quite and we hadn't heard him. I am in constant prayer thanking Heavenly Father that my little boy is ok. Please, once again learn from my mistakes . . . always follow promptings, and know where your children are, always.

Word to the 'Un'Wise

So, most of you are probably better mothers than me and would never give your almost 15 month old popcorn. I chose to avoid the crying, begging, whimpering, screaming, and leg clinging by just giving in and letting the boy have some . . . big mistake. Seth had had popcorn several times before, but yesterday he started choking terribly. He was coughing, gagging, and turning purple. David and I did our best to perform baby Heimlich, but nothing came up. After several minutes he finally calmed down and was breathing ok, but by bedtime I was afraid to let him go to bed because he was wheezing so badly. I took him to the ER (second time in one week for our family) at about 6:45pm. After seeing a nurse, PA, Dr, X-Ray guy, Respiratory Therapist, and an ENT it was decided that the ENT should scope his airway and lungs. At about 11pm he was put under and scoped and sure enough he had popcorn stuck in his left Bronchial tube. He came out of it great and we were able to leave a little before 1am. I wish I hadn't given him that popcorn, but now you can all learn from my mistake. No matter how much they throw a fit it's not worth it!

Daily Ten

-The boys slept in til 6:45 and neither of them woke in the middle of the night! One of them usually wakes in the night and they usually wake up between 5:45-6:15, so this was really amazing!
-Luke is doing much better and has been full of energy and happy all day
-Seth took a really good nap, so Luke and I had a lot of good time and I was able to tackle a few things I've been meaning to do
-Luke played really well by himself for a long time (he's been having a hard time with this lately)
-We had a dance party this evening. Music included Raffi and Primary songs. It was a lot of fun until I got too into it and knocked Seth over with my booty :(
-I made dinner for the 4th night in a row!
-We had FHE and got treats. We had to go to the store to get milk, so we each got to pick a treat. Luke chose powdered doughnuts, Dave chose chocolate milk and I chose chocolate covered pretzels - I think Seth enjoyed eating it most!
-Watched 24 with the hubs
-My VT offered to bring dinner tomorrow. She is so sweet!
-I'm going to bed now and I really like sleeping

Daily Ten

-I'm so grateful for a husband that holds the priesthood and is worthy to use it. Luke has croup as of 1:45am - he came running into our room just gasping for air, so David gave him a blessing and I ran him to the hospital. We stayed for a couple of hours and he's doing ok, but seems miserable.
-I had 3 days of 'rest' before someone got sick again
-We had a great evening with our friends last night. Their girls are the same ages as our boys and we love spending time with all of them.
-I got to go visiting teaching (it's so nice to socialize and get out of the house)
-Seth, David, and I are very healthy as of right now
-I spent a lot of time holding and cuddling Luke
-I talked to my mom - she is amazing
-I cleaned the bathroom yesterday (not so fun, but it's great to have it clean)
-I found out David's cousin (Kourtney) is having a baby girl and she's so excited
-pajamas (that's all I need to say about that)

Daily Ten (for 3 days)

Since I've been a slacker I'll just do a combination of the past few days!

-No one is sick anymore!
-I have lived another year and celebrated another birthday
-I have an amazing husband
-Seth and Luke shower me with hugs and kisses daily - there are often jealousy scuffles :(
-We have the most wonderful families and great friends
-I actually made dinner tonight
-I cleaned up Luke's room and it feels so much better
-Luke goes to preschool happily now and he's even excited for it. This is a big one because he used to cry just at the mention of preschool
-I have Blue Bell cookie dough ice cream in my freezer and will be eating it in about 10 minutes
-It dropped about 20 degrees today and I have a warm place to live

Daily Ten

-The boys have had the stomach flu and Luke only threw up one time and I actually had the bucket ready so clean up was easy!
-Seth took a good, long nap and seems to be over his flu
-By the afternoon Luke started acting like he was feeling much better
-Luke and I read several books together
-I showered by 9 am
-Once again, the weather is amazing
-We went on a walk and played outside
-David got new jeans that look really good ;)
-I finally started to tackle cleaning up the office
-I laid on the floor to rest and ended up wrestling for about 15 minutes . . . these boys make me laugh

Daily Ten

I am totally copying this idea from a friend's blog (Jamie, and I think she's copying it too, haha), but I think it's such a positive and good thing and really makes you realize how good life is.

-After waking up early with the boys David let me go back to bed and I slept for another 3 hours!
-I got to spend the day with my family
-Luke and I went to the grocery store alone . . . so much easier with one child!
-Went on a bike ride with the boys in tow for the 2nd day in a row and it feels so good to exercise.
-The weather was amazing!
-Talked with a few of our neighbors and got to know them better
-Got a phone call from a friend about where I take Luke to get his hair cut - it just reassured me that I have close friends, haha
-David is doing the dishes right now, he really is awesome!
-The missionaries (sisters) came over for dinner and we love them
-Both boys went down for the night without a peep