these words were sent to me from my sweet bible study leader. they were just what i needed to hear at just the right time. I have been praying them since and find such strength and comfort in Him!
today is truly a happy friday. probably the best we've had in awhile. the happy dance for sure is being done around here. especially after the week we have had! and better yet...i don't work tonight! family night for sure! (i'm actually no longer on my friday case as of yesterday...random story but family chose to end services with the company i work for and i can't say i'm that sad to not work on friday, although the boy was so adorable!)
here are some updates. kinda long so only read if you have time....
yesterday found us at the dr.'s office. where our sweet ped. thought caleb's moods were perfectly normal for a two year old but if they don't improve in 6 months time she would refer us to a neurologist....(i choose to just get the number at the end of another long and horrible day of him melting down almost two hours... and we'll be going monday.
the 'raisin' on top of the cake (as they say cherry on top of the cake but raisin is more appropriate in this instance) is when caleb came outside to inform me had stuck a raisin up his nose...or rather, in his words...'i have a raisin in my nose mommy' i thought my day had been exciting enough without the raisin thank you caleb.
ever done mouth to mouth? you're not missing much!
....i then got to perform 'mouth to mouth' on a saliva filled toddler to try and blow out the raisin 'per dr. at the er's recommendation during our last pea up caleb's nose incident' when nothing came out and dave got home i assumed it was all in his imagination...so i left for work and dave for the first time all week experienced the 'mood' of caleb that'd i'd been dealing with the past week. i took a long hot shower, left for work, and upon my arrival and caleb thankfully still being awake....i thought we'd better actually really take a look 'just to make sure' and let me tell you....looking up your two year old's nose with a lampshade isn't what you want to be doing on a thursday night, much less mouth blowing....upon our further inspection i'm sad and disgusted to say that there was a wrinkly brown raisin way up in there....now this is where some might wish we had a secret camera watching....(as my sister so did) i'm glad we didn't because what followed will disguist you probably! or make you laugh....depending on your mood....
dave and i took turns blowing in caleb's mouth and squeezing one nostril shut. caleb made funny noses (cause it had to have felt pretty weird i'm sure!) we had to swipe the disgusting drool....it got the raisin close enough that we started to suction with a suction...then dave took the pliers and started pulling it closer to the surface while i held my breath praying we wouldn't do any damage and kept calming suggesting that perhaps we might make our way to the er and have a professional do it...dave calmly asked me to have a little confidence....well folks i'm glad to say between the two of us it took one last big blow to the mouth (made by me thank you.) and dave catching it in his hand (thank you hubs) for that wet, slimy, double sized raisin to come flying out.
i almost threw up. we cheered and clapped and once again gave caleb the food belongs in the mouth! not the nose! speech. he was happy. and dave and i recovered with a huge bag of popcorn, two bowls of ice cream, and some of our favorite show watching (while both boys slept) happy to finally be alone and raisin free.
today is as if the last horrible week never existed. caleb has yet to have a melt down. he is back to his happy and sweet self and has been in the best mood all day. both boys have been playing so sweet with each other and it melts my heart. we basked in the sunshine all morning and i felt like life has returned to normalcy and maybe the horrible moods were just all in my imagination (though memory says they were not). still, monday will be a big day for us. we will be going to the pediatric dentist (i just want to make sure his mouth is healthy and no cavities or anything like that which could be causing pain) and a visit to the neurologist (since three times now we've had 3 diff. doctors mention taking him...and we figured sooner rather than later if it keeps coming up in passing) my mom will be going with us and i'm hoping everything checks back fine or that we get answers either way. i feel so thankful to all my sweet bible study girls who responded to my prayer request for caleb and prayers were sent our way. as well as our family who is so supportive and encouraging! i'm looking forward to a nice weekend of family time. beach day...berry picking....relaxing in the backyard...bbq...late nights of alone time with hubby...so many possibilities! hoping caleb's great mood lasts right on through the weekend...lucas' good sleep habits have returned as well...and we can all just relax! oh and one more big and exciting way to end the week is celebrating testing success for dave at work! he's been stressed about that and all the tests worked and so we'll be celebrating that after the boys go to bed with some wine and a good movie :) i love the weekend.
Happy Weekend everyone!
Have you checked Caleb for food allergies? A friend's little boy was full of tantrums, etc also, until they took him off corn, and he is so different now! The pediatrician might not lean in that direction; she 9and we) went to a chiropractor actually for this testing. I can tell you more if you are interested.
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