The Life and Times of Sarah Elizabeth

Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Stomach Flu...Part 2

Yes, Chris, Lori AND Murphy have all been sick with the stomach flu since Saturday evening...what a fun weekend in the Gray household!

Luckily, no work tomorrow so we can recuperate!

Saturday, August 30, 2008

has hit our household! The little miss has had diarrhea since Thursday started throwing up yesterday. I found out on Friday that 2 kids went home with it on Thursday, so we figured it was inevitable that it would get worse for Sarah. She'd seemed out of sorts all week...not really eating or drinking and doing a lot of leg stretches...now we know why! We're supposed to go to a BBQ in OC tomorrow - think we're pretty much going to have to cancel that one and we're supposed to go to a birthday party on Monday - we'll see how we're doing tomorrow before we decide on that one. We don't want to get anyone else sick...and Chris and I are waiting to come down with it as well. Thank you Kindercare for making my holiday weekend a memorable one!!

P.S. Cherry Pedialyte STAINS carpets!! Yup...the poor baby threw it up last night. Thought we got it all up but in the light of day (today) we noticed the big red stain...Resolve won't get it out so we're hoping some OxyClean will take care of it!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Before I Was Mommy

I saw this on a friend's blog, which she got in an email and I just had to put it out here...

Before I was "Mommy,"
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was "Mommy,"
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was "Mommy,"
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was "Mommy,"
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was "Mommy,"
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so Important and happy.

Before I was "Mommy,"
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to
make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache,
The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a mother.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was "Mommy."

Such a Big Girl!

We've been working on her sitting up. For awhile now she's been sitting up in the frog or tripod pose...it works but just for a few seconds, then she gets tired. But, now she can sit up pretty well, just like a "big girl"! I put her in front of her aquarium this morning in her crib and she loves it! She sat like this for 5 minutes before falling over...