Math

Delaney is trying to learn some Math. She was watching Math Circus by Leap Frog and when it was over she asked me "What does 1 and 1 make?" I tried to get her to tell me by asking her and her answer... "1 and 1 make 11!" Well... I guess she's sort of right...

All I want for Christmas is a healthy family!

At the beginning of last week, Cadence came down with a bad cold. Just 1 week after starting daycare, so it was sort of expected. By the end of last week, she had pretty much lost her voice and you couldn't even hear her when she cried.

I took her into the Dr. on Thur and sure enough, she had croup. So we had to give her breathing treatments on the nebulizer before bed each night. By this time, Delaney was fighting off the same bad cold and had a sore throat. Between the 2 of them not sleeping well, Virgil and I were getting very little sleep.

Once Friday rolled around, I was thinking the weekend would help us to recover, but it didn't. By the end of the weekend, Delaney was fine, but Cadence was still sick and Virgil and I had come down with the bad cold. Our lack of sleep has made it even harder for us to fight it off too.

We finally were able to send Cadence back to daycare on Tuesday... sigh... what a relief. Until... I got a call from Delaney's school at 4pm that she had just thrown up. So I left work early and headed for her school and called Virgil to have him pick up Cadence so I could get Delaney straight home. By the time I got there, she had thrown up again and she was sitting in a chair in the restroom hovering over the toilet crying. I tried to cuddle her to make her feel better, but also had to get her into her carseat so I could get her home. So I buckled her up, handed her a plastic bag in case she had to throw up again, and headed home. She didn't make it home... she threw up all over the car. Not a drop in the plastic bag... sigh... It took me over an hour to clean it up in the pouring rain. I had to take her carseat completely apart and get it all cleaned up too. Did I mention how exhausted I was by this time?

So Tues night, we didn't get much sleep... Along comes Wed morning. Both girls wake up with fevers. We already knew Virgil would have to stay home with Delaney, but now Cadence had to stay home too. Thank goodness, by the end of the day, their fevers were gone and Delaney was back to herself. Cadence was still fighting the cold.

So now it's Thur, and Cadence has her 6 mo. check up. I take her in, returning the nebulizer, and her weight has dropped and she's got a double ear infection. My poor baby... she's been through so much!

At this point, with just 5 days til Christmas, all I really want for Christmas is for my family to not be sick and to get a decent nights sleep again! Did I mention that I'm exhausted?

Brefkist

Delaney can not say the word Breakfast. In the morning she asks for Brefkist. This morning I even tried to get her to say it correctly:

Me: Delaney it's Breakfast
Delaney: Brefkist
Me: Say Break
Delaney: Break
Me: Fast
Delaney: Fast
Me: Breakfast
Delaney: Brefkist

Of course I started laughing and Virgil started laughing and before you know it, all 3 of us were laughing. Then Delaney said "Mommy, I want Brefkist" I guess that's just the way she's going to say it... lol

Back to the Workforce!

I started interviewing a few weeks ago to return to the workforce. Today I got an offer from Republic Indemnity and I accepted! I was offered more than I was expecting, so it truely is a blessing. It's fairly close to home, which is hard to come by around here, so that's a plus.

I'm sad that I have to leave Cadence, but I know I'll be fine. I did it with Delaney, and it's just something I have to do.

Virgil will be taking the State Paid Family Leave 2 days a week and a friend of our from church will be watching Cadence the other 3 days until we can find a permanent situation. I'll probably start looking for one next week, but I also want to spend that last week with Cadence and Delaney to just enjoy the time I have with them.

I'm excited that I have a job and one that I will like. We won't have that negative budget that has been shrinking our savings account for the past 7 months! It's just bittersweet since I have to be away from Cadence.

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us! We couldn't have made it this far without God's help!!!

I'm a Scientist

Have you ever heard the term: "Kids say the darndest things?" If you haven't, you've been living under a rock somewhere. Anyway, my kid is one of those many ones that will just crack us up every so often with the things she says.

Delaney was drawing on her Aquadoodle. She was drawing people and said it was her, Daddy, Mommy, and Cadence. Virgil came into the room and said "Oh Wow, Delaney! You're an Artist!"

She replied: "No I'm not! I'm a Scientist!"

Conversations with a 2 month old

In the midst of my exhaustion and never ending chores of being a mother of two, it's amazing to me how much it warms my heart to coo back and forth with a baby. Hearing that little voice form pitches and gurgles as she experiments with the sounds she can make and smile at me is just what I need at the end of a long day.

Family of Four

It's official! We are now a family of 4! Cadence Marie arrived Monday, June 18th in a timely manner at 12:21pm. I didn't even skip a meal. I ate breakfast at home that morning and had lunch shortly after she arrived. She weighed 7lbs 7oz. and was 19 1/2 in. long.

I thought I had felt the worst pain known to main when I had Delaney. The 45 min. from the time they broke my water until I got my epidural was excruciating, but it was nothing compared to the pain I felt when I had to hold Cadence in for 15 min. waiting for the Dr. to arrive. Once she got there, I had pushed her out in just one contraction!

She's just as beautiful as Delaney and looks just like her. I hope to have pictures up on our family website soon (http://www.palitang.net), but I'm sure everyone knows my hands are pretty full and sleep takes priority over uploading pictures.

We're all adjusting pretty well so far, but I just know that it's going to get harder. I want to thank everyone who was praying for us and ask for your continued prayers that the adjustment continues down this smooth path. Thank you and good night ;)