Bad Mom

Poor Jack. He didn't have a choice who his mom was and he got stuck with me.
For the last week he's had a runny nose. Nothing green, all clear. We noticed that his 4 eye teeth were all coming in at the same time. It's very typical for Jack to get a runny nose (like a fountain) with his teeth. He was a little fussy at times but he's basically been himself. On Monday we took him to day care and around 2:30pm, I got a courtesy call saying he had a low grade fever of 99.7. A fever that requires a pick up is anything over 100.4. I decided to leave work early and pick him up before the low grade fever went higher. (the rules with day care are you have to be fever free for 24 hours before you can come back. I was hoping to avoid that risk.) So Tom takes Jack to day care Tuesday morning only to be refused. WHAT? Apparently they took Jack's temp right before I picked him up on Monday and it was 100.7 and they NEVER said anything to me. So that was a fun way to start that day. Last minute scrambling trying to figure out what to do since I was already at work. As a side note, I'm all about not sending Jack to school when he has a fever. I understand the rules and agree with them. The catch with this center (the NPS center) is when they take a temperature they add 1 degree to it. I didn't think anyone did this anymore. Our policy (army policy) is whatever the thermometer says is what the temperature is. My problem with this system is according to me, Jack had a temp of 98.7, (NORMAL!) according to them he had a temp of 99.7. Does this mean that every parent of a child with a normal temp should be getting a courtesy call because according to them it's 1 degree high. ARGH!! Anyway, moving on....We keep Jack out of school Tuesday, take him today only to get another courtesy call by 9:30am. He had a temp of 99.8. Technically he had a temp of 98.8. So here I am insisting it's his teeth and being frustrated I make a Dr's appointment so I can have a note backing up my thoughts. This appointment was made purely out of spite and to prove them wrong. He stayed in day care with no other fevers until 2pm when we had a our appointment. I get to the doctor, explain everything, even ask about the possibility of allergies. He had a rectal temp of 99.8, nothing crazy. Then she checks his ears....of course......this is where the "bad mom" comes into play. He has DUAL ear infections. WHAT??? Not once did this child tug at his ears, become overly whiny or melt down to the point of a red flag being thrown up. I couldn't believe it. After the doc tells me we're 1-2 ear infections away from needing ear tubes she recommends a different, stronger antibiotic. This is because we just got over an ear infection 2 weeks ago using Amoxycilan. So Jack is stuck with a mom that's been playing off ear infections as a side effect of teething and may now he may need ear tubes. Of course because we're starting a new medicine Jack's not able to go to day care tomorrow either. I secretly love these moments. Spending all this time at home with him really makes me miss the days of no work! It's bitter sweet! Anyway, I guess the moral of this story is....It's just crazy how things work out sometimes. I really wouldn't have taken Jack to the doctor's if it wasn't for the drive to prove the center WRONG. So I thank them for being annoying and persistent. :-)

Here's pictures, just for fun! This sad, lonely turkey has been wandering around our neighborhood with out his herd for over a month now. The other day he was on top of our neighbor's car. Not something you see everyday....

Catching up

Well, it's been a long time since I blogged. This is going to be a collection of things that have been going on in the McMurtrie house over the weeks so hang in there....

Last weekend the weather was beautiful here. They were calling for rain but it never came and the temperatures stayed in the 60s. Of course that meant a long over due day at the beach. Sadie's still recovering from her knee surgery so it was just the 3 of us. The waves were so rough and crazy it was a huge weekend for surfing. We walked from Seaside down to Monterey which was so much fun. Jack had a great time of course. Here's a few pictures of the waves and my guys and fun with sidewalk chalk.

Monday morning I flew out to Charlotte, NC for a week of fun filled work. Hahahah. Last minute there was a training put together for "SKIESUnlimited". It's an Army CYS program that offers instructional classes for military kids. It's a pretty cool program for Europe bases since Americans really don't have any options for going off post for gymnastics or karate lessons. Here in the states it's struggling a little, especially at our small installation. Anyway, SKIES is one of the 3 hats I wear at work. I thought it was my easy program. HA! Sitting through the conference I realized that's not the case. I won't bore you all with the details of the surprises at my job. That's a whole other blog. Anyway, me in N.C. for a week left Tom being single, super dad. This was the longest I've ever been away from Jack. I got to talk to him every night so he could say "bye bye momma." I loved that! His vocabulary is amazing. Everyday he's saying something new. Yesterday our words of the day were "alligator" and "basketball". I can't believe how much he's talking and starting to put a few words together for mini sentences.

So back to N.C. ..... I flew in Monday, the conference went to Thursday but I couldn't get a flight out until Thursday. So Thursday morning I got up a 4am (eastern) to catch my first of 3 flights home. First flight-no problem. I get to Dallas to catch my connection and the flight's canceled. I was supposed to go to LA then on to Monterey. The ticket lady told me that she couldn't get me to Monterey until Saturday since there were so many other cancellations. There was no way I was staying over night in Dallas!! So I mentioned that I'd be willing to fly into San Jose (about an hour north of home). There was 1 flight and I had 10 minutes to catch it. HAHahahah!!! Of course I was in terminal A and needed to go to terminal C. I took the option and hauled ass to the gate. I definitely entertained people in that airport, I'm sure they've never seen a pregnant woman run so fast. Hahahah. Anyway, I got there in time and even though my seat on the plane was double booked it miraculously went in my favor and they moved the other guy. YEAH!! I also had about 2 minutes to call Tom and tell him the change of plans and hope that he could come pick me in San Jose. Good thing, Friday is his lab day so he was able to ditch and pick me up. So I made it home and surprisingly my luggage was delivered to our house Sat. morning. It was a long week! :-)

This weekend will be spent cleaning and doing some more work for my upcoming week. Our friend from high school, Wagner, is coming Thursday for almost 2 weeks. I love getting visitors! And now that we have Jack, Wagner will definitely be entertained. There's never a dull moment in this house. It'll be great to see him.

Once Wagner leaves we're going to be moving Jack to his big boy bed. We're taking our guest room and turning it into his room. We're hoping that once the baby comes there won't be any issues since Jack won't care about his crib and old room any more. That's the plan anyway. We'll see how it works out. Plus.....we're starting to potty train. Oh boy!!! We're definitely in the beginning stages but he's catching on quick. I'll have to keep you all posted. It funny what our conversations are about now that we have Jack. :-)

To end this really long blog.....here's some fun in the tub pictures. We rediscovered that we can splash. Oh Joy!!!