Spring?

Uhhh, I thought it was supposed to be spring? It's freezing here. No egg hunts for us as it was something like 1 degree out. Of course We were taunted with clear blue skies and sunshine. :-P

It's supposed to snow tonite/tomorrow. I'd rather it do it today. Then I wouldn't have to drive in it, since Johanna is off from school.

Did you all have a nice Easter?

Ours was pretty good. I seem to have caught whatever it was that gave Ava Croup, so I've been feeling puny again. I had a couple good days and then WHAM! At least I'm already on an antibiotic for the sore boobage.

Yesterday I had the hubster attempt to take pics of the girls' in their Easter get-ups. Yeah. I'll have to post a few of those. He did get 2 good ones, the rest are just funny. LOL

I need to work on responding to all the nice WW comments I got last week (slacker, I know. I've been thinking about everyone and thinking of all sorts of things I want to write about, and then I get busy and forget or end up just feeling puny and want to curl up somewhere. :(

It could be worse...

My friend Heidi and her family are just gettng over a round of rotovirus.... so it could be worse. I keep reminding myself of that.

I ended up bringing the baby into the ER last night. I was pretty sure it was Croup. I was right. I wasn't the cough that bothered me, but how she sounded while nursing. A couple few hours and a steroid shot later and we were home in our own bed. yay.

Unfortunatley, we all had to get up and take the hubster to work this am. His car's in the car ER today. lol Wonder which bill will cost more, the babys' or the cars'? lol

Super Mom that I am, I managed to get us girls home, fed, showered dressed and to J's school only a few minutes late.

I stopped at Caribou for a "wake me up" thanks to Kelli . Then we hit Wal-Mart. I've learned I really should NOT go shopping while I am this tired. I forgot several key ingredients for the things I planned on making for suppers this week. :-P I will pick them up tommorrow. Tonite, i guess we will be having Chicken nuggets and fries. lol

Hope everyone is fairing better than we are.

Oh, I also forgot to mention I've put a call into my Dr. 'cause I'm pretty sure I'm working on Mastitis. Always happens when Ava has a yucky, snotty nose. Whee..

But, like I said, it could be worse....

The Sickie Family

Why am I resisting the urge to write lyrics to the tune of the "Addams Family" theme song? LOL

I woke up Thursday with a tickle in my throat and spent a lot of the day coughing. I had signed up to be a driver for J's field trip that day, so there was no rest for the weary that day.

If not for the fact that J's class had spring pictures on Friday, we would have definitely stayed home.

It's been raining here since Wed. Friday it started pouring. I picked up 3 movies on my way home from taking J to school. 2 for us girls to watch and 1 for hubster and I to see later. That was the best idea I had all day. I managed to get to rest on the couch for about 4 hours. I didn't get a nap, but I didn't have to move too much. J was entertained and Ava had a nap for a good part of that time.

I'd have to say this is the most miserable cold I've had all season. It just drags you down to the ground and stomps all over you. You have no energy to do much of anything. I feel like I've been run over by a semi and someone's slammed my head into a brick wall. The sad part is, I feel better today!

So that's what's up with us. Bah. It'll be interesting to see if the hubster can last the whole day at work. I suggested he take some cold meds before he left, I'm not sure if he did or not tho.

I'm keeping J home today, cause for one I don't feel like taking her, and more importantly she's still asleep. I gave her a dose of Children's Nyquil last night. She'd had horrible coughing fits the night before that were keeping everyone awake. Man that stuff works great! She didn't cough AT ALL. Of course, she's still asleep... but goodness knows she could use the rest. Now If I can just convince Ava it's nap time, maybe i can catch a few winks myself.

Dental Implants

It's coming up on year since Eric had the first of his dental implant surgeries. It all started when he discovered that one of his molars had cracked. Thankfully for him, our dentist was able to see him right away. That was the good part. The bad part was that it was cracked all the down and needed to be extracted. Not really what he wanted to hear.

No one really wants a missing tooth. My first thought was, at least it's a back tooth. It's not as noticeable as a missing front tooth. Apparently, just leaving it alone isn't a great idea. Something about the remaining tooth not having pressure on it from the missing tooth and getting all gnarly and out of control. Eric definitely didn't want that.

Another option was for him to get a Bridge. This involved a lot of work, including getting the surrounding teeth, capped. Since the other teeth were fine, he really saw no reason to go through all that.

That left the last option which was getting an Implant. Our insurance wouldn't cover it, but it ended up being about the same cost as the bridge would've been.

If you aren't familiar with Dental Implants, basically they implant a small metal rod or rods into the jawbone, and then later they go in and attach a crown to that. It's a lot simpler than having to get bridgework done.

Eric went for several visits with the Implant Specialist. The crown was put on by our Family Dentist.

People often ask him what his experience was like. Was it painful, does it feel odd, etc? He is quick to tell them that it was completely worth it, and he'd definitely have it done again. Overall it was great, and it certainly hurt a lot less than a root canal! They gave him some sedatives to take, and he really doesn't remember much about it. Heck, he doesn't even remember my hitting a deer on our way home from the surgery, but that's a whole other story! LOL