Life continued

I would like to thank you all my lovely friends  for your thoughts and comments on my last post!

My sister is out of the hospital now.  She is a bit upset because her pregnancy is now considered "high risk"  She will be on a blood thinning type of medication up until one week before the c-section delivery.  This will be injected in her tummy once a day, yes her tummy!! yikes!!!  And of course she will have to take extra precautions on her daily routines at home.  She is due some time in April.

Without a doubt this was a hard week for all of us (I mean mostly the adults because the kids thought they were having a party!)

Below are some of the things I realized, rediscovered and went through this past week.

• Re-discovered the  sound a cheerio makes when you step on it.
• Hunted the smell of a dirty diaper...well that really wasn't very hard.
• I had to give medication every 4 hrs and wipe little noses.
• Had to understand that a toddler does not fully follow directions as he took my folded laundry out of the basket not once but twice!
• I had to multiply my loads of laundry.
• Realized that my house is not baby proof anymore as one of my precious succulents was yanked out  right out of the pot :(
• Had a toddler open the refrigerator and brought out a leftover piece of cake and told me with a smiley face and a singing voice "Happy Birthday to you?"  meaning: can I have some cake?
• Had to run across town from two different elementary schools 20 minutes apart! Drop off and pick up.
• Got scolded by my 7 yr. old niece "you're super late"...hello 20 minutes apart I thought!!!
• Heard a nice compliment : "tia (auntie) those are the best waffles I've ever had"
• Had a table full of elementary kids (3 kids... for me that's a full table!)  all needing help with their homework (4th grade math, newspaper report and writing a story)
• Realized that I had helped Sophia with the same long division homework page the week before (as both her and my nephew Isaac are in the 4th grade...sigh!) LONG DIVISION!! DOUBLE SIGH!
• I yelled more than usual.
• I strictly banned and prohibited all sorts of toys that made noise(mainly for my own sanity).
• Looked at my older nephew in the eyes and told him "Isaac, how many times do I have to tell you to listen to me??"  only to hear his answer "how many times do I have to tell you:  I love you!!" and then he  hugged me...that only melted my heart.
• My mouth was faster than my brain at times...as I told them "go watch Viejito"  the baby's name is Dieguito and I switched the "V" and the "D" only to call the baby "old man"  that's was funny and we all cracked up!! nice stress reliever :)
• Heard warm good byes "I will miss you tia"
• Realized how much I love my family and how hard it is when they are hurting.
• Tried to do everything I could possible do in order to help them!

After all my sister was my first baby and that's a fact!

Thank you  again my lovies!

Claudia

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