Fun at the park

The week has flown by as usual.  Sunday my Mom and Dad came and picked up Cammie to take her to the Clark farm.  Joe got some stuff done around the house and I went to the adoption day in Frederick.  I also came home with a lovely foster dog named Honey.  She is a doll!  She has two possible visits for this weekend so I'm thinking she will be adopted soon.  The only strike she has against her is that she is 11 but she does not look or act like it.  Monday Cammie and I spent recovering from the busy weekend.  Tuesday Joe had a class in the morning and we went and looked at Toyota's in the afternoon.  Wednesday Alice came out to watch Cammie so that Joe and I could go to Atlantic City for a timeshare deal.  The stupid garmin took us way out of the way on the way there but we made it.  The sales guy wasn't bad, he looked like The Situation (I don't watch Jersey Shore but I know who the people are from the gossip mags).  I kept waiting for him to pull up his shirt and show off his abs.  He was nice and not aggressive.  He showed us around the place and we were unimpressed.  Then the manager came over to talk to us and he was an ass.  Luckily we only had to spend about ten minutes with him.  He kept trying to tell us what we could and couldn't do with our Disney Vacation Club and how this other deal was so much better and how we could take all these vacations every year but they would cost extra.  It took about two hours and then we got our gifts, which were 4 round trip airline tickets to a bunch of possible destinations and a 3 day/2 night vacation to a choice of about ten different destinations.  There were also coupons for free stuff to use in Atlantic City also but we just really wanted to get out of there.  We made good time coming home and stopped at the Avenue in White Marsh and had dinner at the Tilted Kilt which was really good.  Poor Joe though was having issues with his contacts all day and couldn't see very well, he didn't realize that the waitresses wore sexy outfits so he was like, I can't believe you brought me here and I can't see anything!!!  Our waitress was really sweet and I got a cheese steak which was good and their fries are really yummy!  Oh and their crunchy potato chips are awesome too.  They have some drinks that sound really good too. We walked around for a little bit afterwards and then headed the rest of the way home.  This morning Cammie had gymnastics, where she had fun as usual.  She and Morgan were so cute running around and holding hands.  It was sweet.  We came home and had some lunch and then she got in the kiddie pool that Aunt Alice set up for her yesterday and played in there for a while.  It turned super hot all of the sudden so we didn't stay outside long and the dogs haven't wanted to be outside much at all.  I also booked our airfare for Disney this week!!  Joe has been laughing at me because I'm so excited about the deals that we got.  He and I only had to pay $5 each for our round trip tickets, thanks to Southwests rapid rewards.  Then I booked Cammie's and Matt and Jennifer's and the kids and Jennifer's friend and got a 20% discount off of all of them, thanks to a coupon from Uncle Gary but it was an awesome deal!!

Fun at Chuck E Cheese!!

Saturday I met Kristen and Chad at Chuck E Cheese so they could take Cammie there.  She had fallen asleep on the way there and when I went to take her out of the car seat she got so excited to see Kristen.  She didn't even look back!  I ran a couple of errands, went to CVS and got a bunch of stuff, spent $34, saved $37 and got 10 extra bucks!!  Then I just hung out and walked around the stores in the shopping center.  It was nice being able to take my time and look at stuff.  I was going to go to Harbor Center but I didn't feel like dealing with traffic.  Cammie had so much fun she chatted all the way home about everything they did.  This morning my Mom and Dad picked her up to take her to the Clark Farm.  Joe got to do some stuff around the house and I went to the Adoption Day in Frederick.  A lot of dogs got adopted this week but not many got adopted at the event.  I came home with a foster named Honey who is very sweet.  She is 11 years old and just a doll.  Pudge even likes her and he only tolerates most other dogs.  Daniel and Donna came to see her tonight when Daniel brought his car back over.  Got some random stuff planned for this week but I think I'm going to take it easy tomorrow.  Yesterday the truck door blew shut on my knee and it hurt so bad I thought I was going to throw up so it's aching pretty bad and so is my back.  I'm falling apart!!! 

Always ready for Disney!!

This week just flew by and it was really crappy weather all week.  Weird weather too, storms, then sun, then rain, then wind.  Then repeat.  Joe and I started putting Cammie's swing set together which has been kind of fun, in a twisted sort of way.  Thursday gymnastics was lots of fun and Cammie did really well.  I can't wait til they post the summer schedule.  I also need to call to check on her swimming lessons.  My to do list is needing a little updating I see.  Today Cammie and I road tripped it over to see Jennifer, Brooke and Brody.  That was lots of fun and I got a jug of sangria to take home!!!  Cammie did not want to leave at all.  We have a busy weekend ahead of us if everything goes as planned.

Rocking out with the microphone

Had a good day yesterday too!  We picked up Alice and went to see Uncle Gary in Cinderella.  It was really good and we had a lot of fun.  Cammie liked clapping with everyone and once when Gary walked off the stage she said (loudly)  Uncle Gary is gone!!  She made it through most of the show, all but the last 20 minutes or so.  Then we went to Chaps to pick up food.  Joe had seen it on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives and wanted to try the Raven sandwich.  Funnily enough it is in the parking lot of the Gentleman's Gold Club.  We saw a huge woman walking in there with see through tight white "leggings" on and black undies that I don't think were supposed to be a thong but they were.  I tried to take a pic but there were too many people around.  Anyway, we made it home and Cammie stayed up til about 10. I guess she wanted to see the Survivor finale too.  Today we have been putting together parts of her swing set which hasn't been as bad as I expected but still not something I want to do again.  Tomorrow I've got doctors appointments so that should be another fun filled day!

I know it's been a week!

Monday and Tuesday we got tons of stuff done out in the yard, to include finally getting our garden in!!  Cammie planted a bunch of flowers (pictures are on facebook) which she loves to water.  Thursday Alice and Matt came out to watch Cammie's gymnastics class and of course they did a bunch of other stuff first in the class before they got to the gymnastics part.  Friday morning Joe went to a meeting and when he got home, I went to Target to pick up a few things. Today we went to Tanner's birthday party and had lots of fun.  The pool portion got rained out but they got someone to come in and make balloon animals and Barney even showed up!  It was really nice and they had tons of yummy food!  Cammie had so much fun!   She is passed out now and we got to soak a little in the hot tub.  Night!!

Our future farmer

Had a great day today!  The weather was so nice too.  Joe got home from work finally this morning and we went to drop some things off at the Bennett's farm.  Bruce wasn't home but Ms Kate was.  They have a baby goat whose Mama died so they are bottle feeding him.  He was so cute, he played just  like a puppy.  Cammie loved feeding him and playing with him.  She also got to hold a kitten which she liked too.  We visited all of the animals and she was in her glory.  After that we went to Donna's so Cammie could help Donna and Andrew plant flowers.  She loved that too.  She helped fill the pots and baskets and helped put the flowers in them.  When we got home Joe finished building the garden box for our veggies so we are going to get dirt for it tomorrow so we can plant.  Cammie helped water all of our plants and flowers outside.  She likes doing that also.  Joe and I checked out the boxes with her swing set pieces in it because we were trying to figure out where the heck the sliding board was, well we found the instruction book, note it's a book not a manual.  The sliding board is in about twenty pieces.  UGH!!  We are going to get the spot ready for that too and then Daniel is going to put it together.  We are going to breakfast at Lisbon tomorrow morning. YUM!!  Hope all my favorite Mommas out there have a Happy Mother's Day!!! <3

So excited about her new soccer ball!!!

Today turned out to be another pretty day, of course because Joe is still at work on a trade.  Cammie woke up early at about 3 and kept me up for a while and then she got up for good around 730.  We met Meaghan at the playground by the Target in Ellicott City and I had a huge panic moment while we were waiting for Meaghan and Nathan to get there.  I was walking around underneath the play set and it was really crowded, I had to go around one section because I couldn't get under it and then I couldn't find Cammie.  I was calling her and starting to get freaked out.  It was like in the movies where everything starts to spin around you, some of the other moms started helping me look for her and it was only a couple of minutes but it felt like an hour when I called her name and she finally answered me.  She had gone to the little play set and was on that.  I was about thirty seconds away from bursting into tears.  By that time Meaghan and Nathan had gotten there with lunch from Chik FilA and she brought me a... wait for it.... banana milkshake!!!  YUM!!  It was awesome!!  We walked for a little bit on the trail, and then watched Cammie play on the small play set for a while and then we went to Station 7 to see Joe.  Nathan got his picture taken in the engine and the truck and seemed unimpressed by both.  He was just taking it all in.  We hung out there for a bit and then went to Toys R Us.  Every time I buy diapers I keep hoping it is the last time so cross your fingers everyone!!!  We got home and watered all the plants outside so of course it rained tonight.  It actually stormed pretty bad for a little bit.  Cammie and the dogs are finally sleeping so I'm going to hang out and look forward to Joe finally coming home in the morning!!

Always ready to do some gardening!!

I am pleased to report that Cammie is feeling much better!!  Tuesday we were able to start getting full doses of amoxicillin into her but mixing them in sprite.  So she hasn't had a fever since Monday night and hasn't complained of a sore throat since Tuesday.  Wednesday when she got up she was more herself but she didn't want to take a nap so by evening she wasn't in the best of moods.  Joe was gone all day so he got home long enough to see her for a couple of minutes and eat and then he picked her up after I put her in her pjs at about 7 and she literally fell asleep as soon as he held her.  Of course being the smart ass that he is he says, "I don't know why you complain that you have trouble getting her to sleep".  He's lucky I thought that was funny....... We hurried up and got in the hot tub for a little bit and then Donna and Daniel stopped by.  Cammie woke up a couple of times but I was able to watch Survivor and then relax for a bit.  Oh, we had a yummy dinner too, I used one of those Philadelphia cream cheese mix things, the santa fe one.  It had a recipe for chicken enchiladas and I added spinach to it.  YUM!!!  This morning we went to gymnastics and then came home and spent some time outside.  Cammie likes helping to water all the plants and pulling weeds.  Our strawberry plants are doing pretty well.  I can't wait to get the vegetable garden in.  The only thing we forgot to get is cucumbers so I think we will have to do a seperate box for them.

Rough weekend.....

Saturday morning didn't start off so well.  Cammie woke me up around 630 and said her stomach hurt.  She does say that when she is hungry and then after she eats she will say that her stomach is all better.  So I got her something to eat and when she went to climb up on her chair she just stopped and screamed and then doubled over saying that her stomach hurt.  She kept grabbing her right side so I was afraid it was her appendix.  She kept saying how badly it hurt and crying so I called Joe who was still at work and told him that I was taking her to the ER.  She was quiet all the way to the firehouse to pick him up which is odd.  Anyway, we got to the Peds ER at HCGH and they took us right back.  They did a urine cath first which Cammie took like a champ, she held very still and cried but didn't fight.  Then we went to xray and she did really good holding still, after all they were taking pictures of her!!  So after a bit the doctor came in, (she had come in and examined her before the xray) and said that Cammie was backed up pretty far.  So as if the urine cath hadn't violated her enough she had to get a soapsuds enema.  She took that not as well but did hold still for the whole thing.  That seemed to work pretty well and they told us to give her 3 days of milk of magnesia and a week of miralax.  The Peds ER is pretty nice, the nurses were nice.  So she did pretty well for the rest of the afternoon, she took a nap which is odd and then laid on the couch with Joe for a while.  I tried to go to Sun Nursery to get a couple  more pots to plant our trees in but that place had a line waiting out of the parking lot.  We managed something for dinner and went to bed.  It seemed like Cammie had a fever during the night but she slept pretty well.  Sunday she did OK with the miralax and it seemed to be working.  Uncle Gary and Uncle Munkle came over in the afternoon and she was very happy to see them.  We all hung out and Joe fixed us dinner.  At one point when I went to change Cammie she seemed like she had a fever again and when I finished her diaper change she promptly fell asleep on the bed.  Which is odd.  She didn't eat much and had a rough night Sunday night. I called to schedule her a follow up with her pediatrician this morning and she said that her stomach seemed OK but to decrease the dose of the miralax and keep it going longer.  BUT then she checked her throat and said it looked really red and her tonsils were swollen.  UGH, so she did a strep test which of course came back positive.  We left there to go pick up her amoxicillin and I had to cancel her play date at Missi's with Morgan.  Joe and I were supposed to go to Cammie's preschool orientation this evening.  However when they called to confirm I said that one of us would be there since Cammie had strep and they said they would prefer that I not attend since I'm potentially contagious too.  We were also supposed to meet Meaghan and Nathan tomorrow so I have had to reschedule a bunch of stuff. Oh and the whole giving Cammie her amoxicillin is a real treat.  The first dose she threw up on me and I tried again and she spit it at me.  I got a bunch of advice off of facebook and tried to give it to while she was laying on the floor and I got most of it in her.  Then she crashed on the couch for about an hour.  The rest of the evening has been full of tears, screaming, medicine, showers and I don't know what else.  Now Her Highness is raring to go which means she'll crash in a bit.  I hope the night goes well.

I just saw that Rick Springfield is going to guest star on Hawaii Five-O tonight.  Hmmmm.....  I'm also hoping that my Dad is feeling better, and also my Aunt Debby!!  Lots of love to you guys!
AND since I get to subject everyone to my opinion---- ROT IN HELL OSAMA!!