So Sick and Tired of Being Sick!

Just when we get recovered from the stomach virus, the evil cold strikes our house. Conrad Patrick has been sick since Monday. It started off as a really runny nose. This lead to a cough and now he keeps getting fever. Poor little baby. When he sleeps his little nose gurgles and he is coughing all through the night. Because of his restless nights, he is sleeping until 10 in the morning! I hope he starts feeling better soon! On top of him being sick, I have caught his cold. Taking Benodryl all day does not lead me to be very productive at home, so the little man and I have been getting in lots of cuddles and I have been drinking plenty of hot tea (decaf of course!)

On a lighter note, I have a story. Some people may remember me talking about this when I was pregnant with Conrad Patrick, but here is a recap for those who don't. I was about 13 weeks pregnant and really dying to know the gender of the baby. I couldn't even sleep I was so anxious to know. One day while driving to work, I was sitting at the the light at the Briarcreek intersection. All of a sudden a random baby blue balloon goes floating across the intersection. It was so weird and random, I took it as a sign that we were having a boy. Well, I guess we will get to test my theory again, because I had another random balloon incident on Monday. This time it was floating over the interstate and it was hot pink. I need to note this happened just a day after I told Conrad that I was feeling very strongly that we are having another boy. Three weeks from today we will know!

Keeping Busy

We have had a busy past couple of weeks. I started taking Conrad Patrick to Book Babies and Toddler Time at our library. He is really loving it! We sing songs/rhymes while bouncing and then we read stories and there are usually bubbles at the end. He was so into it this week that when we were reading a story about animals, he kept running in front of the room and making the animal sounds for everyone. He was being quite the ham!

We had quite an interesting weekend as well. Conrad had planned a day of practice for his concealed weapons permit with some friends in Louisburg, which is about an hour away from Raleigh. Conrad Patrick and I were going to go watch our neighbors', Madelyn and Elijah play their final basketball games of the season. Madelyn's was at 9am so at 8:45 we were getting our jackets on to go. I walked downstairs and Conrad walks in the front door holding another neighbors baby and a diaper bag. Conrad started telling me that he heard the sound of loud tricks outside so he went to see what was going on. To his surprise, he saw a firetruck, ambulance, rescue car, and two police cars out side our neighbors house. He walked over and our neighbor came running out of his house looking around. He saw Conrad and asked if he could take care of the baby, their youngest child of four kids. Conrad said of course and quickly learned that their two year old daughter had fallen and was unresponsive. I sent Conrad off with his friends and Conrad Patrick and I tried to keep the baby calm. He was running fever and very confused. I felt so bad for him! Conrad Patrick was really sweet, though, he kept bringing over musical toys and he would set them and the coffee table and press play and look at Nickolai and clap trying to get him to smile! Sooo cute! We eventually got him to eat something and he started to feel better. I was able to get Conrad Patrick down for a nap and Nickolai finally played for about 40 mins before his parents got home. My other neighbor ended up watching their older boys and by early afternoon everyone was home safe and sound. So glad their daughter is OK. She suffered a pretty bad concussion but appears to be on the mend...thank goodness!

As for a pregnancy update, tomorrow I will be 14 weeks. I have been feeling pretty good. I am still getting tired, but that seems to be getting a little better. I am experiencing some pretty bad sciatic nerve pain. I think it is even worse this go around because I am always holding Conrad Patrick. Last Sunday, I barley made it out the door for church and when we got home I was stuck on the couch all day dreading having to get up to go to the bathroom. Thank goodness it isn't like that everyday, but it usually is a struggle to get upstairs at night. I am going to ask the Doctor next week about possibly going to see the chiropractor. I have never been and have mixed feelings about it, so we will see what they say.