Randoms of Elijah, and Rob and Kira

I'd love to say Elijah is doing better, and I suppose he is, but today has still been rough. We tried feeding him and letting him drink this morning (45 minutes after we gave him a gravol suppository, mind you) and still he puked it all up, ate some more, then puked that all up too. So we went to ER, got seen by a really nice doctor who doesn't think he has an ear infection at all, but instead things it's a stomach bug, and told us to keep doing what we're doing, even if he pukes it up, because he's on the mend and will still get fluids digested even if it seems like he's puking it all up. Which kindof reminds me of when I'd nurse him and he'd puke, and then I was assured that he actually pukes less than it looks like, and not near as much as he ate. So that was reassuring.

I tried giving him some Pedialyte as per the doctor's recommendation, but no dice. I have some Pedialyte freezer pops, and we're just waiting for them to freeze before trying those. If he doesn't take them, then we just keep on with the small amounts of liquid every now and then.

It's so sad though! He is just so miserable, WANTS to eat, but doesn't want anything we have (apparently) and is tired and frustrated. He's sleeping right now, so that's good news. We're not to get too worried unless this keeps up for the next 2 days. If he's still having trouble by Sunday we're to take him back to the hospital.

So I'm trying to be optimistic. I don't feel nearly as doom and gloom as I felt last night, just sad and tired from all of this. It's been a long 4 days.

Here's a picture from Tuesday morning, before we knew he was sick, when we just thought it was cute that he was so sleepy and snuggly:

[caption id="attachment_696" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Snuggling in the pillow pile daddy made for him, while watching Backyardigans."][/caption]

We are seriously going to need to wean this kid off of Backyardigans once he's through with this sickness, because it's his comfort blanket, and he can sit contentedly, just snuggled up to us, for a while if that show is on, but if we put ANYthing else in, whether it's one of our movies or, goodness forbid, the Wiggles, he's throwing a fit and crying while trying to claw open the cupboard so he can turn it back to the Backyardigans, darnit!

And just because it's cute and it took me a few days to get it off the camera, here's a picture from a week ago:

This day he had fallen asleep in the car too soon for it to be naptime, so I carried him up the stairs and set him down on his feet, but he slumped on to his bum, looked around dazedly, and then flopped over on the carpet at the top of the stairs and slept. Cutest thing ever!

I didn't manage to get the wheelbarrow pictures up from last Saturday so I'll do it now:

[caption id="attachment_698" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="We threw a towel in so he wouldn't get too dirty, and then Matt ran around the yard."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_700" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="He loved it!!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_699" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption=""What do you call this thing again, Mama?""][/caption]

Cute cute little boy. AND he's been sleeping for 1hour and 45 minutes now, so hopefully he's doing well too. No crying yet, which means he must be keeping down the piddly amount of bread and juice he had.

So on Wednesday when I was feeling sick and Elijah was just awful, my brother-in-law and his fiance were in town. They'd been in town since Sunday, and had asked me that day if I could take some photos of them to put on the tables at their reception in a couple weeks, and I agreed, but it turned out that Monday and Tuesday it rained all day long so by Wednesday, when Kira was going back, they were pretty anxious to get it done. I was feeling sick though, and at first said I couldn't, but then later when I felt a little better I realized I really WANTED to take them, and I'm glad I did. It took 20 minutes of picture-taking, and another 45 of photo-editing, and voila!









Aren't they so cute though?!

Sometimes I feel really insecure about my photography skills, but then I remind myself that I would love to have these very same photos but only of Matt and I, and if I did, then I'd display them in my house. And that makes me feel better. :) Mostly I just am non-confrontational, and feel a lot of anxiety surrounding directing people. I also worry that my ability to perform won't match their expectations of me and their hopes of what they want to achieve. In this case, I'm so relieved to know that it worked out! Next up is their wedding that both Matt and I will be working on (so long as someone else is chasing Elijah around...haha) and after that I have my friends Dave and Farrah who wanted me to take a stab at a family photo of them.

Anyway, I'm going to finish this up and check on the little man.

P.S. Holy MOLY this baby is kicking so much! Often when my chest has been feeling heavy with worry about Elijah, I feel this baby kick and kick, and the unease melts away. It's such a miracle, and I remember it more easily in those instances. Heavenly Father is watching over my family. I know it.