....I guess the beautiful scenery made us all feel a little romantic ;)
Then we headed back to our apartment, where both sets of our parents, and "the kids" were waiting! (and making lunch!)
After eating and lots of visiting, it was time for an Egg Hunt--Patrick's first! I loved watching him....we showed him where they were, and off he went....it was so sweet and cute!
It was an altogether wonderful day! Thanks to everyone who made it such! We love you guys and gals! :) and Thank You to my Savior, for sending Your perfect Son to die for me~a sinner. I don't deserve your mercy and love, Father! Praise the Lord that Jesus is alive today, and that someday, by His mercy and forgiveness only, I will be with Him in Heaven!
The next day James had off work (He is on a "work Saturdays" month) so since he had some music lessons to teach out in Greenville anyways, we decided to make a day of it at my mom's house! What a treat. I don't think I have been to her house since December (although she has faithfully come to mine~I'm so blessed!)
We had a good drive together, then I dropped James off at his student's house. (He was going to drive another car to my mom's house when he was done teaching)
While we had been driving, James had eaten two hard-boiled eggs. Before he left to go teach, he said goodbye to Patrick, stroking his forehead and hand. We know that Patrick is allergic to eggs, so I wondered if that would affect him. After I'd left, as I was driving down the road, I looked back to check on Patrick--and sure enough--he was breaking out in a rash on his forehead. I drove a little further and pulled into a gas station to give him benadryl. I then washed his hands with hand sanitizer, and set off for my mom's. I kept an eye on him the entire way, and he seemed to be doing ok. However, as I pulled into my mom's driveway (about 15-20 min. later) I looked back and saw that his eye was swelling (I'd seen him rub it earlier) I stopped in the driveway to give him steroids, then hurried into the house--taking the epi-pen with me in case it was needed. These moments are so horrible. Not knowing what to do, or if he will be ok. My mom and I observed him for a few minutes, then I called James. After James got the allergy doctor's number for me, I called her. She said to call his pediatrician. However, we were over an hour away from his office, and I figured that by the time we made that drive, little P's eye would not be swollen anymore--but it sure looked awful. It seemed to have some sort of "bumpy" things around it too, along with the swelling. So we opted to just wait. Soon his eye began to look better. Praise the Lord! He happily played with all the wonderful toys at his Grandmerry's house, ate a banana, then took a nice nap in Grandmerry's pack-n-play. After his nap he looked so much better! So we enjoyed the afternoon with my mom~having lunch, playing with Patrick, talking and playing catch-phrase.....all too soon it was time to head back to our apartment. We said our goodbyes and drove off down 30.
We arrived with a few minutes to spare before James' student arrived. It's always fun when this student comes, because her little baby brother comes too! It's fun to see the two boy's together. Patrick loves people! He had a blast with little Kade--and he also LOVED having all the family here on Easter! He was having so much fun that we didn't even make him take a nap! ;)
Since he loves other people and children so much, maybe he will love having a sibling too! If little Jamie had made it, I would now be somewhere between 6-7 months pregnant.....Patrick and Jamie would have been 18 or 19 months apart.
Well, speaking of little Patrick....he is in his crib talking and (was) playing with the blinds! He is supposed to be sleeping :) I didn't rock him to sleep though, so awake he still is! I've been rocking him to sleep (at least for his nap--bedtime is sometimes different) for awhile now. He used to go to sleep on his own--at least some of the time anyways! At first I started rocking him to sleep just to get him to go to sleep.....and it really was a sweet time together. Then I thought about how I had the time right now to rock Patrick to sleep. If I was trying to prepare for the arrival of Jamie I might have felt differently.....but since there is time to spare with just my little Pea, and I was quite fed up with him not napping, I decided to rock him to sleep~and we had some very special times together. It does stress me out some though, that I have to rock him to sleep every nap, so eventually I need to teach him to put himself to sleep again. It's strange though, cause he does put himself to sleep at night. (with some exceptions, of course!) Anyhoo, I hope I never forget the feeling of holding my little boy in my arms and looking into his little eyes, laughing with him, singing to him, and watching him fall asleep.
Well, that was a long post! My hands are cold and I have things strewn across (compliments of Patrick, of course!) the floor that need picked up--and I need to make Patrick's lunch....so too-ti-loo for now! I'm off to turn on the heater, tidy up my house, get Patrick up and cook some beef! Tonight I get to go on a tennis date with my husband! Hurray for Tuesday!
Rejoice in the Lord today, for He is good!
1 comment:
so sweet, thanks for bloging!
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