Tootles in Maine!

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These are just a few to wet your palate.

Celebration dinner for Mimi and TT's birthdays.

Booth Bay....my favorite.

TT and I on the balcony watching the sunset over the water.

Ryan's Belly Shot

When we ask where Baby Parker is, he usually points to his own belly. So, now my kid thinks that a belly button is called a "Baby Parker".

32 Weeks!

ROUND 1: Ryan Donovan at 32 weeks


ROUND 2: Parker Stewart at 32 weeks!

Maine pics to come!

Pregnancy #2 Thoughts

1. "Hi, Esophagus? It's Stomach. I'd like my stomach-acids back."
2. How is it that I wake up every two hours (restroom usage or not), on the odd hours. (11pm, 1am, 3am, 5am, 7am...rise and shine)?
3. Only nine more weeks to go....as of TODAY!
4. Parker, just because I wear too tight maternity pants, doesn't mean you need to climb into my ribs. Hate to tell you, there's no room there either.
5. Did I take my PNV???
6. "Rod, do you think I'm bigger this pregnancy or last one?" Rod: "You look the same to me." Ah nuts.
7. I blame Jana Wascher for introducing me to Costco's bite-sized lemon cakes. Wonder if eating five of those will show up on the scale?
8. Excited Parker will have a buddy to pal around with. Rachel's having a boy in February!!
9. Am I really in this size???

On a Lighter Post....

We went to Sea World a couple of weekends ago. We got there at 10:30am, and left at 12:30pm. Benefits to having season passes. We did all the toddler activities, and bolted before it got too crowded and too hot. Truthfully, it was all the walking I wanted to do anyways.

The above picture makes me laugh. My belly looks like a dog sniffing the fence. One of the FEW Mommy, Ryan & Parker pictures. (Might be the only one).

I think Ryan thought this ride was LAME-O. Rod was particularly intersted in when the ride ended. My husband is always such a good sport with things like this.

Parker and I hung out together the whole time.

My ghetto-fabulous child. I couldn't keep these short on him. Ryan's almost 2.5 years old, and these shorts are 18 mos.

Love this of Ryan. He's playing in a "splash zone" type area. It took him a while to warm up to the idea of actually getting wet...which turned in to being soaked.

A Little Bite with a Lot of "Bite"

Problem #1: We let a mosquito bite, well what we think is a mosquito bite, get infected. Friends of ours babysat Ryan while we were at a wedding on Saturday. That night, they made mention of a bite on the back of his leg that looked infected. Sunday morning, Rod poked the bite and let me tell you... it was like a geyser of pus and blood. Soooooo sad. That night, after much discussion with a few of my mom's friends and Millie (Mom in Ohio), we headed to a med clinic. Problem #2: We were seen by a man probably triple my age. Problem #3: We were sent home with no antibiotics, no ointment. "Just put some black slav on it."
Tuesday finally rolled around (Monday was Labor Day), and we got an appointment with Ryan's pediatrician. After looking at Ryan's leg, she was appalled, and quite furious at the neglect from the med clinic doctor. Ryan had to have his bite sliced open to allow the infected bite to drain. Problem #4: a very hormonal, pregnant mommy. I was bawling as I tried to calm Ryan and blow on his face to cool him off while he was SCREAMING. With all we've been through with Ryan, this was hands down the hardest for me.


So, what are parents to do with a wounded solider???? SPOIL HIM!!!! And, that's just what we did. As soon as we got home, I plopped Ryan in his chair, and turned on Cars. Then, allowed him to drink Hawaiian Punch with no water to dilute. In addition, I made buttered-pasta, apple sauce and a hot dog for dinner....smack dab in front of the T.V. Rod wasn't at the doc's office to witness the nightmare, but when he got home, he walked in with a big Toys R Us bag. In it....a Cars racetrack.

So, was the track for Ryan, or Rod????

Rod??

From the point I plopped Ryan in his chair after the "minor surgery", it was as though nothing had happened. I, on the other hand, was traumatized.

Ryan was put on an antibiotic to treat a Staph infection. In addition, we have a topical antibiotic that we put directly on his bite. He'll get two baths a day, for 20 minutes to soak the wound to help keep it open and draining.

HUGE THANK YOU to my mom's wonderful friends who kept checking on us while my mom was out. And, an even bigger thank you for Millie loving me as though I were her own child.

P.S. Millie (MiMi) is guilty of the act of spoiling. We met at Willie's today, and she had a Cars box, and Dinoco and Dinoco's wife!!! Whoa!