Greenish yellow goo

Yeah, that's the color of the nasty stuff that was coming out of my baby girl's ear. Totally gross. Thursday I picked her up from the sitter at about 5:15pm. I noticed this crusty stuff on her ear and went to wipe it away. Well, the sitter tells me she woke up about a half hour before I got there and her ear was like that. I looked into her ear and it was greenish yellow goo and smelled so nasty. So, I took Noah home to his daddy and proceeded to visit urgent care.

Have you ever been to an urgent care facility? It's stupid. You go to get a sick child some medical attention and it takes them 3 hours to get you seen. Ridiculous. Thankfully this time it only took about 2 hours. The doctor said Jasmine had an ear infection and her little eardrum had burst. I about freaked. I mean, I knew that's probably what had happened, but I was hoping I was wrong. Of course there's no residual effects from it, but still. I didn't even realize she was sick!!! She was a little fussy, but had her immunizations on the 20th, so I just chalked it up to that. She didn't run a fever, never stopped eating or taking her bottle, nothing. So, she now has to take antibiotics for the next 10 days, and has to have antibiotic ear drops put in her ear 3 times a day. She hates the ear drops already.

She is acting just fine. Doesn't even seem to notice that her ear is grody. I've cleaned it up, and the oozing has slowed way down. I guess I just would have thought I'd have known if she was sick enough to have her little eardrum burst. The whole incident made me feel like crap. I mean, what mother doesn't notice these things, right? I didn't realize she could have an infection that bad and not run a fever or something, anything that would have given me indication. Thank goodness she's on the mend.

If I never see that kinda gooey, nasty stuff again, it'll be too soon.

Ice Cream and Carpet Shampoo

Today was very productive. My mother in law is here, as well as my 17 year old brother in law. We shampooed carpets. Oh. My. Gosh. Talk about tiring. Since buying a new house, I have found that not all people are clean, just because they own a nice home. The people that used to live here must have been slobs. I mean, yeah, I know that carpets get dirty, and I know that sometimes laundry piles up, and I even know that an occasional accident with the new puppy can't be avoided. But I do not know, for the life of me, how these people could live in such nasty conditions. The house was a foreclosure, so I know they didn't have alot of money. But!!....it doesn't take lots of money to vacuum, nor does it take lots of money to blot up a mess, should one occur. The house was completed rebuilt, thus new carpet, fixtures, furniture, floors, etc., in late 2005, so I know they were just lazy.

Anyway, I cleaned the house the weekend before we closed on it, so when we were ready to move in, the house would be up to par. The stuff I found then was bad enough. However, I didn't have time to shampoo carpets then. So, today, when I commenced to getting the grime out, I was totally grossed out. I mean, the water from the shampooer was black. NOT KIDDING! I had to go over the basement carpet twice, because it just felt.....weird. Thankfully, I was able to get all the necessary rooms done today, and only have the upstairs hallway left to finish tomorrow. My carpet feels so soft and clean under my feet now. :)

So, the ice cream thing. I needed a reward for all my hard work. My MIL went to the grocery store to get a few things and I told her I wanted something chocolate, fudgy, something, ice cream. "Death by Chocolate", if you will. She brought back the most devine ice cream I think I've ever put in my mouth!! It's made my Blue Bell, and it's called Mama's Cake and Ice cream. It's vanilla ice cream with chocolate cake in it, plus a fudgy ribbon throughout. It's freakin' heaven, on a spoon.

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Quick baby update: Jasmine is getting so close to crawling! She can get on her hands and knees, and then she rocks back and forth. It won't be long til she really gets moving! She is also getting so big that she is now wearing some 12 month size clothes! She still fits in 6-9 months, but that size is starting to be too tight, since she's my little chunkin' dunk. I mean, really, look at the baby cleavage! :)

The boys are doing well. Isaiah has started summer school at his new school, and so far, so good. Noah is getting to that terrible 3's stage I had hoped would never come with him, but it has. If I say it's black, he'll argue to the death that it's white. He's gonna make a great president someday. :)

Hope you all have a great Sunday tomorrow. I'm going to do nothing but rest. :)

Don't fall over....

but it's a new post!! I have been so neglectful of my blog, I know. It's very hard being the mother of 3 children. I mean, I have the actual children, and then I have Sweetie. It's a rough life sometimes.

I want you all to know that having a girl is everything I ever dreamed it would be, and more. Jasmine is the most precious baby girl. She is growing SO much!! She totally has her daddy wrapped around her little baby finger, and her big brothers are totally smitten. She can't whimper without one of them going to her. She wants for nothing.

Life in general has been so crazy. After Jasmine was born, we decided to start looking to buy a home. We started the process in February, and finally closed on our new home April 24th. We moved in and it's been great. We had a few minor things to take care of, like a blocked main pipe under the house. It was covered by the home warranty, but the two weeks of waiting for someone to get here to fix it did nothing for the carpet in my basement when the water would back up. I now have to cut the carpet out of that area because it is funky. Other than that, we've had a really good experience. Owning my own home is fabulous. I love that I can do whatever I want and no one can do anything about it.

The kids are good. Isaiah has been in soccer and baseball for the last 2 months. He does really well in both sports, but practices and games are hectic because they sometimes overlap. Thank goodness that soccer ended last week, except for the awards ceremony. Bubba has also finished the 1st grade. He was promoted to 2nd grade. I didn't have a doubt in my mind that he would do great in school. His behavior has improved significantly since the start of 1st grade, so hopefully he has an awesome teacher in this new school district we've moved to as he did in the old one. He starts summer school next Tuesday. It's his first day in a new school, and I figured if he gets the jitters out at summer school, the first day of 2nd grade won't be so bad.

Noah is doing great as well. He loves going to his baby sitter, Anne, everyday. He has the best time there, and loves to tell me about his day and his little friends. He's totally advanced according to Anne. She has kids that are 4 and 5 years old that aren't as intellectual as Noah. That makes me so proud. The sad part is he can't start school til 2009 because his birthday is in October. I hope to put him in preschool next year.

Jasmine is getting so big. She is 5 1/2 months old already!! She is loving her solid foods, and is trying to crawl already. She can get on her hands and knees, but hasn't got the strength yet to move. She is such a little chunky dunk. She has such cute little rolls of fat that the boys never had!! She is the most beautiful little girl. I love her so much.

Sweetie is good. He's such a doll to me. Tonight, out of the blue, he said, "I love you. And I appreciate all the things you do for me." It made me feel so good. He has a tendency to take me for granted without realizing, so hearing those words was such a treat for me. I love that man of mine.

Anyway, I know there are oodles of other things to update on, but I'm so far behind that I think I'm just gonna leave it at that. I'm going to attempt to add some pics in here too. I'm gonna try to update a little more often. I mean, 5 months is a long time with no news, huh?