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This past week was a milestone one at our house. Ryan got his braces on! I am still trying to comprehend that I have a child old enough to have braces. Kids get braces much younger today than when I was growing up. With the type of correction Ryan needs, in his case, the timing of his age and where he is at in development was perfect. The type of overbite he has is one that would require surgery to fix plus orthodontics had he matured too much.
No it really isn't a million dollar smile . . . only several thousand dollars so far . . . but I keep telling him it will be worth a million bucks when he is all done. He has been such a trooper for this despite his mouth being sore and having to learn to eat and talk with all this hardware in his mouth. He is also doing remarkably well with his brushing and care of them.
In addition to the braces brackets, he has something in the roof of his mouth called an expander and it basically does what the name says. Each night we have to use a little key to turn it one very small, yet still very painful turn. It is essentially spreading his palate in the roof of his mouth. Bill did it the first couple days but last night Bill was back to work and I was on my own. I could hardly stomach it but I did finally succeed and Ry was so patient with me.
I think the really neat part of this is that (and maybe it is because he is so much younger getting braces) but the kids at school haven't picked on him or called him tinsel teeth or anything like that. Rather, they think everything is "cool."
Valentine's Day had an interesting twist at our house this year. Things really heated up. In fact temperatures soared. Oh stop it - it's not what you think!
Anna came down with body aches and a high fever on Thursday afternoon that carried on to Friday and to Saturday. The aches were so bad she cried. The fever . . . it seemed Advil was no match for it. We all had flu shots but I assumed that she either had a strain not covered by the shot or a mild case of one covered by it. In the back of my mind was the note that had come home from school earlier in the week that there was a second case of strep in her classroom.
Late in the afternoon on Valentine's Day Anna spiraled downward and her fever jumped over 103. So instead of enjoying a family Valentine's dinner it was off to urgent care. The diagnosis - strep. Ugh. Anna got to pick between one shot or 40 does of antibiotics (4x/day for 10 days). She of course opted for the medicine and although she doesn't like it she is taking it like an obedient little soldier. Now we are on strep watch for the remaining three of us. Unfortunately I Bill and I seem to have a disagreement over who is more likely to come down with it. We have both been sneezed and sniffled on countless times not knowing what germs were being shared with us.
And so, that is how you have a sizzling hot Valentine's Day in the Lambert house.
Today was a happy happy day at our house. Our new Select Comfort, Sleep Number Memory Foam topped bed was delivered! I can't tell you how excited I was this morning to strip our old spring mattress of the bedding and prepare it for its removal. Heck even me who gets sentimental about the DUMBEST things didn't feel even a pang of sadness when I left the house this morning knowing I would never have to see or sleep on that mattress ever again. I know it will take a bit of time to get used to the new bed and find my magic "sleep number" but I am sure it won't be long and I will no longer wake up stiff, sore and more often then not with a headache.
I think Anna was likely the most sad to see the mattress go. She likened it to her own personal indoor trampoline (which no doubt contributed to its demise). Of course for all the times I caught her jumping and asked her to stop today was the only day she ever actually asked if she could jump on it. Bill captured her having a last hurray.
It has been a long two weeks at the Lambert house. My work was crazy last week but settled into a more manageable pace this week. However last week's craziness did lead to playing catch up this week. Bill - well if you read my post from last Friday it won't surprise you when I say "Bill who?" Yep this week really wasn't much better in terms of the face time I got with Bill. Hmmm let me think. Monday night - nope at work. Tuesday night - nope at Union Meeting. Wednesday night - nope took Anna to dance. Thursday night - nope, not feeling well so he slept the evening away on the couch. Do you see the pattern here??? I did get to have dinner with him last night and got the budget update and I am sad to say it really isn't much brighter than my report last Friday. He meets with the Mayor at 4:30 today so it goes without saying but in terms of seeing Bill tonight - nope not home. :-(
To top it off Anna STILL is not sleeping through the night. After a lengthy conversation with the Pediatrician I resorted to a sticker chart on Wednesday night with the prize after 7 nights of sleeping through the night in her own bed the Webkinz of her choice. She bought it hook, line and sinker . . . for one night. Wednesday night was the first night in over a month that not only did Anna stay in her bed the whole night, but she also slept the whole night. My back patting was premature to say the least. Last night Bill and I were up with her for well over an hour from about 1:30 - 3:00 while she had a temper tantrum. Fortunately Ryan slept through it, how I will never know. Bill did finally get her to admit she is afraid of "monsters." So now I have to figure out a way to exterminate the monsters and get her to actually buy into that I did this. Needless to say NO more scary stories, movies or books for Ms. Anna. Ugh
The "highlight" of the week was Ryan's trip to the Orthodontist on Monday. We have officially started down the path of beautiful teeth for Ryan. The good news is the investment isn't as bad as Bill and I expected. And Ryan is actually approaching this with a very positive attitude.
Me - I have been hanging out on Facebook a lot reconnecting with long lost friends. If you haven't given it a try - I say go for it! It is very fun.
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