5 Months of Joy

My little munchkin is now 5 months old!!! She is a chatter box, a snuggler (when she is tired otherwise she is way to busy grabbing for stuff), has an infectious laugh and loves to do everything in her power to get her feet in her mouth. She is the love of our lives and I can't remember what life was like before her.

Last week was an eye opening experience for Ellie Belly and me... David was out of town for work from Tuesday until Friday night. Not too hard right? I mean, I can do the whole working single parent thing for the week no problem....wrong answer.

Monday night my throat was sore but I thought nothing of it. Tuesday morning I had an appointment that has been scheduled for quite some time to get not one but 2 crowns done. Ouch. 2.5 hours later I was off to work. Throat still painful every time I swallowed but thought, 2.5 hours of dental work no big deal. Wednesday was painful. Still swollen and still hurt to swallow but went about my day as usual. That night was a different story. Barely slept thanks to the pain and in the morning decided to take Ellie and head to the doc in the box and pray it wasn't something I could pass on to her. Luckily it was not.

Pain meds and antibiotic in hand I dropped Ellie off with Nanny Yo in  hopes of getting so rest. No such luck. To make matters worse, the meds they gave me made my stomach so sick that on Friday I was not able to keep lunch down and sure enough was back at home and in bed by 1 p.m. That  night David came home. It was the longest week ever without him there and all I can say is THANK GOODNESS he is home!!

We had intended on having dinner with some friends Saturday night and even had a sitter lined up for the night but again....stupid medicine. We watched movies and had a quiet night in. Sunday brought on some anxiety as the reality of our time left in Birmingham set in. In 8 short weeks we are moving 12 hours away to Missouri with David's job. In those 8 weeks time lets hope that we can find tenants for both of our houses otherwise we will not get a mortgage on a new house, I can find a job of some sort, and we can find some reliable child care for Ellie in St. Joe. Wish me luck on packing, organizing and de-pack ratting my husband!!! Cheers!