Most of this blog is imaginary. I can't tell you how many times I begin a blog post in my head but then never remember it when I'm at a computer or never get time to log in and type it up.
I think I need to make my aspirations a bit more reasonable. I'd much rather post short blurbs of our life on a daily basis than write grand, deep thoughts about earth-shattering issues every 2 weeks!
Ruth 4.8 has a fever today, so she is home from school. What that means to me is that I got to shut off my alarm last night and "sleep in." I got to stay in my fuzzy fleece jammies (still there now!) and pass up the 7:40 run to school. Yay! The good news is that it is just a fever and headache. So far, no vomiting; she's still got an appetite. I HATE vomiting. Ruth is finally old enough to seek out the toilet when she's going to vomit, though. That is such a bright spot in child development!
Rose 1.0 (at least she'll be 1.0 in 2 days! Woot!) is sporting a new tooth today. It finally broke through yesterday, and so she actually slept last night. I'm a bit on the sleep-deprived side from the few nights before that when that tooth was really bothering her. Now, if the whole family were fever-free, I'd finally be able to catch up on my sleep, too. The next logical prayer for me to offer today is that the bug that Ruth has would not spread.
My sister is coming to visit today to spend the weekend and enjoy seeing Rose dig into her first birthday cake. We plan to go rollerskating/blading also. It isn't really a very nice way to celebrate Rose's birthday since she's way too young to skate, but everyone else really loves to do it and with additional adults to pass Rose around to, I'll get to skate much more than normal., maybe even without holding anyone's hand for a few laps! (The little things in life that bring joy!!)
Yesterday, we had a visit from a friend, Beth, and her new little puppies! Beth's 1-year-old great pirenese had 7 puppies 10 days ago. Unfortunately, the mommy immediately fell ill with infection and several days later did not survive. Additionally, she smothered 3 of the puppies, so Beth is now bottle-feeding 4 little puppy orphans. They were so cute, with still-closed eyes and trying to suck on anything they touched! Ruth loved them! She didn't even mind when one peed on her. Rose was interested and tried to touch them. May 7.4 was sort of scared to touch them. We gave the little puppies some pacifiers that we are done with. They sucked and sucked and seemed to like them.
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