First, like MANY others, the kids all decided to get sick with a nasty cold except for Emily. Never ending coughing, fevers, snotty-noses, cranky kids, and being woken up at night left this momma very cranky too. Yup, I think I have spent the last two weeks being annoyed at someone every waking minute.
We have also hired a guy to finish all our reno's, and as much as I will love having everything complete it has made each day that much busier. I've had to clear out my pantry, the bathroom, bookshelf in the hallway, and our bedroom - and find places to put everything in the meantime (king mattress behind the couch, dresser in the living room, etc). Most meals I am having to search through boxes to find what I need. Having to go downstairs to use the bathroom (and wipe dirty bottoms) has also taken more time, especially with having to pass the baby gate. He is also drywalling the hallway so I have to section that whole half of the house off everyday from the kids - which means all of us limited to the living room and kitchen everyday. Then when the work day (for him) is over, I start the daily cleaning and vacuuming in the 'construction zone' in order to allow the kids a few hours in the rest of the house. And then painting some evenings...
And puppies! We had a litter born March 9th and another born March 13th. The first litter came with some compilcations, so we lost one pup and then after bottle feeding another every 4-5 hours day and NIGHT for about 10 days it died too. Thankfully everyone else is doing well and bottle-feedings have ceased. I finally managed to update my webpage last night and start advertising to get them all sold. So now the emails should start.
Anyways, reno's should be done by the end of this week and the kids are now getting their health back. Our bathroom upstairs is also now in functioning order. English too is continuing to slowly get better. Alexander now is up to using about 3 word phrases which I understand most of the time with ease. One today that had me puzzled for a few seconds was 'Alexis markers Eli'.... which meant that Eli was getting into the markers that Alexis was using. Also understanding the words they mis-pronounce is an added challenge. So, all in all this week should be better than the last! Better go get your cheese though cause this was a lot of 'whine' :)
1 comment:
Nope, that was NOT a lot of whine! You are simply sharing the day to day life of a new adoptive family in the midst of reno's as well as illness! Seriously, even though you may have been annoyed most of the time (I sincerely doubt I would have been any different!) It was just a phase and you'll be able to look at those few weeks next year and laugh about how on earth you coped! HUGS, you are an amazing mama!
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