The Ridgway of life....

It's like most others, but maybe more chaotic? I wish it weren't.

Today began with a doctor's appointment for my youngest, Alex. I took him in because his lymph nodes were swollen, and his doctor wasn't concerned about it at all. "Just give him Zyrtec", he says. Instead, he's more concerned that Alex is anemic. So we went to the lab to get his blood drawn. What a fiasco!!

The nurse drawing his blood is "new". Why have a new nurse draw blood from a 2 year old? Oh well. She couldn't find the vein in his left arm, so after fishing around with the needle for a good 30-60 seconds, another nurse takes over and finds it straight away. I am still not sure what happened, maybe I let go of Alex? Maybe the nurse let go of his arm? Regardless Alex jerked and the needle popped out. Great, so they had to try on the other arm. FINALLY!!! They got it, now I had to hold a screaming crying 2 year old still while they fill 3 tubes with his blood.

Poor kid...but he DID get 3 stickers out of it! Suddenly he's one happy kid :)

I found out later that he IS anemic, probably due to an infection. An infection (I am guessing) in the same lymph nodes his doctor wasn't concerned about, so we were prescribed some antibiotics.

Afterward, I had to rush home and make 3 t-shirts for our picture session at Sears. I made monogrammed T's for my daughter, my son, and my nephew. The plan was to have pictures taken for my mom for her birthday with all of her grand kids wearing alike outfits. But I always wait until last minute to do things like this, so I end up rushing, but they turned out really CUTE!

I spent the rest of my "free time" cooking and cleaning....BLAH!

Finally, time to get pictures taken. :) :) :) After a short session that felt like it lasted for hours because of my son who suddenly refused to cooperate (thank you a million to my daughter who was VERY cooperative and my nephew who was somewhat cooperative, however, I can't blame Alex after the morning he had), we got some amazing shots!! Very excited to give them to my mom!

My days are pretty crazy. My kids fight a lot, they never fail to make a spectacle in public, and sometimes make me want to pull out my hair. But then they have a moment like this....

....And I am reminded what life is all about <3