drama, drama, drama

After my post about my washer breaking I had several people call, text, email to inquire about the status of my mental health...I guess I sounded like I was on the verge of a break down. I assure everyone I am fine.

But, I do have to do an update on the happenings at our house. We are still without a washer... yes, you read that correctly, still NO washer. The first repairman came out (Mar 20th) and diagnosed the problem came back with the part, spent well over an hour before he came down the stairs and announced he was given the wrong part. He said he would order the right one on Monday(the 23rd) and give us a call. Monday came and went...no call. I did however attempt to get a hold of him because I was curious what kind of progress was being made. Tuesday same thing, no calls from said repairman. I left several messages, each one less and less kind. Finally late Tuesday(24th) he called and said he had an emergency and he wouldn't be back to finish the job...I said, "ever"? He said, nope, you should find someone else. I was shocked. I didn't really know what to think. But I got back on the phone and found another repairman, I explained what had happened and he said he would be glad to help me out. He came out on Wednesday (25th) said he would look for the broken timer, he tracked one down in California and said he could have it by Friday (27th) and it would be an easy fix. I think he should have saved his words. Friday came and he called and asked me to read him the model number on the timer, so I did. He said they sent him the wrong part. (In my mind I was thinking what, the wrong part again. Maybe the part for my relatively new washer no longer exists...) He called the store in Cali and they said they would express him the part and he should have it Monday(30th) morning. Monday came and if you can guess...the part was delivered but not to my repairman. They think it was a mis-delivery so they were attempting to find the missing package with my missing timer. Now it is Tuesday (31st) he was hoping to have it all resolved today but I will be honest, I am not that hopeful. That is the drama of the washer. I will say it again, thanks Mom for letting us take over your laundry room and keep up with wash so everyone has clean unders to wear :).

People also inquired as to Ayda and her health. Well, she was good, finally got over that yucky sounding cough and was sleeping really well (which isn't that common). Until...Sunday night. It was bedtime and she was rolling around on my bed and she sat up and said her ear was hurting. I thought she hit it or something. I dismissed it and off to bed she went. About 45 minutes later she was awake and crying. Travis went in and walked with her, tried to comfort her but she was not in the mood to be comforted. She came in and I rocked her for awhile but she just kept saying, "ouchie, ouchie, ouchie...I need my Gaco." She finally said her ear was hurting and I thought this isn't good. We had some organic ear drops that are for earaches, we dropped those in her ear and if you could have guessed, she was NOT happy about that choice. We also gave her some Motrin and off to bed she went. It was a L-O-N-G night. By 5am she was burning up (102.5). The only request she had through the night was, "bring me my Gaco." At some point in the 5 o'clock hour we texted my mom, this satisfied Ayda's need for Gaco. I called the doctor at 7a and made an appointment. Ayda did talk to her Gaco, who told her just to rest her body and that would help her...she got off the phone and rolled over and went to sleep. (Really Ayda, isn't that what we had been saying all night?!?). The doctor found ear infections in BOTH ears, and her right eardrum had started to rupture. So, we are back on antibiotics and we have added ear drops to the mix.Really, I am not complaining. I am glad we got her into the doctor, she slept a lot better last night. She isn't thrilled about the medicine but she is taking it.

Meanwhile, baby is good. He remains unaffected. Snug as a bug in a rug, on Friday we will be 6 SHORT weeks away!!

BREAKING NEWS!!! 9:42am the repairman called, he has my timer, he will be here to fix my washer this afternoon!!

(disclaimer: Ayda is a healthy child, she had only been to the doctor once (for illness) in 2 years of living in Utah...maybe Oregon isn't good for her health...)

hard at work

I was doing something on the computer yesterday and Ayda walked over to me and said, "I need to check my e-mail on Papa's pudu (computer, the way she says it sounds french)." I laughed. She went on to explain that she wanted to write an e-mail, so I opened a word document and spelled her name, she typed it and I informed her that was a good e-mail. She wasn't convinced. So, I told her to get her computer and type an e-mail on that. She sat down with her computer in her lap and was really working up and elaborate e-mail to her Gaco. When she finished she simply shut her computer and moved on to something else. I don't think I knew what e-mail was until I was 14...she isn't even three.

I am glad this week is over...

and I hope next week is better. I am not here to complain just to say last week was rough and I am glad to start fresh tomorrow. Ayda was sick all of last week, fever on and off, a cough, throwing up, not eating and no SLEEP at all! I finally broke down and called the advice nurse and she said it sounds like what is going around but if her fever wasn't gone by Thursday to bring her in. Of course, she wasn't fevered on Thursday which is good because I had other issues that day. I started a load of laundry, you know washing the sheets to get the germs out. I went downstairs and it was like a waterfall coming out of one of my kitchen lights. I ran to try and clean it up and realized I needed to stop the washer. I ran upstairs stopped the washing machine, grabbed some towels and went downstairs to clean up the mess...and what did I find another light pouring out water. I threw the towels down and ran back upstairs to get more, ran down the stairs (keep in mind I am seven months pregnant and I am not up for running much of anywhere) and what did I find more water coming out of more lights. By this time I had every towel in the house, I was grabbing bowls and asking Ayda to help. I felt so overwhelmed and I called my mom, who was coming out to visit her sick Ayda. She answered, I cried, she brought lots of towels and a couple things I had asked her to pick up for Ayda. We got the mess all cleaned up and then I called someone to fix my washer. Needless to say it was a long and exhausting day. I am so thankful my mom is so close, she took home ALL of my wet towels and washed them and even left some dry towels so we could showered and not have to drip dry. Friday, a washer repair man was coming, he spent time looking at the problem. Left, came back with a part....it was the wrong part. He should be back on Monday. Thanks again, we went to my mom's to do laundry. Friday night Travis and I went grocery shopping (yep, that is what we do on Friday night) and Ayda started to act funny. She said she was really cold so we wrapped her in Travis' coat and by the time we got home she had a fever again. By 11pm her temp was a little over 102 and I was panicked. The advice nurse said to bring her in to the after hours clinic in the morning. Of course, she had no fever on Saturday but we took her anyway. The doctor was really nice and Ayda was so good. We found out that she has pneumonia in one of her lungs...yep. Maybe I should have taken her in on Thursday, it made me feel like a bad mom. But she is on the antibiotics now and we hope things get back to normal. And by normal I mean a little sleep and having my own washer again. This picture wasn't taken during the event but it pretty much says how I was feeling!

"I want to do ballerin"

Ayda loves to dance "ballerin", no that isn't a typo she says ballerin not ballet or ballerina. She put on her leotard and danced it up. She isn't the most graceful ballerina I have ever seen, but she sure loves to dance.

30 weeks down...

10 weeks to go. I am actually closer to 9 weeks to go but, it isn't like I am counting...Endre told me to update my blog because she is bored with my old post.

I don't really have anything new to add but I did take a funny picture of Ayda. She had her dress tucked into her underwear...good thing she didn't go out on the town like that. Other than that we are just waiting for baby to come, Ayda is getting excited and I am getting more and more pregnant and just want it to be done. I took some pictures of Ayda wearing her green dress, we will call it her St. Patty's dress.