A Weekend Report

Friday morning I got up to come to work but never made it. Last Wednesday, Alli Claire got a diaper rash. I paid extra special attention to it Wednesday night and Thursday. Friday morning it looked a little better, but when I finished changing her diaper she started screaming. By the time I figured out what was wrong, her bottom was red, swollen and hurting. She spent all day laying on me tummy-to-tummy. She wouldn't walk or even move for that matter because she was in so much pain. I felt horrible!! FINALLY, Friday afternoon at 5pm I got a nurse to call in a prescription for a diaper cream compound. I had called the left a message that morning at 9AM! I was not happy.... Alli Claire had been in cloth diapers or naked all day. It was not fun. But by Saturday morning, she was feeling much better. I'm not sure what is in that stuff, but it's the most wonderful, miraculous stuff I've ever used. This morning, you couldn't even tell it had been there.

Saturday was filled with Graisi and I running errands while Martin and AC stayed at home recuperating. Graisi had a slumber party that night and had a blast. She didn't go to sleep until after midnight and was VERY tired when she got home yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon, Mallory was at the house as soon as we walked in from church. She and Graisi played the Wii for a couple of hours (I broke my rule of 1hr. After the 2nd hour I made them go outside). I spent several hours over the course of the weekend getting Graisi's costume ready for her Sacagawea book report today. I'll post a picture as soon as I can. She looked really cute as she walked out the door. I was even able to incorporate Martin's indian vest from when he was a little boy. Graisi was proud of it too. I've learned much more about Sacagawea than I previously knew. The fact that I can spell her name is a feat in itself! Secondly, she was only about 15 when she lead Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean.... with a baby on her back! Talk about a real woman. Clark's journal mentioned that she didn't complain, but that childbirth was horrible for her. I can't even imagine! She has become my hero!! You go girl.....