Mother's Intuition-Asthma

Little l has been coughing.  I think since Sunday, but time is difficult for me. 

I know the cough, truly I do.  I get it, Big L gets it.  It is a particular kind of cough that I was hoping little l would not have, but there it is.  Being a panicky mother I took her to the doctor yesterday, and much to my dismay she confirmed what I thought.  Little l is pulling hard to breathe, and likely has asthma.  While I like to pretend this is not a big deal, and it is nothing we can't handle, it kind of is.  I can handle it no problem.  I can give her a normal life and make it so that she can do whatever she wants, no problem.  We have an excellent allergy, immunologist, asthma doctor that has been treating big L since she was nine months old.  All of that I can deal with. 

I just feel a little guilty at times that both of my children developed this and it is because of my genes.  Not something I can control, I know, but still, it is a big deal to me.

I also felt bad yesterday because I don't seem to trust myself.  I knew the cough for what it was the first night she had it.  I was just hoping it would go away.  I also doubted myself, thinking, well it is just a cold.  The same thing happened last week with big L.  She fell and had a very bad (read would not stop bleeding) scrape on her chin, plus scrapes on her shoulder and knees.  I didn't think she needed stitches, but couldn't stop second guessing myself, so I took her to urgent care. 

I realize it will take some time for me to trust my instincts after big L's father, but this is getting a little ridiculous!  Any ideas?

Sleeping (?) Over

I am a bit wiped out from the weekend.  Ten girls, two moms, lots of fun, and not a lot of sleep.  After our big sleep over I planned on napping, however Big L wanted to work on stuff.  We started the rag rug, and the lists for our daily notebooks (idea from Sofia).  We are done with neither, but we have a start. 

I thought I would accomplish a lot today, but I am dragging.  The girls all went to sleep between 10:30 and 11:30, but half of them talk in their sleep, and one coughed most of the night.  Sleep for me was done in short snippets. 

Instead, i think I will take it easy today.  Do some laundry, try to nap.....post the pictures of the project we did finish tomorrow. 

Gardening: First post baby's birth attempt

When I am pregnant, and after my child is born, is not the time for me to grow plants.  Any other time, I am good, or at least not bad.

L and I hit the garden center the other day and went crazy.

Flowers, flowers and flowers

That is a picture of strawberry and broccoli plants, intermingled with the sunflowers my husband was not supposed to plant.

Yes, I know there is a weed.  I thought, however, that I had killed my mint plant.  Yet look at that!  It is coming back!!  A nice little surprise.

This is all very exciting.  Big L is looking forward to eating her own strawberries, as she loved the last batch she grew.  Tomorrow I may show you what has moved onto my windowsill!

My apron!

Back to the I don't follow directions well comment, I also don't always like patterns.  I found an apron pattern online, but didn't bookmark it, so I lost it. 

I decided to wing it.  I pulled out some fabric my mom gave me (I think she said she and my aunt made aprons out of the fabric one year) and went to work. 

What I am most proud of though, as I am a beginner seamstress in my opinion, was that I lined those pockets up almost exactly to match.  :-)

One project done for the month!!!

Yummy!

I have come to realize that I don't like following directions.  Especially when it comes to food.  We have so many food issues in our home that by the time I modify a recipe to fit us it doesn't always look like what is in the cookbook.  Plus, I am a cook with what you have person at times, so I also modify to fit ingredients I already have.  Thankfully I am usually successful. 


Take my version of the barley and red bean bowl:

I of course forgot to take a picture until after dinner.  Barley, kidney beans, red pepper, some olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  YUMMY!

{this moment}

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

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Busy Week-Trying to live simply

I guess that being busy and living simply may not coincide with each other.  However, all of the things I have been doing this week, are things I enjoy.  I spent a couple hours at Big L's school helping out her teacher and classmates.  I have taken the time to hang out all of our laundry to dry (except little l's).  Little l and I have been playing, and as soon as I am done here I will be off to sew a bit and bake some muffins. 

Hope you are able to live life doing things you want to do.