Sick Sick Sick

Jadon came home from work on Wednesday feeling a little bit sick. Within an hour I was feeling sick as well. Unfortunately, things only went downhill. Neither of us got over it, we both got much worse. Jadon had a fever and chills that night. I was lucky enough not to feel too rotten until the next morning.

Thursday was awful. Neither of us was well enough to take care of the other or ourselves. Our fevers kept peaking and then disappearing. We are very grateful for family who came and helped out; we couldn't have done it without you. Jadon wanted me to go to the doctor on Thursday but I wanted to wait and see if I go any better. I should've listened to him.

Friday morning my doctor's office told me to go to the hospital, so for the third time in 7 months I went to the hospital (I wouldn't have if it was only for my sake, but Tavius hadn't been moving since I got sick, and he is a VERY active baby). My mom drove me because Jadon was way too sick to get out of bed. So at 11:20 a.m. the ER sent me straight up to Labor and Delivery who got me right into a room. I was hooked up to so many machines it was ridiculous. They had a machine hooked up to me to track my contractions, which were pretty frequent becuase I was so dehydrated. Thank goodness for IVs. Tavius hated that machine because it was strapped around my belly. He was too stubborn to just move away from it, nope, he had to sit right under it and kick and kick and kick, probably hoping it would move! (At least he finaly moved.)

They eventually gave me antibiotics (at 6 p.m.) and decided that I could go home if I had someone there who could take care of me. No way could Jadon take care of me being so sick himself, so my parents came up with a good plan. I stayed at their place with my dad taking care of me Saturday (his day off). I felt so guilty being gone, I just wanted to be able to take care of Jadon.

I also spent Saturday night at my parents. I am feeling a lot better than I was, but I didn't want to go home and try to get stuff done around the house, making myself sicker, and Jadon had to work today, so I would've been home alone. The entire time I was at home sick I was going crazy because I desperately wanted to vacuum! I am definitely nesting.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for your help and your prayers, and love and support. This has been a very difficult pregnancy for me, Jadon and Tavius (and many of you who have had to...shall we say babysit...me while Jadon was at work!). We couldn't have made it this far without all of your help. We made it past the halfway mark, now only 16 weeks to go!

The Zoo

This last Monday I went to the zoo with my sister-in-law and her kids. It was tons of fun but I forgot to break out my camera until just before we left, so the only animal I got pictures of was the flamingos (unless her kids count as monkeys!). The flamingos were the only animal I requested to see that they actually had there. My favorite joke is about flamingos, hence my desire to see them. Unfortunately, I usually tell the joke wrong the first time, which makes it not very funny when I finally say it the right way.

The joke, the correct way: Why do flamingos lift up one foot? Because if they lifted up both they'd fall over!

The joke, Amanda's way: Why do flamingos stand on one foot? Because if they stood on both they'd fall over!

I think you see what I mean. Interesting fact though, there was a sign that told why they really do lift up one foot. It is to keep their legs warm. Who knew?

I finally went down to the Social Security Administration building and changed my name yesterday. I am now officially Amanda Shaylee Walters. I am the first married girl in my family to not keep Bond because I already had a middle name. Without Bond in my name I'm not as funny as I used to be (I think everyone who knows the Bond family knows we are hilarious, without the name I'm afraid the funny gene disappeared). I saw it coming, but it was still a sad discovery. Last night after I picked Jadon up I was my usual self making jokes out of thin air, but I was only able to make him laugh once. Ever since then all of my jokes have been lame.

Hopefully it's not a permanent thing. I wouldn't know how to live without thinking I'm hilarious!

Life Is Exhausting

I forgot how exhausting going to work was. I already have a full time job growing a baby, and now I have a part time job at a law firm. Don't get me wrong, I love working and feeling that sense of accomplishment, it is just making me so exhausted that I'm sick...and it's only been a week! It is nice to get out of the house though. The days that I work are extremely long because they usually include driving Jadon to work before I go, and picking him up once I'm off. That is 2 hours of drive time, a 1/2 hour lunch break, and about 5 hours of work. EXHAUSTING! It makes me think that having a screaming baby will be simple! Compared to this it might be. I know I'll get sick of being at home so much though. I need to just enjoy things as they are rather than always wishing they were different, because once they are different I miss what I am used to.

After picking Jadon up last night I was so exhausted I was sobbing uncontrollably on the drive home. Half of the reason was I just didn't want to go home (not sure why). So Jadon, being the kind loving husband he is, gave me a million options of what we could do for date night. We ended up seeing Life As We Know It at the dollar theater. It was pretty decent. Not as good as it looked, but still good.

Jadon is so amazing and sweet to me all the time. We got home early and I fell asleep a couple hours earlier than usual. To help me fall asleep he often rubs my back for me. He also makes sure that I'm fed and won't wake up starving. He makes the most amazing chicken! Yummy! It is actually on the menu at our house almost every night because it is the only healthy thing that I will usually eat. (Except for when I crave salad or corn!)