A Little Bit Of Everything

This is the worst. Okay so the other night Shar was at work and my kids have been a little congested to say the least. On top of it Phoenix is poking a couple bottom teeth through right now. He was not too happy so I gave him some baby Orajel. After a while I thought I'd put too much on or that he was allergic to it. He kept on gagging big time almost throwing up. Then he would stop for a while, and then gag again. I thought I'd numbed too much of his mouth or got some on his tongue or something. So I was keeping a close eye on him til the medication lost effect. I didn't put him in his crib and just let him fall asleep on my chest watching TV. I knew something was wrong because he wouldn't breastfeed. At that, I thought he was more than teething and that he was getting the flu. Then Shar got home, thank goodness. There were toys all scattered over the house and Marce was asleep on the floor with Phoenix in my arms asleep, so Shar was wondering what the heck was going on. Normally when he gets home the floor is clear and the boys are both in bed. I told him what was going on. I gave him Phoenix who was having a hard time sleeping now so I could clean up the toys and put Marce in his bed. Then Shar and I were sitting on the couch with Phoenix trying to figure out why he was not sleeping well. Then Shar said "Lex!" and I said "what!" and he said that Phoenix had a piece of paper or something in his mouth, stuck to the roof of his mouth. Shar pulled it out. Phoenix gagged a bit and I couldn't believe it! He had gotten a hold of a piece of tape probably off the floor somewhere and put it in his mouth (he loves to try and eat paper) and the tape had actually stuck to the roof of his mouth! It had been there for hours and he was really so good and happy considering the size of this sucker! The Orajel did not cause the gagging after all. It was this piece of tape all the time! Poor kid. Thank goodness Shar saw it. I probably never would have. I did not even feel it when I tried to breastfeed him. After Shar pulled the tape off I immediately tried to feed Phoenix again. He ate just fine the poor little guy. Then being so exhausted by this point (it was midnight) he fell right asleep. I took these pictures of the piece of tape so you could see just how big it was. I don't think Phoenix has my gag reflux because he was such a trooper all afternoon and night. He even slept quite a while with it in.

So the story behind this busted up box is this: Marcelus got some books for Christmas and we were previously keeping all of his books in this wooden box in his room. But now, there were too many books he now had to fit them all in here. So I took them all out and put them on his little table for now until I can get him a bookshelf or something. He took this box and started playing with it, putting toys in it, dumping them out, carrying it throughout the house, ect. Next thing I know I hear weird sounds, that I don't normally hear. So I go into the family room to see that Marce has demolished this box. I wasn't too happy. I could have used it for something else, I just hadn't come up with anything yet. I guess it was pretty cheaply made because he knocked out 2 sides of paneling and there were even big splinter like pieces laying around. I wonder what he did to break it?

Last night the boys were playing in the kitchen. Shar was laying on the couch half asleep and irritated, but I told him they weren't doing anything wrong and it was a good thing they were playing together without somebody (Phoenix) unhappy. I went to check on them after a while and found that they were cooking together. Marce plays with my mixer (without the beaters) all the time. He throws the plug under the rug to pretend it's really plugged in, but in the kitchen here it looks like he shut it in my oven drawer. Cute. When I came in he was mixing and stirring in the strainer.

Other Stuff:

Yesterday at church during sacrament meeting Marcelus said "I miss Jonah and Eden." How sweet that was. He's only 2 but he definitely knows who his best friends are.

Last night I watched the Special Features from The Sound Of Music. Shar got me the 40th anniversary DVD for Christmas. I have seen the movie a million times and it's one of my favorite musicals along with West Side Story. Anyway, it was so awesome to learn so much about the making of the movie. There was also a reunion of the kids who played the Vontrapp children. They were all so nice and down to earth. They've all kept in contact and been friends all this time and it was great to hear them talk about their memories of the making the movie. It was also great to see a conversation all about the movie between Julie Andrews and Chris Plummer. I did not know that it was Rogers and Hammerstein's last musical. All the little facts and tidbits were so great and to learn more about the real Vontrapp family was just as interesting. I can't wait to show my mom! Mom, I'm bringing it with me when I come. You will love it as much as I did or more. My mom played Grettle in a play of the Sound of Music when she was 5 or so. I already want to watch it again! I don't know why but stuff like this makes me so happy. I'm serious. I just soak it up. Anything that I love, to see the history of it and to feel like I am really there at that time even though I wasn't even close to being born. It almost makes me want to cry. I love musical history, that's what I call, all of the stuff like this. It's so neat. I'm so grateful that a movie, or a song can make me so happy. And then to go beyond the finished product and learn the history. That's the best. I do it all of the time, it's really one of my biggest hobbies.

Something else that makes me very happy is College Football! Texas and Ohio State today! Fiesta Bowl! WooHoo!