Many
things going on this week, we'll see what gets done with the impending snow storms-those always throw a wrench into things.
Grace
had her birthday on the 17th. How can my baby be 1
already? The cake was just a regular box cake, I substituted the eggs (called for two) with two 4 oz jars of banana baby food, each jar was mixed with 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Tasted pretty good.
We
went car shopping and got a new van. It was time, it's nice to have
one reliable car in the house although the payments mean more penny
pinching until we get it paid off.
(excuse the messy garage...)
I love it, although I
do feel very small (like I'm driving a truck) and have a feeling I'm
going to making a pillow to sit on so I can see out the rear window
properly.
Grace
caught a bad cold. She's been raspy and lost her voice for three days
now (writing on Monday). Nothing touches it. Nothing. I have tried
everything I can think of, not even commercial cold medicine could
help her sleep. It seems the only thing that does help is eucalyptus
oil, even if it is briefly. Eucalyptus helps break down mucus so you
can breath easier (along with many other things). I have some mixed
in coconut oil with lavener and peppermint for a homemade vapo rub (2
drops of each per 1 tablespoon of coconut oil), which she gets
lathered in every diaper change, much to her dismay. I hav also been
dripping four or five drops on a towel and keeping it close while she
nurses. She is still coughing some, but is able to sleep on her own with no medicine with an end of the crib mattress elevated (I put the boppy pillow under there).
We
are hopefully going to Nebraska again this weekend to see Adrianna
and my parents. This will be the first of many road trips in the
Sedona.
What
I do to prepare for road trips with a 4 year old, 3 year old and 1
year old.
Prayer
Food
Kid
Songs
Leave
in the middle of the night
LOL
That about sums it up. I have my MP3 player loaded with kid songs,
but we also have a trial of Sirius XM in the van that I will be
using. :D
I
make cupcakes of some sort for breakfast, make sure the kids have a
bottle of water (Grace still gets cheerios), I get coffee and also
have extra snacks of whatever is around the house for later and extra
water.
We leave early, then hope the kids go back to sleep. Both us and Nebraska are set for winter storms this weekend, so the trip is up in the air.
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