They Go In Threes?

I've always heard that saying: When someone dies, they always go in threes. Now, I'm not exactly sure how that works. Is it three in your family? Three that you know? Three within what time period? And does it stop with three, or does #2 of three have his/her own three? 

Depending on the factors, either the threes have already happened, and exceeded, or they have just begun. Within this year alone my distant family lost Mary Alice, Edna Ruth, and now Ted. Then there was Pa Claude, Horace, and Carolyn. And it's just the last day of February. 

Horace and Carolyn were not family, so do they count in the equation? And Pa technically is not blood relative, so does he count? Either way, that is two sets of three. So do we start over now, and if so how long do we wait? 

Even in Hollywood they come in threes. Probably more so than everyday life. Tim Wilson, Shirley Temple, and that dude that died of an overdose. I am sure there are more we don't know about or hear about. 

Where did the saying come from, that they go in threes? And why do you suppose they do, when they do? 

Deep thoughts over a 2am, 1 1/2 oz drunk bottle. Yes, I am sleep deprived, and parts of my body are going numb. Need sleep! 

Randomness at 2:30am

1) I need toothpicks to hold my eyes open this morning!

2) If you can use Coke to clean grease stains off of concrete, do we really need to be putting it in our bodies? 

3) There was an owl somewhere near my back yard around 9pm last night. Could hear it hooting. Was really cool! 

4) We are NOT going to get snow this week unless it comes out of nowhere. I just checked the radar. Yes, I am a meteorologist. 

5) Seriously, where are the toothpicks? Fell asleep twice before I got to here. 

6) I can't make my baby girl burp. That's not good. She'll end up spitting up in her sleep. 

7) Is jealousy healthy in a relationship? Yes and no. No because it causes friction between the two and can break the relationship up. Yes because jealousy shows that the person truly cares about you. They care so much they don't want to share or lose you. And for you to cheat on them would break their heart. If they didn't care about you, they wouldn't care if you lied, cheated, 

8) I wish we had a Target closer than 30 minutes away. I really like their store brand diapers. They fit good and are very absorbent. 

9) Realy gonna have to learn to change her diaper as she wakes up, not after her bottle. Why? She was asleep as soon as she finished the bottle. Brought her in here to change her....wide awake. Now got to spend another 15 minutes getting her back to sleep. 

10) REALLY need those toothpicks. Especially if I'm gonna rock her to sleep. I'll fall asleep before she does! 

11) Was gonna stop at 10 but sat down in the glider to rock little Frogger to sleep and am now listening to sleet hitting the AC in the window. 

12) Was gonna stop at 11 but she burped! Now we have hiccups, and still wide awake. 

Beauty for Ashes

When God decides to call someone home it is never easy. While our loved one is rejoicing with Jesus in Heaven, those left behind are in mourning. Even though we should be happy that they are in a better place, our hearts are broken because they can't stay here with us. 

Layna's great grandpa, Pa Claude, was called home on the 16th of February after a very brief illness. It breaks my heart that she will not get to know him, for he was such a wonderful man. I am so glad that he got to see her, though, before he passed. We took her to see her grandparents and he was there too. 

Today is his funeral, and it will be a very difficult day for the Anderson family. Layna's daddy (Bugz) was so close to his Pa and he has been taking this very hard. Pa was his best friend. He is devistated without him. It will take time, but he will be ok. 

Layna has been a blessing to the whole family. If it hadn't been for her being passed around to all the family members (fought over who gets her next, actually) it might have been a little harder to deal with. It is amazing how one small child can make things heal faster. 

Speaking of healing, Layna had a follow up yesterday. She is back on track growth wise. She weighed in at 9lb 2oz and measured 21 1/2" long. But the best news of all is that she no longer has a heart murmur! He listened twice and said he did not hear it at all. Bugz truly believes that Pa Claude got to Heaven and he told God that he wanted Layna healed. 

She truly has a wonderful group of guardian angels watching over her from Heaven, including my mom. And I can't wait till we are all reunited once again. Oh what a day that will be! 

R.I.P. Claude Anderson

No More Fussy?

Who took my child? Seriously, who took her and replaced her with one that doesn't fuss? She has done absolutely wonderful yesterday/last night/early am. She has not been fussy, no crying for no reason, no wanting to constantly eat. It's been great! She only got irritable once, and that was when we were doing Grammy Sue's shopping and she was hungry. This forgetful, tired mommy forgot to pack water to mKe a bottle with. Der! 

Only problem is sleep. She slept good while shopping, and she slept for a while at Grammy Sue's. She was asleep when we got home, and I let her sleep so I could eat supper and put away what I had got at the grocery. So now, she's been up twice in the last three hours. Right now she's fighting it, but still not crying. 

We have a big day ahead of us. Church, then off to Nashville to see Daddy and the rest of the family (or whomever might be there). We also might have to stop on the way there or the way back and do a little shopping. 

Well....so much for the no crying. She's starting up now. lol

Here she is, Grammy Sue holding her, wearing an outfit Grammy's great nephew and his wife gave her. 

The Good With The Bad

Pa had a procedure done yesterday. They are waiting on the results of a biopsy before they can make the next step. Sadly, he knew what was going on and what might happen, and on Thursday, at the hospital, he made a request. He wanted all the kids, grandkids, great grandkids there with him. He also wanted a preacher there, because he wanted to get right with God. 

The only thing to do now is pray. Being almost 88 years old, whatever his body will have to go through will wear him out. Bugz refuses to leave the hospital till Pa gets to come home. 

Which leaves me with a fussy baby on my own. Needless to say I have had no sleep. And while it kills me that Bugz is not here, I know he's where he needs to be. 

We went to the hospital to see him and take him some clothes yesterday, and Layna got to meet the rest of the family she hadn't already met (minus a few kids that were too young for the hospital). She was passed around like a hot potato, going to almost everyone there. She was good the whole day! Got a little fussy right before we left to come home, around 7:30pm. Slept all the way home. Got home, got in the house, the fussy started. She didn't go to sleep till after midnight. And I say she slept.....she might not have. She was wide awake and she closed her eyes, and I fell asleep. She woke me at 2am for her bottle. 

Exhausted as I am, Layna's first Valentine's Day was memorable in so many ways. But the best was to know that she is being accepted and loved no matter what, and that I'm included in that too. You can't beat that. 

Snow, Sinuses, and Prayer

Tuesday was very rough on me. My sickness got worse. I felt so horrible. Went to the doctor, turns out I have a sinus infection! Got a whole slew of meds to take, and they are helping somewhat. 

That night, Layna cried. 

And cried.

And kept crying. I got to the point where I couldn't stand it and I cried. 

And cried.

I was so upset I couldn't console her. I was upset that just being in my arms didn't soothe her. I was so stressed out from her reletless crying and my lack of sleep. Finally when Bugz came and got her I cried and cried and cried myself to sleep. 

I woke up at 4:30 am Wed in extreme pain. The crying so much had made me have to blow my nose so much that I had either popped my eardrum or the infection is now in my ear. It hurt so bad I almost cried again. I got up, went in the kitchen, and heated my mini rice pack that I have and sat in my chair with it on. Luckily Layna was still asleep; Bugz finally got her down at midnight. 

After settling the pain down some, I went back to bed. I got my heating pad and turned it on and laid it on my pillow, laying my ear down on it. Layna started to stir, so I picked her up and laid her on my chest and she fell back asleep. 

We woke up at 7am. I felt better getting more sleep, thank goodness, but the yucky infection just had me worn out. The day went by pretty good, she wasn't too fussy, we took a nap around 9am. 

The evening brought snow! Not anywhere near the 4-6" they called for, but still pretty nonetheless. As we sat and watched the snow fall, we got a bad phone call. Bugz's grandpa (Pa) has to go to St. Thomas's in the morning, and it's pretty serious. He left and went to stay the night with him and will be going to the hospital with him today. 

Please say a prayer for Bugz, his Pa, and the family. Pray that Pa's procedure goes well today and everything turns out ok. Pray that their drive to Nashville will be a safe one, as I'm not sure how much snow they got north of us. 

I had a screaming baby again after he left. Yet again she was wanting her bottle nonstop. Crying her head off and not stopping unless I gave her the bottle, even if she had just had it. Finally around 9:30 she started to settle some and finally drifted off.

Me? I couldn't sleep. Worried about Bugz and Pa, nervous being alone without Bugz beings this is only the second time he's been gone all night since Layna was born 5 weeks ago. I finally drifted off and we slept till 3:30. Bottle, diaper change, bottle, now trying to burp at 4:30. Hopefully we can rock and go back to sleep. Going to be a long day ahead of us. 

2am Randomness

What's on my mind this morning? 

1) I am SO greatful to my friend Loretta for not only handing down some of her daughter Lila's clothes for Layna, but for letting me use this cool sleeper contraption that Layna LOVES! She slept in it from the time we got home till now, only waking once before now for a bottle. We got home at 6pm!! 

2) What time periods, or decades, in the house building industry, did they start and stop including both a formal living room and a den? One was just for sitting and talking or entertaining, and one was for the TV. We had both in my parents house, my grandparents had it in both houses they had when I was growing up. My grandma's house has it, although the TV room was an add on to the house in 1979. Some older houses had both, some didn't. Do the newer houses being built today have both?

3) This cold or sinuses or whatever I have is kicking my butt! Tonight it developed into tooth pain along with the sore throat, headache, stuffy nose. I took one of my pain pills, a Percocet, and it helped the sore throat and headache but didn't touch the tooth pain. What helped, if only temporarily? Heat! Took a rice pack, heated it, and put it on my face where the tooth hurts, and the pain eased. Now to figure out how to clean out my nose....

4) Why oh why can't we get any snow???? I am sick of the false hopes and cold dreary days with no snow. No snow? Bring on the warmer weather! 

5) I really have to figure out my job situation. In a few weeks, after my 6 week healing period, I am gonna HAVE to do something. I can't depend on my grandma to help me pay my rent anymore. She will, but I shouldn't have to have her do that. It makes me feel so bad. 

6) Little Frogger just drank 3oz, which is good. The bad? I can't get her to burp. No matter what I do, sometimes she just won't burp. I know that's not good, but I don't know how to fix it either. 

7) I need Kleenex. I almost just had a leaky faucet all over Layna's face. Ewww! 

8) I am really in the mood to crochet. Not sure why, and don't know what I want to make either, but I want to do something. 

9) I am addicted to on-line shopping. I'm not sure if it is the easiness of it, or if it's the excitement of getting something in the mail. Right now I am expecting two books, a very unique baby book for Layna and a silly book with a profane title about babies and their lack of sleep. I am also expecting a charm bracelet that I had custom made with Layna's name, birthdate, and birthstone on it. I will add charms over the years, like a frog for my Frogger, a memorial charm for my mom, her grandma she'll never know (till Heaven), and will eventually pass it down to her. I am also expecting a FedEx delivery of a gift for someone who has helped me out so much through all of this with Lanya. He will be mad I spent money on him, but that's just how I am. I seriously think, tho, that I need an exchange pen pal. Someone that once a month we can send each other something in the mail. That way I am getting that excitement of getting something in the mail without having to go shopping and spend money. Of course, I'd be sending them something too, but it's not like I'd be selfishly spending money on myself. Now, how to find someone like that to do that with....

10) I have way too much on my mind at 2am! I need to change Layna's diaper and put us both back to sleep! 

Goodnight.....or should I say good morning.