Weekend Summary

(This post was written yesterday morning. Blogger decided not to let me actually post it, nor post any comments on others blogs. Perhaps Blogger is not a morning person like myself. Anyway, here is yesterday's post....)

Rise and shine, bloggers......It's Monday morning! How was your weekend? Did you accomplish all the things on your To Do list?

Tobe, Isaac, and I had a great weekend. Tobe's Granny continues to improve. Last night she was talking and had been sitting in a chair. She is off the extreme medicines and off the ventilator and feeding tube. What a miracle! Last Tuesday we really thought things were going to go the other way and now feel so blessed to have more time with precious Granny.

My parents and Grandmother were in town for the weekend. They claimed their trip was scheduled in order to celebrate my birthday, but we all knew it was just to see Isaac. He loved having an audience and would "perform" for them. His latest trick is being able to put the "gumballs" in his Fisher Price Roll-a-Rounds gumball machine (I highly recommend this toy). He would place the gumball in the machine, look around to make sure everyone was watching, and then push the lever to make the gumball come out the bottom. Of course the clapping and cheering that followed this act would make one think Isaac had just recited the Greek alphabet.

Saturday evening Tobe and I hopped down to the Fort Worth Arts Festival while the grandparents spoiled Isaac. On the way, we stopped off and visited a friend in the hospital on bedrest. Although we can't wait to meet baby Noah, we sure pray he stays cooking for a few more weeks! The festival this year was great, as usual. We did not buy any expensive art work and lug it around with us. We were able to catch Patti Griffin perform, who was fabulous.

Isaac is now moving forward. Scoffing at traditional crawling, Isaac has created a modified army crawl. He pushes up with his legs and "swims" with his arms. Sometimes this means that he is actually scooting on his forehead. It is hysterical to watch (and a little painful) and I do worry about potential carpet burn on his forehead.

Finally, as the Queen of Random diseases, I have apparently come down with shingles. Glamorous, huh? Apparently shingles is a virus that lives dormant in most people's systems after they have chicken pox and can pop up at any time. It looks like red whelps that run from the middle of your back to your tummy, only on one side (I think it can be other places, but this is where mine is). It is in the nerves and can be very painful. Mine is just itchy at this point and I started a heavy-duty medicine last night that should knock it right out (heavy duty means five pills a day for ten days). However, if you have not had chicken pox, you cannot touch my bare stomach (don't really see how that situation would ever occur). Because Isaac has not had his chicken pox vaccine yet, I will call his doctor this morning and see exactly what we need to do about that.

I hope everyone had a great weekend like we did and are ready to conquer another week!