Project 365

Catch the Moment: Week 18

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I’ll pick up right where we left off last week, with Dexter being admitted to the hospital on Wednesday night.

120/365: Thursday, April 30th. By Thursday Dexter’s itching was under control and we’d started giving him the antibiotics orally. He seemed stable enough that the docs felt comfortable discharging him just under 24 hours after we came in to the ED. My boy was such a trooper, I was really proud of him. He did fine with being confined. He did fine taking medicine. He did fine with the no-no board (so he wouldn’t mess with his IV). He didn’t get much sleep but he was still in a good mood. I don’t know if I’d ever been happier to go home.04-30-2015

121/365: Friday, May 1st. Ryan’s parents watched Dexter Friday. I just wasn’t ready for him to go back to school. We played it by ear and decided it was still okay to go forward with the boys staying the weekend as we’d been planning for several weeks. I’m sure it was a nice distraction for Dexter from all the yucky medicine he is taking. I took this a little too late to catch the sunrise after I tucked the boys in bed and headed home.05-01-2015

122/365: Saturday, May 2nd. Niko was very helpful with folding laundry.05-02-2015

123/365: Sunday, May 3rd. Life lately.05-03-2015

124/365: Monday, May 4th. A little treat for myself – mani + pedi after work. I take my camera almost everywhere I go, including work. Good news: when I realized I’d be able to make it to Dexter’s follow up appointment with the pediatrician, I tore out of work. Bad news: I left my camera locked in my desk. So this is my 2nd phone photo this year. Boo. The color is lovely though!05-04-2015

125/365: Tuesday, May 5th. Another week without a picture of Theo, huh. Shoot. He’s just not as cooperative lately. I’ll have to work harder. So here’s Dexter shaking a maraca made at school in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. 05-05-2015

 

This is a short, early post this week. Next week I’ll be a couple days late with an extra picture. All for a very good reason though!

Linking up with Mindi at Stavish Stills Photography, Carrie at My Life, Our Journey, and Stephanie at Behind the Camera and Dreaming.

 

 

catch the moment: week 17

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If you were judging by this post, you’d think we only have one child – Mr. Dexter Jay. I did take pictures of Theo but they just didn’t make the cut this time. Turns out most of the week has revolved around Dexter anyway. He’s been fighting an obnoxious combination of a chronic skin rash and some kind of staph bacteria…they seem to feed off of each other. He scratches the rash and breaks the skin. The staph goes straight to the broken skin and infection sets in. He’s been on several antibiotics in the past 2 months and I’ve lost count of the doctor appointments and follow ups. We ended up in the ER this week and he was admitted for a day to get some strong IV antibiotics for the Cellulitis. What a whirlwind. We are glad to be recovering and out of the hospital now. Thankful it wasn’t worse.

113/365: Thursday, April 23rd. My sweet little babe. I just love his smile. I just want to protect him and keep him healthy and predict the future so that I can prevent this crap from ever happening again. 04-23-2015

114/365: Friday, April 24th. Fun friend dinner night with Layton.04-24-2015

115/365: Saturday, April 25th.  HOLY CRAP there’s a tile backsplash in my kitchen…a day I have been dreaming of for almost 3 years. Now to get it grouted … this week’s fiasco derailed our progress. Layton’s dad came over and spent all day helping Ryan put the natural stone backsplash up and I am obsessed with it. I can see an end in sight to this painstaking kitchen remodel!04-25-2015

116/365: Sunday, April 26th. I had a lot of good photos from Sunday but I couldn’t pass up this photo of yummy tomatoes, cheese, and cilantro that I chopped up for a southwestern pasta salad as the afternoon sun poured in through the kitchen window. Reminds me so much of SUMMER.04-26-2015

117/365: Monday, April 27th. After my class at the gym, I realized I had not taken a picture yet. A beautiful sunset was in progress so I was trying my hardest to get somewhere pretty to get out and take a picture. I discovered that the sun lighting up the trees in the background made for a much prettier picture than the rainbow colored clouds in the sky.04-27-2015

118/365: Tuesday, April 28th. This was the night I noticed that a red spot on the inside of Dexter’s right thigh looked bigger than I remembered it looking the night before. I decided to take him to the doctor the next morning. 04-28-2015

119/365: Wednesday, April 29th. We did make it to the pediatrician at 830 Wednesday morning, but the infection was spreading rapidly and 12 hours later we found ourselves at the children’s hospital ER. As you can see, Dexter was not happy to be there. At this point he was very uncomfortable and desperate for relief. Breaks my heart.04-29-2015If I had to choose a “favorite” from this week of photos (which wasnt’s a bad week up until the last picture you see here), it would have to be Day 113…the B&W of Dexter being silly on our bed. Do you have a favorite?

xo,

~C~

Linking up with Mindi at Stavish Stills Photography, Carrie at My Life, Our Journey, and Stephanie at Behind the Camera and Dreaming.

 

 

Catch the Moment: Week 16

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I love this project. I love it. Sometimes I can’t stand it because I don’t feel like taking pictures. A lot of times I look through my camera and think my pictures suck. Sometimes I get down about my life because we’re too busy or things are confusing or complicated or whatever…I’m learning that all of these adjectives are normal descriptions of life. But, lots of times I put this post together and realize that even though life is busy and stressful, it’s normal and simple and wonderful because the little moments in between the madness make it that way. This project reminds me every week that this life is good. I am lucky to live it.

Linking up with Mindi at Stavish Stills Photography, Carrie at My Life, Our Journey, and Stephanie at Behind the Camera and Dreaming.

106/365: Thursday, April 16th. Suckers for dessert and Batman footie pajamas and his day was made. 04-16-2015

107/365: Friday, April 17th. A pretty day at the park with my boys and my day was made. Perfect ending to the work week. We checked out a summer camp that we LOVED, got slushies from Dairy Queen, and played at the park til dinner time. Bliss.04-17-2015

108/365: Saturday, April 18th. The day the boys had been waiting for… their cousin Spencer’s birthday celebration in Ohio. We had a great time hanging out with family and celebrating a decade of Spence.04-18-2015

109/365: Sunday, April 19th. Our good luck with the weather ran out and we had a very soggy Sunday while heading home from Cincinnati. Didn’t stop Dexter from wearing his shades.04-19-2015

110/365: Monday, April 20th. The boys requested watercolors for their after-school activity while I prepared dinner. Sounds good to me!04-20-2015

111/365: Tuesday, April 21st. The biggest, prettiest, juiciest strawberries I’ve seen since last year. Summer’s coming, y’all!04-21-2015

112/365: Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally…the day I had been dreading. Kindergarten registration. I have been able to live in denial that my first born is no longer a baby but that dream kind of died today when we registered him for school. He is not apprehensive at all and I have full confidence in his academic ability. I’m glad he’s excited. It’s definitely a new phase, a big transition. I have a lot of mixed emotions about it, as with any big milestone. It’s bittersweet being a parent sometimes. Okay, like 90% of the time. It’s impossible not to be happy for him – his excitement is contagious.04-22-2015Scrolling through these photos makes me smile over and over. I am already looking forward to making my Catch the Moment 2015 photo book at the end of the year. 🙂

xo,

~C~