I'm happy to report that we had a happy, productive, fun 4^th of July.

It started in a horrible way though.

Grant was up SCREAMING from 12:30am until 3:30am. SCREAMING. He was clutching at his feet saying his feet hurt. We inspected them really closely... couldn't find so much as a red spot on them. He wouldn't let a blanket touch them... and screamed bloody murder if either one of us touched him. He had some mosquito bites so I thought -- okay -- it's the middle of the night -- we're going to take care of this. I gave him an almost full dose of Tylenol (in case he was having growing pains) and a half dose of Benadryl (in case he had itchy mosquito bites). After an hour or so he calmed down and slept (in our bed) for about 30 minutes. Woke up -- right back at where we started... screaming about his feet. This time there was nothing at all we could do.... he just screamed bloody murder. At one point, he moved and I noticed that for the first time in more than a year he'd peed out his diaper. I'm assuming that was just because of all of the thrashing and kicking he'd been doing.... but the screams he let out while we changed his diaper were piercing and painful. That sent him over the inconsolable edge...
Finally, we tried gas medicine. About 10 minutes later he calmed down, laid down and went to sleep. So we can assume that he had a stomach ache.
This morning, when we asked him what happened he tells us that monsters were trying to get his feet.
Really? Monsters at 2?
Could he have had night terrors and the screaming caused gas?
Is the peeing out the diaper a symptom or by-product of his insane fit?
Could it have been his stomach all along?

We'll never know.

At 7:30 he woke up happy as a clam... as if nothing had happened.... leaving an exhausted mom and dad to pick up the pieces today. I spent the day having contractions (braxton hicks) because of the exhaustion and stress. Drew spent the day trying to power through – but made it thanks to coffee and will power.

Drew got up with Grant --- giving me an extra hour to sleep. I willed myself out of bed at about quarter of nine – because A) I needed to wash sheets and B) we had a LOOONNNGGG list of things to get done today.

My blood sugar was on the low side again this morning – clocking in at 70. I need to keep it between 70 and 80.

Anyway, we just dove right in. Drew & Grant worked outside – mowed the lawn, spread mulch, etc... while I swept the porch, cleaned the breakfast dishes, etc. Then we headed to Hope Depot, Auto Zone (so Drew could get stuff to detail his car... how cute!) and the grocery store. Came home... had lunch... put Grant down... I got my ribs marinating... Drew worked on his car. All of the walking around had my contractions really going – and I was really uncomfortable. I got the ribs going and just laid down... the rest really helped everything to just relax. I got Grant up from his nap around 3:30 and we went for a ride in Drew's car... got a soda... and came home... did more house stuff... and then I started grilling ribs.

I've never grilled ribs before.... they sort of scared me.... but this weekend I want to break us out of our food rut. Last night we had snow crab (delicious but a lot of work to eat). Tonight I decided to tackle ribs. I used Ina Garten's marinade... which is complex but AMAZING. Let me tell you.. my ribs were delectable. Seriously... amazing. I wish I'd made more. We also had grilled corn on the cob and I made the guys french fries. It's one of the best dinners I've made in a while.

After dinner Drew finished up a couple of house projects while Grant & I played on the swing... then we popped off a few fireworks (Grant had NO interest in them... could barely be bothered to look up from his truck to see the bottle rockets!) and then bath time and bed time. I'm holding my breath hoping that he'll sleep through the night. I'm so physically exhausted and tomorrow is just as jam-packed. (And we're having kebabs for dinner... steak and shrimp! YUM!)

The weather here was amazing... warm but not humid... so being outside was comfortable and tolerable (for the time I was outside... I wasn't spreading mulch like Drew so he may have a different take on the heat). I guess if you go back and read my blog from last 4^th of July... and as I remember it... I was so sick with that weird dizziness... and scared because of it... and in such a rotten emotional place... so sad and stressed... this year is 180 degrees from that. I spent most of the last 4^th of July laying on the couch wondering why the dizziness just wouldn't go away. Today I felt so physically great (despite being 7 months pregnant) and got to spend the whole day playing and working with my family. I'm so happy to be pregnant and to be expanding our family... bringing another little guy into our home. I think I'm just so much happier in general ... with everything that's going on... not that anything bad was happening last year... eh, I don't know... just rambling at this point... but last 4^th of July was a tough one... and today was just wonderful. Hoping the fun continues through tomorrow... and that we can really get more house projects done (need to run cable to move our internet router... maybe take Grant swimming).

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Jennifer   |2009-07-05 13:21:52 That sounds like a great day! I believe in night terrors at 2. I don't know what spawns them. They are terrors for the parents, too. I have had the weird dizziness, so I sympathize w/ last year. What a year can bring, though! I hope today was great! Reply | Quote 0   0

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