It has been quite the week. Monday my mom, sister, and I all woke up bright and early and were headed to the LA airport to catch our flights home from California. I got home a little bit before Brandon got home from picking everyone up so I tried to get in a little cat nap. My brain was whirring so that didn’t end up happening. On top of that I got to “hit the ground running” as far as parenting goes because Aiden was being difficult all afternoon and through out the evening.
We attempted to have bacon cheeseburgers from Burger King for dinner but when Brandon got there they told him that they were out of hamburger patties! At Burger King! We ended up just piece mealing it here at home.
Tuesday afternoon I had an appointment with a new therapist for Aiden.
Wednesday morning I went over to the middle school after dropping the kids off and started to get Aiden registered. Later on, after picking everyone up from their various places and taking them home, I took Aiden to finish getting him registered for school. We got his schedule all worked out so that he will be ready start on Monday. It was also Sept. 15th which is the birthday of our previous infant foster placement Zyven. I made sure to give a little shout out to him as well. <3
Thursday I attended the final family meeting for Aiden’s day treatment. The plan was to create a safety plan that we could refer to here at home and at school but things didn’t go as smoothly as we had hoped and so that had to be put on pause for the afternoon.
Things ran a little late at Day Treatment so I had Brandon meet me at the school so that he could bring Zoey to me and head out to donate plasma on time. Aiden was so silent and non reacting on the way home that it weirded me out a bit. For me, it was more concerning than his usual combative behavior. Thankfully, I had a few errands to run before we arrived at home and he was more jovial by that time. His in home therapist arrived about 30 minutes later and that gave me piece of mind as well.
I am not entirely sure why but the evening ended with Zoey in the tub with two dum dums. She had a great time sucking on them, rinsing them in water, then sucking on them some more. She is just so funny. <3
Friday was pretty crazy. I around lunch time I took Zoey to go pick up Chick-fil-a for Brandon, she, and I. We stopped at home long enough for me to take Brandon’s food in the house and then headed to the elementary to pick up Lucas and Isaac. From there I believe we just came home and I put Zoey down for her nap.
Soon enough it was time to go pick up Aiden. It was his last day and apparently there was paperwork to fill out, discharge info. to be given, and a whole lot of stuff for Aiden to bring home from his time there. His therapist had managed to finish up the safety plan so I was glad to see that.
In the evening my sweet hubby took the boys to the elementary school carnival and outdoor movie. I originally was going to go but knowing how busy our Saturday was going to be and the fact that Zoey might not get a nap, combined with the possibility of a late night, I just got to the point where I had to bow out. Zoey had a pretty rough day as well. She fell while walking with a book and it hurt her eye and later on she fell and bonked her head. Being a toddler who hasn’t fully mastered walking is tough. The boys had a good time though and enjoyed being able to play games and watch Boss Baby: Family Business.
Saturday I was able to sleep in until nearly 9:00. The boys were upstairs quietly watching T.V. when I got up. There hadn’t even been any disagreements or yelling that I could tell. They were so quiet in fact that I had thought they were still in bed. I had them get dressed a bit later so that we could be ready to head out when Brandon got home. When he arrived we got in the van and headed to Santaquin to look at a house. I had really hoped it was the house for us. I actually wouldn’t have minded living in Santaquin. Unfortunately the home was in worse shape than our current one and there was no way I was going to pay $350,000 for it no matter how much more square feet or acreage there was. The back patio was awesome though, I would have loved it. House hunting really sucks, particularly when you have been at it for 10+ months in a psychotic housing market.
After looking at the house we let the kids have their choice of lunch at Macey’s. They always take forever to decide and our initial monetary limit ended up being not quite enough. We managed with an Arctic Circle burger for Lucas, sushi for Brandon and Aiden, deli Asian food for me, and Isaac said he wasn’t much hungry so he got a fruit roll up and hog wash. My food was cold by the time I got to eat it. That was a pretty big bummer. The mac-n-cheese that I got for Zoey from the deli was delicious though!
Our next stop was Hutchings Museum in Lehi. It was a cute little museum. The best part was that they had a scavenger hunt that could be done around the museum and the prize was a polished rock. About the time we were done looking around Isaac started to feel nauseous so I sent he and Brandon into the bathroom in case Isaac needed to toss his cookies. The other kids and I finished up and the two boys chose their polished rocks. At this point I had Brandon open the door so that I could have Isaac choose a rock and then I took the kids outside to the van.
We ended our adventurous day at Sweet Rolled Tacos for a fun little ice cream dessert in a waffle cone shaped like a taco shell. It was pretty fun and delicious but man was it expensive. I don’t think we will be going again anytime soon. It was definitely a go at least once place though.
We spent the evening at home. The boys played electronics for awhile. We had some random things for dinner. I picked up in the living room a bit. As we were getting the kids to bed, Isaac alerted me to a bug bite on his hand. It was pretty swollen, covering almost the top of his hand, red, and tender to the touch. I debated on taking him to instacare or calling telehealth when I remembered that the last time he had a major reaction to a bug bite they simply told me to watch it and sent us home. I pulled up the clinician’s notes from that visit and we opted to give him allergy meds, ibuprofin, put ice on the swelling, and then some hydrocortisone cream. We also circled the redness to see if it’s worse or better in the morning. It was a long busy day and by the end of it I was exhausted.
Sunday morning Isaac’s hand was more swollen so I took him to Kids Care. They said that the things we had done for it were the exact right things and that it could continue to swell for another day or two. There were no antibiotics given but I did ask for a cream to help prevent this kind of swelling in the future.
After Kids Care Isaac and I joined the family at church. I really enjoyed the lesson in Sunday school. The instructor felt like she should go over D&C 98 again and I am really glad that she did. The way she presented it felt like we were being given a game plan for how to handle our trials.
When we got home Zoey and I took a nap, Lucas and Isaac watched T.V. and Brandon and Aiden met with the bishop and ran an errand.
In the evening my dad came over for dinner. We chatted for a bit and just before 7:00 Aiden went to a fireside at the church. It was a fairly good sabbath day, restful, spiritual, and with delicious food.