Sept clinic visit part 2

It has been more than 24 hours since our clinic visit and things have flown by at race-care pace that it is worth an update.

I forgot to mention that due to an increase in Grayson's height and weight they increased one of his oral chemo drugs a tad bit (Mercaptopurine by an additional 1/2 tablet per week). So on a weekday in which he typically took half a dose he will consume a whole tablet instead.

G was in a great mood all the remainder of yesterday. He woke in a great mood considering we all slept like crap. My best sleeper in the world child, Caden, has had some rough nights recently. He kept waking all of us last night w the every hour on the hour irritability and congestion and who the hell knows what else. Still figuring out if this is teething or cold. Either way it was a night with all 5 of us in one bed attempting to sleep. Guess who slept the worst? Not too hard to figure out huh?

Both Caden and G wore those great moods all day even w out one ounce of a nap. They did not nap until I tested my already exhausted mommy abilities and headed to Dicks Sporting Goods, Payless and Babiesrus after school. I figured as long as I had loaded C n G in the car to pickup of T (fearing rain if I had walked) I may as well get the errands done. T needed soccer gear for his team photo on Saturday, G and C needed shoes (which makes me mad bc I noticed G's gym shoes are too small 5 1/2s and I have 2 brand new pairs 7s from my mom upstairs and he is falling in between those two sizes. You would think I would have leftovers from T but G just isnt growing as fast as T did. And as for C, well my only summer baby is throwing off the advantage of leftovers and he needs a closed toe pair of shoes to ride us through fall/winter!) and then we would feel out our tired meters if we could pull of babiesrus for new cups for C. They held on strong and were very good considering we don't do this as often as we could or did before last July. But the mini naps on the way home bit me in the ass. We arrived home by 6:00pm and they were sent to bed about an hour ago and I can still hear them whispering and moving around. By the time dinner hit the table the glories of steroids kicked in for G-the appetite and crabbies. He has been whining about anything and everything since then. He even fell as he tried to ride Bryley and bumped his port (fell right onto his chest and stomach). He is completely fine, no injuries or swelling/redness. He is more pissed off at Bry for moving out from under him, a strategy I warned him many a times would happen if he kept sit up. If she is not in the mood you better be prepared for her to dismiss you.  Everything hurts more when you are tired anyway. Right now he is still whining for me to "please come back" while T is crying "let me love you forever because you know I can" bc he's bummed I told him he could not sleep in my bed. Caden is talking and screaming to himself about the latest 1 yr old gossip I guess.

It has been one of those nights. I pushed the envelope today but got crap done. When I will catch up on sleep or normal, more positive thoughts who knows. But the important things were---G was excited to show daddy his new shoes (so hard to buy for when I am trying to hunt down the lightest pair for him and not spend a fortune). Caden has his first pair of gym shoes to sport tomorrow. Sidenote-as we pulled up to Payless both T n G noticed the ad for Shake It Up licensed shoes. They just had to tell me that I am not too old for them and should get a pair. Ha, thanks! T made sure to question my loyalty to the show and then approved a pair for me to try on-"You ARE still a fan, right mom?" Yes, for you I am babe! And of course as we leave I realize I never made it down the aisle for myself. just like our visit to Target last week and I got everything everyone else needed but forgot all my necessities, including monthly gear. You can see where I put myself on the totem pole. And I even had flashbacks of my mother and us at payless and thought to myself "wow, she did this every year for how many years?" as I toddled around w T n C  one shoe after the other before making our final selection. Us moms work hard at the simplest of things! And T is all set for soccer season. We shall see if this is HIS sport.

Next week is a busy one. Tuesday is grandparents day at T's school and I have made arrangements for Lula to make an appearance if all my plans work out. Wednesday night is open house at his school  (and it's the first Awana Spark club meeting but we will miss out to attend the school event). Thursday night is his first soccer practice. Friday is T's picture day. And Saturday he has his first soccer game. I am holding on tight for the rest of September!