Illness Strikes Again

Between going back to school and exposing myself to the germs of the entire WVU student body, and having Kerriann in preschool for the first time, I have had a rough winter as far as illnesses.

Last Tuesday I woke up feeling great and went for a run in the morning, my first day of the C25K program (which I'll explain more later). I made it through the afternoon with no headache which hadn't happened to me for a couple of weeks. I was feeling amazing and went right to sleep that night (also out of the norm for me lately), looking forward to another great day on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, God had other plans for me. I woke up at 5am feeling horribly nauseous and it only got worse. That night I was miserable with a fever of 103.

Today was day 6 and the first day that I've really felt good since. I was finally able to eat normally and begin to exercise again. I was lucky that the first night Christiane stayed with me to help get Kerriann fed and in bed, but after that I pretty much had to fend for myself. I didn't do much Wednesday-Saturday other than lay on the couch and try to do as much schoolwork as I could. I had to skip out on the 5K that I had signed up for which I was pretty bummed out about, too.

Get well soon flowers from Kevin. He's so thoughtful!

I am SO relieved to be feeling better this week. It is hard for me to sit on the couch, and it really got me down. Having Kevin gone is always hard, but my feelings are always amplified when I'm not feeling well. It's also hard to give Kerriann the attention she needs and deserves when I'm confined to the couch. Plus she woke up with a cold on Friday morning so she was extra needy. Luckily she never developed a fever, and now just has a slight runny nose and a lingering cough. I'm hoping by this weekend we'll both be 100% back to normal.

So now that we're past the illnesses, I'm hoping to have a productive week before spring break starts on Saturday! Who else is ready for a week off?!

Deployment News

How do you prepare yourself to say goodbye (or see you soon, as I'd like to think of it) to your best friend, roommate, daughter's father and husband with only about a month's notice?

As of now, I have no clue, but that's what I'll be doing in a few short weeks.  That paired with Kerriann's second birthday party this weekend, a trip to Chicago with my sister next weekend, and then moving our lives to Morgantown before Kevin takes off for his first deployment will be keeping me extremely busy.

I have so many photos and stories to share from our vacation in the Poconos with Kevin's family, and I'll share those (and party pics after this weekend) as soon as I can.

Just pray for our family as we spend these last few weeks together!  And apologies in advance if I'm hard to get ahold of until after he leaves.

Kerriann is 23 months (video)

On Sunday Kerriann turned 23 MONTHS!  This is the last "monthly update" that I will probably ever make.  Once you hit 24 months, you have to actually start counting years and half years. :(  I can't believe we are almost at that point!  A little less than one month and we will have a two year old.  It's sad, but at the same time I am really loving the stage she is in now (for the most part).

I'm going to include a video of Kerriann from a few days ago.  She has recently discovered this video on YouTube called "Elmo's Got the Moves" and she is obsessed with it.  It's really short and she asks to watch it over and over again.  When we turn it on her eyes light up and she starts dancing around the room.  This video isn't even her best dancing to it, but you know it's hard to get her to cooperate once the video camera is on (aka my old camera so sorry for the bad quality).  So click the link below to watch the video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAOCg6ahjmI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

If you want to read what she was doing last month at 22 months, click this link.  I don't want to retype everything so I am just going to include a few new things in this post.

She has started using "I" and "My" example:  "I want to wear this," "My shoes"

Some of Kerriann's favorite activities are:
Going to the beach
Swimming at the pool
Coloring
My Gym class

She is learning more of her colors and can sometimes name blue, pink, purple, yellow, red, blue, and orange.

She loves nail polish and points out when other women are wearing it.  She also likes to name the color they are wearing!

Some of her current favorite foods are:
Bananas
Cheese sticks
Goldfish crackers
Veggie sticks
Cookies (who started giving her these?  she keeps asking for them!)
Peaches
Strawberries

I have officially started planning Kerriann's 2nd birthday bash!  I'm trying not to go overboard, but it's SO HARD!  The party will take place on August 6th at a park close by.  Cross your fingers for a warm (but not hot) and sunny Saturday.  I'm hoping to get the invitations made and sent out in the next week.