ole schnikees: 2015

ah, the last days of 2015 and the first days of 2016

Monday we spent inside other than I ran to the grocery store and menards. my head hurt a lot so I spent most of the afternoon/night on the couch. luckily, Al was off so he played with Trevor and made us some awesome cabbage pork rollups. it started snowing just before dark.

when we woke up we had just over 4 inches. Trevor and I went outside to play in the snow with the neighb's before Al woke up (he worked 7p-330a Tuesday, then 12p-11p, then 11a-11p on new years eve...) We had a great time and it wasn't too cold out, although T didn't like the big mittens because he couldn't pick up anything. once we came inside (and after I shoveled) it started snowing again.

Wednesday Trevor still had his runny nose, cough and was a bit whiney. we went to the neighb's in the morning for a new year's eve/one of the little girls' last day party. we came back home in time to see Al for a few minutes before he left for work. T went down for nap early since he was tired, and thus woke up early, just after 2. I decided since he was up early we'd run to target. he was a bit whiney in target (that's not like him), I spent some of our Christmas money. once we got to the car and in his carseat he started crying. at first I thought it was because he wanted his police car out of the box, but he cried the whole way home. he continued to cry once we were home, even while watching the neighb's sled, curious George, and playing his bus game on my phone. so I made the executive decision to run him to urgent care. he cried the whole way there, and off and on in the waiting room and doctor's room. luckily, there was no one in urgent care so we got right in. double ear infection and upper respiratory infection. after the doctor left, while we were waiting for some pedialyte samples and for his ibuprofen for his current pain, he fell asleep on my shoulder (I had to stand most of our waiting time, rocking back and forth with him on my shoulder). he got his ibuprofen and prescription for cefprozil sent off, and we headed to walgreens. I drove around for the 10 minutes it would take to get his meds ready and T passed out until we got home. once home, he ate a little bit and then was himself, playing again (the ibuprofen must have kicked in). we did his first dose of meds and he was fine the rest of the night. he woke about 1230am when Al was getting home and cried a bit, so we gave him some more ibuprofen.

Thursday was new years eve and he was pretty much himself other than extra whiney. Al had to work at 11a so T and I stayed in our pj's until we went to pizza dinner with the neighb's. then T had a nice long bath, books, snack, brush teeth and bed. I was asleep by 10! :)

Friday and Saturday we didn't do much other than got outside to play in the snow a bit. Al worked his regular shifts (finally) so we spent what time we could with him.

sunday we drove up to the cities so we could spend some time with shane, Jodi and luke, and watch the Viking packer game, last game of the regular season, for the division championship with them. the 3 of us headed to their house after nap and snack, got there just after 5. we had pizza, watched Luke and Trevor play, and chatted. then Al and Shane drove Trevor back to mom's house so she could put him to bed and we could watch the game with them that started at 730. Jodi put luke to bed shortly after they left and then we got to chat for a bit. the boys got back just after the game started, and we had snacks/apps. the Vikings won! and thus won the division!