Living On The Edge

I have been back to work for 2 weeks now and this was my first week with kids. So Kade has been at his new babysitter's house for two weeks now. I drop him off on my way this year because it is closer to my work. Everyday he has screamed and hung on me not to leave; which makes it a very hard morning for mommy and Kade. Miss Linda said that as soon as I leave he stops crying and eats his breakfast, but it still always makes me feel pretty awful and guilty for leaving. Everyone I talk to says that it is just a phase and he should get over that soon, so I'm really hoping they are right. We really like his new babysitter and he seems to have a good time when he is there; she said he doesn't stop playing all day long.
Kade had a runny nose for about a week that was pretty bad. Everytime he gets a runny nose I am always scared he is going to get an ear infection because he usually does. The scary thing is that he never gets fever with ear infections usually so we never really know when to take him to the doctor. Kade is a really active boy and lots of people have told me that he likes to live on the "edge" because he really has no fear of anything. So I should have know that it would just be a matter of time before he got hurt. On Tuesday I had a pretty wild day at work; I won't elaborate on the blog about that. When I went to pick up Kade he had a big scrape on his face. Miss Linda said that he was carrying a ball his size and fell outside on her patio. She said that he had been pretty whiney and clumsy all day. She said that being clumsy was a sign of an ear infection but he had not had fever.
I called Tim on the way home crying of course saying that I thought Kade had an ear infection and I needed to take him to Care Now. I will admit I can be a little dramatic at times and so now this sounds really silly, but I was crying hysterically telling Tim I was scared to take Kade to the doctor because they were going to see how awful his face looked and think we didn't take care of him and then they would take Kade away from us. I know really over DRAMATIC, but I was a very worried and tired mommy. Tim assured me they would not take Kade away and that he would meet me there.
We got to the clinic and they said it would be an hour wait and that they would call my cell phone when they had a room ready. So we went home because I wanted to try to give him some dinner. When we got home he was so fussy and would not let me put him down, so I made him a sandwich with one hand and then the phone rang saying they were ready for us. It was quicker that I had thought, so I had to rush and put everything back in the refrigerator still holding a screaming Kade. I rushed out of the house and locked the door behind me, got Kade in his seat, and then went to start the car and realized I just locked my keys in the house. So again I called Tim crying and told him they were ready for us and I locked my keys in the house. He was close to being home and got there in about 10 minutes to drive us to the clinic.
When we got there they called us right in and first had to weigh Kade and check his ear rate. O.k on a normal day he is has stranger anxiety pretty bad, but especially on this day he felt like crap and did not want a stranger touching him. He was screaming a wiggling pretty bad making it really hard to get his heart rate. The nurse kept huffing and rolling her eyes at him. I was seriously about to lose it on that woman when she finally left and got another nurse to come in. The new nurse was really patient and nice and was able to get what they needed. The doctor confirmed an ear infection on both ears and gave him an antibiotic. Poor Kade fell asleep in my lap as the doctor was explaining everything to us.
The next day Kade felt much better and was back to living on the "edge" as usual. He played and ate well at the babysitter. When we got home that night I caught him climb on the window ledge and stand on top of the trash can trying to get the phone off the counter. So I am pretty sure our little stunt man will continue to surprise us with trips to the clinic.
Hope next week is less eventful. :)

This picture was taken a few days later, the pitiful face is not because he is in pain it's because he is mad at me for not letting him climb on the trash can.

Disney World

We had so much fun at Disney World!! My favorite part was watching Kade's reaction to all the characters. He loved them and wasn't scared of them at all. It was so fun to watch him point at everything he saw. When I was a kid we went to Disney World and I had an autograph book that I got characters to sign. So of course we had to get Kade an autograph book and his picture with the characters.
We ate at this really fun place at Hollywood Studios called The Prime Time Diner. The place looked like an old kitchen from the 50's. They have old televisions up and an old refrigerator. While you are waiting to go to your table you wait in the "living room" that looks just like an old living room from a scene in an old t.v. show. Mom screams your name when it's your turn to be seated; they say "Bailey kids time for dinner!!" Then "mom" is your waitress and all the people around you are the kids also, so she introduces you to everyone in the room. It was so funny because Tim got in trouble for wearing his hat to the table so "mom" made him set our table. Also Tim got in trouble for not eating his vegetables. It was such a fun place to eat.
We went to all 4 parks and were very tired at the end of our time there. We bought Kade a Mickey that he sleeps with now; he loves his Mickey and always hugs and kisses him.

Flying With The Bailey's

We just got back from vacation to Disney World and to visit Tim's mom in Tampa. I have lots of stories from our trip. We had lots of fun and experienced alot of craziness on our first trip with our little boy. I hope to post more about our adventures; for today I will tell you about our crazy plane ride.

Our morning started bright and early at 4:30 a.m. We left our house at about 5:30 to be at the airport by 6:15 for our 7:30 flight. We parked our car in the airport parking lot and had to ride a bus to the airport gate. The parking lot was pretty full so we had to park in the very back and carry all of our luggage up to the bus stop. The whole way Tim is complaining about why did we have to bring so much stuff. I didn't see him offering to put back the million things he had to bring. None of us are morning people so we were all in a bad mood.

We check our luggage, go through security, and then realize that our gate has changed. Now we are running to get on the tram to get to our other gate. Finally we board the plane and get ready to take off. We had chosen an early flight hoping Kade might sleep; well we were WRONG!! He was wiggling the entire time going back and forth between us. We tried milk, toys, goldfish, and books. I brought a coloring book and he threw the crayons at the lady behind us. He kept throwing his pacifier down the aisle. It was the longest flight ever!! Those 2 hours seemed like 24 hours. The last 30 minutes he just wanted down and he screamed as loud as he could. We tried everything and nothing would get him to stop. Tim and I were so embarrassed. Those poor people on the airplane were probably so ready to get off. As soon as we landed and got off the plane Kade was fine.

The plane ride home was much better. Kade slept for an hour and a half. When he woke up he had some goldfish and just sat there. We will definitely never forget Kade's first plane ride.