Sunday, September 27, 2009

A Major Catch Up!


Mackenzie in between throwing up all over me (at least she's still smiling!)

It has been a crazy few weeks for us, and I just can't seem to find the time these days to update this thing. I'm also never on facebook anymore these days...has anyone missed me!?
Ok so I guess we'll start with Mackenzie and I started school/work about two weeks ago and it's been very busy! I'm slowly settling in and really like my job. Mackenzie on the other hand is having a really hard time of it. She cries a lot and is still refusing to drink from a bottle. I work right next door to her so as you can imagine some days I just want to walk in there, pick her up and leave! The teacher side of me knows that eventually she will settle in and begin to enjoy herself, but the Mummy/Mommy side of me is heart broken most days at seeing her so upset. She knows that I'm next door too and every chance she gets she tries to get to my room. They have a window between my room and hers that they had to cover up because she would look for me and scream when she saw me. With that covered up things are getting better. I've seen her playing and stuff so I know that eventually she will get there...it's just really hard.

Hanging out at home! I love this outfit...got it at Disneyland. On her butt it reads "Caution trouble brewing below!"

So on Wednesday she started to throw up on our way to school. The first day she did it I thought it was because I had tried to give her cheese. Thursday she did it again and this time I thought that maybe she was getting car sick in her new seat because she sits up higher. Then on Friday I was woken up at 5:30 when she sat up in bed and proceeded to vomit all over me!! I spoke with my boss and she told me to come in and if she did it again I could take her home. She threw up in the car so we turned around and headed home where she proceeded to throw up all over me and the bed another two or three times. My poor baby! I got her into the doctor yesterday and she said that she has a number of bugs probably from starting school. She never had a fever, and now it's just some diarrhea so I think we're over the worse of it. I just hope this is not what the next six months are going to be like for us!

All ready for her first day of school!...little did she know =(


Mackenzie and Daddy supporting the Chargers.

Another reason I didn't have time to write was that we were lucky enough to have John stay at home for an extra week! The ship had some kind of mechanical problem and they couldn't leave which gave us an extra weekend. We stayed home and watched the Chargers unfortunately lose, but it was a good opportunity for Daddy to see Mackenzie in her cheer leading outfit. It's still a little big for her, but she still looked cute.

Me and Mackenzie

We were told that John would probably be leaving the following Friday (this Friday just past) but on Wednesday John came to pick up Mackenzie with the news that they would be leaving the following day! The captain decided that the ship was fixed and that they had wasted enough time in port so it was time to go! As you can imagine I wasn't too happy with that idea, especially with Mackenzie throwing up, but what can you do. So on Thursday we dropped John off at the ship early and I tried to pretend it that it was just like his two weeks out. I managed to keep myself together until we got near the ship and I could see other families saying their goodbyes. It's the saddest thing seeing little kids hugging their parents goodbye. We didn't stick around to watch the ship leave. John and I decided that because he would be busy and because I needed to hold myself together for Mackenzie that I would just drop him off. Mackenzie slept through it all, and in a way I'm glad because she doesn't really understand what's going on anyway. I guess the good thing about John being gone is that we can start to count down to his coming home. He also will not be going to Australia.

Getting an up close view of the game


She looked so cute!!
With Mackenzie being sick we haven't been up to much. Today we are going to go to a meeting for the families of the ship which should be nice. We also have to get ready to go back to work/school tomorrow. I hope this is the week that Mackenzie starts to adjust!! Keep your fingers crossed for us!!

4 comments:

Belynda said...

how cute is she in her little chargers outfit love it, hope she gets better soon big hugs and kisses from aunty binny and grandma.. love you sis xx

Unknown said...

mackenzie just looks the cutest with all those smiles!!! i hope she feels better. let me know if you need anything while john is gone.

Amanda said...

ugh baby vomit...not fun....benn there done that last week too! Bummer about Australia...

Jess said...

Love her toothy little smile Jodi and her cheerleader outfit is too cute! Glad to hear you're enjoying your return to work, I'm sure Mackenzie will settle in happily soon. Hope her tummy is better is now. xxx