ellie-girl, doctors, & green muses.

whew. long day. as i watched the little ones today, ellie, the 3 year old told me that her stomach hurt during lunch. poor ellie-girl has been off and on sick for the past 3 weeks. i had her go lay down on the couch and i put on a movie for her. then as i put keagan down for his nap, ellie turned to me as we sat watching cinderalla and said, "i need a towel." i proceeded to ask her why she needed one, just as she picked one up from a basket of folded laundry. next thing i know i have one sick child. i called jamie (her mom) immediately who then decided to take her to the doctors (this will be her 3rd visit in the past three weeks). in the meantime i was making a spot for ellie to lay down on in her parents room (using old blankets), cleaning up the mess of puke, all the while thinking of the joys of motherhood. haha.

so, jamie comes back from her meeting, and she has me help her get ellie ready to go to the doctors. this may seem like a small task, you know shoes, socks, coat, etc. however, ellie is absolutely horrified of the doctors. as soon as her mom broke the news gently to her, she was pitching a fit. she cries so hard that she can't even talk coherently. it's the saddest most pitiful thing to watch an adorable 3 year old just so scared. it makes me wonder how i was when i was that little and had to go to the doctors. i mean i know it wasn't my favorite thing to do, but i don't remember such fearful reactions. for ellie the the conotation of the doctors = shots. so even when you tell her she's not going to get one she still cries her eyes out. one time jamie told me that keagan had an appointment but she had to take ellie along with them, and ellie still threw a fit although she wasn't even the one seeing the doctor. *sigh* that's just so tough, i wonder why for some children it's just a harder thing than for others? i'm praying everything is okay.

on a completely different note...

i've been in such a creative mood today. i edited my blog layout. i adore green and well i decided to bring in some soft greens to captivate that love. i also was looking through some of my photos (including some from my wedding) and decided to tweak my banner too. i used paint shop pro 7, i have had it for years since my fetish for webdesign occured during highschool.

and on another note: i went through with buying those photo prints from scarletbeautiful2. i'm really excited, since our bedroom is the room where we really have nothing on the walls per say. and well the wall above our bed is the perfect place. now i need to go find some frames.

it's actually been quite tough for me lately to resist the urge to buy things online. i think the girl in my dying for summer has been eyeing spring-types-of-things with the earnest desire for something new, like warm weather, and so warm weather clothings inspires me. also, i haven't really bought new clothes since last summer. however, buying stuff like that online is too difficult for me, i'm a "try it on" type of girl. i need to see it on myself to be sure i absolutely like it and would be willing to buy it.

today however, along with purchasing the photos i also splurged on something that i don't usually need to try on: jewelery! i found an adorable pair of stud earrings, that are bright, beautiful, and simple (from sofia masri). hello spring. i'm waiting. ;-D

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