The Nelson Family: Sickness and New Hair

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Sickness and New Hair

I feel like a broken record but our boys are sick again this weekend. Kayden is the worst, but Deagan has similar symptoms. Kayden was only healthy for 2 weeks for getting sick again. Poor guy. He has a super high fever, a croupy cough, and a runny nose. He is just miserable, and to be honest, everyone else in our family is too.
Greg gave Kayden a blessing tonight in which he talked about how getting these sicknesses helps our bodies develop immunities to the sickness in the future. He also talked about how some of greatest trials in this life are I'm relation to out bodies, but on the contrast our bodies are one if the greatest gifts from our Father in Heaven. I just loved that. It reminded me of the scripture (that I can't think of now) that says there is opposition in all things. We can't experience health without sickness. It is hard for us in the moment right now but it is a great reminder that there is always a bigger picture that we can't see. I am grateful that God is in charge and not me.

So the next part of this post is not nearly as deep, but I cut my hair short. This is a big step for me, but I love it. I have come to accept that I just can't have long hair with the hair I was born with. And that's ok :)

4 comments:

Sister Chelsea Marie Akin said...: I'm sorry that Kayden is sick again, but that is really powerful what Greg said in the blessing. Also, I love your hair! Seriously, it is way cute!; January 14, 2012 at 7:57 PM
Rachelle said...: soooooper cute hair! i love it! you foxy lady!; January 14, 2012 at 9:50 PM
Rachelle said...: soooooper cute hair! i love it! you foxy lady! what inspired words from Greg. hit the nail on the nose with that one.; January 14, 2012 at 9:52 PM
Dawn said...: Love the short hair! I looks so young and fun on you.; January 16, 2012 at 9:53 AM

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Kids do and say the darndest things...

I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

March 26, 2013

Kayden: Do I still have my eyeballs or are they still at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Me: I never knew they were there...

January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)