The Jones Girls

Tonight we all sat on the couch after dinner and Savannah mentioned her tooth was really loose and she wanted to pull it out.    She asked Daddy to help twist it around a little and then Savannah grabbed hold of her tooth and pulled it out!!   Her sisters stared in amazement as they saw Savannah calmly pull out her tooth.

I tell you, Savannah is becoming a real pro at tooth extractions.  Her Uncle Ned would be so proud (he is a pediatric dentist).

She was asking if the Tooth Fairy would come tonight  I said she sure would.  So we put her tooth in the special tooth box and put it under her pillow.  She will get another $1 for her tooth.  Wow, she has made some good money this past week!!

She talks a little funny with both of her bottom teeth out.   

This is all just a constant reminder that my baby girl is no longer a baby….

The days are showing signs of summer coming.    Cold days are behind us now.    The sun is out and our weather is worthy of my girls swimming in their pool in the backyard.

With this in mind, it meant I had to do the dreaded task of reorganizing their clothes for the summer season.    I purchased a very nice used dresser from a friend of mine for Savannah’s room.    For the past few years, I was using the 3-drawer plastic drawer dressers for Savannah.  It was cheap and also I felt it was safer to use those in her room.

So I moved her 3 sets of plastic dressers out of her room and moved in her new dresser.  This meant I had to rearrange her whole room!!   What a task that was!!  It took me all day on Sunday to do it.

Then the past few days I have been going through the triplets winter clothes.  The clothes that were getting too small for them are going to a friend of mine who has triplets.  The clothes that are 2T/24 months are put away for the fall.  Maryssa can wear those.  Amanda and Miranda are beginning to wear 3T so they may not be able to wear them in the fall.  Time will tell….

I went through the size 3T clothes that were Savannah’s old clothes that I set aside for the triplets to wear.  It was so strange going through them.  I had just put these clothes away a year ago and I couldn’t believe I was going through them so soon for Miranda and Amanda to wear.   Most of the clothes were summer clothes – shorts, tank tops, t-shirts, etc.   I think there were only about 8 pairs of pants in the 3 gigantic bags that I went through.

I used one of Savannah’s larger 3 drawer plastic dressers and put the size 3T summer clothes and the 3T pants in that dresser.   The triplets are currently wearing 2T/24 months and if we run out of those clothes, we can break into the 3T stuff too.  

It was amazing to go down memory lane as I sorted through Savannah’s old 3T clothes.   As I fold each piece, it represented a memory.  

I also went through some of their special baby clothes that I want to keep for prosperity and for them to enjoy when they get older.   I have most of their outfits up to 12 months.    From 18 month to present, I am keeping all of their Holiday Christmas dresses, their Easter Spring dresses and their Halloween costumes.    I think it would be amazing to show them these clothes that I have put away for them for 18 years!!

I went through the shoes and sandals.   I ran across 4 pair of cute leather sandals that my brother, Ron, and I had gotten Savannah at Christmas time when we took Savannah to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  Those were wonderful memories. One of the sandals were Savannah’s favorite and they showed the worn sole.  The only one that can fit into those pair of sandals is Maryssa.  The larger sandals MIranda and Amanda can wear.  It will be so fun to see the girls wear those sandals this summer!!

It is so wonderful having 4 little girls!!    I am so happy that I spent time going through the clothes.   What a wonderful trip down memory lane it was!!

A couple of days ago something was seriously wrong with our dog Teddy.    He started yelping in pain if he was laying a certain way.  I tried picking him up and he would yelp.   It was scary. 

I had given him a few little pieces of ham to eat that day.  Maybe the ham irritated him?  Was her allergic to pork maybe?

Cliff pulled both legs and one of his legs wouldn’t straighten.   Cliff remembered that he accidentally bumped Teddy with the wheels of his office chair and he though maybe the leg got injured.   We didn’t think it was broken and we kept a close eye on him that day.

Throughout the day Teddy was deteriorating fast.  He didn’t drink or eat.    He layed lifeless on the floor.   He shivered and it really scared me.    He slept on our bed peacefully that night.

The next morning he was in the same, bad condition.    I put water in an eye dropper and administered it to him.   I was concerned he was getting dehydrated since he hadn’t consumed water in over 24 hours.    He took 6 CC’s of water.  

In a few hours he started walking around and wasn’t shaking or shivering anymore.    Then he drank some water and I gave him a few pieces of hot dog.   He ate it all up!!

I rubbed his tummy.    I noticed Teddy was “enjoying it” if you know what I mean!!   I need to backtrack for a second.   When we got Teddy, the Veterinarian said he only had one testicle, the other one never decended and it was still in his abdomen.    The Vet said that we would have to get it surgically removed when he got neutered.    We haven’t had a chance to neuter Teddy yet.

So, speeding forward, I noticed as I was rubbing Teddy, that the 2nd testicle was down there!!  It had descended!!    I called the Vet, and the Vet confirmed that Teddy’s testicle had probably descended and he was experiencing the normal signs of extreme pain and agony of the testicle descending.    The pain is similar to passing a kidney stone which is excruciating pain.  I passed one…that is a whole different story and one that I will never forget!!  So my heart went out to Teddy.

When I had taken Teddy to the Vet the first time, the vet told me he was only about 2 years old.  I had thought Teddy was abut 8 years old because he has a little grey around his ears.    I read online about decending testicles for dogs and it mentioned that this usually happens in male dogs at about 8-10 months.   So I bet Teddy is only a year and a few months old!!    He is just a pup, my sweet little doggies!! 

Whew!!  What a scary ordeal for Teddy and for us.  He is back to his normal self now.  

Our house faces east so we get the morning sun streaming through the glass on our entry door.    The glass reflected the sun onto the foyer floor.  Amanda was just amazed that the sun’s light was on the floor!!  She would take her foot and step on the light.  She said mommy, there is big and little pieces of light on the floor.    What an inquisitive and smart little cookie she is!!

I tell you last night was one scary night!!   

I was awakened to hear a deep barking sound, like a seal.    I went into the Triplets room and saw Miranda sitting up gasping for breath.    I was so worried for her.

I immediately got Cliff and he and I sat together with her on the den couch while I set up a breathing treatment for Miranda.    We have a nebulizer for the girls whenever they have any breathing problems.  I put Albuterol and Pulmicort in the nebulizer.  Then a mask goes over her face and she breathes in the misty air that is mixed with Albuterol and Pulmicort.  

She struggled to breathe, the poor baby.    I read online that when a baby has croup you need to take them outside in the cool air or run the shower, let the room fill with steam and sit in the room with the child.  The cool, moist air helps soothe the breathing passages.    Croup is caused by swollen and irritate air passages and it makes it very painful and difficult for the child to breathe which is what causes the deep, barking sound.

Miranda also had a fever of 103/5.   Cliff gave her some Tylenol and had her rest on his shoulder all night to help her breathe easier.   He let me get some sleep.  What a great husband I have!!  xoxoxo

All of the girls have been passing this respitory virus around to each other.   Amanda got it first.  It lasts about 10 days.    Amanda and Savannah both threw up because of the large amount of mucus this virus causes!!    Maryssa has the deep cough.

I am so sick of the sickies!!!

Savannah’s bottom tooth, next to the tooth that just came out last week, is ready to come out any minute.   Tonight she wants her sisters watch her pool her loose bottom tooth out.  She wants the girls to see what her tooth looks like outside of her mouth!!

So, the Tooth Fairy will be making another visit under Savannah’s pillow tonight I guess.   Wow, my little girl is growing up right in front of our eyes. Wow!!   She will be a toothless wonder!!!!!