Cole is 4! He's getting so big and has such an imagination. He's funny and opinionated and so loving. I'm excited to see how he does when school starts.
I made homemade brownies from scratch for the first time and while I didn't enjoy the process, they turned out delicious. I also managed to snag a larger Zero costume from Target's discount Halloween section so he can grow into it. I'd say he had a great day.
We made a trip out to Louisiana for Thanksgiving this year. I find it bizarre that it's been practically a whole year since we visited for longer than a day. We stayed with Sean and met his current girlfriend, Kat, and were able to visit Zac's family. Leah and I spent the day before leaving baking cookies, 72 to be exact, along with deviled eggs. Kyle came to stay a night at Sean's also, which was nice. I wasn't able to visit with Jessie because her fam had a covid exposure. Luckily, she never tested positive for it. All in all, it was a nice visit.
Zac and I got our Covid boosters yesterday. It wasn't terrible, but today I've been having the worst fever-chills. My body feels like pins and needles and I've been under my weighted blanket to keep the anxiety at bay. TBH, it's a good distraction from this annual reminder that my sister is gone, so there's some silver lining. Lovely. I feel like shit.
Cole was complaining of a tummy ache this morning, so while we're potty training, he usually means he has to poop. So he did, and shortly after started crying really hard like he was in pain and ended up throwing up some bile. He didn't eat much last night for dinner and Elias was complaining that he wasn't feeling so hot (he was kinda pale), so Zac got them both some toast. Elias ate his and felt better, but Cole threw his right back up. I waited about 20 minutes or so to see if he wanted a bite of oatmeal, but nope. That came up, too. So, I decided no food for a little while and let him rest on the sofa. He started feeling better, so I had him take a sip of water. Not five minutes later, that came up, too. I called Dr. Y's office, but he was leaving at noon today and was completely booked up, so the nurse told me to call the Urgent Care. I called and told them what was going on, but they said he should go to the ER because it sounded like "gallbladder issues"... Now, Cole is 3, so this is a little strange to assume without seeing him, so I decided to go ahead, get dressed, and head out. We spent the next 2 hours sitting in the waiting room near a small boy who had a gross, wet cough and wasn't wearing a mask nor was he covering his mouth (yay). We were finally discharge after they gave Cole a Zofran and had us make sure he could keep water down, then sent us home. The Zofran worked wonderfully. The rest of the day, Cole watched TV, had some soup and crackers and kept it all down. He did have a few meltdowns with Pedialyte and his water being too cold, but I think his throat was sore from all the puking. Two Lolleez sore throat lollipops later and he was tearing through the house like he had a case of the "zoomies". He was back to his original self by bedtime so I'm hoping he's all better tomorrow.
