A day in the life of a Tuggle.........

A friend from my past that I haven't seen in years was interested in what my life was like. She wanted to know a day in my life is like. I thought......hmmmm... sounds like an interesting blog post. Let me give some background........the weekend.....well Friday...... preschool calls me at work.......Zeke is running a high fever. He just got over strep and is teething and got 1 yr old shots the day before. Saturday is his first b'day party. I have invited close to 50 people. Chad is sick. Baby gets better.....party goes well (thanks everyone!!) Sunday kinda blah......noone felt great. Ok- Monday morning...CHad leaves early to go cut grass, Bran wakes up late, Luke wakes up with a fever......it is POURING rain. Debbie and Spence both have dr appts., I can't find a sub. I take Zeke to preschool and Luke goes to work with me. Ian goes to class as normal. I am late for work......can't get principal to tell her what is going on. Get Ian to class and get Luke some breakfast and settle him in my classroom. I go get my reading group and bring them to my room. Me and my 4 5th graders are really into our story and Luke wants to listen so he crawls into my lap & then.........he throws up all over me and in the floor. I am talking like projectile vomiting. My poor kids were so grossed out! Chad came to get him and took him to Dr. Jud.........strep!! Chad has a viral infection. I finish up the day at work. Ian and I make a fairly quick run to Wal-mart after school. swing by Bowie's and pick up Luke's antibiotics, and go get Zeke. I get home to find that our beloved dog Zig-Zag has given birth to her 4th litter of puppies. She had 8 (6 have survived) right in our garage on my Christmas wreath. I cleaned up that wonderful mess, checked them out, and came in and helped feed and bathe everyone. I also packed lunches, fed the fish, watered the plants, and cleaned the kitchen. I then got a call that my dear sweet aunt Regina had passed away. It was somewhat expected but still really hard. I had a snack and laid down with Luke where I fell asleep until I was awakened at 2 in the morning by screaming puppies. Zig-Zag had moved all the puppies to our doorstep. I woke up late ( 6:00 am) again on Tuesday, but managed to get Zeke to school and still make it to work at 7:43.....2 minutes to spare. Luke stayed home for one more day......he is fine but just didn't want to share the love(strep)! Had some reading groups, cleaned puke off a kid who threw up all over himself, talked to some parents, blah, blah, blah. Got 2 calls from preschool about Zeke. Finally got Ian headed to Curry, got Zeke, and back to Jasper to Dr. Jud. Ian is good, Zeke has an ear infection. Came home........a puppy died :( Sweet Chad cooked supper......I took a short nap. Got up ate, played, bathed kids, packed lunches, washed a load of clothes, ironed clothes, called sub for Thursday, cleaned kitchen, ate nachos with lots of peppers :) now laying in bed blogging and checking facebook and putting off grad school homework. WOW! Even though I live this stuff everyday, I am tired form typing it all. I am so blessed! That is actually 2 days in our life........our wonderful crazy life!!!!

Just a little update!!

I thought I might want to update before so much has happened that I can't cover it all!! Luke got his glasses on Tuesday, July 28. He was so excited! He looks adorable!! He is doing awesome so far. He doesn't really complain about them. He remembers to go get them without being told first thing when he wakes up, and he takes them off when he starts winding down for the night. He loves the "rule" GranDee made up.....On your face or in the case! Let's pray that the glasses are enough to help and we don't have to patch!

Zeke had his surgery Wednesday, July 29, to correct his hypospadias and circumcise him. The surgery went really well and wasn't as in depth as the surgeon thought it might be. It turned out to be more of a skin problem than an anatomy problem. He did not recover from the anesethia and pain meds so well. He really gave us a good scare. His pulse and respirations were high and his oxygen was low. He also began to run a fever. They gave him a breathing treatment with Albuterol and Tylenol and Motrin and eventually everything was fine, but only after Mommy and Daddo almost had nervous breakdowns!! We were at Children's about 12 hours, but did get to come home that night. He is now recovering well. He isn't fond of diaper changes and baths aren't the greatest, but he is getting better. He crawls and plays like nothing is wrong. He hasn't had Tylenol or Motrin in 2 days and tonight he took a bath without screaming!! Yay!!

Friday, Ian had his checkup at the ENT. His ears still did not look good and his sinuses are infected. We decided to go ahead with surgery. Antibiotics every month or so is not good. Dr. Simmons will put in the third set of tubes, remove the adenoids, and irrigate his sinuses on Tuesday, August 4. We also discovered that he has a slight functional heart murmur. According to 2 doctors(Dr. Simmons & Dr. Jud), a good friend who is a nurse, and the Internet this is not a big deal at all. We decided to go ahead with the surgery so quickly because Chad and I have to go back to work on Wednsday, August 5th and Ian starts PreK the next week. I didn't want him to miss the first days of school. It will be a one day surgery, and the recovery shouldn't be that bad. It shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as tonsils and younger kids usually bounce back quickly. Dr. Simmons said he should be fine to start school the next week.

Chad is trying to get everyhting he can done before he goes back to work. He is constantly busy cutting grass, working around the house, etc. He is going to have an extra full load this year and will be at one new school. He will still be at Cordova, but he will now be at Oakman instead of Parrish.

I am staying put as far as work, but we will be getting a new principal so that will be a huge change. I have no idea what is to come. I do know that God will work out everything just as it should be!!

I will update after Ina's surgery and we start back to work. Obviously the Tuggles are crazy busy, so keep us in your prayers!!

New addition to the Tuggle family

Guess what......we have a new addition to our family! Now I know right now you all think I am pregnant and are totally freaking out, but calm down. thats not it! We are the proud owners of a new beta fish named Dora. Luke went back to the eye doctor yesterday and we found out he needs glasses and possibly will have to patch as well. We get the glasses next week. I felt so bad for the little guy. We were on the way home and he had to poo-poo "real bad", so I wheeled into Pet Depot which happened to be the closest place with a bathroom. We were looking at the pets and Luke decided that should be his surprise for being so great at the doctor. He wanted a bunny, but I just couldn't do that. I figured a beta fish wouldn't be so bad. I am terrible with fish, but they had plenty that I'll be able to replace it with! She made it through the night, so maybe she will be ok. The boys love her and want to actually put the food in her mouth when we feed her. She has to stay on a high shelf and we take her down to talk to and feed her. I am just waiting to find poor Dora flopping in the floor or swimming in the toilet. We'll see.

Today was a fun day. Chad worked all day so me and the boys hung out. We went to Chick-Fil-A and to Walmart. I haven't had a nervous breakdown yet, so I am good! Wal-mart with those 3 will do it. We came home and played hide and seek. Luke tells you where to hide when he counts and he makes noises when he hides so you know where to look. Ian just tells you where the others are. I got 2 pieces of good news today. First the occupational therapist came to see Zeke again, and she was amazed at his progress. She said she didn't really think he even qualified for her services anymore. Yay Zeke! SHe is gonna see him 1 or 2 more times just to make surre all is well. The physical therapist is still gonna follow him for awhile at least until he's walking to keep a check on his foot. Next, I got a letter from the lawyer and it looks like the Board of adjustments wants to offer me a settlement to reimburse for medical expenses and mileage. It's not a ton of money but it will pay for a couple of grad classes. God is good and always works things out!

Putt-Putt

Well, I had another one of my great ideas! All 5 Tuggles should load up and go to Sonny's Fast Track to play putt-putt golf. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a "family fun center". Of course that means that the Tuggles would have fun.......right!?! We di have fun, but I think it might be a while before we do it again. It was too long. The boys got bored after a few holes, and it was a million degrees. I ended up with about 75 mosquito bites also.

Dance night at the Tuggles'

Check out Luke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw7ueEpbL0Q..........don't know where he learned this!

Buzz........

We had a great Father's Day........breakfast at church, lunch at home with our family and both of our dads(Paw and Pop), and swimming. We culminated the day with a haircut for Luke. The 5 of us gathered on the patio out front to cut Luke's hair. He really hates haircuts! He screamed like he was being tortured........we were just waiting on someone from DHR to show up b/c a neighbor had called. He then got hair in his mouth b/c he was crying. Chad got the hose to clean him off. Before long he and Ian had stipped down to their underwear and were playing in the water. That, a sucker, and some smarties were all it took to calm him down. He'll do just about anything for sugar! Now he is all buzzed and cute! No more poofy hair.........just that sweet little face!

9 Months

Baby Zeke is 9 months old today!! It's hard to believe that it has already been that long. At this time 9 months ago, I was praying that he would make through the night so I could be with him the next day. Wow- God is so good! Today he is a healthy, fantastic baby!! He sat up by himself for the first time today! He is just about to crawl. He got up on all fours for the 1st time today as well. He just hasn't quite figured out how to take off yet. Every time I look in those big blue eyes I am reminded just how great God is!