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February 19, 2004
Hi Everyone!
After last weeks update, I am especially happy to say that Josh has been well this week. We finished out his antibiotics and stopped giving him the albuterol syrup. He is now back to just the standard allergy medication (Singulair and Claritin). He hasn't been coughing and has his old appetite back. Life is good!
John has been out of town on business this week and it really seems to be bothering Josh. Although John goes away for about a week (5 days) once every other month, this time has been unusually hard on Josh. During the week Josh doesn't spend much time with his Dad anyway, because John doesn't get home from work until 7:30 most days and Josh goes to bed at 8:30. It's the weekends that we really spend time together as a family. Because John is only gone from Monday to Friday, it hasn't seemed to bother Josh much before. He knows when John is away on business and he usually talks to him on the phone every night, but this time he refuses to speak to John. I know it makes it so much harder for John to be away. This morning Josh started crying out of no where and when I asked him what was wrong, he said "I miss Daddy!" I had a hard time leaving him at his daycare this morning because he was unusually clingy. Usually he just gives me a kiss and a hug and is off to play with his friends, but today he didn't want me to go. I think he is starting to understand the concept of Daddy being gone and is afraid I will go too. John will be back tomorrow afternoon and I am counting the minutes. It breaks my heart to see Josh so upset about missing his Dad.
Josh is developing such a love for animals. I come from a long line of animal lovers. My Grandma, My Mom and I are all suckers for pets. When I was younger my Mom wanted a cat, so she took me to the local animal shelter and asked that I go in and pick one. She didn't want to go herself because she has a hard time leaving any of them behind. Well, she sent the wrong person to do this for her.....I came out with 3 cats! Needless to say, all three of them went home with us. That's how I grew up. We always took in any strays or abandoned animals. Most of the dogs we had growing up were rescued from some place where they had been abused and neglected. We don't own any dogs now, but we have a cat that Josh loves to pieces. He wants to hug her and pet her and is actually getting more and more gentle. If Josh wakes scared or crying at night I will console him by saying "It's okay, Mommy's here. I would never leave you alone." So, when Josh is petting our Cat Phoebe. He says "it's okay, Phoebe. Joshy's here. I would never leave you alone". It is very sweet. At Josh's school his classroom has a turtle and there is a school bunny. Josh genuinely loves both of these animals. He always wants to pet Oreo (the bunny) and the teacher told me that she is amazed at how much Josh wants to help with Oreo. He wants to feed him and cuddle him and basically spends much of his free playtime with Oreo. I am happy to see Josh's love for animals, but it worries me a little bit too. He is far to eager to pet strange dogs and I have to remind him that not all dogs are friendly. That is a hard concept for him at this age, so I have to watch him really closely around all animals. He has no fear!
As for TTC, today is day 29. According to my fertility monitor I O'd on day 13, so I expect AF to arrive today or tomorrow if she is coming (and I hope she's not). If no AF by Saturday, I will take a PG test. If AF does arrive it is on with the HSG test and the IUI. Either way, it is pretty exciting. For the first time in a while, I am feeling pretty confident that I will be PG within the next couple of months!
That's all for this week. Thanks for reading!
Janet and Josh
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