Yesterday was Easter...or was it? It felt more like April fools day at our house! Riley woke up at 4 am with a fever which meant I knew we weren't going to church like we had planned. I was bummed. I had bought Addie a super cute dress to wear and Jeffs parents had gotten Riley a dang cute outfit for his birthday. I was ready to show off my cute kids. Well Riley started to decline as the day progressed. Jeff was at church because he had to teach his Sunday school class. I text him and said he needed to come home so I could take Riley to the instacare down the street. When we got these his fever was up to 102 (not THAT big of a deal) but he was super lethargic. By the time the Dr came in he was almost passed out...it was really scary for me and the dr!! They ran a bunch of tests and they all came back negative. They told me if Riley didn't start to perk up they were going to send us to the ER for a spinal tap to check for meningitis (insert minor FREAK out!) They gave him some meds and juice and had us hang around for awhile. They also wanted a urine sample and since he isn't potty trained yet (awesome mom award since the dr was like he's potty trained right?) they had to put this bag on him. So he started to perk up about 30-45 min later and he finally peed! His urine came back clean and his strep test too...since he wasn't so lethargic they sent us home. I was glad we didn't have to think about the word meningitis again! They told us to keep him away from the baby because she can't fight things as well and we didn't really know what he had anyway. He's been a trooper with steering clear from his little sister and keeps saying, "But I love her! " too cute! Ok so heres the 2nd half of this joke of a day! So while Jeff was at church I got a text from my friend Katie. She was like are you guys still blessing Addie next Suday because apparently it is stake conference?! So I called her and she said at the end of sacrament the bishop announced that next week was stake conference, which means no sacrament and no baby blessing! We both were scheduled to bless our babies that day so we were kinda freaking out hoping he was wrong. Not to mention we had set up this specific day to bless her back in FEBRUARY when she was born! So I frantically texted Jeff (along with a million other texts about Riley being sick) to go talk to someone in the bishoprique about it. Our invitations had already been sent out weeks ago and people had RSVP'd! Katie had also had this day approved as well by the bishoprique so we were rather confused and U.P.S.E.T. To say the least! So Jeff finally calls me and I can tell by the tone of his voice it isn't good news...yup next week is stake conference and too bad so freaking sad for us we can't bless her!!!!! At this point I am FUMING mad and bawling my eyes out! I understand we have a new bishoprique but this is a HUGE mistake and effects so many more people than just me! I mean we have people coming from Logan, Provo, Salt Lake, etc! So now what am I supposed to do with the 30-something people coming to my house next Snday that have rearranged their callings so they can make it? Well, the solution we were given is we can do it another Sunday (ya, not going to work), at our house or in the RS room. So, we decided to do it in the RS room on Sunday at the same time. We have been told someone from the bishoprique WILL be there to conduct the meeting. So we are blessing our baby, we just dont get to do it in front of our ward family too. Blessing her is all that matters. I'm done being so pissed about it. I love our bishoprique and to be honest all of the men serving In It are my friends husbands. I hope they don't get offended when they read this. But seriously it sucks. Yesterday was lame. Addie didn't get to wear an Easter dress on her first Easter and Riley was too sick to be anything near excited about what the Easter bunny brought him. I obviously didnt have the Spirit with me because I was so mad. So, I think I'll go celebrate Jesus now and that he is my Savior. I love him.
PS. So sad and sorry there are no Easter pics to post!
4 comments:
I'm glad Riley is feeling better! We started doing the blessing at home thing just because we didn't really care to have any one there besides our families. We did have a bishop act like it was the end of the world but it's not. No matter what, it will be special :)
Well it's not funny, but I LOL's reading your post....I just vented a huge email to my BFF back home about our Easter adventures this year...not the same circumstances as yours but equally draining and frustrating....at the end of my email rant to her I said, "and oh yeah, thank you Jesus for dying on the cross and raising from the dead for me....happy easter."
Ha ha...well I am hoping the week is looking better for you!
I'm sorry you had a bad day. I want you to know that we blessed ute at jesse's grandparents after church on the sunday after christmas. It was so amazing. it was nice because all our family and friends were there and that was the sole focus. There weren't talks after or anything. It was 100% focused on the blessing. It was special and not rushed. I will never bless my kids during church if I don't have to. I don't think there is any wrong or right way to do it, but it is a preference thing. But I felt more in control, more spiritual, more relaxed and that everyone had more of a change to ooooh and awww over him because it was at his gparents house and not during the sacrament meeting.
Second, we didn't have Porter for easter sunday either, so no one got to see his cute outfit. BUT...just put addie in her outfit next week and she will look even cuter because all the other kids in the ward will have worn their cute easter outfits last week!
I can't believe the crazy mix up! But everything will be fine because life will calm down between now and then.
And definitely put the kids in their new outfits for another week! It's no biggie for them to look extra cute on a random Sunday.
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