I'm SO Sorry!

I am REALLY sorry I haven't been around consistently this week! My youngest has been in the process of coming down with something so I have had to focus on him a lot. Last night was the worst so far. I was up most of the night with the little guy (he's 19 months old) trying ease his breathing. About 3am this morning his breathing became really labored for him (his poor little chest just got sucked in with each breath, but his coloring stayed fine), so from then until about 4:15am I was in the bathroom runny a steamy shower and then outside in the cool night air...back and forth. This seemed to be just a little helpful, so I finally gave him some Albuterol (we have some on hand since my oldest ends up with wheezy coughs a lot), and that relieved him enough to get a little sleep...well some sleep after he finally settled down. The Albuterol really hyped him up :) Today his breathing has been ok (not perfect, but not struggling like he was last night), but the poor kid is coughing constantly! The latest thing I have tried (from suggestion of the nurse at his doctor's office) is warm decaf tea with some honey in it. He LOVED it, but I didn't really notice a difference. I also just tried some straight honey. Again he enjoyed it, but still coughing. So any suggestions you might have that I could try would be appreciated! Both my boys seem to have a weakness in this area and often colds settle in their respiratory system, so this is nothing new to me. I am just praying it doesn't turn into pneumonia like it did in February!

ANYWAY, I say all that to give a little explanation as to why I haven't been around here much :) I know, excuses, excuses ;) I have also been around here so much, that I seem to have run out of things to talk about. You all pretty well know all about my family and I at this point ;) I wish I had an exciting area of the country to talk about like Tina was able to share with us, but with living pretty much in the middle of the United States, there isn't that much exciting happening...unless you count the tornadoes we seem to get often around here. In fact, we are suppose to have chances of those around here tomorrow afternoon. I LOVE spring, but I do NOT like the tornado season that comes with spring :) But there are MANY things to love about spring too. Like the blooming bradford pear trees...