Hormones or Good TV!?!?

So, on Thursday nights I have my new favorite show.....Hopkins.This "real" drama is based on doctors at John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. I have enjoyed watching it and last Thursday had me in tears from beginning to end. I am not sure if my hormones are still out of whack or if it is just part of motherhood now. But there was a little boy, Peyton, who was brought in for an enlarged heart. Peyton was 2 years old and soooo adorable. After the doctors ran some tests they prognosis was not good. Peyton was going to die soon if he didn't get a new heart. One of the hardest parts was watching the doctors tell the mother and father that his outcome was not good. I lost it. I had to pause the show to catch my breath. Needless to say, after a donor heart was not capable with what Peyton needed, he was saved by a great heart!! Although this show is "real" tv, these are true stories and real people. In one of the previous shows a woman from southern Virginia needed lung transplants and news channel 7 just caught up with her and she is doing great. She said that it was weird to watch her new lungs being transplanted into her on tv. If you have not seen this show I would suggest you checking it out......it is good stuff!!

After laying in bed on Thursday and thinking about what I would do if Riley were in a similar situation I realized how luck I am everyday to have her. I really should not complain about the "bad" days and the fussiness. Joe's family is currently going through a tough time with a family member and I have begun to do a lot more praying. I am not a particularly religious person, but when you feel like you are lost I find that praying at night seems to give me a bit more strenght to carry on. I also look at Ri and realize that she is such a blessing.

Ok, Ok, Ok....enough of the sappy stuff!! Yesterday I went on a bachlorette party and 9 lovely ladies headed up to Solomons Island to rent a boat and cruise around, tan, and drink some beer. It was a perfect day and a much needed day away. I defiantly feel recharged today. Joe on the other hand is feeling a bit worn down. He was on daddy duty all day (8am-9pm) He handled it without a problem.....which I had no doubt he would!! He, Riley, and Buster went to his parents house and spent the day with Joes dad. (His mom is currently in South Carolina visiting her mom and some family). It was the perfect recipe for Kevin.....a happy distraction for these hard times he is going through. I don't know what made him happier.....talking with Joe, spending time with Riley, or giving Buster "tickles on his rear". But, whatever it was, I hope it brightened his day of just a bit.

Hope you are all having a great weekend!! Stay cool.

E.