I had a doctor’s appointment on Friday. Just a quick check, no big deal, getting antibiotics for an infection. Sure enough….the nurse takes my blood pressure. Then, she takes it again, and that thing is getting really tight around my harm – tighter than ever. Here it comes….wait for it…. “Your blood pressure is really high.” “WHAT?! I’m only 31.” She asks if I’m unusually stressed out. “Of course I am; I have a 3 year old, a demanding job and a husband.” But, that stuff doesn’t affect my blood pressure. After 10 years and 2 births with this doc, it wasn’t a coincidence that my blood pressure was perfect, and now it’s high. UGH! He asked if my mom or dad had high blood pressure, and my dad does. Then, he told me that if it runs in the family, then it’s genetic. Thanks, Dad, for kidney stones and now high blood pressure. :)
Miss Sarah, Jilian’s care giver, is pregnant and expecting a girl in September. This is all Jilian talks about now. And, not only does she talk about it, she “fretends” (this is how she says pretend) that she is pregnant, too. She “gives birth” to her security toy, Marvin, all the time, and he always comes out a girl. She also “fretends” she is going to be a big sister. It’s so funny to see her learn about this sort of stuff that’s totally foreign to her. Well, she’ll be ready to go if I can talk Brad into another one…..
The highly anticipated tap and ballet recital was this weekend. Umm….it did not go well. She was excited to go that morning, and Mimi was going to be there, too. When we got there, she was fine....
she was even practicing....
She played with some of her friends in the class…. (by the way, this girl was a hoot!)
She was playing around and having a good time….
when IT happened…. She fell down right before the show. She balled her eyes out, which probably means she got hurt, because Jilian is the clumsiest kid I know and she hardly ever cries when she falls. Miss Patty (the instructor) convinced her to go up on stage finally, and put her on her marker. 
It looked like things were going okay....
Then, she started balling. Again. (look at the girl on the right.... her face says 'What in the world is her problem?') HILARIOUS!!
Neither myself, Miss Sarah nor Mimi could convince her to stay up there. Through the entire tap routine, she balled. Then, it was time for ballet. She seemed okay for a little while. She did dance a little with her partner, but as soon as she made eye contact with the camera and video camera, she bolted. I think we have a case of stage fright. Her and I finally went outside and tried to calm down but to no avail. She wanted to go back in and dance with her friends, but it was too late. She just couldn’t recover. I have to say, that was the most stressed out I’ve ever been as a mother….not good for my recent discovery of high blood pressure. I didn’t know how to help her; I’ve never seen her as hysterical as she was. And, we couldn’t get her to form words to tell us what EXACTLY was the matter because even SHE didn’t know. So, we just sat outside and talked a little and hugged, and I tried to comfort her. I really think she got sad because she did miss the dance and she didn’t get to say goodbye to her friends. I wanted to cry for her and because I didn’t get to see my little girls first dance recital that I know she has been working so hard at for the past 5 months. We told her that we would save her tutu, and when she’s ready to perform her dance for us, she could. I have to say, we are done with tap and ballet for a while!
On to less traumatizing events during the weekend.....
We headed to Austin for our neice, Ella's, birthday. She turned 4. After the blood, sweat and tears from the morning, we needed a little relaxing time, and Dale's Restaurant in Whalburg, Texas is just the place to do it! We ate good food, and drank some ice cold cervezas - maybe even a little too much! :)
Jilian and Ella had the biggest corndogs we have ever seen!
Dale's has a "backyard" area where the band plays. We got to listen to some cover songs of some of our favorite bands. Tim, my brother-in-law, and I had a picture taking contest. Boy, it was a close race, but I think he won. I was having too much fun doing other stuff!
Dale's has a "backyard" area where the band plays. We got to listen to some cover songs of some of our favorite bands. Tim, my brother-in-law, and I had a picture taking contest. Boy, it was a close race, but I think he won. I was having too much fun doing other stuff!Got a good pic of my sister, my dad and me....
A good one of Brad and I....
We all danced A LOT!
On to the birthday party, where I think the adults had more fun than the kids! It was at Ella's gymnastics gym, and it was just free play. You could run down the trampoline and jump, or flip if you prefer, into this big pit of foam.
My nephew, Seth....look at that cute face!
And of course, we had cake and ice cream, too. (But, the gym was more fun!) All the adults were sweaty after we got done. It was just like being a kid again! We all need that once in a while! :)
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