Thursday, September 9, 2010

Singing in the Car

Lisa informed me this morning that I trumped her posting. You know, the one I hinted for her to post. I had no idea--I was that tired when I posted and didn't even look at the blog when published. Please scroll down and see our lovely children and her lovely chickens.

I was also so tired last night that I slept through my 3 AM alarm to give William his Zofran. (He got it at 5 AM). Evidently, Ryan and William were so tired that they slept through it too! And when I peeled myself out of bed this morning, I noticed a big goose egg lump and bruise on Soren's face---smack dab between his eyebrows. I asked Ryan how that got there and he had no idea, but tried to remind me of when Soren was crying in the hallway during the night. Huh? Ryan brought him into our room, gave him a drink and then put him back in bed. No lights were turned on so Ryan didn't see the probable reason for the crying. I have absolutely no recollection of the entire event. And that's coming from a light sleeper. And no, it was all exhaustion, no lovely helping pill.

William's ANC is over 15,000. Immune system is intact for a few days. Thank you Neulasta shot! That's the shot he gets after each chemo cycle to help boost his immune system and is one of the many reasons we are thankful for health insurance--the single little shot costs $4,000!!! (I think I just gagged.)

We are back on the weight gaining wagon. Correction. William is back on the weight gaining wagon. We programmed my nifty new phone (it's so smart) to sound an alarm each hour to remind him to eat something--no matter how small. So I apologize if the constant beeping sound I now make is annoying. It's just a phase until my new thinking cap arrives. Estimated date of delivery is unknown due to a huge backorder status.

We stopped at Jamba Juice on our way home and William was excited to learn that the Peanut Butter Moo'd is the highest calorie item on the menu! Way to go, Will! We sipped Jamba Juices, cranked up William's new favorite song, "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train, and put it on repeat all the way home. Without my knowledge, William decided to record himself singing on the way home. It made me smile and laugh. We all need a little more smiles and laughter. Enjoy! (I smile like only a mother can each time I watch it!)

16 comments:

  1. Love, love, love it! What a fun kid.

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  2. William, that is one of my favorite songs too!! You did a fab job singing:-) Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs,
    Mrs. Jones
    PS I am a car singer too!

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  3. The wave is my favorite part. Remember the olden days.....when you had an old phone. If only I could have talked you into the iphone 4, my calling plan would have appreciated it.

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  4. Loved the video! But now the song is stuck in our heads! :-)

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  5. My daughter, Julianna, was in kindergarten with William. We've been following your blog and praying for your family. We just watched this and sang along with William. Julianna's got a huge smile on her face! Thanks for sharing this.

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  6. I can't even tell you how big the smile on my face is after watching that video! Thanks Will! Looking forward to more videos! Lots of love from the Larsons!!!!!!

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  7. Loved the video too and I too can not get the song out of my mind....Love you Murdocks!

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  8. that brought tears to my eyes. that song is rachie and soren's favorite song too...and they sing it JUST like william does... in fact when it gets to the part where it says "like a virgin, your madona" they always ask me... "mom what's a badona?" LOL... i don't really want to go into eplaining the real phrase so i just say it's like a bannana...so now they always laugh so hard at that part - and so do i! :)
    LOVE william. LOVE you. LOVE your fam.
    praying and sending our hugs your way,
    k

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  9. oh my gosh that is soooo cute!!!!

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  10. great taste in music, william! love this song. i drove around the uk in a van this summer and this was our theme song, too.

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  11. Will- I think you have a future as a singer!! It was so good to hear, and I loved that the song ended just as you were pulling up to your house! Is that symbolic or something?

    You are a soul brother, my sweet boy! Luvs from Grandma

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  12. Love the video, and Train should give you a kick-back for this performance by William.

    Yes, we just bought the song and I've got a feeling the kids will be hooked soon :-)

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  13. Oh, Julie... What a great video!! And what a wonderful peek into William's amazing soul. It brought tears to my eyes. And I love that you're just listening to him sing and taking it all in. You are such an amazing mom, Julie!

    P.S. I love the parts when he doesn't know the words so he gets kind of quiet and then BELTS out the next part that he knows!! Go William!

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