hot not-fun in the summertime...

our a/c is out...anyone want to trade places???? last night it warned us through a series of loud groans that it was going to retire. as i sit here at 1:15 a.m.--too hot to sleep--it is 87 degrees in this house. we have four large fans blowing on the kids and in our room, but i can't get my eyes to stay shut. i do not like to be hot. i expect we'll be going to jacksonville in the morning to stay with todd's folks and i can't wait. the day was a bit better on the kid-front--lily wasn't quite so whiny, although we still had some hollywood quality drama at times. james was the star today, though, with a 20 minute crying session after only half a bottle. we have been thickening his feeds with rice cereal for a few days to see if it would stay down in his belly and not get refluxed back up. that aspect seemed to be working somewhat, but after the bottle today he developed a rash on his chest, back, and elbows, which really looks to me like eczema. we were told to stop the rice and come in monday to have it looked at. i really would have preferred to have him seen today, but the not-thrilled-to-be-working-saturday-nurse that we talked to said they were all booked. that's all for now..