New Dr. and a trip to the store

Well today started out, I thought it was a good idea to go to the store, and take all three kids. What the hell was I thinking? Who really wants to go to the store with three kids? I never do this, usually I leave them here with hubby and go after I put them in bed. But we really needed to go, so I set off three kids in toe. This turned into a very stressful hour for me.G didn't want to sit in the basket, he was throwing a fit and trying to get out. H and L were both pushing a little basket. L was running over me and whatever got in her way. H was very well behaved. If it had just been she and I it would have been fine. By the time we left I was frazzled, we came home unloaded the groceries, put them away, had lunch. Then we were off to make copies of their medical records, which was also a stressful task, they were running around the store, and trying to climb things. After this we left for the Dr.

The Dr was very nice, she was pleasant and listened as I talked. The draw back to this area is there is no pediatric GI or pediatric allergist. But the Ped can handle it for now. We are going for another OT evaluation, so as I still question the diagnosis for SPD we will see what they say. I will have to wait for them to call me to set up the appointment, so we will see. I am a little disappointed that we have such a small selection of Dr's here but I guess we will deal with it. The new Dr seems very knowledgeable, and She knows about the allergies and asthma, and since we have already done the testing for the reflux issues we pretty much know what that is, we just need to control it, and watch it. I will close with a few pictures. Please don't forget the blogging for Blood cancer event.

A boy doing the hula!

Isnr he so cute?

All decorated for the Luau

H showing off her decorations

I wish my backyard looked like this. LOL

Swimming

A little Crack for hte party. LOL

H openeing gifts.

And of course L got some too!

Lighting the cake

Isnt the cake pretty?

Dancing the night away with Grandma.

Swimming and skinny dipping

He was so happy to be naked

All worn out from the party

Notice the cat? He really like L

One pooped birthday girl

A little nite nite love from grandma

Just the girls. Not a great picture but remember we were outside all day.

Me and my mom.

MIA

Sorry I have been MIA. We have been so busy. We got H's bday done. It was a blast. She had a great time. I will post pictures this week. She got lots of presents and had lots of fun. I am so glad we went home for her bday. This past week, we got 2 new friends. We got 2 baby hamsters. Our friend down the street had babies, and gave us one for H and one for L. We were just going to get one for H, but that wasn't fair so we got one for L as well. Hubby told H she could have one as long as she bought the food, cage and bedding for it. And she did. She used her b-day money to buy everything without even a whine. I was so proud of her. She has been great with her little hamster she named it Brownie, even though it is black. LOL L's is really cute too and she named it rascal. She isn't quite as good with hers, but she will get better I am sure.
You may have noticed there is a new addition to my side bar. Blogging for Blood Cancer. Please join us for this event. It will be a great one. Most of you know how passionate I am about this and would love the support. Thanks in advance. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come........

seven years ago

Seven years ago, my sweet little H was born. Seven years ago at this time I was in L & D in labor hoping for a normal delivery. I had no idea what was in store. Seven years ago, on the 17th around 8pm I sat to go to the restroom and had blood. I freaked out. I had been to the Dr. that day and they had given me cervical gel to thin my cervix to put me in labor because my blood pressure had gotten way to high. I had been on bed rest for almost 2 weeks and it was only getting higher. As I sat on the potty I had hubby call the Dr. who told us to go to L & D, so off we went. I was terrified I was afraid something was wrong with H. We got there, and My blood pressure was really high, so they put me on Magnesium Sulfate, and a couple of hours later gave me more cervical gel. A little while after the second gel, I felt something (bless hubby's heart for not freaking out), I had (I did not know at the time) passes a huge blood clot. This was cause for immediate action. It was 4am and I was told we were going to deliver in the next couple of hours. This is all still a little foggy to me and I don't remember all of it. I do remember that hubby called my mom and told her to get up, get showered and head our way. At 5am they came in and my blood pressure had shot up even higher, we needed to move. Hubby again called mom and told her to come now. At this point I had no idea how serious the situation was. The Dr. showed up shortly after and said we needed to go now. I cried my mom isn't here we cant go without her. They explained we needed to go now, and that I could only have one person in the room with me during the c-section, to which I said no my mom and hubby were going with me. This was an argument I guess ( I don't really remember), but I guess they knew I was serious and agreed to wait for her and let her in as well. When she arrive they had already taken me back to give me my epi. She was gowned and brought in. Now hubby and mother both cant handle these bloody situations well, but both were by my side until H was born. H was born at 7:29am on July 18th 2001. After she was born they took her and hubby and mom went with her to the nursery. I was very foggy and don't remember much about it, all I remember was them pulling her out and my mom saying she was perfect she had 10 finger and 10 toes. I was so blessed that my mom and hubby were both there. My hubby never told me until months later that what I had passed that night was a huge blood clot and he was worried. I also didn't realize at the time how serious it was, but I had pre-eclamsia, and placenta previa. Either of these could be bad alone, but together H and I were both at a high risk for death. How scary is that? Thankfully we both came out fine. I did get a spinal headache and had to get my epi redone to relive it and lay flat on my back for 8 hours to relieve the pain. But I would do it all again for the same result. I love H more than she will ever know.


Happy Birthday Sweet Girl I love you!

Some Assembly required

Well the swing set showed up today. It came in 3 boxes and I thought how can that whole swing set fit into those three boxes. Well it did and when I opened the boxed I saw why there was piece after piece after piece. So I called hubby at work and told him to be prepared to work when he got home. The girls were so excited they asked me a hundred times how long until daddy gets home to put the swing set together. When he got home, we ate dinner and got started almost 3 hours later, and here is what we have.

This is going to be a LONG process. LOL It will have to wait until we get back next week, because we are going out to dinner tomorrow and then we leave on Friday. I think hubby was less then thrilled with the purchase. But it was nice for us to do this together. I enjoy doing things with him, even if only putting a swing set together.

I did get our room finished today YAY!

Well that is it for tonight. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.

Count down to 7

H wakes up daily with the countdown to her birthday. She is ever so excited. All of her presents are bought, and we are going to have family b-day on Thursday night since we will be leaving on Friday for my moms and she is getting a DS that I know she will want to play in the car. Her swing set will be here tomorrow or the next day, and she is very excited about it. I have tried to explain to her that we will still have to put it together, I am not sure she gets it. She asked if I would put it together when it gets here. I told her I couldn't put it together myself dad would have to help. She was less than thrilled with that answer. But she will be fine. LOL Here is a picture of the swing set she is getting.







We started painting our room this week, I found a paint at Lowes that was on the clearance rack, and I love the color. I just have the trim left to paint then I will post a picture. I will also post pictures of the kids rooms and the rest of the house. I got the van all cleaned including the carpet and the seats today so it will be all clean when we go home.
My grandpa found a cabin! I four bedroom 2 bath, I am so happy for him. I hope it makes him feel closer to my grandma. I think this will be so good for him.
L has been into things as usual. I was outside cleaning the car and she was in here I thought she was changing her ants she had peed in, well she comes out with dental floss. Mind you this is kept high above the kitchen sink with their toothbrushes and toothpaste, (yes they brush in the kitchen) she had to have climbed the cabinet. Well she had toothpaste all over a plate, and the counter, and a toothbrush left in the floor. I never did find the lid to the toothpaste. She is just always into something. Last night she was cleaning the kitchen table with Mr Clean spray when I walked in. The kitchen smelled nice, and the table was soaked. Why oh Why must she always be in something? LOL She is the sweetest little girl, she looks at you with those big blue eyes and melts your heart, she is just always so happy even when she is being Curious George. Gotta love her! LOL
G is doing well, we have had a few anger issues, he gets really mad and throws himself on the floor and screams as loud as he can. He is also very aggressive, he is constantly hitting or throwing things, or pushing people. I know he doesn't understand. But we have got to curve this behavior. He has also been hitting his head against things when he gets mad to the point it hurts him, and he crys. I am at a loss. I am glad we will soon have insurance again and I can take him back to the OT. He is gaining alot of weight, but he is still taking a bottle, and he hardly eats. I am just at a loss, he has been drinking from a cup more, but he will throw it at you if he doesn't want it. He loves to be outside, and will stand at the door with a shoe in his mouth screaming till you take him out. LOL He loves his sisters and wants to so whatever they are doing which is hard for him sometimes, because he is just too little. Poor little guy. I love him so much I just want all these issues that he has taken care of. He walks around laughing and is happy when he is not throwing a fit. LOL He has also been blessed with the killer blue eyes that will melt your heart.
Well 2 more days till we leave for Grandmas, I am ready! I miss my mom! Thanks for checking on us. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..........

Where did the week go?

I cant believe this week is almost over, and that a week from tomorrow my first born will be 7. Seems like just yesterday she was just born. I remember this time 7 years ago, I was miserable. I was HUGE, I had preclampsia, and was very swollen. I had just started maternity leave, and was just about ready to have her. I only took leave early because I was put on bed rest, H wasn't due until the 29th and I was planning on working until I went into labor. Little did I know that wasn't to be, she was born on the 18th via emergency c-section due to previa, and the pre-eclampsia. It was a scary and joyful time all at the same time. If you look at her now you would never know that both she and I were in trouble the day she was born. I never realized exactly how serious it was until months later. I am glad I didn't know the seriousness of the situation that day, I was scared already, and that would not have helped my blood pressure any I am sure.
I am still unsure what we are getting her for her birthday, she really doesn't need anything, I am thinking that I will get her a collection of Fancy Nancy books, she really likes them, and we will get her some accessories for the ds she is getting from my dad and step mom. We did find a swing set and have ordered it, so she is very excited about that.

I talked to my mom today and H's birthday party is all ago, my step sister who is 16 is also coming, as is my Aunt, Uncle , and cousins. H is so very excited. I told my mom to tell everyone they didn't need to buy her gifts, but she says they will no matter what. She doesn't need anything, but I know she will love it. I am so excited to be going home for her party. We did this for her first birthday, but haven't done it since. It is nice to go home and see our friends and get to spend her birthday with family. Last year my mom came to TN for both of the girls b-day. My mom has really become involved in their lives the past couple of years, and I am so grateful for that. They love her so much. L has been saying for weeks now that she really misses her Grandma.

I also talked to my Grandpa today. After we left him he headed to Colorado, where my Grandma died. It was the first time he had been back there since she died. He said he wasn't sure how he would feel, but he said he felt good, and comfortable. He remembered all the good times and memories. When I was growing up my Grandparents owned a cabin there, and we spent Christmas there for years, then as I got older we send the fourth of July there. I have many great memories of there. My Grandpa said he is looking to buy a place there. He said he went by the old cabin and it was for sale, but they hadn't taken care of it. Which is very sad. It would be so nice to have that cabin back, we had so many great memories there. For me I have nothing but good memories there, even though it is where she died, I don't associate it with that because I wasn't there. I would love to take the kids there and let them spend time there. I hope he finds a place where we can all go visit. As I talked to my grandpa about Colorado today all the great memories I have from there came flooding into my mind. It made me think of all the great times I spent with my family and how happy we were. It made me miss her so much today. I miss her each day, but some days are harder than others. Last night before I went to bed I cleaned out my jewelry box, and I looked at all the jewelry that belonged to my Grandma. I than went and looked at pictures of her and remembered how happy we were when she was here and how thought of how happy she would be that we are close again. I will keep you posted on the house hunt.

WE took the kids to a pizza place tonight, similar to Chuck E Cheese. Last time we went L peed her pants, so as we got out of the car, I said L if you need to go potty go to the restroom, well we were there about 5 minutes and she peed her pants, so I had to go home and get her new pants again. We had a good time, H had not been there and she loved it. It was a nice time for all pee pants and all. LOL

Well i feel like I have rambled on enough tonight. I hope you enjoyed the photo editing last night. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.

Photo Editing

I am working on using my elements that I have had for about 2 months now. So with my camera and my software, I can make cool pictures soon I hope. LOL So today I learned how to move objects, I learned how to save my siggy to put on the pictures, I learned how to get rid of oblects and overlay. SO here are a few I edited.

Why Do I blog?

Inspired by a post on Faithful Froggers.

I blog for many reasons. I have been blogging for about 4 years now. When I started on our family website, I blogged to get my feelings out about the day. I blogged so I could someday look back and remember all the times I had with the kids. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I still blog for all those reasons, and more. Now it is very therapeutic for me. It is a good way for me to let out those feelings that I don't always say to other people. I feel connected with those people that I read their blogs and those that read my blogs. Through those people I am educated to things that I wouldn't other wise know. I have followed many kids, many of whom have earned their wings. I have asked for prayers for these kids, and I still do. But through those blogs I found a passion that I will carry with me till I die. I passion to help in every way I can to find a cure for Cancer.

I blog to let go of the sadness that I feel from the void of missing my Grandma, even after two years I still struggle each day, and I am not sure when that will get easier. I appreciate all the support I have found through my fellow bloggers and readers.

I blog through the issues that G faces, and I have found support here for that as well. I have also found others with SPD and that has been a great help to me.

I blog to vent about Curious George and her daily adventures, and although it doesn't always seem so funny to me at the time, I know when she grows up and has a Curious George of her own I can show her the stories of her. And help her understand.

My family doesn't follow my blog, and I had to move it from a few people who had become very negative towards me, but I don't blog for them. I blog for me during the day as things go on, alot of times I think, I need to go blog about this frustrating or funny. Isn't that sad. In a sad way this blog has filled a void left by

my grandma. She was my Savior, the person I turned to for EVERYTHING and with her gone, I don't have that person to talk to. So I blog it out instead.

Thank you readers and fellow bloggers for the support, the laughs, the advice, and the comments left by each of you..............................

Happy 4th Of July! And Hay b-day to my mom!

Happy 4th to you all! Give thanks to all those serving overseas so we can maintain our freedom!

And Happy Birthday to my mom who is an Independence day baby. When she was growing up she thought all the fireworks were for her. LOL

WE have had a nice couple of days. Yesterday I thought it would be a good idea to get the kids all nice for pictures for my mom for her birthday. WOW! Was that a bad idea, G did not want any part of taking pictures, and L was mad that no one was sitting by her so she started to cry. Here are a few of the pictures I did manage to get.

Then we did sparklers with out neighbors, L didn't really care for them. She did a couple and then she hid behind a chair and watched. Poor baby. G was already in bed so I wasn't really sure how he would do.

SO today after work we all went to get fireworks, we got some cool ones, or so we thought, but of course the kid in hubby had to have some black cats, and G and L HATED them they were both screaming and crying. SO I put G to bed, but at that point L was done she wanted nothing to do with any of the fireworks. I felt bad for her. I am not sure how she will do tomorrow when we go watch the fireworks, we will see. We may not get to stay and watch all of them .

I have also been looking into schools for H, the district that we are in is not a good school, they are below average on all of their test scores, so that leaves us with private that is $360. 00 per month. Or magnet schools, well I found a magnet school that is just opening this year, it is a combination of two magnet schools into one, and it focus' on fine arts which is right up H's avenue. With the No child left behind, I am afraid to put her in a school that isn't performing well I am afraid it will hold her back. So we will see, Hubby is concerned about the drive each day to take her to and from school, but for me I don't care if it gets her a better education. SO we will see what happens. I called and left a message this week for the school district to call me back, but I am not sure when they will be in the office to call me. SO I will keep you posted. Please pray for us that we find a school.

Another prayer request. My dad. In Dec. he had a mini-stroke, and he has not been feeling right since, and despite the efforts of his Dr.s so far we haven't found out what is going on. He is very fatigued, he is having chronic lower right back pain, his ankle is going cold, and he is just not feeling well. They need to figure out what is going on. I am worried about him. Please pray that he finds out soon what is going on. Well I am off to bed, so till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come......