OK so I got a job at Kroger, in the produce dept. Now the produce dept. is something I know nothing about but I guess I will learn. I am not really sure how I feel about starting all over at the bottom again. I worked so hard to get where I was before and now I am starting all over again, and in a department that I don't really want to be in. I am hoping that something in drugs/gm will open up soon and i can move to that dept. We have a super Kroger opening in about six months so maybe then I can move to another dept. I went yesterday to an orientation, and today for 5 hours of computer training, which was so boring since most of it was stuff that I already knew. Anyway we will see how it goes. I am kind of excited about going back to work, it makes me feel like I am contributing to the family, and not relying on hubby. I have always been an independent person, and since having kids have had to learn to rely more on other people. So anyway this week I will be working on wed, Thur and Friday during the day, now if only I could figure out what I am going to do with my kids during that time. So far I am at a loss for who can keep them.
Now for Curious George. Yesterday, L was in the playroom, and I heard her doing something, I asked her what she was doing and she said nothing. I said what do you have in your hand. She had a sand bucket. I asked what was in it, and she had peed in it. I mean really Why would you do that? I made her sit in time out, then I was picking up and G's little ride on car was in the kitchen, it has storage under the seat, as I went to move it liquid came out, I knew immediately what it was. So I asked L what it was and again she said pee. Now I just don't get it why would you go around peeing in things. Again she was put into time out. I just am baffled, I cant imagine why you would do that. Now for today Hubby and I were in the living room, and I hear L in the kitchen, I asked her to get out of the refrigerator, she said I am mommy I am going upstairs, so I said not with whatever you have in your hands(we only eat in the kitchen), she said I don't have anything, so here she comes to the stairs with her arms firmly placed on her chest. I asked what she had, she said nothing. Well She had cheese, and she was headed upstairs with it. NO NO NO. So I explained to her that this was lying and she cant lie to mommy. Then I asked her what I just said and she said "I don't know", so I explained to her again about lying and what I lie was and again I asked her what she was in trouble for, she said " I don't know". SO I put the cheese away, and I think maybe she got the point. AW yes and on Friday, we were at CVS getting G's prescription, and as we were walking out, she grabbed some candy and walked out the door with it, I had to explain to her that we cant just take candy that we haven't paid for. And we took it back in and returned to the shelf. I know that she wasn't stealing, she is only three and has no concept of that, but I told her that we were not allowed to pick things up and take them out of the store without paying. Poor girl, I am just not sure what is going on. I wonder if she is just tyring to get attention and bad attention is better than no attention. MAN do I feel bad. I feel like such a bad mom. I think lately with all the G has going on, I have paid more attention to him the probably to the girls. SO I really need to work on that. Anyway, we are going to the dentist for the girls in the morning so I will let you know how that goes.
Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..................................
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Favorite Foto Friday #6 It's in the eyes
I absoulutly love my kids eyes, so this weeks theme was great for me. I couldnt find that great of ones of H's eyes, but I found some great ones of G and L. Thank you Sara for doing this. I look forward to FFF!
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H's Eyes. She has beautiful baby blues
L has the biggest bluest eyes!
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Who doesnt love a blue eyed boy?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
OT update
I took G for his OT appointment today. I did feel better as I left the appointment today. She really worked with him today. She put him on a big exercise ball and he hated it. She put him in a swing and he hated it. She has a little vegetable brush, that she brushes his entire body with, and he loves it, so she gave me one to bring home. She also laid him on his tummy, and rolled a ball applying pressure all over his body and he loved it. Still though I wasn't convinced that this wasn't something just all kids would like. Then we started in on the foods, he didn't do so good with them, he wouldn't eat them and got really mad that he was strapped in the chair. After trying to get him to eat for a little while and him getting really mad, she laid him on the floor again and did the ball again, and he immediately calmed down. It was amazing. I asked her if she thought he had SPD, or if he was just stubborn, she said all the signs point to a true SPD, but we can control it, and we will. She gave me an evaluation that she had done after our first and second meeting I will not write the whole thing out, but instead just the assessment/prognosis:
G demonstrates sensory processing dysfunction. For most children sensory processing develops in the course of ordinary childhood activities. For G, the process of taking in sensory stimulation and organizing and interpreting the stimulation is disordered, resulting in problems learning, development, and behavior. Problems with feeding are due to defensiveness. Oral defensiveness is often associated with early experience of the child, negative stimulation such as G's significant history of reflux, as well as significant history of allergies which can also cause gastrointestinal issues and can result in learning aversive responses associated with food intake. G is also observed to have difficulty with overall organization which not only affects his ability to have normal responses to oral stimulation, but also affects his responses to visual, auditory, vestibular, and proprioceptive stimulation. It is felt that G seeks oral stimulation because he does not get this from his normal feeding. He is hypersensitive to food textures as a result of not getting stimulation from foods in the mouth. He has possibly learned negative responses to food that is felt to stem from initial and continuing problems with reflux. Although G can learn to be more accepting of textures in mouth to de-sensitise, it is felt that he will possibly continue to reject foods as long as he has continued negative response (reflux from food). Also with the amount of ongoing reflux noted, it is of concern that there is possible aggravation/inflammation occurring physically. I feel that he will make gains with occupational therapy to help him learn to process sensory stimulation from his environment, however I feel further medical intervention may be necessary for ongoing reflux issues. The prognosis is good for the following goals if complies with OT recommendations and is consistent with OT attendance and home exercise program.
Short Term Goals (3 months)
1. Parents to be independent in a home exercise program.
2. G will protrude his tongue to taste a variety of food textures to desensitize him to food.
3. G will tolerate basic oral motor exercises and oral desensitising objects (Nuk brush, vibrating infant toothbrush, etc.) on face, and in oral cavity.
4. Touch a variety if food textures with fingertips without aversion to de-sensitise G to food.
Long term goals(6 months) G will
1. Tolerate a variety of food textures within oral cavity for at least 5 seconds without spitting out.
2. Try 2-4 new foods per therapy session.
3. Demonstrate overall improved sensory processing evidenced by therapist's observation during therapy sessions and parental report on Sensory Processing questionnaire.
4. Self-feed at least 2 bites of meal using a spoon.
Additional observations:
G demonstrates increased sensory seeking behaviors. He was observed to have decreased focus to activities. He also had decreased tolerance to tactile stimulation, such as wanting hands to be wiped when they became messy. He had decreased tolerance to tactile stimulation, such as wanting hands wiped when they became messy. He had decreased tolerance to a brush and to rice play. When out of the chair he was constantly climbing for proprioceptive input, as was as observed to scoot his head on the floor which mom states occurs often at home.
So i guess i just need to come out of denial that he does have SPD. Now I just want to fix it. Well that is my update for today. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.........................
G demonstrates sensory processing dysfunction. For most children sensory processing develops in the course of ordinary childhood activities. For G, the process of taking in sensory stimulation and organizing and interpreting the stimulation is disordered, resulting in problems learning, development, and behavior. Problems with feeding are due to defensiveness. Oral defensiveness is often associated with early experience of the child, negative stimulation such as G's significant history of reflux, as well as significant history of allergies which can also cause gastrointestinal issues and can result in learning aversive responses associated with food intake. G is also observed to have difficulty with overall organization which not only affects his ability to have normal responses to oral stimulation, but also affects his responses to visual, auditory, vestibular, and proprioceptive stimulation. It is felt that G seeks oral stimulation because he does not get this from his normal feeding. He is hypersensitive to food textures as a result of not getting stimulation from foods in the mouth. He has possibly learned negative responses to food that is felt to stem from initial and continuing problems with reflux. Although G can learn to be more accepting of textures in mouth to de-sensitise, it is felt that he will possibly continue to reject foods as long as he has continued negative response (reflux from food). Also with the amount of ongoing reflux noted, it is of concern that there is possible aggravation/inflammation occurring physically. I feel that he will make gains with occupational therapy to help him learn to process sensory stimulation from his environment, however I feel further medical intervention may be necessary for ongoing reflux issues. The prognosis is good for the following goals if complies with OT recommendations and is consistent with OT attendance and home exercise program.
Short Term Goals (3 months)
1. Parents to be independent in a home exercise program.
2. G will protrude his tongue to taste a variety of food textures to desensitize him to food.
3. G will tolerate basic oral motor exercises and oral desensitising objects (Nuk brush, vibrating infant toothbrush, etc.) on face, and in oral cavity.
4. Touch a variety if food textures with fingertips without aversion to de-sensitise G to food.
Long term goals(6 months) G will
1. Tolerate a variety of food textures within oral cavity for at least 5 seconds without spitting out.
2. Try 2-4 new foods per therapy session.
3. Demonstrate overall improved sensory processing evidenced by therapist's observation during therapy sessions and parental report on Sensory Processing questionnaire.
4. Self-feed at least 2 bites of meal using a spoon.
Additional observations:
G demonstrates increased sensory seeking behaviors. He was observed to have decreased focus to activities. He also had decreased tolerance to tactile stimulation, such as wanting hands to be wiped when they became messy. He had decreased tolerance to tactile stimulation, such as wanting hands wiped when they became messy. He had decreased tolerance to a brush and to rice play. When out of the chair he was constantly climbing for proprioceptive input, as was as observed to scoot his head on the floor which mom states occurs often at home.
So i guess i just need to come out of denial that he does have SPD. Now I just want to fix it. Well that is my update for today. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.........................
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Be a better mom
That is what my goal in life is. Be a better mom. I sometimes feel as tough I loose my temper to frequently and too easy. I wish this weren't the case, but it is. So I am trying to work on it. I see so many kids fighting for their lives, and I don't want to take my kids for granted. I want to cherish each day.
Tomorrow is my step sons birthday so we took him out for dinner tonight, since the girls have cheerleading tomorrow and if we waited it would be late before we ate and got home. He choose Hooters, so that is where we went. He wanted a new computer for his birthday so my mom paid for half of it and we the other half and he is getting a computer. He will be 15 tomorrow, so he will be getting a driving permit. It is hard to tell with him how he feels about this. He doesn't really show me emotion. But I know at his age I was so excited about this, so i know he must be.
We have our third OT appointment in the morning. I hope to figure out what is truly going on with G, if it is truly a sensory disorder, or if he just doesn't want to eat. I as a parent hope it is just that he is stubborn, but all the signs not just with eating point to a sensory disorder. Lets hope we make headway tomorrow.
Being the good mom that I am . I let H's backpack hang all week without even looking in it. So as she got ready to go back to school today I got all the papers out of it. And just my luck she has a music program the day I leave to go home. I am so disappointed. She has never been in a program at school, and I am going to miss her first one. Hubby will have to take the camcorder and record it for me. I told her today that I would be at Grandma's then and I could see the disappointment in her eyes. I was crushed. I hate to let her down. I NEVER go anywhere without them. The last time I left my kids was before G was born when my grandma died, and the one time I leave them she has something at school. I know it will be OK that I am not there, but I still feel horrible.
We haven't had any curious George stories in a while, so I know that a big one is coming. Although I will say not so much a curious George story as an embarrassing parenting moment. The other day I had a friend over, the girls were playing in the front yard, I look out the window and she has her pants pulled down and she is peeing in the front yard. When I asked what she was doing she said "I needed to go potty mommy". Well how do you argue with that. I explained that it is not OK to pee outside in the yard and that you must come inside. LOL I wonder about her. Tonight I was telling hubby that I worry she has something. When she was a baby even in the infant carrier, she always had her feet going. Now as a 3 year old, she moves all the time. She cant stay still to save her life. Tonight when we were at Hooters, we were sitting on stools she was holding on to the table moving her feet. What does it mean that she cant be still EVER?
Well I guess that is all. I am off to bed. Pray for my better mommy status. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come...........................
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Tomorrow is my step sons birthday so we took him out for dinner tonight, since the girls have cheerleading tomorrow and if we waited it would be late before we ate and got home. He choose Hooters, so that is where we went. He wanted a new computer for his birthday so my mom paid for half of it and we the other half and he is getting a computer. He will be 15 tomorrow, so he will be getting a driving permit. It is hard to tell with him how he feels about this. He doesn't really show me emotion. But I know at his age I was so excited about this, so i know he must be.
We have our third OT appointment in the morning. I hope to figure out what is truly going on with G, if it is truly a sensory disorder, or if he just doesn't want to eat. I as a parent hope it is just that he is stubborn, but all the signs not just with eating point to a sensory disorder. Lets hope we make headway tomorrow.
Being the good mom that I am . I let H's backpack hang all week without even looking in it. So as she got ready to go back to school today I got all the papers out of it. And just my luck she has a music program the day I leave to go home. I am so disappointed. She has never been in a program at school, and I am going to miss her first one. Hubby will have to take the camcorder and record it for me. I told her today that I would be at Grandma's then and I could see the disappointment in her eyes. I was crushed. I hate to let her down. I NEVER go anywhere without them. The last time I left my kids was before G was born when my grandma died, and the one time I leave them she has something at school. I know it will be OK that I am not there, but I still feel horrible.
We haven't had any curious George stories in a while, so I know that a big one is coming. Although I will say not so much a curious George story as an embarrassing parenting moment. The other day I had a friend over, the girls were playing in the front yard, I look out the window and she has her pants pulled down and she is peeing in the front yard. When I asked what she was doing she said "I needed to go potty mommy". Well how do you argue with that. I explained that it is not OK to pee outside in the yard and that you must come inside. LOL I wonder about her. Tonight I was telling hubby that I worry she has something. When she was a baby even in the infant carrier, she always had her feet going. Now as a 3 year old, she moves all the time. She cant stay still to save her life. Tonight when we were at Hooters, we were sitting on stools she was holding on to the table moving her feet. What does it mean that she cant be still EVER?
Well I guess that is all. I am off to bed. Pray for my better mommy status. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come...........................
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to all. The kids have been up since about 6:45am. The Easter bunny brought them some outdoor gardening stuff. A little shovel, a little hoe, some gloves, and apron, a bug house, and some flower seeds. And of course some eggs. G got a little bucket, a ball, a little shovel for him all in a little plastic wagon. So when I came downstairs, H said mommy what did you get me? Well on Friday I took her and got a new webkinz, and then she got a new dress and new shoes yesterday. She told me I didn't get any toys. I was appalled. How did I raise such a greedy daughter? Usually the kids get outdoor stuff from the bunny and this year was no exception. They got the garden stuff because they had both been talking about planting flowers and so I thought they would be so excited. So needless to say our morning has not started off to be a good one. We haven't been to church in months, so I thought Easter was a great time to start back, but hubby doesn't feel well, and I dont want to go by myself so I guess Easter isn't such a great day to start back. G woke up poopy, and has had a diareah diaper already and is still coughing some. So he probably doesn't need to go either. My house is SO DIRTY, not just messy like usual, it is truly dirty so I should get up and clean, but I am just lacking the motivation. We have to go pick up step son from the airport today, so we will have to make that drive in a little while.
On a good note, we took the kids yesterday to Zuma fun center, it is a fun place with an arcade inside, putt-putt, go carts, bumper boats, and a few kids rides outside. They were having an Easter egg hunt on the putt-putt course, then they were selling bands for unlimited rides for $10.00 so the kids got bands and we stayed for 4 hours. Everyone had a great time. G's face is sunburned as is L's but they had fun! Then we spent the day outside it was such a nice day. We had dinner and colored eggs for the bunny and off to bed so the bunny would come visit. Now I would like to crawl back in bed and go back to sleep and start all over. LOL but I guess I will get up and clean the house.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Favorite Foto Friday #6 Easter Memories
Thanks Sara for doing this each week. I look forward to Friday so I can look at all the cute pictures.
Here are some of my favorite Easter pictures
H's first Easter
H with the Easter Bunny
L's first Easter
My Easter photo shoot last year.
Enjoy the picture. We are getting over the colds in the house this week. We have a full weekend planned, but i will update soon.
Here are some of my favorite Easter pictures
H's first Easter
H with the Easter Bunny
L's first Easter
My Easter photo shoot last year.
Enjoy the picture. We are getting over the colds in the house this week. We have a full weekend planned, but i will update soon.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
I am so excited!
I get to go home next month! My mom told me today that she is throwing a surprise birthday party for my grandpa's 75th birthday. So I talked to husband and we have enough miles for me to get a ticket home. So i booked it and I am going home to celebrate with my family. Being so far from my family I miss alot of family celebrations. In 2006 my cousin got married in may and I couldn't go, I kick myself everyday for that because my Grandma died a month later. That would have been my last chance to see her. I miss her so much! This time I will not miss the celebration. I never want to live with that regret again. I am so excited!
Here at home well another sick day.And alot of cleaning. The girls room was such a mess, we had to clean it up. So i had them put all the toys in a pile so that we wouldn't trip over them as we were putting them up.This is the huge mess of a pile.............................
Three hours of cleaning and alot of tears later. Here is the finished product.
G now has the cold. And it has hit him hard. He just cries and cries and cries and all that will make him stop is for me to hold him. I feel so bad for him. I am starting to worry about him. He must have the weakest immune system ever, he has been sick literally all winter. I wonder if all the allergy meds are making his immune system weaker.
Well that is all 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.....................
Monday, March 17, 2008
First day of spring break, not a good one.
Well H woke up this morning with a cold, and of course she is miserable. L was just off the handle today, and G just walks around crying and screaming no all the time. I am just not sure what to do with him. He wants to be held all the time, but not while sitting he wants me to walk around holding him all the time.
Aww yes as for his illness he has Roseola. Sat. he broke out in a rash that is still there. And now he has the cold currently going through our house as well. Poor little guy he must have a very poor immune system. He catches everything.
We went to our last cookie sale in Sunday. We still have 36 boxes to get rid of. Hopefully we can sell them. We took Ly(step son) to the airport on Sat. TO go to his moms for spring break.
Oh yes I had a job interview with Kroger on Sat. Now for those of you who don't know me I was an assistant drug manager before I had kids. Anyway I went in for this interview, and he said well you have been out of work for a while, and I would like to start you out somewhere you are experienced but I would have to start you out at minimum wadge. Bow that is ok, but then he said or you could be a bagger and earn and extra $1.00 an hour, NO THANK YOU! I told him not that wouldn't work, so he offered me a position making $9.00 an hour working from 4am to 9am. So we will see how it goes. Michael was a little baffled, as when we lived in Ohio I was offered a management position for Marc's. But we have a super Kroger opening in six months, so I can prove in six months I am better than what they have offered. But I will keep you posted.
I have no curious George stories for today. But I am sure there will be another soon. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come............................
Aww yes as for his illness he has Roseola. Sat. he broke out in a rash that is still there. And now he has the cold currently going through our house as well. Poor little guy he must have a very poor immune system. He catches everything.
We went to our last cookie sale in Sunday. We still have 36 boxes to get rid of. Hopefully we can sell them. We took Ly(step son) to the airport on Sat. TO go to his moms for spring break.
Oh yes I had a job interview with Kroger on Sat. Now for those of you who don't know me I was an assistant drug manager before I had kids. Anyway I went in for this interview, and he said well you have been out of work for a while, and I would like to start you out somewhere you are experienced but I would have to start you out at minimum wadge. Bow that is ok, but then he said or you could be a bagger and earn and extra $1.00 an hour, NO THANK YOU! I told him not that wouldn't work, so he offered me a position making $9.00 an hour working from 4am to 9am. So we will see how it goes. Michael was a little baffled, as when we lived in Ohio I was offered a management position for Marc's. But we have a super Kroger opening in six months, so I can prove in six months I am better than what they have offered. But I will keep you posted.
I have no curious George stories for today. But I am sure there will be another soon. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come............................
Friday, March 14, 2008
Favorite Foto Friday #5 Spring Fever
Thanks Sarah again for starting this each week. We went to the park last weekend and I got some cute photos of the kids getting to play outside. These are all before Curious George cut her hair. LOL WE did go to kids cuts today and get them to try and fix it. Well they couldnt do much. It looks horrible, but she doesnt look like she has a mullet as she did before.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Curious George Strikes Again!
While G is running a 104+ temp., and I am taking care of him. L decided to go in the kitchen and get the scissors and cut yet more of her hair. She got it good too. It looks horrible. I will post a picture as soon as I can take one. To top that off she got a steak knife, a stick of butter, and a glue stick and decorated a piece of paper. Well at least it was on a paper. LOL
These are the days I just have to laugh to keep my sanity.
These are the days I just have to laugh to keep my sanity.
Edited to add as I was posting that she went in the bathroom and got out the toliet brush and stuck it in the toliet now it has wet toliet paper all stuck to it! GRRRRRRRRRRRR
Well I took G to the Dr. I couldnt get his fever down, and I called the Ped. They said to bring him in so they could check his ears make sure he didnt have an ear infection. Well He doesnt, they checked for step, nope not that, they tested for flu, nope not that. They took his blood count, his levels were off. They think he is fighting a viral illness and if he doesnt get better to bring him in. That worries me. The lowest I have gotten his temp., even with rotating tylenol and motrin every 4 hours is 102. So keep my little guy in your thoughts and prayers that he feels better soon. He is in bed now, and we shall see how long that lasts, he was up until 2:30am this morning, and woke up at 6am. He took about a 30 min nap all day.Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Totally Tuesday
I am running out of catch titles for my posts. LOL
L woke up this morning with a cough, a runny nose, and yucky eyes. I am not sure if it is allergies, or a cold. She was never running a fever, and never acted like she felt bad, so I think it is allergies. I need her to go to school tomorrow. For a few reasons. G has OT in the morning, and I don't really want to take her with us, and tomorrow is the last day of school before spring break for her, so they are having pizza and an Easter egg hunt, I don't want her to miss that. So I guess we will see in the morning how she feels.
On the job front, I applied today at babies r us, and I got an email back saying I wasn't qualified for the position. WHAT?!? How can I not be qualified. It was a management position, the only thing I can think of is the 6 year lapse in my employment. I mean there is no where to put that I have kids and that is why I have not worked for 6 years. I was kind of excited about getting a job there, then that damn email came. My husband makes fun of me because in general, I don't go after a job that I want that I don't get it. I have never been to an interview that I didn't get offered the job. SO needless to say I was shocked. I say that not to brag, believe me most of these are jobs that a normal person probably wouldn't want, but as you all know I am not normal. LOL But I say that so you can see how that would shock me. Anyway I shall keep looking.
Thank you Jessica for the sweet comment last night. It made me cry. I know that my grandma is never far, but it just still hurts. The pain has become less with almost 2 years since her passing, but it never goes away. A little history for those of you who don't know. My Grandma, she was my best friend in the whole world, I talked to her almost everyday. On June 14, 2006 I got the worst call of my life. My Grandma had a heart attack while she and my Grandpa were out of town and died. I was devastated. I was 6 months pregnant, we were moving to a new state on the 25th of June, and I wasn't ready for her to be gone. It has been a rough couple of years without her, but I have learned to live a new reality without her. I will say that I know that she is watching over me, because my mom and I didn't have a very good relationship before my grandma passed away,and since then we have grown much closer. i know she had a hand in that. And for that I am very thankful.
Tomorrow is Girl Scouts 96th birthday, so after school we are having a birthday party. i think the girls will enjoy it. We are having it a park and it is supposed to be really nice outside. i think it will work out perfectly.
Can I tell you how much I need a hair cut. My hair looks horrible. I so need to find someone to do it for me.
Now for my good news, not only was I asked to serve on the Light the Night Committee, I was also asked to be a Team Leader for FOH, I am not sure what I am going to do yet, but I am very excited about this. Just a few more steps in the right direction to get me closer to starting my non-profit someday. This is a great passion of mine and I am very excited. Well that is all 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.......
L woke up this morning with a cough, a runny nose, and yucky eyes. I am not sure if it is allergies, or a cold. She was never running a fever, and never acted like she felt bad, so I think it is allergies. I need her to go to school tomorrow. For a few reasons. G has OT in the morning, and I don't really want to take her with us, and tomorrow is the last day of school before spring break for her, so they are having pizza and an Easter egg hunt, I don't want her to miss that. So I guess we will see in the morning how she feels.
On the job front, I applied today at babies r us, and I got an email back saying I wasn't qualified for the position. WHAT?!? How can I not be qualified. It was a management position, the only thing I can think of is the 6 year lapse in my employment. I mean there is no where to put that I have kids and that is why I have not worked for 6 years. I was kind of excited about getting a job there, then that damn email came. My husband makes fun of me because in general, I don't go after a job that I want that I don't get it. I have never been to an interview that I didn't get offered the job. SO needless to say I was shocked. I say that not to brag, believe me most of these are jobs that a normal person probably wouldn't want, but as you all know I am not normal. LOL But I say that so you can see how that would shock me. Anyway I shall keep looking.
Thank you Jessica for the sweet comment last night. It made me cry. I know that my grandma is never far, but it just still hurts. The pain has become less with almost 2 years since her passing, but it never goes away. A little history for those of you who don't know. My Grandma, she was my best friend in the whole world, I talked to her almost everyday. On June 14, 2006 I got the worst call of my life. My Grandma had a heart attack while she and my Grandpa were out of town and died. I was devastated. I was 6 months pregnant, we were moving to a new state on the 25th of June, and I wasn't ready for her to be gone. It has been a rough couple of years without her, but I have learned to live a new reality without her. I will say that I know that she is watching over me, because my mom and I didn't have a very good relationship before my grandma passed away,and since then we have grown much closer. i know she had a hand in that. And for that I am very thankful.
Tomorrow is Girl Scouts 96th birthday, so after school we are having a birthday party. i think the girls will enjoy it. We are having it a park and it is supposed to be really nice outside. i think it will work out perfectly.
Can I tell you how much I need a hair cut. My hair looks horrible. I so need to find someone to do it for me.
Now for my good news, not only was I asked to serve on the Light the Night Committee, I was also asked to be a Team Leader for FOH, I am not sure what I am going to do yet, but I am very excited about this. Just a few more steps in the right direction to get me closer to starting my non-profit someday. This is a great passion of mine and I am very excited. Well that is all 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.......
Monday, March 10, 2008
Manic Monday
I know I didn't keep up on updates the past few days. Sorry.
Saturday it was snowing here, so we just hung out most of the day. Trying to get the girls to clean their room, well they didn't. I swear I don't know how they can make such a mess.
Sunday we had a cookie booth for Girl Scouts at Goody's. I had three girls there counting H, and they did well. They sold 66 boxes of cookies in 2 hours. Not bad. While I was gone Curious George and G were home with daddy. Curious George of course got into things, like cereal that she poored all over the food and then ran over with G's little ride on car. She also was apparently trying to get into some candy, and she must have fallen and scratched and bruised under her eye. It looks as though she was in a fight.
G is doing ok, although his fit throwing seems to be getting much worse. He will put his hands on his head and just cry, or he will gently lay himself on the floor an throw a fit. I don't know what to do with him. i feel bad because I know he desperately wants to tell me something and he just lacks the skills to do so. i know it must be frustrating. Poor little guy. He will have his second Ot appointment on Wed. so we will see how that goes.
Tonight I had to do something that I am really torn about. I applied for a job. I miss working, but oh how I do not want to give up the time with my kids. Taking a part time job is not really an option for us, we are really at the end. We need the money, with 4 kids 2 houses and only one income it is really a struggle. I don't know what to do. It is sad. I am hoping that maybe I can work while H is at school, and then I can pick all three of them up, and at least spend some time with them. I know that ALOT of moms work, my mom did. But after staying home for 6 years, I just don't know how to give it up. Please pray for me that it will all work out. I need it now. This is the time when I would have leaned on my grandma, and times like this it is so hard not to have her. I have had a really hard time lately. I have tried to keep the feelings inside, but I just miss her so.
On that note I will end for tonight. I have some pictures of the kids, but I will post them tomorrow. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come................................
Saturday it was snowing here, so we just hung out most of the day. Trying to get the girls to clean their room, well they didn't. I swear I don't know how they can make such a mess.
Sunday we had a cookie booth for Girl Scouts at Goody's. I had three girls there counting H, and they did well. They sold 66 boxes of cookies in 2 hours. Not bad. While I was gone Curious George and G were home with daddy. Curious George of course got into things, like cereal that she poored all over the food and then ran over with G's little ride on car. She also was apparently trying to get into some candy, and she must have fallen and scratched and bruised under her eye. It looks as though she was in a fight.
G is doing ok, although his fit throwing seems to be getting much worse. He will put his hands on his head and just cry, or he will gently lay himself on the floor an throw a fit. I don't know what to do with him. i feel bad because I know he desperately wants to tell me something and he just lacks the skills to do so. i know it must be frustrating. Poor little guy. He will have his second Ot appointment on Wed. so we will see how that goes.
Tonight I had to do something that I am really torn about. I applied for a job. I miss working, but oh how I do not want to give up the time with my kids. Taking a part time job is not really an option for us, we are really at the end. We need the money, with 4 kids 2 houses and only one income it is really a struggle. I don't know what to do. It is sad. I am hoping that maybe I can work while H is at school, and then I can pick all three of them up, and at least spend some time with them. I know that ALOT of moms work, my mom did. But after staying home for 6 years, I just don't know how to give it up. Please pray for me that it will all work out. I need it now. This is the time when I would have leaned on my grandma, and times like this it is so hard not to have her. I have had a really hard time lately. I have tried to keep the feelings inside, but I just miss her so.
On that note I will end for tonight. I have some pictures of the kids, but I will post them tomorrow. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come................................
Friday, March 7, 2008
Favorite Foto Friday #4 One year ago
Ok I just love FFF! Thank you Sarah! Photos from one year ago.
The first ones are my attempt at my own Easter pictures. I took them outside and took lots of pictures.
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L at the park it was may but I cant find my march pictures.
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G with one of his favorite things. He still sleep with Glow E Bear every night.
The first ones are my attempt at my own Easter pictures. I took them outside and took lots of pictures.
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L at the park it was may but I cant find my march pictures.
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G with one of his favorite things. He still sleep with Glow E Bear every night.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Tag I'm it
5 Most Frequented Websites:
Babycenter.com
Odessa American
Friends Of Heroes
myspace
facebook
5 Favoritest Foods:
Hamburgers
Pork Chops
Pizza
Steak and Baked Potato
Zippy's Sphagetti
5 Places I Want to Visit(that I’ve never been to before):
Paris
China
London
Washington D.C.
Ft Wayne Indiana(my best friend just moved there)
5 Favorite Stress Relief Methods:
Food any junk food
Hot Bath
Sleep
Cuddles with the kids
talking to my best friends
4 Favoritest Movies:
Dream a Little Dream
Top Gun
Pulp fiction
rush hour
5 Things You Can Do To Make My Day:
Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email!
Add this blog to your blogroll (send me the link, I link back)
Comment on my blog
Tell me what a great mom I am
Use the donation tab on the side of my blog to donate to St. Jude's
5 People I Tag:
Heather
Jessica
Kate
Jen
Sarah
So Tag - You are it now!
Babycenter.com
Odessa American
Friends Of Heroes
myspace
5 Favoritest Foods:
Hamburgers
Pork Chops
Pizza
Steak and Baked Potato
Zippy's Sphagetti
5 Places I Want to Visit(that I’ve never been to before):
Paris
China
London
Washington D.C.
Ft Wayne Indiana(my best friend just moved there)
5 Favorite Stress Relief Methods:
Food any junk food
Hot Bath
Sleep
Cuddles with the kids
talking to my best friends
4 Favoritest Movies:
Dream a Little Dream
Top Gun
Pulp fiction
rush hour
5 Things You Can Do To Make My Day:
Subscribe to my feed in a reader or by email!
Add this blog to your blogroll (send me the link, I link back)
Comment on my blog
Tell me what a great mom I am
Use the donation tab on the side of my blog to donate to St. Jude's
5 People I Tag:
Heather
Jessica
Kate
Jen
Sarah
So Tag - You are it now!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
WWW Wednesday
My day started off with G awake at 5:45am, then when I finally got up to get him, I went into the kitchen to get him a bottle and there was about 5 gallons of water on the floor. The damn fish tank was spilling over on the floor again. This stupid new pump that is supposed to be quite well yeah is is quite, because you have to turn it off or it leaks everywhere. Then I went upstairs to get H and L up for school and stepped on a damn toy and now have a bruise on the bottom of my foot. I got everybody ready and off to school. As I was getting in the car to take L to school I noticed that the damn fish water had spilled all over my purse, my $450.00 coach purse. SO after dropping L off G and I came home to clean off my purse before playgroup, I think I got it all off. We went to playgroup, then to the Babies R Us to get the few sensory items for G, as we wee there, he spit up everywhere. Then we came home and took a nap. then off to get the girls. I had already told them that we would not be going to cheerleading unless their room was clean. Well I cleaned the entire house from top top bottom, and still their room is not cleaned. And no cheerleading today. I actually followed through we didn't go. YAY mommy for following through. I feel bad that they didn't get to go, but they need to learn that what I say goes, and I don't know how else to get them to understand.
No curious George stories today, well none that I know of anyway, who knows what I might find that she got into later. LOL
Heather as for you question about G out growing his sensory disorder, I am not sure but from what I have read if this is truly what is wrong with him. It is just something he will have to learn to live with and control. He is not as sever as some of the cases I have read about, and I am still hoping that maybe they are wrong, and we will just work it out. Today, I decided that I should defiantly call the G. I. DR. and get him in. I really don't want to do this, because they will scope him to see how much acid he has in his tummy, and I just cant bare the thought of doing that to him. But I will call tomorrow and see when I can get him in. 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......................
No curious George stories today, well none that I know of anyway, who knows what I might find that she got into later. LOL
Heather as for you question about G out growing his sensory disorder, I am not sure but from what I have read if this is truly what is wrong with him. It is just something he will have to learn to live with and control. He is not as sever as some of the cases I have read about, and I am still hoping that maybe they are wrong, and we will just work it out. Today, I decided that I should defiantly call the G. I. DR. and get him in. I really don't want to do this, because they will scope him to see how much acid he has in his tummy, and I just cant bare the thought of doing that to him. But I will call tomorrow and see when I can get him in. 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......................
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Sensory Processing disorder
Ok so here is the update on G, sorry I didn't get a full update yesterday. We had girl scouts today and I had to get everything ready. There are many forms of this disorder, and we will continue to test G to see the extent of it. But for him, he craves touch. They gave me a website and I am reading through the site to figure out just what is going on with him. you can check out the site.
http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com . But he seems to be hypersensitive. He doesn't like loud noise, he frequently feels things out with is head instead of using his hands. He will scoot across the floor using his head. The OT took his socks and shoes off and put him in a tot filled with dry rice and beans and a few tiny toys, he was not happy about having his feet in this. She then showed him a little toy that he was very interested in, and then buried it in the rice. He wouldn't get it out. He wouldn't touch the rice. He doesn't like to have dirty hands. IT really makes him mad. The food thing follows in line with all of this. They call this orally defensive. There is a list of foods on that website, although I haven't looked at them yet. I am getting to it. But this defiantly explains alot of his behaviors. SO pray for us that the OT can help him out with this. I will be up for a while reading about this.
Curious George struck again today. This is the second time that she has done this. I was cleaning the kitchen, and I left the Green Works cleaner on the counter, so L took it and sprayed G with it. Now she had done this last week while dad was here, and I explained to her that this could really hurt him, but yet she did it again today. Poor little guy. She sprayed him in the face. I don't know how it didn't get in his eyes and burn like crazy. He was crying and he was very upset. Of course I would be too if I had been sprayed in the face with cleaner. Then tonight when I was putting them to bed. I went into G's room to lay him down and when I came into the girls room, L was hiding something, she had taken some pez candy into the bed with her and although she had just brushed her teeth she was eating this candy. As soon as I walked into the room she hid it under the covers. She is a sneaky little 3 year old. I told her she was just like curious George and she said I am not a monkey mommy. LOL Silly little girl.
Well I guess that is all for tonight. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..........
http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com . But he seems to be hypersensitive. He doesn't like loud noise, he frequently feels things out with is head instead of using his hands. He will scoot across the floor using his head. The OT took his socks and shoes off and put him in a tot filled with dry rice and beans and a few tiny toys, he was not happy about having his feet in this. She then showed him a little toy that he was very interested in, and then buried it in the rice. He wouldn't get it out. He wouldn't touch the rice. He doesn't like to have dirty hands. IT really makes him mad. The food thing follows in line with all of this. They call this orally defensive. There is a list of foods on that website, although I haven't looked at them yet. I am getting to it. But this defiantly explains alot of his behaviors. SO pray for us that the OT can help him out with this. I will be up for a while reading about this.
Curious George struck again today. This is the second time that she has done this. I was cleaning the kitchen, and I left the Green Works cleaner on the counter, so L took it and sprayed G with it. Now she had done this last week while dad was here, and I explained to her that this could really hurt him, but yet she did it again today. Poor little guy. She sprayed him in the face. I don't know how it didn't get in his eyes and burn like crazy. He was crying and he was very upset. Of course I would be too if I had been sprayed in the face with cleaner. Then tonight when I was putting them to bed. I went into G's room to lay him down and when I came into the girls room, L was hiding something, she had taken some pez candy into the bed with her and although she had just brushed her teeth she was eating this candy. As soon as I walked into the room she hid it under the covers. She is a sneaky little 3 year old. I told her she was just like curious George and she said I am not a monkey mommy. LOL Silly little girl.
Well I guess that is all for tonight. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come..........
Monday, March 3, 2008
Update from appointment today.
As it turns out G knows how to eat(I suspected that), but he is an over sensitive kids. He craves sensory interaction. SO now we will call the GI dr. and see if the issue is his reflux. We will go back to the OT on the 12th for a follow up where she will help us find sensory foods for G to eat. That will be a great help I hope.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Curious George Strikes Again!
Ok as I have said before, L is like curious George, if you turn your back on her for a second she is into something. Today, G was napping and the girls were supposed to be cleaning up their room so they could come outside. I was in the driveway(baby monitor in hand) washing my car. I started to feel bad because it was so nice outside and the girls were inside cleaning up their room, so I decided to come in and tell them they could come out. WELL............ as I walked in I find L in the bathroom playing with my make-up. She had put it on her face as well as all over the bathroom cabinets. MAN! She is always into something. I sent her back up to finish their room. I did eventually let them come out and play. LOL room still not finished as of yet.
Last night i went out for drinks with a new friend. We had a great time. It is nice to have a friend. I have a few, but most are pregnant, or just cant get out without the kids. And occasionally I need that. We went out at 8pm and I didn't get home until almost 12am. We had a great time getting to know each other. She was a friend that I felt comfortable with, like I could be myself. You know sometimes you meet those people that you like, but you feel like you need to be someone else around. Well S ( I will call her), was not like that. We had a lot in common. She also moved here from Ohio around the same time we did.
Tomorrow is the day that G goes to the occupational therapist, so keep him in your thoughts. I really hope that they say he is just stubborn, and he will eat when he wants, not that he has a problem. He has been spitting up again this weekend, which kind of worries me as he hasn't done this in a few months. I have taken him off the reflux meds, and we were supposed to go to the GI Dr. this past month, but i didn't because he was doing so well. Now I am wondering if i should call them. But I really want to stop taking him to so many Dr.'s if we could just see the Ped. and the allergist those are the two we cant loose. I will just keep and eye on him and see how it goes. We may have to go if he continues.
H and I got most of our cookies delivered this weekend. And I got all 100lbs of cookies shipped to my mom, $88.00 later. I almost could have driven them to her for that price. LOL If you need cookies let me know and we will get them to you! We have more and if I don't have it we can get it.
I hope you all had a great weekend. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.........................
Last night i went out for drinks with a new friend. We had a great time. It is nice to have a friend. I have a few, but most are pregnant, or just cant get out without the kids. And occasionally I need that. We went out at 8pm and I didn't get home until almost 12am. We had a great time getting to know each other. She was a friend that I felt comfortable with, like I could be myself. You know sometimes you meet those people that you like, but you feel like you need to be someone else around. Well S ( I will call her), was not like that. We had a lot in common. She also moved here from Ohio around the same time we did.
Tomorrow is the day that G goes to the occupational therapist, so keep him in your thoughts. I really hope that they say he is just stubborn, and he will eat when he wants, not that he has a problem. He has been spitting up again this weekend, which kind of worries me as he hasn't done this in a few months. I have taken him off the reflux meds, and we were supposed to go to the GI Dr. this past month, but i didn't because he was doing so well. Now I am wondering if i should call them. But I really want to stop taking him to so many Dr.'s if we could just see the Ped. and the allergist those are the two we cant loose. I will just keep and eye on him and see how it goes. We may have to go if he continues.
H and I got most of our cookies delivered this weekend. And I got all 100lbs of cookies shipped to my mom, $88.00 later. I almost could have driven them to her for that price. LOL If you need cookies let me know and we will get them to you! We have more and if I don't have it we can get it.
I hope you all had a great weekend. Till next time remember to hug and kiss your family and tell them you love them, today is gone and tomorrow may never come.........................
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