So today begins the assembly of the new swing set. Nana and Granddad bought Josh and Kaitlyn a swing set! We were talking about it last year, but we just didn't have the money to buy it. Monday Jason was talking to his parents and they said they wanted to buy the kids the swing set for Josh's birthday. I was shocked but very thankful. So they went out yesterday and bought it and brought it over to the house last night. The only problem was the guy at Toys R Us said it would take 3 days to assemble. I know Judy and Charlie were going to try and put it together and have it all ready for when the kids came home tonight.
I told Judy the other night that I will have such a hard time getting Josh to come inside at night now. It's going to be dark out and he's going to want to keep sliding! That will be good that they'll be outside so much and not inside. Maybe I'll be able to get the house organized?!?!?
Friday, April 2, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
April Fools
I'm happy to see April has finally arrived. March brought nothing but illness to our house, so I'm very happy to see it gone.
Everything started back on Valentine's Day. I know, that was February, but the majority of stuff happened in March.
I think the last I posted was when we took Josh to the ER for his hernia. We found out that night it was a hernia and we got an appointment with a pediatric surgeon for the first week of March.
Well, the last weekend of February we took him back to the ER for his hernia and they admitted us with a surgery scheduled in a day or two. After seeing the surgeon on Sunday morning, the 28th, she told us the earliest she would do the surgery was that Friday. We were outraged that it would be that long. We couldn't understand why they would send us home if we were still having problems with the hernia. On Monday, the 29th, we saw Dr. Page and see told us Josh had an ear infection and put him on a strong antibotic and talked to the surgeon. She told us the reason why surgery was put off until Friday was so Josh could get over the ear infection. This made no sense to us, but we finally decided to wait.
Friday, March 5th, Josh had his surgery. Everything went well and there was only the 1 hernia on the right side. We brought him home after an hour and half in recovery and he slept the day away. Thankfully we got the Tylenol 3 filled for him because he was still complaining of pain for 2 weeks after the surgery. When we saw the surgeon at his post-op appointment she said everything looked good, but he may have pain for awhile during the healing process inside. She said if he's rough houses or is active for a long period he may have some pain.
During that week, I came down with something horrible. I must have picked something up at the hospital while we were there. My fever spiked to 103F and I went to the doctor the following day to get some medicine. I had to go back the following week for a second antibotic since the first didn't completely get rid of whatever it was I had.
Jason ended up having hernia surgery on the 18th of March. He went in with 1 hernia and came out with 2 repaired. The doctor was surprised that he had one on the left side and that it was larger than the right one, but his pain was all on the rightside. He took a few days off of work, but went back the following Monday. He was still in considerable pain that following week, but he's now almost back to himself.
Kaitlyn came down with an ear infection the week after Jason's surgery. I had to pick her up early on the 22nd, my birthday and I kept her home the next day to help get rid of the fever. Josh came down with a fever on the 23rd and so the 3 of us stayed home and hung out. Kaitlyn went back to school on the 24th, but Josh got to stay home with mommy. When I took him back to school on the 25th he cried. He wanted to stay home with mommy. He didn't understand that mommy doesn't go home after I drop him off at school. I wish I could go home on some days, but no, I go to work.
We finally got everyone back to normal for the last week of March!
During the month Kaitlyn has become more independent (could she get more independent?). She had her first tantrum, which broke my heart, but learned to give real kisses.
Her first tantrum was over taking off her jammie shirt. I was trying to get her changed for school in the morning and she didn't want to take off her shirt. I was able to get her pants on her, but when it came to the shirt...she did not want to take it off. I finally got it off of her, amist tears and screams, and then she plopped down on her bottom and flung herself over and laid down, face down, and cried. I just sat next to her and rubbed her back and told her mommy loved her and I would be there when she was finished. This happened for 3 days in a row, but now it's just random and more for when she's frustrated because we don't understand what she wants. She had a tantrum the other day because I didn't give her the right cereal and then, for heavens sake, I tried to hand her a sippy cup too. She has decided she likes to drink out of "big" girl cups. We'll give her a little drink at dinner time in a "big" girl cup and she does pretty well with it. Every once in awhile some drink will dribble down her chin, but 98% of the drink goes in her mouth and down the hatch!
Also, Kaitlyn has learned to give real kisses. She will pucker her lips and lean in to give you a kiss if you ask for it. She was never really one for the one mouth kiss, she did a few times, but she's very stingy on her kisses. She's actually pretty stingy on being affectionate, to my dismay. I love to snuggle with my kids, but she doesn't want anything to do with being affectionate.
Josh has continued being a wild 2 year old! He goes, goes, goes!!!!! We have moved his bedtime to 830pm now vs. 8pm and this seems to make bedtime easier. He LOVES to snuggle and actually, yesterday morning he got up, came out to the living room and climbed onto my lap and said he wanted to stay home and snuggle with mommy. Of course I was ready to say YES! but I knew the snuggling would last a whole 2 minutes and then it would be time to wrestle. This boy loves to wrestle!!!! He was very unhappy when he couldn't wrestle the first few days after surgery and also the week after Jason had his surgery. Mommy had to take over the wrestling department. It's pretty safe to say Josh is happy daddy can wrestle again. He has asked me once to wrestle with him since daddy said he felt better.
Josh is also super excited about his birthday coming up. He started getting excited the day before my birthday, when he sang Happy Birthday to me! All he talks about now is his birthday. When you ask him what kind of cake he wants he'll go between Wolverine and Spiderman! One time he told me he wanted 2 cakes for his birthday. I informed him he will get 1 cake and it will be Spiderman, did this make any inpact? No, he said the next day he was going to have a Wolverine cake. Both Jason and I know he will go CRAZY once he sees his Spiderman birthday cake. I just hope it turns out as well as I'm hoping it does. If it looks like anything like it does in my mind, he was love it!
So that wraps up March. Like I said in the beginning, I'm glad the month is over. Now let's hope April brings better weather and better health!
Cheers!
Everything started back on Valentine's Day. I know, that was February, but the majority of stuff happened in March.
I think the last I posted was when we took Josh to the ER for his hernia. We found out that night it was a hernia and we got an appointment with a pediatric surgeon for the first week of March.
Well, the last weekend of February we took him back to the ER for his hernia and they admitted us with a surgery scheduled in a day or two. After seeing the surgeon on Sunday morning, the 28th, she told us the earliest she would do the surgery was that Friday. We were outraged that it would be that long. We couldn't understand why they would send us home if we were still having problems with the hernia. On Monday, the 29th, we saw Dr. Page and see told us Josh had an ear infection and put him on a strong antibotic and talked to the surgeon. She told us the reason why surgery was put off until Friday was so Josh could get over the ear infection. This made no sense to us, but we finally decided to wait.
Friday, March 5th, Josh had his surgery. Everything went well and there was only the 1 hernia on the right side. We brought him home after an hour and half in recovery and he slept the day away. Thankfully we got the Tylenol 3 filled for him because he was still complaining of pain for 2 weeks after the surgery. When we saw the surgeon at his post-op appointment she said everything looked good, but he may have pain for awhile during the healing process inside. She said if he's rough houses or is active for a long period he may have some pain.
During that week, I came down with something horrible. I must have picked something up at the hospital while we were there. My fever spiked to 103F and I went to the doctor the following day to get some medicine. I had to go back the following week for a second antibotic since the first didn't completely get rid of whatever it was I had.
Jason ended up having hernia surgery on the 18th of March. He went in with 1 hernia and came out with 2 repaired. The doctor was surprised that he had one on the left side and that it was larger than the right one, but his pain was all on the rightside. He took a few days off of work, but went back the following Monday. He was still in considerable pain that following week, but he's now almost back to himself.
Kaitlyn came down with an ear infection the week after Jason's surgery. I had to pick her up early on the 22nd, my birthday and I kept her home the next day to help get rid of the fever. Josh came down with a fever on the 23rd and so the 3 of us stayed home and hung out. Kaitlyn went back to school on the 24th, but Josh got to stay home with mommy. When I took him back to school on the 25th he cried. He wanted to stay home with mommy. He didn't understand that mommy doesn't go home after I drop him off at school. I wish I could go home on some days, but no, I go to work.
We finally got everyone back to normal for the last week of March!
During the month Kaitlyn has become more independent (could she get more independent?). She had her first tantrum, which broke my heart, but learned to give real kisses.
Her first tantrum was over taking off her jammie shirt. I was trying to get her changed for school in the morning and she didn't want to take off her shirt. I was able to get her pants on her, but when it came to the shirt...she did not want to take it off. I finally got it off of her, amist tears and screams, and then she plopped down on her bottom and flung herself over and laid down, face down, and cried. I just sat next to her and rubbed her back and told her mommy loved her and I would be there when she was finished. This happened for 3 days in a row, but now it's just random and more for when she's frustrated because we don't understand what she wants. She had a tantrum the other day because I didn't give her the right cereal and then, for heavens sake, I tried to hand her a sippy cup too. She has decided she likes to drink out of "big" girl cups. We'll give her a little drink at dinner time in a "big" girl cup and she does pretty well with it. Every once in awhile some drink will dribble down her chin, but 98% of the drink goes in her mouth and down the hatch!
Also, Kaitlyn has learned to give real kisses. She will pucker her lips and lean in to give you a kiss if you ask for it. She was never really one for the one mouth kiss, she did a few times, but she's very stingy on her kisses. She's actually pretty stingy on being affectionate, to my dismay. I love to snuggle with my kids, but she doesn't want anything to do with being affectionate.
Josh has continued being a wild 2 year old! He goes, goes, goes!!!!! We have moved his bedtime to 830pm now vs. 8pm and this seems to make bedtime easier. He LOVES to snuggle and actually, yesterday morning he got up, came out to the living room and climbed onto my lap and said he wanted to stay home and snuggle with mommy. Of course I was ready to say YES! but I knew the snuggling would last a whole 2 minutes and then it would be time to wrestle. This boy loves to wrestle!!!! He was very unhappy when he couldn't wrestle the first few days after surgery and also the week after Jason had his surgery. Mommy had to take over the wrestling department. It's pretty safe to say Josh is happy daddy can wrestle again. He has asked me once to wrestle with him since daddy said he felt better.
Josh is also super excited about his birthday coming up. He started getting excited the day before my birthday, when he sang Happy Birthday to me! All he talks about now is his birthday. When you ask him what kind of cake he wants he'll go between Wolverine and Spiderman! One time he told me he wanted 2 cakes for his birthday. I informed him he will get 1 cake and it will be Spiderman, did this make any inpact? No, he said the next day he was going to have a Wolverine cake. Both Jason and I know he will go CRAZY once he sees his Spiderman birthday cake. I just hope it turns out as well as I'm hoping it does. If it looks like anything like it does in my mind, he was love it!
So that wraps up March. Like I said in the beginning, I'm glad the month is over. Now let's hope April brings better weather and better health!
Cheers!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Lent
So I've given up Facebook for Lent. I've decided to go back to the "Old School" way of doing things, calling people on the phone. Is it really necessary for everyone to know that I'm bored or sick or tired or happy or anything else at all hours of the day? No. Or what I should ask, does anyone really care that I'm one of the above? Probably not. The only time someone really cares is if I post about the kids. At this point I should know to call the people that are most important to me and tell them what's going on. I think I do a pretty good job at doing that, but this "vacation" will get me back to talking to people more often.
On that note, I'll catch you up on the kids...
Kaitlyn's feeling much better after her double ear infection. She's still getting teeth and boy does she know how to get teeth. I don't remember her getting just one tooth. It was always multiples. This time it's all her molars. Thankfully I think they've almost all broken though because she's not as cranky and fussy as she had been. That doesn't mean she's still full of hugs and kisses, but more than a few weeks ago.
Speaking of hugs and kisses, she's learned where her nose is!!!! I showed her this weekend and it only took about 4 times to point to her nose for her to pick up on it. You ask her now where her nose is and she points to it and sniffs.
Now for an update on Joshy. The poor little fellow....has a hernia. We found this out on Valentines' Day. He went down for a nap and when both kids got up we went for haircuts. Him and daddy got their hair cut and when we were done Josh wanted to go to Target. We headed over there since we were out and were walking around when Josh bent over and said, Mommy it hurts. Jason asked if he had to go potty. Josh said yes, so I picked him up and head to the bathroom. He tried going, but just told me it hurt. So we went out and found Daddy and Baby and got in the car. We decided to pick up french fries for dinner and when we got home I put Josh in his booster seat and he just wailed with pain and screaming that he hurt. I told Jason we had to go to the docto and I went to look for the phone number for Urgent Care. Jason found the number while Kaitlyn ate and I got clothes for her to get changed into. We got the kids packed up and in the car and headed to Urgent Care down the road. When we got there Josh started acting fine. We got called back and when the doctor came in he said to undo Josh's diaper. Once I did that the doctor took 1 look and said, "You need to take him to the ER right now"! He said there was a possiblity that the testicle was twisted and that they would do an emergency ultrasound to figure it out.
We packed the kids up and headed to the ER. Granddad and Nana met us there and took Kaitlyn back to their place since it was past her bedtime and we weren't sure what was going on or how long we would be at the hospital. We got called back to the nurses station about an hour after we got there and the nurse went and told the doctor what was going on and they got us back right away. The doctor came in and took a look and decided it was a hernia. He was able to pop everything back into place, but not before Josh was crying that it hurt and not to touch it. Once the doctor got it back into place, Josh said, "My boo boo doesn't hurt anymore". We went home shortly after that.
Josh now has an appointment with the surgeon for March 8th. He needs to have surgery to get it repaired.
So that's how we spent Valentines' Day.
On that note, I'll catch you up on the kids...
Kaitlyn's feeling much better after her double ear infection. She's still getting teeth and boy does she know how to get teeth. I don't remember her getting just one tooth. It was always multiples. This time it's all her molars. Thankfully I think they've almost all broken though because she's not as cranky and fussy as she had been. That doesn't mean she's still full of hugs and kisses, but more than a few weeks ago.
Speaking of hugs and kisses, she's learned where her nose is!!!! I showed her this weekend and it only took about 4 times to point to her nose for her to pick up on it. You ask her now where her nose is and she points to it and sniffs.
Now for an update on Joshy. The poor little fellow....has a hernia. We found this out on Valentines' Day. He went down for a nap and when both kids got up we went for haircuts. Him and daddy got their hair cut and when we were done Josh wanted to go to Target. We headed over there since we were out and were walking around when Josh bent over and said, Mommy it hurts. Jason asked if he had to go potty. Josh said yes, so I picked him up and head to the bathroom. He tried going, but just told me it hurt. So we went out and found Daddy and Baby and got in the car. We decided to pick up french fries for dinner and when we got home I put Josh in his booster seat and he just wailed with pain and screaming that he hurt. I told Jason we had to go to the docto and I went to look for the phone number for Urgent Care. Jason found the number while Kaitlyn ate and I got clothes for her to get changed into. We got the kids packed up and in the car and headed to Urgent Care down the road. When we got there Josh started acting fine. We got called back and when the doctor came in he said to undo Josh's diaper. Once I did that the doctor took 1 look and said, "You need to take him to the ER right now"! He said there was a possiblity that the testicle was twisted and that they would do an emergency ultrasound to figure it out.
We packed the kids up and headed to the ER. Granddad and Nana met us there and took Kaitlyn back to their place since it was past her bedtime and we weren't sure what was going on or how long we would be at the hospital. We got called back to the nurses station about an hour after we got there and the nurse went and told the doctor what was going on and they got us back right away. The doctor came in and took a look and decided it was a hernia. He was able to pop everything back into place, but not before Josh was crying that it hurt and not to touch it. Once the doctor got it back into place, Josh said, "My boo boo doesn't hurt anymore". We went home shortly after that.
Josh now has an appointment with the surgeon for March 8th. He needs to have surgery to get it repaired.
So that's how we spent Valentines' Day.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Where are my patience?
This weekend was a pretty good one until 3pm today. I don't know where my patience went, but I didn't have any. Jason told me to go lay down and take a nap while the kids were asleep and I did. I wasn't too tired, but I thought I would since I'd been busy all weekend cleaning and doing laundry. Kaitlyn got up and was okay. Jason went and woke Josh up around 330pm. We were all supposed to go to Wal-Mart together, but Jason fell asleep. I took the kids to the store and when we got back.. WHOA! I don't know if they were too hungry, too sleepy, or too thirsty. All they did was cry and fight with each other. We finally got dinner on the table, but neither kid wanted chicken and French Fries.
Off to the bathtub they went with daddy. They got in and I went to go get jammies and diapers. The next thing I know Jason was screaming for me to come back to the bathroom. I ran over there to find out Kaitlyn went poop in the tub. Out the kids came and I took them to their tub to finish up.
I tried to get Kaitlyn to bed, but she doesn't like when I put her down. It was after 7pm when Jason finally got her to sleep. He's putting Josh to bed tonight while I finish up the cleaning.
To top it off, the stupid Dish isn't working and I keep getting an error message.
Off to the bathtub they went with daddy. They got in and I went to go get jammies and diapers. The next thing I know Jason was screaming for me to come back to the bathroom. I ran over there to find out Kaitlyn went poop in the tub. Out the kids came and I took them to their tub to finish up.
I tried to get Kaitlyn to bed, but she doesn't like when I put her down. It was after 7pm when Jason finally got her to sleep. He's putting Josh to bed tonight while I finish up the cleaning.
To top it off, the stupid Dish isn't working and I keep getting an error message.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
New Year
Christmas was a blast this year! Josh was old enough to realize what was going on. As soon as he started seeing Christmas lights, it was allllll over! He still points out Christmas lights when he sees them. He went crazy when we put up the tree this year and had to help plug in the lights every night. We also put lights up on top of the cupboards in the kitchen and on the plant shelf in the dining room and he had to turn those lights on nightly too. Kaitlyn played with the tree and the ornaments for the first 2 days then she was over it.
Santa brought Josh a Jeep and he LOVES it! Unfortunately it's been really cold this winter, so he hasn't been able to ride it too much. He loved opening presents and thought he should open all of them. Kaitlyn had no interest in opening presents, so we let Josh open hers too. We did learn a lesson this year. Don't wait until 5pm on Christmas Eve to ask what Santa is going to be bringing. Josh said Santa was bringing him Spiderman, so Jason had to go out and find Spiderman stuff for Santa. He bought a bedspread and a ball. This was great with Josh; he loves his bedspread.
New Years' Eve weekend brought 2 sick kids. I had to take Kaitlyn to Urgent Care on Wednesday and come to find out she had an ear infection. They wouldn't let her back to school, so she went to work with me the following day. She had a lot of fun. She made herself at home and visited everyone that was there. She ran to Mr. Clarke with her arms out and then laughed the whole time he played with her. They both got better by Sunday which was really nice.
They both went back to school yesterday and Josh kept asking for Ms. Amber all weekend, so he was happy to see her yesterday. Kaitlyn still could care less. She's happy where ever she is.
Santa brought Josh a Jeep and he LOVES it! Unfortunately it's been really cold this winter, so he hasn't been able to ride it too much. He loved opening presents and thought he should open all of them. Kaitlyn had no interest in opening presents, so we let Josh open hers too. We did learn a lesson this year. Don't wait until 5pm on Christmas Eve to ask what Santa is going to be bringing. Josh said Santa was bringing him Spiderman, so Jason had to go out and find Spiderman stuff for Santa. He bought a bedspread and a ball. This was great with Josh; he loves his bedspread.
New Years' Eve weekend brought 2 sick kids. I had to take Kaitlyn to Urgent Care on Wednesday and come to find out she had an ear infection. They wouldn't let her back to school, so she went to work with me the following day. She had a lot of fun. She made herself at home and visited everyone that was there. She ran to Mr. Clarke with her arms out and then laughed the whole time he played with her. They both got better by Sunday which was really nice.
They both went back to school yesterday and Josh kept asking for Ms. Amber all weekend, so he was happy to see her yesterday. Kaitlyn still could care less. She's happy where ever she is.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Almost Christmas
It's been awhile since I've blogged about the kids. They've been doing well. Kaitlyn got her 15 month check up and weighs 18 pounds, 15 ounces and 23 1/2 inches long, if I remember correctly. She has the motor skills of an 18 month old since she's using a fork and spoon to eat with and can kick and throw a ball. The doctor wants us to work on body parts now. I told the doctor she knows the body parts if you hold up her clothes and she tries to put on her shoes.
Both her and Josh are enjoying the new daycare still and they haven't gotten sick too much.
Josh went in for his pre-op appointment with Dr. Chicola and he said he wants to wait and due the tubes later, possibly next month, after we complete the hearing test. He wouldn't cooperate when we tried doing the hearing test earlier this month. I'm hoping we can forgo the surgery all together!
Josh has become a huge fan of Christmas! He gets all excited when he sees Christmas lights. He gets really excited when he sees Santa! Santa had visited school and the teachers had to laugh at him. They said he got so excited and ran up to Santa while shouting Santa Santa Santa. I told him Santa will be coming in two days and will leave presents for him, so he's super excited. Kaitlyn is still oblivious to the whole holiday thing, so next year will be all new for her.
I'll try to post after Christmas, but if not, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Both her and Josh are enjoying the new daycare still and they haven't gotten sick too much.
Josh went in for his pre-op appointment with Dr. Chicola and he said he wants to wait and due the tubes later, possibly next month, after we complete the hearing test. He wouldn't cooperate when we tried doing the hearing test earlier this month. I'm hoping we can forgo the surgery all together!
Josh has become a huge fan of Christmas! He gets all excited when he sees Christmas lights. He gets really excited when he sees Santa! Santa had visited school and the teachers had to laugh at him. They said he got so excited and ran up to Santa while shouting Santa Santa Santa. I told him Santa will be coming in two days and will leave presents for him, so he's super excited. Kaitlyn is still oblivious to the whole holiday thing, so next year will be all new for her.
I'll try to post after Christmas, but if not, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Bye Bye
Kaitlyn has another ear infection, but the doctor and I are very impressed that she hasn't been to the doctor since September when she had pneumonia.
Tuesday night Boomer got put in timeout in his kennel.
Last night Josh thought I needed to go into timeout. He told me to go up against the wall and sit and stay! I asked what I did and all he would say is Stay! I told him he needs to go to timeout since he was climbing on the couch.
This morning Josh went in and helped me get Kaitlyn up and ready. I was changing her diaper and Josh was closing her bedroom door and waving bye. He called out "Bye"! Babycakes was laying down waving, blowing kisses and then she whispered "Bye bye"!!! This is the first time she said it and I'm so proud of her!
My little girl is growing up so fast it's amazing. Next thing I know she'll be putting me in timeout!
Tuesday night Boomer got put in timeout in his kennel.
Last night Josh thought I needed to go into timeout. He told me to go up against the wall and sit and stay! I asked what I did and all he would say is Stay! I told him he needs to go to timeout since he was climbing on the couch.
This morning Josh went in and helped me get Kaitlyn up and ready. I was changing her diaper and Josh was closing her bedroom door and waving bye. He called out "Bye"! Babycakes was laying down waving, blowing kisses and then she whispered "Bye bye"!!! This is the first time she said it and I'm so proud of her!
My little girl is growing up so fast it's amazing. Next thing I know she'll be putting me in timeout!
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