Callie news...

I tell ya what!! I thought boys were supposed to be the rough and tumble ones.. well Callie has proven to be quite accident prone.... On Monday while we were waiting on the front porch for Carter's bus to pull up Callie tumbled down the steps... 3 concrete ones... this pictures show the after math.. poor baby girl!!
She is about to push through 2 more teeth on the bottom.. I wish they would come on already.. she is quite miserable, drooly and isn't sleeping well from it, or at least that is what I blame all of the above on..lol!! Yesterday while I was getting my hair cut she was fussy. I had brought some mini 'nilla cookies along for her to snack on and a sippy cup.. .well she had already had a couple of cookies and I asked her what she wanted she said "cook ie" plain as day.. even my hair dresser understood!! Now I can't get her to say it again... go figure

today is the day !!!

Today is the start of the new school year!!!! woo hoo!! I don't think I could be happier. This morning we got off to a great start.. Owen got up in a great mood, ate breakfast, and brushed his teeth.... then it started. Owen hurt his ankle somehow last night(I think it was when he jumped out of the swing)and started complaining about it. He asked for me to pray for him & of course I did and gave him a Tylenol. Then it was time to do his hair.. he wanted it spiky. By the time we were ready to roll(or should I say walk) he was feeling much better. He said he was a little nervous but that it would go away and a lot of people do on the 1st day.... WOW he really is growing up!!! So we walked to the square and we met Owen's friend Christian... so we all walked together. Once I was close enough I let Owen walk the rest of the way with his friend. Before I left him I asked for a kiss.Owen was a little reluctant but gave me one anyway.. I guess my days are numbered for PDA!!!


Carter was very mad that he couldn't go this morning with Owen. He doesn't go until
12:00.. He just doesn't understand. He cried and screamed for quite sometime. He is so excited for today. He has been talking about school for a long time. He was very antsy all morning about it.. "when is my bus coming, Mom?" so after lunch he quickly brushed his teeth, let me give him a faux hawke and take some cute pics of him. He patiently waited for that big yellow bus to pull up in front of the house so he could climb each huge step and find his seat... not before giving me some kisses.. gotta love my lil boys!!

We're doing the right thing

Last night the boys slept over at Nanna & Pap's house. Nothing unusual there. Well mom & I had plans this morning so I was to be over there by 8:30... Here is where the problem starts... Pap usually gives Owen his ADHD med. and well he forgot this morning because he over slept and had a meeting at 9:00. This unknown to me until close to 10:30 and we were already too far from home for me to go back and give it to him.... Well we went to K*Mart.. Owen was bouncing off the racks, hiding in them, being loud with Callie and just couldn't control himself. I got very upset with him in the store. I know he can't help it but it is still hard for me to see him behave so unruly and not do anything about it.. In the car Owen had a hard time not touching Carter. mercy!! Then mom & I stopped at a few yard sales.. why? I don't know! My 2 boys were so rotten.. Carter was feeding off of Owen's energy.
On days where Owen's medicine is forgotten, I know I we have made the correct choice for everyone involved!!!!!

Domesticated??? Is that even a word??

Never in a million years did I think I would be as excited for a clothesline as I am !! I have become so domesticated that it almost hurts. Jason bought me an Amish style clothes line and put it up today. I was so excited that I ,in fact, had to wash some clothes so I could try this thing out. Can you say DORK!!! Callie was in heaven cuz she got to run around and play while I hung out the wash. Today was a perfect day to hang it out... nice breeze a blowin. And of course I had to take some pictures of it. I never thought I would be happy about something like this. Jason says he can't wait to see how big of a difference it makes in our electric bill.. . men!!

A trip to the E.R.

Of course it was Callie, Again!! On Friday she started showing symptoms of getting sick... gunky eye, snotty nose & crabby. Well lastnight we had my family over for a campfire and Callie started getting fussy, but it was around bedtime so I decided to bring her in and give her a bath then put her to bed. Once I got inside Callie was shivering.. she had a low fever, 100.1. I gave her some motrin and her normal bath.Still shivering and her fever is now 101.2.. so it was climbing. I call the on call Ped. and he says that since I am so concerned I should just take her to the E.R. Boy was that an experience with a 14 month old. Callie has white-coat syndrome.. anytime someone would come near her she would cry.. no matter what they were doing, even listening to her chest! I didn't like the E.R. doc.. he seemed a tad bit arogant..I just didn't have a good vibe about him at all... her nurse was fantastic. Anyway they took her O2 levels, fine.. For some reason they didn't have a Peds ear thermomoter so they had to take her temp. rectally.. I went off.. I really hate it to be taken that way and I have never taken any of my children's temp that way.. it's just wrong!!!!!!! Anyway her temp is now 103.. still rising. Before they give her anymore medicine they took some blood work. They were afraid that she would get herself so worked up that she would vomit it back up.. like she did after the Dr. took 10 min. to check her ears.. What!! Her ped would have took a few moments per ear and would have been able to give a proper diagnosis! She also had to get some chest x*rays which revealed nothing.. Her blood work revealed a virus of some sort and her white blood cell count was elevated. They are not sure why but give her a shot of antibiotics and a Rx for some more & a follow up on Mond. at her regular Peds office.

MRI update

So I went to my Dr. today and he told me that everything looks good. He wasn't quite sure why the other Dr. order it. MY Dr. told me that I have all the classic syptoms and it definetly is just migrains. Mine are generally caused by stress.. who would think I have stress....ROTFL!! Yes there was some abnormalities but he said that is normal.. like my sinus issues that showed up. He said that is very typical for Lancaster County.. go figure!! But all is well.. Thank God!!

My MRI

I am sure most of you know about my MRI.. in case you don't here's a little background on why...
About a week and half ago I went to my Dr. for strep throat, 2nd time in 4 months. While I was there I thought I would mention my terrible migraines that Jason has been begging me to talk to him about anyway. Ya know a 2fer... Oh while I'm here kind thing. Well he asked for a little background like if I ever had them before and how often I get them and so forth.. Well I used to get them back in my late teens ,early 20's but not as intense as now and they are much more often.. which I think that they are stress related.. Now you know I have no reason to be stressed..lol !!
Anyway my DR. decided that I should have a MRI to have my brain looked at to make sure nothing else is going on.... I was very nervous about the whole thing.. Jason tried to comfort me by telling me "Mom had many of these" which did nothing to ease my fears! So tonight was the big night... I found the the thing very comforting.. it was a tight fit.. glad I am not more bootylicious than I am or I don't think I would have fit in the darn machine...I prayed the whole time I was in the machine and I know that Jesus was with me helping me cope with my fears. That was a great feeling! Anyway it is now over and done.. Now I have to wait until next week to get the results from my DR.........

Callie..my toddler tornado

Callie has become soooooo mobile that it is literally unsafe to turn my back on her... She climbs anything that she can get a toe grip on.. oh my!! Her newest thing to climb is our dining room chairs which then in turn she will climb right on top of the table... I am serious. Yesterday alone, I bet I pulled her down at least a dozen time.. sooo not fun

This morning after I was finishied making my bed... I go out to the living room to find that Owen & Carter had dumped a bag full of candy out and one of them opened a bag of mini-m&m's for Callie and she was steadily picking them off of the floor and eating them.... When I walked into the room she threw her hand up to wave "hi" at me. She was in a candy heaven and was very mad at me for removing her from it... What a stinker!!

Her biggest thing right now is to follow behind as I am picking up . However she is not just following .. she is ripping toys right back out.. it's like a game to her.. Mommy picks up and I pull it back out!! OH MY.. I just had a thought.. What am I gonna do when Owen & Carter go back to school?? They are my lil mommies and help keep her out of trouble when I am doing "chores" !!

Happy Birthday Carter !!

Today is Carter's Golden birthday... he turns 4 on the 4th... Way cool !! He was born on 8.4.04 and now he turns 4 on 8.4.08.... How cool is that !!!???

Saturday we celebrated his birthday by throwing a Dino party for him. He picked out a stegosaurus pinata at target... it busted with the 3rd hitter..He got lots of new favorite things... a spongebob umbrella(( you have to understand his love for these )) from Nanna &Pappy plus a whole bag of goodies, some cool hot wheels sheets((from us)), a Spiderman ball(( thanks to aunt Susie & uncle Nunner)) an awesome rescue truck((thanks Owen)), a neat motorcycle ((thanks Kinsey & Easton)) Petty Sue & Sue-sue gave a card with some bucks in it for him to spend on a build*a* bear (( they now have Dinos)).... His favorite gift is his new Dale Jr. power wheel car from us.... I think Owen is a tad ((well a bit more than a tad)) bit jealous of the car... He said why didn' t I get one for my birthday... because he got a power wheel 4wheeler when he turned 4... go figure !!

a boo*boo

Poor Tiny((Callie)) !! Today we went over to my mom's house to take a swim.. Tiny didn't wanna so I had to get out of the pool.. bummer. Once out she was a happy lil camper. Then the boys got out... Owen, being the 1st born has a natural "parent" element to him.. much to my dismay. He thinks he has to constantly pick Tiny up and bring her back to me. No matter if what she was doing was fine or not. Well today she had wonder a bit too far for his liking. He brings her back to me where I was sitting on the edge of the back porch. Tiny trips over Owen's foot and falls into the corner of the step. I pick her up and blood is gushing everywhere. I manage to keep cool and collected. Owen runs in the house for the phone, Mom runs in for paper towels(pressure for the wound) and I hold and rock my baby!! Owen comes back and says "what's dad's number?" He wanted to call his daddy. I told him there was nothing Jason could do... so then he says"should I call 911?" My lil "momma hen" was all worried and wanted to fix what was wrong. At least I know now that he can function in an emergency. So after I get the blood flow controlled I call her Ped. to let them know I was coming in..possible stitches. Once we are there the ped says that glue will work. So after close to 5 minutes of screaming we are back out the door.. All sealed up and ready for our next adventure. Tiny's ped. did however tell me that it will leave a small scar and that she isn't allowed to get it wet for 48 hrs.... I will try to take a pic of tomorrow .. at least the seal job