I'm not sure if my dad reads this, but yesterday was his birthday and I just want to say here how much I love him. I'm so thankful for a father who not only was present as I grew up (unlike so many fathers today), but who also prayed for me and demonstrated a Christian life before me. He taught me to drive, taught me math, corrected my Spanish, drove me to work, and helped me in so many ways. He still prays for me, as well as my little family, and I am thankful for that.
I have been blessed!
Thank you, Daddy.
And thank you, Lord.
4.29.2008
4.22.2008
Too young
The day is calling me outside....but I have things to do inside. Besides that, NB is laying down and PJ5 will be home from school soon.
The boys went to the park last night with their grandmother. While they were there an older (but still little) boy attacked them! I don't know how else to say it. I was shocked when I found out. She said she saw the other boy push PJ5 down and start hitting him. Then later he did the same thing to NB! NB was crying, but we don't know if it was fright or pain. PJ5 didn't really react to it. NB has a bruise on his chin (but that could be just from playing), and PJ5 has a bright red mark on the back of his shoulder that is either a bruise or a bite-mark.
Before bed last night I said (emphatically) to my husband, "Our boys are going to learn how to defend themselves and maybe sooner than I thought" He laughed and said "I never thought I'd hear you say that!"
The boys went to the park last night with their grandmother. While they were there an older (but still little) boy attacked them! I don't know how else to say it. I was shocked when I found out. She said she saw the other boy push PJ5 down and start hitting him. Then later he did the same thing to NB! NB was crying, but we don't know if it was fright or pain. PJ5 didn't really react to it. NB has a bruise on his chin (but that could be just from playing), and PJ5 has a bright red mark on the back of his shoulder that is either a bruise or a bite-mark.
Before bed last night I said (emphatically) to my husband, "Our boys are going to learn how to defend themselves and maybe sooner than I thought" He laughed and said "I never thought I'd hear you say that!"
While I'm at it...
A few more confessions:
I like to cook, but I don't like planning meals.
I would rather read a book than do housework.
I get to sleep in (most days) while my husband has to leave for work at 6:30am.
I put in a Veggietales video for the kids when I need to do something without their "help".
Just to name a few.
I like to cook, but I don't like planning meals.
I would rather read a book than do housework.
I get to sleep in (most days) while my husband has to leave for work at 6:30am.
I put in a Veggietales video for the kids when I need to do something without their "help".
Just to name a few.
Confession
Confession is good for the soul, right?
Well, I confess that I should have been wearing my glasses Sunday. And because I wore my contacts instead, my eye infection flared up. That's why my eyes were so bloodshot the rest of the day on Sunday. I just couldn't bear to wear my 11-year-old...big-round lens...80's-looking glasses from high school. (vanity, vanity...)
The good news is that I found an eye doctor that will accept our insurance. The bad news is that they can't get me in until next week. So this Sunday I'll have to come up with another idea to avoid wearing those glasses. I'm willing to wear them in order to drive, but when I get to a drive-thru window or have to go inside, I take them off.
You might think "They can't be that bad!" But even my husband (who is wisely careful of what he says about my appearance) admitted they looked 80's style. (he said this with a hidden smile)
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BTW, I am using eyedrops for the infection but apparently it wasn't completely healed and the contacts just irritated it again. Or else there's something on the contacts that is causing the infection.
Well, I confess that I should have been wearing my glasses Sunday. And because I wore my contacts instead, my eye infection flared up. That's why my eyes were so bloodshot the rest of the day on Sunday. I just couldn't bear to wear my 11-year-old...big-round lens...80's-looking glasses from high school. (vanity, vanity...)
The good news is that I found an eye doctor that will accept our insurance. The bad news is that they can't get me in until next week. So this Sunday I'll have to come up with another idea to avoid wearing those glasses. I'm willing to wear them in order to drive, but when I get to a drive-thru window or have to go inside, I take them off.
You might think "They can't be that bad!" But even my husband (who is wisely careful of what he says about my appearance) admitted they looked 80's style. (he said this with a hidden smile)
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BTW, I am using eyedrops for the infection but apparently it wasn't completely healed and the contacts just irritated it again. Or else there's something on the contacts that is causing the infection.
4.14.2008
Here we go again...
Well, our computer is running again. So I've been catching up on reading my friends' blogs. Along the way I discovered that we no longer have flash player, so I can't see the videos that have been posted---have to fix that.
I took NB for his (18mo)well-child visit last week and mentioned (again) his lack of speech. They checked his ears and there was fluid. So now he's on antibiotics and a powerful decongestant/expectorant (both of which my nurse-sister warned me can cause an upset tummy) and we'll be going back to re-check his ears in a couple weeks. "In the meantime" they said, "go ahead and contact Sooner Start and see if you can get some speech therapy started." (It can take 4 to 8 weeks from the time you contact them until you actually get therapies---that is, if you are eligible.)
Don't get me wrong. I'm thankful for any help we can get. And we had a good experience with the speech pathologist PJ5 had through Sooner Start. I just hate to be going down this road again. We don't know if NB's lack of speech is a developmental problem. There's a good chance it could be related to the fluid in his ears. We just have to investigate all possibilities, then see.
I took NB for his (18mo)well-child visit last week and mentioned (again) his lack of speech. They checked his ears and there was fluid. So now he's on antibiotics and a powerful decongestant/expectorant (both of which my nurse-sister warned me can cause an upset tummy) and we'll be going back to re-check his ears in a couple weeks. "In the meantime" they said, "go ahead and contact Sooner Start and see if you can get some speech therapy started." (It can take 4 to 8 weeks from the time you contact them until you actually get therapies---that is, if you are eligible.)
Don't get me wrong. I'm thankful for any help we can get. And we had a good experience with the speech pathologist PJ5 had through Sooner Start. I just hate to be going down this road again. We don't know if NB's lack of speech is a developmental problem. There's a good chance it could be related to the fluid in his ears. We just have to investigate all possibilities, then see.
4.02.2008
Instructions
We just bought a swingset/playset for the boys, and now PJ has the fun of assembling it-ha! He told me it has about 100 pieces of wood included and they are not labeled, so he'll have to lay them out and identify the different ones. The instructions say that assembly should take "6 to 12 hours, after inventory of parts. Therefore, we recommend you set aside a full day for assembly." PJ read this to me, then looked up and said "How many hours are in their day?" He also read this from the assembly manual "a slide should not exit in front of a swing" He's going to have lots of fun with this! I told him I would help him since I love puzzles!
4.01.2008
Has it really been that long?
Over a month since I last posted anything!
Reason #1: We have been having computer problems, which still aren't completely resolved yet.
Reason #2: A month of multiple practices, rehearsals, and late nights for the Easter program---which, BTW, was well worth it!
Reason #3: I "fell ill" with a severe sinus infection the day after Easter.
I'll try to list a few interesting things that have happened during this "period of silence". PJ5 said "mommy" for the first time a couple weeks ago! His words have increased, as well as his attempts at words. NB has discovered gargling! The day he disconvered this, I think he gargled every time he had a drink. I even heard him gargling in his crib after I put him to bed!
PJ5 had a birthday recently. I had plans to have a big party and invite all our friends, but that was the week I was sick and I didn't feel like tackling something that big. So we scaled back to just family. He moves up to children's church next week. I have mixed feelings.....I hate to see him leave Cerys' class. He'll probably do fine because he loves the older kids. But I'm anxious to see how the workers handle his occasional tantrums.
That's all for now. Things around the house have fallen behind since the week before Easter, so I have a lot to do. Hopefully I can get back into the blogging habit now (barring further computer complications).
Reason #1: We have been having computer problems, which still aren't completely resolved yet.
Reason #2: A month of multiple practices, rehearsals, and late nights for the Easter program---which, BTW, was well worth it!
Reason #3: I "fell ill" with a severe sinus infection the day after Easter.
I'll try to list a few interesting things that have happened during this "period of silence". PJ5 said "mommy" for the first time a couple weeks ago! His words have increased, as well as his attempts at words. NB has discovered gargling! The day he disconvered this, I think he gargled every time he had a drink. I even heard him gargling in his crib after I put him to bed!
PJ5 had a birthday recently. I had plans to have a big party and invite all our friends, but that was the week I was sick and I didn't feel like tackling something that big. So we scaled back to just family. He moves up to children's church next week. I have mixed feelings.....I hate to see him leave Cerys' class. He'll probably do fine because he loves the older kids. But I'm anxious to see how the workers handle his occasional tantrums.
That's all for now. Things around the house have fallen behind since the week before Easter, so I have a lot to do. Hopefully I can get back into the blogging habit now (barring further computer complications).
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