Been the usual crazy around here lately. School starts tomorrow, though having kids ages 1, 2 and 3...none of them are in school yet. Troy will go to St Rose's Little Lambs program. That starts at the end of the month. He's excited! We got him a Buzz Lightyear backpack and a bunch of school supplies.
Last weekend, all 3 of the kids had an overnight with Grandpa Harley and Grandma Deb. Kristopher and I went to a wedding reception in Prairie and before we left town, we stopped at Culver's to share a banana split for old times sake! We both slept like rocks that night. I don't think I moved for 9 straight hours! The kids had an amazing time too!
A couple weekends ago was a busy one for us. We had my niece Lily's birthday party on Friday night. On Saturday, I packed the kids up and took them to Lancaster for a family reunion for Kris's mom's family. Then I took them to the Grant County fair to see the farm animals and all the cool stuff. Troy desperately wanted to ride the rides but since I was the only adult with 3 kids, I told him they were scary and maybe next year he could ride them and then got him a sno-cone. Then Sunday, as a family, we went to Cassville and took my in-laws boat out on the river. That was fun! Definitely going to do that again! Next time, we're bringing a cooler full of snacks, sandwiches and drinks and a pail and shovel and stopping at a sandbar.
Weston had a bought of the flu. We think he may have had hand foot and mouth again. He would chew his food but spit it out, crying. So we assume that his throat hurt. Unfortunately, hand and foot is virus that just has to run its coarse. He's doing better now.
Tonight, I took the kids grocery shopping with me. Oh lord, that is an adventure in itself. But what made it worse was that as I was hooking the kids into their carseats at the babysitter, I noticed Troy's shorts were wet and he smelled very strongly of urine. He told me straight out that he had wet his pants and he was sorry so I told him no rides at the grocery store and he had sit in the cart the entire time. He fussed about it a little but that was it. I got the kids a popcorn chicken cup to eat as we were going through the store because we would get home when we usually sat down to eat. This would at least tie them over until I had something made. I think Troy ate 80% of the chicken. I filled cups before we headed home. Troy had 2 melt downs in the parking lot over his head hurting and was hysterically crying over something that I still not sure what it was. About halfway home, he started crying in the backseat clutching his belly and started dry heaving. I pulled over and calmed him down. By the time we got home, he was asleep. It's 6:30 at this point. I opened the house and hopped in the car to get the kids out so they could start trickling inside while I carried in groceries. Troy's lips were completely white. I took him out and we went inside because he was really shaky. He started crying about just wanting to go to his bed so I put him in bed, grabbed a bucket and told him to use that if he was going to throw up. I went out to get the other kids and when I got back inside, he was in his room sobbing. He threw up on his pillow, in the bucket, on his arm and on his bed. He told me, he ate too much chicken. It's now 2 hours later, he's been asleep for well over an hour (in Rylee's bed because his torn apart and in the washer!) It's hot in the house and he's got the blankets pulled up to his chin. Poor kid!
Rylee has been doing pretty good. She lost a bunch of weight and now has gained it back. The GI doc referred us to a food psychologist. I don't know what we will get out of it, probably nothing, since Rylee can't tell us why she is a picky eater at times. I am completely convinced that this is a behavior thing. All kids at 2 or 3 go through this. Rylee is no different in that part but she is in the aspect that she doesn't have any extra baby fat just laying around like other kids. She's doing well though. Quite the jibber jabber. And she loves to sing. I hope she as musically inclined as her dad!
Speaking of Dad, it's his birthday tomorrow. He's going to be 26. Happy Birthday daddy!
My migraines are back! I have been having more stress lately. I trying to work through it. My major stress is my mom. I can control this and turn it into something positive rather than having my brain beat out through my toenails! I have come a long way in the last month with my feelings towards my mom. She's never been the best mom, never mother of the year or anything. She's had moments where I can say that I am glad that she was there with me. Then there are moments, when she is completely out of sync with the real world. Weston's 1st birthday party was planned, invites were sent out 2 weeks ahead of time. Sawyer's 1st birthday party was the weekend before Weston's and mom made the 3 hour trek up to it. She made the 45 minute trek 3 weeks later down to Lily's 1st birthday party, which is 10 minutes from where we live. 2 hours before Weston's party, mom called me to tell me that they "won't be able to make. They have people to meet." 2 hours before the party, when I am running around like crazy putting everything together to take up to the park shelter and she dropped this on me. I just hung up on her. That or I would have said something childish and mean and would've regretted it later. OK, fine she didn't come. His actual birthday comes a few days later, she doesn't even call to acknowledge it. A week after his actual birthday, she stomps into my job, throws a gift on my desk and stomps out. She never said a cotton pickin' word to me. Fine, whatever, be a child, I'll be the adult! What really got to me, was when I pulled into Craig and Jen's driveway a week and half later, and she was there. She went to Lily's 1st birthday party, which she should've, she's her grandma. They even let off fireworks. Not once, did she acknowledge me or my kids until Rylee walked up to her. I did take Rylee away from her because she was drinking and on a counter height chair and I didn't want anything to happen to her $1,000,000 head! It's not fair to come to 2 of the birthdays and leave 1 out. It breaks my heart to think that his own grandma didn't come to his first birthday. I am so glad that he is 1 and didn't even realize she wasn't there. I will never ever let her hurt one of my kids, ever! She has let me down more in my life than been there for me. I think the birthday party thing was the last straw of many. The last chance of many. Troy, Rylee and Weston have 2 set of grandparents that love them dearly, that they love fiercely. Unfortunately, my mom is no longer welcome to share these joyful times and those not so joyful times. I have made that decision. It's completely her loss. I have 3 amazing kids, that I will raise with as much positivity and goodness as I can. I am so grateful that I have 2 awesomely wonderful sisters and an amazing mother-in-law and step-mom that I look up to, that I look to for guidance. I hope she lives a great life. I hope one day she'll straighten up, get rid of the booze and whatever else and seek a relationship with me and my family!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Pictures!
Daddy found the lost camera cord. It was, of all places, in the diaper bag. I guess it helps to clean that bugger out sometimes!
We had the meeting with Rylee's therapists on the 5th. It went awesome! Couldn't have asked for a better meeting. Currently, OT and PT each come once a month and Speech comes twice a month. NOW, OT will visit once in November and once in January to do her final evaluation. PT will come once in September, once in November and once in January to also do her final evaluation. Speech will continue to come twice a month until the end of January. January is when Rylee will turn 3 and is no longer eligible for the program. It's bittersweet really. We are going to definitely miss these ladies. They have played a huge huge role in our lives for the last 2 years. They are a big reason Rylee is doing so well now. Rylee is doing great!
Her new goals are:
PT: *Kick a ball *Catch a ball * Jump using both legs
OT *Do a 12 piece small knob puzzle *Draw 1 complete circle *Properly use scissors
Speech: *Identify objects by name *Use 2 words phrases *Able to answer WH questions
These are attainable goals. They are definitely things that we can incorporate into our everyday lives. After January 29, 12 Rylee will start going to school to receive her Speech therapy. As of right now, that looks to be it for future therapy. She will of course need to keep building her strength physically but we have big hopes in taking her to gymnastics to help with that. We also found out that she will most definitely be placed in school with her peers. That to me is huge! I never in my wildest dreams imagined that she would be with kids her same age. As long as she is prospering and evolving, that is where our goal to keep her would be but we don't have a problem holding her back to Weston's class if she needs it.
Rylee has also taken an adversion to solid foods. This is probably just a behavioral things. A normal 2 year thing but Rylee isn't the normal 2 year old. She doesn't have the normal 2 year old reserve of baby fat. SO, we're really not sure what to do now. She isn't eating and when she does, it's not much. I am just sick over it. She is literally withering right away from us. Her main focus is on her milk or liquids and that is quite a pity since there is no caloric intake in those. I guess maybe someone will call me tomorrow as a follow up from Friday? I am really not sure. FYI, She was 18 lbs on Friday, down 1 lb, 6 oz from July 18th.
Weston's actual birthday was rather uneventful. We had cake and sang him happy birthday. When daddy got home from work, he put the new 2 foot tall car toy thingy together and I'm pretty sure all 3 kids were glued to it the entire following day.
This weekend, me and the kids hung around home on Saturday while Kristopher worked. Once Daddy got home, Weston and I climbed in the van and headed to the New Glarus area for 1st birthday party #3 (we have 1 more this week and 1 next month). I had a great time visiting with my friends, Annie, Carolyn, Dana and Aaron while Weston played with his buddies, Jackson and Isaac C. He was exhaustedly asleep before we got out of the driveway to head home.
Today has been a "TLC the house" day. Daddy worked on cleaning the garage while I worked on laundry, dishes, cooking and getting ready for the start of another week. This kids were in and out all day, dragging in the flies with them.
I think now I am going to curl up with my husband, who I haven't seen to much of lately, and watch The Glee Project.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Toodaloo ya'll!
We had the meeting with Rylee's therapists on the 5th. It went awesome! Couldn't have asked for a better meeting. Currently, OT and PT each come once a month and Speech comes twice a month. NOW, OT will visit once in November and once in January to do her final evaluation. PT will come once in September, once in November and once in January to also do her final evaluation. Speech will continue to come twice a month until the end of January. January is when Rylee will turn 3 and is no longer eligible for the program. It's bittersweet really. We are going to definitely miss these ladies. They have played a huge huge role in our lives for the last 2 years. They are a big reason Rylee is doing so well now. Rylee is doing great!
PT: *Kick a ball *Catch a ball * Jump using both legs
OT *Do a 12 piece small knob puzzle *Draw 1 complete circle *Properly use scissors
Speech: *Identify objects by name *Use 2 words phrases *Able to answer WH questions
These are attainable goals. They are definitely things that we can incorporate into our everyday lives. After January 29, 12 Rylee will start going to school to receive her Speech therapy. As of right now, that looks to be it for future therapy. She will of course need to keep building her strength physically but we have big hopes in taking her to gymnastics to help with that. We also found out that she will most definitely be placed in school with her peers. That to me is huge! I never in my wildest dreams imagined that she would be with kids her same age. As long as she is prospering and evolving, that is where our goal to keep her would be but we don't have a problem holding her back to Weston's class if she needs it.
Rylee has also taken an adversion to solid foods. This is probably just a behavioral things. A normal 2 year thing but Rylee isn't the normal 2 year old. She doesn't have the normal 2 year old reserve of baby fat. SO, we're really not sure what to do now. She isn't eating and when she does, it's not much. I am just sick over it. She is literally withering right away from us. Her main focus is on her milk or liquids and that is quite a pity since there is no caloric intake in those. I guess maybe someone will call me tomorrow as a follow up from Friday? I am really not sure. FYI, She was 18 lbs on Friday, down 1 lb, 6 oz from July 18th.
Weston's actual birthday was rather uneventful. We had cake and sang him happy birthday. When daddy got home from work, he put the new 2 foot tall car toy thingy together and I'm pretty sure all 3 kids were glued to it the entire following day.
This weekend, me and the kids hung around home on Saturday while Kristopher worked. Once Daddy got home, Weston and I climbed in the van and headed to the New Glarus area for 1st birthday party #3 (we have 1 more this week and 1 next month). I had a great time visiting with my friends, Annie, Carolyn, Dana and Aaron while Weston played with his buddies, Jackson and Isaac C. He was exhaustedly asleep before we got out of the driveway to head home.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Updates!
I have honestly tried to sit down and write like a dozen posts but have never finished any of them. We're all doing well!
Kristopher is back to working overtime on Saturdays. The paychecks at the end of the week are nice but we miss him more than he probably knows.
I am working hard but at times feel like I am hardly working, if that makes sense. I just never see an end to the pile. My fight with migraines continues except not as often. Stress induces them big time! I keep telling myself that I need to be doing something differently to reduce all the stress but haven't had much luck. It seems that if I detour from our daily routine, I am socked with one. This past weekend was hard but I made it through!
Troy is at the age of total meltdowns and total highs and there is no inbetween, just those. He be extremely happy one minute and the next he's crying about something. He's a great kid once you see beyond that. His vocabulary is outstanding! He's been potty trained for quite a while now and what a blessing that is. We're hoping to have him start school this fall. It's a program for 3 year olds at St. Rose called Little Lambs. I had them add him to the list last year just not quite sure when he will start. He's much great big helper. He's also has a great big sassy mouth at times. His famous line tonight was, "Please mom, give me another chance..." That was chance number 126,436,212. LOL! Troy is a good 36 inches and 34 lbs. He's tall and lean and quite mighty.
Rylee is probably doing the best out of all of us for once! She's walking and talking and has been seizure free for almost a month and a half. She is great with her manners. She points out body parts and sings. She still has a version of her own language but we can pick up English words at times. She still has to point at what she wants a lot of the time and that frustrates her that most of the time we have absolutely no idea what she is trying to tell us. She is sensitive and it's easy to hurt her feelings. She schmoozes her way into what she wants. That seems to be the way it works most of the time. She is 18 lbs, 6 oz and 29.5 inches. She wears size 12 month clothes, only for the length, and size 2 shoes. She is currently in a size 3 diaper. She is small and disgustingly thin but just seems to have hit a snag in the weight gain. (The only ones gaining any weight from this high calorie diet are Kristopher and I and we don't need it!) She has an infectious laugh and copies everything that everyone says or does. Troy is her best friend and if she wants his attention, she just hollers his name until he answers her. Weston is her baby and she has taken to calling him "bubba" or "buddy" (we can't really figure out which one it is, it could quite possibly be she calls him both of those) and shakes her finger and says "no, no, no" if he is up to no good! Her therapists are extremely happy with her progress. She has met all her goals for PT and OT. We are having the big meeting with the 3 therapists and program coordinator to re-assess her goals, give her new goals and talk about school this friday. Once she turns 3 she is no longer eligible for their program anymore. SO, she has to go to school to receive therapy. I can't believe in 6 months she'll be in "school".
Weston is growing like a crazy weed. He's doing great. He's learned the art of throwing temper tantrums. He's rather good at it if I do say so myself. He will turn 1 tomorrow. I can't believe it. The year has flown right on by. I find myself sometimes thinking that I hardly spent any time with him before he went to bed. I've worked hard to try and change that.
This past weekend we had his first birthday party. It went well. I was thrown for a loop 2 hours before the party started, which upset me miserably and tossed me into a migraine that I had to force myself through. I am lucky that I had Kristopher to run home to pick up the things that I forgot about. I put on my smile and by the end of the night was extremely exhausted. We had our nephews, Isaac and Noah stay over for a sleep over after the party. Noah so graciously woke everyone in the house at 4:45 on Sunday so we started our day then and didn't end it until 11 that night. We all slept pretty good last night.
I have lots of pictures to upload and someday we will find the camera cord to upload them from the camera. Right now I am sorry, but I don't have any. SOON, I PROMISE!
Kristopher is back to working overtime on Saturdays. The paychecks at the end of the week are nice but we miss him more than he probably knows.
I am working hard but at times feel like I am hardly working, if that makes sense. I just never see an end to the pile. My fight with migraines continues except not as often. Stress induces them big time! I keep telling myself that I need to be doing something differently to reduce all the stress but haven't had much luck. It seems that if I detour from our daily routine, I am socked with one. This past weekend was hard but I made it through!
Troy is at the age of total meltdowns and total highs and there is no inbetween, just those. He be extremely happy one minute and the next he's crying about something. He's a great kid once you see beyond that. His vocabulary is outstanding! He's been potty trained for quite a while now and what a blessing that is. We're hoping to have him start school this fall. It's a program for 3 year olds at St. Rose called Little Lambs. I had them add him to the list last year just not quite sure when he will start. He's much great big helper. He's also has a great big sassy mouth at times. His famous line tonight was, "Please mom, give me another chance..." That was chance number 126,436,212. LOL! Troy is a good 36 inches and 34 lbs. He's tall and lean and quite mighty.
Rylee is probably doing the best out of all of us for once! She's walking and talking and has been seizure free for almost a month and a half. She is great with her manners. She points out body parts and sings. She still has a version of her own language but we can pick up English words at times. She still has to point at what she wants a lot of the time and that frustrates her that most of the time we have absolutely no idea what she is trying to tell us. She is sensitive and it's easy to hurt her feelings. She schmoozes her way into what she wants. That seems to be the way it works most of the time. She is 18 lbs, 6 oz and 29.5 inches. She wears size 12 month clothes, only for the length, and size 2 shoes. She is currently in a size 3 diaper. She is small and disgustingly thin but just seems to have hit a snag in the weight gain. (The only ones gaining any weight from this high calorie diet are Kristopher and I and we don't need it!) She has an infectious laugh and copies everything that everyone says or does. Troy is her best friend and if she wants his attention, she just hollers his name until he answers her. Weston is her baby and she has taken to calling him "bubba" or "buddy" (we can't really figure out which one it is, it could quite possibly be she calls him both of those) and shakes her finger and says "no, no, no" if he is up to no good! Her therapists are extremely happy with her progress. She has met all her goals for PT and OT. We are having the big meeting with the 3 therapists and program coordinator to re-assess her goals, give her new goals and talk about school this friday. Once she turns 3 she is no longer eligible for their program anymore. SO, she has to go to school to receive therapy. I can't believe in 6 months she'll be in "school".
Weston is growing like a crazy weed. He's doing great. He's learned the art of throwing temper tantrums. He's rather good at it if I do say so myself. He will turn 1 tomorrow. I can't believe it. The year has flown right on by. I find myself sometimes thinking that I hardly spent any time with him before he went to bed. I've worked hard to try and change that.
This past weekend we had his first birthday party. It went well. I was thrown for a loop 2 hours before the party started, which upset me miserably and tossed me into a migraine that I had to force myself through. I am lucky that I had Kristopher to run home to pick up the things that I forgot about. I put on my smile and by the end of the night was extremely exhausted. We had our nephews, Isaac and Noah stay over for a sleep over after the party. Noah so graciously woke everyone in the house at 4:45 on Sunday so we started our day then and didn't end it until 11 that night. We all slept pretty good last night.
I have lots of pictures to upload and someday we will find the camera cord to upload them from the camera. Right now I am sorry, but I don't have any. SOON, I PROMISE!
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