Baby G has been sick. Poor little peanut! First it was troubles feeding gagging choking projectile spitting. next we went for a well baby check up and ended up speding an entire (10 hours) day in the hospital for what turned out to be no reason at all. then we continued with feeding issues that landed us in the urgent care clinic to find he has thrush. As I sat in the waiting room of the clinic I kept thinking how awful it is to sit in an urgent care waiting room. I looked about and saw at least 15 very ill people and kept thinking this poor little peanut is being exposed to all this crud....then within 3 days it started. a terrible cough that scared me so much I took him back to the clinic. seriously got no good answers. As the last few days have unfolded, he has gotten worse, coughing, toxic green snot cranky as can be not sleeping at night crying all the time. Yet none, not oneof the symptoms the clinic doc told me to look for has shown itself so we sit, we rock, we suction, we pray and we DO NOT SLEEP....poor little peanut. Dec. 3 turned 1 month old and he is sick.
Baby J has managed to realatively healthy. He has had a cold but nothing to be worried about. WHEW!!
We were blessed this week with a freshly cut Christmas tree. I am SO excited. currently it is laying in the middle of my living room floor because it is too big for the stand I have.....but it smells heavenly! so big and full and beautiful! We were Blessed by dear friends last year with a lovely prelit tree which sadly was in the Christmas closet when we had our flood this past summer. 2 floods, 2 years in a row, 2 Christmas trees lost. I am kind of excited to try some new traditions this year....
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
fall is the season of change....
I am so thankful God blessed us with the opportunity to get away in the middle of October. So many changes are happening all around me I needed a breather to regroup and refresh my soul.
Changes....
Dominique went on an amazing European tour, had the time of his life and when he returned took the next step into adulthood and moved into an apartment with friends. I could not be more proud of the man he is becoming. A man of integrity, a man you can trust athis word and with your life, he is faithful, honest and one of the most caring compassionate people I know. He is the best biggest brother ever. I know if anything ever happened to us he would without hesitation step up and take excellent care of his brothers and sisters.
Madison. I wish I had amazing news to share. here is the version I wish I could share. ~Madison came home!She has admitted herself into a program and is doing FABULOUS, she is working diligently on her GED and is focused on a bright future. We are so very proud that she has finally realized her great potential, the light we have always seen in her and missed so much is back and shining brighter than ever before. God has HUGE plansfor my girl and her life and I am proud to report she has finally come to see her own goodness and potential and is well on her way to fulfilling all that God has planned for her life~ one day I will write this or some amazing variation....but sadly today I will report that not much has changed. She is still running from herself she is still hopping from place to place. We really arent sure of where she is, we hear rumors but no real truth. please pray for my beautiful girl. I last saw her early in June when we had our flood.
Isaiah. Is back to being homeschooled. It has been a huge adjustment. He misses his friends a lot but is settling into a good routine. We have applied to re-enroll in the SEP homeschool program and are awaiting the decision from the state office. Until then, he is plugging away. He has found that he has much more free time to devote to Legos and gaming. He is determined to woirk for the Lego company someday so I am trying to convince him to take a foreign language....Isaiah has been a HUGE help to me with Burrito and the babies! I dont know how I could stay sane without him!
Elijah. Conferences went fabulous! He is an excellent student and all his teachers had wonderful things to say about his character and caring nature. He has recovered nicely from a baseball injury and is back in practice fulltime. Elijah LOVES to be outdoors and is so good about taking Burrito out to play any time. The crazy boy also decided recently it would be a great idea to climb one of our pine trees. When I found him he was very near the tippy top of the tree. Talk about ehart failure!!! he is officially banned from climbing pine trees. FOR LIFE!~
Amaris. She is getting more and more creative every day! She is teaching herself how to knit, has made all kinds of creations out of cut up old tshirts. It is so much fun to see all the new ideas she can come up with. Amaris has also gotten quite good at nail designs. How in the world she could possibly be so girly in the middle of all these boys is beyonde me! Spinning frilly sparkly dresses, glitter shiney and sparkle thats my girl!!
Sam. Smart. Intelligent. creative. My Sam has busted out into this creating building inventing machine! He loves to take wood and creat forts and castles in the yard. He is always slaying dragons or defeating the evil army who tries to invade our yard. I love to watch him play through the window. I wish I had the ability to throw myself so completely into my imagination like him!
Burrito. With school supporting us and working along side us, with therapy and services in place our little Burrito is making progress. We still ahve a long way to go but we see so amn y possitives and are very encoraged that if we continue to implement all the recommendations and strategies that have benn given to us we are hopeful for his continued growth and improvement. On a side note....he is completely taken with the Christmas season. Loves driving through town looking at all the lights, loves singing Christmas music and SO excited to decorate the house this weekend!
Baby J. Arrived in our home May 1 at 4 weeks old, he turned 8 months old Dec. 1 nad is an absolute JOY! He is developing such a personality, he is funny, sweet natured loves to snuggle and sleeps alll night. a few recent high lights....he got a new bouncing toy from some amazing ladies at the YESS shelter! he learend to crawl on his 8 month birthday! What a big boy!! We love him so much!
Baby G....yep! You read that correctly! Baby G was born on November 3. I picked him up from the hospital on November 4. He is a tiny little peanut, has been sick, struggles to learn to feed correctly, doesnt sleep more than an hour or 2 at a time BUT he is super sweet and we are all in love! again.....
Amazingly....it works. I was a little nervous at first accepting another baby while we still have Baby J I wasnt sure how Burrito would handle the addition. But he has blown my mind, he is so sweet and gentle and loving. I am sure it helps that the kids are all very helpful and love the babies as much as I do.
Changes....
Dominique went on an amazing European tour, had the time of his life and when he returned took the next step into adulthood and moved into an apartment with friends. I could not be more proud of the man he is becoming. A man of integrity, a man you can trust athis word and with your life, he is faithful, honest and one of the most caring compassionate people I know. He is the best biggest brother ever. I know if anything ever happened to us he would without hesitation step up and take excellent care of his brothers and sisters.
Madison. I wish I had amazing news to share. here is the version I wish I could share. ~Madison came home!She has admitted herself into a program and is doing FABULOUS, she is working diligently on her GED and is focused on a bright future. We are so very proud that she has finally realized her great potential, the light we have always seen in her and missed so much is back and shining brighter than ever before. God has HUGE plansfor my girl and her life and I am proud to report she has finally come to see her own goodness and potential and is well on her way to fulfilling all that God has planned for her life~ one day I will write this or some amazing variation....but sadly today I will report that not much has changed. She is still running from herself she is still hopping from place to place. We really arent sure of where she is, we hear rumors but no real truth. please pray for my beautiful girl. I last saw her early in June when we had our flood.
Isaiah. Is back to being homeschooled. It has been a huge adjustment. He misses his friends a lot but is settling into a good routine. We have applied to re-enroll in the SEP homeschool program and are awaiting the decision from the state office. Until then, he is plugging away. He has found that he has much more free time to devote to Legos and gaming. He is determined to woirk for the Lego company someday so I am trying to convince him to take a foreign language....Isaiah has been a HUGE help to me with Burrito and the babies! I dont know how I could stay sane without him!
Elijah. Conferences went fabulous! He is an excellent student and all his teachers had wonderful things to say about his character and caring nature. He has recovered nicely from a baseball injury and is back in practice fulltime. Elijah LOVES to be outdoors and is so good about taking Burrito out to play any time. The crazy boy also decided recently it would be a great idea to climb one of our pine trees. When I found him he was very near the tippy top of the tree. Talk about ehart failure!!! he is officially banned from climbing pine trees. FOR LIFE!~
Amaris. She is getting more and more creative every day! She is teaching herself how to knit, has made all kinds of creations out of cut up old tshirts. It is so much fun to see all the new ideas she can come up with. Amaris has also gotten quite good at nail designs. How in the world she could possibly be so girly in the middle of all these boys is beyonde me! Spinning frilly sparkly dresses, glitter shiney and sparkle thats my girl!!
Sam. Smart. Intelligent. creative. My Sam has busted out into this creating building inventing machine! He loves to take wood and creat forts and castles in the yard. He is always slaying dragons or defeating the evil army who tries to invade our yard. I love to watch him play through the window. I wish I had the ability to throw myself so completely into my imagination like him!
Burrito. With school supporting us and working along side us, with therapy and services in place our little Burrito is making progress. We still ahve a long way to go but we see so amn y possitives and are very encoraged that if we continue to implement all the recommendations and strategies that have benn given to us we are hopeful for his continued growth and improvement. On a side note....he is completely taken with the Christmas season. Loves driving through town looking at all the lights, loves singing Christmas music and SO excited to decorate the house this weekend!
Baby J. Arrived in our home May 1 at 4 weeks old, he turned 8 months old Dec. 1 nad is an absolute JOY! He is developing such a personality, he is funny, sweet natured loves to snuggle and sleeps alll night. a few recent high lights....he got a new bouncing toy from some amazing ladies at the YESS shelter! he learend to crawl on his 8 month birthday! What a big boy!! We love him so much!
Baby G....yep! You read that correctly! Baby G was born on November 3. I picked him up from the hospital on November 4. He is a tiny little peanut, has been sick, struggles to learn to feed correctly, doesnt sleep more than an hour or 2 at a time BUT he is super sweet and we are all in love! again.....
Amazingly....it works. I was a little nervous at first accepting another baby while we still have Baby J I wasnt sure how Burrito would handle the addition. But he has blown my mind, he is so sweet and gentle and loving. I am sure it helps that the kids are all very helpful and love the babies as much as I do.
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