since I have updated my blog :)
Let's see, Travis graduated with his associates a couple weeks ago. We are greatful to have hit this milestone. Now just to get his Bachelors done.
Mikayla has only two weeks left in the second grade. We have decided to pull her out of Vista and put her back in the public school system. There are just too many pros about taking her out of Vista it makes the choice easy.
Rylan went and had allergy testing done again, just the environmental. When they did it the first time he was too young and had a delayed result leaving us all wondering what he was allergic to. Out of the 24 test he is allergic to 17. Crazy. They give you a score for each test. The first number is the size of the welt and the second is the redness. His dairy and tree nut were a 5/5 and they were concerned enough to prescribe an epi-pen. Well, most of the environmental were the same numbers some slightly higher but one. The white ash tree he had a 10/20. The welt was about the size of a quarter. His whole back broke out in a bad rash for several days even with Px cream and benadryl. So now he is on double dose Zyrtec, vira mist and singular.
I am just plugging alone hoping time passes by quickly until our new arrival. No names have been picked yet for our little girl. It is a harder task than we ever imagined. I will update some more later. I have had this saved and on my screen for the last three days. :) I will publish it now :)
Friday, May 14, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Boy oh Boy...
...we are having a GIRL!!!
I thought I really wanted a boy so Rylan and the baby could play and be close to each other. Over the last week I have been convincing myself that it was a girl so I wouldn't be disappointed. When we were at the ultra sound the tech looked at Travis and I and said...congratulations, your having a little girl, I was ecstatic! I couldn't believe how happy I was that it was a girl. Now we just have to start thinking of a name. :)
I thought I really wanted a boy so Rylan and the baby could play and be close to each other. Over the last week I have been convincing myself that it was a girl so I wouldn't be disappointed. When we were at the ultra sound the tech looked at Travis and I and said...congratulations, your having a little girl, I was ecstatic! I couldn't believe how happy I was that it was a girl. Now we just have to start thinking of a name. :)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Vent, sorry
OK, so this is more of a vent session than anything else and I am hoping it will help me feel better.
Sometimes people say and do things and it seriously makes me feel like I am back in high school. There were only a couple times I can remember drama plaguing my friends in HS but man...I thought those days were over. I struggle knowing the right thing to do when someone tells someone else something false about me. I have been faced with this kind of thing time and time again over the years and it is starting to make me want to cut myself off from the situation. But that is a whole lot easier said than done. Part of me wants to nip it in the butt and go straight to the source but the other part of me doesn't want to feed the drama and find out that that source really wasn't the source. I want to be Christ-like but I also want this to stop. I am tired of people believing what they hear and it makes me question if they really know me at all. I love peace and am a non confrontational person. I do not do well when people say things about me that are false and I don't do well with drama. I just wish I knew how to stop rumors and drama and create peace and love instead. Maybe one of these days I will know the secret to this problem but until then maybe I am just supposed to endure and not forget who I am. Life :)
Sometimes people say and do things and it seriously makes me feel like I am back in high school. There were only a couple times I can remember drama plaguing my friends in HS but man...I thought those days were over. I struggle knowing the right thing to do when someone tells someone else something false about me. I have been faced with this kind of thing time and time again over the years and it is starting to make me want to cut myself off from the situation. But that is a whole lot easier said than done. Part of me wants to nip it in the butt and go straight to the source but the other part of me doesn't want to feed the drama and find out that that source really wasn't the source. I want to be Christ-like but I also want this to stop. I am tired of people believing what they hear and it makes me question if they really know me at all. I love peace and am a non confrontational person. I do not do well when people say things about me that are false and I don't do well with drama. I just wish I knew how to stop rumors and drama and create peace and love instead. Maybe one of these days I will know the secret to this problem but until then maybe I am just supposed to endure and not forget who I am. Life :)
Monday, February 1, 2010
Happy February!
Another month gone and I wish I could say it went by fast but unfortunately it did not. Hopefully this month will go by faster especially since there are only 28 days. This week is full of eventful "stuff". I will be reminded that I will only have one year left to enjoy my twenties, Mikayla turns seven, I hit my three month mark (yay!) and we are going to attempt to have a sleep over for Mikayla's Birthday party. Luckily I told her she could only invite four friends. It should be fun :)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Serious need to update!
I know it has been a while since I have posted a good update but due to my current mood and state of being it has been hard to find the desire to do so. As most may have noticed, due to my new little ticker up top, we are expecting our third baby.
By far this one has been the hardest pregnancy. Right off the bat I have been sick and have had a really hard time tolerating smells. Although an iron stomach may be nice at times, it can also bite you in the butt. I have had many, many false alarms but once I see the toilet my body freezes up and I can't do it. I wish I wasn't so afraid, yes...afraid to throw up. Maybe if I would get over it I would feel a little better. But no, I have had to rely on a little, or long, nap to sleep it off.
I also have had zero energy. At the end of my day I look at how much I wish I could have done around the house but was not able to do. It is both frustrating and overwhelmingly stressful seeing how untidy my house is. I only have two more weeks to get through before "they say" it will get better. I am looking forward to going on a deep cleaning rampage and getting things done, finally.
This pregnancy has also been very stressful due to being pregnant back in 2008 and loosing the baby early on. I have a lot of empathy for women who go through that now, having had gone through it for myself. I never would have imagined it to be so hard to deal with. What made that worse was it was a surprise pregnancy. I was having a hard time wrapping my head around it and once I finally was happy and excited I lost it. With this baby we have had a lot of scares. Early on we thought we were loosing it but after lots of blood work and an ultra sound we were put to ease for a week or so that is. Then it started again and we thought for sure we were dealing with a repeat. It was so hard to think about that because it had taken us so long to get pregnant. A trip to the doctors office and a heartbeat later we came to the conclusion that this was just how it was and the baby would be fine. I felt that and knew that all would be ok.
But enough about me :)
Travis started another semester of school. He will finally have his Associates this spring and then we can move on and get his Bachelors done. It seems as if he has been in school forever. But I guess that is what happens when you can only do part time. He is still over at St. George Ford and at this point I am thinking there must be a reason he is still there. We have been trying with all of our might to move on to something else but it seems this is where he needs to be.
Mikayla is half way done with the first grade. We are needing to decide with in the next week or two, if we are going to keep her at Vista Charter or move her back into a public school. There are pro's and con's to both. Staying would mean she is going to be given the opportunity to learn a lot of things. They are teaching typing, technology, yoga, musical theater, ballet, voice, as well as there academics and many other things. I like the idea behind the uniforms. I like the private school atmosphere. They also have some very wonderful teachers that love the kids and their job. The con's are the drive to get out there. Right now I am car pooling but there has been a lot of unnecessary drama with the car pool moms that I strongly dislike. I never take them in the morning but I am always picking them up. It uses up a lot more gas than I would like. Waiting for other kids that are not yours and dealing with their bad behavior can be a bit much as well. Once I have the baby I can't car pool anymore. My kids alone will fill up the car leaving only one spot for an older child in the front seat. The school is also very new, this is their first year. They still have a lot to figure out and there have been a lot of things promised but no follow through. Most of the kids in Mikayla's school don't live in our area. Therefore she doesn't get to know kids in our area that would be in her public school and those she knows and befriends don't play outside of school because of the distance and parents don't know each other. Also, all homework is done on-line. For the first grade it is their reading. They have to listen to a book, then read the book, then answer questions. I love reading with her but doing it on-line is a challenge because we can't involve Rylan. It is just a lot harder than if they had take home books. We have a lot to think about :)
Rylan is doing well. Before we told him we were expecting he wanted nothing to do with babies. If you put one next to him he would freak out and start saying "I don't like babies, take it away!" LOL. He is slowly warming up to the idea. He is determined for it to be a boy. He wants someone to play with especially since sister doesn't like to play with him. She is more into the barbies and princesses not trains and trucks. We had another test done in December to check his hydronephrosis and are still waiting to hear back from the specialist. Hopefully all is well. :)
Ok, that is going to have to do for now :)
By far this one has been the hardest pregnancy. Right off the bat I have been sick and have had a really hard time tolerating smells. Although an iron stomach may be nice at times, it can also bite you in the butt. I have had many, many false alarms but once I see the toilet my body freezes up and I can't do it. I wish I wasn't so afraid, yes...afraid to throw up. Maybe if I would get over it I would feel a little better. But no, I have had to rely on a little, or long, nap to sleep it off.
I also have had zero energy. At the end of my day I look at how much I wish I could have done around the house but was not able to do. It is both frustrating and overwhelmingly stressful seeing how untidy my house is. I only have two more weeks to get through before "they say" it will get better. I am looking forward to going on a deep cleaning rampage and getting things done, finally.
This pregnancy has also been very stressful due to being pregnant back in 2008 and loosing the baby early on. I have a lot of empathy for women who go through that now, having had gone through it for myself. I never would have imagined it to be so hard to deal with. What made that worse was it was a surprise pregnancy. I was having a hard time wrapping my head around it and once I finally was happy and excited I lost it. With this baby we have had a lot of scares. Early on we thought we were loosing it but after lots of blood work and an ultra sound we were put to ease for a week or so that is. Then it started again and we thought for sure we were dealing with a repeat. It was so hard to think about that because it had taken us so long to get pregnant. A trip to the doctors office and a heartbeat later we came to the conclusion that this was just how it was and the baby would be fine. I felt that and knew that all would be ok.
But enough about me :)
Travis started another semester of school. He will finally have his Associates this spring and then we can move on and get his Bachelors done. It seems as if he has been in school forever. But I guess that is what happens when you can only do part time. He is still over at St. George Ford and at this point I am thinking there must be a reason he is still there. We have been trying with all of our might to move on to something else but it seems this is where he needs to be.
Mikayla is half way done with the first grade. We are needing to decide with in the next week or two, if we are going to keep her at Vista Charter or move her back into a public school. There are pro's and con's to both. Staying would mean she is going to be given the opportunity to learn a lot of things. They are teaching typing, technology, yoga, musical theater, ballet, voice, as well as there academics and many other things. I like the idea behind the uniforms. I like the private school atmosphere. They also have some very wonderful teachers that love the kids and their job. The con's are the drive to get out there. Right now I am car pooling but there has been a lot of unnecessary drama with the car pool moms that I strongly dislike. I never take them in the morning but I am always picking them up. It uses up a lot more gas than I would like. Waiting for other kids that are not yours and dealing with their bad behavior can be a bit much as well. Once I have the baby I can't car pool anymore. My kids alone will fill up the car leaving only one spot for an older child in the front seat. The school is also very new, this is their first year. They still have a lot to figure out and there have been a lot of things promised but no follow through. Most of the kids in Mikayla's school don't live in our area. Therefore she doesn't get to know kids in our area that would be in her public school and those she knows and befriends don't play outside of school because of the distance and parents don't know each other. Also, all homework is done on-line. For the first grade it is their reading. They have to listen to a book, then read the book, then answer questions. I love reading with her but doing it on-line is a challenge because we can't involve Rylan. It is just a lot harder than if they had take home books. We have a lot to think about :)
Rylan is doing well. Before we told him we were expecting he wanted nothing to do with babies. If you put one next to him he would freak out and start saying "I don't like babies, take it away!" LOL. He is slowly warming up to the idea. He is determined for it to be a boy. He wants someone to play with especially since sister doesn't like to play with him. She is more into the barbies and princesses not trains and trucks. We had another test done in December to check his hydronephrosis and are still waiting to hear back from the specialist. Hopefully all is well. :)
Ok, that is going to have to do for now :)
Monday, December 21, 2009
All I want for Christmas...
...is my top left tooth!
She is trying really hard to wiggle the other out before Christmas gets here but I don't think it will work :)
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