My baby is 21 mths old. I can not believe how fast the little guy is growing up. He has such a funny personality. He is always happy and smiling. He is finally really starting to talk. He was doing really well, and then took a 5 mth hiatas :)
Some of his new words in the past few weeks:
Bible
Bubbles
Uh oh!
Oh No!
No!
Dada (already could say it, but now says it all the time and to Shane)
Ice
Slide
Yellow
Baby
Doggy
cookie
cracker
sucker
Meme (blanket)
Papa
Mimi
Dirty
pee pee
poo poo
There is so many more, but I can not think off the top of my head.
You are obsessed with baseball. You actually can hit the ball when thrown to you. You have several bats, balls, batting helmet. Your favorite is a short, red bat that Carolyn gave you, and a small basketball. When we throw it to you, you swing your bat and hit maybe 15 % of the time. It is really cool. I still havent caught it on video, but we are so proud of you. You are proud too, and get really excited. I think you would play baseball all day if we let you. You are always carrying your bat and ball. You have a ball pit that you love to play in as well. It is a messy toy, but you love it, so it is worth it.
You also love to watch Yo Gabba Gabba!! It is your favorite tv show. You sit quietly and watch it and jump up at times and dance. It is cute!!
You LOVE hats!!! You want to wear them ALL the time. One day, you put one on before we went to school, and you would not take it off. You wore it to class and kept it on all day! They said you even slept in it. HA!!
You are having better days at school. You are finally adjusting to being away from Mommy. It is a nice little break, but I admit, I sure do miss your smile, and laughter. You have two sweet teachers.. Ms.Shannon and Ms. Leslie. They are both really good with trying to divert your attention. You sleep like a big boy on your nap mat. It is so cute to walk into the room and see you and your little friends snuggled up on your mats. Precious!!
Next week is Costume parade at school. I am looking forward to dressing you and Hayden up and seeing you guys march around!
You can climb to the top of the big slide structures Papa built. It always makes me nervous, but you do such a good job. You sometimes even get to the top of the wavy slide and hang from it like a monkey. You are so strong. It is crazy.
You love your puppy, Sandy. She likes to give you kisses, and you just laugh and giggle. You are getting much better at petting her instead of swatting her.
We go on alot of bike rides and you always enjoy sitting back behind mommy. You are not crazy about the bike stroller, but I think you will get use to it the more we use it. It was a bit bouncy the other day when daddy took you on an adventure with the big kids.
You wake up every morning, ready to see EVERYONES faces. You look eagerly around wanting to see everyone. You also are ready to eat breakfast (yum yum) first thing. Little Piggy!
You let us know when you have a dirty diaper. You either say, dirty, pee pee, or poo poo. When you toot, you think you went potty, and say "dirty". It is cute!! I probably need to start potty training with you, but I think we will wait until after the holidays. Too much going on.
Your birth mommy is doing well. She finished school and is looking for a job so she can make a home for you guys. She loves you, and has really shown more devotion lately.
Anyways, my little love. I am so thankful to have you in my life. You are so special, and have been such a blessing over the past 21 mths. Looking forward to more special memories with you.
Love, Mommy Misty
Thursday, October 25, 2012
October 2012
October has been a very interesting month for us. The kids and I spent two weeks sick while Shane was out of town. Mom came up to help me out so I could get some rest. In two weeks, we went to the doctor 8 times with diagnoses as strained knee/thigh from ballet, Pneumonia, anemia, severe bronchitis, croup, and sprained/strained elbow (Shane took kids skating- hayden fell back on his arm). The first two trips resulted in being sent home saying they were both okay. Two days later, we made a trip to Care Now with Pneumonia. I was a bit irritated with our pediatrician to say the least. Hannah was having head pain/tingling for a few days, then woke up one morning and stood up from breakfast and almost fell. I said, "Are you ok Hannah?" She was zoned out and I finally got her to respond to me. She said her thigh hurt and was tingling. If I took the pressure off her leg she felt better, but as soon as I made her put weight on it she would almost fall and said it hurt. This went on for 3 1/2 hours before we were able to get into the doctor.
I also went to my MS Specialists 3 times. Two Regular appts and an MRI. Found out my MRI was not very good, and had many new lesions, which are contributing to my congnitive issues and other symptoms. A new MS therapy BG12 will be approved in December and able to be prescribed in January. This is the new route my Specialists wants to take. I was also diagnosed with a Virus that lives in your system that anyone can get. It is not an issue for "healthy" people, but for someone with MS is can be serious. I can not go on an immunosuppressant therapy long term due the fact that the virus can make me really sick. So, my therapy options are limited. I was put on a high potency oral steroid to keep my body from having new relapses/lesions until I can get on my new therapy in January. It started out well, but didnt have a taper, so my body went into shock. Been really sick this week with some terrible symptoms. I have now started my 14 day taper and hoping to start feeling better soon so I can enjoy my life and my family. I hate feeling sick and zoned. Lets just say 3 1/2 weeks of October have been almost wasted. I had so many fun things I "wanted" to do with the kids. I guess some of it will just have to be done in November, right? I am also on 10,000 Ui of D3. My Vitamin D levels were normal for a "healthy" person, but or someone with MS they were considered low. So, I am taking a good deal of Vitamin D. I am a walking pharmacy :)
On a different note... Hailey tried out for the Spelling Bee again this year, and made the team. They will be competing sometime in January. She is excited. She didn't think she did very well.
The Fourth graders went to Camp Carter on Tuesday 10-23, and had a great time. They didn't get back until about 6:40 pm. Hailey was really excited and had some fun stories to share. Looking forward to seeing the pictures one of her friends mom took of them. They played games, archery, nature hikes, and all kinds of outdoor fun!
Our weekends have been crazy busy with Nutcracker Rehearsals from 9-1:30 on Saturdays and Baseball games in between. We haven't been doing too much other than that. Just trying to spend some family time in between riding bikes and stuff.
Last weekend, we went to Avery Minters 7th Birthday Party. The kids had a great time with their buddies. It was a movie party, so they danced, ate popcorn, watched a movie, had pizza, cupcakes and just played. It was fun!! Sunday, I was sick from my steroid meds, but Shane took the kids to church, Averys Baptism, Baptism Lunch at Burger King and then Hannahs friend (Hannah Johnson) ice skating party. I will say they had a VERY busy Sunday!! I am thankful for such an amazing Husband.
Monday morning 10-22, I went the the dentist to get two temporary crowns and Shane took Hayden to Care Now. He was complaining of his chest hurting. He doesn't have pneumonia, but it is a little cloudy. He did have strep though. See, I said we cant catch a break this October!!
This weekend is going to be all about Birthday parties and hopefully getting our pumpkins carved. Love this time of year!!!
Okay, I think I updated our month so far. I am sure I missed some stuff, but I have brain fog. I can barely walk from one side of the room to the other and remember what I was doing. Ha!!!
I also went to my MS Specialists 3 times. Two Regular appts and an MRI. Found out my MRI was not very good, and had many new lesions, which are contributing to my congnitive issues and other symptoms. A new MS therapy BG12 will be approved in December and able to be prescribed in January. This is the new route my Specialists wants to take. I was also diagnosed with a Virus that lives in your system that anyone can get. It is not an issue for "healthy" people, but for someone with MS is can be serious. I can not go on an immunosuppressant therapy long term due the fact that the virus can make me really sick. So, my therapy options are limited. I was put on a high potency oral steroid to keep my body from having new relapses/lesions until I can get on my new therapy in January. It started out well, but didnt have a taper, so my body went into shock. Been really sick this week with some terrible symptoms. I have now started my 14 day taper and hoping to start feeling better soon so I can enjoy my life and my family. I hate feeling sick and zoned. Lets just say 3 1/2 weeks of October have been almost wasted. I had so many fun things I "wanted" to do with the kids. I guess some of it will just have to be done in November, right? I am also on 10,000 Ui of D3. My Vitamin D levels were normal for a "healthy" person, but or someone with MS they were considered low. So, I am taking a good deal of Vitamin D. I am a walking pharmacy :)
On a different note... Hailey tried out for the Spelling Bee again this year, and made the team. They will be competing sometime in January. She is excited. She didn't think she did very well.
The Fourth graders went to Camp Carter on Tuesday 10-23, and had a great time. They didn't get back until about 6:40 pm. Hailey was really excited and had some fun stories to share. Looking forward to seeing the pictures one of her friends mom took of them. They played games, archery, nature hikes, and all kinds of outdoor fun!
Our weekends have been crazy busy with Nutcracker Rehearsals from 9-1:30 on Saturdays and Baseball games in between. We haven't been doing too much other than that. Just trying to spend some family time in between riding bikes and stuff.
Last weekend, we went to Avery Minters 7th Birthday Party. The kids had a great time with their buddies. It was a movie party, so they danced, ate popcorn, watched a movie, had pizza, cupcakes and just played. It was fun!! Sunday, I was sick from my steroid meds, but Shane took the kids to church, Averys Baptism, Baptism Lunch at Burger King and then Hannahs friend (Hannah Johnson) ice skating party. I will say they had a VERY busy Sunday!! I am thankful for such an amazing Husband.
Monday morning 10-22, I went the the dentist to get two temporary crowns and Shane took Hayden to Care Now. He was complaining of his chest hurting. He doesn't have pneumonia, but it is a little cloudy. He did have strep though. See, I said we cant catch a break this October!!
This weekend is going to be all about Birthday parties and hopefully getting our pumpkins carved. Love this time of year!!!
Okay, I think I updated our month so far. I am sure I missed some stuff, but I have brain fog. I can barely walk from one side of the room to the other and remember what I was doing. Ha!!!
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