So nothing really new...
Taysen is acting great...hasnt really had too much of a problem with his tubes. He doesnt like the drops I have to put in his ears, but the Dr. said he wouldnt. Anyhow, Im not really even giving him any tylenol/ibuprofen just because he isnt acting like he needs it.
Rowan...really crabby this evening...after the kids bath, I was getting her dried off...I put on her diaper and then wiped her head down with the towel to dry her hair, well she got ticked off about it...oh well...I put on her lotion...she was still mad...but not crying to any alarming extent. Well then I was rubbing her lotion into her arms, and she starting crying to the point where she is holding her breath...I didnt think anything of it, she does this sometimes when she isnt getting her way...well then I hold her up and say "Rowan!" because she was still holding her breath! She finally gasped and sobbed for like a half of a second and then was really quiet and looked like she was sleeping! I screamed at her and shook her (not like shaking baby syndrome shaking, but enough to try to get her attention...) and she snapped out of it...then she started screaming like crazy. I have no idea what the heck she was doing! I have heard of kids getting so pissed they scream themselves unconsious...but it was just freaky! I was worried I was going to have to take her to the ER she was freaking me out so bad. But after she finally stopped crying, she started acting normal, so who the heck knows what she was doing. It scared me though!!! If she does that again, Im so spanking her!! (Just kidding...lol) Anyhow, she isnt sick or anything like that...she was totally just not getting her way...but it was so weird. She better never do that again or I will be afraid to make her mad!
Ok...anyhow...I guess thats it. I thought Id add a few pics too. (Now that I finally figured that out. Haha)
August 20, 2008
August 18, 2008
Rowan's cast off/Taysen's tubes in
The past week has been pretty busy. Catching up on work from being on vacation. Rowan got her cast off on Thursday morning. The X-rays show her bone is healed perfectly...they want to check it in 3 months to make sure its growing correctly, but after that X-ray, as long as everything looks good still, she will be all done with the leg drama. :) Yay!
Then Thursday night we went to the fair in Pemberville, the little town Josh's parents live in. Taysen's grandparents (Joshs parents) bought tickets for him to ride rides. He rode the carousel 5 or 6 times! He loved it. All of the other rides just looked too big for him. He wasn't sure about the carousel the first few seconds of his first ride...but after that he loved it, and every time it stopped he freaked out wanting back on. Man that was a long nite! LOL! Luckily his grandparents are saps for the kids and kept buying tickets until mommy couldnt stand going around in circles anymore. I seriously had a pounding headache! Anyhow...it was fun and a new thing to do with the kiddos. Yes even Rowan rode and loved it too. :)
Saturday we went back out to Pemberville for the Parade (for the fair week.) Taysen loved it and collected a bunch of candy in a cool little Cars bag that I picked up for him. It was hilarious because he tried to walk away with a few of the marching bands. LOL! He was so cute running out to pick up the candy that was thrown from the floats. :) Then we went back up to the fair, my parents and Hayden went this time and lucky for Josh and me, they are saps for the kids too and bought a bunch of tickets for the rides. (Those silly rides cost like 3 bucks per kid to ride!! Totally crazy for a two minute ride for a toddler!) Anyhow, with Hayden there, I felt that Taysen might ride some of the bigger rides since he sort of looks up to Hayden. :) (Its quite adorable actually...Hayden pets Taysens head, and Taysen just lets him do whatever...its so funny...) Anyhow there was this Firetruck ride that Hayden wanted to do, and Taysen kept screaming "racecar" in his Tater language. So he wanted to do it too. I was totally terrified, because you know how fair rides can be sort of unsafe! Well I put Taysen in the inside of the car because that door didnt open, so he wouldnt be able to get out. Hayden sat on the side with the door. It started up with a jerk, but Taysen and Hayden both loved it! It was so cute! Taysen would scream "Woah!" and "Wheeee" as the trucks went around the track! I was so proud of him because he, at least to me, was being so brave! I thought it was going fast for a kid his size! Anyhow, he ended up riding that 3 more times throughout the evening, and the guy at the ride gave the boys a free ride because Taysen was screaming so much after it ended. Haha...even strangers give in to my childs shreiks! But it was really nice of him to do that. :) Anyhow, Taysen also rode the super slide with Josh and he did the fair version of the Ocean Motion...(like the big boat that swings forward and backward. He loved that too! It was enough that I got a tickle in my stomach when we would rise and fall, and when we did, Taysen would shake his hands and scream because he was so happy! He is going to be a roller coaster lover after all! It was a really great evening.
Well on to this morning. We woke up really early because today was Taysen's ear tube surgery. I was excited because I have been wanting the kid to get tubes for the longest time, just didnt switch peds fast enough! LOL! I was pretty nervous though...just because no matter how small the surgery may be, its still your kid going under! Anyhow, we get there, they weigh him and do all that stuff. Put him in a room and turn on cartoons for him, and lucky for him The Wonder Pets were even on! He loves that show. Then we changed him and a few minutes later they went over the anesthesia paperwork with us. A few minutes after that they came and got him to give him the anesthesia. He didnt even have to have an IV. :) That was the best part...no pokes! A nurse came and got him, he cried when they took him away, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Josh, Me, Rowan, my mom, and Joshs mom all sat watching tv and chatting for I'd say a short 20 minutes at the most, and here comes the Tater...all done! He cried a little bit when he first came back, but that was to be expected. When we got in the van, we started up the Wonder Pets on the DVD player and he went ballistic. We couldnt figure out which episode he wanted...he kept saying "the Roo's" (kangaroos) but even when we would put it on he just screamed like we were idiots because that wasnt the one he wanted...it was like that the whole way home. Im sure he was just anxious and his ears probably hurt. Anyhow, once we got home I forced some Ibuprofen. After a bowl of cereal and about 20 minutes passing, he was as good as new. :) It seemed like he got frustrated easily today, but nothing too out of the norm. He took a nap around noon...slept until 4:00pm. After he woke up, you wouldnt have even known he had anything done today! He didnt really want to eat much after he woke up, but oh well. Thats nothing out of the ordinary. He took a bath, I read some books, and now he is sleeping. :) I think he did great! :) Now, hopefully in a few short weeks, maybe we will notice a change in his speech. We will find out. If not, at least we know that we shouldnt have too many ear infections to deal with anymore, if any at all! That is one great thing! Im soo happy for that...an ear infection every month or two gets old. Well...cross your fingers for the speech aspect of it all!
Well I guess thats it for now...I better get to bed...he has speech therapy in the morning and its getting late! :) I hope youre all doing well! :D
Then Thursday night we went to the fair in Pemberville, the little town Josh's parents live in. Taysen's grandparents (Joshs parents) bought tickets for him to ride rides. He rode the carousel 5 or 6 times! He loved it. All of the other rides just looked too big for him. He wasn't sure about the carousel the first few seconds of his first ride...but after that he loved it, and every time it stopped he freaked out wanting back on. Man that was a long nite! LOL! Luckily his grandparents are saps for the kids and kept buying tickets until mommy couldnt stand going around in circles anymore. I seriously had a pounding headache! Anyhow...it was fun and a new thing to do with the kiddos. Yes even Rowan rode and loved it too. :)
Saturday we went back out to Pemberville for the Parade (for the fair week.) Taysen loved it and collected a bunch of candy in a cool little Cars bag that I picked up for him. It was hilarious because he tried to walk away with a few of the marching bands. LOL! He was so cute running out to pick up the candy that was thrown from the floats. :) Then we went back up to the fair, my parents and Hayden went this time and lucky for Josh and me, they are saps for the kids too and bought a bunch of tickets for the rides. (Those silly rides cost like 3 bucks per kid to ride!! Totally crazy for a two minute ride for a toddler!) Anyhow, with Hayden there, I felt that Taysen might ride some of the bigger rides since he sort of looks up to Hayden. :) (Its quite adorable actually...Hayden pets Taysens head, and Taysen just lets him do whatever...its so funny...) Anyhow there was this Firetruck ride that Hayden wanted to do, and Taysen kept screaming "racecar" in his Tater language. So he wanted to do it too. I was totally terrified, because you know how fair rides can be sort of unsafe! Well I put Taysen in the inside of the car because that door didnt open, so he wouldnt be able to get out. Hayden sat on the side with the door. It started up with a jerk, but Taysen and Hayden both loved it! It was so cute! Taysen would scream "Woah!" and "Wheeee" as the trucks went around the track! I was so proud of him because he, at least to me, was being so brave! I thought it was going fast for a kid his size! Anyhow, he ended up riding that 3 more times throughout the evening, and the guy at the ride gave the boys a free ride because Taysen was screaming so much after it ended. Haha...even strangers give in to my childs shreiks! But it was really nice of him to do that. :) Anyhow, Taysen also rode the super slide with Josh and he did the fair version of the Ocean Motion...(like the big boat that swings forward and backward. He loved that too! It was enough that I got a tickle in my stomach when we would rise and fall, and when we did, Taysen would shake his hands and scream because he was so happy! He is going to be a roller coaster lover after all! It was a really great evening.
Well on to this morning. We woke up really early because today was Taysen's ear tube surgery. I was excited because I have been wanting the kid to get tubes for the longest time, just didnt switch peds fast enough! LOL! I was pretty nervous though...just because no matter how small the surgery may be, its still your kid going under! Anyhow, we get there, they weigh him and do all that stuff. Put him in a room and turn on cartoons for him, and lucky for him The Wonder Pets were even on! He loves that show. Then we changed him and a few minutes later they went over the anesthesia paperwork with us. A few minutes after that they came and got him to give him the anesthesia. He didnt even have to have an IV. :) That was the best part...no pokes! A nurse came and got him, he cried when they took him away, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Josh, Me, Rowan, my mom, and Joshs mom all sat watching tv and chatting for I'd say a short 20 minutes at the most, and here comes the Tater...all done! He cried a little bit when he first came back, but that was to be expected. When we got in the van, we started up the Wonder Pets on the DVD player and he went ballistic. We couldnt figure out which episode he wanted...he kept saying "the Roo's" (kangaroos) but even when we would put it on he just screamed like we were idiots because that wasnt the one he wanted...it was like that the whole way home. Im sure he was just anxious and his ears probably hurt. Anyhow, once we got home I forced some Ibuprofen. After a bowl of cereal and about 20 minutes passing, he was as good as new. :) It seemed like he got frustrated easily today, but nothing too out of the norm. He took a nap around noon...slept until 4:00pm. After he woke up, you wouldnt have even known he had anything done today! He didnt really want to eat much after he woke up, but oh well. Thats nothing out of the ordinary. He took a bath, I read some books, and now he is sleeping. :) I think he did great! :) Now, hopefully in a few short weeks, maybe we will notice a change in his speech. We will find out. If not, at least we know that we shouldnt have too many ear infections to deal with anymore, if any at all! That is one great thing! Im soo happy for that...an ear infection every month or two gets old. Well...cross your fingers for the speech aspect of it all!
Well I guess thats it for now...I better get to bed...he has speech therapy in the morning and its getting late! :) I hope youre all doing well! :D
August 16, 2008
A couple pics of baby Elliott from Mal!
Ok here he is! The chunkerbutt!
One with him and Delta...so cute!
One with Mal.
One more with Delta...:)
(Yep I finally figured out Photobucket. I think at least!)
Ok there they are. There wasnt a whole lot more...if Cindy puts more on her dropshots, Ill copy the good ones. :) Just thought Id show you girls because I dont know when Mal's gonna be able to get back online. Didnt want to torture ya!
One with him and Delta...so cute!
One with Mal.
One more with Delta...:)
(Yep I finally figured out Photobucket. I think at least!)
Ok there they are. There wasnt a whole lot more...if Cindy puts more on her dropshots, Ill copy the good ones. :) Just thought Id show you girls because I dont know when Mal's gonna be able to get back online. Didnt want to torture ya!
August 15, 2008
Finally!
Elliott is here! :) Mal was in labor for 16hrs. She had him this morning at 8:15am (or something close to that...not totally sure on the exact time.) Anyhow, he was 9lbs 4oz! 21 inches long. :) A big boy!! Anyhow, I dont have any pictures yet...but she said he looks just like Delta did. (OH she did get to have him vaginally. :) ) Ok I guess thats it! :) Im sure she will give you a full blown update soon. :)
August 10, 2008
Back from vacation...and some updates.
And by the way...A pic of Rowan w/her cast is up now...I just took off her old pic and put up this one. I put a new picture of Taysen too...he doesnt look the happiest, but its still cute. LOL...he wouldnt smile for me. Haha!
Anyways...we were on vacation all last week. Hence the not updating. :)
OK...so before vacation Taysen had his ears tested. His hearing came out to be normal to near normal. I dont think he could hear the quietest tones during the test, because he was just looking at all of the cars in each corner of the booth thing waiting for one of them to light up. (During the test, there would be a tone, from either the left, middle, or right of the room...each location had a toy car that would flash a few seconds after the tone was played.) Anyhow, he loved it and was kicking and screaming in joy everytime a car lit up. Anyhow...when the quiet tones went, he was just looking from side to side waiting for a car to light up. When they were louder, he would look right to the car that had the tone before it would light up. Anyhow, his hearing still turned out normal to near normal...but the ENT still suggests tubes because there is a lot of fluid behind his ears and he thinks it will help Taysen at least with his ear infections. So we are doing it! Which I wanted to do from about the time he was 15 months old! But the old Ped. said it was too dangerous. I even mentioned that to the ENT and he said "Well it might be dangerous if he was to do it since he isnt an ENT." LOL...I laughed. And told him I didnt like the old Ped. opinions on much anyways. Anyhow his surgery is scheduled for 8/18! Yay! I cant wait.
For Rowie..she gets her cast off on the 14th of this month. Well she gets it off, then goes for an x-ray, then as long as it looks good, she will get to keep it off. :) Im sorta guessing everything will be ok because the kid picks up her whole cast leg and slams it on to the floor over and over again...almost like she is trying to break out of the thing. LOL. One plus though, at least I think so, is that she seems to have gained pretty good back strength from the weight of it, because before she got her cast she was just sitting up and always fell over, but since she got it its almost like it gives her a little pull back so she doesnt fall. Haha...and now she is even trying to crawl! Yay! Im happy. Im guessing once she gets it off, she is going to be all over the place. :) Fine with me!
Ok so anyhow vacation went pretty good. We were there with Josh's whole family. It was actually a lot of fun and we didnt have as many flying attitudes like we have had in past years. We did have ONE major problem though. The only bad thing is it seemed like we were the only ones that noticed it! Blake, one of Rowan and Taysen's cousins is a total terror. He is Josh's brothers son. He just turned 2 a couple weeks ago. Anyhow, this kid is the meanest little kid I have ever met! Its horrible! And his parents dont do crap when he is bad! For instance...on wednesday night we were sitting outside on the deck while the kids played on a little step2 slide. (Just Taysen and Blake were playing.) Anyhow, they were taking turns going down. Anyhow, Blake must have gotten impatient and pushed Taysen right off the side of it when he got to the top! Taysen was crying and scared, but didnt get hurt. Anyhow...of course, he didnt get yelled at. Then not even 10 minutes later, they are both up on the deck with us parents. The kids were just playing with some little toys. Anyhow, Taysen was standing at the top of the steps of the deck like maybe he wanted to go back down....he might have just been looking at the lake..who knows, anyhow he was just standing there, being quiet and staring. Anyhow, Blake is on the other side of the deck and runs at Taysen and shoves him right down the steps! He shoved him so hard that he flew right over every step and landed on the cement below! Josh and me both jumped up and grabbed Taysen, we thought for sure we were going to be taking him to the hospital for something whether it was a broken bone or stitches!! Taysen was screaming so much his face was turning blue, Josh yelled at his brother "What the F**K is wrong with your kid!" And what do you know, Blake got a time out. Wow...a whole 2 minute time out. Can you believe that crap. He needed a freaking beating! (Luckily, somehow all Taysen got was a huge scratch on the back of his arm and a little one on his leg...nothing serious at all...that was total luck Im telling you!) Anyhow, the same night he pushed Ellie (one of Joshs sisters 1 yr old twins) off of the couch! The next day when me and Andrea (Joshs sister) were cooking in the kitchen...Ellie was in there with us. Blake comes running through the kitchen and screams "MOVE!" and pushes Ellie into the cabinet! Andrea was pissed and grabbed Blake and screamed "Quit being so mean!" He is a total terror. He has these toy golf clubs and he goes around swinging them at people! Its freaking ridiculous! I dont know what I would do if that was my kid. And I dont know why in hell they think that its ok for their kid to do things like that. He even says "move" to adults when they are in the way! God he is such a brat. And they want to have 4 kid!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE GOD NO! Josh and his brother didnt talk for 2 days after the steps incident...because we literally had had it from Blake after that point. Its one thing to be a toddler and not share and occasionally hit...but for all of the other kids to be flinching and putting their arms above their faces as sheilds when he walks by, shouldnt that be signaling to his parents that there is a real problem here? I dont know what they are thinking...but they are going to regret it when he is kicked out of kindergarten for being such a mean bratty kid. Uh...just the thought of him makes me want to go buy a whipping belt! The sad thing is, his father (Joshs brother...) doesnt respect anyone...and he is teaching his son that he doesnt have to respect anyone either. Its just wrong! Ok...vent over.
Anyhow...so I guess thats it for now. I cant really think of anything else...plus Rowan woke up and is crying so I better go get her. :) OH WAIT...Rowan got her two bottom teeth this past week! :D Took long enough! Haha!
I hope youre all doing well! :D
Anyways...we were on vacation all last week. Hence the not updating. :)
OK...so before vacation Taysen had his ears tested. His hearing came out to be normal to near normal. I dont think he could hear the quietest tones during the test, because he was just looking at all of the cars in each corner of the booth thing waiting for one of them to light up. (During the test, there would be a tone, from either the left, middle, or right of the room...each location had a toy car that would flash a few seconds after the tone was played.) Anyhow, he loved it and was kicking and screaming in joy everytime a car lit up. Anyhow...when the quiet tones went, he was just looking from side to side waiting for a car to light up. When they were louder, he would look right to the car that had the tone before it would light up. Anyhow, his hearing still turned out normal to near normal...but the ENT still suggests tubes because there is a lot of fluid behind his ears and he thinks it will help Taysen at least with his ear infections. So we are doing it! Which I wanted to do from about the time he was 15 months old! But the old Ped. said it was too dangerous. I even mentioned that to the ENT and he said "Well it might be dangerous if he was to do it since he isnt an ENT." LOL...I laughed. And told him I didnt like the old Ped. opinions on much anyways. Anyhow his surgery is scheduled for 8/18! Yay! I cant wait.
For Rowie..she gets her cast off on the 14th of this month. Well she gets it off, then goes for an x-ray, then as long as it looks good, she will get to keep it off. :) Im sorta guessing everything will be ok because the kid picks up her whole cast leg and slams it on to the floor over and over again...almost like she is trying to break out of the thing. LOL. One plus though, at least I think so, is that she seems to have gained pretty good back strength from the weight of it, because before she got her cast she was just sitting up and always fell over, but since she got it its almost like it gives her a little pull back so she doesnt fall. Haha...and now she is even trying to crawl! Yay! Im happy. Im guessing once she gets it off, she is going to be all over the place. :) Fine with me!
Ok so anyhow vacation went pretty good. We were there with Josh's whole family. It was actually a lot of fun and we didnt have as many flying attitudes like we have had in past years. We did have ONE major problem though. The only bad thing is it seemed like we were the only ones that noticed it! Blake, one of Rowan and Taysen's cousins is a total terror. He is Josh's brothers son. He just turned 2 a couple weeks ago. Anyhow, this kid is the meanest little kid I have ever met! Its horrible! And his parents dont do crap when he is bad! For instance...on wednesday night we were sitting outside on the deck while the kids played on a little step2 slide. (Just Taysen and Blake were playing.) Anyhow, they were taking turns going down. Anyhow, Blake must have gotten impatient and pushed Taysen right off the side of it when he got to the top! Taysen was crying and scared, but didnt get hurt. Anyhow...of course, he didnt get yelled at. Then not even 10 minutes later, they are both up on the deck with us parents. The kids were just playing with some little toys. Anyhow, Taysen was standing at the top of the steps of the deck like maybe he wanted to go back down....he might have just been looking at the lake..who knows, anyhow he was just standing there, being quiet and staring. Anyhow, Blake is on the other side of the deck and runs at Taysen and shoves him right down the steps! He shoved him so hard that he flew right over every step and landed on the cement below! Josh and me both jumped up and grabbed Taysen, we thought for sure we were going to be taking him to the hospital for something whether it was a broken bone or stitches!! Taysen was screaming so much his face was turning blue, Josh yelled at his brother "What the F**K is wrong with your kid!" And what do you know, Blake got a time out. Wow...a whole 2 minute time out. Can you believe that crap. He needed a freaking beating! (Luckily, somehow all Taysen got was a huge scratch on the back of his arm and a little one on his leg...nothing serious at all...that was total luck Im telling you!) Anyhow, the same night he pushed Ellie (one of Joshs sisters 1 yr old twins) off of the couch! The next day when me and Andrea (Joshs sister) were cooking in the kitchen...Ellie was in there with us. Blake comes running through the kitchen and screams "MOVE!" and pushes Ellie into the cabinet! Andrea was pissed and grabbed Blake and screamed "Quit being so mean!" He is a total terror. He has these toy golf clubs and he goes around swinging them at people! Its freaking ridiculous! I dont know what I would do if that was my kid. And I dont know why in hell they think that its ok for their kid to do things like that. He even says "move" to adults when they are in the way! God he is such a brat. And they want to have 4 kid!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE GOD NO! Josh and his brother didnt talk for 2 days after the steps incident...because we literally had had it from Blake after that point. Its one thing to be a toddler and not share and occasionally hit...but for all of the other kids to be flinching and putting their arms above their faces as sheilds when he walks by, shouldnt that be signaling to his parents that there is a real problem here? I dont know what they are thinking...but they are going to regret it when he is kicked out of kindergarten for being such a mean bratty kid. Uh...just the thought of him makes me want to go buy a whipping belt! The sad thing is, his father (Joshs brother...) doesnt respect anyone...and he is teaching his son that he doesnt have to respect anyone either. Its just wrong! Ok...vent over.
Anyhow...so I guess thats it for now. I cant really think of anything else...plus Rowan woke up and is crying so I better go get her. :) OH WAIT...Rowan got her two bottom teeth this past week! :D Took long enough! Haha!
I hope youre all doing well! :D
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