One Year Ago

One year ago today on leap year I posted my first post. ON LEAP YEAR. So I guess I cannot celebrate my real blogoversary for a while. I cant believe I have been blogging a year.

FIRST GAME AND A PARTY

Kaden had his first game this morning. The league does not keep score but I learned a quick lesson the parents, family, and coaches do. We did not win but I will say I am very very proud of my boy who went out there in the cold weather shaking and played.

I missed most of the game because Karson was so cold. He cried and cried. I finally just took him to the car.

Right after the game we went to a party at ChuckECheese.

Things have changed over the past year I would have never thought that Kaden would be this close to Chuck E Cheese.

This picture made me laugh because if you look up to the screen you will see Kaden. He was showing off his dance moves.

Karson spent most of his time on this ride. I lost count after 5.

When it was time to go Karson walked back to the ride and tried to climb in.

When we got home Karson took a 4 hour nap.

The Park

It was a really nice day outside yesterday and the boys had alot of energy so I took them to the park.

Good Find Friday - redbox

In this hard economy it is nice to find ways to save a buck. About a year ago I found redbox. Check to see if there is a redbox in your area here.

Reason's I use redbox:

- Every movie is only $1.00 a night plus tax.

- You can return movies to any redbox location.

- You can rent online and just pick it up.

My #1 reason is if you register your cell phone number on redbox.com you receive a free rental code good for 1 free rental EVERY MONDAY. I register about 6 months ago and EVERY MONDAY morning I receive my code by text. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY JUST A FREE MOVIE.

Register Here

New Talent

This may not be a big deal but I think its crazy that Karsee can feed himself with a fork.

Wednesday - Preschool Book Review

February is National Children's Dental Health Month we have been reading

Tooth Trouble By Jane Clarke

Read about a walrus named Wilbur who encounters a hurt tusk and does not want to go to the dentist until he see's what will happen if he does not take care of his tusk.

My Heart Is Heavy

Yesterday was a hard day emotionally. It was nice to see the Carter family celebrated the way we did.

I did not get to really enjoy the dinner due to my children not being on their best behavior. Karson is still not feeling well and Kaden well he was tired and hungry two things that do not mix with him. I finally gave up and took them to the back because I had food thrown, spilled, and other comical things that I will be able to laugh about one day. I was happy I finally made the decision to do that because Kaden played with his friends and Karson had some walking room and I was able to enjoy everything from the back.

I do want to say I was proud of Kaden. When we went to the back I told him the rules and even though the other kids were doing things he was told not to do he did not do them. He did not know I was watching him from a distance. He even told another little girl who was playing in the cake that he did not think it was a good idea.

I got home and put the kids to bed as fast as I could. Karson was asleep before I walked out of his room and Kaden was asleep in minutes.

Emotionally I know their are others going through more than me so I don't want to make it about me. I will just say my heart was heavy today.

I just want to say I am so proud of the way we celebrated Pastor Carter.

I think what made the most impact on me last night was when Tim was talking about Pastor Carter and said " How many Pastors would take a chance on a young 24 year old like me". Pastor Carter took a chance and heard from God and changed our lives forever. Ok now I am crying again. GOODNIGHT.


You can find more details about last night on Tims blog.

I Procrastinated.

Our church is making a scrapbook for pastor and the due date was last Sunday. I talked to Andrew and asked for an extension. Thankfully he gave me one. I finished mine last night. So bad I know. While I was working on it I realized I waited so long because for the longest time I have not wanted to think about saying goodbye to the Carter family that has been a big part of my families life for almost 5 years. So while I worked on it after the kids went to bed with a box of tissue I faced some of the emotions of goodbye and change. Like I said "some" I know there will be more to come as I sit in service tomorrow and the weeks to come. Please pray for our church as we start this transition.

GOODNIGHT

A LONG LONG NIGHT

Everything was going well around 8pm when I put the boys to bed. I thought right on track now time to finish some house work and watch my girlie movie. Well about mid way through the movie I hear a startling cry. Not the kind that says hey I'm up, no the kind that says it might be a long night.

I went in to find Karsee burning up with a fever. After a long night of crying and comforting and also putting my four year old back to bed at 3am because his little bro woke him up Karsee finally went back to sleep at 6:30am.

I had to ask myself is this when you take your child to the emergency room. My little guy cried most of the night. I have only asked this to myself one other time when Kaden was running a 103 fever and lethargic at 6 months.

I set my alarm to call the doctor as soon as his office opened and went to sleep. After about an hour of sleep I woke up and called the doctor.

Funny story one of the day.

I am on the phone with the doctors office and I hear can you hold please. Well due to being sleepy I fell asleep while waiting on hold. I woke up to the dial tone when the office hung up on me because there was no answer when they came back. I just hope I was not snoring. I don't think I do.

I called right back and was told my doctor was taking a half day and if I could come right in the doctor could see us. So I wake Kaden up and tell him we have got to get Karson to the doctor right away that he could pick out what he wanted to wear and we would go by the Doughnut place when we were done. He was excited and agreed. He was changed and ready in minutes. I then threw something on and woke my sick baby up changed him and we got in the car.

When we got to the office we went right in and were seen in no time. The diagnosis.....................

EAR INFECTION..... Well the exact word was really bad double ear infection caused by molars coming in. Which means..... ALOT OF PAIN.

The doctor said this is his fourth ear infection on record and second this month and then followed it with dreaded words "about the same as Kaden". I do not want to hear this because Kaden had so many ear infections by age 3 we had lost count ended up having a vey rushed I would call emergency surgery after having one for almost 3 months straight we fought with countless rounds of antibiotics.

The doctor did not say tubes or anything like that just prescribed him a stronger form of antibiotics and Tylenol with codeine (the doctor has never prescribed anything to the boys for pain during there ear infections so it must be bad). Karsee is handling the pain better tonight. He took a long nap this afternoon and was ready for bed around 7:30pm.

A THANK YOU NOTE.

Dear Dr. ________ ,

Thank you so much for fitting us in when you were not planning on seeing any patients today. I am thankful for all the wonderful care you have given my boys almost weekly lately. I hope you had a wonderful day off you deserve it in this busy sick season. Thank you again.

Amy

One more funny story.

I am at the store with the boys picking up perscribtions and I guess I finally woke up and noticed what Kaden was wearing. I guess I did not notice before because he had his jacket on.

Even when I am tired my boys make me laugh. They are worth every minute of the sleepless nights. I LOVE THEM.

Good Find Friday

Better late than never right.

I found this the other day for Kaden at Walmart. It is a great tool to reinforce his writing practice. When Kaden had his half year school review we found he was struggling with number recognition and writing his name. After a few times of using the board he can spell his name now.

The board includes a dry erase marker.

Boards included:

- Letters A-N

- Letters O-Z

- Numbers

- Addition

- Shapes

- Doodle Time