A New Dr.

Today I went to see a neurologist to see what he would have to say about what was wrong with me. He told me that he thought that two vertebra's were out in my lower spine and he would like for me to have two tests done to better understand what is wrong. I know that he would want to have more tests done. I feel very blessed that I was able to get in to see him today. I saw my OBGYN on Monday and he told me that I would need to go and see this dr. I called when I left the office and they informed me that they had a cancellation for today and I would need to be there at 4 I said great! I was getting ready for a bath today when I got a call from the Dr.'s office telling me that I would need to come in at 2 instead of 4 WOW! how luck am I. Not only did I get in fast, but I got to see the dr. two hors earlier that I was supposed too.

He told me that I have to have an MRI. Going in to see him I thought that he might say that I would need to do this so it was not new news to me. He told me that he thought that I was swollen inside so now I get to take Ibuprofen a long with the other medication. How lucky for me! I do feel better when I take them all.
My OB told me that I could to the lap. and see if I have my eggs out of the sack latching on to other places on my insides. He told me that I could have a histromecy too. It was up to me to make a decision, but considering that my grandmother died of ovarian cancer it would be in my best interest to remove it all. He told me that I needed to go and see the other dr. and get that all worked out first and then come back and see him. He felt me and I hurt when he touched my uterus that would be another reason to take it out.

I go back to see the neurologist on the 4th of January to have him do a shock therapy to see about the nurves in my whole body to see what is going on. I have been told by my sister that it is not as bad as it sounds. That makes me feel much better. I would LOVE to be able to get off the couch and clean the house and play with the kids. I am tired of trying to remember when I need to take the medication and feeling like I am going throw up.

On the plus side Issac is doing a great job being mr. mom. He takes care of us so good. I could not ask for a better husband. Thanks to all of those who are helping me with taking me kids while I go to the dr. and helping me clean my house.

update on me

Yesterday I was in so much pain that I went to the hospital. My lovely neighbor girl Deanna came over (on her birthday) to watch our kids until my mother in law could be there to take the kids. I would like to thank my mother in law for dropping all that she was going to be doing for the day to come and get my kids. Not only did she come and take them for that day she said that she would keep them until Monday when Issac comes to get them. We arrived at the hospital at about 10:45 We were able to get right in so that was nice. The nurse came in to ask what was wrong and I told her that I was having pain in my back, legs, and pelvis. My legs felt so week that I could hardly walk. I was able to get some morphine and some anti nausea medication. They also had to put in an IV so they could give me some fluids. They then took some blood to run some tests. I went to have some x-rays of my back.
It was about 4 hours later that they told me that they needed to get more blood because the other batch that they go would not work for the testing. I was not too happy because I was wondering why they didn't tell the nurse before so she could have come in and gotten more blood sooner. I was still in a lot of pain so they gave me both of the medications again. The Dr. came in a few hours later and told me that all the testings that they did all came back good. That he could not find anything wrong with me. He said that he thought that I had a nerve problem and was going to send me home with some drugs. I started to cry and said no I am in pain in my pelvic area and didn't want to go home if I was in pain.
I was sent to have an ultra sound. which they didn't find anything wrong. I had told Issac earlier in the day "what if I am going to be a medical mystery and they can't find anything wrong with me"? Little did I know that it would be true. We were able to leave around 6:00 to go home. I joked with Issac and told him what a great way for you to spend your birthday. He was excited to get home and sit in his new chair that he got for his birthday.
Thanks to all of you who are fasting and praying for me I know that is how I am getting through this trial. I hope that when I call my OBGYN Dr. on Monday that he will be able to help me. If I need to have my female parts taken out to feel better I know that is what I need to do.

Pain Will It Go Away!

I have not been feeling so good lately. I came home from work on Saturday and was in so much pain that I could hardly walk. I didn't feel any of it while I was at work thanks goodness, but when I came home I really felt it. My legs and pelvis really hurt. I went to bed and woke up to feeling a little worse so I took a pain pill. Here it is Tuesday and I am still feeling terrible. I will just take it one day at a time. I hope to be feeling better soon. On a brighter note we Issac and I were able to take our kids to my friend Amy's (thanks Amy) to have here watch the kids so we could go bowling with Issac's work. Poor Amy she had to listen to Becca cry for an hour sorry Amy. It was fun and we were wishing that it was cheaper so we could take the whole family. Hope you all have a good day!

Thanksgiving

We drove to ID to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It was going to be fun because all of my siblings were going to be there. We would be having the dinner at my sister's House in Rigby. We were staying with my youngest brother Barry and his wife Sam. They have a 6 month old son named Warren (his name can from my grandfather). He ia such a happy boy. He would do his army crawl to come and see me. He would love to have me hold him he also liked having my kids around. We had all the fixin's for the dinner turkey, ham, cornbread stuffing, ect. My sister has to be on a gluten free diet so she made lots of things that she could eat. She also had to dish up her food first so it would not get contaminated. I would not have wanted to see her get sick. I made a pumpkin cheese cake and it was the hit of the dinner. We went to my brother in laws warehouse and played and watched Home Alone in there movie theater room. We all got to have our photos taken by Bary's mother in law. Too bad Lizzy wanted to cry and be a pill the whole time we were getting the phots taken. We were driving back on Sunday and the weather was super bad we probably saw 20 cars on the side of the road from ID to UT. We were glad when we got home. We then went to tithing settlement and found out that Issac was going to be released from his calling that day. Needless to say he was really happy that he doesn't have to plan any more activities for the ward. We have the ward Christmas party on Friday and then he will be done. I was teasing him that he was going to be called to teach primary. He said that he would be fine with that.
As for me I have deiced that I would take birth control for 6 months and then see how I feel and if I feel better then I am going to try and get pregnant and then "if" I do then I will probably have an hysterectomy (sp). I guess we will have to see how the next 6 moths goes. I have been relying on my Heavenly Father to help me make this decision because I know that I could not make it on my own. I am feeling happier this week and do not feel like crying every day. I think the birth control is helping with that. I hope that you all had a fun and relaxing Thanksgiving.

What to do?

I am not sure what I need to do. I have been to my OBGYN this week. I have been having a period for about 14 days for the last 3 months. I had an ultrasound and MRI done and they both came back saying that the insion from my c-section has scar tissue. I have been wanting to try and have another baby, but I think that I will not be able to have one. I think that I am going to have to have my female parts taken out so I will not be bleeding so much and so I will not be in pain. I keep having headaches all the time and that is not like me. Needless to say I have been crying all week and when I see a photo of a baby I cry too. I also feel like I have been a bad mother because I have just been wanting to lay in bed and do nothing else. I also have been feeling like I am dizzy and want to throw up. The other thing that I do not understand is that I have been having an impression that I am to have another daughter, but mabye I am not to have her in this life. I know that if I pray then I will get the right answer so until that answer comes I will just have to wait patiently and deal with the pain. I love you all!

Haloween 2010!

Saturday we went to our ward's "Trunk OR Treat" It was raining so we had it in doors. We went to the cultural hall and I think the kids had fun getting the candy and other fun stuff. Then for the real holiday we had some fun food. I was watching the food net work Chanel the other day and Paula Dean showed how to make a snake so I attempted to make it. You take some dough and roll it out and put lots of mustard and then add meat of choice. She didn't put cheese on it, but I added a Mexican Blend and it was super good. You take some food coloring and add some water and then pant it on with a paint brush. When I told Issac what I was going to make for dinner to said "I hope you have a back up plan". He ended up liking it. I also made twice baked potatoes. I put sour cram, salt, pepper, cheese (Mexican blend), and butter in the filling. I then took some thick Bacon that I cut into thirds and laid it across the top of the potatoe and topped it with cheese. The kids loved the dinner. I had some dough left over so I made some cinnamon roles and topped it with some purple frosting. The kids would rather have Halloween candy then the cinnamon roles. Crazy kids! Hope you all had a fun and safe holiday.

My Life!

Today I thought that Becca's speech teacher was going to come, but I didn't write it down on a calendar so I just guessed. I woke up at 7:00 and Issac got into the shower and I called all the kids in to tell them that we were going to read the schripturs. We read one chapter in the book of mormon. We have been trying to do this every day seance conference. It has been nice we will let the older kids repit what we say. They have fun.

I then got the kids breakfast and then I started to exercises with the Wii. When Alex got done eating I put him in the bath and the worked out for a while then I got him out and then I had him get ready for the bus. When I got done exercising I then let the kids watch cartoons and then I got into the shower. I got out and then put the girls in. In between all of that the kids cleaned there rooms. That is something that I make them do everyday and most days Alex gets done before he has to catch the bus. Mind you I had to have all of this done by 8:30.

I was getting Becca's hair done with I looked outside and realized that there was a car parked across the street and knew that the speech teacher was going to come. She was having a new girl come because she is going to have a baby so we needed to meet a new girl that would be taking over.

I then took the girls visiting teaching and when we were done we found out that the city was doing some road construction (where is road construction not being done LOL)and had completely blocked off my street. I had to get out and asked them to move so I could get down the street. They were kind enough to move. I wanted to go to Kmart and see if they had a couple of shirt to buy. I decide to wait for Alex to come home from school if I would have known I would of had to wait for an hour I would have went before he got home from school. I was able to find 3 shirts that would work for me.

I was so happy because I was also able to go shopping last night at JcPenneys and find some clothes. I got two shirts and one part of fleece type of pants. Issac is always telling me that I need to spend money on me and I never do because I spend it on other things for the kids. I deeded to go to a furniture store to see what I could see to get for Issac for his birthday. I am going to buy him a recliner and he has not idea that he is getting one. His mom was nice enough to give me some money to help buy it. He keeps telling me that he needs a new chair because his has holes in it and does not close very good. He wanted a hint for what I was going to get him and I tole him that it is something that you use that you need a new one of. I also told him that he uses it every day. He then said are you shure that I use it everyday and I told him yes. He is going to be so happy when he gets it. I got home from shopping and feed the kids lunch and I made Lasagna, roles, and chocolate chocolate chip cookies. I feel like I did so much today.

Kids

Wow it has been a long time I need to get better at doing this. I feel like that there has not been a lot going in. I am trying to figure out if Alex and Becca have alergys all year long. November I will be taking them off there medications and see if they have a runny nose. I have not been able to get Becca to stop having a runny nose. I am wondering if there is something in my house that is making them sick, but who knows.
Sunday our home teacher was over and he was outside with me and telling me what to do with our wasp problem. Issac was yelling at me telling me that I needed to come in and help him. I found out that Lizzy had a bloody mouth. I got the blood to stop and then found out that she had bitten her mouth. After talking to her the next day I found out that she had been jumping on Becc's bed and fell on the wooden frame and hit her mouth. so is now doing better. Thank goodness I was worried.
Alex nad Lizzy have been getting into puzzles a lot I got Alex a 60 peice puzzle and he can do it so I am going go get him a 100 peice puzzle for Christams. Alex would have me play Thomas memory game all day everyday. He is also learing how to read his teacher gave him a book to read and when I felt that he read it good enouigh then they would send home another book. He has been wispering at school now. YAH!!! I keep telling him that everyday he needs to talk louder so his teacher can hear him. I think that it helps that he has the same speach and aids in the room. We will have to see how he does next year when in Kindergarten.
Lizzy had been trying to read like Alex too. I would read with him when he is waiting for the bus and she would repeat what he was saying. She wants to be like her big brother so much. She likes to talk and talk and talk. She is also into singing and is pretty good at it. She like her borther would play games all day with me. I will tell her and Alex and that need to have lunch and they tell me that they will make me a sandwich. They like to make me a peanutbetter and Jam sandwich it is so cute to see them doing that for me.
Becca is talking up a storm and copies all that you say. We are working with her to get her to close her lips together. I am doing the same with Alex so I have been doing some of the same things with them both. She is such a pritty girl and I just love her. She tells me everyday when she is going down for a nap that I need to read her a storie. We are also trying to potty train her. She has only went in it once. I am not trying to hard becuase I do not really want to. When I tell her that she has to get on she cries and then she is ok.

Day Two Of Exercise

I have made an effort to exercise again. I have been thinking that I would hurt my chances on getting pregnant if I did exercise, but I just decided that I need to do it so I will be more happy with my body. I have gained 5 pounds back after I stopped exercising. Can I just say that I am so sore. My legs feel like they are going to fall off. I also have been having sore shoulders to so bad to the point that I can't lift them past a certain point with them hurting super bad. They are so tight and I can feel that they have knots in them and I have knots in my neck too. I was thinking that if I exercised then maybe they all would start feeling better, but they haven't. I am sure that it will just take some time to heal. I think that I could get a massage and they would feel better, but until money grows on trees then I will just have to live with the way that I feel! I was also thinking that "if" I was excising then maybe Issac would start too. I guess only time will tell.

July happnings!

This has been a moth of camping. After we got home from Duck Creek we had about a week and half and then it was off to another camping trip with all of Issac's extended family. His greandparents had rented a house for all 75 people to stay in. It was really nice. All of the adults had bed or air matteress to sleep on. We shared a room with his sister Suzie and brother in law Jared and there son Jacob. It was nice to share a room with them we get along great! We put both of our babies in a huge walk in closet in there play pins. Becca would freek out and then I would end up holding her and putting her to sleep for the nights that we were there. When it was nap time I would put her in my bed and I would sleep with her and get a nap in my self so that was nice. Some of Issac's reltives brought some hourses so the kids had fun riding them. I thought the kids would freek out when I wanted them to ride them, but they did really good. Lizzy didn't like it when the hourse wanted to trot so we had to get her off. It was fun for me to be on a hourse again. When I was growing up in ID my neibor had hourses and we would get to ride them. I could not get Issac to ride one though too bad for him he was missing out on so much fun.

I was home for 5 days when I was going to have to be at girls camp. We got home on Wendsaday and I had to start laundry and get ready for camp. The next day I had to go visiting teaching and then I had to go and buy all the food for girls camp. We then had Issac's sister's family and his mom over for dinner we ordered pizza that made it easy for me. Friday and Saturday I had to work. I also worked on Monday. Then Tuesday it was off to camp. We had 23 girls go and it was sooooo fun. I look forward to going next year.

While I was at camp my father in law had his hip replaced and found out that he has a ceasure while having the surgery. I also found out that my husbands grandfather had a tumer on his badder and had that removed. I then talked to my kids on the phone so as you can imagin I was really sad. I felt like I was needed in two places, but I knew that it would be ok if I stayed at girls camp. I felt like the girls would make me feel better and they did. We had a coupple of sister who would like to wander off and not tells us where they were going so that was had, but over all the girls were great! They would do anything that they were asked to do.

Now in a few weeks it will be the ward campout that we have to do. We have made it eaiser on us this year and asked families to help us out so we do not have to do all of the cooking and bring up all the cooking stuff for camping. They get to bring it up. I will be gald when I can get my life back and not have lots of things to do.

Duck Creek

Last week from Thursday-Sunday we went camping at Duck Creek. It is just outside of Ceader City. The place we camped was really pretty and had lots of trees. It was only $10.00 a night and it had flush toilets and running water in the bathroom, but there was no soap. You can not expect to have everything right? I would say that the drinking water was not the best so I would bring water if you would go there. We were camping there because Issac is in charge of his family's reunion next year and we wanted to see how nice it was. We walked all around the camp sight to see what we liked so when we got home we could reserve it. The best part about the camping trip was that you didn't have to spray bug spray because there were not that many bugs. That made me happy knowing that I would be there that long and not have a shower I would not have to be dealing with the stickiness of the bug spray. The only bad thing that I have to say about the place is that they have many squires and they are so brazen that they will walk right up to your camp and try and eat things. We were gone one day and the squires ate through my mother-in-laws rubber made container. We had a good laugh about that one. Issac's family use to go there as kids so this place means a lot to them. My mother-in-law use to go there at a little girl too.

For the most part the kids were good. When it came time to go to bed they would like to play for a long time we would have to go in and spank them to go them to go to sleep. I thought that Lizzy would have freaked out about the bugs, but she didn't. Instead she decide that she would be her moody self and grunt the whole time. I thought that I or Issac were going to kill her because she was just being so rude and moody to everyone. She had her share of time outs in the tent so she would be better.

We also went on a lot of hikes and the kids did good. Espically Becca we didn't pack the stroller or the backpack so she was on her own to walk most of the time. When it would get really steep then Issac would put her on his shoulders. I think that she liked that even though she didn't say anything. While we were loading the car the stubbed my toe and it got swollen and I was limping wile I was there. Let me tell you how much fun that was. I am looking forward to going there next year. Sorry I didn't really take any photos so I have none to post.

4th Of July

We had my step father in law Howard, my mother in law Kathy, and my bother in law Tony over for a bbq. My mother in law Kathy was kind enough to buy some fireworks to light off. The kids had fun watching them. It was chilly outside so I got Becca and Alex a blanket I also ended up getting Lizzy one later too. Tony and Issac would light them off at the same time so it would go faster. Thanks to my mother in law for the fireworks. Hope you all had a great holiday.

Going to Idaho Falls ID

A few weeks ago I went to ID to spend some time with my mom. She was going to watch my kids, but I asked if she would be willing to help me make a blanket she said that she would. I have been re-molding Alex room and have been doing John Deer theme for his room so We found some material that we thought that would make a cute blanket for his bed. I still need to tie it, but I think that it looks cute. He is too little so he had no idea that this is for him which I am glad that I can still get away with it. I am guessing that this is my last year that I will be able to get away doing this. I took the kids to the zoo and to play on the toys at Tauph Park. They had a blast! It was good to get away and spend some time in ID. I really miss it and wiash that I could move there.

Fathers Day!

I think that Issac had a good Fathers Day. He had bought him self a attachment to go on the weed whacker. I still wanted to get him something else so I bought him Avatar. He loves that movie. I made him french toast for breakfast and gave him the cards that the kids made for him. After church we went to Issac's brothers house to have dinner with his mom and step dad. We had a fun BBQ. We then went to Issac's dad's house to have scones. It had been a while sense we had seen him and his wife Sharlee. we ended up getting there about 7:45 and then we ended up not leaving for home until 9:30 the kids were tired, but they didn't sleep all the way home. That was really surprising to me I would have thought that they would have went to sleep.

Now we are in ID and the kids are having fun. we went to the zoo today with my sister and two sister-in-laws. We made a picnic and let the kids play on some toys. They had lots of fun except Alex would not go potty because the flushing was too loud and scared him. I am making a John Deer Tractor blanket for him with my mom. I am going to give it to him for his birthday. we bought him some extra material that my mom is going to make him an apron out of. He keeps telling me that he wants to have an apron to ware when I cook Lizzy has one so I am going to give my mom hers to use as a guide for his. I am so thankfull that she will do this for me. I know that he will be happy.

Alex up date

Alex is doing so good. He is eating everything that we give him. At first he was having a hard time drinking enough, but he seems to Be doing better now. That makes me happy. He also seems do be talking better. I have heard him make the "K" sound which he has not been able to say before. He is such a strong boy and I know that all the surgery's that he has been through are going to make him a stronger boy. I will video tape him in a few weeks saying his ABC'S and that way we can see how much better he is doing. We see the Dr. on the 23rd to see what he thinks of the surgery. To bad that the stinker will not talk for him.

On the bright side of things we went to church on Sunday and Alex just walked right to his class and sat down. His teacher was so sweet and brought him some gifts over to wish him get well soon. That made me so happy she is such a nice teacher. Sill no news about how many days he will be able to go to school next year so I guess that we will see.

As for the girls they are doing great! Lizzy had a hard time when I had to go to work last week she would cry so I decided that I would take her to lunch on Saturday. We went to Artic Circle and brought Becca with us. The guys went to McDonald's. The girls got to play on the toys for a little bit before we went home. I know that Lizzy was missing me because I had been working up until the surgery and then I was at the hospital for 2.5 days I can't blame her for being sad that I was not at home. It was fun to go to luch with my girls. Love you girls!

Alex Surgery # 5!

Ok so I always load these photos wrong. You will have to scroll all the way down to see what I am talking about so I do not tell the storey wrong. This is me and Issac waiting to go back and have Alex weighed and changed in his clothes. Once he changed his clothes he knew what was going to happen. He tried not to cry, but he didn't. We then moved over to the other room. He then found some other toys to play with and that made him happy. We thought that we would be going back in about 30 minuets, but found out that we would have to wait about 1 1/2 hours because the Dr. still had to do another surgery. There was a little boy who had accidentally eaten something so he had to wait to have surgery. He wanted to color so pictures of Thomas and wanted me to color with him. When the surgery was all said and done he did a good job. The Dr told us that we could go and see him in about 20-30 minuets, but we ended up waiting for 45 minuets. On our way back to see him we saw the Dr. he was just leaving. When we got back he was sad and wanted Issac to hold him, we had been back there for only 10 minuets when he was throwing up blood. It was like a BIG bubble came out and then popped in the tray. The nurses were worried so they paged Dr. Park and he said that he would come right back. What a great Dr. he had just left, but he was going to come back WOW! Can I just say that I love, love this Dr. He was able to suction him out and find out that he had trown up old blood. He did end up throwing up two more times that night. He was also having a hard time breating so we had to have oxygen by his face for half of the night. I was only able to get about 3 hours of sleep that night. The next day the Dr. cam to see how he was doing and he was not doing to good so he told me that they were going to admit him into the hospital that he would be going up stairs. The only problem with that is that they didn't have a bed for him at the time. We were not able to move up stairs until after 4 that day. He did end up throwing up some mac and cheese later in the day. This made him not want to eat or drink because he thought that he would throw up again. I had to tell him that he would be ok because they had been giving him some medication that would help him not to throw up even thought they had given it to him in the past and he did throw up. He was VERY tired this day too so he would be in and out of sleep for most of the day I think that is another reason that he had to stay another day. The Dr came by the next day and told Alex if he didn't drink that he would not be going home. We told him that if he would drink then he could go to the "play room" and play with the toys. That seemed to work. He would drink and then we would let him play and then we would send him back to the room to drink some more. I had my sister in law Sara bring the girls to see us because it had been two days and Lizzy was crying on the phone because she wanted to see me. We then were told that we could go home. How happy were we. I did have Alex sleep with me for that night. He is doing ok now. I am still having a hard time getting him to drink as much as I would like him too. He is such a strong boy and I love him so much and hope that this will be the last surgery for a long time. I was mad with my self because while he was in the hospital I forgot to give him his Nasonex and then he go a runny nose. The boogers automatically turned Green how fun for him. LOL!
I took Becca and Lizzy to the Dr. yesterday to find out that they think that Becca has allergies too. She is taking children's clarition because she has had a runny nose/ spotty troute for about a month now. They said that nothing was wrong with Lizzy, but becuase herboogers were green and she had been stuffy for two weeks and Becca was sick she would be getting some medication too. I just keep thinking that one of these days none of my kids will be sick. Hope all is well with everyone. I would also like to thank my mom for comming to watch my girls so we could have the surgery. I could not have done it with out her. Thanks mom!
P.S. I for got to say that Alex would like it if I would sleep in the bed with him!

Video of Alex saying the ABC'S

Life How You Gotta Love It!

We have a few days until Alex has his surgery. I will be video tapeing him today to see how he talks and see in a few weeks how he talks. I am also trying to talk to his speech teacher and tell her that I want him to be able to go 4 days next year, but she can not grantee that he will be able to get that. I think that I am going to have to fight with the lady in charge with the program and tell her what I think. He needs to be in the program 4 days a week to help him socially. I am happy that he is able to be in the program because there was going to be a chace that he was not going to be able to be in the program at all. I like what Issac said we pay or taxes too so we should be able to get the 4 days a week. I am not to happy with the government coming in and taking lots of money away from the schools. It is the kids that suffer and they are going to be the ones running our country some day.

We went to Idaho for the weekend to see my baby brother Barry bless his baby, Warren Barry Christensen. I am sure that the blessing was nice, but I could not get Becca to stop crying. We end up having to leave church because she would not stop crying. The drive to ID was so much fun. We had been on the road to about an half hour when our check engine light came on. We pulled off the free way to see that we were low on oil. We went to the nearest gas station to get some and ended up needing to use it all. We had been on the road for about an hour when Issac turned around to look at Becca to see that she was throwing up. She was not making any noise, but it was coming out like a volcano. We finally made it to ID at 9:45. It had only taken us 4 hours instead of 3. The drive back to UT was much better. The kids watched a movie and slept and no one threw up. How ever when we got home Alex told me that he needed to have a bath because he didn't want to smell him poop any more. When Issac was getting him in the bath we realized that he had lots of poop in his underware so I made him clean it out in the toilet. I think that Becca was glad to be him because she kept walking around the house. It was fun to hang out with all the family.

Alexander....Where's my tooth?

This is what Alex looks like after he lost his tooth. (He has been wanting to ware his snow boots latley). I am not sure where his tooth went, but I think that he swolled it because I could not find the tooth any place. There was no blood either. I think that it was a bad tooth. I think that he might have had a cavity, but I would not know because Issac said that we didn't need to add him to our dental insurace this year. You can bet that I am going to make sure that he gets added next year and Lizzy too so they can go to the dentist. I didn't have the tooth fary come either becuase I didn't have a tooth to have him put in water so that is why. He will be having his surgery next week cross our fingers if he gets over what he has right now. I will not be sending him his last few days of school becuase I do not want to get him sick. I have been waiting for a month to do the surgery so I want him to have it next Thursday. Wish him luck! I think that he is going to need it. I just hope and pray that the dr. will do what he needs to do so that Alex will be able to speak better.

MOTHERS DAY!

I had the best day yesterday. As some of you know I have been feeling really crappy. I have been trying to get pregnant and I got a really bad cough and I was not able to take any medication because I "could" have been pregnant. I would cough so bad that I would almost stop breathing. It would last for about 5 minuets. I was wondering if I was ever going to get better. We went to my mother-in-laws yesterday for dinner and got a blessing from my hubby and step-father-in-law. It was so good that I could ask Issac to give me one. I could tell that he was really sincere in the blessing. I have not been feeling any better today and "aunt Flow" came and so I called the dr. and told them that I was not pregnant so I need some cough medicine YA! I could finally get some relief.

Back to Mothers Day. Issac made me some pancakes for breakfast and then he got me some wonderful gifts. I have been wanting to get Michael Buble for a while so he got that for me. I also asked for a "BIG" muffin tin so I can make cupcakes and muffins. He also got me Michael Jackson's "This is it music". He also got me some canning jars for our apples or tomatoes that we are trying to grow. He was so good to me after he made me breakfast he cleaned up and did all the dishes and then he told me later that he wanted to grill some burgers for lunch. He cleaned up that too and then had the kids help him do the dishes. I could not ask for a better hubby. Love you honey!

Alex had this conversation with me yesterday "Mom where is the baby" I said "what baby" he said "the one that I was playing with". I told him that we do not have a baby. I asked him if the baby was a boy or girl and he said boy. I asked him if he wanted mommy to have another baby so he could have some one else to play with and he said yes.

I hope everyone had a good Mothers Day!

What the Weather!

What was going on last week. It was in the 40's and it could not decide if it wanted to rain, hale, or snow. Wait what months is this the end of April? I thought that it was supose to be getting warmer. I guess that mother nature wanted to play a trick on us. This was last week I could not belive it.

Kids and there sunglasses.

I was at Target a few weeks ago and found these sunglasses in there dollar section so I decieded that I would buy them for the kids. As you can see the glasses do not really work for Alex. His ears are lower set on his face so the ear peices on the glasses go down. Also he has a short turned up nose so that is another reason that they do not work for him very good. That would be two of the reasons that they think that he has the Cornella De Langue Syndrom. I think they look so cute in the glasses.

Easter and Alex new Paint job .

I thought that Alex needed to have his room painted it had not been done for as long as we lived here. I chose yellow becuase it is one of the colors for John Deer tractors and when I paint dries I will be putting photos of that on the wall. I still need to paint the closet doors white and then I am going to put some fabrick with moge poge on them to stick them up. I am going to see if I can find tractors or some farom animals. I think that it is going to turn out ok. As for Easter the Easter bunny gave the kids a shirt with there names on them. My bosses wife actuall made them and gave them to me. You can go to her websight to check out what you would like for your kids. We didn't want them to have to much candy so they only got a little. My parents coame and hid some eggs downstaris for the kids to find they had fun. We went to my mother in lws house that night for dinner. Over all it was a good day. I will post more photos when I finish teh room and look forward to seeing what I am going to do to the girls room.

Family What's Going On!

Not much to say, but felt like I should write something. I talked with Alex ENT nurce yesterday and we are going to go and see him next month. He will do a hearing test first and then he will see the dr. I hope to get some good results and know what we can do to help Alex hear. If I have to do hearing aids I will be fine with that. I have sent out an email to his other dr asking if he think that all of his ENT problems are related to the syndrom that he may have. I have not heard back yet. I hope to soon.
We are all sick with colds or strep so you will not want to come and see us. I guess that Lizzy is the lucky one she has not gotten sick. Alex HATES! the tast of his medication so he wants to spit it out, but I told him that he can't. I knew that he had strep when he woke up and cried that his legg was hurting. This has been about the 3rd or 4th time that he has told me this and then I knew that he had strep because that is one of the signs. Eventhough Becca is not feeling good you would not know it she is beving very happy. I just love her and the fact that when she is sick she will not really show it.
Alex is still not taking in school or closing the back of his mouth so I will keep working with him. i do love him and would not trade him for anything. I love that Elizabth is such a polite girl and will say thank you about everything. Like thanks for letting me have lunch. How cute is that!

Alexanders hearing test.

What a good day Alex did wonderfull on his hearing test. He still failed on his Right Ear, but at lest we my know what the problem is and how we can fix it. He can not hear very good in the inner ear. The women doing the testing was telling me that he might have a rotten bone or his bones could be fused together. He will need to have x-rays taken to see what the problem is and he will eaither have to have surgery to take the bone out or unfuze the bones. If they take the bone out then they will have to replace it with something else. If the dr. does not think that there is anything wrong with the bone then he will have to get a hearing aid.
We will have to see his ENT to get more answers, but non the less he was a good sport to put up with the testing. He is so good to let the dr.'s do what they need to do to him to understand what is wrong with him. My special little boy I love him so much! I would not trade him for anything.

YA!!!!

So Alex was feeling sick so I took him to the dr. today and I was so happy to see that he has no more fluid on his ears. He got another sinus infection, but I was soooooooooooooooooo happy to know that the fluid was gone in his ear. He will have to take a nasle spray for 2 months, but that is much better then worring that he has fluid on his ear. I hope that this will help him to be able to hear better and threrfore talk better. I now am going to take him to have his ears tested and see if he can pass. I will keep you posted.

Random picks of the kids!

Here are some random photos of the kids. I took most of these picks 2 weeks ago.

Old/New livingroom T.V. Stand

We decied that we would cut the top of the T.V. stand off so we could mount the T.V. on the wall. We think that it looks nice. It makes that part of the room look so much bigger like we have more room.

Every day life!

Well Alex is finally starting to get better. He still sneezes from time to time when I give him his nose drops. I have found that when I do my cleaning in the morning and have time to play with the kids in the afternoon then they do not want to get into things and be naughty. If I keep playing games with them then they are sooooooo happy which in turn makes me happy. We got them 4 games for Christmas Candy Land, Micky Mouse uno, Micky Mouse Yazee, and Shoots and Ladders. They like to play them all the time. I play with them when Becca is in bed so she will not get mad because she can't play. We have also been playing with them when we have "Family Night" It is good to see that no matter who wins they are all happy because we played with them.
I am glad that it will be spring soon so I can let the kids go outside and not get muddy or cold while playing. I am so glad that we have been working so hard to get our debt paid off. We got our taxes back and were able to pay off two credit cards and only have one left. We are hoping to pay that one off with Issac's next pay check. We then will work on paying off the van and then I will be able to quit my job and be home with the family. That will be nice I know that my kids miss me when I am working, but I know that Issac does a great job raising them. We have then decide that we will not buy anything if we do not have the money we will have to save up to buy the thing that we think that we need.
We have lots of camping trips planed for the summer and can't wait until they get started. We are going to be camping with Issac's grandparents and lots of extended family in July. The next week I have girls camp for a week and later in the year we will be going to a cabin with all of my brothers and sisters. We have rented a cabin so that will be so much fun. Two of my sister in laws are having babies this year so it will be nice for them to have a bed to sleep in. In August we will be doing our wards camp out we are still looking for a place to go to that will sleep 100 people.

Alexander

Well here is an update to Alex. We were going to be doing surgery for him to put tubes in his ears, but the Dr., Dr. Park wanted to put in a little hill (not knowing the medical term) in the back of his mouth because he does not close his palette all the way so that is why he doesn't talk very good. He stuck a camera up his nose and down his throat to see what was going on. He was such a good boy and didn't move. They could not believe how good he sat still. Of course Alex didn't talk so the Dr. didn't really know what to think. If he were to put that "hill" in his throat then he MIGHT! talk better. The Dr. also didn't know how BIG he was going to have to make it either. So he would have been in surgery for 1 1/2 hours. I called the Dr. today to see if I could talk to him again and he said to see him back in 6 months and they will do the scope again. I was so glad that the Dr. talked to me when he was in the middle of surgery's. He wants me to work with his speech teacher and see if she can do some exercises to get the palette to move. The Dr. told us that if we plug his nose then we should be able to notice a BIG difference in his speach. He plays his recorder and harmonica much better when his nose is pinched. His speach is better too. I think that means that he will need to have the surgery. I guess that we will have to see in 6 months. The Dr. also told us that he has been having a sinus infection for about 6 months. We had to give him some medication and then we will have to see how he does. If he gets it back then the Dr. says that we will have to give him some mre nose spray. I love my little alex and would not chage him for anything.

Win It Forward!

(I got this idea from my friend's blog. I thought it was a super fun idea! So I'm playing along. Below is what you'll copy and paste onto your own blog should you chose to participate:)




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POOR BOY :(

So I put Alex to bed last night around 7:40. I gave him some medicine when he was in bed. When I went to check on him at 11:00 he was so stuffed up that he was having a hard time breathing. He slept until 7:40 the next morning when he came out to get breakfast I then noticed that his eye was slightly swollen. I knew that he then had so much snot that he could not get it out. I gave him some medicine after he had a bath and got dressed. His eye was back to normal. Can I just say that FRIDAY IS NOT COM MING SOON ENOUGH! I hope that he will not keep having this problem. I had to call his teacher and tell her what was going on because when he has to miss a day of school he will just cry and not want to go that is how he was today because he didn't go on Thursday because his nose was running like a river. I told her that if he didn't come today then he would have to miss Thursday for the same thing too. she said that if he was not running a fervor or was not tired then he could go to school. YEAH! that is what I wanted to hear. I had to bribe him to go to school with out yellow. I told him that I would give him a homemade roll before and after school if he went with out yellow. I am glad that he agreed to doing it. I hope that he will get over this nose thing that he has. I thought that when we took the adenoids out 90% that he would be a lot better, but that does not seem to be the case.

More Unanswered Questions!

I took Alex to the school to get his hearing tested and he didn't do so good. The lady doing the test told me that he can't hear every good in his right ear, but she believed that he had fluid in his right ear. She also told me that he is compensating in his left ear so he can hear better. She would make it fuzzy in his left ear and try to make a bird sound in the right ear and he would not respond, but if she did the same test with her talking instead then he would do ok. The normal range that they would like to see him hearing at would be between 20-25 and he was at 55 in the right ear. So we will go and see the ENT on Friday and see what he wants to do. I am thinking that they will have to do surgery again and put in a tube. I hope that if they have to do it again for the third time that he will finally be ok. I just want him to be able to hear so he can talk better I am wondering if that is why he cant talk better. I am also hoping that they can go in and scrap out his nose and see if he can stop the runny nose that he keeps getting. I sure am glad that we put a lot of money on the flex card if he has to have the surgery then we will not go broke paying for the surgery. LOL! Maybe one day he will FINALLY pass a hearing test who knows?
After we came back form the school we went to pick up the girls form the sitter we then went to the library and got the kids lots of fun books to read and I also got them some movies. They didn't want to leave I had to make them leave. They were being loud and a guy yelled shshshsh be quiet. I also check out a movie for me called "Once Upon A Summer". If you feel like you need a good cry this is the movie for you. You will love it! It was made by and LDS person so it is very uplifting. Now I am off to get ready for work and leave for work. Hope everyone is having a good day.

Gotta Love Having a Cold!

My son is sick with another cold how does this happen so much it is a good thing that we all ready had an appointment to take him to his ENT. I hope that he will give us some answers. I do feel bad for him when he is sneezing all the time and an inch of snot comes dripping out. I feel bad also because he has to miss so much of school and he all ready has a hard time going. When he misses school then the next time he has to go he will cry when it is time to get on the bus. One time I had to physically put him on and do up his seat belt. He is my special child and I would not change him for anything.
School is going much beater for him. His teacher Mrs. Andrea is doing a lot of great work for him and that makes me happy. She has made photos for him to point to when he wants something so that way he has to respond in some way, but he still will not allow her to touch him. His anxiety is to much and will tense up when someone touches him. He will how ever play hot potatoes with the other kids and teachers. YEAH!

Meeting With Alex's School

We had a great meeting with Alex's teachers today. We met with his teacher, speech therapist, and a person in charge of the program. They agreed with us that we needed to revamp his IEP so we could set goals that he can actual reach. His old IEP was dealing with him talking and of course he is not doing that so I was really glad when they said that we could make changes. I just LOVE! his new teacher. She was doing some music time yesterday and was having them do some instruments with the song and Alex actual participated and had fun the teacher wanted to talk to him and say "good job for participating today", but she knew that would not work for him. They are afraid that he would have shut down again. They are telling me that when he is called upon to do something then his body will get all tense. We asked is they could tickle him because we feel that would help him to open up more. They also told me that if there was something that he liked to do at home that he could bring it to class. I will be sending Micky Mouse Uno with him on Tuesday so he can play it with the speech teacher and see if he will talk to her. We are going to teach him how to write his name, and see if he will show them somehow that he knows his colors and shapes. They are also going to see if they can get him to play with the other kids by playing with a ball or having him play duck, duck, goose. He has not ever passed a hearing test so I will be taking him with me when I take Becca on the 27th so they can have both of there hearing tested. We will go back in two weeks and see how things are going and then write an official IEP.

How I FEEL!

I am so Glad to be able to read all of my family and friends blogs because they inspire me so much. They help me to know that I can be a better person. Thanks for all your words and inspiration that you give ME!

I have been feeling like I am lazy around the house. I feel like I need to clean the house more, but I feel like I have no energy. I know that I have a lot going on, but I need to be better and I am going to really try and do better. At work they have let me become a CT again after months and months of people working there asking me every shift if I was a CT they finally decided that they would let me. I am glad. I do LOVE working and getting out to be able to talk to adults.

My hubby was so good to me for Christmas and bought me a Wii with the Wii active so I can work out. I have been telling him that I was not happy with the baby belly that I have been having so I wanted to do something about it. On Monday after the kids were in bed he worked out with me and he thought that he was going to die. He ran on the treadmill for about 30 minuends before the workout with me. The workout does a lot of stretching your hamstrings and he was hurting after we were done. IT was fun to spend time with him working out. I know that he would like to loose some weight and then he would feel better about himself so I am glad that I can workout and he will to. I have been trying (not to hard like I should) to cook better for him so he will not eat unhealthy things. I have to report that I have lost 2-3 LBS. I usually work out 3 days a week and then I work 3 days a week so I think that I am working out enough. I just would like to get rid of my baby belly and be able to eat my sweets that I want too and then I will be happy.

I know that I need to be better when I work with the Young Women's I need to pray more and ask the Lord to guide me so I can help all the girls FEEL that I care for them so they will be able to talk to me and know that I care for THEM. It has been fun doing this calling and hope that I can keep the girls working hard to do there Personal Progress because I know that setting goals is a good thing. You have something to look forward too.

I am also going to try and write more in my blog because I feel that it is important to keep a journal and this is mine. May the Lord bless you in all that you do. I love you all for all that you do for me and my family. I know one day Alex is going to walk into the school and talk to his teachers and then I will be the happiest mother in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD! I pray that his teachers will be guided to know how to help him so he can progress in this life. We will be meeting with his teachers and school member tomorrow to see what they and us can do to get him to talk.

Rebecca's Testing!

We were thinking that we needed to get Becca tested for early intervention. I have been thinking about doing it for a long time, but just kept putting it off until I took her to the Dr. last week when I took her in for her 16 month check up and the Dr. told me that she was behind and I should do something about it. I called the school and they were able to come today and they told me that she is doing most things at 11 months. He then told me that she should be walking in 4-6 weeks. We will be having her do the program and hope to get the same person that we had for Alex. Eunice Chen and I have been in contact and she said that she would like to be able to see us and work with Becca. I told the guy doing the testing that she would like to come so he is going to talk to her and set it up. We are so happy that she is going to come even though she has cancer she has been working really hard. The guy doing the testing said that because Becca is being tested for the same syndrome that Alex is then he felt that it was necessary to hurry and get her in. How nice is that I hope to hear from the school soon. We will be taking her in to get her hearing tested and to talk to a nurse. That will have to happen before the person can come to our house I think.

Alexander and Pre-School!

Well I went to Alex's school yesterday to try and help him so that he would be able to talk to the teachers/aids. He started out not wanting to talk and then he would mouth the word to me. I then told him that mommy was the only one who was listing to him talk so that he would feel comfortable enough to talk to me so the teacher would know that he could talk. He then stared to whisper to me and then he finally started talking normal. the teacher was sitting next to a child who was next to me. She was pretending that she was not listing to him and was talking to the other girl next to me. I was pleased to know that she was in fact listing to him. When it was snack time she then called me into a room with curtains and then we began to talk about him. the teachers then told me that they thought that he has what is called selective mutisum. Meaning that he will only talk when he feels it is comfortable for him. They are going to make pictures for him to point to so he has to make a choice for what he is going to do so at least he is doing something. I LOVE his new teacher because when she is telling them something like the word sit she will sign it to. I think that is wonderful because if the kids do not feel comfortable talking then they can learn the signs to communicate. I told them that I didn't want him rocking. I then broke down and cried as I was telling them that I felt like he would be going to Kindergarten and he would be rocking back and forth and the other kids would make fun of him. I told them that I was sorry that I cried and they told me it was OK because he was my baby and I just wanted to do what was best for him. They told me that I should get him a toy that has sand in it and when he is on the school bus that he can put this on his lap so he will not rock. He can have it at school too.They have also encouraged me to take video of him at home and email it too them so they can see what he can do at home because he basically just site there and does nothing. Not even something as simple as smiling. I am going to research more and go from there.

Christmas

We had a good Christmas. I for got to take photos. The kids had fun opening there gifts. The older kids finally knew that it was christams. We told them that we would not lite a fire becuase we didn't want to burn Santa. They thought that was funney. Alex and Lizzy were happy to get new sleeping bags that they were able to take with them when we went to Idaho. We also got them all books and some new crayons and paper that they can draw in at church.Issac had to take his mom to the Airport and then we headed for Idaho. I drove most of the time and Issac watched a movie with the kids. We had fun in Idaho. We stayed with my sister Celeste in Rigby. Her hubbie has a old, but BIG wharehouse that he had just made part of into a theater with staduim seating. We had fun watching a few movies. We also took some photos of the familes while we were there. The trip went by to fast before we knew it, it was time to come back. Issac was nice enough to let me pick out a bead set that I wanted what he didn't know was that I was getting some new pillows too. We have not had our own bed set in the five years that we have been married. I said that it was time. Issac was happy becuase he got a 12 gallon aircompressor and some air tooles to go along with it. This was a very busy year for us and it went by so fast. We a excited to see what the next year will bring for us. We wish you all a good and happy new year.