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Everything under the sun...

This is how I felt yesterday when I received the results of Ethan's allergy test. I didn't realize how many things he was allergic too. I knew some of them because of reactions he's had to different things. Around cats and dogs his eyes get really puffy and swollen. Poor little boy. So not only is he allergic to trees, grass, weeds, ragweed, dust, dust mites, cat, dog, horse, there are others ones as well but I forget everything off the top of my head. I know he's not allergic to feathers and cockroaches. I think cockroaches is such a strange thing but I guess some people are very allergic including Kristina...Jacque's daughter. So now he's on Zyrtec everyday now but I have to try and get all the dust and dust mites out of his bedroom and the house for that matter. So very hard but I'm trying. He is very sad though because all of his stuffed animals that he made at Build A Bear I took off his bed and he does like to cuddle with his stuffed animals. I'm trying to think of everything that I can do for him to help him. My little boy...not only Excema but now many many allergies. His skin is so nice right now because every night before he goes to bed I lotion him all over his body and he has helped. That makes not only him feel better but me as well because he's not so itchy all over.
Back to the allergy test...I was so proud of him laying still for all the pricks and then laying there for 20 minutes while the soulution settled into his skin. The nurse came back into the room after his time was up and she said, Oh Dear God! I said what's going on? What's wrong? And she just said I can't believe how allergic he is! The doctor then came back in and looked at him and said that she wasn't even going to do the blood test then because she saw the results and said that she was going to put him on meds anyway so she didn't really feel the need right now...which is good I guess for right now because I didn't want him to go through that as well.
Before the appt though the fire alarm went off at work when the kids were all sleeping. That was just about the craziest thing ever! I couldn't believe that it was happening and I'm sure everyone else was just as shocked. We did get everyone up though and got them outside. I had to leave when we all got them back in so I felt kind of bad leaving all of them like that but I really didn't have a choice.
While we were at the doctor appt. Emma's therapist came to see her and it didn't go very well because it was the first time Amy came to the center, she didn't get much sleep, and it was just crazy in her room at the time. Next week she will come back to the house and then the following week she's coming back to the center but in the morning this time so maybe a better time?!?!?!
Not a whole lot went on today but I'm sure glad tomorrow is Friday...Yea! :-)
Until next time...

I know your shocked but I'M BACK!!!!

I know it took 5 years and I don't really know where to start but I'm back!
I feel like I don't even know what to say right now...I haven't done this in a while so I have to get back into it! :-)
First of all I have to say that last Saturday night was absoulutely the best night of my life! It was so amazing and to be that close to reach out and touch them...well almost I guess! We were so very close! I do have to say that Keith is HOT!!!! Kenny's not to bad either...Hehehehe! It was a very long night but I would do it again in a heartbeat! I laid down in my bed about 3:15 and my wonderful boy decided to wake up and come up to our room about 6:30. Nice huh? I did take a nap though and that was wonderful!
Sunday we had Ethan's last all star T-ball game of the year. He's getting very good but I'm sad to see that it's already done but oh well. Next year again.
Ethan did have to miss his second swim lesson on Saturday morning because he had a T-ball game that day as well and it was the same time. We'll start again next week. That goes every week until the second week of August and then I have to prepare myself for his first day of kindergarten! Whewww I can't really think about that right now.
Alright so I'm sorry if I completely confused you about my weekend because I kind of confused myself but it's probably because I'm pretty tired right now. It's not even 9:00 yet but I do need some sleep.
Today was Monday and it was quite the Monday. My lovely husband and I got into a discussion and that always stresses me out because it doesn't really happen to often but when it does I do get stressed out. It was all about Ethan's allergist appt on Wednesday. He was going to cancel it because of financial reasons but I really think he needs it so I called back and got the appt back. Anyway you can put two and two together and figure out why we had this discussion. Okay well it's said and done. I'm not really sure what's going to happen but he does need it. They said they are going to do this 11 prick test and I'm not sure about that but we'll see. They also said that they may need to do lab work but that can always be done at another time right?
Anyway back to tonight. After work I brought the kids home and I went to a class. I got home about 7:30 and then took the kids outside to play with the sidewalk chalk. We came in ab out 8:00 I put Emma to bed, put lotion on Ethan and then put him to bed. Now I'm writing! Yea! Tomorrow I don't really think a whole lot is going on. Emma's therapist might have to come over tomorrow night because she was suppose to come to school on Wednesday but Ethan's first allergist appt they told me may take up to 4 hours and I might not be back to talk to her. So I'm going to call her tomorrow morning and see what she says...kind of short notice but we'll see.
Emma's therapist is wonderful and I do love her. Her name is Amy and she's so great with Emma and Emma really likes her too!
So we're on to Wednesday....I think I pretty much said already what's going on.
I know tomorrow and Wednesday Ethan starts basketball and tumbling through school age. That will be very cool! He has been a little something lately in the school age room but today I do have to say he had a wonderful day! :-)
On to Thursday I don't really think a whole lot is going on but Ethan goes on his first school age field trip to the Dolphin Swim Club. I know he will love that! He love water! Friday nothing really going on or that I know of yet and Saturday is Ethan's swimming in the morning and then Sarah's that night! So much fun! I don't really think I will do much of anything like everytime but we do have so much fun!
Anyway girls I'm so glad to be back online! I'm going off to bed. I hope all is well with all of you and I hope to talk to you soon! Until next time...

Kind of stressed...

So I have a little bit of stress going on in my life right now. I know it may sound stupid but once I get something on my mind I can't get it off if you know what I mean! So my baby girl is transitioning to the 2 year old room and I decided to put her in one room but then possibly both of the teachers might be leaving the room. I'm not for sure but there is a possiblity. The one might be getting another job within the center and the other one might be getting a new job where her mom works. So now I'm kind of stressed about that and I don't want to put Emma in one room where there might possibly be new teachers but might not. I'm so confused!!! So what I think is that I'm going to end up putting her in the other 2 year old room and hopefully will not regret my decision. The one thing about the other 2 year old room is that one of the teachers in that room will be going on maternity leave in October for a few weeks...by that time though hopefully Emma will be well adjusted to the room and it should be okay...Am I crazy? I don't know just lots of worries! I was not this worried when my boy transitioned to the 2 year old room but then it was only one choice really.

So I also found out that Emma's Developmental Therapist is named Amy Erickson and she will be contacting me soon to set up a schedule. She will be coming to the center twice a month and also coming to my house twice a month at night or on the weekend's. So that's nice and I hope it helps her. :-)

I'm trying to think of anything else happening this week. Ethan got his moving papers to the school age room and he moves in about a week. I asked him if he was excited and at first he said not really but now I think he's changed his mind a little. He's just been in Ms. Linda and Ms. Char's room for 2 years and they just get use to it you know? I think he will have lots of fun and I know he will enjoy the field trips once a week. Who wouldn't right? Fun, Fun! His graduation is on Sunday and I really have to get myself prepared for that...I guess as much as I can. :-( I can't believe that it's finally here! His grandma and pappy are coming in from Florida tomorrow and he's VERY EXCITED to see them. He hasn't seen them since Christmas so it will be really nice. I'm so happy that they decided to come out to see him graduate! :-)

Well I guess that's all for now but I will try and update sometime soon.
Until next time...

What a week...:-)

So I thought I should try and update all of you because it's been a week! I really have no accuse either because I have been on vacation all week! Oops!
Okay so Monday we got home from Bloomington and celebrated my baby girl's birthday.
She is officially in a toddler bed. Wow! The first couple nights she did fall out because we heard a big thud and then crying. I didn't go down and check because I thought that would just make her upset and she did stop crying right away. I know that probably sounds like I'm an awful mom... We did then put up a side rail so she wouldn't fall anymore. I know eventually we need to take it down but for right now that's how it is. :-)
Tuesday and Wednesday we did yard work....fun, fun! We got the front and side of our house cleaned up. It was weed galore! Oh my Gosh I didn't realize how time consuming that is. We got that looking pretty now with mulch. It looks much better and I'm sure our neighbors appreciate it too! On our little street everyone tries to keep their yard looking really nice. Except us unti this week! Hehehehe......
Tuesday night we also had Ethan's T-ball game. That went pretty good except for the fact that my lovely 2 year old daughter is starting to throw fits and she definitely has a tude already. I already know that I'm in trouble.
Oh question for all of you...So Emma is starting to cry a lot...I mean a lot and I'm not real sure what to do about this. You would think that I would know because I have worked with toddlers for how long now? Yeah but it's different when it's your own. She is a complete angel at school and doesn't fuss at all. At home completely different story cry cry cry...kind of drives me crazy if you know what I mean. Everytime she can't have something she cries, or if I'm not doing exactly what she wants at that very second she will throw a big fit! She also has figured out that if she cries around the boy that he will get into trouble! Naughty naughty right?
Also when we go out places now she will throw a fit if I don't hand her what she wants or if we're eating out she wants to sit in my lap and I don't let her and then she screams and everyone and their mother turns around like I am hitting her or something. Wow! So any suggestions?
Back to the week....Thursday was the children's doctor's appts. Emma was very good. Her ears look perfect! Yay! No more ear infections. Ethan was pretty good except for the fact that he had to get 3 shots and a finger poke. He also has to go to an allergist for testing, go back up to Madison to have his birth mark looked at and is on a new medication for his excema...Wow lots of info. The doctor wants us to take him back up to Madison because he said that the birth mark he has can change pretty frequently and it can get dangerous which how do you think that made me feel! A NERVOUS RECK! Just what I need right? Yeah so back to the finger poke. After he had this done he came out to the waiting room and I looked at him and he turned completely white, starting sweating and I panicked! Oh my gosh he's having an allergic reaction to one of the shots. I called Josh to come and then Josh ran back to get the nurse. She ran out and said Oh boy he's green! What!?!?!? So she ran over to him and started rubbing his back and told him to put his head between his legs. He's was about 2 seconds from passing out! What genes he gets from his father!!!! She said that was only the second time that has happened to her. Oh My! So not only do I have to worry about Josh passing out I have to worry about my boy. If you all remember I had to call 911 last January for Josh passing out on the bathroom floor! That was really scary.
So Friday we headed up to the dells. That was lots of fun! We went to the Kalahari and I thought it was very nice. Our room got upgraded and it was beautiful! It not ony have 2 queen beds but a fire place, a sofa bed, a balgony over looking the outdoor waterpark. It was real nice. The waterpark itself was nice but I do like the one at the wilderness better. The wilderness has a couple different different ones and the one there is just one big one. The nice thing at the Kalahari though is thatthey always had something for kids to do. They were in a coloring contest, a savanger hunt, there was always something! We went out to eat at Pizzarea Uno which was yummy. Ela and Rachel came up on Friday night with their families and that was nice. I was very surprised but Ethan went down one of the inclosed tubes slides with Josh and I thought he would freak out but he of coarse he wanted to go right back up! He will be starting swimming lessons in about 2 weeks so then I won't be as scared when he learns how to swim!
Okay so Friday night when we went to bed Emma decided to wake up about 3:00 in the morning and started saying Hi, Hi, Hi...Oh my gosh! She thought it was time to get up for the day! I had to ignore her eventually and she went back to sleep! It was pretty funny! So Saturday we got up went swimming again and then left to go to Pirate's Cove mini putting. The kids loved that! I would post pics but I still don't know how! I know...It was really cute though and Ethan got a Hole in One! Yea!
After that we went to the outlet up there and the kids got to go to Build a Bear and make a bear and then I went to the Gap and got some summer clothes for Emma. She got a gift card for her birthday and I got 3 pairs of shorts and 2 tank tops. Really cute! After that we stopped at the Disney Store and got 3 pics for Emma's room. The Studio one's? If any of you know what I mean? Anyway we got 3 of them for $12.00 and normally one of them is $30.00. Great deal right? They are really cute.
After that we headed home. Got home about 5:00 and yesterday and today we really haven't done much. I had to go to the mall to exchange a pair of flip flops for Emma because they were to small. Besides that that was pretty much my week in review. Back to work tomorrow and then my in laws come on Friday afternoon for Ethan's graduation on Sunday. That is going to be real sad for me! I can't believe my boy is getting that old already! Anyway I hope all is well with all of you!
By the way when is our next scrap night and at who's house? Until next time...

My baby girl is 2!!!!

I can't believe it! These past two years have flown by! Okay I'm not real sure if I used the right word there or not but I am pretty tired right now. It's only a little after 9:00 right now and I'm closing my eyes as I write.
Okay so we got up this morning and we're at my best friend Misti's house in Bloomington and she felt horrible because she had forgot that it was Emma's birthday but she so made is special for her this morning. She had Maddie make her a card and then she put a sign on her chair with streamers everywhere! It was so nice and then she made her a waffle with sprinkles and two candles on it for her. We sang happy birthday and she blew out her candles! It was so nice! She's awesome!
Well anyway after that we headed for home and on our way home we did stop at Portillos in Sycamore and that was very yummy! Had my usual and then came home and put her down for a nap. Ethan hasn't had a nap for the past two days and he's done really well. I've been very surprised! I figured though that he is moving to school age in a couple weeks and then he won't have a nap all day so might as well start now. Okay so when Emma was a sleep we wrapped her presents and when she woke up she had a great big surprise! She was so happy to see her dora vanity. It's adorable! We also got her these cards that she likes, a dora blanket and dora bedding...yes she is in her toddler bed as we speak! I'm not sure how many times I will be getting up tonight but we'll see! :-) She went right into it and hasn't made a sound yet. *crossing my fingers* Where was I?
Yeah her presents...so she enjoyed everything and then we went to the store got her a birthday cake and my dad and sister came over tonight and enjoyed cake with us. That was very nice because that does not happen very often at all.
This past weekend was great though back tracking a little bit. We woke up on Saturday morning and had T-ball pics and then a game after that. Both went really good. He smiled so nice and the kids on his team are doing pretty well. After that we got packed and then headed down to Bloomington. We got there spent a little time and then we went out for Misti's 30th birthday. That was a lot of fun. We went to a restaurant called J Bucks and their portions of food were ginormous! Okay I spelled that wrong but I hope you know what I meant! We got home about 10:00 went to bed and then got up the next morning and the kids played outside for a while and then went to the zoo. They all had so much fun with all of the animals! They were all running everywhere! After the zoo we went to eat at Josh's favorite restaurant when he was in college called La Bamba's and he was in heaven. He was so happy that we went there. After that Misti and I took the kids to the park to play and Josh and Chris went to the store to get stuff for dinner...okay not only the store but they stopped at a pub too! We had yummy brats to eat and then after that the kids went out to play again. I do have to say that my son is going to be quite the baseball player I think. Josh was hitting him fly balls and he actually dove and caught some of them with his glove backwards. I was very impressed! I told them that if he actually does stick with it for a while he probably will be pretty good!
Alright well I really have to get to bed. Tomorrow we will be working in the yard and then Ethan has a game at 5:45. Hope all is well with all of you and I hope you guys had fun at scrap night on Saturday! Until next time...

The latest...:-)

Well I do think that graduation pics went well. My boy did not have any marks on his face so that's a good thing right? Besides that nothing else really went on yesterday.
Today was pretty good. I had Emma's evaluation this afternoon and then went okay I guess I could say. The therapists said from what they could see that everything checked out for her age except her speech and we all knew that. She will be getting once a week developmental therapy until I don't know when...But they do think I will definitely need to be there at first because she would not do anthing for anybody until I stepped in...which I thought would have been the complete opposite but I guess not. At first one of our family first coordinators came to get her that she knows pretty well and took her down to the library but she didn't do anything and then they took her back to her room and she was okay until she noticed them again and then she ran to her favorite person in the room and did nothing. So then I punched out and went to get her and brought her into the library and she did fairly well then. She warmed up after a couple minutes and then was okay. They were a little worried about her socially too but I told them she has already come a long way from where she was. So that's that...hopefully that will all go well and if you all could say a little prayer for her speech I would appreciate it! :-) Oh and they did say that they were a little curious about all the noises that she makes but I told them that I believe that it is more of a habit then anything now but who knows I guess! Tonight I went to the class that Jacque taught and it was very good. :-) After I picked the children up I took them to McDonald's and got them a happy meal. They are always excited about that! We got home, ate, spent some time and then off to bed. By the way Jacque I tried the technique tonight about not talking anymore after I layed with him for a few minutes and guess what? It worked! Yea!
So tomorrow is FRIDAY! My last day of work unitl vacation. :-) Nothing is really happening tomorrow besides my best friends 30th birthday! I will be calling her tomorrow and then seeing her on Saturday!
Saturday we will be going down to Bloomington until Monday and then we were going to go to St. Louis but now we are going to come back home and then take one day and go into Chicago and one day and go up to Madison and the Dells.
Speaking of the dells Friday May 23rd Kalahari is running a special for $99 for the night and it ends tomorrow at 12:00. We made reservations already and a couple of my co workers have too. They are coming up there that night. It is normally like $300 a night so that is an awesome deal I think. It will be a lot of fun and we've never been to this resort the nicest one up there I've heard.
Okay well I have to get to bed but that's the latest. Hope all is well with all of you and I'm sorry that I won't see you all on Saturday. :-( Have fun and I will definitely try and be there next month! Until next time...