Mothers Day 2012

This Mother's Day has been so very special to me. I sit back and think about the past (almost) six years. God has blessed me beyond anything that I could ever imagine. I have three beautiful children that God hand picked just for me and each one of them is so special. I could never imagine my life with out them in it. I can say, it is never boring and it is never quiet!:)

This Mother's Day I got to sleep into 7am! When I woke up I was greeted with Happy Mother's Day from Hen. They had gotten me some gifts and she was very excited for me to open them. Once Christain woke up, I opened my gifts. We went to church of my choosing(time), Sunday School and then off to a yummy brunch with my family. Christian was in a weird mood and was bouncing off the walls, so as soon as we were done we left and came home. The family just hung out the rest of the afternoon. After dinner, Brian cleaned up and put the kids to bed. I had an enjoyable day with my sweet babies and they showered me with love.

T-ball 2012

This past Saturday was the last t-ball game of the season. Brian really loves coaching the kids teams and hates to see it end. He really does an amazing job in making it a lot of fun for the kids. It seems to be one of the only teams that is very organized. All of the kids get a long well and play great together. Many of the kids on our team are best friends, which always make games and practices fun. This season, Brian really worked on building the kids skills. Next year they will be in coaches pitch baseball and have to truly play the game. They learned to throw always to first base, field balls, throw balls and hit with accuracy. Each kid has improved over the season. Elijah and Delaney are two of Christian's best friends and both of them were on the team. Delaney was the only girl on the team and she was decked out in pink. A pink helmet, pink bet and even pink shoelaces on her cleats. Christian loves to play and I think the thing he most improved on was his fielding of the ball. He would really go after it and his best position was second base. He really has a good eye for the ball coming his direction. I love watching him and the team. I am not one of those crazy moms you see at the ballpark, but deep down I want him to be the best...of course I am competitive.:) The last game was great and as the team mom I organized an end of the season party. We give the kids trophies and make a big deal of the season. Brian gives a speech to each kid and talks about them and how they improved over the season. To see their sweet faces light up when they get their trophies is just absolutely adorable. It is so special that Brian get to be a part of this for Christian. The party was at a park by the ball field. We had pizza, cake and ice cream. The kids played Nd received their trophies. I also, had a little something special for all the coaches that they did not know about. They did a great job and everyone wanted to tell them thank you!!! Great job again and thanks for coaching our baby boy!!!

Going for the ball!

Nice HIt!

Daddy is so proud of you!

Number 1!

Best Friends!

Delaney!

Baby Chiropractor

Those close to us know that since Lucy was born it has been a little crazy. She has had colic, reflux and digestive issues. Along with two other children we have had our hands full. Anyway, the doctors have tried multiple medications and every time the symptoms return. Everyone has told us that colic usually resolves itself by three months, but it has hung around a little. The reflux is even tolerable, but the worst thing is to see your child in pain. Dr. Albert told me that some babies could just use another trimester in the womb and she was one of them. Her digestive system is immature and she gets these horrible spasms...they are very painful. The spasms use to be mostly in the evening and now they happen more often. They become so painful the poor baby sticks her fist in her mouth and tries to bite down on it! It absolutely kills me to see her in this pain. I have tried medications and I have tried a cranial sacral therapist and nothing has worked! I have a few friends who swear by chiropractors and how much they have helped their babies with the same issues. So, I thought why not? We have tried everything else and I am wiling to do anything to help. Today was out first appointment. Since Hen has broken her leg getting anywhere is a challenge and takes much more time. We headed out and were running late as usual. We finally get there and my stroller attachment for the Punkin seat had broken. I strapped the baby to me and put Hen in the stroller. I had no one to hold the door and I hit probably everything on the way in. The baby was crying and Hen was whining because she could not walk and I am sure I looked like a hot mess. Thank God for all the kind hearted people in the world because I had multiple women offer to help me. The chiropractor was amazing and has two young children of her own. She specializes with babies and reflux issues. She started out by asking about the pregnancy was it stressful? Ha...slightly. What about her birth? Was it traumatic at all? Kind of!? Them she preceded to tell me the differences in c-sections and vaginal births. How things just don't turn on neurologically like with a vaginal birth. She also told me that c-section babies have more digestive issues and auto- immune problems then vagianl birth babies. After a thermal scan of her spine and neck she decided to go ahead and adjust her. She could tell Lucy was hurting and wanted to try and give her some relief. I won't get the results of her scan until our next visit and then the chiropractor will decide the course of treatment for her reflux, colic etc..I don't really understand what the scan shows? Something to do with the neurological system. Everything that has to do with anything your body is related to the neurological system. If something is out of whack then basically fixing that problem can fix the issue related to that problem...does that make sense? The chiropractor adjusted her back and neck, which seemed to bring some relief to her discomfort. Some things the doctor did she did not like, but if it helps I am ok with it. She even held her upside down by her feet to check her alignment and it was off a little bit. Something that could have happened in the womb. Her neck is very tight and she favors turning to the right and does not like looking towards the left. We have to do multiple exercises to help loosen that up. All in all she hopefully should have a little relief today from the spasms. Keep your fingers crossed things get better. We go back next week. It all seems a little weird, but if it works everyone will be happier.

The short leg cast is on.

After three weeks in a full leg cast the day has finally come to get a short leg cast!:) it has been so tough for my sweet girl to get around and do the things she wants. Chasing after her brother and defending herself against him too has been a challenge. It is truly amazing to see how adaptable children can become to their circumstance. In the beginning you had to carry her everywhere, then she learned to scoot everywhere and then she was walking with it. We even had to stop her because she would try to run and climb!!! Ugh...we did not need another broken limb.We were worried that when we went back to the doctor it would or could be worse because of all the knocking around, but thank goodness that was not the case. We removed the full leg cast and this is what we got in return. Her knee is very tender because she had it in a bent position for three weeks. She cried at the doctor because it hurt to straighten and bend it. They told us after a few days it would be back to normal. Her are some pictures of getting the cast cut off and the new improved shorter one put on! Unfortunately, it will not be off before our beach trip, but it is waterproof and she will be able to swim in it!!!

Big Cast coming off!

Afraid to straighten leg..it hurt!

New and improved shorter cast!!

Knee really hurts!

This saw scared her so bad!

Pretty cool. Stripes!

Been Waiting for it...

It has been years awaited and I was beginning to think we might be in the clear...however on this beautiful Sunday afternoon it happened. One of our crazy kids finally broke an appendage! It does not surprise Brian and I that it was are sweet angel Henley. She follows every step of her big brother and then some. I would not say she is a dare devil but, she is not afraid to hang with the  boys.

This was the first Sunday that we had gotten our act together with three children and gotten to church and Sunday School. Lately, it had been only one or the other. We were so happy to go back to Sunday School. We love our group and have so much fun in that hour we are together. Well after class their were some friends who had not had a chance to really get their hands on the babies. We have two in our class born within days of each other. We were all talking and they were holding and loving on the little ones. Brian spotted all the kids from the nursery and they were out on the playground. She is usually with one of her friends Porter or Skylar but not today. She was climbing on the rock wall. There was a nursery worker behind her but, a certain someone opened the window to call her name. I think in that one second that everyone looked...she fell.

I did not see her fall, but Andrea the nursery worker was holding her and she was screaming. Brian went out to get her and i waited for them to come get me. Since I did not see the fall i had no clue how bad it was? I remained talking with friends. It was a good 10-15 minutes before Brian busted in the room screaming at me. He had been looking everywhere and could not find me. Hen was hysterical and he was too...he was screaming at me that Hen broke her leg and we needed to go to the ER now. I was a little taken back by the hysteria that just bombarded me so, I yelled back at Brian. I am sure a lovely scene watched by the whole church!

I desperately had to use the restroom and I knew if we were headed to the hospital it would not be very soon that I would find one. I jumped out of the car and ran back inside church. Julia who is the Pastor’s wife told me she felt so bad for us. When Brian opened the car door for me to get in...the baby was screaming, Henley was crying and Christian was running around!It was truly mass hysteria in our car. I was very calm and called the doctor to find out which Children’s hospital to go to. They told us downtown and they also told us do not take the baby in the ER!!! This was bad news because of course Henley wanted me to go in with her and I wanted to go with my baby too. However, nursing was not going to allow me to do that. Henley was very upset and did not want to go because last time she was at the ER with Staph, she was admitted for three days.

My mom came up and met us because we needed to leave a car for Brian to get home and we were not going to sit outside for hours waiting. At this point I was able to go in and stay with her for a few minutes and hear what was going on from the doctor. The doctor felt like her leg was broken, but they were waiting for X-rays.

The X-rays came back and confirmed that she had broken her Tibia and Fibula( Shin ). Since the Tibia connects your ankle to your knee it has to be kept very stable. When you have this bone broken...you get a FULL leg cast!! UGH! I could not believe what I was hearing! If that was not bad enough they would have to sedate her to stabilize her break before they put the cast on!

Henley did a great job! Brian said that she only whimpered a little when they gave her the IV. They gave her morphine so she would not feel them set her leg. She gets a little loopy when she is given pain medicine and I think she was entertaining the nursing staff! Here is a picture of our little trooper! She will be in this full cast for 3-4 weeks. After that she will be put in a boot or short leg cast for another 3-4 weeks!

Still playing golf with friends!

Hate to get this one off..so many friends signed it!

Putting on a new big cast!

These are good drugs!!

Dr. Seus makes a Kindergarten visit!

I posted a blog awhile back when Brian was the Mystery Reader for Christian’s kindergarten class. Each student has two people during the year to come and read to the class. The second reader was during the month of February and I knew with Lucy due that month...I could not do it. My dad absolutely loves kids and he jumped at the chance to participate in this fun activity. So, I signed him up and kept mum about who the other mystery reader was going to be. It is supposed to be a surprise to the kids anyway.

In February the movie “Lorax” by Dr. Seuss came out and it was actually the Friday we were supposed to be Mystery Reader. It also happened to be National Reading Day and Dr. Seuss’s Birthday. The stars could not have aligned more perfectly to choose this book! My dad chose the “Lorax” to read to the class. Now, when the mystery reader comes to class they usually give out some kind of treat. It can be candy, a toy or anything else to the reader’s choosing. My Dad went all out and had a lot of fun preparing for this activity.

My Mom and him went and bought the book for Christian to keep when it was all over. They also bought an assortment of goodies to give to the kids. When you read the book there were specific trees called Truffala trees and they look like cotton candy so the kids got cotton candy. They also got dot candy that symbolized the fruit from the Truffala tree in the book. The “Lorax” is a long book so they were only able to read through one of the two he brought. The other was “Green Eggs and Ham”. The kids also got green bubble gum for the eggs.:)










It was really cute to watch the interaction with the kids. I think they were most excited about their goody bags! However, they have to go straight in their backpacks for later. Thanks to my Dad for being such a great sport and even dressing up as Dr. Seuss!!!

Not sure if I should be embarrassed?

Oh No..my friends liked it!

She slept right through it! :)