memorial day

So I decided to have a little photo fun this morning with brennen.. He didn't want to have the pictures taken but I was able to get a few.. Since daddy is away at work..Yeah he has to work on memorial day (he is in the army) you think they would give him the day off but nope...We wont see him until 4... So I took these for him...










I had a few more but since they had name and all I don't want to put them up.. Im sure you understand...

Also tomorrow is surgery day and I am a wreck... I hope my nerves settle before tomorrow.. I was told that I wouldn't be able to see him for about an hour while they wake him and move him into a room where we will wait another hour to see if he is drinking and all.. wish us luck... I am hoping this will clear up everything with him so nothing else is delayed...

Finally

So I have been waiting for 21 months, 1 weeks and 1 day to hear the most wonderful thing ever.... "wov ew...."

I tucked brennen into his big boy bed for the 3rd night in a row.. I read him some stories and we went over our animal sounds and all.. When right before I said good night I gave him a kiss and said love you( like I always do).. When he looked at me and said "wov ew" :) :) :) It isnt as clear as most kids his age but it just melted my heart...

And he also yesterday was playing "ring around the rosie" with his cousin and when it came to the ashes ashes part he chimed in with "asses asses e all awn" We were all laughing at this since I have always worried he would get the f and t mixed up on fire truck...lol.. but ashes to asses... oh well im sure he will learn his h's soon...

fun in the sun and sand...

Finally took our first family trip of the summer... It was so nice to just get away after everything going on around the house.. Brennen loved the water.. He fell under 3 times and wasn't too excited about that but he got over the fear and got back in... It was nice to just lay by the pool and not worry about anything. Here are a few pictures from the trip..







Now the count down to our disney trip has begun... 5 weeks .....

summer check list

So I have been thinking and I need to make a check list for the summer and to make sure I get to do things that I really want to do....


1) get ice cream from the ice cream man
2) play more and not worry about getting dirty
3) finger paint
4) get everything ready for me to return to school in the fall for the first time in 5 years... yikes!!!!!
5) clean out closets
6) work on brennen's baby book
7) go swimming more
8) take more library trips
9) while at disney don't worry about anything.. just have fun...
10) remind myself that its just clothes and having fun is more important then "trying" to keep them clean
11) waiting on the husband to come home from his 3 weeks with the army ng
12) getting brennen's surgery out of the way and him to be better
13) less tv and more... everything :)
14) get back into the gym on a daily basis
15) video tape more
16) go to sips in strokes at least 2 times with some great people :)
17) go through brennen's toys
18) plan his 2nd dr seuss themed birthday day
19) take at least one more trip to the beach
20) read a book

thats just a few.. and i know there are some many more things that i wanna do... i encourage you to write a check list so you see what is important to you or just some things you want to do since summer is almost here... have a great weekend everyone...

wordless wednesday...

some new ones :)

and surgery it is...

Brennen had an ent appointment yesterday. We found out that he has some fluid that has been just kinda sitting there for a few months. His dr. should have noticed this with all the trips we take to her, but as usual she says he's fine, everything is fine.. Well he isn't and everything isn't.

Ok so the beginning of why we went in the first place. He is 20 and a half months old and only says about 10 words.. Only 5 of these words are understandable. So i have been kinda worried.. Working in daycares since i was 17 i have seen it all and know what they should be doing. So when brennen didn't walk until he was almost 15 months i was really worried (thats and understatement) and then the no talking on top of the walking.. Well we wanted to check his hearing to see if he was hearing us correctly and well his right ear was a small hump and the left ear was a flat line.. The hearing dr. wasn't sure if it was fluid or not so we were sent to the pa on the other hall. He cleaned his ear out really well and he saw some fuild so from there we went to the ent. He decided that we need to have tubes put in and have his adenoids removed. Everything was a go until we noticed that he was kinda rattly. So they cant do the surgery monday like we wanted. We have to wait until june 1st and that is if the meds we were put on clear it. If not then we might have to go down town when the operate on the really sick children since he is in need to have this done.. His dr. should have sent us to the ent at 3rd ear infection, not us going around her at ear infection number 6ish. She keeps telling us nothing is wrong, even when i took him today for the meds and told her what they said she told me she didnt hear what they were hearing but she would give me the meds anyways. that it wouldnt hurt him. We have had a few problems with her and were pretty sure were switching dr. but we will wait until after the surgery.

Other then the back to back dr. appointments so far this month and the many more to come. We are in the middle of getting ready to go to the beach with family. I have been super excited to let brennen and his cousin b play together in the sand for the first time. However the oil spill is prob going to put a little damper on our trip. The hotel has some really cool pools so i hope everything will be fine with them. I am writing everything down that we will need and finishing shopping for things we will need. Next week i will start the packing. Then brennen has a hair appointment next thursday so he looks great for beach pictures (if we can get them) I have also gone for a job interview and is in the process of waiting to hear if i got it or not.. i should hear something tomorrow. if i get it i will start on the 25th. Then a pre op appointment for brennen on the 28th to clear him for surgery.

WOW.. we have a crazy month ahead.... Only down side to june getting closer and closer is that d leaves for his 2 weeks and i'm not too happy about being alone .. So i will prob be posting a lot more in june since it will be just me and the little man...

Hope everyone had a great weekend :)

Tomorrow is wordless wednesday... Which means post full of pictures..yay yay yay....

children medicine recall.. all moms look

there have been some recalls on infant and children's medicine... please got to this site and check you codes..



http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com/page.jhtml?id=/include/new_recall.inc



if you have any of these i would throw them away.. i HAD two of them...