Family of five plus One in Heaven!!!

Time for updates...

2009-10-12T07:51:00.000-07:00

We all are still here and doing well. I totally lost touch with my blog. Time to kick it into gear. There has been so much that has happened with us this year. I will post an seperate update for all of us.

NEXT STEP

2009-01-31T14:31:00.000-08:00

Well we had have been to the specialist a couple times and lots of lab draws. So this is where we are at. Nicholas has low thyroid so he is taking meds to get his levels normals. We go back in about 4 weeks to retest his thyroid. Assuming it is okay our next step will be a 2 part test in and out of the hospital for about a week or two. Which will basically see how Nicholas reacts to growth hormones. He has to fail both parts to be correctly diagnosed with Growth Hormone Deficiency. His doctor is very certain this is what he has. Then pending his results he will start injection daily at home and will have to stay on them for the rest of his life as well as other meds. I was pretty bummed to hear it and took it hard at first but this condition runs in our family and my brother and uncle that have it live very normal lives. So as much as it sucks to put our little guy through all the testing, blood work, and medicines, I have realized that this is what is best for Nicholas and he will just know it has a way of life. At least it will ketch him up in height and his developmental delays should correct it self in time as well. It looks as if this condition will continue to run down the family line as it seems to be the males that may get affected by the gene but the women carry then gene and pass it down. So this will be something to watch out for with and if Brooklyn has any kids in the future. So that is what is new and where we are heading next. I am dreading the testing in the hospital but that is what needs to be done. I think I take it worst then he does. He is still not talking at all but in therapy twice a week. They are thinking of getting his some machines that will help him communicate to us. We'll see how that goes. So for now he is just a little smaller then the normal 2 year toddler and don't talk but he still runs around and terrorizes like a 2 year!

MRI Update

2009-01-10T15:54:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn's expression is exactly how I feel! I could just cry........

So Nicholas MRI results came back and we were referred to see a pediatric Endocrinologist. We had a short visit because the receptionist only scheduled us for a 15 minute appointment and apparently we should have been scheduled for an hour. So we still don't know exactly what is going on but he does have pituitary gland issues. The pituitary cells were empty and is the reason he has poor growth. So they sent us to the lab where we thought we were going to have a bad experience and Nicholas was going to have a total melt down but he proved us & the nurses wrong. He has to be the bravest 2 year old there is or just really curious about the world around him. As they stuck his vane for 4 vivals of blood no tears, no flinches, no worries. It was smooth sailing. He was such a good boy and the nurses googled over him the whole time! We are awaiting results from a bone age x-ray and blood work to rule out other possibilities. We should have those results in 2 weeks.

Check Ups

2008-12-19T17:26:00.000-08:00

So Nicholas and Brooklyn had well baby check ups in the last couple of weeks. I'll start with Brooklyn. She is doing well and growing great. She can roll tummy to back, started cereal but not a huge fan, plays with her rattles and toys all the time. She got her 4 month shots and took them like a champ. She weights 15.8 oz and 25 1/4 inches long! She is growing so fast. She is getting to be such a good baby and such a blessing to our family.

Nicholas on the other hand is not growing so well. He only grew 1 inch in the last 6 months which only brings him to 31" and he is 24.6 pounds. Not even on the charts. So after discussing Nicholas past medical problems our pedi decided to do a follow up MRI to make sure nothing was going on that were not aware of since he still is not talking at all, only baby babble and not really growing. So today was the day for that MRI. I think it was worst on me then him but we all survived. Actually it broke my heart when the nurses came to get him and had us wait in the waiting room. He had to be sedated and spent all morning at the hospital. The whole sedation thing scares me to no end. He recovered well as he flirted with all the nurses and ran laps around the hall with Daddy.

He also lapsed with therapy. He was re-evaluated and back at the level of a 12 month old in some areas and 15 months in other areas. He also does not talk a solid word either. So back on developmental therapy once a week while we are on a waiting list for speech and physical therapy once a week.

Late but never forgotten!

2008-11-15T07:28:00.001-08:00

Breanna turned 4 in heaven on November 5th. I have found that this year was just as hard as the first. We did our annual tradition and we released 4 balloons each and sent them to heaven for her. I hope she knows how incredibly missed and loved she will always be. Today I look at Brooklyn and wonder a lot about Breanna, not the same as I did with Nicholas. I thanked God for giving me another daughter but it comes with a lot of different emotions, and memories. Words can not explain. As I get to experince new beginings with Brookee I wonder how it would of been with Breanna. I can only hope that one day we with be together again and until then all I can do is keep Breanna's memories alive. I love you and will always miss you sweetheart! RIP.....

I would also like to thank everyone that took the time to think of my baby girl. All the calls, emails and messages from close family and friends and a special blog wrote by Jordan's mommy! It truly touched my heart. And a special thanks to my mom and brother for going to the cemetery with me and being my support system. I love you all!

Halloween with my monsters!!!

2008-11-15T07:03:00.000-08:00

My 3 monsters! Brandon decided to be a warewolf, Im surprised he didn't scare the little ones. Nicholas loved Brandon's costume. Nicholas was the cutest littlest Bear and Brooklyn was a butterfly princess. Halloween was fun this year for Nicholas especially once he realized what he was actually getting. Candy are you kidding me he was so excited! Brooklyn suprised us all and sleep through most of trick or treating. If you knew her you would understand why. The girl gives us a challenge whenever she can, and we still feel incredibly blessed to have her! The love you have for your children in amazing!

2 months

2008-10-01T18:53:00.000-07:00

I've had alot going on and havent had alot of time to update. Im now back to work full time at a new job that is working out great for us. Brooklyn is growing so fast! Its sad to see my last baby grow like a weed. At her 2 month well baby visit she was 11.6 oz and 22 1/2 inches already! She is eating 4-6 oz every 3 hours or so. She can hold her head up very well and has started smiling at everything! Brooklyn defiantly keeps us wanting to pull our hair out at times. She is colic. She went through a horrible stage of crying and crying and more crying for hours starting about 7pm. Being the person I am I cant just put her down and let her I cry. I have to hold her, bouce her, pat her, try to feed her, giver a binky, try the swing, bouncy seat and the papasan seat, and I mean nothing helps and she seems like she hates it all even me! But I think were over the worst part of it according to our peditrician. She has got alot better over the last couple of weeks but still not 100% angel, even though she looks like one. She still has her moments and I just pray she is not relapsing back to the every night ordeal. So far lately its just been touch and go though. Now she just wont let us put her down much and it seems like she only wants mommy.

Pic 1: Matching cousins Elle and Brooklyn

Pic 2: Tummy time, holding her head up

Pic 3: First Smiles

precious times

2008-08-20T19:00:00.000-07:00

Fresh air!!!

2008-08-08T09:16:00.000-07:00

Having a newborn we have tried staying inside but with 2 older kids there is only so much we can take of inside time! So we ventured outside and took a walk to the park. The boys loved getting out and playing and Brooklyn just slept the whole time. A little fresh air does us all some good once in awhile.

We took a break for some outside pictures but Nicholas was not in for it! He wanted to run.

Already a week old!

2008-07-24T20:43:00.001-07:00

We seem to keep very busy these days! There is always something to do, someone to feed, diapers to change, laundry, dishes, chasing Nicholas around telling him NO, Bonding with Brooklyn, trying to get Brandon to do chores or at least keep his room clean, thank yous to get done, there is no break! I wonder some days how we are going to survive. Brad still works crazy hours and leaves before we awake in the mornings and don't come home until at the earliest 8pm. However as hectic as it is I wouldn't trade it for the world. Brooklyn is such a blessing to our family and her brothers love her to pieces!! Nicholas is getting a little better, he gives her millions of hugs and kisses a day. His hugs are a little tight but he is working on it. At least he is giving lovings and not trying to hurt her. One day it will get better I hope!

Were home!!!!

2008-07-19T20:26:00.000-07:00

We are home and adjusting well. It seems weird to have someone so small to take care of again. Brooklyn is a really good baby so far, eats every four hours and pretty much just sleeps. Nicholas hasn't bothered a whole lot with her yet. He gave her a big welcome home kiss and hug though. I think he will do just fine with his new sister.

Update

2008-07-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

All is going well with our new addition Brooklyn! She is such a good baby. She is a little jaundiced and may have to go under the lights today but other then that she only has 1 more round of antibiotics and she should be ready to come home in the morning. We all are ready!!

They boys love their new sister. Nicholas is a little rough with her but means well. He gives her lots of hugs and kisses. We all are adjusting and trying to get the hang of have 2 under 2!

She's Here!!!

2008-07-17T04:04:00.000-07:00

Stats: Brooklyn Faith
July 16th, 2008
3:07 pm by c-section
7.11 oz and 19.5 inches long!!

Miss Brooklyn had plans of her own and decided to come 3 days before our scheduled c-section. I started contracting every 2-5 minutes yesterday morning. So off to the hospital we went.
I had the c-section from hell! Not really that bad but had a twinge that ran down my leg so while he was trying to find the right spot for the spinal, so he says. It scared me more then anything and I lost it crying! Then if things couldn't get worse I was given morphine in my spinal and literally by time surgery was over could not keep my eyes open. I was so doped up I couldn't even focus on Brooklyn or hold her! Anybody that knows me knows I don't like medicine like that and had no clue it would effect me like that! I was useless all night until after 9 pm I could hold my eyes open for more then 5 minutes at a time.

So after all that got over we were told that baby had to stay in nursery for monitoring because she was grunting when trying to breath. So labs were ordered and a chest x ray. Everything looked okay but they started her on antibiotics to treat an infection just in case. So today we were told we should have her in between her meds.

Im so glad that she is here and my pregnant days are over. Our family is finally complete and I love having a princess again.

Brandon Birthday gift

2008-07-11T16:37:00.000-07:00

As a part of Brandon birthday we went to a Sox's game and he was allowed to bring a friend. He choose my lil' brother his uncle Tyler that is only 18 months older then him. We all had a good time and of course it was even better that the Sox won! It was fun to have some alone time with Brandon it seems like forever since we have been able to have some special time with him since Nicholas has came along and now with Brooklyn any day!

Happy birthday Brandon! We love you!!!

Beach Bums

2008-07-07T16:57:00.001-07:00

We took Nicholas for his for trip to the beach! At first he did not like it at all. He wanted no part of it but he loosened up the longer we were there. I think his favorite part was mommy trying to stop him from eating the rocks and sand. He must of thought it tasted good or liked playing that game with me!
Brandon took a break from the water to play with Nicholas for a few!

Nicholas enjoyed splish splashing!
Time to dry off and go home!!

A day at the park

2008-07-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

We decided to go have some play time at the park and since my camera is broke I was only able to get a few pictures. What a time for a broken camera, as were about to welcome a new baby into the family. It never fails.

We have a date

2008-07-02T19:51:00.000-07:00

That's right our baby girl should be here very soon. We are scheduled for a repeat c-section on July 19th that is if we make until then. The baby has dropped really low in the last week and I have cramping, contractions, and every other kind of ache and pain pretty much daily. But we are still hanging on. We have a lot going on in the next two weeks so I'm hoping it goes by fast but at the same time trying to enjoy this time with the boys!! I will be posting an update and pics from the hospital.

Our trip to Milwaukee Zoo

2008-06-26T15:45:00.001-07:00

It was a very long exhausting day to say the least. It stormed and we got drenched from the rain the whole morning running from exhibit to exhibit! We finally decided to head to the van for lunch and low and behold the sun came out and everyone was happy. Nicholas seemed to enjoys his first trip to the zoo. He stared with amazement.

The lions was Brad's favorite!!

We tried to keep the kids away from these dirty creatures!

But sometimes it was hard to avoid.

These were the coolest trees I've ever seen!

Brandon and Nicholas enjoyed the Monkey exhibit!

Here are some of our nieces and nephews on Brads

side of the family, including our own boys!

Lydia, Nicholas, Kaleb, Brandon and Koleman

Our lil' family! I felt miserable by this point and was

wondering what the hell was I thinking to go to the

zoo 8 months pregnant with a 18 month old that don't

want much to do with you if your not his Mommy.

By the end of the day I wished this was me!!

Brad and Brandon's birthday celebration!

2008-06-24T10:49:00.000-07:00

Nicholas playing with Brandon!!

The birthday boys!!

My neices, Elle, Bella, Abbi, and of course Brandon and Nicholas!!

First I must admit I suck at this blogging thing. I update more on myspace that I could ever think about on here.

Anyway we celebrated Brad turning 31 and Brandon turning 10 last Sunday. This year we went completely out of the norm for us and just did a small get together at our house. Just with immediate family and still had about 20 people over. It wasnt the big birthday bash that we usually have 50 plus people, a crazy amount of kids running crazy and adults acting like kids themselfs, but we still had fun!! Instead of a big party we are taking Brandon to a White Sox game soon, he is just as thrilled! He is growing out of the big party deal anyway and has had a big party every year until now. So I think we are going to make this routine from now on!

Come on now me being 8 months pregnant with a 18 month old you cant get a whole lot of out me these days. Im freakin exhausted and can not wait to have this baby!! Only 24 more days!!

Baseball season

2008-05-11T08:35:00.001-07:00

So Brandon officially started baseball! Here is my lil baseball star. He loves his baseball and new rules this year as he as moved up in the league. Brandon is thinking about switching it up and trying soccer in the fall. I love that my lil man is getting involved with sports.

Look what I can do!!!

2008-05-06T12:06:00.000-07:00

Its been awhile since Ive posted and a lot has happened! Nicholas finally can walk! It took a little longer and a lot of work but look at him go now. He was a little over 16 months when he took his first steps and everyday it seems like he is getting a little faster.

Graduated!

2008-05-06T08:45:00.001-07:00

That's right Nicholas graduated therapy. This was another big mile stone for us. We have been doing therapy since he was 6 months old. He needed a little extra boost after his rough start and hemorrhage on his brain at birth. But he passed the testing is no longer officially needing therapy. He is becoming a little tot! We truly have been blessed to have this little guy in our family!

Nicholas was happy to graduate therapy. Although we are gonna miss our therapists. Above is Lori our physical therapist. We miss her the most. We have been seeing her since Nicholas was 6 months old once a week. She helped Nicholas come so far! We couldn't have done it without her. The sap I am I cried when Lori left our house for our last weekly session. We will defiantly have to visit her on occasion. She has a special place in our hearts!

As you can see Nicholas loved all the attention his therapist gives him. Above is Terri our developmental therapist. She came to do therapy with us once a week as well since last November. She kinda worked on whatever needed worked on from week to week.

And last this is our speech therapist Chris. We seen her the least. We only had 2 visits with her. But Nicholas' has no problem expressing his self! We miss you all! Thank you for all you've done for our family.

Where a kid can be a kid

2008-03-22T11:02:00.001-07:00

We had the pleasure of attending a Chris' birthday party at ChuckeCheese! We haven't been since Nicholas was a few months old. So naturally we were curious if he would like the games/rides and the scary looking robots on stage!

He loved it!!!

Growing up

2008-03-09T09:08:00.000-07:00

I don't post very much on Brandon because not a lot changes with him. He is your typical 9 year old boy! Here is whats new, he is doing extremely well in 4th grade and his teacher says "he is a very funny boy and we all love having him in our class". Innocent as that sounds Brandon comes home from time to time talking about being the class clown. She also said that the only problem that he socializes too much. We have been hearing this since Kindergarten. I'm guessing its not going to stop anytime soon. Somethings never change. He has perfect attendance and he is very proud of that!

He loves playing with his little brother and is right there to give him anything he wants! Brandon loves the fact that Nicholas can't say Mama but says Nanon all the time wanting Brandon. I must admit it is pretty darn cute.

Brandon still loves his video games, computer time, and baseball! He is super excited that baseball practice starts in a couple weeks and all ready for it. He is starting to show a tad bit of interest in girls but still tries to hide it from us. Gotta love when his classmates/neighbors bust him out!! But he is right there to give back to them. I'm not ready for girls and hope they stay away for many more years!!! Brandon has been wanting to do more with friends like go to the movies and talking on the phone. They never have much to say on the phone but he makes it a big deal to call his friends. Some of his friends already have cell phones and he wants one. That's not going to happen anytime soon.

Well that about sums it up on Brandon. He is growing up on me and I'm not ready.

Family Events

2008-02-21T18:09:00.000-08:00

That's right we love American Idol. We are evening training Nicholas' to love it too. Tonight with us all glued to see the results Nicholas' joined in. After all he loves being next to bro bro. I don't have no favorites yet but its only a matter of time. I don't watch very much TV but this is one program that I have been hooked on since the first season. Even had the opportunity recently to see Kelly Clarkson in concert with Reba. It was awesome. We will be tuned in for the rest of the season!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2008-02-14T15:45:00.001-08:00

Its a.....

2008-02-13T08:43:00.001-08:00

Girl!!!!! We are super excited to complete our family with a baby girl. Everything looks good. So Brooklyn Faith will be here in July. Brandon is thrilled to get another sister. He told me the whole time it was a girl and he was right with Nicholas and Breanna too. I really had a gut feeling it was a girl. Now we have lots of cute pink clothes to buy.

Reba & Kelly

2008-02-09T22:00:00.000-08:00

Okay so I went to my 1st concert tonight and it was great. I grew on on Reba and when asked if I wanted to go I was like yeah okay. So bought the tickets months ago and then tonight I wasnt feeling into going but I knew if I didnt go Brad would kick my ass after spending money to see them. Brad passed up the chance and stayed home to watch movies with Nicholas. Reba aint his thing. Yeah whatever!! Anyhow Barbara Jean opened the show with some comedy stuff and she was amazing. We laughed so hard. She was worth seeing even if Reba wasnt there. But the end result both Reba and Kelly put on a terrific show and rocked the house. I would go again and im so glad I didnt pass it up this time. Not to mention our seats couldn't get any better. Well I mean not front row or anything but close enough to the stage and could see everything without a problem. Thanks Glenda and Josh maybe we can do it again.

I just love him

2008-02-02T08:29:00.000-08:00

Nicholas is the sweetest little guy. He has such a personality. He laughs for absoulty no reason at all, he loves to give kisses. He plays peek a boo but pulling anything over his eyes such as a piece of paper or clothes and waits for you to say "peek" he will quickly pull it down and smile as big as he can and just laughs. He is babbling like crazy his new favorite is nananananana. He is gradually getting closer to walking. He is such a blessing to our whole family. I love his big blue eyes and silly grins, I just love him to pieces!!!

Baby Update

2008-01-16T16:46:00.000-08:00

I've kinda been missing in acting on here lately. But all has been well. We had a regular OB check up and heard the heart beat it was in the 160's. All seemed well except I lost some weight so got to go back in 2 weeks. But Ive had serve morning sickness, tiredness and insomia this time around not including every other pregnancy symptom there is. I hope now that we are 12 weeks that it will start to fade. This has to be the worse pregnancy that I have had with all the kids.

We got to have a 4d ultra sound to make sure all was good and testing for down syndrome. Everything looked good and we have a heathly baby. Now if we can only be patient for 7 more weeks to find out the gender. Although im predicting a girl. Either way our family will be complete.

Bah Humbug

2007-12-26T18:14:00.000-08:00

Well we spent almost 24 hours in the hospital for Christmas. Well we got out at 9pm Christmas Eve. Just in time for Santa to come. In the meantime we missed 2 family events for Christmas. It sucked. So Nicholas is very sick with RSV. You cant tell by the picture but believe me you would not want to be in our house right now. He is so fussy, feverish, clingy, irritable, wont eat much, and has restless days and nights. We took him to the ER where they thought it was just his just his asthma at first. He was put on oral steroids and had 4 breathing treatments with in just a few hours and was still was not breathing better. Then his oxygen dropped and they admitted him in. They have to test for RSV, so they don't put him in with other kids, yadda, yadda, yadda and sure enough came back positive. I was so sad and cried like a cry baby. I was very scared. But luckily we have a very mild case but his asthma makes it so much worse. So it can hang around for 2-4 weeks. We were able to come home as soon as soon as his O2 was okay but can have a relapse. We are hoping not. Being in the hospital is bad enough but with a 1 year old that wants to crawl and is in a isolated room is even worse. So we are hoping this passes quickly. We were told it get worse before better.

Babies Babies Babies

2007-12-16T11:26:00.000-08:00

We know a lot of people expecting right now. Some times it seems like everyone is having a baby at the same time. It must be in the water right? Well we must of got some of it because we are expecting again. We found out on Nicholas 1st birthday. I almost cried. I've never had my kids close in age and scared to experience it but we have no choice. We are 8 weeks and due 7/28/08. We went to the Dr and had a n ultra sound. Every thing looked good and we have a heart beat of 135. I've calmed down some know that some time has passed but still not real thrilled. I know I will get there because I love my babies but geez not already. Brad and Brandon I must say are thrilled. Brandon is hoping for a girl. This most likely will be our last. God has granted me 3 healthy kids why keep going. Well Nicholas has had his share of problems but in general pretty healthy now. So lets hope were as lucky with #4.

Turning 1 is so much fun!!!!

2007-11-28T15:31:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday big guy! We love you sooo much!

We miss you baby girl

2007-11-05T17:16:00.001-08:00

Today you would of turned 3, its hard for me to imagine having a toddler running around and hurts me so much that you are not with us today celebrating 3 years of life. The day you were born is still so clear, just like it was yesterday. You were perfect and had such a proud family. Your big brother was ecstatic to have you as a sister and misses you deeply. You came in our lives and out in the blink of an eye. There is no words that can express our feelings from loosing you. You are such a special angel to so many people and have changed so many lives.

You taught us to be forgiving, thankful, grateful, and understanding.

When you filled my days with smiles everyday, now you let someone Else's child fill his parents life with smiles everyday. You will never be forgotten.

I miss kissing, hugging, loving and taking care of my moo me.

God Bless you baby girl. Mommy wishes you were still here with us today. There is not a day that goes by that you are not thought of. I miss your smile, your touch, your scent and your sweet personality. Rest in peace my sweet daughter.

"The moment that you died, our hearts split in two. The one side filled with memories, the other died with you. We often lay awake at night when the world is fast asleep and take a walk down memory lane with tears upon our cheeks. Remembering you is easy, we do it everyday, but missing you is heartache that never goes away. We hold you tightly in our hearts and there you will remain. Life has gone on without you, but it will never be the same. Your resting place we visit and place flowers there with care, but no one knows the heartache when we turn and leave you there."

Halloween

2007-11-04T06:49:00.000-08:00

Here is some pics of the boys from Halloween. I haven't had much to update because I am currently working as a temp. Lots of hours like 58 a week. And Im freakin exhausted. For a short update Nicholas is offically crawling and crusing along furniture. He is 22.2 pounds. He is off the bottle and on whole milk. He is getting to be a big boy. Still not to stable as he loves to pull his self up to the couch and walk along it he cant figure out how to get down. So he either screams until you get him down or just falls head first. Things has been a little crazy around our house since I started working. I will update more soon.

Almost 1!!!!

2007-10-25T15:44:00.000-07:00

Nicholas' huge milestones.....

2007-10-23T17:46:00.000-07:00

Im so excited for my baby boy. As most of you know Nicholas was born sick and had a bleed on his brain which cause some damaged and Nicholas has been extremely delayed in his motor skills. When Nicholas started therapy at 6 months he was barly able to hold his head up well and was not rolling. With therapy and a therapist that we love once a week Nicholas has made great progress. Now at almost 11 months he was doing the army crawl and rolling to where he needed to go. Well im happy to report now that he is more mobile. Not just the army crawl. Better watch out. Today While I was at work :( Brad caught on camera Nicholas propped up on all fours and rocked all by his self. He is will be crawling in no time. That is not all. That is just 1 of 3 milestones all today. The second is for the first time he pulled his self to a complete stand along the couch twice. Then he fell and he hit his head. Ouch!! And last but not least he went from laying to sitting alone. We are soo proud of him. I feel like he is growing up all a sudden.

update

2007-10-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

Well blogger won't let me post pics right now, So I will just do a little updating. Since we moved I haven't updated or uploaded new pics. We are all settled in and love all the room we have, well compared to our other place.
On the JOB front, Brad is currently at a second interview at a printing company so we are really hoping that he gets the job. I got hired part time/seasonal at Sears. Should be starting upon my completed back ground check. But still looking for a full time job. Me and Brad are kinda of trying to work opposite shifts so we won't have to worry much about daycare. We'll see how that matches up.
Brandon adjusted well to his new school. He is such a good loving kid and makes friends easily. He is just having a little problem remembering his homework almost daily. He never had that problem at Whitehead so he is grounded until he starts to remember. Almost everyday we have to drive him back to the school for him to get his books. I am getting really frustrated with him. Nicholas had a check up. He weighs 21.9 oz and is 27.5 inches! 50% for weight and 10% for height. Nicholas caught a cold from all of us and ended up wheezing. So he went back on breathing treatments for a few days. His doctor thinks every time he gets sick he will probably have to have breathing treatments until he grows out of it. Nicholas has his 1st birthday coming up next month. I cant believe that I am going to have a 1 year old already. Time flew!! Therapy is going well. Still working on crawling and getting into the sitting position by his self. But none the less making progress every week. He does the army crawl right now and pulls his self everywhere. The last few days and started to see him try to tuck his knees underneath him so hopefully we are almost there.

Pumpkins Everywhere

2007-09-23T21:21:00.001-07:00

Today we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard. I was so excited because I thought I was going to get all these great pics of Nicholas 1st trip and it so did not turn out that way. Nicholas took a couple good pics then wanted nothing to do with the pumpkins, people, food, nothing! Where did my smiley baby go and what is wrong. Well after I done gave up on him he all of a sudden was full of smiles again. O'well maybe next year will be a better photo opportunity.

Here is Nicholas Mom your kiddin me look!

Brandon knows the deal by now, just smile and take the picture!

Nicholas will always give you smile when he has his Bro Bro.

Therapy..virus..eating :(

2007-09-12T17:40:00.000-07:00

Although you can not tell by this photo that was taken today, Nicholas has not been feeling good. His nurse said it prolly is a virus, as long as no temp or tugging at ears and he still is drinking let it pass. Well I don't know what it is but Nicholas has been refusing his solids which use to be his favorite! Now table food he will still take with out hesitation so is it a virus or Nicholas just decided forget the jar foods! I don't know but he has been having at least 4 poo diapers a day and I am hoping this passes soon! He poor butt is getting raw. Other than that and not feeling so great, fussing then we have therapy on Wednesdays. Now Mrs. Lori make Nicholas work so already being tired and not feeling well I though o great this should be fun. Nope Nicholas loves her and always corporates to his fullest and hardly gives her a hard time. He gets reevaluated next month and we will probably been adding a fine motor therapist and a developmental therapist. So we'll see. We are trying to work on crawling but he is not quite there. So come on Nicholas you can do it!

Weekends

2007-09-10T02:41:00.000-07:00

Now that me and Brad both are laid off of work, our days consist of way to much quality time together. One of us needs out of the house! Well okay its not that bad but gets old after a while. Our days all seem the same, weekends are no different than a Monday or a Friday. Nothing to look forward to. It sucks! So I am hoping a job comes our way soon.

We went and looked at a townhouse is weekend and plan on moving the end of the month. I hate moving but we desperately need more space. So our fun is just beginning! Cleaning, throwing away, packing, packing and more packing then moving the crap. It will be worth it in the end, Brandon will be able to have a more social life outside since there is plenty of kids to play with and there is none where we live now. Plus he is looking forward to going to a different school for one reason, NO UNIFORMS! That would of been great except we already bought him all new uniforms this year. That seems to be our luck. Nicholas too will have an advantage he will be close to his cousin Abbi. Nicholas is the laid back mellow baby and Abbi is very hyper. She goes crazy when she sees Nicholas and tries to grab his eyes out of his head, and any other part she can get a hold of. So maybe if she sees more of him she'll relax a little. She just gets sooo excited.
Here is a picture when we use to be able to get a pic of them together with no fight. They are pretty cute together.

So Sunday I got up, got ready, took care of the kids then I got away alone! It was great just to get away for a couple hours. Went and got a eyebrow wax, and headed to the bridal expo. Here we go all over, my best friend of so many years, like 15 years is getting married next year. she is as Glenda refers as the "super saver wedding lady" and tries to find the best possible deal there is. Good luck!

After a couple hours away I went back home and everybody survived. Brad was watching football, duh! As he said well he was trying to watch as much as he could with both the boys. We have Bears (Brandon) and Raiders fans (Brad). Nicholas was rolling all over the floor and Brandon was chillen in his room watching the Disney channel. So we all packed up and went to Brandon's Aunt Julies for fresh smoked turkey. It was yum. Hopefully this week we can venture out to do something a little more exciting.

Lets try again

2007-09-04T10:58:00.000-07:00

We miss updating everyone from old co-workers to out of state family and friends. So we are reconnected. I will try to update as often as Nicholas lets me. He is demanding at times so bare with me. And now that I have a 4th grader homework takes a lot of time.

So Brandon turned 9 in June and started 4th grade last week. Came home 1st day with a short story to write about his self. Sounds simple right, wrong nothing is so simple with Brandon. It turned into hours long and thinking, writing, correcting and then typing for a 2 paragraph story. Welcome to my world with Brandon and school. Very bright the teachers say but we battle attention in our house, seriously. So we'll see how the rest of the school year goes. Challenging I'm sure.

And for the Mama's boy, Nicholas! He loves his mama and literally I can scream at times when he just fusses and fusses just for me and for no reason. He likes Daddy on occasion but not like mama. It gets aggravating when I am trying to get something done. Now about the good stuff on Nicholas, he recently got 2 teeth, 2 days apart, has said his first word "hi" a couple time, has been sitting since the beginning of August and working on crawling. Not to close to crawling but working on it with his therapist weekly. We are getting there! After all he is only 9 months.

As for me and Brad. We are both now unemployed and looking for a job. Ive had a job interview so hoping it turns out, and Brad just got laid off last week. That sucks for us. That's our dilemma for the moment.