Today was Olivia's winterfest. It is amazing how much you can do in an hour and a half in kindergarten. I had a blast. Olivia and I went sledding together and played on the playground and her class sang a bunch of songs and we had hot chocolate and snacks. Diane was kind enough to watch Makenna so I could have some alone time with Olivia. IT WAS GREAT!!!! I love Olivia's school and her teacher is so absolutely.......PATIENT!
Here is a little montage of the winterfest.....
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Olivia's Art
Today Olivia came home with a note from her art teacher, it said her artwork has been chosen to be on display at the Brighton District Library as part of the "Youth Art Month". The display will be available Saturday March 3rd through Thursday March 29th. She is invited to attend the opening reception on Sunday March 4th from 2 -4 p.m. complete with cookies and punch! GO OLIVIA!
Rocky Rocky
Yesterday I lost Makenna in the house, well not really, she just wasn't being an ankle biter. I was running around looking for her and I heard a faint humming. I found her, in her rocking chair in bedroom rocking her baby doll singing a lullaby. I tried to get it on video but she heard the camera beep and saw me. It was such an awesome thing to see. I can't believe she is growing up so fast! PRECIOUS!
Just an update on the everyday
Olivia has strep for the 4th time in 2 months. She is now being referred to an ENT and recommended that her tonsils be removed. She has been on a strongest antibiotic possible for 4 days now and her she still sounds like she has something in her throat. Her pediatrician said there is nothing more they can do for her. They have done all they can. Her ENT appointment is on March 8th (that's the soonest they could see her).
Makenna woke up with a 102 fever this morning but is acting fine...no runny nose, cough, sneezing, vomiting, diarrhea etc....so who knows why, probably some stupid virus.
I am ready to bomb my house, burn it to the ground. I am so sick of germs and sickness I could just scream! I am just truly lucky that I haven't caught anything from the 3 of them. I just want winter to end. Yet again another reason to want to move as far away from Michigan as possible. Yes the snow is pretty but I would rather just take a picture and move on. I need sunshine and flowers. Not dirty brown snow. I think I have that seasonal depression thing.
Eli has been working like crazy. We haven't been seeing a lot of each other and I think it is starting to wear on us. I am lucky if Eli gets home before 6:30 lately. It is a long day for him having to get up at 4:30 am to get to work. I am sure he is just exhausted as I am as well dealing with the kids solo. I really miss him. I feel that we are a little distant lately and would love to get him all to myself for just an hour.
I went to small group last night and it was wonderful. I am so blessed to have such a great group of friends. When we get together there is never a dull moment or a quiet moment to say the least. There is 6 of us and we are all different and so much alike in so many ways and it is GREAT! Eli was so wonderful to stay home with 5 girls....yes 5 girls. Makenna, Erika, Olivia, Maddie, and Emily. Eli said they had a great time and were good. He thought it was amazing how 5 girls in one room could be so LOUD. It was great that he did that for Cathie and I to be able to go to group and have some time. Poor Dave was with his grandma.
My brother is coming in town today with his girlfriend, Rachel. So I think Saturday we will be getting together at my parents for dinner. Sunday I have to study, study, study.... I have 2 tests next week on ALL the joints, muscles, and bones. I'm ok with the joints and bones but the muscles confuse me a little. I guess I never realized how many we actually have.
One of our friends, Bob Rays, lost his mom to cancer on Wednesday. So if you could take a moment to pray for their family..... That would be great! Cancer sucks! I am so blessed that I have never had it effect my immediate family. Loosing my Auntie Chris was hard enough. I could imagine loosing a family member. My heart goes out to their wonderful family.
Makenna woke up with a 102 fever this morning but is acting fine...no runny nose, cough, sneezing, vomiting, diarrhea etc....so who knows why, probably some stupid virus.
I am ready to bomb my house, burn it to the ground. I am so sick of germs and sickness I could just scream! I am just truly lucky that I haven't caught anything from the 3 of them. I just want winter to end. Yet again another reason to want to move as far away from Michigan as possible. Yes the snow is pretty but I would rather just take a picture and move on. I need sunshine and flowers. Not dirty brown snow. I think I have that seasonal depression thing.
Eli has been working like crazy. We haven't been seeing a lot of each other and I think it is starting to wear on us. I am lucky if Eli gets home before 6:30 lately. It is a long day for him having to get up at 4:30 am to get to work. I am sure he is just exhausted as I am as well dealing with the kids solo. I really miss him. I feel that we are a little distant lately and would love to get him all to myself for just an hour.
I went to small group last night and it was wonderful. I am so blessed to have such a great group of friends. When we get together there is never a dull moment or a quiet moment to say the least. There is 6 of us and we are all different and so much alike in so many ways and it is GREAT! Eli was so wonderful to stay home with 5 girls....yes 5 girls. Makenna, Erika, Olivia, Maddie, and Emily. Eli said they had a great time and were good. He thought it was amazing how 5 girls in one room could be so LOUD. It was great that he did that for Cathie and I to be able to go to group and have some time. Poor Dave was with his grandma.
My brother is coming in town today with his girlfriend, Rachel. So I think Saturday we will be getting together at my parents for dinner. Sunday I have to study, study, study.... I have 2 tests next week on ALL the joints, muscles, and bones. I'm ok with the joints and bones but the muscles confuse me a little. I guess I never realized how many we actually have.
One of our friends, Bob Rays, lost his mom to cancer on Wednesday. So if you could take a moment to pray for their family..... That would be great! Cancer sucks! I am so blessed that I have never had it effect my immediate family. Loosing my Auntie Chris was hard enough. I could imagine loosing a family member. My heart goes out to their wonderful family.
Friday, February 16, 2007
The everyday
Sorry I haven't been blogging....I've been caught up in the everyday, plus every time I start to blog lately my computer freezes and I just get p*##$* off. So lately to avoid getting into a bad mood. I go online, check email, do some homework, check my favorite blogs and I'm out. SO ANYWAYS.....
I guess I'll start with school. I am carrying a 4.0 in both my classes. Yeah I'm one of the smart, older, dorky mom that complain when I get a low A on a test. Overall having a great time in school.
Makenna....We had a orthopedic appointment this week. The break is encapsulated (radius) and there is new bone growth around the two ends that don't quite meet up. We are going to re Xray it in 6 months to make sure the bone is reshaping and growing out. She is using it and occasionally hits it on something or falls on it and say and says, "OW OW OW". The doctor has lifted all restrictions and she is allowed to be a normal 17 month old. She is talking now. Her first full sentence was, "I DO IT MYSELF" or "I DO IT". Either way, she wants to do it with NO help from me or her big sisters. Here are some of her other words or similar sounding words...
Momma - sounds like "Momma"
Hi Daddy - sounds like "Hi Tada"
Titus - sounds like "Tiii Tiii"
Olivia - sounds like "Eeeeeaaaaaa"
Erika - sounds like "Akaaaaa"
Dog - sounds like "God"
Kitty - sounds like "Titty" or she'll say "Eow" for meow
Fish - sounds like "shishy"
Auntie - sounds like "Ahhh eeee"
Juice - sounds like "suess"
Cheese - sounds like "eeezzzzz"
Bottle - sounds like "ba ba"
I love you - sounds like "I O EW"
Yesterday she wanted to eat Cathies roast beef sandwich and instead of Cathie helping her she says, "I do it"...... grabbed it away from her and went to town! Good thing Cathie likes baby spit!
Makenna is as happy as can be. I love this stage. Everyday there is something new. She is figuring the world out and it is an amazing thing to watch and be a part of.
Olivia is somethin special.....she is having her good days and bad days. She having some self esteem issues and power struggle issues. Her teacher, social working, and I have been dealing with it and I have seen some improvement. I think she was just really jealous of Makenna getting so much attention the past month. I also think she is having trouble seeing far away, I have to get her to the eye doctor. I've been really trying with her and I feel that we are making some strides to a better relationship! She is SO much like me it is SO scary.
Erika is doing great! She wanted her hair cut, so I let her, she loves it! She is growing up so fast. Doing great in school! She is getting more aggressive in soccer. Well rounded happy little young lady! She has so many friends and always looks out for them.
We have our everyday sibling rivalry, but over all Erika, Olivia, and Makenna really are the best of friends, they really love each other! Today Erika and Olivia are out of school for mid winter break.....I feel like they have been out of school more than they have been in school, with all the snow days and sick days. I am getting so sick of winter and I want to go outside!!!! Maybe I just want the kids to go outside. Either way, enough is enough. It is to freakin cold.
On a happy note...Eli and I are going on a weekend trip....in April. Don't know where. All I know is that we are going with Dave, and Cathie. NO KIDS!!! It is a surprise for Cathie and I. Cathie wants to be surprised, but I want to know all the details......(control issues) it's driving me crazy and Eli is loving it! He is totally playing games with me. The last time Eli and I went anywhere together without children was in 2001. I am SO excited!!!! It gives me something to look forward to!
GOTTA GO! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
I guess I'll start with school. I am carrying a 4.0 in both my classes. Yeah I'm one of the smart, older, dorky mom that complain when I get a low A on a test. Overall having a great time in school.
Makenna....We had a orthopedic appointment this week. The break is encapsulated (radius) and there is new bone growth around the two ends that don't quite meet up. We are going to re Xray it in 6 months to make sure the bone is reshaping and growing out. She is using it and occasionally hits it on something or falls on it and say and says, "OW OW OW". The doctor has lifted all restrictions and she is allowed to be a normal 17 month old. She is talking now. Her first full sentence was, "I DO IT MYSELF" or "I DO IT". Either way, she wants to do it with NO help from me or her big sisters. Here are some of her other words or similar sounding words...
Momma - sounds like "Momma"Hi Daddy - sounds like "Hi Tada"
Titus - sounds like "Tiii Tiii"
Olivia - sounds like "Eeeeeaaaaaa"
Erika - sounds like "Akaaaaa"
Dog - sounds like "God"
Kitty - sounds like "Titty" or she'll say "Eow" for meow
Fish - sounds like "shishy"
Auntie - sounds like "Ahhh eeee"
Juice - sounds like "suess"
Cheese - sounds like "eeezzzzz"
Bottle - sounds like "ba ba"
I love you - sounds like "I O EW"
Yesterday she wanted to eat Cathies roast beef sandwich and instead of Cathie helping her she says, "I do it"...... grabbed it away from her and went to town! Good thing Cathie likes baby spit!
Makenna is as happy as can be. I love this stage. Everyday there is something new. She is figuring the world out and it is an amazing thing to watch and be a part of.
Olivia is somethin special.....she is having her good days and bad days. She having some self esteem issues and power struggle issues. Her teacher, social working, and I have been dealing with it and I have seen some improvement. I think she was just really jealous of Makenna getting so much attention the past month. I also think she is having trouble seeing far away, I have to get her to the eye doctor. I've been really trying with her and I feel that we are making some strides to a better relationship! She is SO much like me it is SO scary.
Erika is doing great! She wanted her hair cut, so I let her, she loves it! She is growing up so fast. Doing great in school! She is getting more aggressive in soccer. Well rounded happy little young lady! She has so many friends and always looks out for them.We have our everyday sibling rivalry, but over all Erika, Olivia, and Makenna really are the best of friends, they really love each other! Today Erika and Olivia are out of school for mid winter break.....I feel like they have been out of school more than they have been in school, with all the snow days and sick days. I am getting so sick of winter and I want to go outside!!!! Maybe I just want the kids to go outside. Either way, enough is enough. It is to freakin cold.
On a happy note...Eli and I are going on a weekend trip....in April. Don't know where. All I know is that we are going with Dave, and Cathie. NO KIDS!!! It is a surprise for Cathie and I. Cathie wants to be surprised, but I want to know all the details......(control issues) it's driving me crazy and Eli is loving it! He is totally playing games with me. The last time Eli and I went anywhere together without children was in 2001. I am SO excited!!!! It gives me something to look forward to!
GOTTA GO! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Monday, February 12, 2007
Beth Moore
This weekend I am going to a 2 day conference, Living Proof Live with Beth Moore at Cobo. I am going with my Mom, Diane, and my friend Sue. We are staying at the Courtyard by Marriott in Downtown Detroit Friday night. I am so excited to get away. From what I hear she is a lot like Joyce Meyer. This conference is suppose to be "a fun and uplifting getaway with the girls", for woman in need of "divine refreshment". Travis Cottrell's worship team will be there and from what I hear they are fantastic. I am a little nervous to be going with my Mom and Diane. My Mom and Diane are "old school catholics" which is great, but I just hope they enjoy being with God in a different way. My sister teases me every time she gets into my car and I'm rockin out to christian music. I also know that people will be doing the raising of the hands worship, which it tends to freak people out who are not used to it. I know it used to freak me out. I just hope they can put the difference aside and just be in the moment and enjoy the music. I have never done anything like this with my Mom or Diane. I just hope they have a great time and we have a great time together. I am so glad that Sue will be there with me. Joann Jeffrey was suppose to come with us but has decided to go to Mexico with her family and the Rays family (I can't imagine why she would rather go on a vacation somewhere warm and sunny-Hope you all have a great time!). I was really wishing that my friend Cathie would've been able to come, but is unable. Her and I had such a great time at the woman's retreat in Colorado together. I will miss her and be thinking of her, it won't be the same without her.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Some Needed Prayers
Some of my friends are having a tough time right now. I would like to ask for some prayers....My friend Cathie has lost her uncle yesterday to a heart attack. He was 52 and it was SO sudden. Please prayer for her family.
Second my friend Lori and her family, her mother Jean found out she has stage 4 brain cancer. Lori had already lost her father to liver cancer a few years back. Could you please pray for her family as well!
I always thought that in your fifty's is when you should look back at what you have accomplished and spend more time enjoying life. Spend more time relaxing. So many people have been passing on at such early ages. It really makes you think. To live in the moment is what is important, don't wait till later.
Thank you for your prayers!
Second my friend Lori and her family, her mother Jean found out she has stage 4 brain cancer. Lori had already lost her father to liver cancer a few years back. Could you please pray for her family as well!
I always thought that in your fifty's is when you should look back at what you have accomplished and spend more time enjoying life. Spend more time relaxing. So many people have been passing on at such early ages. It really makes you think. To live in the moment is what is important, don't wait till later.
Thank you for your prayers!
Monday, February 05, 2007
My First Official Test
This morning was my first "official" in classroom test. It was my lab exam for my anatomy class. I think I got 52 out of 50. OH YEAH! (I answered the 2 bonus questions correctly too!) I'm pretty proud of myself! Mostly because I missed 2 labs last week because of being in the hospital with Makenna. Last night I googled just about every skin and cell structure I could think of. It paid off. I'm worried about the lecture exam that is going to be on Wednesday morning. Wish me luck!
My healthy lifestyles course is going pretty well too! I received a perfect score on my first project and on my first on line quiz. So far, 4.0 in both classes. Yeah, I'm pretty much patting myself on the back!
Friday, February 02, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Good Bye January
I can officially say that January 2007 SUCKED! Especially for Makenna and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. I am welcoming February with open arms.
I have learned a lot about myself this month. I have been face to face with my strengths and weaknesses. One big thing that I found out is that I need support and love (I am a little needy). I have received this from so many people this month. I have a great family, great friends, and I belong to such a wonderful church. I have taken so much for granted and I have been put in perspective on so many different levels. I have gone to God like a crying like a baby for the first time in my life and had felt his love and support.
My life is so busy, non-stop pure chaos, that is how I like it, I am impatient, I want it done now. I need stress and busyness to keep me going. I don't know how to be in a quiet non rushed situation.
I was put in a small room, alone (most of the time) for 5 days, with my sick little Makenna. I was tested in so many ways. Feeling completely helpless, alone, sad, frustrated, guilty, mad, and more. I felt like I was in slow motion. Dealing with all these feelings one at a time. WOW. If anyone really knows me. I hate being alone, I don't know how to be alone. I love being around people with lots of noise and action.
There were times I just laid next to Makenna kissing her soft cheeks and rubbing her tummy and whispering I love over and over in her tiny ear and there were times when Makenna would be sleeping and I sat in the dark and just cried.
I had some great discussions with God. I say discussions because I actually heard him talking back to me. One thing he said to me was, "Do I have your attention now?" It was crystal clear! He showed me why he loves me and he showed me what I'm not really getting. He showed me how selfish I can be and how hurtful I can be. It was SO hard to face things about myself.
I was shown all the wonderful people that are in my life and why they are in my life. That it is ok to need people and it is ok not to be strong and in contol all the time. I was also shown what a wonderful person I am and all that I have to offer.
I have a great life. I need to slow down. I need to be true to myself. I need to spend more quality time with my children and my husband. I need to just take one day and one step at a time. I need to be more in the moment and enjoy those moments. I need to take time for myself. I need to make more time for God. I don't know how I've become so distant from myself.
Here is a little of Makenna from this morning.....cast free, happy as can be! This is what makes me smile.....watching my children grow!
I have learned a lot about myself this month. I have been face to face with my strengths and weaknesses. One big thing that I found out is that I need support and love (I am a little needy). I have received this from so many people this month. I have a great family, great friends, and I belong to such a wonderful church. I have taken so much for granted and I have been put in perspective on so many different levels. I have gone to God like a crying like a baby for the first time in my life and had felt his love and support.
My life is so busy, non-stop pure chaos, that is how I like it, I am impatient, I want it done now. I need stress and busyness to keep me going. I don't know how to be in a quiet non rushed situation.
I was put in a small room, alone (most of the time) for 5 days, with my sick little Makenna. I was tested in so many ways. Feeling completely helpless, alone, sad, frustrated, guilty, mad, and more. I felt like I was in slow motion. Dealing with all these feelings one at a time. WOW. If anyone really knows me. I hate being alone, I don't know how to be alone. I love being around people with lots of noise and action.
There were times I just laid next to Makenna kissing her soft cheeks and rubbing her tummy and whispering I love over and over in her tiny ear and there were times when Makenna would be sleeping and I sat in the dark and just cried.
I had some great discussions with God. I say discussions because I actually heard him talking back to me. One thing he said to me was, "Do I have your attention now?" It was crystal clear! He showed me why he loves me and he showed me what I'm not really getting. He showed me how selfish I can be and how hurtful I can be. It was SO hard to face things about myself.
I was shown all the wonderful people that are in my life and why they are in my life. That it is ok to need people and it is ok not to be strong and in contol all the time. I was also shown what a wonderful person I am and all that I have to offer.
I have a great life. I need to slow down. I need to be true to myself. I need to spend more quality time with my children and my husband. I need to just take one day and one step at a time. I need to be more in the moment and enjoy those moments. I need to take time for myself. I need to make more time for God. I don't know how I've become so distant from myself.
Here is a little of Makenna from this morning.....cast free, happy as can be! This is what makes me smile.....watching my children grow!
Makenna's stay at St. Joseph Hospital
In the ER before being admitted,
Hangin in there!
Being a trooper! Playing "so big" with Mommy
After she got her cast off....why such a sad face?
We are home from our 4 night, 5 day stay at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. HAPPY TO BE HOME! Makenna is doing great! She is healing from RSV and pneumonia. She also was able to get her cast off. We had a follow up appointment with her pediatrician this morning. Her O2 levels are still normal and her chest is clear! Now we are just finishing up her antibiotics and wean off the albuterol. She is in a great mood. From this experience, Makenna has lost her fear of strangers. Makenna was treated so well and the hospital. The nurses and respiratory therapists were outstanding! They were such a huge support for me. It amazing how people you don't even know can support you in so many ways.
Thank you to everyone for you prayers, support, and love. Thank you for all the phone calls, emails, texts, and visits! Our family is so blessed! I couldn't have gotten through all this without all of you!
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