The new Norm

We seem to be back to a normal routine around here, somewhat. Last week we lost Brian's Grandmother Gena. He was able to fly out Saturday Morning and come back Tuesday. We are almost done with Kael's Basketball.....2 games next week and then the CHAMPIONSHIP the week after. Maddie is on week 3 of PT and now we do alot of core exercises......donkey kicks, crunches and reverse crunches. Also trying to make her ride her bike for longer periods at a time....trying to exhaust her muscles is how they described what she needs. They just celebrated the 100th day of school and the end of the second semester.

Sage is still on soy and no major problems. She is a dancing Queen and singing....she kills me. The dog we got in Dec, Cannon ( yeah I forgot to mention him for 2 months now) is as tall as Sage now and almost 20lbs so them playing is hilarious.

I need to start looking into which bowling alley on post to have Maddie's 6th Birthday ( I so wanted her to have a roller skating party but no luck ). We have to put Pavers under the fence in the back yard since Cannon is a digger .......ugh, but it is suppose to be nice this weekend so maybe it will get done. Hope everyone has a great weekend ......and you up North, I hope you thaw out soon !!!!

Happy New Year???

We started 2011 off in NC, doing my families Christmas. Poor Sage has had Diarrhea for almost 3 weeks and it was not a fun trip for her. During the few days we were there she had open sores on her butt and poor kid never got any relief. We got to the Dr on Tuesday and they sent some samples to the lab but she thought it was a Dairy Allergy so NO Dairy for a week. We got some results back No Bacteria or White Blood Cells detected so know we are just waiting on Parasite to come back. If this does not clear up after a week of no dairy we go to Cat Scan, Blood work, Etc. Sage LOVES yogurt so it has been a rough 2 days for her with no yogurt but I found some SOY yogurt at Kroger today .....they even have Soy Sour cream and Soy Cream cheese and Soy Ice cream....but since those are not staples in her diet I did not get those. .....plus the price OUCH.
Maddie had her PT Eval this week and coordination was very weak, plus fine motor skills and calf muscles are so short and tightened they did not how she was walking. We are gonna start once a week and possibly get referred for OT. The PT place is in Richmond Hills, 40 mins away, so again another reason we should have gotten a house there and not here.
Kael's Basketball team started playing games this week, 2 so far and they won both. He has really improved and while I don't think Basketball is his "thing" he did not give up and has really tried. But he stills talks about Martial Arts alot so we will see what is in our future. We are still waiting for Brian to start his "new" Job at HAAF which is a 45 min commute and yet another reason we should be in Richmond Hill and not here ( LOL). This "job" will be for a year and he starts getting ready next week......which is good because if I don't get back to a "regular" schedule soon I will lose my friggin mind. I'm a type A personality so everything must be scheduled with a beginning and a end, I "need" to know details and facts, and it must be done my way.......yes I know I am weird, but I try to control it. But between the kids being out of school, and all the traveling since Thanksgiving till now I'm almost out of control......Ha Ha Ha !!!!
1) Sage and Kael looking for more gifts

2 and 3 ) Maddie and Sage

4) Kael's Biggie

Merry Christmas to All

And to all a Good Night ! Santa has been and now for some sleep.

Merry Christmas Everyone.

I'm still here .........

I swear but just been busy. My goal for the New Year is to blog ( or post a pic ) everyday.....We will see. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and I'll see you right after Christmas.

And the winner is

Congrats Michelle
"I am sure reading it will give me encouragement during my hubbies upcoming deployment.... so it would be nice to win because I have three small children and my hubby is getting deployed in May!"

Sending you good deployment MoJo for May ! I wish I had a book for everyone, again don't forget about the website and "like" Faith Deployed on Facebook. Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday.

Faith Deployed Giveaway

I am so Happy to be giving away a copy of Faith Deployed by Jocelyn Green. I am even Happier my 4th Deployment is over but that is another story. I have never been the type of person to go to church....I am very spiritual but I have not found that church that I "click" with. I have always read daily devotionals along with the bible to be able to process the information and not be overwhelmed. Imagine my surprise when I received my copy of Faith Deployed and it was written that way.....not only that, after each story there was a prayer and question for you.

Each night after all 3 kids were asleep I read the short story of a Military Wife, just like myself who was dealing with the same struggles I was going through. I love the "Ask" at the end of each story......made me think and question myself. The stories are short enough for me to be able to sneak it in no matter how long my day had already been and I always felt better because even when it did not apply to my immediate situation it gave me encouragement. No matter what branch of Military our spouse is in we all have the same struggles at one time or another. If this is your first deployment or your 10th, you need this book. I received a copy to read for my review and it is the book that will stay on your nightstand, PCS after PCS, dog eared and bookmarked.

So Please leave me a comment for your chance to win your own copy of Faith Deployed. This contest will be open till Midnight November 13th. The winner will be notified Sunday November 14th by e-mail so please leave your e-mail address in your comment so I can notify you. I was given two copies of Faith Deployed by Moody Publishers and Jocelyn Green and can not thank them enough. Please visit www.Faithdeployed.com for more information on the book, the author and how to Join them on Facebook.

Waiting......

I can't give out details but this deployment is almost over. I also have a Veterans Day giveaway coming up that I am very excited about. Halloween was a total bust here.......our Subdivision is fairly new ( lots of new construction ) but there are lots of people already living here so you think there would have been someone giving candy out but No .....apparently all here go on post to Trick or Treat. By the time we got on post it was already a hour into Trick or Treating and most people had already run out of candy. The kids got 5 pieces ........Kael said it was the worst Halloween ever, I have to agree. But Daddy is coming home so all will be better soon.

As far as sickness goes we seem to be on the road to a full recovery but I'll be sure to spray the house down with Lysol before Brian gets here .....LOL. Can you believe it is less then a month away from Black Friday?????? Happy Halloween Y'all