Happy Valentines Day 2010

So Maybe we are getting better? I am not gonna Jinx myself this time !!! But it has been 2 days and no Dr's so yeah for us !!! In other news we have gotten pre approved for our Mortgage and we have a Realtor so hopefully by Spring Break there will be lots of homes for me to go look at. Hopefully we will be under contract by April 30th to qualify for the $8000 first time home buyers credit. We have almost a 30 mile area to look at between Ft Stewart and Richmond Hills area. We are looking forward to getting all this done .....Kael is now finally excited we will be near a ocean ( he thinks he will be at the beach everyday ) Maddie is more concerned about her "friends" . Right now our big concern is Schools since we will have 2 in the system now ( can U believe it?????????? )
I did get her invitations today so hopefully they will get passed out Weds at school....
Enjoy the pics from Valentines past....there are no 2005.....I was ginormus with Maddie and poor Kael was never in any clothes???? Seriously all the photos are him running around in a diaper.....he is gonna hate that in a couple of years.

You have got to be friggin kidding me ????????

Sorry but I have been saying that alot. Got Sage to the Dr today after nights of torture for me and the rest of the house ( mainly Maddie ) as she screams her head off because Motrin wears off in 8 hours .....UGH !!! She has a double ear infection and sinus infection and they thought strep but the figured out it was just irritation from all the infection draining from her head. The Dr was not happy with them giving her Liquid albutral last week for a cough and saying her ear was a little pink but not nothing to treat.....esp with no follow up. Kael has the "asthma" cough going on but oh my goodness the smell coming out of that boys mouth ( and I have smelled death ) so gonna try to get him to ped tomorrow after school because that has to be a sinus infection ( yes he brushed his teeth ). He lost another tooth tonight......Tooth Fairy has been, He says Hello. And not to leave her out.....Dearest Middle child did not go to school today since she could not eat her lunch in time.....we are completely clueless as to how to deal with her. She has Teeth problems and Low muscle tone issues and she does chew slower then a cow chewing its cud but the therapist say it should not hinder her as much as it does......during the meals I feel like she is milking it and I could pull out everyone of my hairs but what if shes not ???? Do I give up, let her eat what she can in the time she is giving and just give nutritional shakes or Veggie juices? Today it was a issue of Chewing and swallowing a clemintine orange ? Usually its meat....she will chew it forever !!! Can you tell I am exhausted? Hopefully this made some sense because I am off to bed....night

Super Bowl Party?

I think ( hope) we are ready. They are calling for snow tomorrow, starting at noon with the heaviest @ 5pm.....great. I already pre chopped my chili fixin's, Quadruple Chocolate brownies are done, tortilla pinwheels are made and chillin, spinach dip done and 70 Buffalo chicken meatballs are made.....whew.
Kael started with his Asthma "cough" tonight so I upped his flovent and gave him some stuff for his runny nose, please pray we caught it early enough for no predisone or Dr visit. Sage is still coughy but she really has a time at night, we have been giving her Motrin and those homeopathic ear drops for ear pain. Have a feeling she will be going back to Dr.
I am loving looking at houses on the internet ......really helps with deciding what we don't want in a home......but I really love those Granite counter tops, oh yeah and a open kitchen....LOL. Have a great Super Bowl Sunday and Geaux Saints......Who Dat !!!!!

Peaches, Magnolia trees, Paula Deen

99% sure we have Ft Stewart Ga as our new home in July......by March we will be 100% sure. We had Vision Therapy today and she was very thrilled with how he is progressing. On other notes we need help getting him to learn the value of a dollar......Bambi said there was a guy on Oprah so if any of you watch Oprah and saw this please please let me know. I have done NO cleaning for the Party Sunday.....hoping to start some tomorrow......still have food to buy and prep. They are calling for Snow Thursday night into Friday and then again Monday.

Maddie still coughing not as much but still there. Sage is hacking up lungs and getting runny/stuffy nose. Brian actually had a free afternoon so she stayed home today. I bought Kael 3 pair of jeans at Old navy hopefully these last at least a month. Brian figured we will be 5.5 hours away from my hometown so hopefully this will perk/cheer my Granny up.......Great Grand Children are good for that.

These are from Friday......Kael still has BBQ sauce on his mouth from the ribs they made. The Cowboy hat did look better.....he stuffed it in his backpack to bring home.....gotta love him.

Proof she is freakishly strong Baby

The little daredevil proving how strong she is. Thankfully we all seem to be on the final stretch of this yucky respiratory mess. Kael is still going strong with Therapy, he got a balance board to take home this week so he is more then happy to do "ball" therapy. He also got a Ipod Nano this week....saved up his money and he has been quite happy for the past 2 days. His school celebrated Kansas B day party Friday and he made a candle, corn husk doll, yarn doll and got to see soldiers, native Americans and prairie children.
Maddie did finally make it to school Friday and they had a smaller celebration for Kansas B Day. She is letting her hair grow out finally but she wants me to get her Pokemon stuff for her Birthday Party. Ummmm no, nope, not gonna happen......She has picked bowling for her party over the Movies.....I am so shocked but oh well its not my party. Gotta get them to Target to pick out the Valentines day cards before they all get picked over.
We are now gearing up for our super bowl party....trying new stuff so let the stress begin. The kids also start swim lessons Monday so say a couple of extra prayers for them.
Y'all have a great weekend and if you got snow enjoy it but be careful !!!!

Waiting

Friday we took Maddie to the Dr and found out she probably has pneumonia. So we got a X ray and some antibiotics, they are suppose to call Monday with the results of the X ray......since we were there we got Sage some shots.....poor kid had no clue what was coming....4 of them at one time. She has been extremely grumpy since she is mostly muscle on her legs so it hurt. Maddie is coughing up her lungs....I keep asking if it hurts but she says no. Mine hurts.....feels like a elephant sitting on my chest. We are extremely proud of Kael, he got his Report Card this week and he is doing outstanding in reading....plus spelling but not so much handwriting but we knew that hence why we are doing so much friggin therapy these days. But just looking at his work this week his OT is doing wonders for him....taking his time and actually neater work has shown up so again.....WE ARE SO PROUD....ok sorry I'm done. Sorry there are no pics but I have taken none this week....between running everywhere and now the sickness I am beat.....hopefully I will do better this week.

Day 1 of Vision Therapy

We practiced following the ball with just our eyes.....not moving our head....they use a special tool, we will use a pencil at home. We covered one eye with a patch while we did eye charts. We are learning rhythm ....esp how to keep a beat or skip a beat when told. We batted a ball on a string alternating hands and trying to catch with either fingertips, palms or fists. We came home with a patch and our own ball on a string to work on all week.
One of his biggies is if you throw something at him he closes his eyes and ducks......it is something about depth perception so working on that is a biggie to get his confidence back. We also have some computer games on line to help. She wanted me in the room today to watch what she does which was quite fun with the other 2....LOL...Miss Sage was not Happy. I am hoping a later time becomes available soon but we had to get this started sooner then later. Since we had to drive 45 mins there we hit Costco afterwards....where I scored Maddie a Speedo Swimsuit for $12 ....the boy child has had another growth spurt so we are having to watch his pants since some are now high waters.

Yes that photo is him tumbling in the snow.