all the happiness in the world

Today was a productive day in our house.. we got up move the kitchen table, got curtains in washer, that were soaked from the window leak from the over night storm... oil and air filter changed, nap, window repair fixed on the exterior, park, dinner..bath.. book and bed. whew!

I did manage to get in a few photo's of the happiest kid i know, my beautiful 2 year old.
Julian is in need of a serious hair cut, however I am tring to hold off until it gets alittle close to his daddy come home, so he can have a fresh cut for homecoming pictures!




Back in middle school i went on a trip to Cali with a friend for a few weeks, i brought back this rubber duck from my trip( on the front i reads california) weirdest thing is the duck hung around long enough to be played and love by my son so many years later! Julian says yellow, and so he is attracted to yellow objects lately... and his rubber duck is by far one of his favorites!




I wish so badly there was a word to express the love and happiness i have for this little guy! i cant thank god enough for trusting me enough to give me one of his children to raise.. Julian is such a blessing, such a miracle.. just a amazing gift from God to Joshua and myself.
:)

that little turd...

WARNING:::
pictures attached to this blog may be 'graphic'... but i am sorry, this is my journal of my son's life,.. I'm giving you a heads up, please do not look at this blog post, if you just finished a meal, or if you have a weak stomach!


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Tonight at bath time, Julian usually plays toys, i bathe him, then i start getting things ready for bed...
his tooth brush set...
towel ready...
clothes set out along with diaper...
cup of water...
book we will read...
& if there is anything dragging on the floor i usually put it away then get his lantus dosage drawn to give him. Usually Josh would bathe, and i would do the running, but now i am juggling it all alone until he returns home.

i know it sounds like a long time for him to be unattended in the bath tub, but his room is right next to the bath room and i pop in and out to check, or make sure to check if he gets quiet. Well.. just that happened.. Julian was getting quiet, and i was just getting finished getting his things ready.. i walk into the bathroom to this horrible odor... and see nothing but poop smears on the shower wall... and brown water.. and turds everywhere!!!!!!!!
This was the first time Julian Julian has done anything like this!!... i asked him,
" juju do we potty in the tub??"
"nooo" while shaking his head
" juju we need to potty in the toilet. Do you want to potty train?"
" nooo mommy" with a sad face.
he melted my heart- he thought i was fussing him, but really i was tring my damnest not to laugh!

oh how i love that little boy! :)






Earlier this day, Julian also stuck a stick up his nose! It was a little over a inch long... and it was way deep. He came up to me with watered eyes, coughing and gagging... i was so confused of what was wrong until he touched his nose a few times, as if he was tring to show me what he had done. I was in the process of cutting the lawn, and he was sitting by the flower bed, picking my flowers(as always) he loves smelling anything, and saying " mmmm' hahaha, well evidently he thought the stick smelt so good he would shove it up his nose! So after laying him on the floor, and pinning him down, and digging in his nose with tweezers i got the twig out of his nose! As i threw it out the back door, and told him " Julian don't you ever do this again!!! do you hear mommy???" he started to smile, and clapping.. he then yelled" yayyyyyyyy" hahahahaha
Yup Mommy saved the day, Once again!

What a hand full! what a BOY! .... what a DANFORD

boy's & bugs...

Julian is full boy.. and full DANFORD!! haha Yesterday he was playing out in the back yard, and came across a roley poley... he made it his pet. He carried it around, held it, it was the cutest thing!

heres some pictures..

:)

Julians lantus has been changed once more.. just bumped up a 1/2 unit at bed time. I knew it was coming, and finally got confirmed last night. Night one with his new dosage went well.. so lets see how long it last this time!!!

picnic'n sunday

Today was a low key, lazy kinda sunday for Julian & myself. However, we did have a picnic for lunch!


I made Julian, dinosaur pb&j's.. and he had grapes, pretzels,and cheese. He ate the heads of the dino's off first. this made me laugh... simply because thats how i still eat anything that is in the shape of a animal..lol


"do you want a grape mommy?"


" they look pretty juicy"


"okay fine, ill eat it" :)


" & i'll eat my cheese too, while im at it!"


Cant forget to wet my wistle, and no drink it better than one that is for mommy.

Mommy & Me




stinker.. thought it was cute that we made the same face :P

I made this collage for Josh.. :) it reads " no matter where you are in the world, the moon is never bigger than your thumb! We miss you, Daddy"



i also made these for Josh a few days/weeks ago...




let me not forget to let you all get a laugh at this.. I was in our upstairs bathroom, scrubbing it .. Julian was in my bed room playing with his coo-coo's. Well he got quiet, so i decided to go in to see what he was up to..or into.. and i found him wearing, and walking around my room a pair of my black high heels!! UM HELLO, def time for daddy to be home! Obviously, Julian has been around mommy a tad to much!! :P hahahahahaa sorry for my giddy voice, i was tring so hard not to roll over laughing!

update

Well today Julian had his follow up appointment at Portsmith Naval. Once again, his meters would not read to the computer. The doctors load the meter on the computer to graph all Julian's blood sugar level's I have taken. Well this was the second visit, that Julian's meters would not load! thankfully I arrived before hand, so we could hand graph, his levels so the doctor could better see when he is having peaks and know how to adjust his insulin. Morning level's are beautiful, lunch and dinner- not so much, they are on the higher side. sooo.....

Julian is now recieving...
breakfast 1/2 units of insulin for every 50 crabs..
lunch 1/2 units for every 36 carbs..
dinner is the same as lunch
and dinner he is recieving 1 unit of lantus insulin before bed.

The doctors also want me to now not only check blood sugar before meals- but also 30 minutes after, and again 90 minutes after meals. It helps them to see how the novalog(fastacting) insulin is working for him.

other than that- Julian is doing well. and is perfect :)

After FINALLY leaving Portsmith(2 1/2 hour doc. visit with a 2 year old... not FUN, haha) We stopped and got KFC chicken, and my pictures from walgreens. As we walked in to pay for my pictures, the young cashier asked," would you like to donate a dollar to diabetes" Of course with out second thought i said "YES, of course, my son has it and we actually just left he check up" She quickly said, " This son?(pointing to juju)Aww poor kiddo cant eat cookies, thats horrible" It amazes me how many people really are not educated about type one diabetes. After taking a few minutes to help this cashier better understand diabetes, I begun to walk out, feeling like I have helped someone learn something new, and important today- just to hear a man at the front register decline to donate a single dollar towards diabetes. I guess it's wrong of me to get emotional about that, but it really hit my soft spot. To see how much Julian goes through each day, I wish i could give all the money in the world towards this disease, and towards finding a way to make the life of those effected easier, and less painful.

Please join me, pray with me and hundreds of other moms, and their children effected by diabetes... and pray our little Juju continues to do well with the adjustments the doctors are making to keep him a happy healthy boy!

raining cats and dogs

Today was pretty low key- just one of those rainy days..

However, despite our bordem, we did get a surprise today.. Mawmaw Linda went Julian a goodie box..




How cute is this little book? It tells all about type 1 diabetes, and came with a log book as well. so when Julian is older and will be learning to take care of it himself, this will help him to keep everything logged.




He wanted to play with everything...


but just didnt have enough hands.. lol


check out my new shirt & new shoes! Julian really does like toy story. it was the first real disney movie that he sat and watched the entire movie! I think when JOsh comes home Toy Story 3 will be in our dollar theater and we will bring Julian to see it, as his first time to the movies! :)






Mother nature let up on the rain long enough for Julian to go out and play with his new bug box... and then down the sky fell again..

Which lead to the next big event... rain water+indoors= not good. Evidently there is a leak some where around the bay window in my kitchen. the wind was blowing just perfecting to get under the tree branches, and smack the window seal....

The face I love..

Today I decided it was time to whip out my camera, and take pictures of my beautiful son!..
First thing, of course my little munchkin goes for my cell phone! Talks to his mawmaw on her way to work. Julian loves talking on the phone, infact- everytime it rings or makes any noise at all.. he think's it is for him!..





After chatter box finished talking his head off the entire duration of my mom's ride to work... He ate some breakfast..and let me catch some of his cute faces on camera..



After nap- and me going in rounds with the plummer... Julian woke up & we played outside for pretty much the rest of the day! It was slightly overcast- with the lightest mist of a rain shower. Just enough to cool down the area, and make being outside in the mid of July.. perfectly pleasent!!





Julian just a few days ago started blowing kisses.. :) it's the cutest thing..he makes the MUUAHH sound!


He also started hushing me. haha.. idk where he got this from.. the only time i do the "quiet sign" is when we are in the doctor's office, or library..and we havent been in either in a few weeks! i just dont know, kids really do the darnest things!








We really did enjoy out day outdoors!.. :)

growning boy

Julian is just growning up way to fast! Julian, just in the past week has learned to open doors, count with his fingers to number three, pretend sleep, and stach away snacks. haha Oh yeah, he is def. a handful! Julian loved fourth of July, He enjoyed throwing snap&pop's on the cement and was amazed by the big firework show that we are so lucky to have been able to watch from our front steps. Have i meantioned little Julian friend is a bug hunting fool?? Doodle bugs, little fuzzy caterpillars, worms.. you name it!! So today I was cleaning up around the house, and came across something that gave me a good giggle.I use to get so mad and fuss at my little brother, he would set lose crickets, frogs, lizards in the house! And they would make all types of noise when I was tring to sleep. Once Julian was born,My mom would always tell me," Just wait Jonnilin, one day Julian will come in with frogs in is pockets, and set lose bugs in the house." Well, today.. as I cleaned up I noticed my remote was missing the backing to it. This isn't a surprise to me, it usually doesnt have the back on, Julian loves putting it off and on. when I went to put the back back on, I noticed something inside my remote..



yes.. my son has been cutting loose bugs in the house! Here, you see there is a caterpillar that was in the house who made himself at home! Infact he coocooned himself inside the my remote!! ahhh!.. this is def. when you know there is a little boy in your house! :)