and my cute lil cowboy! lol
Friday, December 31, 2010
Blizzard 2010
Yes, a BLIZZARD! The day after Christmas day we got about 14 inches of pure, white, fluffy goodness!
The snow was nothing short of a blast, beautiful and blissful.. however that was short lived when the roads became ice, and travel became a nightmare. We were all homebound for about a week, and cabin fever is not just a phrase used as a expression.
a total of 14 inches was surely a treat, but I am now offically ready for Spring/Summer.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas was nothing less than a success! Josh and I sat up for about three hours on our Christmas Eve to set up Julian's train table, and wagon. His wagon and Train table were his 'Santa presents', and mommy and daddy had 8 presents inside his wagon to unwrap.
We also had ustream set up, so that via internet, our families and close friends could get on and watch Julian open his presents LIVE. It also recorded so that we could go back and watch it, or our family members could if they were not able to wake up at 6 their time-- haha.
Our Christmas Day Meal consisted of
We also had ustream set up, so that via internet, our families and close friends could get on and watch Julian open his presents LIVE. It also recorded so that we could go back and watch it, or our family members could if they were not able to wake up at 6 their time-- haha.
Our Christmas Day Meal consisted of
Ham
Cornbread dressing
Greenbean casserole
Cream potatoes
and rolls.
It was realy busy, and I did not catch pictures on camera of Julian opening presents. So if you would like to watch our Christmas morning (( since I did not take pictures))... here it is..
enjoy!! and Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
BEARing Diabetes
Me and my teddy.. getting all ready.. getting a ready... for treatment?
We think of teddy bear's and we think of a bedtime snuggle buddy, comforting, loving, caring, companion and friend. I'd bet money needles, education, cure, and care are not closely related with the word Teddy bear in many people's mind.
We are surrounded by bears as early as birth, in fact in my hospital picture, the shirt the hospital put on me had a teddy bear on it. As a young child we own Teddy bears and watch Winnie the Pooh. As we become adolescences we become exposed to Yogi Bear while in girl scouts/boy scouts or maybe just on family get aways. And of course as a teen, being pyromaniacs, rough, dangerous and daring, we get to know Smokey the Bear quite well. But today I became fond of bears like never before, and got to know a bear far more important than any bear I heard of yet in my 21 years, his name is Rufus.
We received a package just yesterday, filled with gifts for Julian from my mom's side the family. Inside the box was a bear that my aunt sent, but I unable to really look at it because of my demanding lil man wanting me to help him open his new Toy Story action figures. After the craziness slowed.. I had a chance to really observe the bear that was sent.
I was introduced for the first time to.. Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes.
Rufus has patches on his arms, legs, stomach, and butt where he get's his insulin shots. He also has red heart patches over his paws where he gets his blood sugar checked. Rufus always wears his medical bracelet that let's everyone know he is a diabetic in case of emergency. His mom made the bear when her three year old was first diagnosed. After much research I was so touched to read the stories of how Rufus helped their child when being diagnosed. And something cool- I'm pretty sure we have a original.. (not hand sewed, but one that was made before the company was bought by RUSS)
Somewhere along the way of researching, I came across JDRF and something they call a Bag Of Hope. It included a bear in it, as well as many books, and other information, so I sent a short email asking if I could be sent one.
The next day I got a knock on my door from a many named Tim. All three of his children are type 1 diabetics and he is chair man of the research foundation in my area. He brought me a bag of hope like I requested...
After opening it, I then became even more sure that we have a original Rufus, which blew me away completely.
That same day, we had Julian's med's refilled and Josh brought it home after work. I knew the comfort that had been brought to me that day with the bag of hope, and with the new friend I had made was a blessing, and I was so thankful for Rufus even more, because if it wasn't for him I would have never come across the site to begin with. But I did not know just how big of a blessing it would be until the next day.
That night Julian's blood sugar was extremely low- which was strange because he was been so stable for the past few weeks. And to top it off, he had NO SYMPTOMS of being so low... (low - like 21 LOW). I was scared to death that Julian's symptoms had changed and even more terrified not knowing why all of a sudden he is not doing so well. This continued all through the night. I woke Josh with my concern, and fought with Julian to eat and drink all night long trying my best to get his blood sugar to come up and stabilize.
The next morning, I was tired, cranky, and exhausted from being up worried all night long(literally). As we all layed around the living room, my phone started to ring with a unfamiliar number, yet a local 757 as the first three digits. I answered and put it on speaker thinking it might be my landlord( who we are having some issues with). Nope- it was the pharmacy.. ALL of Julian's blood sugar strips we got the day before had been defected. Over 359 MILLION strips had been recalled, and the entire base had no good strips for his meter. My stress level hit the roof knowing it was our Christmas eve, and not being able to tell Julian's blood sugar and how to properly treat him could make him very ill. I was in touch with Julian's doctor in less than a hour after getting a call from the pharmacy. Of course there was always the option of going to a store ( if they had good strips) and buying them out of pocket with out having the benefit of the navy's fully paid insurance. These strips cost $1-$2 per strip, and come in boxes of 50 & 100. Julian has to be checked before when he wakes, before he eats and before bed, (as well as any other time I believe he is acting different or showing symptoms). That could be 5-7 times a day EASY.
And that gets expensive- REALLY fast.
Then I remembered, the bag of hope!...
Inside was a Accu-Chek meter- a different meter brand than we usually use. It came in a box, with strips that go with the meter. WHAT A BLESSING!! We have been able to use the Accu-Chek meter and use the strips that came with it to help keep Julian's blood sugar at healthy levels. It was no surprise to me that Julian was extremely high, being the meter had been telling us he was so low we were giving him so much sugar to bring up blood sugar.
The highs brought on many corrections to get back on track, of course he went low FOR REAL with the corrections..he always does. All this resulted in 3:00 am cookies and milk by a certain someone, who was NOT Santa Claus! haha
Needless to say, God does do everything for a reason, and knows exactly what he is doing. I am so so so glad that my aunt ran across Rufus, sent it to us, that I requested the bag of hope, and that Tim brought it to us when he did. It was not ironic- it was GOD.
Julian is doing well now, and we are still waiting for another call from the pharmacy telling us new strips are in! We also see Julians endo on the 28th and will be talking to them about the pump.
Oh the joys of bearing diabetes! :)
Merry Christmas Eve..( for us anyways! )
ill update pictures of Rufus soon.
We think of teddy bear's and we think of a bedtime snuggle buddy, comforting, loving, caring, companion and friend. I'd bet money needles, education, cure, and care are not closely related with the word Teddy bear in many people's mind.
We are surrounded by bears as early as birth, in fact in my hospital picture, the shirt the hospital put on me had a teddy bear on it. As a young child we own Teddy bears and watch Winnie the Pooh. As we become adolescences we become exposed to Yogi Bear while in girl scouts/boy scouts or maybe just on family get aways. And of course as a teen, being pyromaniacs, rough, dangerous and daring, we get to know Smokey the Bear quite well. But today I became fond of bears like never before, and got to know a bear far more important than any bear I heard of yet in my 21 years, his name is Rufus.
We received a package just yesterday, filled with gifts for Julian from my mom's side the family. Inside the box was a bear that my aunt sent, but I unable to really look at it because of my demanding lil man wanting me to help him open his new Toy Story action figures. After the craziness slowed.. I had a chance to really observe the bear that was sent.
I was introduced for the first time to.. Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes.
Rufus has patches on his arms, legs, stomach, and butt where he get's his insulin shots. He also has red heart patches over his paws where he gets his blood sugar checked. Rufus always wears his medical bracelet that let's everyone know he is a diabetic in case of emergency. His mom made the bear when her three year old was first diagnosed. After much research I was so touched to read the stories of how Rufus helped their child when being diagnosed. And something cool- I'm pretty sure we have a original.. (not hand sewed, but one that was made before the company was bought by RUSS)
Somewhere along the way of researching, I came across JDRF and something they call a Bag Of Hope. It included a bear in it, as well as many books, and other information, so I sent a short email asking if I could be sent one.
The next day I got a knock on my door from a many named Tim. All three of his children are type 1 diabetics and he is chair man of the research foundation in my area. He brought me a bag of hope like I requested...
After opening it, I then became even more sure that we have a original Rufus, which blew me away completely.
That same day, we had Julian's med's refilled and Josh brought it home after work. I knew the comfort that had been brought to me that day with the bag of hope, and with the new friend I had made was a blessing, and I was so thankful for Rufus even more, because if it wasn't for him I would have never come across the site to begin with. But I did not know just how big of a blessing it would be until the next day.
That night Julian's blood sugar was extremely low- which was strange because he was been so stable for the past few weeks. And to top it off, he had NO SYMPTOMS of being so low... (low - like 21 LOW). I was scared to death that Julian's symptoms had changed and even more terrified not knowing why all of a sudden he is not doing so well. This continued all through the night. I woke Josh with my concern, and fought with Julian to eat and drink all night long trying my best to get his blood sugar to come up and stabilize.
The next morning, I was tired, cranky, and exhausted from being up worried all night long(literally). As we all layed around the living room, my phone started to ring with a unfamiliar number, yet a local 757 as the first three digits. I answered and put it on speaker thinking it might be my landlord( who we are having some issues with). Nope- it was the pharmacy.. ALL of Julian's blood sugar strips we got the day before had been defected. Over 359 MILLION strips had been recalled, and the entire base had no good strips for his meter. My stress level hit the roof knowing it was our Christmas eve, and not being able to tell Julian's blood sugar and how to properly treat him could make him very ill. I was in touch with Julian's doctor in less than a hour after getting a call from the pharmacy. Of course there was always the option of going to a store ( if they had good strips) and buying them out of pocket with out having the benefit of the navy's fully paid insurance. These strips cost $1-$2 per strip, and come in boxes of 50 & 100. Julian has to be checked before when he wakes, before he eats and before bed, (as well as any other time I believe he is acting different or showing symptoms). That could be 5-7 times a day EASY.
And that gets expensive- REALLY fast.
Then I remembered, the bag of hope!...
Inside was a Accu-Chek meter- a different meter brand than we usually use. It came in a box, with strips that go with the meter. WHAT A BLESSING!! We have been able to use the Accu-Chek meter and use the strips that came with it to help keep Julian's blood sugar at healthy levels. It was no surprise to me that Julian was extremely high, being the meter had been telling us he was so low we were giving him so much sugar to bring up blood sugar.
The highs brought on many corrections to get back on track, of course he went low FOR REAL with the corrections..he always does. All this resulted in 3:00 am cookies and milk by a certain someone, who was NOT Santa Claus! haha
Needless to say, God does do everything for a reason, and knows exactly what he is doing. I am so so so glad that my aunt ran across Rufus, sent it to us, that I requested the bag of hope, and that Tim brought it to us when he did. It was not ironic- it was GOD.
Julian is doing well now, and we are still waiting for another call from the pharmacy telling us new strips are in! We also see Julians endo on the 28th and will be talking to them about the pump.
Oh the joys of bearing diabetes! :)
Merry Christmas Eve..( for us anyways! )
ill update pictures of Rufus soon.
all aboardd!
Would not say I am all aboard this polar express.. I am plum worn out and it's not yet Christmas! We will be celebrating Christmas eve tomorrow( 23) and Christmas day on the 24th, due to Josh having to work.
The presents have been flowing in non stop, today Julian got presents from his Aunt Shelby.. and he was in deed, all aboard!
a Thomas Powerwheel is right up his ally, with matching hat, and still a train whistle in route!
The presents have been flowing in non stop, today Julian got presents from his Aunt Shelby.. and he was in deed, all aboard!
a Thomas Powerwheel is right up his ally, with matching hat, and still a train whistle in route!
My neighbors probably think we are rich, with all the stops fedex and UPS have been doing at our house this last month!!! :P
All these new toys mean alot less space around our house, I feel like we are going to bust at the seems. Today I worked on weeding through old toys, and organizing Julian's bedroom to be more playtime friendly, in hopes of him spending some time up stairs playing toys.
Before I wrap up this post, I must show you...
oh come on, you've seen this before..... think... yup.. The first Toy Story! Julian was playing today while I was preparing lunch. When I came out I could barely believe he was coping what he saw on the movie! You know, when the neighbor(Sid) is about to blow up Buzz with Fire works and has Woody on the Grill!
ah ha- now you remember! I was so amazed.. :P
anyways, that's all for now, more later tonight. Time for this momma to play CATCH UP on blogging!
let it snow, let it snow, let it snooww!
Family and Friends,
I know I have not done the best job keeping you all updated on our life up here. Truthfully, the holidays has consumed us! Josh is working on the ship daily, and having to stay over night every other night. As well as, lots of last minute shopping, Christmas events/preparing.
As most of you know and already saw, we got a good bit of snow AGAIN a few days ago! about 3-5 inches, but plenty enough for a bunch of coon asses! we had such a blast!
I know I have not done the best job keeping you all updated on our life up here. Truthfully, the holidays has consumed us! Josh is working on the ship daily, and having to stay over night every other night. As well as, lots of last minute shopping, Christmas events/preparing.
As most of you know and already saw, we got a good bit of snow AGAIN a few days ago! about 3-5 inches, but plenty enough for a bunch of coon asses! we had such a blast!
a lil bit of video Josh got of all of us playing in the snow! It was soooooo much fun!
enjoy Xoxo
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Christmas Cookies...
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Visiting Santa
OKkay.. So for starters, a few weeks ago, I got this app for Julian on my phone, 'talking Santa'. (He likes all the apps that repeat) I figured this would be a good way to introduce ole' St. Nick, and let Julian enjoy the image, and idea before throwing him in some weird old man's lap. haha
Julian played with this app just about daily, even if it was only for a few minutes. I continued to tell him, "that's Santa, he brings presents!" Also, in the days before bringing Julian to see Santa, each night we watched Christmas cartoon's that had the Big guy in it.. which softened the blow as well...
A few days ago Julian started asking for what sounded like, NANA(banana). We were clean out and he knew it, I couldn't understand why he kept crying for it. hm... Well, Last night we brought him to the mall to see Santa. As you stand in line waiting, they give you these picture bundles to choose from, which aren't cheap at all. Josh was a little anxious thinking Julian would throw a fit. In fact, at one point he said, " who hangs pictures of their kid crying on Santa?" I replied, " Marsha Barr!!" It was cool because it was the second time she was brought to my memory in less than 2 hours! How i miss that woman. Any case, I was pretty confident that he would do wonderful, so I talked him into at least buying ONE 5X7. We came up to being next in line, and I got a little worried as the kids in front of us threw fits, kicking, laying on the ground- the whole nine yards. I didn't want Julian to get the impression that it was scary, or what not. HA- nott. Julian was itching to fun to "Anta"- there it was.. what sounded like "nana".. that he had been crying for! AHh- DUH JONNILIN, he wanted SANTA!!!!!
So I walked Julian up to the chair, and Josh went stand near the camera thinking he would have to jump and act crazy to get Julian to smile! NOT- AGAIN... Julian gave "Anta" a high five, huge hug, and sat their laughing. He oh, so gently touched his white beard, and when Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas, he told him, cars and wood. :)
As Josh and I stood in line, so impressed with Julian's behavior I told Julian, " Wavy bye to Santa, tell him see you later!!".. Julian poked out his big bottom lip, and started to pout. My child did not want to leave him! So dang on SWEET, made my heart melt right there. So this morning the picture is on our fridge, and as Julian passes he sees and points, " Anta"
:) what a good experience!
Look how much our baby has grown since last year! And last year- we had to sit in the picture.. he wasn't so fond of Santa then!
enjoy!! :) xoxo
Julian played with this app just about daily, even if it was only for a few minutes. I continued to tell him, "that's Santa, he brings presents!" Also, in the days before bringing Julian to see Santa, each night we watched Christmas cartoon's that had the Big guy in it.. which softened the blow as well...
A few days ago Julian started asking for what sounded like, NANA(banana). We were clean out and he knew it, I couldn't understand why he kept crying for it. hm... Well, Last night we brought him to the mall to see Santa. As you stand in line waiting, they give you these picture bundles to choose from, which aren't cheap at all. Josh was a little anxious thinking Julian would throw a fit. In fact, at one point he said, " who hangs pictures of their kid crying on Santa?" I replied, " Marsha Barr!!" It was cool because it was the second time she was brought to my memory in less than 2 hours! How i miss that woman. Any case, I was pretty confident that he would do wonderful, so I talked him into at least buying ONE 5X7. We came up to being next in line, and I got a little worried as the kids in front of us threw fits, kicking, laying on the ground- the whole nine yards. I didn't want Julian to get the impression that it was scary, or what not. HA- nott. Julian was itching to fun to "Anta"- there it was.. what sounded like "nana".. that he had been crying for! AHh- DUH JONNILIN, he wanted SANTA!!!!!
So I walked Julian up to the chair, and Josh went stand near the camera thinking he would have to jump and act crazy to get Julian to smile! NOT- AGAIN... Julian gave "Anta" a high five, huge hug, and sat their laughing. He oh, so gently touched his white beard, and when Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas, he told him, cars and wood. :)
As Josh and I stood in line, so impressed with Julian's behavior I told Julian, " Wavy bye to Santa, tell him see you later!!".. Julian poked out his big bottom lip, and started to pout. My child did not want to leave him! So dang on SWEET, made my heart melt right there. So this morning the picture is on our fridge, and as Julian passes he sees and points, " Anta"
:) what a good experience!
Look how much our baby has grown since last year! And last year- we had to sit in the picture.. he wasn't so fond of Santa then!
enjoy!! :) xoxo
Monday, December 13, 2010
Winter Wonderland!!!
Winter Wonderland at it's finest!!! The snow was falling, and continues to fall for hours. It was a the fluffy white snow you dream of and imagine being at the North Pole.
Mawmaw insisted we build a snowman regardless to how much snow was outside... so we came in to defrost, and gather materials to make the basic, eyes, noses, buttons arms.. you know, the usual. But unfortunately that did not work out as planned. My fingers were beyond frozen when it came time to place all those materials in place. It did not work out as planned, so we went the easy route. I came in to dig in Julians toy box for Mr. Potato head body parts...
After another 4 hours so snow since these pictures were posted, its safe to say we are frozen, and plum worn out! We have enjoyed this blissful day!!
Julian walked out the back door, and yelled at the top of his small lungs, " ICCCEEE MOMMY!!!" he took off running, trying to hold his balance on the sleek frozen blades of grass that were crunching under his firefighter boots.
Of course he planted his face in the iccey, white, fluffy, magical snow.
And judging by the face he made when he came up, it is safe to assume it did not taste as he expected. :)
Of course that did not slow down my little Danford boy. He shoveled the snow into his mouth by the handful, trying his hardest to now drop a single flake.
To mix things up, he did his own thing by sliding down the freezing slide on his back..
to find it was equally as cold on his back and butt.
Mawmaw insisted we build a snowman regardless to how much snow was outside... so we came in to defrost, and gather materials to make the basic, eyes, noses, buttons arms.. you know, the usual. But unfortunately that did not work out as planned. My fingers were beyond frozen when it came time to place all those materials in place. It did not work out as planned, so we went the easy route. I came in to dig in Julians toy box for Mr. Potato head body parts...
Julian actually helped me to build out 5-7inch tall snowman!
Oh and let us not forget, every snowman needs a hat right???
What other hat but a woody hat....
Ahhh.. there we go! Perect!! A Woody snowman!!!
Sadly, it was after Julians nap time.. and he pitched the biggest fit about leaving Woody and his hat outside in the snow. Poor guy did not understand so he stood at the living room, and later bedroom window..pointing and crying for his "ICE WOOD". hahaha, That kid comes up with some stuff!!
After another 4 hours so snow since these pictures were posted, its safe to say we are frozen, and plum worn out! We have enjoyed this blissful day!!
Enjoy the post! xoxo
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