Wednesday, March 27, 2013
playing catch up....
Not sure there is a good way to play catch up, so this is how it's going to happen. I will type an update from the pc... then upload a update of pictures from my phone(rather than email them to myself from phone, then upload them on here.)
My boys are growing like crazy, and learning so many new things. Julian has been learning state capitols,practicing riding without training wheels, learning about underwater animals, and the pledge. Jai has been pulling himself up, cruising the furniture. He plays patticake, and claps his hands with excitement...and when he wants attention..haha. He has also learned to growl at me, and fake cough.. such accomplishments!
Julian's newest thing is angry birds, my goodness he is obsessed! his newest favorite words are, "Hot Diggidy" when things go his way, and " awww phewwwy" & " darn it"when things arent in his favor.
Jai's vocabulary consist of "dada" which he says the most. "Bubba" which is said all the time was well. "mama" which is said maybe once a day..lol little turd. and "ba-ba" which he's only said a hand full of times.
Our days have been spent in a variety of ways.. we have been making weekly trips to the library to get new books, movies, for both leisure, educational, and sanity purposes. It's nice to get out and browse the books while Julian plays in the kid area building puzzles and playing games. This week our check out was all sea/ocean related.. and manner based. I am unsure if it's a phase, or the age.. but Julian's manners have been out the window lately, and it's making me crazy! So far this week it's been okay, only because 'the easter bunny is watching'. But come next week im sure the attitude will be back in full swing.
The Spring weather has us spending much more time outdoors in our own yard, going for walks/bike rides, park playtime and even spending time at the marina, and secluded beach. Josh has gone on boat rides with friends, and as a family we have had countless BBQ's. We have visited the easter bunny at the mall... too!
Jai has two new teeth(both bottom) and Ju has had a recent visit to the dentist! To our surprise he is cavity free and teeth look wonderful! I thought sure he'd had some considering he has nighttime lows, fixed with a little midnight milk/juice/snacking.
Julian has been doing well with his diabetes, we are still on injections..and havent looked back at the pump since our last admission. Julian seems very happy with this decision and we are too. He has had ONE 'espisode//seizure' since november.. and it happend to be last weekend. thankfully it was very MILD and didnt last long at all.
Lately, we also have rearranged making Jai's room more of a play area for him, and remodeled the boy's bathroom. We have a bit of work left to do in the laundry room & master bathroom and we are finished. We have decided to put our house on the market after Jai's birthday. We have a 1.5 year left until we are due to move again. We want to get the house sold before hand, otherwise our family will be split up & Josh will have to go geoBachelor. This is something we want to avoid at all cost, even if it means our house sells before we're due to relocate leaving us to downsize to an apartment in the mean time. Total pain in the butt, and a lesson learned. We adore our home, will miss it & have made some of the absolute BEST memories here.... but it's all the nature of the lifestyle we choose.
i have recently given up facebook. I hope this will remain to be the case for a long while. It's amazing to me how much more light my day feels. How much more attentive i am to small details of my day, without the distraction. My kids are getting more of my undivided attention & honestly i am enjoying not knowing who has the stomach bug, who ate sushi for lunch, who hates their job, ETC. I know far to much about people, as they do to me. I miss being in the loop, but it's simply BEST to not be so darn nosey. Also, I have a bit on my plate....
School is starting soon, and this semester i will NOT miss. I have changed my major, and im excited to get started again. Once summer semester is over, Fall will be here and then i will offically be beginning homeschooling Julian daily, following actually lesson plans. I want to UNschool as much as possible, but being a planner i will need weekly guidelines to keep me on track. Im sure it will be a chanallenge, but im sure it'll get easier as we get into the routine of things.
its been busy busy busy lately, no doubt ill fail you again with lack of updates, but hopefully i will be more dedicated, and focused then before.
Now that you're updated.... here comes the haul of pictures.
My boys are growing like crazy, and learning so many new things. Julian has been learning state capitols,practicing riding without training wheels, learning about underwater animals, and the pledge. Jai has been pulling himself up, cruising the furniture. He plays patticake, and claps his hands with excitement...and when he wants attention..haha. He has also learned to growl at me, and fake cough.. such accomplishments!
Julian's newest thing is angry birds, my goodness he is obsessed! his newest favorite words are, "Hot Diggidy" when things go his way, and " awww phewwwy" & " darn it"when things arent in his favor.
Jai's vocabulary consist of "dada" which he says the most. "Bubba" which is said all the time was well. "mama" which is said maybe once a day..lol little turd. and "ba-ba" which he's only said a hand full of times.
Our days have been spent in a variety of ways.. we have been making weekly trips to the library to get new books, movies, for both leisure, educational, and sanity purposes. It's nice to get out and browse the books while Julian plays in the kid area building puzzles and playing games. This week our check out was all sea/ocean related.. and manner based. I am unsure if it's a phase, or the age.. but Julian's manners have been out the window lately, and it's making me crazy! So far this week it's been okay, only because 'the easter bunny is watching'. But come next week im sure the attitude will be back in full swing.
The Spring weather has us spending much more time outdoors in our own yard, going for walks/bike rides, park playtime and even spending time at the marina, and secluded beach. Josh has gone on boat rides with friends, and as a family we have had countless BBQ's. We have visited the easter bunny at the mall... too!
Jai has two new teeth(both bottom) and Ju has had a recent visit to the dentist! To our surprise he is cavity free and teeth look wonderful! I thought sure he'd had some considering he has nighttime lows, fixed with a little midnight milk/juice/snacking.
Julian has been doing well with his diabetes, we are still on injections..and havent looked back at the pump since our last admission. Julian seems very happy with this decision and we are too. He has had ONE 'espisode//seizure' since november.. and it happend to be last weekend. thankfully it was very MILD and didnt last long at all.
Lately, we also have rearranged making Jai's room more of a play area for him, and remodeled the boy's bathroom. We have a bit of work left to do in the laundry room & master bathroom and we are finished. We have decided to put our house on the market after Jai's birthday. We have a 1.5 year left until we are due to move again. We want to get the house sold before hand, otherwise our family will be split up & Josh will have to go geoBachelor. This is something we want to avoid at all cost, even if it means our house sells before we're due to relocate leaving us to downsize to an apartment in the mean time. Total pain in the butt, and a lesson learned. We adore our home, will miss it & have made some of the absolute BEST memories here.... but it's all the nature of the lifestyle we choose.
i have recently given up facebook. I hope this will remain to be the case for a long while. It's amazing to me how much more light my day feels. How much more attentive i am to small details of my day, without the distraction. My kids are getting more of my undivided attention & honestly i am enjoying not knowing who has the stomach bug, who ate sushi for lunch, who hates their job, ETC. I know far to much about people, as they do to me. I miss being in the loop, but it's simply BEST to not be so darn nosey. Also, I have a bit on my plate....
School is starting soon, and this semester i will NOT miss. I have changed my major, and im excited to get started again. Once summer semester is over, Fall will be here and then i will offically be beginning homeschooling Julian daily, following actually lesson plans. I want to UNschool as much as possible, but being a planner i will need weekly guidelines to keep me on track. Im sure it will be a chanallenge, but im sure it'll get easier as we get into the routine of things.
its been busy busy busy lately, no doubt ill fail you again with lack of updates, but hopefully i will be more dedicated, and focused then before.
Now that you're updated.... here comes the haul of pictures.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
make it stop!
Jai has been getting around for a while now, but yesterday he truly got the crawling technique down to a science. Today he is all over the place.. chasing balls in the hall way, following me to the kitchen, crawled up to dad when he got home!! Just unbelievable. can not believe how fast he is growing.
Tonight as i went through my camera, i fell upon somepictures of mim when she first met Jai. i broke down, had totally forgot i took those.
doesnt she look proud?
i wish words could tell you how much she meant to me, how much i miss her, and how much she impacted my life. I am so thankful to have these pictures.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Bumble bee
Ju has been doing much better! We went see his Pedi yesterday just for a follow up.. everything was fine, still no infection so i think its safe to say the elevated white blood cell count was from dehydration. On our way home, i pulled off the biloxi bridge, to bring Ju to a new park... yeah well i fell in love. I had been planning Jai a 'Ocean/Whale' themed birthday party( since im obsessed with Whales) and this park is perfect. It has the park area off to the side, a splash pad, a nice pavilion with really nice bathrooms, fans & tables... also right across the one way side street is front beach( private like beach in Ocean Springs). PERFECT for the theme party, and there is something for everyone! I plan to call them to see how much to rent it out... anyways.. WE stopped so Julian could play, and there were a hand full of kids there to play with. He was so excited to play at the new park.
Other than all the sickness, and doctors visits.. i've been trying to get some pinterest projects, house projects, and holiday projects completed. I have started redoing the boy's bathroom.. & starting to make my hall tree. Also finally completed the boy's Easter Baskets. So here's the story....
I planned to go alone and get the spray paint. Figured i'd do Green for Jai & blue for Julian, but it happened to work out that the boys were with me when i went to get the supplies, So i let juju pick. I told him i was thinking green for Jai, he agreed. I told him blue for him... he said no. Hmp. i was stomped. i tried to convince him that he wanted blue..lol he wasnt buying it. he wanted 'yellow'. weird. but i assumed he was thinking LSU colors, so after confirming that he was certain, i put the darn yellow in my basket. Then walked to the crafts section. I didnt really have the design made out in my head but i knew i wanted something on them to make sure they wouldnt get confused on. so we walk down the isle and i pick out a froggy to go on Jai's & pick up a puppy for Ju.
me: this would work for yours, okay?
ju: no mom.. i want the bumble bee!
me: but the bumble bee isnt painted.. mommy will have to paint it herself....
i couldnt understand, why my kid picked yellow to begin with, and then picked a bumble bee* to me sounded girly* and then one that was plain wood... i was so surprised.
so today i was putting the basket's together and giving them another coat of spray paint.. when Julian walked out and said!
Ju: OH MOMMY! ITS YELLOW. YELLOW LIKE MY BUMBLE BEE TRANSFORMER!...
and then it hit me like a ton of bricks- DUH.. thats why he wanted YELLOW. thats why he wanted the stupid BUMBLEBEE! WHOA, that had went way over my head! Im so use to him picking ""' BLUE LIKE THOMAS"" This is serious yall, my baby boy is growing up, and Thomas is taking 2nd seat to Transformers.
Other than all the sickness, and doctors visits.. i've been trying to get some pinterest projects, house projects, and holiday projects completed. I have started redoing the boy's bathroom.. & starting to make my hall tree. Also finally completed the boy's Easter Baskets. So here's the story....
I planned to go alone and get the spray paint. Figured i'd do Green for Jai & blue for Julian, but it happened to work out that the boys were with me when i went to get the supplies, So i let juju pick. I told him i was thinking green for Jai, he agreed. I told him blue for him... he said no. Hmp. i was stomped. i tried to convince him that he wanted blue..lol he wasnt buying it. he wanted 'yellow'. weird. but i assumed he was thinking LSU colors, so after confirming that he was certain, i put the darn yellow in my basket. Then walked to the crafts section. I didnt really have the design made out in my head but i knew i wanted something on them to make sure they wouldnt get confused on. so we walk down the isle and i pick out a froggy to go on Jai's & pick up a puppy for Ju.
me: this would work for yours, okay?
ju: no mom.. i want the bumble bee!
me: but the bumble bee isnt painted.. mommy will have to paint it herself....
i couldnt understand, why my kid picked yellow to begin with, and then picked a bumble bee* to me sounded girly* and then one that was plain wood... i was so surprised.
so today i was putting the basket's together and giving them another coat of spray paint.. when Julian walked out and said!
Ju: OH MOMMY! ITS YELLOW. YELLOW LIKE MY BUMBLE BEE TRANSFORMER!...
and then it hit me like a ton of bricks- DUH.. thats why he wanted YELLOW. thats why he wanted the stupid BUMBLEBEE! WHOA, that had went way over my head! Im so use to him picking ""' BLUE LIKE THOMAS"" This is serious yall, my baby boy is growing up, and Thomas is taking 2nd seat to Transformers.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Season of sickness
Season of sickness is the best way I can describe the new year! Since christmAs the boys have been sick on and off with something just about every week! Cold, rsv, croup, DKA, diaper rash, Stomach bug/DKA again. Blah!! Non stop!
So yes we were hospitalized again! Everything was going great!!! Friday we were heading out for errands when I was just bout to give Ju his levemer. He was running and ran into the fridge door, that bumped my hand and knocked the insulin onto the floor where it shattered! The smell instantly started bothering me, but my biggest concern was it wasn't time for a refill!!!! So we had no other choice but to put his pump back on for the first time since our last illness. I was nervous so I called our endos office to let them know and review the settings before hand. After talking to them we proceeded and put on his pump and went about our day! His numbers were fine all day! We got Popeyes for lunch and Ju & I shared a chicken tender box. My head was still bothering me since smelling the insulin, but I chalked it up to my contacts bothering me now. So as soon as I got home I took them out, & when check the mail. Well- that lead into a brawl between myself, AT&T & direct tv. Which made my all day headache into a full blown migraine . I put the kids down for a nap/quiet time and tried to rest but my stomach started to ache, I felt weak and dizzy & I knew what was next. Yup, I blew chunks for hours after. By now I was fully convinced it was food poisoning.( watching bar rescue makes me hate the though of the kitchens in those places) meanwhile Julian was still doing great. By 8pm I felt normal again & kids were in bed for the night & josh was just getting home from bringing recruits to New Orleans.
8am Julian woke josh & I up saying he threw up on the sofa. I really thought he was fibbing since he was acting fine & the liquid on the sofa appeared to be water
I was wrong- 20 minutes later he blew chucks again. This was about 3-4 times a hour for the remainder of the day. It was a horrid day an despite all he was drinking nothing really stayed down. Finally we made the decision to bring Ju to the ER, bc his blood sugars were starting to get crazy & he was developing ketones! By the time we got there jus bg was 450 & had large ketones. He was in ketone acidosis. Keesler had him on to much fluid and was giving him to much insulin through his IV. this could have severely harmed Julian's brain, and when children's called for report and heard about this, they decided he would not be transported via ambulance , but by helicopter. I nearly fainted. My baby, so sick and out of it, flying away without me. :( but I knew he'd get the best treatment at children's. thankfully my mother in law met Ju at the hospital( he got there in 30mins max) while I went get josh and jai then raced to Nola. We spent the night in icu again then a night on the regular floor. His doc wanted him to stay another night but after promising to keep close contact she allowed us to come on home. That's leaves us at today!
So yes we were hospitalized again! Everything was going great!!! Friday we were heading out for errands when I was just bout to give Ju his levemer. He was running and ran into the fridge door, that bumped my hand and knocked the insulin onto the floor where it shattered! The smell instantly started bothering me, but my biggest concern was it wasn't time for a refill!!!! So we had no other choice but to put his pump back on for the first time since our last illness. I was nervous so I called our endos office to let them know and review the settings before hand. After talking to them we proceeded and put on his pump and went about our day! His numbers were fine all day! We got Popeyes for lunch and Ju & I shared a chicken tender box. My head was still bothering me since smelling the insulin, but I chalked it up to my contacts bothering me now. So as soon as I got home I took them out, & when check the mail. Well- that lead into a brawl between myself, AT&T & direct tv. Which made my all day headache into a full blown migraine . I put the kids down for a nap/quiet time and tried to rest but my stomach started to ache, I felt weak and dizzy & I knew what was next. Yup, I blew chunks for hours after. By now I was fully convinced it was food poisoning.( watching bar rescue makes me hate the though of the kitchens in those places) meanwhile Julian was still doing great. By 8pm I felt normal again & kids were in bed for the night & josh was just getting home from bringing recruits to New Orleans.
8am Julian woke josh & I up saying he threw up on the sofa. I really thought he was fibbing since he was acting fine & the liquid on the sofa appeared to be water
I was wrong- 20 minutes later he blew chucks again. This was about 3-4 times a hour for the remainder of the day. It was a horrid day an despite all he was drinking nothing really stayed down. Finally we made the decision to bring Ju to the ER, bc his blood sugars were starting to get crazy & he was developing ketones! By the time we got there jus bg was 450 & had large ketones. He was in ketone acidosis. Keesler had him on to much fluid and was giving him to much insulin through his IV. this could have severely harmed Julian's brain, and when children's called for report and heard about this, they decided he would not be transported via ambulance , but by helicopter. I nearly fainted. My baby, so sick and out of it, flying away without me. :( but I knew he'd get the best treatment at children's. thankfully my mother in law met Ju at the hospital( he got there in 30mins max) while I went get josh and jai then raced to Nola. We spent the night in icu again then a night on the regular floor. His doc wanted him to stay another night but after promising to keep close contact she allowed us to come on home. That's leaves us at today!
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