Devin has been asking for weeks, possible months, now for new pants and socks that don't have holes in them. When your 4 year old starts asking for new clothes...you know it's time, I felt very white trash with my kid begging me for new clothes like we were street bums or something:) I finally bought him some new pants and socks, you would have thought it was christmas again when he got them. he very lovingly folded them and put them away. He was just absolutely elated all day about them. Socks and pants for everyone next christmas!!:)
I have a confession...our boys are metrosexuals!:) Peter hates it cuz he is just one of those guys that couldn't care less about clothes and hair or anything of that nature, and me..well let's just say that I can shower get dressed, do my hair and makeup in less than 30 minutes. I like to look nice but I am all about the jeans and t-shirts! So, I have no idea where the boys got this from.
Hadley is the worst. He is very picky about his hair, it has to be just so and he will re-do it 5 times a day if he has to. He is also very picky about his clothes. At the age of 7 he is already very aware of what brands he wants, mostly in shoes...again, no clue where he gets this. He dresses very carefully every morning and yesterday was actually upset cuz the shirt he had "planned on wearing all night" was wrinkly?!
Devin is very picky about his clothes but thats it, he HATES having his hair done so I guess he is only half metro;) that and he hates to be dirty, so does hadley.
We are in trouble when these guys become teenagers!!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Kids.
So, I got off the couch and made it to the computer chair:)
actually, I didn't get much rest today. Lexi decided not to nap. and for some reason 500 people decided to call today...the day I can hardly talk and it actually feels like my throat might catch on fire when I try to. I was just going to check email and get off but I had to write down the conversation I just heard.
the kids are behind me talking. Hadley is trying to do homework and Devin is trying to get him to ditch his homework and play with him...this is the conversation I just heard:
H: Leave me alone! I am trying to get my homework done!
D: Just don't do it, lets play.
H: I am trying to get good grades so that I can get into college!
D: so
H: I want to go to a good college so I can have a good life someday.
D: well I want a jetpack!
I swear people, you can't make this stuff up!:) I about fell of my chair I was laughing so hard! I guess Hadley was listening about a month ago when I gave him a lecture on caring more about reading and writing and making an effort with his homework so he can go to college and get a good job! And Devin, well...he's just 4 and apparently jetpacks are important to 4 year olds!
I love the things kids say, I think one of these days I am just going to sit down and do a post of all the quirky, sweet and crazy things I have heard my kids say so that I don't ever forget them!
actually, I didn't get much rest today. Lexi decided not to nap. and for some reason 500 people decided to call today...the day I can hardly talk and it actually feels like my throat might catch on fire when I try to. I was just going to check email and get off but I had to write down the conversation I just heard.
the kids are behind me talking. Hadley is trying to do homework and Devin is trying to get him to ditch his homework and play with him...this is the conversation I just heard:
H: Leave me alone! I am trying to get my homework done!
D: Just don't do it, lets play.
H: I am trying to get good grades so that I can get into college!
D: so
H: I want to go to a good college so I can have a good life someday.
D: well I want a jetpack!
I swear people, you can't make this stuff up!:) I about fell of my chair I was laughing so hard! I guess Hadley was listening about a month ago when I gave him a lecture on caring more about reading and writing and making an effort with his homework so he can go to college and get a good job! And Devin, well...he's just 4 and apparently jetpacks are important to 4 year olds!
I love the things kids say, I think one of these days I am just going to sit down and do a post of all the quirky, sweet and crazy things I have heard my kids say so that I don't ever forget them!
something else...
I was thinking about it, and realized how much I hate "private" blogs...so I had a change of heart and am not going private yet.
Fan-freakin-tastic day!
So yesterday we went to Salt Lake to see the dr. it was a waste of time. I spent 45 minutes driving there, 1 hour and 45 minutes in the waiting room, 15 minutes with the dr. and 2 hours driving home in the rush hour traffic/snow storm. I thought they would do his tests, but no, they just looked him over then told me to go to the receptionist and schedule a day to come back and get an mri and eeg done! aaarrrghh, if I wasn't such a good person I would say something really not nice!
So this morning I woke up around 5am with a wonderful femine issue...sorry, I know thats waaaay too much info:) then around 7 I woke up and realized I could hardly breathe! I have the same horrible croupy coughy crap the kids have...thanx kids! So, I get up and get Hadley ready for school and his lunch made, gather the homework, all that good stuff. I go to start the car so that it can get warm before we leave, planning on heading to the store for some "supplies":) after I drop him at school...only to find that my keys were locked in the car! So, poor Hadley had to walk, he would suck as a pioneer! I called the locksmith and payed them $45 to unlock my car (I thought of you mary) so that I could head to the store.
Of course I was in my jammies and just threw on some sandals really quick. I find a super close parking spot *Score* walk thru the slush to the doors and there is a sign telling me they had a flood so I have to walk thru 50 more yards of slush to the other doors *stupid parking spot*
Anyway, I am home now, and stocked up on dr pepper and chocolate:) and I am not getting off the couch all day!! And sorry dear, I don't care what the house looks like so it may be a disaster when you get home tonight. In fact, I am sure it will be so just prepare yourself:)
*with my luck this will be the day my realtor calls and has someone who wants to see the house*
So this morning I woke up around 5am with a wonderful femine issue...sorry, I know thats waaaay too much info:) then around 7 I woke up and realized I could hardly breathe! I have the same horrible croupy coughy crap the kids have...thanx kids! So, I get up and get Hadley ready for school and his lunch made, gather the homework, all that good stuff. I go to start the car so that it can get warm before we leave, planning on heading to the store for some "supplies":) after I drop him at school...only to find that my keys were locked in the car! So, poor Hadley had to walk, he would suck as a pioneer! I called the locksmith and payed them $45 to unlock my car (I thought of you mary) so that I could head to the store.
Of course I was in my jammies and just threw on some sandals really quick. I find a super close parking spot *Score* walk thru the slush to the doors and there is a sign telling me they had a flood so I have to walk thru 50 more yards of slush to the other doors *stupid parking spot*
Anyway, I am home now, and stocked up on dr pepper and chocolate:) and I am not getting off the couch all day!! And sorry dear, I don't care what the house looks like so it may be a disaster when you get home tonight. In fact, I am sure it will be so just prepare yourself:)
*with my luck this will be the day my realtor calls and has someone who wants to see the house*
Sunday, January 4, 2009
p.s.
Just in case any of you are scratching your heads after the last post going "what happened in California?"
I wont bore you with the details but there is a post back in sept. of 2008 called "the worst day of my life" that you can look at if you want background:)
I wont bore you with the details but there is a post back in sept. of 2008 called "the worst day of my life" that you can look at if you want background:)
Here we go again!
So yesterday Hadley came running upstairs to tell me Devin was throwing up. I went downstairs to help him. When he was done he was moaning and walking around all slumped over and running into the walls. Stupid me just thought he was being dramatic about throwing up. I grabbed him and was trying to get him to rinse his mouth out and it was like he couldn't even hear me. He just kept moaning and flopping around, then he tried to say something and his words were all slurred then his eyes rolled back in his head and he passed out. My heart just sunk! It was California all over again! He was out for almost 3 minutes. We were scrambling to find his Epipen and call 911, by the time we got the epipen ready he had woken up so the 911 operator told me not to give it to him.
The emt's got there and monitered him for a bit. He was awake and breathing fine but still pretty loopy and out of it so they transported him up to Primary Children's. I had to get dressed:) and get the other kids situated then I followed them up there. Peter was up there working so he met them there til I could catch up. He spent several hours being really tired and loopy but by the end of the night was back to his normal self like it never happened!
Once again, we went home with several theories, alot of questions and NO answers!
We have to go see a neurologist this next week for more tests. They are leaning toward some form of epilepsy. But at this point it's all theories.
We are thinking there may be some corralation between these "episodes" and all the drugs and tests and those shots I had to take during his pregnancy. Hopefully we will get some answers in the coming weeks and we get it all figured out.
All I know is this kid has filled his quota of scaring me to death!!!
When he first got there he just layed there kinda out of it.
After several hours he was back to good old deviners, watching KungFu Panda and eating a corndog:)
After his meal he was pretty tuckered out and just crashed. He didn't even wake up when they took out his i.v.
The emt's got there and monitered him for a bit. He was awake and breathing fine but still pretty loopy and out of it so they transported him up to Primary Children's. I had to get dressed:) and get the other kids situated then I followed them up there. Peter was up there working so he met them there til I could catch up. He spent several hours being really tired and loopy but by the end of the night was back to his normal self like it never happened!
Once again, we went home with several theories, alot of questions and NO answers!
We have to go see a neurologist this next week for more tests. They are leaning toward some form of epilepsy. But at this point it's all theories.
We are thinking there may be some corralation between these "episodes" and all the drugs and tests and those shots I had to take during his pregnancy. Hopefully we will get some answers in the coming weeks and we get it all figured out.
All I know is this kid has filled his quota of scaring me to death!!!
When he first got there he just layed there kinda out of it.
After several hours he was back to good old deviners, watching KungFu Panda and eating a corndog:)
After his meal he was pretty tuckered out and just crashed. He didn't even wake up when they took out his i.v.And of course, to top it off, he woke up this morning about 6am coughing and wheezing and hardly able to breathe just like Hadley a few days ago! When it rains...it POURS!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Oh Lexi Loo!
I am sitting here on the computer and Lexi is crawling everywhere and getting into everything. She pulled open the cupboards and found the pretzels. She is taking out a pretzel, taking one bite then throwing it on the floor and then getting another and another....reminds me of Ramona, when she took one bite of all the apples cuz the first bite was the best:)...Hopefully I am not the only one who has read those books otherwise you are just going to be wondering what I am talking about:)
I have another thing that happened the other day. It totally reminded me of something and I just want to know who else knows what I am talking about..see who I have the most in common with:)
I made a cheesecake for christmas eve dinner. A couple days later I was getting into the fridge and the cheesecake fell out all over the floor. Peter and I just stood there looking at it like "crap, it's on the floor BUT it's still cheesecake:)...I scooped it back up and we ate it...not off the floor though. But I thought the whole situation was so funny. Peter, who doesn't watch the show, has no idea what I am talking about.
I have another thing that happened the other day. It totally reminded me of something and I just want to know who else knows what I am talking about..see who I have the most in common with:)
I made a cheesecake for christmas eve dinner. A couple days later I was getting into the fridge and the cheesecake fell out all over the floor. Peter and I just stood there looking at it like "crap, it's on the floor BUT it's still cheesecake:)...I scooped it back up and we ate it...not off the floor though. But I thought the whole situation was so funny. Peter, who doesn't watch the show, has no idea what I am talking about.
I'm too sexy for my hair!
Well I forced Peter to get a haircut the other day. It's not like he is trying grow it long like he had in highschool...it's just that he is just one of those guys that doesn't really care:) There are alot better things to do besides take the time to get a haircut. But I assured him that his wife would be happy if he did, wink wink:)
before the haircut, notice the sad, downtrodden look on his face because of his unruly hair?:)
and after...notice the smile and happiness that he exudes now that his head weighs 5lbs less!:) Of course, now he is going to have to put up with the "what happened to your forhead?" questions he always gets after a haircut cuz of his birthmark:)
before the haircut, notice the sad, downtrodden look on his face because of his unruly hair?:)
and after...notice the smile and happiness that he exudes now that his head weighs 5lbs less!:) Of course, now he is going to have to put up with the "what happened to your forhead?" questions he always gets after a haircut cuz of his birthmark:)
Poor Hadley.
Well, Hadley has had a fever and the sniffles all week. Yesterday it progressed to a pretty nasty something. He lost his voice and was wheezing quite a bit. Unfortunately he gets this from me and if he's like me he will have it clear into adulthood. This was the same thing I had 3 years ago when my wonderful neighbor called 911 instead of driving me the half mile to the hospital! They xrayed my neck and said that my throat had become so irratated and swollen that I had an opening about the size of a coffee straw left...have you ever tried to breathe thru a coffee straw?! it pretty much feels like you can't breathe. I have had this happen several times in my life that I can remember.
Well, about 5 this morning I woke up to horrible heavy wheezing from downstairs. Hadley was in bed just completely panicking cuz he couldn't get air...now, having this before, I knew he was getting air...just not much. I was going to take him to the ER but peter had already left for work and was on the train so he couldn't get back, and there aren't many people I can call up at 5am to stay with my other 2 kids while I go to the hospital.
Luckily, being married to an RT I remained calm and all was good. I took him outside and sat out there with him quietly talking to him to calm him down and having him slow his breathing down. The COLD air helped some of the inflammation and swelling go down enough that he didn't feel like he was suffocating. We went in to the Dr. first thing this morning and got loaded up with drugs so hopefully he will be on the mend by the time school starts monday.
Well, about 5 this morning I woke up to horrible heavy wheezing from downstairs. Hadley was in bed just completely panicking cuz he couldn't get air...now, having this before, I knew he was getting air...just not much. I was going to take him to the ER but peter had already left for work and was on the train so he couldn't get back, and there aren't many people I can call up at 5am to stay with my other 2 kids while I go to the hospital.
Luckily, being married to an RT I remained calm and all was good. I took him outside and sat out there with him quietly talking to him to calm him down and having him slow his breathing down. The COLD air helped some of the inflammation and swelling go down enough that he didn't feel like he was suffocating. We went in to the Dr. first thing this morning and got loaded up with drugs so hopefully he will be on the mend by the time school starts monday.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!
Shall I start with what everyone says?....I can't beleive it's a new year. This last year went SO fast!:)
We began ringing in the new year by being in bed and asleep by 10:30 just like every nite! growing up, we always had new years eve party's but since the day I moved out on my own I haven't stayed up on new years. I think it's probably because Peter has never had it off and we live in the social black hole of Utah...everyone in this neighborhood is old enough to be our parents:)
I would like to know who the idiots were last night that were lighting fireworks at 11pm...did they not turn their clocks back in November?
So, I guess now is when I am supposed to have a list of resolutions. Well, I do have a few goals for this year.
1. I have a huge rubbermaid tote FULL of pictures from back before digital cameras:) my goal is to get them all scanned and onto cd's.
2. I would say lose weight, like I do every year but this year I am not going to say it. My goal is to learn to love myself the way I am. I may have put on some weight having babies but I am still georgous and totally awesome!!!:) My goal is to have more self-confidence...no matter what my weight/size!!
3. Be more outgoing! Hopefully before or by summer we will be moving to a new house and neighborhood. This anti-social place we have lived for so long has made me very quiet and I tend to stick to myself. I resolve to be more confident in myself(see goal #2) and quit worrying about what people think of me and just start talking to people and making more friends.
4. be a better mom. To let the dishes sit in the sink longer and let the chores go undone and just play with the kids more.
5. Learn to get offended less. I tend to take things really personal...I mean everything, I know I am bad:( I am going to start looking for the silver lining in every situation. like if somebody invites everyone but me to a dinner, or party or whatever...I will just say oh well, now I don't have to spend the evening pretending that I like everyone:) ha ha...this situation is totally hypothetical:) I swear!
well, I think those things will keep be busy enough...no need to overachieve!:) I am sure this year will fly by too and soon I will be blogging about how I didn't do any of them but "I will this year for sure!":)
Hope you all have a fantastic 2009! and try not to mess up too many checks!:)
We began ringing in the new year by being in bed and asleep by 10:30 just like every nite! growing up, we always had new years eve party's but since the day I moved out on my own I haven't stayed up on new years. I think it's probably because Peter has never had it off and we live in the social black hole of Utah...everyone in this neighborhood is old enough to be our parents:)
I would like to know who the idiots were last night that were lighting fireworks at 11pm...did they not turn their clocks back in November?
So, I guess now is when I am supposed to have a list of resolutions. Well, I do have a few goals for this year.
1. I have a huge rubbermaid tote FULL of pictures from back before digital cameras:) my goal is to get them all scanned and onto cd's.
2. I would say lose weight, like I do every year but this year I am not going to say it. My goal is to learn to love myself the way I am. I may have put on some weight having babies but I am still georgous and totally awesome!!!:) My goal is to have more self-confidence...no matter what my weight/size!!
3. Be more outgoing! Hopefully before or by summer we will be moving to a new house and neighborhood. This anti-social place we have lived for so long has made me very quiet and I tend to stick to myself. I resolve to be more confident in myself(see goal #2) and quit worrying about what people think of me and just start talking to people and making more friends.
4. be a better mom. To let the dishes sit in the sink longer and let the chores go undone and just play with the kids more.
5. Learn to get offended less. I tend to take things really personal...I mean everything, I know I am bad:( I am going to start looking for the silver lining in every situation. like if somebody invites everyone but me to a dinner, or party or whatever...I will just say oh well, now I don't have to spend the evening pretending that I like everyone:) ha ha...this situation is totally hypothetical:) I swear!
well, I think those things will keep be busy enough...no need to overachieve!:) I am sure this year will fly by too and soon I will be blogging about how I didn't do any of them but "I will this year for sure!":)
Hope you all have a fantastic 2009! and try not to mess up too many checks!:)
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