Ty and I have been taking the kids out one night a week and going out by ourselves another night. The kids love to go to Lowes, and we always need something there, so it works out good. I'm reading how to get organized in a year (yes I'm sure it will take me that long since I do random things like put the cheese in the cupboard and the spices in the fridge. Ty asks me where something is, and then usually follows up with the question, "and if it's not there?" So, last week I was reading about organizing the closet. Our closet is a small walk in, but there is NO LIGHT and there WAS no shelving, so our Lowes adventure was to find a portable light that wouldn't burn out and find some kind of portable shelving. SUCCESS! Shelving was on sale- only $10 per shelving unit. Then, there were insert shelves for shoes for $7. I think this may be the best $10 we've spent. (I may even forgive Lowes for the $13 bag of garbage bags that I bought that said there was a $10 coupon inside. The coupon was there- too bad it expire in Aug 2009.) Anyway, we had fun shopping at Lowes and of course came out spending a lot more than the $30 worth of shelves. Ty spent the next day building them, and what a difference, I love my closet now. Well, we also got an LED light to put in the closet.
When we got home, Ty made Jacki some hot chocolate and mounted the magnetic light on the fridge. They drank their hot chocolate by that light. Jacki turned to Ty and said, "That light made all my dreams come true." Now, we laugh so hard whenever we hear or see that phrase. Where does she come up with this.
Before the Lowe's adventure was the Chili's adventure. We tried to think of somewhere besides Chuckee cheese or McDonalds (Jacki's top choices) that the kids would like and thought Chilies would be good. Next time they are getting McDonalds and going to grandmas. Wessie was squirmy and didn't like being strapped in. He wanted to eat the salsa, which was too spicy, so we were glad when the food came. Jacki didn't like her meal. She didn't like the fries because they were too "spicy" and didn't like her grilled cheese (we don't know why.) Ty pulled apart Wessie's quesadilla. The cheese stretched, and it scared him so bad (once again we don't know why). So, he's screaming at the cheese and really upset that he was trapped. He did like the fries. Now we remember why we don't take the kids out much.
The ultrasound doc called today. My MRI showed that the ACC (agenesis of the corpus callosum) is present, which means that the corpus callosum is not present. But, the good news is that they didn't find any other condition or missing part with it. The doc told me that there are people without the corpus callosum and you would never know it because it was before ultrasounds, and they live totally normal lives and never find out that they had that condition. Even though I've felt assured that the baby is okay, it's nice to hear good results from the MRI, and I'm even more grateful for all the prayers that friends and families have done for my little family. Speaking of the MRI, wow I have a lot of empathy for anyone who has had one done. Mine was around the belly, so it wasn't enclosed, but I still had to have them pull me out because it was too hot and I knew I would be claustrophobic. I told the technician that I would be fine if they could make it cooler. She turned on the fan, and that was so much better. The ladies there were so nice and did all they could to make me comfortable (they propped me up on my side, etc.) But, it was impossible to be comfortable, and the baby didn't like the loud noises, so I tried to hold still even though my baby was doing what felt like somersaults. I wondered how they would do the MRI since they can't tell the baby to hold still or put him to sleep. They take short segments and have to redo them if the baby moves too much (so they had to redo several.) Ty was supportive and took off the day of work to take me down. It was boring for him. He had to sit in the waiting room, but he's so supportive. That was our date outing for that week.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Lunch with Ty
We got to go to Ty's work and eat lunch with him. We all got our rooms clean, so I let the kids get fries on the way, which Jacki loved. She also loved her "frosting" (frosty.) Ty's been working a lot, so I've tried to find ways to see him more and have more "quality family time" (to quote the Berenstain Bears.) I've had Ty start taking me on dates again too. It's been fun. One night we went shopping, last week we went out to Avatar and Iggys with Ty's brother and wife, and this week we had our family date, and the kids loved getting out. We've gotten so busy, and by the time we are all home- we just want to relax. More often than not, I go to bed early, so it's been good to do things together.
Elmo got hit with a stick
Jacki just woke up and came in and told me that Elmo is hurt. Elmo is her big stuffed red animal. I went in with her to see what was wrong. She said that someone hit him with a stick. (We had watched Anne of Avonlea recently, and one of the students "was administered the strap.") I had to try so hard to not laugh as we examined Elmo.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Toddler Time
I don't think we've been to the Treehouse with Wes yet, so we went for Toddler time today. By the time we got there, only 1/2 hour was left, which was enough for me. It was hard to keep them both in sight. I needed leashes. They had fun. Wes did get scared of the talking man display that you can see in the back of the picture where they are on the horses. I think we covered the whole place in that half hour. It was packed but good to get out.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
You're gonna miss this
Yesterday we had a busy day. Ty had to work and get a barley blend made. I had to get ready for our dinner group with couples from the ward (I'm really glad I had an excuse to have to clean and bake, but I didn't get a lot done while Ty was gone.) I'm loving trying out new cheesecake recipes. My family knows I love cheesecake, so Jojo and mom gave me a spring form pan, and I am glad for any excuse I have to make one. I've made the blue ribbon and the New York Cheesecake. Blue ribbon is my favorite so far. Ty and I are learning about cheesecake recipes and baking processes. It takes a whole day to make these (figuring in the chilling period.)
Ty got home in the afternoon. Even though he shoveled before he left, he had to shovel two more times that night. He also helped me clean. Jacki didn't want to have a nap and had to be coddled (she had to sleep in mom's bed and I had to lie down with her, which I was more than willing to do- yeah for nap time. None of those things worked, so when Ty came home, he made her go to her room to sleep. Wes woke up right about that time and wanted to come in the kitchen with me. I tried to barricade him out with chairs, but he made it in and slipped on the wet floor that I was washing. Then, I tipped my bucket and spilled water everywhere. He came in again and slipped, so he had to be caged in his crib for a while so I could finish. He got the most hysterical he's ever been. As soon as I finished, I got him out, and he wanted to be held, so it was hard to get anything done.
Then, Jacki woke up and wanted to go to grandmas, and I wanted them to go to grandmas. Ty went into Jackster's room to figure out why it stunk so bad and found two diapers she had stashed. He made her throw them away, and she brought them down to the kitchen and filled the room with the smell of urine. I made her trudge right out to the garbage can with her boots on and tried to keep from gagging. As I took them over, the country song, "You're gonna miss this" came on the radio. The words are coming from someone older with kids raised to someone raising kids. The young parent is glad to get through each stage, and the older parent says, "You're gonna miss this. You're gonna want this back. You're gonna wish this time didn't go by so fast." My friend that has five young children said she hates it when people tell her to enjoy the time while they are young because it goes by fast because it doesn't feel like it's going fast some days. I can relate. Some days feel so slow, but I totally trust the wiser ones that have been through this, so I was thinking about the things I'm going to miss. I'm going to miss watching Jacki learn how to do things like talk. The other day she said to me, "Don't eat with your mouth full." I'm going to miss Wes laughing hysterically whenever I do a coughing sound at him (hard to explain.) He thinks it's so funny. I'm going to miss seeing the kids play with their daddy. They light up around him and are so excited to see him. I'm gonna miss Jacki coming in to my room to give me a hug and a kiss and tell me her bed is too hard. I'm gonna miss hearing Wesley babble and play in his crib. I'm gonna miss Jacki's honesty, "I see a bum. I see a belly poking out (both said to me.) So, ya when I think about it, there is a lot I'm going to miss....but not the stashed diapers or tantrums!
Ty got home in the afternoon. Even though he shoveled before he left, he had to shovel two more times that night. He also helped me clean. Jacki didn't want to have a nap and had to be coddled (she had to sleep in mom's bed and I had to lie down with her, which I was more than willing to do- yeah for nap time. None of those things worked, so when Ty came home, he made her go to her room to sleep. Wes woke up right about that time and wanted to come in the kitchen with me. I tried to barricade him out with chairs, but he made it in and slipped on the wet floor that I was washing. Then, I tipped my bucket and spilled water everywhere. He came in again and slipped, so he had to be caged in his crib for a while so I could finish. He got the most hysterical he's ever been. As soon as I finished, I got him out, and he wanted to be held, so it was hard to get anything done.
Then, Jacki woke up and wanted to go to grandmas, and I wanted them to go to grandmas. Ty went into Jackster's room to figure out why it stunk so bad and found two diapers she had stashed. He made her throw them away, and she brought them down to the kitchen and filled the room with the smell of urine. I made her trudge right out to the garbage can with her boots on and tried to keep from gagging. As I took them over, the country song, "You're gonna miss this" came on the radio. The words are coming from someone older with kids raised to someone raising kids. The young parent is glad to get through each stage, and the older parent says, "You're gonna miss this. You're gonna want this back. You're gonna wish this time didn't go by so fast." My friend that has five young children said she hates it when people tell her to enjoy the time while they are young because it goes by fast because it doesn't feel like it's going fast some days. I can relate. Some days feel so slow, but I totally trust the wiser ones that have been through this, so I was thinking about the things I'm going to miss. I'm going to miss watching Jacki learn how to do things like talk. The other day she said to me, "Don't eat with your mouth full." I'm going to miss Wes laughing hysterically whenever I do a coughing sound at him (hard to explain.) He thinks it's so funny. I'm going to miss seeing the kids play with their daddy. They light up around him and are so excited to see him. I'm gonna miss Jacki coming in to my room to give me a hug and a kiss and tell me her bed is too hard. I'm gonna miss hearing Wesley babble and play in his crib. I'm gonna miss Jacki's honesty, "I see a bum. I see a belly poking out (both said to me.) So, ya when I think about it, there is a lot I'm going to miss....but not the stashed diapers or tantrums!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Klondike
Here are pictures from the Klondike. Ty said he was plenty warm. The scouts were pretty impressed with his homemade chili (made by dumping cans and adding a little chili powder. Ty said that they were amazed with the bread sticks and cookies that he brought up. That made me smile.
Water mustache
We had a family date night last night. We went to Lowe's to find some boards to help me in my quest to overcome my weakness of disorganization. Right now I'm working on the pantry. The kids were so happy to get out of the house. Jacki loves Lowes and "The depot." Ty played with
Wes. He had his measuring tape that he would flip out towards Wes. Our lil guy loved it when it was close enough that he could touch it, and he laughed. Lowe's has drinking fountains. Jacki went over there a couple of times. She told me she couldn't drink anymore because she was going to get a water mustache. We drink a lot of orange drink at our house, and if Jacki doesn't use a straw, she ends up with an orange mustache, so she figured that she was going to get a water mustache.
Our family adventure also took us to Hastings. I promised Jacki that she could get a new strawberry shortcake movie if she had a nap and picked everything off the floor so I could vacuum (anything to avoid bending over.) She was so excited. She liked that store and all the candy toys. We had to keep telling her to come with us. Come to think of it, she ran away at Lowe's too, and one of the workers told Ty which way she went.
We ended our night out with a pizza to go from Pizzeria. It was bbq chicken. They put a little fresh parsley on it, and Jacki said, "Yuck, there is salad on my pizza." (She's not a fan of salad, and we like to tease her about that.)
Wes. He had his measuring tape that he would flip out towards Wes. Our lil guy loved it when it was close enough that he could touch it, and he laughed. Lowe's has drinking fountains. Jacki went over there a couple of times. She told me she couldn't drink anymore because she was going to get a water mustache. We drink a lot of orange drink at our house, and if Jacki doesn't use a straw, she ends up with an orange mustache, so she figured that she was going to get a water mustache.
Our family adventure also took us to Hastings. I promised Jacki that she could get a new strawberry shortcake movie if she had a nap and picked everything off the floor so I could vacuum (anything to avoid bending over.) She was so excited. She liked that store and all the candy toys. We had to keep telling her to come with us. Come to think of it, she ran away at Lowe's too, and one of the workers told Ty which way she went.
We ended our night out with a pizza to go from Pizzeria. It was bbq chicken. They put a little fresh parsley on it, and Jacki said, "Yuck, there is salad on my pizza." (She's not a fan of salad, and we like to tease her about that.)
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