My Dad

Well tonight we still really have no "diagnose" as to whats wrong with dad, he is still wheezing terribly, and he is coughing and short of breath. Today after he had his breathing treatments, his heart would of course start beating fast, normal after treatment, but then he would start having extreme chest pain and sweating and he was very sick, they put him back on oxygen with all his meds, we are at a catch 22, he needs steroids to get better but being a diabetic it is raising his sugar, into the 500's,after over 8 hrs they finally got it in the 300's which is very high, his kidney functions are not improving and them pumping fluids he is swelling, tomorrow they are doing renal ultrasound to see an ultrasound of his kidneys and see how they are working, and then tonight they also started "vest therapy" it is a vest they wrap around him and shake him for 10 min at a time to try to break some of the junk up they said today he had very little room for air to pass through and he is still very sick. Keep in prayers tonight, along with all these sweet babies that are very sick some are on my sidebar, but one family i just read about on Bring the rain website, broke my heart.... Pray for sweet Stellan, I thought about that baby each time my dad his treatments today so sad, Happy Monday

ANOTHER PRAYER REQUEST

Tonight one of my sweet aunts took my dad to the ER and I met her there, he has had this terrible "cold" for over a month, he is really wheezing, having a really yucky deep cough so she took him the ER after talking to his Dr today, being that he is a diabetic sometime the plan of action is a little different for you and I. But once we all got there, the ER doctors felt he may have had a blood clot break loose from his lung and be in his lung, causing him such shortness of breath and such, once of my dads unfortunate side of affects of diabetes and as we learned tonight it is getting much worse are his kidney functions, showing that his kidneys are not functioning at what they should, in order to better diagnose him they wanted to do a CT scan of his lungs but the dye that they use, could poison him being that his kidney's cant flush it out of his system, they ended up admitting his to stay and are giving him breathing treatments and watching his oxygen levels, giving him IV antibiotics, and going to consult with a lung doctor, and kidney specials in the morning, this time last year his kidney levels were at 1.9, about a month or so ago they were at 2.0 and tonight they were at 2.9 they should be at 0.9 this is showing kidney failure, please say your prayers ,and give the doctors the wisdom to treat him and find out whats going with this prolonged cough and wheezing, and thank you for having such amazing family, to be there by your side, they are sooo special to me, and love them dearly.

Pray

*** UPDATE*** THE STORM WENT THRU AND WE ARE FINE, IM WORKING ON A REALLY SPECIAL POST, ITS LONG BUT...I WANT TO SHARE, THAT WILL BE COMING SOON UNTIL THEN IM GOING TO GO HOLD A SICK BABY SHE CANT BE LAID DOWN FOR ALL THE DRAINING POOR ANGEL..



Be in prayers we are under tornado warnings and bad weather is coming this way, pray that everyone is safe...

WE ARE STILL NOT IN BED...

OK so its midnight and my boys have sooo much energy they are bouncing off the walls they had a fun day with GG and I think they have had sugar today... what in the world, midnight and they are in my bed making shadow puppets are you kidding me, oh well its the last fun night before we get back on schedule tomorrow to get ready for school on Monday, 2 week spring break has really ruined us, whoops

Its Friday!!!!

Well, not alot to report tonight we had to finally take Khloe to the doctor today she is just not feeling well at all. Really all 3 kids have not felt good all week, just that yucky cough, and not resting and when they woke up in the mornings they would have that yucky eye crusty's. But today finally Khloe started running fever, her eyes had green discharge, and runny runny nose, and her cough was just really really bad, she had not rested since 1:30 this morning so she went to the doctor today-- and they confirmed what we already knew that she is allergies!! But she is already on allergy meds, so they said that's all they could do since she was under 2 they didn't feel comfortable with prescribing cough meds but we could do OTC Robitussin, But on a high note she weighs 21 pounds today. WOW its 11:00 and the kids have totalllllly stayed up to late, they are SCREAMING SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER and just these last few days they have started hitting, punching each other, what is a mom to do? BOYS!!!!!!! wow i must go and get them to bed right now, PLEASE PRAY FOR STELLAN TONIGHT HIM AND HIS MOMMY NEEDS A PEACEFUL NIGHT..

Thankful Thursday!!!

First of all, sooo many bad things are going on around all of, people loosing jobs, getting sick, the economy, the war, the weather, no health insurance, having to say good bye to great people we care about, not getting to see the people we love and care about, just soooo bad things. When we turn on the news it seems like that is all that we see only the bad, so tonight well about a week now I have been really thinking about everything that is going on--- and I REALLY REALLY realize that I have soo much to be thankful for... First of all, I'M so Thankful to be a mommy to wonderful kids, I am so thankful to be chosen to be a parent to a child that has had special needs, I am so thankful to have a wonderful husband, that really loves being a dad, loves having a huge family, that is such a great dad, and that is fighting for our freedom, (thank honey). I'm so thankful to have the family that I have, I have wonderful parents, my kids have the BEST grandparents ever, and we have such a LARGE EXTENDED family but we are all so close and great support system and my life would fall apart without each and everyone of them.. I'm thankful that I'm able to be a stay at home mom, there is alot of things that we would love to have and don't have in life , but you know that we are really have soo much to be thankful for.. Take time to appreciate all that WE DO HAVE, AND FORGET WHAT YOU DON'T!!! PRAISE GOD FOR ALL THE GOOD WE HAVE IN OUR LIFE......

Let me know what your Thankful for today....

A WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY!!!

So tonight Miss Khloe has learned a new trick, although she cant pull herself up(thankfully) when I stood her up, she actually did for almost 10 min... I guess now that she knows how to crawl, she has to master another trick, she was sooo proud of herself. It was really cute.

Also today, the boys and I all got hair cuts, Khloe don't need one yet, she is still good in that area,LOL but the major part of that was Brayden actually allowed someone "New" to touch his hair, for the past 3 years no one has cut his hair but my mom, we tried a few times but the fact that someone touched his hair was too much, and going to a salon was hard, he hates the loud sounds of blow dryers, he still cant use one and them spraying water on him, did not go well, but he did get a hair cut, ill post pics tomorrow.. When you sit back and think of the small things that he has accomplished its awesome, for over 2 years we could only brush his hair with a sensory brush or a dish brush those 2 textures did not bother him, but to use a real brush was to much stimulation. Small baby steps, he is making major progress, if only I could get them all well... During the last few days they have all got this"cough" an evil cough.. And when it gets around 8:00 and Brayden lays down he coughs so hard it makes him sick, and well Ethan did the same thing and this morning he had gook in his eyes, he was screaming he thought he was blind he couldn't open his eyes, and Khloe, Oh my goodness.. i don't care when she goes to sleep she is going to have crazy coughing spells.. We know most of all of this is to do with allergies, but oh my we are soooooo over the coughing. we ll need rest..!!!!!!! and until then.. we are all off with cool mist humidifiers in all the rooms that the kids are sleeping with, which it is funny me and the boys are in my room and Darin and Khloe are in her room, so much crazy coughing oh my what are we to do?? Good night..

sick

Im off to bed early its 10:15 and im going to fed, dad and kayla have all the kids.. the boys are not feeling well either, but mommy has to get well so I can take care of them...... Bring on the warm weather and stay warm..

What a diffrence some sleep can make

Can you believe that this is how we spent our Saturday night? Monopoly!!! But it was a really great end to a wonderful day, I went out with one of my aunt's and we had a great time, Darin and my dad ended up meeting is thru out the day and we had a great day just being out of the house and spending time together we had to our landscaping for a great price.. Also, today KHLOE STARTED CRAWLING!!! and she looks so cute, my boys- well poor Brayden is sick with a cold, me and him and Khloe cant get over this weather. Ethan is doing great, he is really tired which makes him pretty ill , but he has studied his memory verse and ready for church, now Im off to bed the boys are sleeping in Mommy's bed tonight and Darin is sleeping in the guest bed in Khloes room. Our life is crazy but would not change it for a minute.Thank you for all your sweet comments,texts, and emails, from my last post.I was just feeling defeated. *Thanks Beth for your comment it always means alot for people to be so caring for military families*Have a great night and enjoy your Sunday

JUST SIMPLY MAD TONIGHT

Have you ever just had a day that you started out in a bad mood and you really have no idea why your mad, but your just mad... Well, that's how my day started but as the day got going it was great me and all the kids had a great day destroying our house, then daddy came home, whoops-- but not in a bad mood after all it's Friday and he got off early. But as the night went on, and things just fell apart for me again, here it is almost 12:30 I'm still up, and as I sit here I cant help but to get madder and madder, things just didn't seem right tonight for me, every little thing has gotten me upset inside, I have not let it show but I'm exploding on this keyboard.. I have 3 other post that I have started and cant get into my heart to get them finished, I'm off to bed, to say a long prayer for some peace and I will wake up tomorrow refreshed and ready to enjoy some spring weather..(that's my plan at least). I know as women, as a mommy, as a wife, just as a human we just have bad days. Although I got alot done and out of the house without kids today, and let it be known that NO ONE has upset me its just little crazy things are driving me crazy small ex. the ball in the mouse at my computer is driving me crazy and if I didn't think my hubby thought that I was crazy the mouse would probably be tossed into the wall, silly I know and that's why I'm off to bed... I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN MY THANKFUL THURSDAY POST, BUT GROUCHO NEEDS TO GET TO BED!! lol NIGHT

6 years later...

Today as we enter our 6th year at war with Iraq, please continue to pray, and support our solders... NEVER FORGET!!! Thank you Darin for your 2 tours already, we are here for you support you and love as you get ready for your third tour.. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES

OH HAPPY DAY!!!

So today when I was getting ready i put Khloe in the bedroom floor facing me so while I was getting ready she could watch me and we could talk and just me getting ready without being in a hurry and hearing her scream, all was going well ,so I let her stay in the floor while I went to get her an outfit for the day, when I can back. she had scooted into the bathroom and this is what i found........... although i did clean up the trash that she had taken out I was just amazed with how fast she could get into things without crawling yet... wow its going to be so much fun soon when she can crawl.... Moving on.. The last two days have been wonderful we have been enjoying 70 degree weather , having fun time at the park, cook outs, lots of out door playing here are a few pics from the last few days...

She actually was standing up holding on to the stirring wheel and growling..like she knew she had done something big.. It was AWESOME!!!

Here is Khloe at the park yesterday, loving her some swing time.. It was so much fun.Poor thing she is so fair. the sun could be an enemy this summer...

Look at the boys, looking like rag dolls, with their cousin Kelly, they were loving time at the park..Now tomorrow I'm going to copy what alot of people do but at this point in time, I feel like I really need to do it... Thankful Thursdays... Just to share what all we are so thankful for, with all the bad things going on we still have sooo much to be thankful for, IM one that has SOOOO much to be thankful for and ready to share with everyone, until then HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!

WHO WOULDN'T BE THANKFUL? BRAYDEN READING TO KHLOE, TOO CUTE FOR WORDS....

LOOK WHO IS 10 MONTHS OLD TODAY!!!

Today Khloe is now 10 months old--- poor thing she is not feeling good today,coughing, fever, runny nose... But today we wanted to document some of what she is up to, so we remember (until I get her scrapbook updated) geez... we only have 3 to make,LOL
*As of today Khloe has 2 cute bottom teeth, but her top 2 are coming through.
* She is scooting around everywhere, she can crawl backwards, not forward just yet, but she can get anywhere she wants by this little scoot that she does.
* She loves being in her walker, she has finally got the hang of going forward!!
* Wonderful pincer grasp- she can pick up cheerios and feed them her self. AWESOME!
* She has become a little bit of a picky eater, that depends on the day, her favorite foods would be yo baby yogurt, and turkey rice dinners, or turkey and sweet potatoes.
* She loves taking bathes, go for rides in the car (we have even been found guilty of taking her for rides at night to get her to go to sleep)
*At one point in time Khloe slept thru the night, now she for goes that , I think she cant stand going a full night with waking up to see everyone,LOL
*She LOVES playing with her babies and gives big kisses...
* She totally loves getting her pics made, she can be in full out crying mode and see a camera and smiles then starts back to crying..
the one big negative is that she really likes to smack people and you can tell its purely out of anger when she does it. feisty girl...
She is a sweet little girl and feel so blessed to have her as a part of our life.
WE Love you sweet baby love!!!

Really--- is the weekend over???

Can you believe that another weekend has come and gone? Now we are onto "Spring Break". The kids have had a great weekend, staying busy... Darin and I have got alot of "spring cleaning" done and it feels great although we have only gotten 3 rooms done and it took the weekend to do that, wow.. but it feels great to have it all done. Now for the kids rooms and playroom tomorrow, or the next 3 days.LOL Tomorrow Darin starts his full time Army job.. Exciting because I know this is something that he loves. I'm proud of him and just ask for prayers as these next few months will just go really slow so we can all enjoy every minute of it. I know that we have hard days but when I sit down and think about it - IReally want things to slow down... I want a few more hours in each day to enjoy the kids they are growing up so fast and I want them to make as many memory's as they can right now with thier daddy- for when he comes back they will not be the same kids.. They are changing everyday-----*** Change subject*** cant Handel it! Just want you all if you get a chance click on the PRAY FOR ABBY BUTTON she is the cutest little girl going thru yucky times and having surgery in the morning she is super strong and when I have bad days - i look at her and think come on Tiff things are going to be ok. Happy Monday

I could't resist....

THIS IS WHY I REALLY LOVE MY LIFE--

Only in TN-----

Well, I just had to share with you one of the cutest pics ever, this my friends is my sweet little B, doing what he does... He lives in his own little world, and even Khloe wants in on the action... Brayden is really loving "pretend play" he talks on the phone and carries on conversations, per Bray's language at time s we were understand alot of what he is saying or at least I do Darin, not so much.. but that's what we mama's do - then shows how close Khloe is to crawling... Just not there yet. Ill have to update you all tomorrow on Brayden's new pretend play--- you can tell he really pays attention to what is going on there--- but that you will have to wait for.... Speaking of tomorrow only in TN--- do we get school called off due to INCLEMENT Weather, when it rains and drops below 33 degrees??? (a little exaggeration) but we are out tomorrow and no snow in sight, we really haven't seen any this year....

And speaking of weather---- Ethan had Spring Pics made yesterday at school ,Look how cute he was, man he is really growing up... He also had awards day at school today- he is such a class clown he got on stage today dancing, and waving--- come on E!!! HE is such a ham... Well, I hope you all enjoy your" SNOW DAY" and we are now out of school for 2 more weeks of SPRING BREAK!!! One more small note- my hubby took off 3 days this week to spend some family time together, and although we really have nothing but relax around the house, it has been a nice 3 days-

Here We Go.....

Well, over the past few days I have started so many posts but ended up deleting them, I have wrote them and re-wrote them, wanting them to be entertaining, imformative, and you know I really have so much on my mind that tonight I decided that I'm going to just type. Just type what is on my mind, Im going to blog, for the fact that in a year I want to be able to look back at this day and no what was going on with my babies, what was going on in my life... and I would love to invite our family and friends to really get coneected and read our blog, Im going totry to write daily, but I want you all to know what is going on. and with the upcoming months and the deployment coming by the end of this year Im going to need more family support then ever before, more prayers, more just contact with "adults" I may need days just to escape my real life, and enter into the blog world but whatever I need that day, I want to remember it and share it with you all. So here we go.....
Today the boys got their report cards, E did really good he is really mastering alot, you know Kindergarten has been so good for him, but we did notice the pattern for him. ALL the things that E needs improvment in, are things like, TALKING(go figure), following directions, Listening before talking, working well without disturbing others... so in otherwords E is smart he loves to write,read, math, loves studying presidents, and money but the boy, HE IS MY CHILD, cant stop talking.... LOL .Well what can I say we only have 9 weeks left of school and we have had only ONE trip to the principal, so thats not that bad is it :)
Now for B, he got his report card today as well, and in special ed. things are alot diffrent we have about 6 pages of goal to be met before the end of the year, and he is graded 1-5, with 1 being no improvment and 5 being mastered, B received only 1's in going to Potty. He is still not ready, and we all can see that, but over spring break next week we are going to work a little more on that. But over all he got lots of 2 with needing more time to master, but we are not worried, we can tell that he is made alot of progress and we are soooo pleased, he is still doing speech 3 times a week, and he is getting OT 1 time a week, also over spring break we are going to try to make it the eye dr. for him, with sensory integreation, he may being to stimulated with his eyes, meaning that sometimes when seing too much of an object can be to much for his brain to process, but they have vision thearpy for that.. So no problem.. On a funny note, speacking of his eye, I get a phone call from school Monday telling me that B had an accident on the playground at school and he was ok, but another little boy had sctated B's pupil and it was very red, and a little uncomfortable, B and this little boy have already had 2 other fights.... These boys can be a handful... Of course we are not mad he is autistic, and boys will be boys., these sweet special kids B's class have such issues to overcome to be so small, but we are so blessed to have a program for 3 yr old to start out in and get ready for "school" . Its awsome and we have 3 sweet teachers that love these kids like they were there own, which makes it wonderful for us mommies..
Now for Miss Khloe- she is doing awsome really wanting to crawl she is scooting everywhere and can crawl backwards, she is rocking on those knees, but cant get that crawling forward thing down just yet.. Man we will be in for it when she does, but there is nothing cuter then to see a little one crawling around, I cant wait ( typing this so i can look back in a few months when I say, omg please K stop getting into everything, LOL)she is going thru a stage where she dont want to eat her baby food, or table food , she just wants her bottle, maybe we should cut back on feeding s to make her hungrier, so she will eat better, hmm who know any suggestions let me know , and she is also not wanting to sleep thru the night, again, help a mommy out...puuullease!!!!!!!!!!
*** and if you are still reading ,BIG HUGS to you, but keep us in your prayers, Darin starts full time army on Monday and will do this until he is delpoyed in Dec. Please check back in with us and comment - Night to you all

HELP!!!

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Finally....

I have been totally addicted to reading blogs, but never took the time to actually set my blog up, but TODAY my friends i will get going, Im excited to finally be a part of the blogging world. While being a very faithful reader to lots of blogs I have been so inspired by so many of your families. I have prayed for lots of you while you were pregnant like you were my own sister, I have cried over your sick babies, Rejoyced when you finally brought your babies home, cried when you had to let your babies go to be with our Sweet Jesus. I know that this world is made up of such strong families, and unbelievalby faithful people. Thank you for being such an inspiration... as I hope that I can educate, and document the wonderful days of my life with my sweet Kids. I would love to share our story of Stiff Person Syndrome, dealing with the question is he or isnt he--Autistic? dealing with developmental issues, and raising babies that you have been blessed to parent for people, who just were not ready.. I would love to share our story of my wonderful Husband that is so strong and he has taught me that you have to take things One Day at a Time -- thanks to Army Life.. So I hope to meet lots of sweet families and really share our thoughts together... Happy Blogging!!!!