So they could play with each other!!
Gwendolyn is in Michigan with my Mom for a family reunion and to visit. They left Thursday night and have had a fun time so far. She started out liking to talk to us on the phone, but now refuses. Unless it is Owen, she will talk to her brother and that is it!! I am sure that is a sign she is missing him. She goes to bed at night saying she wants me, but wakes up looking for her brother. I know she misses me and Daddy too, but is paying us back for abandoning her, by not talking with her 3 year old butt.
Owen on the other hand, can't get enough of MOM. He makes me play with him all day. I think he is so used to Gwendolyn being all up in his business that he expects there to be a person looming over him. Cute, but getting old.
He was so sweet last night. He has been sleeping fitfully, not sure if that is because he is alone in the room or not. I went in one time he was wining/crying out. He was laying on his back with his eyes closed. I just stood there and rubbed his leg. He opened his eyes and saw me, stood up and reached out. I picked him up and just held him for a few seconds. He then leaned out and looked up at me and then leaned in and gave me a true puckered-up kiss and then laid his head back down. His kisses have normally been open mouth, slobbery things. It was just so sweet, like saying thank you for checking on me.
Back to Gwendolyn being gone. They are gone for 10 days. I was real proud of myself for not cying at the airport. I laughed to myself when I tried to be a sweet mom and give her a $5 to spend on whatever during her travels. She looked at me like, "gee thanks, paper." Now, if I had given her a penny she would have been real excited. I tucked it away in a photo album that I had put together for her. She has been a little whiney the last couple days. I hope that eases up when more family gets there with kids her age. It is just such a strange element for her, with no Mommy or Daddy there. They drove over to Marquette this morning to spend the day with Matts Grandparents. Everyone thought this would be better than them driving the 250 miles to Gwendolyn. They are getting up there in age. I hope she is not being a brat.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
It's no wonder...
I drive like I do. Here are a sample of what I hear from the back seat.
Owen "gogogogogo"
Gwenodlyn "Faster Mommy" "You drive faster than Daddy" "Your now the leader Mommy" "Wow, we are going fast"
Is it no wonder that I go fast, I impress my children. *Sad head shake* I need to get a grip.
Owen "gogogogogo"
Gwenodlyn "Faster Mommy" "You drive faster than Daddy" "Your now the leader Mommy" "Wow, we are going fast"
Is it no wonder that I go fast, I impress my children. *Sad head shake* I need to get a grip.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Thank God for the blog
Owen just pulled his other tear duct tube out and I needed to reference how the pull went last time. Check back in the blog to May and wolla, pull from the top.
It was lame, I could see in slow motion what Owen was in the process of doing and I could do nothing to stop what was in motion. He was a little more pissed this time. I immediately called for re-enforcements, poppa Rufus (FIL). Matt was out fishing, at least an hour away and my parents were on their way back to town with their newly purchased motorhome. Once I knew help was on the way and I didn't have to do it on my own, I put in Baby Einstein and gave him a yiyi. Still pissed but managable. Rufus gets here in less than 10 minutes and he gets the tube cut. We differ on which end to yank from, I say upper and he says lower. Neither end is budging :( I end up paging Dr Zambar for the second time this year and he calls right back. He says pull hard, that is what he would end up doing. If it breaks, it will eventually come out his nose. Lovely. I had already confirmed the pull from the upper thought on my blog while I was on with his answering service and he confirmed it as well. The tube ended up coming out while we were still on the phone, Rufus had a hold of the top and Owen turned his head away. Out it came. I did manage to get some pictures this time. He calmed down pretty fast and seems over it.
It was lame, I could see in slow motion what Owen was in the process of doing and I could do nothing to stop what was in motion. He was a little more pissed this time. I immediately called for re-enforcements, poppa Rufus (FIL). Matt was out fishing, at least an hour away and my parents were on their way back to town with their newly purchased motorhome. Once I knew help was on the way and I didn't have to do it on my own, I put in Baby Einstein and gave him a yiyi. Still pissed but managable. Rufus gets here in less than 10 minutes and he gets the tube cut. We differ on which end to yank from, I say upper and he says lower. Neither end is budging :( I end up paging Dr Zambar for the second time this year and he calls right back. He says pull hard, that is what he would end up doing. If it breaks, it will eventually come out his nose. Lovely. I had already confirmed the pull from the upper thought on my blog while I was on with his answering service and he confirmed it as well. The tube ended up coming out while we were still on the phone, Rufus had a hold of the top and Owen turned his head away. Out it came. I did manage to get some pictures this time. He calmed down pretty fast and seems over it.
Dammit!!
Yep, that is the word that my sweet little girl exclaimed tonight when her macaroni and cheese noodle fell off her fork onto her pants. Why you ask? That would be what I exclaimed in the kitchen not three minutes earlier when the spoon fell out of the pan and hit my shirt, twice, in the matter of minutes.
It is all my fault and I have the cleaner mouth out of Matt and I. Oh the shame of it all. I have every intention of fessing up too.
When I tried telling her that it was an adult word and she wasn't to use it, she replied "It is my word now". Dammit, that backfired.
The kids and I did a photo shoot for a commercial this morning and then again this afternoon. They called and said there had been technical difficulties and we needed to reshoot it. My understanding is that it will be for an internet site and brochures. It is for a new housing subdivision that my uncle manages and they were trying to portray that it is a family place to live and took pictures of me walking Owen in the stroller and Gwendolyn riding her bike next to us and then them sliding on the playground with me catching them at the bottom. They both did so wonderful, both times. I was quite proud!! If only it paid :)
It is all my fault and I have the cleaner mouth out of Matt and I. Oh the shame of it all. I have every intention of fessing up too.
When I tried telling her that it was an adult word and she wasn't to use it, she replied "It is my word now". Dammit, that backfired.
The kids and I did a photo shoot for a commercial this morning and then again this afternoon. They called and said there had been technical difficulties and we needed to reshoot it. My understanding is that it will be for an internet site and brochures. It is for a new housing subdivision that my uncle manages and they were trying to portray that it is a family place to live and took pictures of me walking Owen in the stroller and Gwendolyn riding her bike next to us and then them sliding on the playground with me catching them at the bottom. They both did so wonderful, both times. I was quite proud!! If only it paid :)
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Couldn't sleep in
Today was my rare chance to sleep in and have no children in the house when I chose to get out of bed. COULDN'T DO IT!!! Why you wonder? Because Matt was making my little girl late for school and it was driving me crazy!! It took everything I had to not get out of bed and tell him to step the pace up 5 notches. What a waste of my sleep in turn. I was up at the same time. She had to have been at least 15 minutes late for school and I dispise being late and pride myself on being an on-time person. She already had the potential to being a whitetrash child today. Her lunch box wasn't in her cubby hole on Tuesday and grandpa didn't know to search it out. That meant today, her lunch was in a plastic grocery bag. ACK. I left very specific instruction with Matt to find her lunch box and transfer the lunch over or just leave everything loose in her cubby. I don't want my little girl getting picked on, LOL
Although, I am enjoying the house all to myself this morning. Uninterupted internet time, cooking channel on TV, and no one calling me momma ;)
On a very off topic side note....Owen pooped in the potty 2 days ago. Woohoo I think he is still far from ready, but that was huge. It is those little things in life that make me happy, like poop in a toilet.
Although, I am enjoying the house all to myself this morning. Uninterupted internet time, cooking channel on TV, and no one calling me momma ;)
On a very off topic side note....Owen pooped in the potty 2 days ago. Woohoo I think he is still far from ready, but that was huge. It is those little things in life that make me happy, like poop in a toilet.
Friday, July 06, 2007
July looking better already
July is off to a great start. I am starting to feel better and my HCG is steadily coming down.
Matt and I and the kids spent 4 days for the 4th of July out at the Nash cabin at Chena Hot Springs in the motorhome. We had tons of fun, fabulous weather, and nice relaxation. There was non stop sunshine and a gentle breeze to help with the mosquitos. We stayed up late and slept in (and are now paying for it trying to get back on schedule). Matt and Gwendolyn went fishing, we all went 4-wheeling and swimming at the Hot Springs everyday. My parents came out on Tuesday afternoon till we left on Wednesday. That was a nice treat for the kids. Owen wasn't sure about the 4-wheeler, but quickly learned to love it and speed. He also blossomed in the pool. This was the best I have seen him do yet. He loved going under water and jumping in. He would swim back and forth between us like a champ. Gwendolyn was, of course, a fish in the water. Such a natural. She played hookie from school for the first time this week, bad parents.
I have LOTS of pictures, but I can't get photobucket to open up at home and I thought I had sent the pictures to my work computer, but no such luck. I will update later with pictures. There was a neat fallen tree on the beach in front of the cabin and we took lots of pictures on it and next to the river. Owen is unfortunately at a "no picture" stage and not very cute for the camera.
Matt and I and the kids spent 4 days for the 4th of July out at the Nash cabin at Chena Hot Springs in the motorhome. We had tons of fun, fabulous weather, and nice relaxation. There was non stop sunshine and a gentle breeze to help with the mosquitos. We stayed up late and slept in (and are now paying for it trying to get back on schedule). Matt and Gwendolyn went fishing, we all went 4-wheeling and swimming at the Hot Springs everyday. My parents came out on Tuesday afternoon till we left on Wednesday. That was a nice treat for the kids. Owen wasn't sure about the 4-wheeler, but quickly learned to love it and speed. He also blossomed in the pool. This was the best I have seen him do yet. He loved going under water and jumping in. He would swim back and forth between us like a champ. Gwendolyn was, of course, a fish in the water. Such a natural. She played hookie from school for the first time this week, bad parents.
I have LOTS of pictures, but I can't get photobucket to open up at home and I thought I had sent the pictures to my work computer, but no such luck. I will update later with pictures. There was a neat fallen tree on the beach in front of the cabin and we took lots of pictures on it and next to the river. Owen is unfortunately at a "no picture" stage and not very cute for the camera.
Just for me and my records...
Feel free to ignore, but I wanted this written somewhere. I need the HCG to be at 0 and the hemaglobin (it is what carries oxygen around your body and low numbers are anemic, over 12 is preferred)
June 3rd - HCG 1800
June 5th - HCG 980
June 8th first Methotrexate shot and HCG 870
June 15th - HCG 2950 and Hemaglobin 12
June 15th - second Methotrexate shot
June 20th - back in ER for pain and feared rupture,
June 23rd - HCG 1120
June 25th - HCG 480 and Hemaglobin 9.9
June 28th - HCG 198 and Hemaglobin 10.1
July 2nd - HCG 83
July 9th - 22 HCG Getting closer!!!
July 16th - 12 HCG Still not there dammit. I had such high hopes for this week
July 23rd - 4 HCG and the DR cleared me to stop testing. Woohoo!!
I will test weekly till 0
June 3rd - HCG 1800
June 5th - HCG 980
June 8th first Methotrexate shot and HCG 870
June 15th - HCG 2950 and Hemaglobin 12
June 15th - second Methotrexate shot
June 20th - back in ER for pain and feared rupture,
June 23rd - HCG 1120
June 25th - HCG 480 and Hemaglobin 9.9
June 28th - HCG 198 and Hemaglobin 10.1
July 2nd - HCG 83
July 9th - 22 HCG Getting closer!!!
July 16th - 12 HCG Still not there dammit. I had such high hopes for this week
July 23rd - 4 HCG and the DR cleared me to stop testing. Woohoo!!
I will test weekly till 0
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