The adventures of Kyler Jack, Wyatt Grant, and Rylee Mae...

Rylee's 1st hair cut

2011-06-07T13:33:00.003-05:00

So a couple weeks ago we were getting ready to get family pictures taken and decided to get Kylers hair cut. Then we decided to get Rylee in and get her back trimmed up. It was her baby hair that had not been rubbed off... it was so long and scraggly. When it was wet it would go half way down her back! So we got that cut and it looks so much better. Our family picture ended up getting rained out...but are rescheduled for next Monday.. can't wait to see how they turn out!

This was the before picture after we took her pony tail out...Looks like she is holding her hair out to show how long it is... silly girl!

She had this comb to occupy her... so she did really well!

She did so good Sherry gave her a pretty new bow for her hair!

Snow day

2011-05-26T14:34:00.002-05:00

We had a lot of snow this winter... here is some pictures of Kyler playing out in the snow...

Christmas 2010

2011-05-26T13:06:00.002-05:00

Wyatt watching big brother go crazy opening all his presents...
And of course he got way more stuff then any one kid needs...

The babies in their Christmas outfits ready to go see Santa...

Our lovely Christmas tree...

Opps missed some things...

2011-05-26T10:43:00.004-05:00

I misses a few things in between where i had left off and where i started with my filling in the blanks... So here are a few more blanks filled in..

When we got home the babies were a little jaundice. So we had to get these lovely light "blankets" ... they are not blankets at all... they are a pain! We had these for 5-6 days and then we were good. poor babies had to go in twice to get their heals pricked.
Then we had Wyatt's feet to deal with. When he was born the doctors noticed that his fee turned in. It was not club foot, but a form of it. With club foot it is hard to bend the foot even to a normal position and you won't even see a heal... Wyatt was not like this. His food was very flexible and you could bend it to the "normal" position and he also had a very prominent heal. So they were not real concerned about it but did refer us to Dr Jarka at Children's Mercy in KC for a second opinion.

Here is a picture of his feet. They said this happened due to his position in utero. He was baby A(closes to cervix) and was breach. So he and Sister were pushing down on his feed which was tap dancing on my bladder most of the time!

So we went to see Dr Jarka and she confirmed that it was not club foot but rather a rare form of Metatarsus Adductus. Not only were his feet turned in towards his big toe, but pivoted so that the bottoms of his feet faced each other. The other strange thing she said was he was the third baby she had seen with this that week! She decided to treat all three babies as if they were club foot so we got these Fancy casts! They had a hard plaster cast up to his calf, then a softer fiberglass cover that went up past his knees! They looked so uncomfortable! poor little guy hated then by the end of that week. He had also grown so much that they were pretty tight on his thigh by the end of the week also. He had to wear them for a week, then the morning before we went in to see her again we had soak them and remove the fiberglass part. Then keep the plaster part wet until we got to the hospital so they would be easier to take off. We cheated and i took off the fiberglass party the night before to give him some wiggle room. The plan was to re asses and recast for another week... however he had made so much progress that she decided for the second week to just put the fiberglass casts on up to his knee... so he could kick and that was much better!

The day before he had to take the casts off me and Kyler colored them up and signed them a little for him!

This is after i took the fiberglass top layer off... you can see the smaller plaster booties!

Here he was before we headed to KC to get them removed. We had to soak them, then wrap them in wet wash cloths and then put plastic baggies over them for the trip!
Today his fee still turn in a bit. Our pediatrician did not seem to concerned about them so we just kept doing his stretches as much as we could... that's about impossibly know what he is on the move! But I am still a little concerned so the pediatrician said we could go back and see dr Jarka if we think it is necessary. I kind of thought they would straiten out more when he started standing on them... but i notice when in his walker and jumper he stands on the side of his foot still. Maybe it will straiten out the more he is on them... but i just don't want to wait too long then he be delayed in walker? or worse yet... trying to do any form of treatment(castes again??) after he is mobile! YIKES! So I have really been trying to prioritize his stretches and am planning on getting him an appointment with Dr Jarka soon just for reassessment!

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2011-05-26T10:32:00.002-05:00

Ok... i have slacked off again. I think i feel so far behind and don't want to leave anything out so i feel like i will never get it all on here... it woudl be so much easier if i was just blogging day by day stuff as it happed...so hers another shot at filling in some of the blanks between where i have left off and today.

I am just going through my pictures and pulling out ones that i want to add.

Here the twins are snuggled up in the swing together... they slep pretty good like that!

This picture cracks me up... they both have a funny face on and have their hands held just alike!

Then there was Halloween. Kyler was a chicken, but was not in the mood to take ANY pictures iwth the babies. I snaped this one outside... nice pose Kyler!!! He will love this one when he gets bigger!

Ok... i have more but i am goign to try to break them into their own post so... more to come.

Easter

2011-04-25T15:25:00.003-05:00

So the Easter Bunny came at my dad's house Easter Morning. Kyler slept in the front bedroom while Sheldon and I and the babies slept in the back bed room. I heard Kyler yell for me about 7am... we had been up since about 6 with the babies. So i went in there. I said do you think the Easter Bunny came to see you? He said YES... i said how do you know. He said i snuck in there and seen the eggs. Too funny

He got lots of fun stuff in his basket including monkey rubber boats, season box set of the Flintsones, bulldozer paint kit, tooth brush and tooth paste, bubbles, a couple little puzzels, a few baby cans of orange pop, and a bunch of candy!

The twins each had a few of the starter finger snacks for babies, sun glasses, sun hats, sippy cups, a plastic bathtime book, and a few other little things. Even though they probably didn't know what they were doing they had fun tearing into their baskets and pulling it all out! It was cute.

Here they are in their cute Easter outfits. I did not get any good pictures of Kyler becuase he will not cooperate with pictures some times. I have found it best to not even force him to, because the pictures dont turn out anyway when he don't want you to take them. He also would not take his jacket off when we were at Aunt Lyn's for dinner... come to find out it was becuase he had dribbles chocolate milk down his pretty white easter shirt!!! BOYS!

Kylers Birthday Party

2011-04-25T15:13:00.003-05:00

I have some more to do to catch you up today on our life with the twins, but i could not resist getting these new pictures on here. We went to Kirksville this weekend for Easter and had Kyler's birthday party with my family over there also.

We did a Mario Kart party and he had a blast. He got some great toys and had a hard time deciding which one to play first!
Grandma Nancy made his cake and it looked awesome!!!

I am really getting into this party planning and have actually started a party planning business with a girl here at work. You can check out our blog we started for it(still in the works) http://www.the2lollipopgirls.blogspot.com/ So I had fun planning his party needless to say.

Continued...

2011-04-22T09:52:00.005-05:00

Ok... back for day two... I'm doing good!

So at the end of yesterday post i left off when the babies were born and we were back in recovery. We were there for an hour or so... i don't really remember. Then they moved me to my room. The C section was a breeze as I always stated was my first. Dr Lu does good work. While in the c-section i had the weirdest pains in my shoulders... they kind of chalked it up to needing to relax my shoulders but it was strange. Afterwards i of course had some of the shakes form the spinal and was very nauseous... i didn't have that with Kyler i don't think . The next day i had to get up and walk and all that jazz... it was no walk in the park but not as bad as anyone would expect after being cut open. My chest was a little soar and they said that was due to the dr pushing so hard... and that they did... as one time i thought his elbow as going to come through that curtain! But I recouped and was up in no time. By day 3 or so i was walking all the way down to the cafetiere! Can't keep this girl away from food! The cafeteria borough back lots of memories of my days there with Kyler. I would walk down there and set and eat just to get a few minuets out of the NICU!

Here was our first actual picture of both of the twins together on day 2. Looking back you can't really tell that Rylee had much more hair then Wyatt... of course hers kept growing and his thinned out and today they are complete opposites when it comes to hair. Rylee still have tons of dark dark hair, and Wyatt just has a little light brown hair.

Daddy trying out holding both at the same time:

Now Mommy trying out holding both:

Then we loaded up for our journey home:

Here was Rylee when we got home:

When we got home Dad and Nancy were there and Sheldon's mom had brought Kyler over and made us lunch. Then the circus began! We did really good. Kyler stayed with Sheldon's mom the first night as we was not sure what to expect. I was still nursing and that was a challenge let me tell ya! They wanted to 24-7 and I was no Holstein! We kept it up for about another week and decided 1 my boobs could not take it any more and 2 they were not getting enough to eat according to their weights! But no worries... they loved their bottles!

We spend the next week or so sleeping in the living room... me, Sheldon and the babies. We were up about every 3 hours to feed and this just made it easier. We then moved them upstairs in their cribs. We have two cribs and planned to not put them together to get use to it... plus the SID's hazard we thought it would be best. But let me tell ya... you soon learn what you plan goes out the window must of the time. At about a month or a little over they kind of got a cold and slept better in a incline so we started sleeping downstairs again in their swings and bouncy seats. this continued for a couple weeks, then we had a Kirksville trip. They were sleeping so good in their swings that we decided to continue until we got home from that. They were to the point where they would for the most part sleep all night in their swings! It was hard to decided to go back to the crib with that going on! But I knew it would be best and the longer we waited the harder it might be. By this time though we were in hard core winter. Our house is old and the heat is just on the main floor. In the upstairs we just have baseboard heaters in each of the 3 bedrooms. SO to help on the heat bill we decided to close off the stairway and try not to heat but just the downstairs and the bedrooms upstairs as needed. So we pulled one of the two cribs downstairs in the spare room. Sheldon loves to sleep on the couch anyway so he sleeps on the couch while the babies share the one crib and i sleep in the bed in the spare room. So we transitioned them into that crib and the rest is history as 6 months later this is still our sleeping arrangements. Kyler took over our bed in our bedroom upstairs as there is a TV in there and he likes to watch a Cartoon each night before bed. But this helped tremendously over the winter only heating one bed room upstairs and being close to the kitchen for making bottles in the middle of the night.

The twins do really well in the same crib even through i am very on edge about their blankets and stuff getting up by their face! Any more then move around so much that it don't matter where you put them they get to the other side of the bed. One will be kicking the other in the head? Or hitting them with there swinging arms! It is also kind of funny because if you lay them beside each other or set them beside each other they always try to hold hands... it super cute. Anyway... today they are still in the same crib and sleep pretty good. It seems like one will wake up each night... never the same one. The night before last Rylee woke up at 4 and then Wyatt made it till 5:30, but last night Wyatt woke up about 4 and Rylee make it till 5:30. So doing pretty good there.

Ok.... I think i will end this post there and will have a few more to fill in the blanks between all that. See ya soon!!!

I'm back... or so i say!

2011-04-21T12:51:00.005-05:00

Ok... it has been forever and a day since I last posted. I have not posted since the twins were born... and they are 6 months old now! I really want to try to keep up on this because you thought my memory and mind was bad with one kid... you should see me now! I want to be able to keep track of funny,cute stories of the kids and mark milestones on here. So I'M BACK!

I have a lot to catch up on! On Oct 5th, 2011 I delivered our twins Wyatt Grant and Rylee Mae. It was a scheduled C-Section. We were on the schedule for 10am which was perfect time because that meant we had to be there at 8am... leave the house around 6am. They were delivered at St Luke's downtown Kansas City... same place as Kyler. And we even scheduled it so we had the same Dr to do the c section. I LOVE DR LU!! We got down there and got in our room, which was the "recovery" room that I would be returning to after the babies were born. I got in my gown and got all hooked up to the monitors.

Then the waiting game began. Its not really fun to be setting in a small room thinking about what is about to happen in just a couple hours! But here came Dr Lu and proposed we get on the horn and go early! I was all for it. So it looked like we might get to deliver more like 9am instead. I guess he had another mother in there trying to deliver twins naturally and he thought maybe he could get me in and out before she got too far into it. Well that was his hopes but it didn't turn out that way. Her babies started showing signs of distress so low and behold she got my spot in the OR and we were on the back burner. But that was fine... our babies were just fine and dandy where they were so that was a good thing. I was thankful my Aunt had made it down and that they actually let them all 3 back in the room with us to help pass the time as we did not go in until like 1:30pm or so! Needless to say I was starving! The other crazy thing was had I not been on the schedule that day I think they babies had made up their minds that they wanted their birthday to be 10-5-10 one way or another. With all the waiting(and maybe due to a little stress on mama) the contractions started and did not not let up! They actually got to a pretty regular pattern of about every 10 min and were actually starting to be fairly uncomfortable!

So Wyatt Grant(baby A) was born first then Rylee Mae just before 2pm. See... I am so glad I am doing this because I can't even remember what times they were... AND THAT IS NOT ME! I can still tell you Kyler was born at 10:56pm... but something 6 months ago... poof... gone! So anyway... Wyatt was born then Rylee. Wyatt weighed 5lb 13oz and Rylee weighed 5lb 11oz. They took them over to their little beds and checked them out. Both were doing great. The nurses checked them out, swaddled them up and handed both to Sheldon. He brought them over to me and we looked them over and all... then he was like my arms are getting tired. I told him to go give one back to the nurse... THEY WERE GONE! So he just kept them both while they finished up my c section. It was kind of strange and foreign to us after our experience with Kyler! I still think we have more people in the OR with Kyler then we did with two babies this time! But i guess that is to be expected in that situation.

Then we were off to our room for recovery..

To be continued...

5 DAYS and counting...

2010-09-30T15:46:00.002-05:00

Holy cow... i really can't keep up with this blog. But I thought I better get on here and post that the date has been set. We are on the count down. Next Tuesday October 5th will be the big day. 10/5/10 @ 10am is our scheduled c section. I can't wait!

I went to the dr this past Tuesday and did not have a full ultrasound, but ask the lady if she could guess how big they were. We made pretty good time on what we needed to look at so she just went ahead and measured them for me. She guessed Rylee at 7lb 7 oz, and Wyatt came out to 6 lb 12 oz, but she thought he could be closer to 7lbs because she could not get a real good view of his abdomen. So yeah... over 14lb of baby in there with a week to go/grow! I am just at the point where i can't wait to see them!

I will try to post some pictures on here after Tuesday.

3lb babies so far!

2010-08-12T10:23:00.002-05:00

Hello,

i really am trying to update this more often it just isn't working out that way. The summer has been so busy and has flew by!

We did have a Dr appointment on Tuesday with an ultrasound. Babies are doing great. Both still breach and on opposite sides. Rylee is still on my right, and Wyatt is still on my left. They seem to like it there and have not moved positions yet. Dr did say something about talking them into flipping over, so I ask if it was really that big of a deal knowing we will be delivering by c-section. He said no not really, just more ideal to have them head down. Said there are a few more steps in getting them out sometimes if they are breach. But not a big deal. So i guess if they are happy dancing on my bladder that is what they can do!

Ultrasound also showed that they are both getting hair! Kyler had quite a bit of hair for a preemie so i figure if these babies cook a little longer they might have a head full of hair. Rylee says bring on the hair bows! Both are also estimated to be around 3lbs each. Which is amazing since Kyler was only 2lbs 8 oz at birth. Sheldon likes to point out thought that the ultrasound we had of Kyler just hours before he was born they said he was over 3 lbs also? So who really knows? They are right at in the 50th percentile which is great. Dr said if we continue doing this well and make it to 37-38 weeks we should have a couple 7 lb babies! WOW! Don't get me wrong i would love to have some big healthy babies... just don't know where i am going to store 14lbs of baby in this belly!!! It already feels maxed out!

My blood pressure are still going awesome and weight gain (in my book) is good for what i have been eating! Opps! Sweets? You mean with twice the amount of babies i can't eat twice the amount of chocolate? I feel like i eat a lot but really i don't. I eat often, but just eat like a bird. I just don't have the stomach capacity i use to... and the heartburn, oh the heartburn!

So all in all the dr was good.

I did have two awesome friends throw me a baby shower last weekend also. It was fun having a baby shower BEFORE i had a baby this time! I got lots of great gifts and think i should be set now. Just waiting around for babies. I hope to get some pictures on soon!

Well better get back to business. Hope to be back to post sooner next time.

Wednesday

2010-06-18T16:53:00.003-05:00

Hello all,

Had a great day Wednesday! Started off with the dr appointment. They were very backed up as Wednesday is eco-cardiogram ultrasound day! So we did have to wait longer then ever. But might i mention we used the Free Valet parking for the first time. It was nice!

We actually seen the perinatologist this time instead of the nurse practitioner....which i really like her to! But he said everything was going good and answered any questions we had. The only real thing he did was measure my belly. I was 21 weeks 4 days on Wednesday but was measuring 30 weeks already...but what do you expect with having two in there! I was happy to hear I actually only gained 1/2 lb!

Next was on to the ultrasound. Both babies are looking great and right on track for growth. Wyatt is aprox. 1lb 4oz, and Rylee is 1lb 3oz. So very close to the same. Both stayed on the same side...Wyatt is on my left side and Rylee is on my right. They however are both currently in the breach position. Not that big a deal since they will be delivered c section. I totally guessed that to since it sometimes feels like they are trying to kick their way out! Oh and when they tech first put the thing on my belly and was just trying to figure out who was who one of them flashed us the peace sign. It was too funny! We all looked at each other like did you see that?

Then off to dinner and shopping we went. We didn't want to spend to much on a big meal so we decided to hit Tom Fooleries at Zona Rosa. We ate off the lunch menu and was stuffed. We were very happy with our choice. Then we did a little shopping. I again, on a budget didn't want to spend to much money but did find some excellent deals. was happy to find some diaper bags that i loved at Gordman's on clearance for $10 each. I also had a coupon for 20% off one. I also went to a big Hobby Lobby and got a few things i have been looking for for some time. I got Kyler some John Deere signs for his new room...50% off thank you! Then i got some yarn to try and make little baby hats for the twins. I also got some Circle wooden plaks that i have been needing to get to make their names to put on the nursery wall. They were 40% off to. I just need 3 more...they only had 7 in stock.

Then we went to the Royals game. It was very hot at first but then the storm moved in about an hour before game time. I was also very excited that we got seat in the dry duck section...my favorite at $7 each! Also if you set in that section we got a free hat... it was kind of cute to! I will have to post some pictures later. Then like i said the storm came in and dumped a ton of rain and had some wicked thunder and lighting! The game was delayed about an hour and a half so we didn't stay for the whole game... got home around mid night! Was a little tired the next day but not to bad.

Well happy weekend to you all! Hope to post some pictures soon!

Then

sorry

2010-06-14T18:36:00.002-05:00

Well its been way to long since my last post and i even missed posting about our last appointment. So for the big news of last months appointment... One boy and one girl!!! Both were doing well and everything checked out on the ultrasound. SO we were very happy about all the good news.

We get to go back this Wednesday for another appointment and ultrasound. Looking forward to that. It really seems like it has been forever since we went last. We have a morning appointment as they were very full this time and we had a hard time picking a day and time that was very confident. So we are going to make the best of it and hit a Royals game that afternoon before heading home. I hope it don't rain and isn't too hot! Might get to do some shopping in between appointment and game. Not that i need to. Two friends of mine and I went down to the Lake of the Ozarks to the outlet mall this past weekend. I was very proud of myself... i went on a budget and didn't do too bad. I got quite a bit of stuff and was just a tiny bit over budget when it was all said and done. I hit two really good yard sales last weekend and got stocked up on girl stuff. I feel very prepared already. I think i am trying to get everything down as soon as i can knowing what happened last time!

I guess I can also tell you the names we have picked out for the babies as of now. Kyler learned them so they are no longer a secret!! But it is so cute to hear him call them by name. He likes the names and will just giggle when he says them. We will be having Rylee Mae and Wyatt Grant.

According to the book I have on twins they should both be about a pound each. I will find out for sure how they size up Wednesday. Plus they are like 10 1/2 inches long. that is hard to believe. However i feel them move all day long and would say they are about 2 foot long from they way they kick. I even felt one the other day kick up high and hit their head down low. It was kind of funny. If they are still on the same sides it was Wyatt.

Well better get off here and finish supper. Got a pork roast in the oven...YUM!

I will try to post some more after Wednesday's appointment.

Dr Appoitment

2010-05-06T18:12:00.000-05:00

Hello All... I know I know... i really need to update more. But I get so busy. But we did have a DR appointment yesterday so I thought I would post about that.

I am 15 1/2 weeks now and we got to do a ultrasound. It was just the little one they have in the Dr office so no real measurements to note other then they said they both look great. The first one we looked at we seen the face and "it" was moving it's little mouth... so cute and life like! They didn't seem to be as active as the past few times we have seen them but they were both moving around. She said it is a little early to feel them still but i may be starting to... and i think i might have felt a few little things a couple times? I ask when we would be able to find out the gender but she said probably at our next appointment. I have my next appointment on Monday May 24th an will be 18 weeks at that point. We will do a higher level ultrasound at that appointment to check them out head to toe. Hopefully they will cooperate and not be to shy to show us what they are. If they don't cooperate I will have another higher level ultrasound 3 weeks later so we will have a second chance.

As for me I am doing good also. She said the top of my uterus is about belly button high..even though i feel like it is already up to my chest. I feel short of breath easily and my upper abdomen seems to be growing and getting as hard as my lower. But I guess when the uterus grows up it pushes everything out of it's way. She also mentioned that if i was only carrying one baby i would be equivalent to about 20 weeks... so that gives me an indication of how big i will really get... WAY BIG! The big question I had for them was how much weigh I have gained... but i was shocked to find out i actually lost .2 lbs since last appointment and am only up 1.5 lbs from the first appointment... i can handle that since I know that patter will NOT continue much longer. I told her my appetite was not a problem at all and blamed the slight decrease in weight on the nurse last time. She made me weigh in before she let me go to the bathroom!

My blood pressure was really good... i think it was like 117/75 ish? I was happy with that since I have been eating the crap out of roman noodles... don't look at the label on those things...especially the sodium! But she said there is not reason for me to limit my sodium or be concerned with how much i take in since my blood pressure is fine.

The only other big question I had for her was the pain i have been experiencing in my hips. Especially in the evenings or when i get out of bed. It is like my hip joins just shoot pain. I figured it is because they are spreading or something or just the weight of the babies and i was correct. She said unfortunately there isn't much to do about it and it probably won't get any better! GREAT! She did recommend a support belt so I am hoping to find me one of those... just to help support some of the weight of my belly when it starts sticking out more.

Well I guess that is about it for the dr appointment. Kyler has been doing really good. He is so funny. I laugh at him every day. The other day he had my cell phone and was playing with it. I told him to bring it to me and he said..."I'm checking my email mom!" He don't even know what email is! I am also very impressed and proud of his learning. He has a little computer with some alphabet and letter games on it. There one game he likes to play all the time will say..can you find the letter B. then it will show a B up on the little screen. I was floored the other night when he could find almost all of the letters. And if he messed up i can see why he picked the letter he did... like it ask for L and he picked J. They look alike just backwards? Then it ask for a K and he picked an X. Didn't realize how similar those letters really are! SO he is doing very good with that. He also still says we are having one boy and one girl so i am anxious to see if he is right since he predicted twins!

Going to Kirksville this weekend. Going in with some of my aunts to have a HUGH garage sale. I have most all my stuff priced, boxed and ready... just got to see how much of it i can cram in my van tonight! I hope to get rid of most of it so we have more room for double the baby stuff. I also hope to get rid of most of it so I make a little $$. I told Sheldon what I make is going into our dishwasher fund!! That is one thing Mommy needs before the babies come!

Well better get off here and get some stuff done... until next time...TATA!

Pictures!!!

2010-04-16T13:08:00.002-05:00

Now these are kind of hard to see at first...but if you can make it out you will for sure be able to tell what things are.

First is baby B. The top of Baby B's head is on the left side. Baby is laying on back looking up towards the top right corner of the picture. The more white areas in the very center of the picture is the facial features. Then you can see "it's" little hand up on it's for head. Man I hate referring to them at IT! Then you can see the whiter oval shape that is more at the bottom right... that is the top of the body.

This is baby A. The top of Baby A's head is on the right side, looking up towards the top left corner of the picture. There are some more shades of white in the center again that is the facial features. Baby A also being dramatic like baby B has it's hand up on it's for head as well.

Then this is a top shot looking down at the babies. You can only see the tops of each of their heads on this picture. This picture makes them look so much smaller!

I will be 13 weeks tomorrow. According to babycenter.com at 13 weeks they will be about 3 inches from head to rump or approximately the side of a medium shrimp... i don't know about you but i think a 3 inch ship would be considered JUMBO!

1st trimester screening

2010-04-14T20:32:00.003-05:00

So we went back to KC today for our 1st trimester screening. Everything looked OK although the little gummy bears in my belly were acting up! There are two parts to this test like I had mentioned before. One being the ultrasound. Well the explained how this is a very difficult measurement to get and with twins it is twice as hard! The babies have to be in just the right position for them to get this measurement. We worked and worked with them trying to get them to move the way we wanted. The ultrasound tech did get some measurements and took them to the Dr (DR LU...the one who delivered Kyler) He came in and explained to us that the measurements they got were well with in the guidelines for normal but they were just not comfortable that these measurements were as accurate as they would like. He said they are very confident that the measurements are not larger(a good thing) but they could be smaller. He didn't want them to play a factor in the equation in case it would cause it to be off and cause us more worry later on. So after all that messing around we did get to see our babies jumping around like always. I think one of them was dancing! The ultrasound tech also said they seem to be very dramatic as BOTH of them posed with their little hand on their forehead. So we got three pictures out of the deal to. One of each of them in their little pose with their hand on their forehead. Then one where you can see both of their heads. They did also confirm like the first ultrasound that they are in two sacks and have two placentas. She said that on is implanted on the front of my uterus and the other on the back. They both were very close to the same size and still right where they should be for my gestation. Baby A's heart rate was 167(same as last time) and baby B's was 160.

After the ultrasound we just had to do the blood work. This test will be based sole on the blood work now. They first told us we would get a phone call on Monday with the results. But I am going to have to call her tomorrow to clarify because i also think i remember her saying that if they ultrasound did not show the measurements we would do the blood work today and again in about a month(2nd trimester screening). Then for those who don't have ultrasound measurements we would not get any results till after our second blood work. So we will see.

We will just cross our fingers and hope and pray everything comes out just fine!

Hopefully pictures to come tomorrow.

Dr appointment

2010-04-12T16:28:00.003-05:00

I decided for my own good and for all my followers I need to try to keep up with this blog with Dr appointment info and day to day happenings with the newest additions to our family.

I had a dr appointment last Friday 4/9/10. Saturday I was 12 weeks so I was very excited for this appointment. Get to see them again and know everything was OK. And everything looked just fine. My sister went with me since I was going to stay the night in KC so Sheldon didn't come down with me . I wish he would have been there because the ultrasound was way better as they are getting bigger and really looked like babies now. They were jumping all around! The ultrasound machine they used was just a little portable one that they had in the exam room. So no measurements or anything... just eye balled it. She said they were very close to the same size, and their bodies were proportionate. At this stage she said their heads are about the same size as their bodies... they look like little gummy bears! They didn't take any pictures but there was a couple good profile shots where we could see their little face, and then one good head on shot of the face which is kind of scary at this point... kind of looks like a skeleton. Then one shot of one of their faces and they had their little arm up by there face...to cute even though they look like aliens!

I have been feeling much better... not 100% yet but getting there. I will be good one day then not so good the next. This morning I was kind of gaggy but got over that pretty quick. So that is a good thing.

We will actually get to see the little gummy bears again Wednesday! We decided to do the 1st trimester screening for chromosomal abnormalities. The dr said it is a non evasive test so there is not risk and it just gives them a better idea if they need to look for any abnormalities or do any further testing. It is a pretty routine test that a lot of people do and it is just an optional test to do. The only thing that made me question doing it is there is a chance of them telling us there is something wrong when there really isn't. But if that is the case they will just do more test and try to determine if there truly is a problem or if it comes back OK then that is just one more thing not to worry about. I guess though really this "screening" don't tell you if there is or is not something wrong... it just tells you if there is a higher risk of something? Like if you have a 1 in 40 chance or a 1 in 4,000 chance. So even if it comes back with a 1 in 40 chance... odds are (39 out of 40) everything is still OK. To do this test they will do blood work and then we will have another ultrasound. With the ultrasound they will measure the back of the babies necks. Then the blood work test and ultrasound results is all put in some equation to calculate the likely hood of a defect.

So say a little prayer for us on Wednesday and i will keep you posted on how that goes... might even have some pictures to post after this ultrasound!

On another note TODAY is Kyler's 3rd Birthday!!! I can' t believe it! We had a party for him in KV over Easter weekend but will have Sheldon's family over for supper and cupcakes and maybe ice cream tonight. I hope to get some Birthday pictures on here soon to.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLER!!

BIG NEWS!

2010-03-24T14:49:00.002-05:00

Well i have decided to post our BIG BIG news on our blog today. If you can't make it out in the pictures about i hope you at least can tell we are expecting... but if you look closer and cout'em you will see TWO BABIES(as Kyler puts it). That is 20 fingers and 20 toes!

We took a test on Valentines day and discovered we were pregnant... but had to wait till march 11th for our first visit. We decided even before we got pregnant that we wanted to Dr again at St Luke's in KC. That is where Kyler was born and i love it down there. We felt it was the best choice...if they would have us that is. It is a hour and 45 minute drive but well worth it if you ask me.

We we went in for our fist appointment and had already been told we would have an ultrasound so i was pumped about that. First off she told me my bladder was REALLY full... um didn't have to tell me i was about to pee my pants. Then she was like so is this your first ultrasound...instantly my heart sunk thinking what does she see that is wrong...but then she went on and ask us what we would think of 2! I looked at Sheldon who was grinning from ear to eat! Then I said... i would think we have a psychic 3 year old! Even before we were pregnant if we would ask Kyler if he wanted a boy baby or a girl baby he would ALWAYS EVERY TIME stick his little finger up and say... one, two babies mommy! Kind of freaky if you think about it... so two babies to him was no new news!

We then met with the dr who is actually a perinatologist, high risk specialist. They are a group of dr's. Three of them. One delivered Kyler, one i had seen while i was in the hospital, and this was the third and finally one that we had not yet met... and not to any surprise we really liked him as much as the others.

With Kyler i had preecampsia. No one knows for sure what causes preecamplis nor is there anything to prevent it. So he said nothing says I will 100% get it next time...HOWEVER... with twins that also increases your risk. The experts think that preeclampsia has something to do with the placenta and how it implants... there for i have a double whammy since i have two placentas this go around. yes... they said from what they can see as of right now each baby has its own sack and own placenta... most likely they are not identical but he said even identical twins can have their own sack and placenta. The only way we will know for sure prior to birth is if the sex turns out to be one boy and one girl. So anyway... back to my story about preeclampsia... so basically they don't know if i will or wont get it, there is nothing to do to prevent from getting it, we will just have to monitor closely and deal with it if it happens.

So we are very excited and just hoping all goes well. Right now I am just hoping and praying to get to 12 weeks when i will fell better. I haven't been to bad other then eating myself out of house and home! I am now 9 1/2 weeks along... long ways to go...hopefully! I don't go to the dr again until April 9th... that seems way to far away! He was going to have me come back in 3 weeks instead of 4 but i have to go to KC on the 9th anyway so i thought i could hold off one more week...now i am so anxious to go i wish i would have kept the 3 week appointment. So i figure i will go back about every 3 weeks for now. I have calculated that if I go back in three weeks after my next appointment and then 3 weeks after that I will be right at 18 weeks(end of May). He said i will have a ultrasound each visits but probably just with a little portable one they pull in the room... then we will have the other high tech(like we had last time) around 18 weeks to do all the measurements and make sure all is going well... this is when i hope to find out what we are having!

Well that's about all i got right now. We will for sure keep you posted and updated with all dr visits.

TaTa
Christy

Funny boy!

2010-02-10T12:50:00.000-06:00

Childhood incocents cracks me up. I have a few pictuers I wanted to post and one really funny story.

The other night Sheldon being awesome husband that he is was doing laundry and Kyler was "helping". Kylers job is to pull the clothes out and give them to sheldon to fold. Well he reached in and pulled out one of my bras. He looked at me so serious and said "mommy...your boob pants"! I laughed so hard I thought I was going to pee my pants. He laughed too and i must have laughed so hard it make him think he said something wrong because when i ask him later what it was called he would not say it anymore. But it was too cute! I had never thought of it like that!

For Christmas he got his own shaving cream and razor to shave just like daddy! When Sheldon saves Kyler will look in the sink and say...Daddy your beard is in the sink!

Then the other day I got a Mary Kay order from my mom and they always ship it in a box that is 10 times bigger and added a ton of thoes packing peanuts. Well this is the mess I came home to the next day!!!

I have a busy rest of the week planned out. My Uncle Art passed away Monday morning. His visitation is Friday in Kirksville. So Kyler and I am heading over Thursday afternoon. My mom and sister are also coming up for the funeral and will be in Thursday afternoon. I have the visitation Friday evening and then we have to head back to Maryville. I have my BIG Close to my Heart scrapbooking Open House Saturday from 1-3pm. Everyone is welcome! It is at the Maryville Community Center...i have lots of neat treats planned for everyone!

Well hope I can get some more funny pictures and stories rounded up and post again real soon!

But TaTa for now!

couple pictures

2010-01-31T19:22:00.002-06:00

Its been a while since i posted so I thought I better get a few pictures on here. We haven't don't anything real eventful so these are just a couple random shots.

This is Kyler about Midnight on new years eve. He didn't want to wear his party favor so I just put it on his belly for the picture.
Kyler got a tent for Christmas... it is still up and in our dinning room. It has a nice little pop out tunnel that he gets out from time to time. He actually just got it out again tonight. When we first set it up he put his little DVD player in there and was watching a movie! I don't know what happened in the tent but now that silly thing will play a DVD just fine if you don't have to push any buttons. NONE of the buttons work? I don't know what the deal is. And there are very fue DVD's that you don't have to push plan! I have been looking at some Mini Vans... yes I will be a mini van mom! I am hoping to find one with a DVD player in it so we won't have to purchase another portable DVD player.

Not much else going on. We had a nice relaxing weekend. Saturday morning Sheldon and Kyler hung out while I went and did my first ever Close to my Heart Scrapbooking party. I just recently signed up and am not a Close to my Heart consultant. So if anyone out there is in to scrapbooking, card making, or any paper crafts I would love to show you the sweet stuff CTMH has to offer!! My first show was a success. I am having an open house on Feburary 13th that I am not focused on planning. Anyone wants to come let me know and I will give you the details. After I was done with that Saturday I had to go pick Kyler up at the university because Sheldon had to work that Basket ball game. We stayed long enough for Kyler to see Bobby. He loves to see him...as long as it is from a distance! He is kind of a scardy cat! Before heading to the game Sheldon took him by Jocks Nitch to get a new Bearcat tshirt as he has out grown his two he has. Sheldon said when they were picking them out he told him..."daddy I don't need it, I have a bunch of shirts at home." He has probably heard Sheldon tell me that when we are shopping...He don't need that he has a bunch at home! I thought that was funny.

Well better get off her and pick up the house a bit before bed time. Kyler is in the shower and we have rented a movie to watch. I guess I should say Sheldon rented a movie to watch because I will probably just fall asleep when we start it!

GOODNIGHT!

Merry Christmas!!!

2009-12-25T13:28:00.003-06:00

SO we have a verrrry white Christmas!!! I think we are technicaly snowed in! The wind blew really hard last night...just ask Kyler. He was up several times last night saying the rain was scary. There is couple drifts out back that are at least 3-4 foot tall.

So yesterday i got off work at noon. Ice skated to my car and headed home. We payed all afternoon and made Christmas cookies for Santa. Here is a picture of the plate of cookies we left for Santa... oh and some mini marshmallows... for the reindeer!
So this morning Kyler was pretty excited when he seen all the presents....oh and the CANDY!! That is the first thing he went for. Santa had scattered a bunch of little chocolates all over the window seat just as you come down the stairs. We were picking them up and Kyler said better pick up Santa's mess! It was pretty funny. Oh and today we were watching a little weather channel and it said something about celebrating Jesus Christ's birth... Kyler looked at me and said... "Mommy.. they said bad word!" He is all about the tattle telling these days!

He got several bearcat things....He got a bearcat outfit, football, helmet, and a stuffed bobby. He is very interested in Bobby until he is right there... it is very small, like a beany baby size. He was hanging out of his stocking and he would not go near it. He said I don't like Bobby...he scary!

Kyler also got the Elmo Live encore...he is scared of him to!!! This is me trying to get a picture of him and Elmo...fat chance.
I think he got WAY too much!!! Ever time he opened up a present he wanted to take it out and play with it instead of opening more. It took about 1 1/2- 2 hours to get everything open this morning. But he got a lot of stuff he likes to play with. His kitchen was a big hit. He cooked on it all morning. He came in the kitchen this morning when i was cooking with a pan and an egg... he said "mommy, Lilly won't eat eggs!" Other then that he got Elmo, play doh, cars, refrigerator magnets the help sound out the letters, play toaster, new undies, watch, dr kit, helmet, football, big package of play food and dishes, clothes, and... there was more little stuff to...too much to list it all.

I really hope this weather clears up by morning!! I really want to go to St Joe first thing in the morning to pick up some after Christmas stuff. Its not looking to promising as of now! That will make me very sad. Then I will have to be back home around noon to head to Kirksville.

So hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Will try to post more pictures later.

Christmas times a coming!!

2009-12-21T12:57:00.004-06:00

We had a nice weekend...but it went by way to fast. I had a few pictures I wanted to share really quick. I am back from lunch a few minutes early so i thougth i would post them...not much time to type though.

I had seen these pj's at walmart the other day and thought about getting them. However Kyler spotted them and they had Woody from Toy Story and he grabbed them and threw then in the cart. So needless today we purchased them that day! When we got home I didn't say much about them in hopes he forgot about them and I could wrap them up and give them to him. But when it was bed time and i told him we needed put put on his jammies he said..."mommy...Woody jammies?" So he had to put them on. Then he found his woody boots and put them on. I don't really remmeber why he had his hat on but it was a cute picture!!!

We went to OldNavy Saturday also becuase I seen a commercial for their comfy socks for just $1. So I got a few. Kyler took it upon himself to try them on...then wanted me to take his pictures. It was also his idea to stand on his table for the picture to!

Where has my little boy gone. Have I mentioned that he takes showers not...not baths. And he also has to DO IT MYSELF!! I have to put the soap on his wash cloth and then he washes. He does a really good job to! The other night sheldon was doign bath time and just gave him the bar of soap. He was all lathered up!

We had our first Christmas of the season last night at Sheldon's parents house. He loved opening his presents and got some really cool stuff. I think his favorite was his new Toy Story sleeping back. I made him wait till we got hom to take it out and that was the first thing we did when we got home to. He took it out and layed on the floor with it. Then when we went to bed he had to take it with him.

Same jammies!!!

2009-12-11T16:53:00.001-06:00

Ok... this first picture I had to throw in there so prove to you all that he WON"T put down the vacuum!!!
Last night we had a little photo session by the Christmas tree... we got a few cute ones...

Then I had to put this on on here... this is him LAST YEAR!!! Notice... same jammies!!! What a little stinker!!

few pictures

2009-12-09T18:30:00.001-06:00

Well we were about snowed in this morning. I don't know how much snow we ended up getting but with the wind we had some pretty high drifts. I think the one behind the garage would have been over Kyler's head! Sheldon didn't have to go to work since campus was closed. I held off a while to see if they could get the roads cleared some more and headed in about 9:30. I drove 35mph all the way and finally got here.

I think Kyler is feeling better. He did have an ear infection so we got some antibiotics. He had a temp yesterday afternoon but was fine all afternoon. Then last night about Midnight i felt him and he felt warm so I got him up and took some more Tylenol. He seems to be doing 100 this morning. He is home with dad today so hard to tell what will go on today?

I had a few pictures i thought i would upload.

The other day he pulled this piggy bank in the living room and was trying to set on it... he told me "mommy take my pictures... cheese!!"
Oh Christmas tree Oh Christmas tree... how lovely are your branches?

I found his Santa hat for a friend at work to use to take some pictures of her little boy... Kyler tried it on last night. It was a little small but how cute is that?

And Have i mentioned that Kyler LOVES to vacuum? He got that little dirt devil for Christmas last year... he won't let it leave his sight. He has to take it to the babysitters and everything!!! These are my boys... I have them trained well!!

Santa baby...

2009-12-07T11:14:00.003-06:00

Well I am home today with a sick boy. Well he don't act to sick right now but he is medicated. He has had a runny noes for several days now and I think it has turned into an ear infection. He woke up yesterday morning and was crying saying his ear hurt. I gave him some medicine through out the day yesterday. He told me a few other times that his ear hurt so I figured it was. This morning at 4 am he came in to our bed and climbed in. He felt really warm so I ask if he wanted some medicine. He said no. I figured if he didn't fell good he would have said yes. So for sake of not making him upset and in hopes he would go back go sleep I didn't push it. Well he must have been uncomfortable because he flopped and flopped around and never went back to sleep. He said he was hot so we striped him down to his undies. Finally at 5 am i told him he had to take some medicine. Sheldon then got up with him and went down stairs. He came and crawled in to bed with me again just before 6am. He laid down and fell back to sleep. I called the dr first thing this morning... just like every other mother in town on a Monday morning at 8am. Twice she said she had an appointment at a time then before she could get in to schedule it it was gone!! We did get an appointment at 1:10 so hopefully we can get some antibiotic if it is an ear infection.

We had a big weekend. Friday I got off work at 1 for our Christmas party. It was a blast. We went to KC. We ate at Wild Bills at Legends then went to a comedy club. Then back to Wild Bills. They had a guy who was singing live... he was really good and easy on the eyes if you know what I mean!! Then Saturday morning we had to get up pretty early (8am!!) and head out because Sheldon had to work the basketball games in Maryville. We did hit IHOP before heading out of course!! A big thank you to Aunt Rachel for coming up and staying with Kyler for the evening!!

Then SANTA came to town Saturday night. Our babysitters husband(the kids call him uncle Chester) plays Santa each year. When Kyler seen him he gave him the stare down. He started talking to Kyler and Kyler just started looking around... he ask "where Chester at?" He recognized the voice but I don't think he understood it was coming from Santa. Shewww!!

Here is attempt one of getting close. Mommy had to set on Santa's lap... But Kyler was happy cause he got some candy!

Then we tried to set him on Santa's lap by himself... that didn't work out to well?
But before we left we went back up there... I guess he had time to adjust to him and set there... he wasn't about to talk or look at him though.

Ok... and by they way. I took my batteries out of my camera the other day and forgot to reset the silly date. It was not Jan 6, 2008!!

Ok....now this is not trick photography. Kyler is truly a little monkey. If you put him up on the door way he will hand there like a little monkey. He just happened to look when I took this pictures and i just barely got Sheldon out of the pictures. He was standing right there...i swear!

Can't wait for Christmas

2009-11-10T19:43:00.001-06:00

I can't wait for Christmas and neither can Kyler. He is going to be so fun this year. I can't believe it is his 3rd Christmas!! He has started talking about Santa. The other night he said Mommy when Santa coming? I told him it would be a while and that it would get really cold out and might even snow before Santa comes. He set there and you could see the wheels turning. He said Mommy I hide. I told him he didn't need to hide Santa was nice. He looked at Sheldon and said Daddy, Santa nice! Then he set there a little while longer and said Mommy Santa take shoes off? So seriously. I said well I guess if he has mud on his boots he will take them off. So he is ready for him to come. We will get to do the whole milk and cookies bit this year... he will be so funny! I will have to find out when Santa is coming to town and take him down there... like he will set on his lap? Hes kind of Chicken when it comes to things like that.

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T21:23:00.002-05:00

Well the night has came to an end and it is about time for bed. Kyler really enjoyed trick er treating tonight. He LOVES candy!! Our stops were kind of spread out so he didn't get much feel for it. When we got home we did walk around to a few houses so he was getting the hand of it.

When we got home we finally had to hide his pumpkin full of candy because he was going to eat until he was sick I think... must get that from his mommy!

I hope to have some pictures up soon.

Happy Halloween and Good night!

Florida Pictures

2009-10-25T19:38:00.003-05:00

Well I may put a few more later but they take forever so I am just trying a few pictures at a time.

Here is a couple pictures of the killer whales at Sea World...

This is a sideways picture of our hotel in Orlando. It was really nice!! I really like it for the $45 a night we got it for on Priceline.com name your own price!!! Also you will see a water fall and a crashed plane. This was a nice little miniature gold place just outside. We didn't golf but liked checking out all there little alligators.. hope to post a picture of them later to.

Florida

2009-10-25T19:14:00.002-05:00

Hello from the sun shine state!! We are having a lot of fun. We are currently back in Tampa now. Yesterday we went to Universal Studios... that was a lot of fun. I'm not a big roller coaster fan so this was perfect. it was a bunch of 3D movies, which I had never seen and then like simulation type rids. Our favorite was the Simpson's ride. There were 8 people in a "car". The "car" went up through the sealing then it was a huge run set up kind of like a theater of a bunch of "cars". You couldn't really even seen the other cars unless you looked really hard. Then the whole room as far as you could see every direction was a screen that showed this show of the Simpson's. But they were on roller coasters ans stuff... your car moved around and shook to make it feel like you were riding the coaster to. It was neat. Then we ate at Margarittaville and headed back to the room to cool off. It was HOT!! It was a record high in Orlando yesterday... 89!

Then this morning we went to Seaworld. That was pretty cool too. I have always been interested in seals, dolphins, and whales so I was very excited to see shamu. They were big but I had imagined them even bigger then that. We seen several shows and ate lunch... ouch. Why does stuff have to cost so dang much in paces like this? Pop was $2.99(not very big either) and it was cheaper then water. We also got to touch a dolphin. He came up by where we were standing and jumped up on the ledge and rolled over so we rubbed his belly.

We headed out from there to Tampa. It seems like a pretty quick drive with the out skirts of Orlando then the out skirts of Tampa. We are staying at the Hyatt and we are right by the ocean. We are on the 11th floor and have an awesome view. I can't wait to go check out the beach tomorrow.

I hope to get some pictures on here but I don't know if our connection is fast enough to download them till I get home? We will see.

We got out a while ago and found a target to get some snacks and bottled water...tired of spending enough to buy a 12 pack of water on one bottle!!

I have a terrible sun burn from today. Yesterday i didn't even get anything and was supper hot so I decided to wear a tank top today. Also have blisters so had they are bleeding. Not fun!

Well got some meetings tomorrow afternoon but free in the morning. Don't know what we will do though?

Talk to ya later.
PS...Kyler is having fun at Grandma and Grandpa's. Just called and check in with him earlier. They were shopping at Walmart... wonder how spoiled he will be when we get home???

Jack-O-Lantern

2009-10-22T20:42:00.003-05:00

Its been a while but I got a video for you. We carved pumpkins the other night and Kyler had a good time. He was not real sure about all the pumpkin goo on his hands. I bet he said eww gross like 100 times. That is what he is saying in this very very short video. I made it really short so I could download it faster. Hope you like it.

So.. anyway... Sheldon and I are setting at KCI waiting!! They tell you to get here early but why?We are heading to sunny Florida. I can't wait for a little bit of warmer weather. I don't know what Kyler is going to think with us gone for so long? I know I will miss him!!

Well maybe you will get another post in the next few days since I will have the laptop with us!

Tata for now.

Someone forgot to tell him...

2009-10-11T19:10:00.002-05:00

Well we have a sick boy again... but someone forgot to tell him!!! He has been fighting a runny noes for about a week now but started a cough on Friday morning. I just kind of thought it was from the drainage but when he was still coughing Friday night I was a little worried as we were going into the weekend. But he acted just fine playing and laughing and no fever so I thought well we will just see. Then Saturday he was still coughing some but still not to bad and still no fever. He also ate like no other Saturday so I just thought well we will see Monday how he is and call the Dr. He got down late for his name and when he woke up he was very crabby, coughing even more and saying it hurt. But still no temp. I also started noticing a little bit of a wheeze... that I did not like. That to me meant it was working it's way to the lungs and that is not good! So I debated on the Urgent Care Clinic in St Joe but was not sure what time they closed. Waited it out till this morning and still not any better. So Theresa(aka Sashy) the lovely babysitter lady I have went with us to St Joe this morning to check out this Urgent-take a number clinic they have down there. We checked in and they warned us it would be like an hour to an hour and a half wait... (sigh) OK!! What else could we do. I felt like I was setting in a big bubble with all kinds of infection around me!!! YUCK... where is the hand sanitizer!!?!?!? SO... after our hour and a half wait with some coughing kids and some screaming kids we got in. They said he has an ear infection in one ear...surprising to me as he had no signs of an ear infection! And we get to do lovely nebulizer breathing treatments. She said it was most likely just a bad cold that was working on his upper respiratory area. So then we decided we better hit up the Walgreens there since we were not sure what pharmacy would be open in Maryville... yep another 30 minute wait. But all in all Kyler was a very very good boy for being sick and we made it home with just a few tear shed. He was so tired on the way home he just kept rubbing his eyes. But would you believe when we got home he was like wired!!! I went upstairs with him and we laid down for like 30 minuets and I don't think he shut up once! So not that great of a weekend I guess...

and WHAT THE HECK...SNOW!!! I thought it was still October? Guess maybe I will be a snow man for Halloween? I just keep counting down the days till I get to set out on the beach in Florida!! Can't wait for that... we leave Friday Oct 23rd.

Well better get the munchkin calmed down so we can do bath and another breathing treatment... he does them pretty well if you can keep him set still that long!!

Good Night!

Pumpkin patch.

2009-09-27T19:05:00.003-05:00

Here are just a few of my many pictures i took on our outing to the pumpkin patch. Kyler loved the pumpkins just about as well as I did. We went home with about 12 I think!!! I love pumpkins.
It also wasn't that cool... I had got Kyler that new jacket/vest and he loved it and would not take it off. We had just tried it on before we left so he HAD to wear it.

They had a train built out of old plastic barrals also... Kyler wanted it in untill they started up the 4wheeler that was pulling it. He wouldn't ride in it when it was going only when it was setting still.

Sick boy!

2009-09-26T19:35:00.002-05:00

Well we may have a sick little boy on our hands? Friday I got a call from the babysitter that she was cleaning up vomit!! Yuck! Kyler threw up all over the place and had a slight temp (100 degrese). Sheldon took off work and picked him up. All afternoon he said he played just fine. He did give him some tylenol after his nap because he was kind of craby. Then he played all night. I had a scrapbooking party last night so I got home late. We headed to bed around 11:30 and went in to check on his as I always do before I go to bed. He woke up and I felt he was burning up!! Took his temp... 104.2!!! So striped naked and put a wet wash cloth on his head... finaly had to take him down stairs and rubbed some water over his back... got it down to 102.8! Gave him some more Ibprophen in the night and he has been fine all day. Well I have given him some medicne just in case...but so far so good. I hope it was just a one day thing... but that doesn't seem to be the case for what is going around. We will cross our fingers.

Hope to post some pictures soon of our venture to the pumpkin patch Thursday night!! Got some good pictures.

My little scare crow...

2009-09-22T16:40:00.002-05:00

I could not resist posting this picture real quick. I don't have time to type out much other then we are all doing good. Nothing new! Work eat, eat, and eat... then sleep. Here is Kyler all dressed up to go to an awesome casual outdoor weddign on Saturday night.

Maybe I will post a little more tonight if I can set aside some time?

A few snap shots

2009-09-08T22:01:00.002-05:00

So here I am again begging for forgiveness since I have not posted in a while!!! Well we made it through the long holiday weekend. Not too much going on. I was off work Friday... well was suppose to be but ended up going in to work some Friday morning to get some stuff down and try and help not be so far behind today. That didn't work because I am still behind today!!! So I picked Kyler up after my eye appointment Friday morning and we hung out at home. We found the paydoh...aka Playdoh and finger paint. Now that is all he wants to do.

Then Saturday morning I left the boys to fend for themselves and I headed to KC to do some shopping... more like looking. I seem to find shopping relaxing and fun. I can go to 10 stores and not buy a single thing... just look around. I got to go to some stores I don't usually get to go to because we don't have time. It was fun. I met up with my sister Rachel... i think she thinks I'm a crazy shopaholic!!! She went to a few stores with me then we decided to eat at Olive Garden... YUM-O!! Then she headed back home and I hit a few more stores and did the same. I stayed with in budget and got a few things I really actually needed so I consider it a successful trip.

Then Sunday Sheldon decided to cut e whole in the side of the garage and make it into a door to drive the golf cart into!!! That was fun. Sunday night Sheldon had a poker night planed but another friend of ours invited us over to there house for Pizza. There were several of us with the kidos it was fun. We called it our HAHA party!! What is a HAHA party you ask??? HAHA we don't have to work tomorrow!!!

Monday was just a lazy day around the house... well for me and Kyler. Daddy ran off golfing with his dad and some friend!! He had busy weekend i guess! Kyler and I hung out at home and cleaned house some.

Not much new with K. Oh well except for his sleeping?? Not sleeping but going to sleep. He started Friday night just screaming when I put him in bed. He had NEVER been like that. I always brag at how good he does going to sleep. But starting Friday if I rocked him he was ok... then when I stood up to put him in bed he would start kicking and screaming. I finally just had to let him cry himself to sleep....well I tried really hard to. I would let him cry 5-10 minutes then go check on him and get him calmed down some. Sheldon was not home Friday night so I finally just said come lay down by mommy. He had thrown such a fit I think he wore himself out because I laid him by me in bed and he never moved an inch and was out. Then one day for his name we started watching Alvin and the Chipmunks in our room and he feel asleep so i just left him there. Last night though and tonight I just let him cry it out. I think he will eventually learn that's not helping. I will keep you posted on that.

Ok... on to what you have been waiting for the Pictures! As I promised here are some pictures of him in his Froggy costume for Halloween. Then the last one is from the carousel in the Mall in St Joe.

Tata for now... Good night!

Great Weekend

2009-08-30T15:14:00.002-05:00

We have had a really good weekend... but you know what tomorrow is??? MONDAY!!!

Saturday morning Sheldon had some Freshman Seminar stuff today at work... he teaching Freshman Seminar this semester if I have not mentioned that before. So Kyler and I decided to run to St Joe to do some quick shopping. I really wanted to get to Once Upon A Child to see if they have there Halloween costumes out yet. I got his costume there last year(turtle) and he wanted to be a frog this year so I figured they might have one... and they did!!! It is so cute. It was from Old Navy and is made out of fleece. It should be warm if it is cold out... which it usually is. He loved it!! I am still working on getting a picture of him in it. He was such a good boy all day shopping. I told him if he was good we would go to the store and ride the horsey!! St Joe mall has a carousel now and so we did. He was kind of scared at first but after he realized I was riding to he was ok... but then it got going really fast!! I was kind of scared!! He clung on to my arm for a while but ended up wanting to ride it again when it was done.

Yesterday evening we went to a friends house and had a little weeny roast. Perfect weather for that let me tell ya. The kids all had fun playing outside and on the swing set. It was very laid back and relaxing.

Today had been a day full of cleaning and cooking so far. Sheldon had to run up to his mom and dad's to help with some remodeling of there bathroom and he took Kyler with him. I got a lot of deep cleaning done but actually barley put a dent in what I need to get done around here! Why is it while I am cleaning I always think... this would be so much easier if I would just do a little each night or even a little each weekend... but no, I let it pile up until it take two weeks to get cough back up!!! Oh well... someday I will learn. I have Friday off this week and of course Monday... so I hope to get some more knocked out then. You know that dreaded scrubbing the toilet and shower, sweeping and moping, filing bills, and I really want to clean out some closets, cabinets,and dressers to.. WOW what a list huh?

Well Kyler is taking a nap now and Sheldon is doing more Freshman Seminar stuff so I have figured the check book and paid some bills.. now I need to change out the laundry and fold some clothes so I better get. Hope to post some pictures this week.... add that to my list of stuff to do!!!

Roastem'

2009-08-17T20:37:00.003-05:00

So I have been so busy at work I have had several late nights. By the time I get home and do the Mom and Wife thing I don't have time to do the blogger thing!! But tonight...after another late night at the office...well not to late. I got off work about 6 tonight. I headed home and Sheldon told me we were going to roast wienies. He found an old bar B Q lid to make a camp fire. Kyler didn't know what to think of it. He just watched as Sheldon tried and tried to get the fire going. Then by the time the fire was ready he was board with it and had went on about his business. He enjoyed eating the "dot dog" though. He thought it was pretty cool having it on the bun. He took a big bite out of the middle and said sandwich. Then came the marshmallows. He was not sure about them at first. He couldn't wait to roast one so he had to eat one a head of time. Then my little clean freak was a little worried about the sticky on his hands. But he quickly got over that and ate it.

Well that is about all of our evening. We had so much fun we are thinking about having a family camp out in the back yard this weekend. I don't know how well it will go. We will try the whole camping thing in the back yard first... close to home if you know what I mean. We may have to venture back inside to go to sleep. Not sure? But I know Kyler will love the tent... but will he sleep in it? That is the question?

SO I hope to get on here more often but we will see... ta ta and good night. Enjoy the pictures below.

pictres

2009-08-11T12:48:00.002-05:00

So its been along time again... OMG what the heck... its the blue and under line thing again!!!

Maybe that mean I need to update this more often??? So here are some pictures we took last month on a trip to campus to play at there play ground. We went over to the pond to check out the fish. They were out of fish food so we had to look for some worms.

Kyler has just been being his normal ornery self. My babysitter just text me that he peed on her bay window this morning!!! On the inside!!! Just pulled his pants down and peed! Little turd! I'm sure there are lots of other stories I could tell on him but I can't think of any others right now?

Well I am just on my lunch and got back a little early and thought I would put a post on here. So Better get back to work.

its been a while...

2009-07-21T21:10:00.000-05:00

Well I was doing so well posting then it has been a while again. Time just seems to be flying!!!

Kyler has had a pretty busy week and weekend. Last week we left Thursday night and headed to Kirksville for the weekend.... just Kyler and I. We spent the night at my Grandma and Grandpa's Thursday night, went and ate lunch at my other grandma's house Friday for lunch.

My sister, brother-n-law, and nephew were all up for the week from Louisiana also. So that was fun. We went to the big NEMO fair for a short time Friday afternoon. I was not sure what Kyler would think of the rides but we decided to try it. First he did not take a nap on Friday so he had just fell asleep in the car just before we got there. Then it was kind of chilly... can you believe that for JULY!!! So we walked around a while checking things out. He decided he wanted to try this one ride with little cars that just go in a circle. Well about twice around the circle and he was crying so they let him off... that was the end of the rides. So we walked through the barns and seen the animals... he loved that. Then as we were leaving there was a guy with this spider monkey dressed up in clothes. You give him a quarter and he puts it in his pocket. This was his favorite thing of the fair. He kept talking about the monkey all weekend.

We went back to the fair Saturday night for the demo derby. It was so packed that we couldn't really see it but my dad's wrecker service was hauling the broke down cars off the track so Kyler liked watching PaPa.

Then Sunday we went to Church with Grandma and Grandpa and had lunch at there house. Then on the road again. Kyler was so tired from his long weekend that he slept the entire way home.

He was a very good boy all weekend though and only had one accident while takign a nap on Saturday. I think that is pretty good for being in strange places all weekend. One night he didn't even pee in his pullup and waited till he got up to go potty. I am so proud of him with the whole potty training thing!!!

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-04T11:46:00.003-05:00

Here is Kyler the other night doing fireworks. He loves them...

Summer fun...

2009-07-01T20:26:00.000-05:00

The last few nights have been very fun. What the heck... why is it underlineing everythign I type??? Anyway... the weather has been so nice that we spend most of our evenings outside. We got a few fireworks the night before last... MOnday night. I did't get a whole lot becuase I was not sure how Kyler woudl handle them. But he loved them. Now we didnt' get anythign really loud or big so we will see about thoes. He loved the snaps... the little thigns you throw down on the concreat that pop. He would pop one then just giggle that giggle i can't get enough of!! He makes me laugh so much lately. Well except for 5:30am this morning when he came in my room with all his blankies ready to go down stairs. He kept saying come see mommy, come see.

He has been doing AWESOME on the potty. He only wears two diapers a day... nap time and bed time. He has an accasional accident and that is usually in the bathroom trying to get his pants down. I'm so proud of him. I feel a little guilty becuase I never really had to work on it... he just decided to do it all by himself one day and has ever since. Can't get better then that.

So here are a few pictures of this week. I hope to have more after the forth. If I don't get on here before then... HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!

He also loved the little wooden stick sparklers.

When you got to go... you got to go!!!

Summer fun

2009-06-25T20:26:00.002-05:00

I first want to start out how proud I am of my big boy. He has been wearing big boy pants all week and had just a couple accidents. He went all day today with no accidents. We had even put a diaper on for bed and he still told me he had to potty and he did. Sheldon stayed home with him again today just to be sure he is over his hand, foot, and mouth. I think he will be going to the babysitters tomorrow though. I am still concerned a little about how soar his mouth is. His poor little gums are even red and bleed if he bumps them or anything. Sheldon brought him today today to meet me for lunch. He ever wore his big boy pants to town and peed on the potty.

Tonight it was so hot we got a new sprinkler and tried it out. Kyler likes sprinkels so when I ask him if he wanted to get the sprinkler out he just kept saying sprinkles!! He liked it for a little bit but then was off to something else. Let me tell ya. Sprinkler and sand box's do no mix well!!!

Since Kyler was being such a big boy lately I got him some Popsicles. He loved them... I think he ended up eating 3 tonight. Not to mention the HUGH bowl of mac and cheese. He loves that stuff and since his mouth has been soar that is about all he will eat.

finaly some pictures

2009-06-22T22:25:00.002-05:00

So, where to start? I has been so long I don't know what I have posted and what I have not. I did get some pictures on here finally. They are just some random stuff.

I am at home today with Kyler. He started running a high fever last Thursday night or Friday. He said his mouth or teeth hurt so I figured he was getting more teeth. Then he stayed the night at him Grandma and Grandpa's. We picked him up Sunday morning and noticed some soars around his mouth. I had him stick his tongue out and I seen some more on his tongue. Knowing it was going around I figured it was the Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. So yesterday we took him to the dr and he agreed. Even though he only had it in the mouth he said that sometimes is the case. So he is very crabby when the Tylenol or Motrin wears off. Plus he won't hardly eat. But we are making it.

He is now in a big boy bed. This is the first pictures I had taken of him in his new bed... he was being silly...
This was a couple weeks ago... he was playing with his sticker book..

Then he went for a ride in the golf cart with daddy... he likes to ride in the basket.

Last night we pulled Sheldon's truck up in the yard and washed it, then we washed my jeep. It was so hot out it was nice to get sprayed a little with the water... Kyler was a big help...you can tell he is working so hard with his tongue sticking out.

big boy

2009-06-16T07:40:00.000-05:00

Well i just have a few minutes and wanted to post a little update on the toddler bed. The first night was a breeze. He did not get up once. Then the second night he was up for 2 hours. I first heard him crying so I ran in there. He wasn't there. So i followed the crys and found him setting on the top step of the stairs with all his blankies in hand. I took him back to bed and rocked him just a minute. He must have thought it was time to get up. Just minutes after I got back in bed hear he came out of his room again. I hollered at him and he came in our room. I took him back to bed once again. This went on for about 2 hours. I was very unsure about this new bed at that point. But ever since then he has went to bed good and stayed in bed all night. Every once in a while he will wake up and cry but he usually stays in bed until I get in there. I rock him for about 2 minutes and put him back in bed and he is good.

Next updated... potty training. He is really in to Pee Pee like daddy... aka standing up. So he has a little step stool in by the toilet that he can pull out. He ran in there last night right after we got home and pulled his pants down and i helped take his diaper off (he can do it himself but it takes a little longer that way). So he stood there a little while... and nothing. Then I let him run around with no pants on for a while. I was making supper in the kitchen and he ran by... pee pee, pee pee. So I let him run in there while I washed my hands and stuff. Before I even got in there i could hear it hitting the water. He was so proud. The funny thing is though after he does it he is so happy and we clap and stuff so he wants to do it again. He gets made when i tell him he has to wait till next time. So then we decided to put big boy pants on. He ended up peeing in the potty 4 times and had 0 accidents!!!!!!!!!! I could not believe it. I ask him if he wanted to pee pee on the potty this morning but he is kind of like me... not a morning person. So he is never really into it in the morning. I'm not going to get to excited this usually only last about a day and today he probably won't even try. Oh well... it's progress I guess.

Big boy bed

2009-06-07T21:52:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone!!! I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted on here!! Where does the time go?? Work has been so crazy lately that when I get home I am in no mood to get on the computer. So I have been trying to trying to get some new pictures on the computer to post but I just haven't found the time. SO I decided to post anyway. That is much easier!!

Kyler got a new big boy bed today!!! I have been debating and debating on getting a toddler bed or just moving him into a twin bed. Well our bedrooms upstairs are so small that if you even have a twin bed in there you don't have much room to work with. So I have a great idea to have Sheldon build a half loft bed so we can store stuff under it.... but when will that get done???

Well today I was fixing Kylers lunch and we were playing. I would chase him in the other room and get him down and tickle him till he couldn't hardly breath. He kept running in the kitchen saying "Mommy tickle me." Well I chased him in the dinning room and he run up the stairs and said "hide." So I just let him go and was doing to make his plate then go get him. Well I heard him yell Mommy a couple times but I just hollered up and told him to come down.. but he didn't. So went up to get him. When I got the the top of the stairs I could kind of hear him crying. So I went in his room.... he had somehow crawled into his crib and could not get out!!! He has never tried to climb our and I know he could if he tried... but I would never had dreamed he would climb IN it!!

So after that we decided he should probably have a toddler bed. I ask him if he wanted a big boy bed and he said No. Then I said you are a big boy aren't you? I ask him are you a big boy or a baby... he said baby! I don't think he really knew what I was asking or what he was saying through. We found one at Walmart today that matched his bedroom furniture PERFECT!!! So the next question is Will he sleep in it??

So tonight we went up and rocked a little while he drank his sippy cup of milk. I ask him a couple times if he was ready to get in bed and he said no. Then his milk was all gone and he said "bed?" So I gave him kisses and put him in bed. Covered him up and went back down stairs. I decided I would go check on him about 15 min later and he was sound asleep!!! He really is a good boy!!!

Other then that nothing new happening around here. The potty training isn't going as good as I would like. Although we have not done to much with it. He now thinks he want to pee pee like daddy... standing up!! Its kind of funny though because he has his little step by the toilet and he Will run in there and say pee pee like daddy. He will pull his pants down by himself and take his diaper off!!! Yes it's about time to get this potty thing taken care of!! Well tonight he ran in there and I heard him take his diaper off so I just thought i would give him a minute and then go check on him... well just about the time I was going to go in there we heard a big bang. Then he started crying. Sheldon and I both ran in there... i don't know what he had done but I think he fell off his step. He got a Little bloody lip... I hope that don't scare him away from it. Now I say he wants to pee pee like daddy standing up but.... he had never peed standing up YET. SO i don't know if he is going to get the hang of it or not? The bad thing is he won't pee standing up and know he wont set down. If you do get him to set down you have to hold him on there... he wont use his seat insert that he has always used? I guess its just not he cool thing to do these days.

Well I suppose I better get to bed. Sheldon just hollered in her and said Kyler was up, he could hear him talking??? SO we will see how the night goes!!!

Kansas City Zoo

2009-05-22T19:09:00.001-05:00

Last weekend Sheldon had a golf tournament so Kyler and I went down to KC to see Rachel. It was just a last minute thing but we decided to go check out the zoo. It was really nice and Kyler loved it. We are going to the Omaha Zoo next Friday. Kyler can't wait.

Take a bite out of crime

2009-05-12T19:15:00.000-05:00

Well all has been well. Nothing much new to share. We are still fighting our way through temper tantrums from time to time and his new favorite mean of defence... biting. He was very irritable last night and spent his share of time on the knotty step. He was pretty good over the weekend for the most part though.

We had a bar b q to go to Saturday night and he played pretty good with all the kids there. We didn't even get home till about 1:30 am. The guys were down stairs and claim the clock was wrong and they didn't know it was that late!!! Nice excuse.

Then we had a pretty relaxing Mother's Day. Sheldon fixed me french toast... or tried anyway. he is an excellent french toast cook but fist our power went out then we ran out of syrup... bummer. Then we headed to town to get some stuff. We pulled an old bush out by our back porch and needed something to go there. So for Mother's day I said I wanted a dwarf lilac bush. So that is what I got. So we got that and some flower and worked outside most of the afternoon.

Sheldon starts softball this week so one more thing to make the weeks busier. He pays Tue and Thur but this week both games are at 9:00 pm. So needless to say we won't make it to these games. I think Kyler will really enjoy going through.

Well I don't have any pictures this time... my battery's ran down in my camera and I just got some more yesterday. So maybe this weekend I will catch a few more pictures.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Swingy, Swingy

2009-05-05T18:28:00.000-05:00

Kyler has been keeping me on my toes. He has defiantly hit the terrible 2's!! It gets really bad when he gets tired. So about 7:00pm each night it is fit time. If you don't give him what he wants to do what he wants you to he has learned to throw a full blown fit!! He will throw himself down on the floor kicking and screaming, hit anything in site even you if you get in his way. The other night he was setting on the counter in the kitchen and started to throw a fit and hit his head on the window and kicked over my full glass of ice water. So on the knotty step he goes!! Now I will say last night he was a little angel!!!

He has been talking so much more. He will put two, three or even four words together. And the words that come out of his mouth make me laugh. Last night we were outside and he seen a birdie. He said "pet turkey?" Then he corrected himself and said "pet birdie?"

Kyler is really into Dora right now. So i found him a Dora DVD at a yard sale Saturday. We watched it Sunday morning and there as a party where you were suppose to get up and march. I was showing him how to do it but he just set there and looked at me like I was crazy. Well last night he was on the floor with Sheldon playing and he stood up and said "daddy march!" as he proceeded to high step in place. I about fell over. How did he remember that? He is growing up so fast!

Well we finally got the swing set together. We worked on it for a few hours last weekend and didn't get very far. So Saturday we got most of it up. We got it standing Saturday afternoon while Kyler was taking his nap. He woke up and looked out the window and all excited said, "daddy fix it, daddy fix it. " I was so proud of his Daddy for getting it put up.

Here are some pictures I have been meaning to post for a while...

Sheldon went outside one evening after it had rained and found Kyler a worm. He didn't really know what to think of it. He would never hold it.

Now for some swinging pictures... He even put on his "flopsies" so he calls them.

Here is a picture of the whole swing set after we got it together. The only thing you can't see is it has a little picnic table on the back. We sat at it last night and ate ice cream sandwiches... He loves those thing. They are the cause of half of his fits. He thinks he should be able to have one first thing in the morning when he wakes up sometimes... I'm such a mean mom!!!

And last but not least... a short video of going UP the slide last night. he is such a little monkey!!!

i know, i know...

2009-04-24T21:40:00.002-05:00

I really need to do better job of keeping up with this... but where does the time go? I did want to just say hello. Kyler also had his 2 year well child check up yesterday. He is doing great they said. He only weighted 21 lbs 15 oz. Dr said he was not concerned because 1 he is still growing and following his own growth curve just fine and 2. He is still good on his height. He said if he was not getting enough to eat or such he would not be growing taller. So that was good.

Kyler is saying more and more every day. He is about to that point where he will at least try to say anything you ask him to say. And putting two and three words together. When we were pulling in to the dr appointment yesterday he pointed to the hospital. I told him that is where you go is you are really sick or have bad owie( I dont have any idea how to spell that!!). I said that is where the Dr are and they will fix you. He said Dr fix you? Then I said yes if you have an owie. He pointed to his knee and said owie!

well I hope to get a little more on here this weekend but you know how that goes. We are in KC tonight hopeing to hit up some good deals in Leavenworth, KS in the morning. We also picked up a new swing set at Toys R Us so that will be a job to get put together... but Kyler will be so excited!!

Tata
Christy

Birthday party #2

2009-04-17T20:01:00.000-05:00

We had birthday party number #2 on his birthday Monday at home with Sheldon's family. I made the cutest ice cream cone cupcakes. I was so pleased at how they turned out. Kyler loves Ice Cream Cones... no ice cream just the cone. So I thought these would be perfect.

And he loved blowing out the candles again...

He got two cards that played music... they were a hit!

Aunt Mindy, Uncle Sonny, and Cousin Kobly got him his first pair of roller skates... he wanted to put them on right way. He obviously gets his skating ability form his dad and needed lots of help. Especially in the kitchen. After being in the kitchen he did brave it and went a little ways in the living room on the carpet by himself.

Easter Morning...

2009-04-17T19:14:00.000-05:00

So Kyler didn't sleep well Saturday night and was not to chipper that morning. He seen all the eggs but I think was a little over welmed. Just like the Easter Egg hunt he got one and wanted to eat the candy...

Here he is with his chap stick... he loves playing with that stuff.

The Easter bunny brought this cute little sponge bob back pack that has wheels and a handle to pull it with... he loves it. He has always been one to want to pull or push what ever it is we do... like my suit case that is big enough for him to get in.

All in All... I think he was pretty tired after his long Easter weekend.

Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-17T17:46:00.000-05:00

Here are a few pictures of Kyler at the big Easter Egg Hung in Kirksville last Saturday. He would get one egg and that's all he was interested in. When we got there they were all scattered in the grass.... that is when he really wanted to get them. But we had to wait till they blew the siren.

Birthday Party #1.

2009-04-17T17:37:00.000-05:00

Ok.. it has only taken me a week to get some birthday party pictures on here. Here are pictures of his 1st 2nd birthday party. We had two. He had a blast. While opening presents he just kept saying "more, more?". He loves balloons so we had lots of pretty colored balloons. Grandma Nancy made the lovely circle cakes. They were yummy.

He loved blowing otu the candles. After he got them blowed out he said... " more, more?" So we had to light them again to blow them out. He had the hang of it this time and blew the first candle out before I got the second lite... so we had to do it one more time.

King for the day....

Jump

2009-04-07T20:54:00.002-05:00

Ok so there isn't much to this video. Kyler was having so much fun jumping out of this little high chair. He jump and land like a sack of potatoes. Then just giggle. But by the time I got my camera out I think he was getting tired. This was also a really shot clip so I was able to get it to down load here at home.

Pictures

2009-04-07T16:47:00.003-05:00

Here are some pictures of our Easter Egg coloring this past weekend.

Monday down... bring on Tuesday.

2009-04-06T20:18:00.002-05:00

Well where does the time go. I really need some new pictures don't I. I have a few I want to post just have not had the time. This weekend was very laid back but fun. Friday night we had to run back to town to get straps to strap the golf cart in the back of the truck so we went out to eat. With a ALMOST 2 year old you don't do that too often. But he was so good. I was so proud of him. He got a little squirmy at the end but was very well behaved. Then we went to Walmart. He was so funny in there. He wanted to walk like a big boy so we let him. I needed some deodorant so we was over by the pharmacy section and he spotted the gold fish!!! He took off running saying fish, fish. Then he just stood there with his nose as close to the glass as it could get with out touching. He was talking to them and pointing and smiling. I was too cute. Guess we need to make room for a fish aquarium... but not just yet. They are a lot of work.

Then Saturday Sheldon went golfing so me and Kyler went to town and got his hair cut. He looks so much like a little man. And gets so much braver with each hair cut he gets. He set up on her little stool like nothing. She draped the cape around him and he never fussed once. He usually pulls it off. She scooted him up to her drawer full of combs and brushes and he just there and played the whole time and never fussed once. He even let her use the clippers like they were no big deal. It was funny. Guess we will have to leave dad at home more often for hair cuts. Then off to HyVee for a few things. I'm a walmart fan all the way and most of the time just because its cheapest.. but after experiencing the police car and fire truck shopping carts there is not other option when I have Kyler with me. He just sets in there and drives the whole time. LOVE IT! But on a side note... i also had to pick up my prescription (birth control pills). They told me they were on back order till May!!! Who has heard of birth control pills being on back order!?!?! What has this economic crises came to? So luckily walmart had some in stock!! Shewww!!

Ok so then on home we went to get a bit to eat and off for a nap. He slept 2 1/2 hours so I got the dishes washed and the house picked up a little. I also made cup cakes... bad idea. They are almost all gone and its just Monday. I also boiled some eggs and get all ready to color Easter eggs. That was a fun. He got up and when he seen all the cups he was very curious. So we did them right way. He seen all the little tablets in the cups and gathered them all up. He also ate one... he would have been pooping green or blue or what ever color for weeks. Then we put the vinegar in and they kind of was fizzing. He thought that was cool. But then it came to putting the egg in the cups... yeah he wanted to help. SO I was kind of holding them and putting them in nice and easy. I thought he had the idea so I gave him one and told him to put it in easy... yeah right! It just so happened to be red and it splashed everywhere. Well my counters are old and white. Who puts in white counters? SO by the time we got done the counter looked like the Easter Bunny threw up on it. But nothing a little soft scrub can't handle.

Well this post is getting really long and that is about the highlight of our weekend. Sunday I had a baby shower and Sheldon took Kyler out to his mom and dad's for dinner. Then when he got home he didn't want to take a nap and was a little fire cracker by the time I got home. I think he had to set on the naughty step 3 times.

Today was a very busy day for me. Work was busy, then I went and walked after work. Got home just in time to eat, clean up, give Kyler a bath and put him to bed. Now I am on here for a bit and will head to bed!!! Wow...the work is never done for a MOM. That being said... I better get. Night Night as Kyler would say.

Healthier

2009-04-03T12:55:00.001-05:00

We are much Healthier these days. Sorry I have not posted in a while. Been pretty busy this week. We have all about got over our colds and feeling good. Now if we could only keep the weather good. It is such a nice day... and just think yesterday we have Sleet, Snow and ice! I am so ready for spring/summer.

Well got to clock in my lunch is over... talk to ya all soon.

The sickness has got us

2009-03-28T15:20:00.002-05:00

Well we are all officially sick. Kyler has had it for about a week tomorrow. He started with sleeping a lot and snotty nose which turned into a bad cough. He went to the Dr last Tue as he started having a fever and I didn't like the sound of his cough. They said he had an ear infection... which really confused me since he has tubs but we got some antibiotic that way. He has been taking it since Tuesday night and seems to feel better but that cough won't go away. I'm debating that if he had is on Monday still I might call the Dr again. We don't need it venturing down in the lungs or anything.

Then the night before last Sheldon and I started getting sick. We have sinus congestion and soar throats. YUCK!!! I hope its gone by Monday.

We have had a long lazy boring day today. It has been sleeting and snowing out all day. Once again YUCK! SO will the sickness and the weather we are home bound. Not good for my diet as I like to cook and eat when I get board. I have refrained just for the fact I don't have the stuff to make cookies and that is what really sounds good.

Well don't have much else so I better go. Kyler is emptying drawers out!!! I see cotton balls all over the floor!!!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

2009-03-20T18:48:00.001-05:00

I have not posted pictures in a while so here are a few over the last week or so. Kyler is getting to be such a little ham. I took the day off yesterday because the babysitter was going to be out of town and I have a few other things to do around the house. We had so much fun. The weather was so nice. We went on a walk and played outside some.

The other night we went over to a friends parents and they have a bottle calf. Kyler loved him. When we left he wanted to go see hime again. I told him he went night night. So all the way home he was saying MooMoo Night Night!

Here he was outside in his wagon last night. He loves beign out side... and there is that cheesy smile he has started. Here he is out Grandma Shoney and Grandpa Terry's on his Tractor.

Mr Smarty Pants

2009-03-17T21:22:00.002-05:00

Well Kyler has really started talking more and more this last week or so. He will answer you when you ask him something or about say anything you tell him to say. He knows about all his colors. If you ask him what color something is he will say Blue every time. But if you tell him to pick out the yellow or red or whatever he will pick the right one. We do this with our Easter eggs. He loves those things. He takes them everywhere. Yesterday the babysitter-Sash said he said all the colors for her when she ask him to. So it wont be long before he will tell you what color everything is.

He also counts to 10!!! Well kind of. You say one he says two, you say three he says four. Then he starts saying what you say for a little while after you say them like five, five, six, six, then you say seven he says eight, the you say nine he says TEN!!! He gets so excited. HE cracks me up about every other minute.

OH... and we think he might have an imaginary friend... BOBBY!! He has been saying Bobby the last few weeks. I ask Theresa(babysitter) if they talk about Bobby bearcat or what but she can't think of any thing they talk about with Bobby. A lot of times he says Bobbies. But he puts S's at the end of things a lot. So I don't know who this Bobby is? Last night he said "papa". We said wheres papa. He said Mimi. That is Sheldon's dad's cat's name. So we knew he was talking about that papa. Then he said puppies. Sheldon's dad also just go two puppies. We ask him where papa was? He said home. Then he said Sash. We said where is Sash? He said home. Then i ask where Chester was? that is what they call the babysitters husband. He jabbered something and I thought he said tractor. But Theresa said he probably said big truck because he has been hauling grain in the semi and she tells him Chester is in the big truck. Then I don't remember if he said Bobby or if I just ask Where is Bobby? He said home. I ask where does Bobby live? He said Sash. So I had to call Theresa today to let her know Bobby was at her house. I just don't know about this Bobby. He says it plain as day. I just keep thinking he is meaning something else but it sounds like Bobby but who knows.

Well better get to bed. TaTa for now.

Happy Friday the 13th!!

2009-03-13T08:21:00.002-05:00

Well I use to not like Friday the 13th but since Kyler was born on a Friday the 13th I have came to like them. One more month and I will have a 2 year old!!! That is so crazy.

I hope this day gets better or this week ends better. I just have had a long bla week. If that makes since. I have had a head ache almost every day this week. I am starting to think I may need to go to the eye dr. Then to make this week even better I have to work tomorrow. Yuck! I wish it was 80 degrees out today... that would put me in a better mood I think.

So Kyler is loving the Easter Eggs. He has a basket at the babysitters that he plays with all day and one at home that he plays with all night. The other night I tried to get him to go in the kitchen with Sheldon so I could hide them... yeah right. He wouldn't give them up. I grabbed a handful and Sheldon took him in the kitchen kicking and screaming. So I hid about 6 real fast as he came running in the living room. HE LOVED IT!! He would see one then start squealing and run over and grab it and put it in his basket. Look out Easter Egg Hunters... we are getting practiced up! But even after that he didn't want to give them to me to hide again. Oh well. He will get it. We still have a whole month till Easter.

Kyler is also becoming a little dare devil. The babysitter called me yesterday and started out..."guess what your little dare devil did?" That's never good! He gets up in her bay window to watch cars go by. Well he decided he was going to jump down. I mean its not real high but he is pretty little. He must of twisted his ankle or something because he was kind of limping and wining about it. But he would walk and even run on it so we decided he wasn't really hurt... I think he was milking it for all it was worth. He never even said one peep about it last night nor limped on it. Little stinker!!

New hat... new boots!!

2009-03-10T10:13:00.002-05:00

I got to go shopping in Kansas City this past weekend. We said it was for my birthday. I didn't spent TOO much!! I did get Kyler a new had and new rain boots. The boots are a little big but he will grow into them I'm sure. I wish they fit better he could of used them this week. It rained about all night I think. It was raining when I went to bed anyway.

He loved them. We also drug out some plastic Easter eggs this weekend. He likes to play with them. I can't wait to see him on Easter! Sheldon said he put a quarter in one last night and Kyler liked that. This morning he found a dime and put in one. He took it over to Kyler and told him to close his eyes. He clinched them shut for just a minute then they were wide open. He took it and shook it a little. Sheldon ask what was in it and he said "pennies!" He is really in to putting change in his piggy bank.

He cracks me up!!!

2009-03-03T20:08:00.002-06:00

Sheldon had class tonight in St Joe so it was just Kyler and I. I got a kick out of him several times tonight. I got some pictures so here they are. They downloaded backwards from what I wanted them to but oh well.

We played in the tent tonight.
This was him when I got home last week. I brough him so beads from Louisiana. He loved them.

So when we got home tonight he wanted to take his pants off. I tried to talk him out of it but we all know... what Kyler wants Kyler gets. I kept telling him he would get cold.... he said HOT! So here he is with his pants off trying on shoes.

And the funnies part of tonight. I let him walk in the house from the car because I had my hands full... he kept wanting to step in the snow. He just said snow, snow... but it sound more like no, no. Then when we got in the house I told him to take his shoes off. So he did. He listens sometimes. While he was doing that I was in the kitchen. He brough them in to me but they were kind of dripping from the snow. So i told him to go put them by the door. So he did...

Oh my he is a silly boy. Tonight we were also pointing out body parts. We pointed to our noes, eyes, teeth... then I ask where his ears were. He pointed to one, then the other and said "two." He is getting so smart!!! However he won't say one or three... just two. Everythign is two or blue!! I mean everything. But it's like he knows what two means. He will say two lots of times when there are actually two things he is talking about.

I'ts me

2009-03-03T13:21:00.002-06:00

WOW... its been a while. I was gone most of last week on a trip for work. I had to go to San Antonio for a conference. Man was the weather nice down there. It was 80's a couple days. I had to go shopping and find me some flip flops to wear. I can't wait for spring and summer.

Kyler has been doing good. I think he missed me while I was gone but him and dad had fun. Not much new going one. He is growing and doing more then I could ever imagine. I do have one quick story. Last night he wanted to play with Sheldon's keys. And we all know Kyler gets what Kyler wants...(or he throws a fit!). So he was playing with them and I remember seeing him with them. Well this morning Sheldon ask if I knew what Kyler did with his keys. I couldn't even remember where I last seen him with them. So I set Kyler down and said..."do you know where daddy's keys are for his car?" He ran right over to his crate thing full of books. Stuck his little hand down in there and pulled them out. How in the world did he remember he put them there? I am very glad he did though. I don't know when we would have found them.

He did get a hair cut on Saturday. I will have to take some pictures tonight and try to post them. Hope everyone is doing good. Better get back to work. Lunch is over! Hopefully I will be back sooner this time.

We like to Potty Potty!!

2009-02-17T11:51:00.002-06:00

Funny Story:
Over the weekend I got the Madagascar 2 soundtrack. We had it playing on the computer last night. Kyler brought the case over to me and pointed to the computer. At first I didn't know what he wanted since it was already playing. But then I realized he wanted to watch the videos. When you put it in your computer you can see the video's to two of the songs. One is the "I like to move it move".. if you have seen any previews to this movie you will know what I man. Anyways I hope most of you know what song I am talking about. There is a part in there where they sing "we like to party party, we like to party part." Well Sheldon and Kyler were setting there watching it and Kyler looks up at Sheldon and says.."potties?" So know when I want him to go potty I will have to sing that song..."we like to potty potty". I can't hardly type this with out laughing. It was so funny.

Quick note

2009-02-12T12:53:00.002-06:00

Just wanted to post a quick little note since I got back from lunch with a little time to spare today. Kyler has been so funny the past few days. He is really starting to say more and more words. It seems like every time I tell him to say something he at least tries. Sometime it kind of sound like it and other times it is no where near what I said. I has also started saying No instead of just shaking his head. Everything is blue or two. He did say purple the other night though.

I bought him some of those really think training pants the other day also thinking I would start working a little more on that. He will pee on the potty sometime so I thought maybe he just needed to HAVE to to make him want to. Does that make since? Well that was a flop. When I got home I put a pair on him. He was just running around in his shirt and undies. Well he Peed... on the floor mind you! So we cleaned that up and put on the second pair. The package had three. We were in the bathroom and he said "potties" SO I ask if he wanted to set on the potty. He shook his head and was pointing at the new package of Toilet paper I had just bought that was setting on the floor. I ask him a few more times all with the same response. So I figured he was just saying Pottys because of the toilet paper setting there. Well no.. I finally got him talked in to setting on the potty but by the time I pulled the pants down they were wet! Shucks... so close. So the third and final pair went on. Not much longer he peed in them to? Poor little guy. He looked so sad when we noticed he had peed again. I finally just put a diaper on him and have not tried the undies again yet. Butter lunch next time.

It's me

2009-02-09T18:08:00.000-06:00

WOW... its been a while. All is going good, just busy. Where does the time go? Had a good weekend. Friday it was really nice weather so we were going to grill. But I got half way home and forgot the salmon at work that I bough on my lunch. So by the time I went back and then got home it was getting chilly and dark.

Saturday was a nice day. We played outside some. My Dad and step mom Nancy came over. We grilled burger and dogs. YUM!! I can't wait for spring. Saturday night Sheldon and I went out to eat with some friends for one of their birthdays. So Kyler got to hang out with Papa and Grandma. It was nice to have an adult night out. Not that we did anything fancy but still.

So after staying out late Saturday night Sunday was a lazy day. We did nothing all day long. We just played and took a 3 hour nap. Yes, while Kyler took his afternoon nap so did Mom and Dad. I hate taking napes. I always wake up lazy and feel like I wasted the day away. Oh well. So on my lazy day I didn't even pick up any toys. This really drove me crazy but I didn't. Here is a picture of my living room after Hurricane kyler hit all day long...

I got my little stinker back...

2009-01-25T21:21:00.002-06:00

Well Kyler has been much better last night and today. He has not had a fever since yesterday morning. He is back to his ornery self. I laughed all day today at him. The faces he makes just cracks me up. We pulled his little St Louis hat down and he has been wearing it. He likes to put it on backwards though. He is so cute and I am going to have to get his picture with it on.

He was a little fussy when he got up from his nap today but I think that was from his teeth. He is working on 4 teeth right now. He already had the front, top 4 but now he is getting 2 more on each side. So the K9's ( I think they are called) and then the next ones. I hear these are the worst to get in. So when he got up he was just crying and nothing made him stop. I have these teething tables you are suppose to put under there tongue and let dissolve or you can dissolve in water then give it to them. SO we did this and we put on some baby oregel and that seemed to do the trick. He was fine the rest of the night.

So all in all we had a good weekend just hanging out here at home but a busy week planned. At work we are moving in to our new office on Friday so we will be doing lots of packing and moving this week. Then with being gone on Friday here at the end of the month I will be way behind on everything. Sheldon will have this night classes in St Joe Tue and Thur also. Then next Sunday is Supper Bowl. My favorite part about that is the good food we all make. We will be going over to a friends house. The guys watch the game and us girls chit chat... but with all the kids now I'm sure it will be a whole new experience.

Well that is enough rambling for now.... HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!

Still sick

2009-01-24T09:38:00.003-06:00

Well yesterday afternoon I thought he was getting better since he woke up from his nap with only 101 temp and had not have medicine for 5 1/2 hours. But the the sun went down and he suddenly didn't feel very well. I had to go to a basketball game for work so Daddy was on duty. He gave him his tylenol and put him to bed just fine. Then we I got home and we got ready to go to bed we went in to check on him. I accidently woke him up but thank goodness. I felt him when I picked him up and he was burning up. We got the Motrin and a drink of juice. I took him temp and it was like 103. Sheldon had taken his temp with the thermometer and his was only like 96. So we were scared his might actually by higher. We went and found another themometer we had from before his days. It read 103.9. WOW!!! SO I started panicking and striped him down to his diaper. We came down stairs and got a wet wash cloth and rubbed him down with that... he tolerated it better then i expected. So I took his temp again after about 20 minutes. It was only down to 103.6. So I thought we should put him in the bath. His little cheeks were so red and he was just setting there on my lap. I ask him all excited like if he wanted to take a bath because he loves baths. But he just looked at me with those sad little eys and red cheeks and shook his head no no. So I thought I would wait a little bit longer and take it again... it started comeing down. It was now 102.9. So after about an hour of rubbing his head with a cool wash cloth and being naked we finally go it down to 100.6. I put his jammies back on and was goign to try to get him to lay down. By this time he felt way better and was up playing. Little stinker. So back to bed we went. He went back to bed really good. I set my alarm to wake up in 4 hours and check on him... but he didn't fell warm so I didn't wake him up.

This morning however when he got up it was back up to 103!!! More Tylenol and hes a band new boy again. He is playing and having fun. But I'm sure it will go back up when that wears off. To make matters worse I think I am getting something. I have a stuffy noes and little head ach.

Sick little boy

2009-01-23T12:03:00.003-06:00

Well I stayed home with Kyler today because he has had a really high temp. I got a call yesterday that his temp was 103 when he got up from his nap. So I picked him up and he was filling a little better since he had some Tylenol but as soon as that wears off his temp goes back up. It has been between 100 and 103 all evening and all morning today. He did sleep through the night which was good. But when we got up this morning his temp was back up to 102.7... yikes. I think he is one of those kids who anytime they get a fever it is really high. My mom said that is how I was.

We went to the dr this morning. They tested him for influenza but that was negative thank goodness. He did not like them sticking that think up his noes let me tell ya... but I don't blame him. Doc just thinks is a little viral mixed with teething. Just keep up the Tylenol and Motrin. Kyler has so many teeth now I can't keep them strait. He is starting on some farther in the back which I think is causing so trouble. Poor little guy. I feel so sorry for him when his temp gets up there. His little cheeks are red and he just wants to lay there and rock. He has still been drinking his juice which is good but not eating a whole lot.... he don't eat much sometimes anyway though. I will keep you posted on how the weekend goes. If he is not better by Monday we will be going back to the doctor.

Have a good weekend!!

Like father, Like son!!

2009-01-20T16:47:00.002-06:00

I had to post this picture.. it is too cute. This was last night before Kyler went to bed. Notice all the blankets and stuffed animals. He has two blankets, a blankie, teddy bear, rabbit, and giraffe. When he gets up each morning or from his nap he has to gather then all up... hands then to you one at at time. It is too funny. You will see has then all gathered up to take to bed with him last night.

Chucky Cheese!!!

2009-01-16T17:56:00.002-06:00

So I have not posted in a while and have been wanting to put these pictures on here all week. Where does the time go. Last Sunday we didn't have anything to do and I had heard there was a new Chucky Cheese just off Barry Road in KC. So we loaded up and headed down for a a fun afternoon. Well Kyler didn't like it as well as I had anticipated... he was scared of just about everything. Especially Chucky himself.

But Dad and Aunt Rachel had fun...

Kyler liked the games the most even thought he didn't really know what was going on.

They did have this little kid jungle gym thing. You went up a few steps then was in this little box with plexy glass so you could look out. He had fun in this although he was so overwhelmed with everything he wouldn't hardly even go down the slide on the other end.

So all in all last weekend was pretty good. This week has flown by like most weeks. I can't believe it is Friday. We don't really have much planed for this weekend either but we will see how it goes. I'm sure it will end up being busy.

Today has been kind of a dump as a girl I work with got a call this morning that her house was on fire. They lost pretty much everything. They have two small girls who are 2 and 3. Please keep them in your thoughts as this would be devastating.

Have a good weekend. I hope to post sooner this time.

2nd post for today...

2009-01-09T16:17:00.006-06:00

I got a few pictures off my camera today so I thought I would put them on here reall quick.

Here is Kyler learning how to dunk the OREO!!!

My little boy who love to clean is not so clean here...

And here he is at about Mid Night New Years Eve... He love his yellow hat. He is starting to try to say Yellow and Lilly and its pretty funny how it comes out.

Hi

2009-01-09T11:52:00.002-06:00

Just wanted to leave a little note to say Happy Friday.

We did have a parents as teachers meeting the other night which went well. She said Kyler was not behind one bit. The only thing we could work on is his speaking. She agreed with me that he was totally the type that could say it but is stubborn... hmm wonder where he gets that? Anyway he was preforming right one cue. Little show off. He had to show her all his toys and played with all hers. One funny thing though... she brought a project for us to do. We were to cut out some pictures out of these magazines she had that were objects Kyler might say. Then we were to glue them on these bright colored papers and but them in the Baggie book she had made. Most kids go for the things they are not suppose to have so I figured he should grab the scissors. But no he grabbed the glue stick. He thought it was chap stick. The kid loves chap stick. He cried and cried because we would not take the lid off. Then he Finlay got the lid off himself and started rubbing it on his lips. Poor kid. We are trying to get him to talk and he is gluing his mouth shut!!!

More Christmas Pictures

2009-01-02T17:26:00.003-06:00

Here are a few pictures from Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. These are some of his favorite toys he got.

This is his little dirt devil vacuum with detachable hand vac... you know him... my little cleaner.

Oh yes...the view master. He can't see very well because I think his eyes aren't far enough apart to see in each hole.

Oh Cool... crayons.

Here is his new tricycle... that he can't reach the pedals on yet.

His new tonka bounce back racer. Its pretty fun. He has not quite got the hang of the remote but dad has already ran the batteries down once.

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T20:07:00.002-06:00

Well we had a very happy new year. Last night we went over to some friends house. There were 6 couples. Each of us had a child... Kyler being the oldest. Two still pregnant. We are so in a different time then we were a few years ago. The guys hung out down stairs playing cards and us girls set up stairs waiting for the ball to drop and gossiping. It was a good time. And would you believe... Kyler stayed up till MIDNIGHT!!! Guess he wanted to ring in the new year with the rest of us. I really kind of thought this would happen. He's not one being rocked to sleep and being in a strange place I didn't figure he would just lay down and go to sleep. He did really good.

Today was a nice family day. We got up and had breakfast... just cereal, nothing fancy as we were all pretty tired. Kyler woke up about 8:00am. Sheldon took him down stairs and I slept about 30 to 40 more minutes. About 10:30 Kyler was ready for a nap. He slept a while then we ate some lunch. We decided there wasn't much to do and we were board so we headed to St Joe. Nothing really to do but we wanted to go to Sam's. HUH!! We did a little shopping at Target of course and a few other places. Then discovered Sam's was closed. Can you believe that. Out of all the places we went today that is the last place I would have guessed would be closed. I mean its about the same as Walmart and they are open almost year round.
So anyway... Sheldon is going to start taking some classes at Hilyard Technical Center in a few weeks for work. We drove around and found that. He wanted to make sure he knew were he was going for his first day of school. Then we decided to get a bite to eat. We ate at the Olive Garden.. YUM! I had not ate there in so long. Kyler was really good and ate quite a bit of my pasta. He started yelling through when we were about ready to leave. He just likes to hear himself I think. I would put my finger in front of my mouth and say shhhh. Then he would do it. It was pretty funny.

Kyler has started saying a little more over the last couple days. Some of his new things he has said are uhh oh, shhh, diesel( don't laugh, I know its funny, Sheldon said it the other night while we were in the truck and then Kyler said it. It was to funny. He said it several times after that to when we ask him to. He don't usually say things when you tell him to but this he would. The guys last night nicknamed him diesel. Poor kid.) Back to what he has been saying. He also (a could days after Christmas) decided to start saying what Santa says... HoHoHo. Its really cute. He also said Mama some today. Oh and one more... today he was eating lunch and I said, "did you eat it all gone?" then he said "all gone". Wow I can' t believe he says all that now. Also if I have not told you over the Christmas holiday he said "that's stupid" and Dinosaur. I know... can't say MaMa but he can say dinosaur. Crazy kid.

Well I'm still tired from last night and I have to work in the morning... better get to bed.
Tata for now.
Christy

New Tent.

2008-12-31T09:28:00.002-06:00

Kyler got a new tent for Christmas from his Aunt Kimmy. He really likes it. Its pretty small as you will see. I would guess it's only about a 3 foot square. Just right for him... but not for the whole family. Last night it was so funny. I got in. Took me a min to get all the way in, turned around and set down... pretty tight. Then in he came. He thought that was pretty need having mom in the tent with him. We had not toys or anything. Just set in there. I was ready to get out but when I tried he would wine and pull on me. He didn't want me to leave. Then Dad tried to get in... I said tried because he could really only get his head poked in. Kyler did not want Daddy in the tent with us. He would once again do his little wine/grunt and push on Sheldon's head.... like "get out dad." It was pretty funny. He did let Lilly in for just a little big. She was not to impressed.

A few pictures...

2008-12-28T20:17:00.003-06:00

Here is Kyler riding his new John Deere Tractor Grandma Shony and Grandpa Terry got for him and Kolby.
And of course.... CHEESE!!!

This is his new slide. He loves it. I need to find somewhere to keep it. Right now its in the middle of my living room floor. Along with many other toys. I did box up a big box of toys today thought.

Hope everyone had a good weekend. We didn't have much going one. Kind of nice just hanging out at home. I hope to get more pictures downloaded to my computer and posted later. I just thought I needed to get a couple on here so I thought I would start with these.

Good Night.

Hello Weekend... Hello Ice.

2008-12-27T11:11:00.006-06:00

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I wanted to get on here and wish everyone a Merry Christmas ... but where does the time go. We had a house full Christmas Eve through yesterday. All my family was over. Which was nice since we didn't have to get out. Then my sister and I went to St Joe shopping yesterday morning.. you know I'm a sucker for deals.

Kyler loved opening presents... and I promise to put pictures on here of him doing so. He got WAY to many toys. I don't know where I am going to put them all. Some of his bigger things he got included... Tricycle, picnic table, remote control car (which daddy has already ran the batteries down on), vacuum, little tykes slide, black and Decker tool bench, portable dvd player, colors and coloring book, view master, and the list goes on and on.

We did Christmas at the Scadden's Wed night. Kyler and his cousin Kolby were to funny. Kolby was not sure what to think about opening presents but big Cousin Kyler showed him how. Then Grandma and Grandpa got the boys a big John Deere tractor with wagon. They thought that was to cool. I will have those pictures to post also. They were too funny.

Well I don't know when I will get to post again so Happy New Year is it is after that.

Ice Ice baby!!!

2008-12-19T18:00:00.000-06:00

Well we had a big ice storm come in last night. Not as bas as last year but lots of ice anyway. Sheldon did not have to work today because they closed campus down. I unfortunately had to brave the weather.... well not really. Sheldon brought me to work today. We had to drive really slow because it was pretty slick but we made it just fine.

I have a couple funny Kyler stories I wanted to share since this is HIS blog!!

Kyler has always been a bare foot baby. He loves to be bare foot. If you take his shoes off the sock are soon to fallow. But the funny part is he also likes to take your socks off if you have your shoes off. Every night he will take Sheldon's socks off. Then like the good little boy he is he always takes the socks in by the door and puts them in Sheldon's boots. I guess he always sees me take his socks off and stuff them down in his shoes so he things that's where they go. Once again... my neat freak.

The other day I had his lotion out from when we change his diaper or something. I was trying to pick up some stuff so I handed it to my little helper and told him to go put it in the basket. We have a basket under the coffee table that we keep all his diapering supplies in. So he took it and ran in the dinning room. I didn't know what he was doing at first but then I realized. He has a little basketball hoop in there... he wanted to put it in the "basket." How funny!

Well I guess that is about all of the funny stories for today. One more thing though. He loves to read books. But his favorite game is to get a book with lots of pictures and I ask him where this and that is and he points to everything. We play this game a lot. It really amazes me how he knows all of this. But last night he took a book over to Sheldon. I told him how he likes to do this so Sheldon started asking him where stuff was. He was AMAZED!!!

Ok... everyone have a good weekend. We will be traveling back the Kirksville this weekend for lots of Grandma's, Grandpas and Christmas parties. I can't wait to see Kyler get to open his presents. I hope I get lots of good pictures. I didn't get many last year because I was to busy helping him. But I'm sure he will be more independent this year. I will have to post some pictures next week.

Long time.. not blog.

2008-12-15T16:32:00.003-06:00

Sorry it has been so long. I have been really busy and my computer has been really slow so I could not get any pictures on here. I did want to post these few pictures though. Here was Kyler's second visit to see santa. Last year thought he was not old enough to know what was going on. This year thought, boy howdy. He was pretty good with him if he had his distance but don't put him on his lap! Here are a few pictures. Finally I just held him beside Santa. Look at his death grip he has on my shirt. Don't mind me either. I was not planning on being in the picture. I had no make up on and my hair pulled back. Yikes.

Poor little guy. I would be scared of him to.

Well I think I have my Christmas shopping pretty much done.I just have a few more things to wrap. I have two big Christmas dinners this weekend back in Kirksville. That will be fun.

Oh yes... Kyler pee peed on the potty again tonight... well not really on the potty but on the floor. He was setting on the potty... how it ended up on the floor is beyond me. We were in the living room when I seen that look on his face... the poo poo face. So I said you got to go potty. He looked at me and ran to the bedroom door ( the bedroom leads to the bathroom). So i went in there. I checked and he had already pooped in his diaper. So I thought what the heck. Maybe he will put two an two together if I set him on there even after has went some. Perhaps something else might come out?? So I set him on there with out making to much of a mess. Then I ran back in the living room to grab a couple wipes. When I came back I noticed there was a puddle on the floor. I thought to myself there was no way he could have done that when I took his diaper off. So I got to looking and there was pee on the toilet seat, his feet and the floor. He somehow shot it up over the toilet seat, missed the rug around the toilet and make a big puddle on the floor. BOYS!!! It must have been like a fire hoes with no one to hold on to the end. So that was number three for the potty. Do you really think he knows. I didn't expect to potty train till at least after his birthday but I really think he knows what he is doing.

Kyler also got his hair cut this weekend. He looks so much like a little boy now. I will have to get some pictures and get them on here.

Well I better go get the rest of my wrapping done.

Ta ta for now.

Christy

My new slide show

2008-12-09T08:38:00.002-06:00

Ok... I have finally mastered the slide show... well not mastered by any means. But after staying up till about 10:00 last night and a little finagling this morning I got it on here. I wanted to have it on the side and a little smaller but I'm not that smart. So it big and has to be at the top or bottom. So I have put it on the top for now. It may get moved to the bottom after everyone gets a chance to look at it. These are picture of Kyler while he was in the hospital. Kyler was born April 13th, 2007.

I was admitted to St Francis that Wednesday before due to my swelling and blood pressure being so high. I spent the night there and then the next morning during a non- stress test they found that Kyler's heart rate would keep dropping. That is when they decided to transport me to St Luke's in Kansas City. I left Maryville around 1:00 pm. I got to KC around 3 or so... i can't really remember the time as it all started running together. They did some test on me and kept and eye on Kyler also. With my blood pressure so high and Kyler's heart rate still periodical dropping they decided to do an emergency c-section. I remember the dr coming in to give me the options and we decided to do the c-section. I ask how long it would be since we had family out of town who were planning on coming the next morning. Dad and Nancy were on there way but I was not sure when they would be there either. The dr said when we get the OR ready... 20-30 min. WOW. It all happened so fast. He ended up being born on Friday the 13th at 9:56 pm.

I love St Luke's. I did not have to stay in recovery. They brought me strait back to my room so I could be with my family. A couple hours later they wheeled my big ole bed in the NICU to see Kyler. I had only got to see him for just a few seconds before they took him out of the OR. He was so tiny yet so perfect. He came out crying which was a good sign. For those of you who know ABGAR scores. He was a 8 and 9. WOW. He was 9 weeks early, born at 31 weeks 1 day. He weighed in at 2lbs 8 oz and was 15 1/2 inches long.

We spent the next 5 weeks in the NICU. He was on a ventilator for one hour the night he was born but they decided he didn't need it after all and took it off. He had some jaundice and got to be in the blue spot light for a few days. He was also on a C-pap for couple days. This is the thing in his noes in some of the pictures. This just blew air in his noes to help keep the lungs inflated good. Other then that it was just growing and learning to eat. Now that was the challenge. But he came home on May 21st weighting 4 lbs 2 oz.

What an amazing little boy!

Krazy Kyler

2008-12-04T21:09:00.002-06:00

Here is a couple funny pictures of Kyler. He loves to try to do somersaults. He can't get all the way over but he will flop over on his side and he thinks he went over. He will stand up and clap. How funny.

We put the tree up last weekend. Well I put the tree up while Kyler was taking his nap. He hasn't really bothered it much. I am very shocked. I loved this picture because he looks like Vanna White showing off his new Christmas tree.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Christy

It happend again

2008-12-03T09:31:00.002-06:00

This morning when Kyler work up daddy went and got him. When he got down stairs I was going tot he bathroom and this is where Kyler found me. I then ask if he wanted to go potty. He held his "area" and grunted. So he got his little seat and put it up on the toilet while I took his jammies off. I set him up there and with in 10 seconds he was peeing. YEA!!! He must have been holding it in all night because it just kept coming. At first he pinched it off but then let it loose again. He stopped and started like 5 times. He was smiling from ear to ear. How funny. He is so smart. I'm not going to push to hard but if I can catch him when he wakes up like that and he goes maybe he will get the hang of it. I hope.

Does tomorrow have to be Monday??

2008-11-30T20:48:00.002-06:00

Well I have had a nice long vacation from work and don't want to go back tomorrow. I had a lot of fun with Kyler over the last few days. He is so smart and yet so ornery.

We had a good Thanksgiving in Kansas City. We ate a big meal then headed down to the plaza to see the light ceremony. I'm proud to say I have done it and glad to say I will probably never do it again. We did however pick the best year to do it weather wise. We got there about 45 minutes early and I didn't really even get cold till we were about ready to leave. Kyler did really well but when David Cook (very disappointed he did not even sing a song!!!) flipped the switch to turn the lights on they started a big fireworks show that scared Kyler. I don't know why he was so scared, most of them didn't even make a noise. He has always been scared of fire works. Not sure why.

Then the shopping spree... Well Rachel and I headed to Micheal's Thursday night to start off my shopping. Then I got up the next morning at 3:30 am. Yes, very early I know. I hit Kohl's, Toys R Us, Staples, Wal-mart, Gordman's, JoAnn's, Zona Rosa, Cabela's, and Legend's in Kansas City. Then I stopped in St Joe at Menard's, Big Lots, Kmart, Target, and Kohl's once more. I was POOPED!!! I got quite a bit accomplished though. So that is good.

Then the last two days I have not done anything. Just played with Kyler. We went out to eat last night. It was nice to get out of the house. I am trying to think of a good story of something Kyler did today but can't think of anything off the top of my head... I think I am to tired because I know he made me laugh more then once today. Well maybe I can think about it an post something more tomorrow.

Better get to bed so I can be bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning.
Ta-Ta
Christy

NEWS FLASH

2008-11-29T15:38:00.002-06:00

KYLER PEE PEED ON THE POTTY!!! How exciting. I'm pretty sure it was just an accident but it happened none the less. I didn't know he did it at the time it happened because I was blow drying my hair. Sheldon came in and needed to go to the bathroom so he picked Kyler up and took his little toilet insert off and it was dripping. Yep he did it alright. We clapped and celebrated but I'm not sure Kyler even knew what was going one.

Happy Turkey Day!!!

2008-11-26T14:42:00.002-06:00

I know it's a day early but I have not said hi in a while and know I will be busy tomorrow. Today actually feels like Thanksgiving to me though. We are having a Thanksgiving dinner at my house tonight for Sheldon's family. So I have a bird in the oven at this very moment. Cross your figures it turns out good. So with all this going one I used my last Vacation day from work yesterday and have the rest of the week off. YIPPEE!!

Tomorrow it is off to Kansas City to my sisters house for late lunch/early supper. Then we are all heading down to the plaza for the light ceremony. Then my second favorite thing about Thanksgiving after the food is the day after shopping. I have my whole day planned out for shopping on Friday. I can't wait.

Well anyway. Kyler has been a good boy the last couple days...all in all. He went to Grandma Shoney's yesterday for a while so I could do some major cleaning. I got a lot accomplished. So then Grandma came and picked him up again this afternoon to keep him till they come back for the feast tonight. I can get so much more done when he is not fallowing behind me getting out everything I just put up...but I kind of miss the little guy.

Well that's about all for now... nothing to exciting. Happy Turkey day tomorrow and don't eat to much.
Christy

Happy Friday!!!

2008-11-21T11:09:00.002-06:00

Well not to much to post but just wanted to say Happy Friday to those of you who check my blog each day. Kyler is much better after he got some medicine. I think I only had to wipe his noes one time last night. He was such a good boy last night. A lot of evenings he gets kind of cranky. He played so good.

We had a window that has somewhat of a window seat in it. He has figured out how to climb up there and look out the window. However when he is done he has not quite figured out how to get down... well until last night. Sheldon and I was setting in the living room and Kyler ran in the Dinning room... where this window seat is. He climbed up there and was playing. Then the next thing we knew here comes Kyler running in the living room with this big smile on his face. Sheldon ask him if he got down all by himself. He just smiled as he only will shake his head No when the answer is NO. So then Sheldon and I was clapping telling him good job. So he ran back in there and half way got up then got right back down. He came running in the living room clapping his hands and smiling from ear to ear. He was so proud of himself and wanted us to clap for him. He did this like 5 times more until he got tired.

He was playing so good that at bed time (8:00pm) I just let him keep playing. I would ask him... Kyler are you ready to go to bed... he would just shake his head NO. So about 9:00pm I could tell he was getting pretty sleepy so I took him up to bed. I hate to brag to much because I am always scared I will jinx myself but he has always went to bed really well on his own. I usually just take him upstairs, tell him good night and put him in his bed. Some times he cries but if he does he usually stops by the time I get to the bottom of the stairs. Well last night it was so cute. I turned on his little rain forest crib toy that has lights and plays a little music for just a little while and laid him down. The grabbed his blanky and pulled it up by his face then looked over at me and blew me a kiss. What a ham. He never even made a peep. I turned out the light and he was sound a sleep in no time.

Well ok... that's enough. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
Christy

Doctor Visit

2008-11-19T13:20:00.002-06:00

Just wanted to post a little note here on how the Dr went yesterday. All in all it was good. Said his lungs sounded good but did give us some medicine to help clear up the congestion. Dr visits are actually getting harder and harder the older he gets. He doesn't like the waiting in the waiting room. Of course I don't let him run around and touch everything... who knows what you will pick up in a Dr office. He hated having his ears looked at. I think between me and the Dr it took about 5 min to look at both ears. We were trying to hold him down and he is strong little buger.

And the biggest question. How much did he weigh? Well they only weighed him with all his cloths and shoes on. But he weighed 20 lbs 10 oz. I am guessing he may be close to 20lbs but not over.

Still a little under the weather... but getting better.

2008-11-18T11:33:00.005-06:00

Here are some funny pictures of Kyler last night. He is still all snotty and starting coughing. We have an appointment this afternoon to just get everything checked out. I am always scared when he starts coughing of fear that it is going to get to his lungs. Knock on wood he has never had anything other then a snotty noes and sore throat, but since he was a preemie they just have it drilled in your head that he is more prone to lung issues. So just to be safe and for a piece of mind we are going to see the dr this afternoon. I am really more interested in how much he will wight. Poor little guy. He has a 2 1/2 month old cousin, Dayson who wighted in over 13 lbs yesterday. He's only 6 lbs or so behind Kyler. Well anyway I was taking his temperature last night then he through he could do it like a big boy. If you can notice in these pictures he looks like he has snot all over his face.... but that is just some lotion stuff I put on there because his little checks were getting chapped.

Ok... drum roll please. I have posted my first video. I hope everyone can see it. It took FOREVER to download but here it is. He kept saying cheese ans smiling really big for me but when I would go to take a picture with my stupid camera this little orange light comes then like 20 seconds later it takes the pictures. Well he has learned that when this orange light comes on there is going to be a big flash so he turns away. So I just decided to take a sort video clip of him saying cheese since it was so cute.

Little Guy is a Little under the weather.

2008-11-14T11:41:00.003-06:00

Hello everyone. I don't have any new pictures from the past couple days. We have not be home a lot. Between a few short trips to Maryville for this and that and all of Dad's hunting preparations!!!

Yes Kyler is not feeling to good. Well actually he acts like he is feeling just fine but he has a snot rocket for a noes, a very low grad temp off and one, and then this morning he woke up and his eyes were kind of red. I don't know what is up with that. I called the dr this morning and ask what they thought but the nurse said it was probably just from his cold or allergies. So we will wait it out over the weekend and if he is not better by Monday I will have to get him an appointment. Other then the eye thing I would think it could be some new teeth coming in. Its high time for a new pearly white. He still only has his 6 teeth that he got pretty near all at once a couple months ago.

Well hope everyone has a good weekend. We will be heading out in the morning for Kirksville... considering Kyler is not any worse. It will be a busy weekend as it always is when we got back home. I will hopefully have a few new pictures when we get pack that I can post.

Later,
Christy

Potty?

2008-11-11T11:52:00.002-06:00

So we have been trying the potty thing. I got one of the little seat inserts that just set on your normal toilet. Well he has always had a fascination with the bathroom. So he really likes it now that he knows this is his seat. He has never "done" anything but i don't really expect him to yet. I just think it is good to get him familiar with setting on it and I'm glad he likes to. We let him set on it three times last night. He wanted to more then that. I hate to not set him on it when he wants to but... he would be on it all night long if I let him.

On another note... he said Mama last night. He was in the kitchen and I could hear him... mama mama mama. Then he came in the living room with us and kept saying it. He would never look at me and say it but he knew what he was doing. He use to say it but has not for like 3 months. The little stinker... he knows how to say it he just doesn't it to spite me.

We have a trip planned for this weekend to go back home to Kirksville. That will be fun. Dad will be hunting all weekend so we are flying the coupe. See all you kirksvillian's this weekend.

Our Weekend

2008-11-09T16:19:00.009-06:00

Well here was the main event for the day today.... We baked a cake. Kyler once again was a little helper. He loved licking the beaters.

This pictures is my favorite... he is so funny.

He kept dipping the beater back in the batter... little double dipper!!

Well not to much exciting this weekend. Saturday we hung out a little and then Grandma and Grandpa came over. (my dad and step mom, Nancy) We played a while then we had to go to Sheldon's Grandma's surprise 75th birthday party. She was really surprised.

** side story.. when we got ready to leave and was walking to our car.... it was dark and I was carrying a lot. I did not see a sidewalk and crashed and burnt big time. I dropped everything I was carrying including a glass dish. Well the glass dish must have fell faster then I did because it shattered and I landed in it. The palm of my left hand it all cut up. I think there may even be a little glass still in it. I didn't do damage to my jeans thank goodness since It was only like the 3rd time I ware them. But my knees don't look to good today.

Ok back to the weekend. Dad and Nancy kept Kyler Saturday night here at the house for us. THANK YOU GUYS!!! Sheldon and I had to go to another birthday party.

Sunday... well nothing exciting at all today. Sheldon has been gone most of the day since next weekend is opening day of deer season. He is setting up umpteen deer stands. ( and yes umpteen is a word... spell check didn't even mind it.) So Kyler and I have just been playing in the house since it is so cold out. It was like 28 degrees when we got up this morning. So really the cake baking was the highlight of our day.

Funny Socks.

2008-11-05T10:24:00.005-06:00

Don't make fun of the pink socks. Kyler like to take his socks off. He also like to take Sheldon and my socks off. Well last night he took my socks off and then he wanted to put them on. These are just above the ankle socks on me. They were thigh highs on him. He looked so funny and he thought he was big stuff. Maybe I can find some clown socks marked down now that Halloween is over.

More pictures..

2008-11-03T13:08:00.010-06:00

Here are a few pictures from last week. The weather is so nice. We got to play outside a few evenings. I raked up some leafs and set him in them. He didn't like them at first. After awhile he got to throwing and kicking them around.

" Ok... don't make fun of me because of what My mom makes me wear!!!"

So I had not done Kyler's laundry for over a week and we were out of his pants. The little fart is so skinny and tall. These overalls (6 or9 months mind you) are a little short... and well Dad picked out the shirt. He kind of looked like a clown.

Daddy's Little Helper....

As you can see Kyler is Mr Fix-it. Daddy was putting a vent in behind the bathroom sink so that the pipes could get some heat and not freeze. So Kyler had to be right there helping. He is starting to be a little copy cat. Everything you do he want to do.

Crayola baby....

Mr Kyler has learned to color. Or what we will call color. You have to keep a close eye on him because he will either try to eat the crayon or he will run off and color on everything he is not suppose to.

The weekend...

We have a good weekend. The weather was nice. I had to work Saturday morning, then I got some football tickets from work for the game Saturday afternoon. So Kyler spent the afternoon with Grandma Shoney. Then we had 50th birthday party to go to. Got to see a lot of friends that I had not got to chat with for a while. Out of our group of close friends there has been someone pregnant for almost 3 years now. We have two that we just found out are expecting. So lots of baby talk. Kyler was very tired from his fun filled day at grandma's so his baby sitter took him home to crash... Thanks Sash!! So us girls got to chit chat a little more. Its hard now that we have so many toddlers to chase around.

And for Sunday it was just a lot of hanging out. We got to go for a walk and play out side. Just trying to get use to the time change. With staying up a little late Saturday night Kyler slept in a little on Sunday so he is doing really well with the time change.

Well better end there as this post is getting a little long.

Christy

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-10-31T09:30:00.003-05:00

Here is our little turtle!!! We went up town to the trick or treat thing they did... what a mess. There was tons of people, long lines, and crappy candy. I don't think we will do that again. I really wanted to take Kyler through so he could see all the other little kids dressed up. He did like that. He didn't really get scared of any of them but he did see a clown and laughed. The weather was so nice through I can't complain about that. I think we will get all dressed up again tonight and head out again. Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!!

A couple pictures...

2008-10-27T14:01:00.008-05:00

We had our pictures taken this weekend. I was not as thrilled as I usually am. I think it is his age. He didn't really cry he just wanted me or Sheldon. So as soon as you set him down he would jump up and run to us. Plus the guy who took the pictures was not helping any. Then he was rushing us when we were trying to pick out what we wanted and I ended up with a lot of pictures I don't really need and spent a lot more money then I wanted to. Plus the best pictures are in the fall setting and that might be kind of weird in a Christmas card. Might have to snap a few shots myself at home or something. Or send out Thanksgiving cards this year instead of Christmas cards. That's an idea.

Tidy Tot

2008-10-24T10:24:00.005-05:00

I think we might have a neat freak on our hands. Not last night but the night before we were making potato soup. Sheldon was peeling the potatoes so he pulled the trash can over by the sink and took the lid off so he could just sling the peels in there. Well Mr Kyler realized the trash can was in the wrong place. He took it upon himself to push the trash can all the way back over t0 the corner where we keep it. Then he came back and got the lid and put the lid on. Then he found a potato peel that had missed the can. He held it up to me and said " trash trash"

I told him yes that was trash so he took it over and put it where it belonged... in the trash can. Then he was digging around in the cabinets under the sink. Found the dust pan and little broom. He thought he was hot stuff sweeping the floor.

March of Dimes -Jail and Bail

2008-10-22T11:41:00.003-05:00

I need your help. I have a warrant out for my arrest for gawking at the construction workers and working under the influence of caffeine. I will admit... I AM GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!

Yes it is time for the annual March of Dimes Jail and Bail. My bail is set at $300. However last year I took top prize for raising over $500.00. I think I have a little more motivation...his name is Kyler. Kyler was born 9 weeks early and spent the first 5 weeks of his life in the NICU at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. He weighed only 2 lbs 8 oz. But thanks to all his Doctors, Nurses and the March of Dimes he is a happy, healthy 18 month old.

I have a web address where you can go to pledge your donation for my Bail...

http://jailandbail.marchofdimes.com/bail4babies

Even a donation as small as $1 would be greatly appreciated. You would be surprised how fast the $1 donations will add up.

Please pass this web site on to anyone you know who would also be willing to donate. If you would prefer to just give me the donation I can take it to Jail with me on Oct 29th. If you prefer not to use the web site and will not see me before Oct 29th just let me know how much you would be willing to donate. I can write you down as a pledge and they will mail you and envelope to send you payment to them.

Thanks for all your help.

Christy

Comment away

2008-10-21T21:15:00.001-05:00

Ok... I had a few people say there were unable to post a comment on my blog. I have adjusted the settings to allow anyone to make a comment. It was previously set to only allow someone with a Google or Blog spot account leave a comment. So Comment away!!!