Megan is counting down until Friday. She gets her braces and she is excited! I don't think she's so excited for braces, but rather to get her teeth straightened. They are quite crooked at this point. :( So much, that they are starting to bother her when she puts them together.
Tomorrow we start the process. It is her first appointment for x-rays and impressions. They are also going to put spacers between her teeth because she has to have ANOTHER pallet expander. We go back on Friday and they will put her full set of braces on. Then in another 1 1/2 weeks, we will go back again and they will put in her palette expander. Lastly, we go in about a week later to make sure everything is working and where it is supposed to be. Making four appointments is hard work!
I am really hoping she doesn't have any reactions to the palette expander. We are pretty sure that the palette expander she had in 2015 caused her eczema and triggered her water hives (which she still gets). We are going to try to keep away from as much metal as we can because she tested positive for a gold allergy back in December. The allergist said that if you are allergic to gold, you are usually allergic to all the other metals too. We are going to do ceramic brackets and titanium wires. I will talk to the orthodontist more about it tomorrow.
Monday, January 30, 2017
A Clean Room- how amazing!
As we were all recovering from our virus this weekend, I put Christian on a mission. He HAD to clean his room. We were supposed to hold small group here Sunday night, so it was on the agenda anyway, but once that got cancelled (due to everyone being sick), I told him he still had to get it clean.
I don't remember the last time it was cleaned!! And lately, I just make a path to his bed at night, but the last week or so, enough was enough!!
I also wanted it cleaned for a different reason. Back in the fall when we were having so much trouble with his behavior, we found it very effective to take a laundry basket and start picking up things off of his floor. The deal was that he could have them back when his behavior improved. This included any toys, clothes (clean or dirty), books, or whatever we grabbed at the moment. We had quite a stash of his stuff for quite awhile!! Now that his behavior has improved, he has been earning his stuff back. But once he gets it back, he just dumps the basket on top of the already big mess!
He also has this little habit of not picking up his dirty clothes at night, so along with his toys, he has dirty underwear, socks, shirts, and jeans throughout his room. And then he would blame ME when he doesn't have any clean clothes!!! PICK UP YOUR DIRTY CLOTHES!!! Along with not picking up his dirty clothes, he would not put his clean clothes away. After I have done laundry, I will set his clean clothes in an pile right inside his doorway and expect him to put them away. HA! That doesn't usually happen either. He didn't know what was clean or dirty half the time! Yesterday when he was getting ready for church, he didn't have any clean jeans. HMMMM!!! I ended up finding a pair in his sister's room. I am not sure how they got in there!
Because of the toys being scattered everywhere and his clothes one big clean/ dirty mess, I told him he had to get it cleaned up!!
He spent all afternoon up there and once he got going, I went up and helped him a little. He got all his KNEX put in his boxes and his other toys sorted and put away. He even got all his dirty clothes picked up and clean clothes put away. He was pretty excited when he found some clothes that we had taken away! He came downstairs last night in a pair of pajamas that he has been without for awhile! It was nice seeing him in some different clothes again!
I loved walking in there last night to tuck him into bed and not having to kick toys to the side for a path! It was so nice!
Now the real test is to see how long he can keep it clean!
I don't remember the last time it was cleaned!! And lately, I just make a path to his bed at night, but the last week or so, enough was enough!!
I also wanted it cleaned for a different reason. Back in the fall when we were having so much trouble with his behavior, we found it very effective to take a laundry basket and start picking up things off of his floor. The deal was that he could have them back when his behavior improved. This included any toys, clothes (clean or dirty), books, or whatever we grabbed at the moment. We had quite a stash of his stuff for quite awhile!! Now that his behavior has improved, he has been earning his stuff back. But once he gets it back, he just dumps the basket on top of the already big mess!
He also has this little habit of not picking up his dirty clothes at night, so along with his toys, he has dirty underwear, socks, shirts, and jeans throughout his room. And then he would blame ME when he doesn't have any clean clothes!!! PICK UP YOUR DIRTY CLOTHES!!! Along with not picking up his dirty clothes, he would not put his clean clothes away. After I have done laundry, I will set his clean clothes in an pile right inside his doorway and expect him to put them away. HA! That doesn't usually happen either. He didn't know what was clean or dirty half the time! Yesterday when he was getting ready for church, he didn't have any clean jeans. HMMMM!!! I ended up finding a pair in his sister's room. I am not sure how they got in there!
Because of the toys being scattered everywhere and his clothes one big clean/ dirty mess, I told him he had to get it cleaned up!!
He spent all afternoon up there and once he got going, I went up and helped him a little. He got all his KNEX put in his boxes and his other toys sorted and put away. He even got all his dirty clothes picked up and clean clothes put away. He was pretty excited when he found some clothes that we had taken away! He came downstairs last night in a pair of pajamas that he has been without for awhile! It was nice seeing him in some different clothes again!
I loved walking in there last night to tuck him into bed and not having to kick toys to the side for a path! It was so nice!
Now the real test is to see how long he can keep it clean!
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Get out of my house, yucky germs!
As of this point, three of my families members have had norovirus round 2! Christian, Megan, and myself. I am pretty sure Micah is coming down with it this afternoon. He crashed on me about a half an hour ago and I was able to lay him on the floor. That means something is wrong!!!
I want these viruses gone. We had one week where we all had colds to the next week have GI problems again! I have had enough puke this winter to last me a long time! Our mantra around here is "Get it in the bucket!" Matt is tired of cleaning it up! (I can't clean puke up or I will gag! sorry Matt!)
I want these viruses gone. We had one week where we all had colds to the next week have GI problems again! I have had enough puke this winter to last me a long time! Our mantra around here is "Get it in the bucket!" Matt is tired of cleaning it up! (I can't clean puke up or I will gag! sorry Matt!)
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Last night and lack of sleep...again!
Someday these children will figure out that their parents need sleep!!
Last night after I got the kids to bed, I stayed up and read ahead for science and history. Of course, I couldn't get to sleep when I was done. I think I finally got to sleep about midnight.
Around 2:30 am, I hear, "Mom" coming from Christian's room. I sat up and tried to see if he would say it again. When I didn't hear anything else, I went to investigate. Christian was sitting up in bed and he said, "I don't feel so good." I asked him back, "Do you feel like throwing up?" He said, "No....well....maybe." UGH!! I found a bucket in his room full of musical instruments and I dumped it out on his floor. I did not want a repeat of a month ago! Of course, he said to me, "I don't want that bucket, it has Easter eggs on it." (It was an Easter egg bucket.) I told him I didn't care what was on it. If he needs to throw up, he needs to throw up in the bucket. I gave it to him and within a minute or so, he threw up! Wow! He got everything in the bucket! Right in the middle of it, Matt came flying from our room and wanted to know what was going on. I told him that he would not need to clean up a mess because Christian had a bucket! He was very relieved!!
After taking care of Christian, Matt and I headed back to bed. It was a little before 3 am. About 15 minutes later, Matt got out of bed because he was wide awake. Unfortunately, he was up for the day.
Around 4:15 am, I heard Micah start to cry. Double ugh because Micah rarely cries himself back to sleep! I let him cry for awhile. Around 4:30 am, Matt came upstairs to take a shower. When he was done getting ready for work around 5, Micah was still fussing. I asked him if he would go get him and he did. I ended up getting up too at this time, and taking Micah downstairs to feed him. Matt was eating breakfast, so we watched the morning news together at 5:30 am.
Matt left around 5:45 am for work and Micah continued to nurse. By about 6:15, he was sound asleep again. I felt like I had two options. I could either continue to sit on the recliner and hold him until I get the big kids up at 7:30, or I could take my chance and try to lay him back in his bed. Then I could go back to bed for an hour! I took my chance and around 6:30, I laid him back in his bed. I was able to go back to bed myself. I did get back to sleep!
As 7:15 rolled around, Micah was back awake and fussing again. I let him cry a little bit and around 7:30, I went in and got him. Now both of us were up for good!
The girls got up and I told them about our night. They were unaware of any of it! Christian eventually got up, and he still had a stomach ache. He wasn't doing so well in the morning and spent some time actually laying on the bathroom floor because he was so weak. I found a recipe for homemade pedialyte, so I got that made and that seemed to help. I finally got to school about 11:15 am for the girls and we just did Language Arts this morning. Christian got a sick day.
We had PE this afternoon, which I was supposed to lead, so I had my girls lead it instead. We had a scavenger hunt at local mall. I stayed home with the boys. Christian was also supposed to have basketball practice tonight, but we kept him home from that too.
Hopefully everybody will sleep tonight and we can get back into that habit! W have had a rough couple of weeks with all these viruses working through our family.
Last night after I got the kids to bed, I stayed up and read ahead for science and history. Of course, I couldn't get to sleep when I was done. I think I finally got to sleep about midnight.
Around 2:30 am, I hear, "Mom" coming from Christian's room. I sat up and tried to see if he would say it again. When I didn't hear anything else, I went to investigate. Christian was sitting up in bed and he said, "I don't feel so good." I asked him back, "Do you feel like throwing up?" He said, "No....well....maybe." UGH!! I found a bucket in his room full of musical instruments and I dumped it out on his floor. I did not want a repeat of a month ago! Of course, he said to me, "I don't want that bucket, it has Easter eggs on it." (It was an Easter egg bucket.) I told him I didn't care what was on it. If he needs to throw up, he needs to throw up in the bucket. I gave it to him and within a minute or so, he threw up! Wow! He got everything in the bucket! Right in the middle of it, Matt came flying from our room and wanted to know what was going on. I told him that he would not need to clean up a mess because Christian had a bucket! He was very relieved!!
After taking care of Christian, Matt and I headed back to bed. It was a little before 3 am. About 15 minutes later, Matt got out of bed because he was wide awake. Unfortunately, he was up for the day.
Around 4:15 am, I heard Micah start to cry. Double ugh because Micah rarely cries himself back to sleep! I let him cry for awhile. Around 4:30 am, Matt came upstairs to take a shower. When he was done getting ready for work around 5, Micah was still fussing. I asked him if he would go get him and he did. I ended up getting up too at this time, and taking Micah downstairs to feed him. Matt was eating breakfast, so we watched the morning news together at 5:30 am.
Matt left around 5:45 am for work and Micah continued to nurse. By about 6:15, he was sound asleep again. I felt like I had two options. I could either continue to sit on the recliner and hold him until I get the big kids up at 7:30, or I could take my chance and try to lay him back in his bed. Then I could go back to bed for an hour! I took my chance and around 6:30, I laid him back in his bed. I was able to go back to bed myself. I did get back to sleep!
As 7:15 rolled around, Micah was back awake and fussing again. I let him cry a little bit and around 7:30, I went in and got him. Now both of us were up for good!
The girls got up and I told them about our night. They were unaware of any of it! Christian eventually got up, and he still had a stomach ache. He wasn't doing so well in the morning and spent some time actually laying on the bathroom floor because he was so weak. I found a recipe for homemade pedialyte, so I got that made and that seemed to help. I finally got to school about 11:15 am for the girls and we just did Language Arts this morning. Christian got a sick day.
We had PE this afternoon, which I was supposed to lead, so I had my girls lead it instead. We had a scavenger hunt at local mall. I stayed home with the boys. Christian was also supposed to have basketball practice tonight, but we kept him home from that too.
Hopefully everybody will sleep tonight and we can get back into that habit! W have had a rough couple of weeks with all these viruses working through our family.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Results of Basketball Games
We were up bright and early on Saturday morning. We needed to be up at the church by 8:45 am for Christian's first basketball game of the season! We were very excited for him! Last year, he was the youngest boy on the team and could not even dribble the basketball. This year, he has improved so much. He got his hands on the ball a couple of times during the game and was able to dribble for a little bit. He didn't seem as lost as he did last year! Unfortunately, he still wasn't feeling the best and at one point, he asked his coach if he could sit out a quarter because he was coughing. He ended up coming over to us and Matt gave him some albuterol. When he as feeling better, he went back in, but got paired up with a boy on the other team who as about six inches taller than him! This other boy was kind of rough and was pushing Christian around a bit. Again, the coach noticed Christian was in tears and had him sit down the rest of the quarter. I think he did a great job, despite all of this. Next week he will be at 100% and will strive to do even better!
Courtney, on the other hand, came out feisty as ever for her game!! She got to start and was thrilled. She is one of the shorter girls on her team, so like Matt said, "Whenever the ball was on the floor, Courtney was likely to get to it first." And she did! She was constantly on the floor of the gym fighting for the basketball! Sometimes she would be on the floor and then she would stand up and go for a shot! Wow! She would often just grab the basketball from an opponent and not let go; she would force a jump ball. She tried to shoot many times, but only made one or two.
During the last two minutes, she tried to shoot and the ref called a foul. During the whole game, the ref would call a foul and just take the ball out. Nobody would get free throws, but during this foul, I heard the ref say, "Give the red team two points." Courtney was the red team. In the end, Courtney's' team won 16-14. They only won because of those two points from the foul! At the end of the game, I heard another mom say that during the last two minutes of play, they are just giving points in a foul instead of taking the ball out. Great job Courtney by forcing that foul!
Courtney ended up playing five of the six quarters on Saturday because they were missing some teammates. She was completely red and blotchy when she was done! Even though she was completely exhausted, she loved every minute of it!
Courtney, on the other hand, came out feisty as ever for her game!! She got to start and was thrilled. She is one of the shorter girls on her team, so like Matt said, "Whenever the ball was on the floor, Courtney was likely to get to it first." And she did! She was constantly on the floor of the gym fighting for the basketball! Sometimes she would be on the floor and then she would stand up and go for a shot! Wow! She would often just grab the basketball from an opponent and not let go; she would force a jump ball. She tried to shoot many times, but only made one or two.
During the last two minutes, she tried to shoot and the ref called a foul. During the whole game, the ref would call a foul and just take the ball out. Nobody would get free throws, but during this foul, I heard the ref say, "Give the red team two points." Courtney was the red team. In the end, Courtney's' team won 16-14. They only won because of those two points from the foul! At the end of the game, I heard another mom say that during the last two minutes of play, they are just giving points in a foul instead of taking the ball out. Great job Courtney by forcing that foul!
Courtney ended up playing five of the six quarters on Saturday because they were missing some teammates. She was completely red and blotchy when she was done! Even though she was completely exhausted, she loved every minute of it!
Friday, January 20, 2017
We are on the mend. Hopefully!
This has been a long week. All of us, except Courtney, had colds. They are just hanging on too. I talked to my chiropractor on Thursday and she said they are staying around for 2- 3 weeks. I believe it! We all have been sneezing, blowing our noses, losing our voices, and Micah's chest was crackly the other day. It has not been fun! Unfortunately, every time Christian gets a cold, it always turns into bronchitis. Yesterday, he coughed all day long and sure enough, I took his temperature when he went to bed last night and it was 101 degrees. (This is when he pushed the thermometer out of his mouth, I am sure it was higher.) Today I let him play Legos all day and take a "sick day" from school. He barely coughed all day! I am still run down too, so we did what we had to get done and will get back to it next week.
I hope Christian feels even better tomorrow morning because it is his first basketball game! For the last three years, we have played basketball with the Upward Program at a local church. We love this program because they play in January and February, which are the months when you are cooped up at home due to the weather. Basketball gives us something to do! It also gets the kids exercising during the long winter months. It is for ages kindergarten through 5th grade, so Christian and Courtney are both playing this year. Christian's games are always at 8 or 9 am and Courtney's are always at 3 or 4 pm. It kind of takes our whole Saturdays! Tonight when I tucked Courtney and Christian into bed, I told them I would be cheering for them tomorrow. Megan said, "Hey, what about me?" I said, "I will cheer you on to because you will probably be chasing Micah all over the place!" She laughed! I don't know how we are going to handle him during these games!!!
I hope Christian feels even better tomorrow morning because it is his first basketball game! For the last three years, we have played basketball with the Upward Program at a local church. We love this program because they play in January and February, which are the months when you are cooped up at home due to the weather. Basketball gives us something to do! It also gets the kids exercising during the long winter months. It is for ages kindergarten through 5th grade, so Christian and Courtney are both playing this year. Christian's games are always at 8 or 9 am and Courtney's are always at 3 or 4 pm. It kind of takes our whole Saturdays! Tonight when I tucked Courtney and Christian into bed, I told them I would be cheering for them tomorrow. Megan said, "Hey, what about me?" I said, "I will cheer you on to because you will probably be chasing Micah all over the place!" She laughed! I don't know how we are going to handle him during these games!!!
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Little guy is sick!
Micah has been pretty healthy in the disease department for most of his life. He has his first big cold right now and he is pretty sad! He cries whenever he coughs and you can hear the mucus in his lungs rattling. It is pretty miserable. I called the doctor yesterday morning because I didn't want it to be pneumonia. She said if he spikes a fever and gets very lethargic, then we should be concerned. I told her we weren't there yet, and I was ok treating his symptoms at home. We have been through bronchitis enough with Christian that we know the routine! Advil and Albuteral are my friends right now. He is also sleeping in the pack n play in my room, so I can keep an eye on him.
Since Micah is sick, we knew he would probably pass it around. I currently have a sore throat along with Megan and Christian. Matt is just blowing his nose a lot, but he says he is more achy than anything. The only one who feels great is Courtney! This is so typical- she has a rock start immune system!
We have had a pretty slow week around here. Last night, I was up with Micah from 2:30-4 am, so I turned my alarm off and didn't end up waking up until 9 am! Luckily everybody else was still sleeping too. I don't even remember Matt getting up and going to work!
We got through what we could today with school. I had to take many breaks to take care of Micah and comfort him. He did not want to play on his own very much, but he just wanted to be held. When he was tired, he slept in the ergo front carrier. His naps have been about an hour lately, so I am kind of restricted on what I can do during that time because I am carrying him. Tomorrow might be much of the same. Hopefully he will start improving here shortly or I might have to take him into the doctor. Now that the ice storm is over, I can make it there without a problem.
Since Micah is sick, we knew he would probably pass it around. I currently have a sore throat along with Megan and Christian. Matt is just blowing his nose a lot, but he says he is more achy than anything. The only one who feels great is Courtney! This is so typical- she has a rock start immune system!
We have had a pretty slow week around here. Last night, I was up with Micah from 2:30-4 am, so I turned my alarm off and didn't end up waking up until 9 am! Luckily everybody else was still sleeping too. I don't even remember Matt getting up and going to work!
We got through what we could today with school. I had to take many breaks to take care of Micah and comfort him. He did not want to play on his own very much, but he just wanted to be held. When he was tired, he slept in the ergo front carrier. His naps have been about an hour lately, so I am kind of restricted on what I can do during that time because I am carrying him. Tomorrow might be much of the same. Hopefully he will start improving here shortly or I might have to take him into the doctor. Now that the ice storm is over, I can make it there without a problem.
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