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wrestling geek

2012-01-19T11:10:00.000-08:00

OMG I have now turned into a wrestling geek..I never would of thought I would like to see my kid getting pinned down or twisted into a pretzel ..ok I still don't but I love to see them win of course and to see how much they both have improved since 7th grade..I have one in 9th grade in high school who has make the varsity team in the first week of the season..I knew having 8 boys would come in handy for one of them...lol Dillon is a natural when it comes to wrestling after his 3rd tournament he earned his varsity letter so its time to go buy a jacket...yikes I got sticker shock..but then again he will have it for the next 4 years so we should get out money out of it ;)

Now Nick he doesn't start the school season for another 2 weeks so I should more then get my fill of wrestling soon..lol oh and lets add a little Volleyball to the mix since Samantha informed me she is trying out next week..this is going to be one busy winter...but that's ok , the only problem is I do worry about Samantha with her Diabetes..she tends to drop low so fast I know we will have to really be careful the first few weeks till be see what all the extra work outs does to her..never a dull moment.

no I didnt die..still around ..lol

2012-01-19T10:52:00.000-08:00

I know its been like forever since I last posted, I just didnt realize how much time has gone by I feel bad loosing touch with so many special people I have connected with over the years, people through our post have watched my babies grow and I theirs.. I'm sorry for that..but life has been busy..

Right now we still have 9 of the 11 kids here at home I LOVE having my babies still here but I know they need to spread their wings, and I am blessed to get to watch and even sometimes participate. ....

everyone was sick

2009-03-25T04:47:00.000-07:00

it sure can be fun living in Mich, this time of year. One day its 24 degrees outside the next its 68 so of course all of us crazy people are outside in short sleeveless thinking its summer when it hits anything above 50..lol Which brings out that nasty little cold/flu bug and it hit our house a few have been spared here but not many..happy to say it hasn't caught me full force...I just got the cold. Crystal went to NC a few weeks ago to visit David before he was shipped to AZ and she was nice enough to bring this home to us..her's has been the worst and still hanging on, but she passed it to Samantha and believe me its not fun when a diabetic is sick that means high BG numbers and mom here having to keep a very close eye on her and do a few more night checks then normal, TG she was only sick for a few days and it didn't mess with her CGMS (continuous glucose monitoring system) training...that one is a story in its self. The poor baby has it while cutting some new teeth...can we say miserable!!!! If he lets me out of his sight I try to get some of the house picked up but for the most part I sit on the couch and cuddle him which I don't mind since he is a sweety, but when you cant even run to the bathroom it doesn't get frustrating. Dillon has it and hasn't been able to talk for 4 days now...sometimes that's not a bad thing...lol, Anthony has used the excuse he was sick the other day I think he just wanted to stay home and play video games since he was doing pretty well about 3 hours after school started, Adam is the only one who has gotten sick who hasn't let it keep him down, he is my never sit down child always looking at things on the bright side..I love that in him..

Praying he changes his mind

2009-02-24T05:41:00.000-08:00

My son David is due to get out of the marines Jan of next year, well they have asked him if he will extend because they want him to go to Afghanistan :O( he works on the Osprey and there are not many guys qualified for his job as of yet. The deployment this time if he goes will be 7 months to a year NOT on a base like last time but out in the middle of no where, dropped off with 2 planes and a crew (he doesn't know how many) no phones, water, housing nothing.. he hated it last time when he was in Iraq and that time he was on the biggest base that had stores, a movie theater, a bowling ally restaurants everything in fact it was nick named camp cupcake...lol
He says he doesn't want to go but he feels that he is needed and with our present economy he is afraid to get out now even if he is going to be going to school. He still can change his mind I know this, he doesn't have to tell them for another 6 months but the whole ideal just makes me sick with worry, David has always had a hard time saying no to anyone I know they will bully or guilt him into going :O(
Then on top of that Anthony did a pre enlistment in Dec but so far hasn't said a word about going in but did say one time I can change my mind at anytime "I didn't sign anything" he is the type you cant talk to him he has to realize on his own what he wants..I think lately with his girlfriend he wants to stay here in Mich :O) only time will tell

On the home front Samantha has another ear infection...sigh.. this one is really bad I took her to the ER Sat, they were shocked how her ear was and that she was letting them look without crying :O( poor baby they tell me with her having diabetes this is just going to be the norm..this one came out of nowhere, Yesterday I had to take her back to the Dr since it didn't seem to be clearing up in fact getting worse..the Dr had to put her on double meds praying this works.

Me I had my gyn appointment yesterday and got the all clear on my health..I didn't tell him about my little fall and wasn't going to till he told me he knew since all my test were sent to him also, and that he seen my name on the ER list...now I didn't think they would give my ob this info but I guess better safe then sorry so now he knows and he also thinks I'm in good health in fact he asked me if I was coming back to see him in a few months...lol

He learned to paint :O)

2009-02-16T16:06:00.000-08:00

Jorden went into the boys room and found a jar of black poster paint and he had a BALL!! His brother Nicholas was only a few feet away and didnt even notice him making a mess...lol

I had to take a picture of him with a broom only because it was the only way I could get him to stan still for more then a second..I swear this child has been into everything this pass week..like climbing on the couch, onto the end tables, ect....

Clean Bill of Health :O)

2009-02-16T14:38:00.000-08:00

I went to the Cardiologist last week and had ANOTHER echo gram and everything came out fine, he cant find anything wrong with me other then MAYBE I was over stressed when I was in the hospital..DUH I told them that the whole time. They think that my pass out in the first place was due to not eating right, not sleeping much and stress ..now that I would have to agree with and after many test they figured that my heart rate when up so much on Tuesday at the hospital because they wouldnt let me go home...geee I wonder how they figured that one out...lol
So the Dr said no meds and just try to slow down a bit or I will be back in the hospital again..ok I get it time to take time for myself right....lol
Then today I went to my normal Dr even though I had the all clear from the Cardiologist, I didnt want my main Dr to feel out of the loop after all, he takes care of all my kids I didnt want him to think he wasnt good enough for me too..so I made my appointment and seen him today.I told him what the Cardiologist said and my test results and that I took myself off the meds ( he didnt like that, but said since my test came out well and my heart rate is back to normal he was ok with it...didnt have the heart to tell him it didnt matter if he agreed or not ;O) Soooooooooo the long and the short of it is
1) I passed out
2) no real medical reason why
3) all my test came back great
4) I dont have diabetes, thyroid problems, or high blood pressure (I was tested for all of those)
5) I dont have to have another tetnes shot for another 10 years...YAY
6) I'm in rather good heath :O)
7) I got a 5 day vacation sitting in a bed with one bad roommate for 4 days and a good one for a day and my insurance footed the bill...I would have rathered gone to Hawaii for the sum of 17,089. dollars and the bills are still rolling in...

I'm a great aunt :O)

2009-02-14T16:45:00.000-08:00

My niece Anna had her baby Feb 11...a beautiful baby girl 7 lbs 5 oz 21 inches long..the little stinker was 10 days over due. Anna went in on Monday to be induced but nothing even started to happen till Wed morning, after hours of labor and and 3 more hours of pushing and making it to 9cm the babies heart rate dropped and they had to do a c-section, which was a good thing since the baby was coming out sideways and had the cord wrapped around her neck. The poor thing was in such pain Wed, Thur, and Fri..today she is doing so much better. Thursday I spent most of the night with her since her hubby had his daddy's party, so Anna's sister in-law and I babysat her at the hospital. I felt so bad for her watching her tense in pain over every movement, cough or laugh. Helping her to the bathroom was a chore in its self since she her legs and feet swelled up sooooooooooooooooo much and her stitches in her belly plus she had such bruising from almost having a vaginal birth..but the whole time she didn't complain a bit she in fact laughed it off and kept saying if it would happen to anyone it would be her..

Today the Dr came in and told her he wants her to come into the office Monday to be tested for Fibromyalgia since she was so sick through her whole pregnancy...well most of her life she has been sick, in a way its a good thing at least we can have an answer to all this and maybe they can help her to start feeling better

Today when I stopped by to see her she looks like her old self, that was nice to see :O)

my niece Anna and her husband Mo Layla Marie..sleeping

wade awake

Not sure what to do

2009-02-06T17:02:00.000-08:00

Ok so the Dr put me on a beta blocker, I don't do meds very well I pride myself in being healthy and not taking anything,,I wont even take an aspirin if I really really don't have to. So these pills he seems to think I should stay on always I have been doing some reading up on raised heart rates, these are just some of the things that can raise your rate...all of which I do
1) caused by stress.we all know I have LOTS of that these days
2) lack of sleep..now that's something else I hardly do, haven't since I was first pregnant with Jorden
3) oh man I'm addicted to my caffeine!!!!
4) I don't drink water
5) don't eat right..that one is a BIG problem
6)anxiety..I had that the whole time in the hospital
7)loss of blood..heck the vampires came in sometimes 3 times a day for blood

so I look at some of these causes and figure I can make some changes, but while making the changes do I take the meds or do I pass??? This is a hard one I'm suppose to see the Dr in 2 weeks for another check up, this is just my reg Dr not the heart guy. So do I see him instead my normal Dr, head is spinning, I don't want this to happen again but in reality I was a ticking time boom..guess I finally blew..lol

So far NO caffeine since Tuesday evening...
getting sleep now that I am home :O)
eating 3 meals a day
and I 'm TRYING to lessen the stress but sometimes it just come looking for me.lol I stressed out today going to the dentist just knowing I had to show him my lovely smile.yes I'm vane..then I stressed when he said I will have to wait a week for my gums to heal before we can start work ( I dont like the ideal of staying this way even for a day longer.lol)...then the thought of him drilling and doing root canals made me stress AGAIN, I know I'm a basket case!!!
So today I did take the meds and my heart rate went down from 109 to 80 but I feel like my head is in a cloud hard to concentrate..now that's not good when you have a lot of kids is it!!!
Ok I 'm going to relive some stress and go cuddle my baby :O)

I'm home!!!!!

2009-02-04T14:50:00.000-08:00

OMG I'm so happy to be home!! I noticed that I am NOT a good patient!!!! Saturday morning Up woke up at 6:00am walked through the living room into the kitchen and passed out I have no ideal how it happened, one min I was standing the next I was on my face on the floor, a full face nose dive. I ended up with a HUGE nose, blood everywhere, 2 really really huge lips that looked like raw hamburger since my front tooth with into it, oh and I lose that said tooth and another one in the fall plus another huge bruise on my chin..all I can say is OUCH. Now if you know me you know I had no plans on going to the hospital I mean none at all. I just went up to my room cleaned myself up and went back to bed, the kids knew I did this but I told them I had a headache and to let me rest for awhile. Now my hubby he was home at the time but just getting ready to leave to go ice fishing with his brother, when Dillon told him just hey mom fell so when he came up to our room it was dark and I just told him I had a bloody nose and to go ahead and go fishing. Took a nice long nap but at 3:00 in the afternoon Crystal came home came upstairs to tell me about her day till she took one look at my face and freaked out. She tried to talk me into going but it wasn't working till she hit my soft soft spot..she asked if it were her would I make her go to the hospital...sigh when did she get so tricky. So off to the hospital we went..9 hours later I'm admitted against my will..I was told only for test and to watch over me for the night since I hit my head..yea right, I think once they have you they keep you! Sunday I had an ultrasound on my neck, Monday the Dr came in and said I needed to have another test I knew I was going to have two test but the one isn't done on the weekends...geeez had to see a heart Dr also in my nice check up..my Dr said Monday that I was going to go home...again they lied to me..lol seems that Monday night I set off my heart monitor when I walked to the bathroom so Tuesday morning when the Dr came in of course he told me another day...grrrrr. I guess this must of upset me more then I thought it did because that monitor went off so many times, but I had so much news from home that upset me, I found out the Samantha was set to school with her insulin pump having NO insulin left, I didn't pay the bills I wanted to the weekend I got hurt, I was just down and depressed I wanted to go home...so just walking a few steps that darn thing would go off it was crazy....so I calmed myself down stayed in bed like a good girl got my rest and had a nice surprise visit by my pastor, mother in-law, brother and sister in-law, Heather, Justin and Crystal it was a nice night..and best of all no monitors going off...yay!!!!! So today when the Dr came in he sprang me he said I could go home...I was so excited I hugged the man..lol
I never knew how much I missed these crazy people in my family how sad I get without them...so I would rate today a really great day..
Oh yea all my test and x-rays showed nothing everything is fine and I got a clean bill of health but on the bad side he wants me on a low dose beta blocker for a few weeks...I hate taking meds!

Sleep deprived

2009-01-28T07:12:00.000-08:00

For the pass week Samantha has been running very high BG numbers, then she stated showing trace ketones so the Dr didnt want to change her insulin amount junt in case she was getting an illness... well after a week with ketones and no other sings of sickness at last the ketones stopped YAY!!! I thought cool her numbers should start going down too...nope. So yesterday off to the Drs had a complete check up uren and blood taken to see if there was any signs of infection, nothing everything checked out great..so I had to call up the Endo ( her diabetes Dr) and let them know there is no infection so it was time to rise the insulin...well LOTS of changes which means more testing just to make sure she doesnt have a hypo ( low blood sugar) So last night we had the 1 am, 3 am, and 5am check but lucky me had a baby who thought 4am was the perfect time to wake up crying :O( he is cutting some teeth and has been a bit crabby)
I feel like crawling back into bed but I have 2 little ones home and my niece is stopping by after her O.B visit she is due this Friday

Snow

2009-01-24T17:01:00.000-08:00

Ok January is almost at an end but the snow isn't!!!! So far this year we have had more snow then we did ALL of last year. You cant even see over the snow mountains at the end of our drive way. The kids are loving it...just not me. Their new favorite thing to do is go outside on the trampoline when its full of snow. Kids are crazy if you ask me...lol

This pass week has been the first weeks in months I haven't had much of anything to do other then to take Jorden to the Dr for his one year old check up and shots...my little guy is now a whopping 25 pounds and is 2' 2" I just cant believe how fast that year went. I guess its time to update a few pics isn't it :O)

So this post I'm going to be lazy and post mainly pictures instead of blogging

Looking he is walking just 1 month shy of his first birthday

Look who's turning ONE

yum cake...LOL

hey he only made a little mess...LOL

CGMS

2009-01-16T20:54:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure how I feel right now I have been fighting with my insurance company now since July to get the CGMS ( Continuous Glucose Monitoring System) for Samantha..She is my one with Type 1 diabetes, well this CGMS goes along with her pump she will have two different sites one that deliverers her insulin and the other which is for the CGMS that will read her blood sugar every 20 seconds...it sounds like a great thing doesnt it we should know her highs and lows before she does, be able to head off lows which scare the heck out of me..so anyways after fighting with the insurance company I gave up for awhile till lately when I noticed that Samantha has been getting more and more out of range with her numbers and now is having lows without feeling them..last week she hit a 47 and didnt know it, now thats scary!!!! This is what made me start thinking I need to pick up where I left off at. I was ready for a fight, I have charts, lots of info and studies on how well these things work... so today I call Minimed the company I have to order it from and the same company we got her pump from, I tell the rep what I want she tells me she will see IF my insurance will pay for it or not ( just for the set it its 1000 and thats not the sensors every month thats another 350) I thought I would hear from her in a week or so but I got a call back a few hours later and she told me that there should be no problem as long as my Dr writes out a script..thats not a problem the Dr likes the CGMS so now it looks like Samantha will be getting this new device..but now I wonder do I really want to have to have this poor child with another thing poking into he? Learning how to work this thing, having to check and recheck numbers all the time till you get the hang of it...I hear its really a pain in the behind to get the hang of it all BUT on the other hand it will supply us with sooooo much info and should head off lows and highs..I think its just me worrying about the unknown I was like this when she got the pump and now I LOVE that thing I cant image going back to daily shots again..
Well thats my new worry..lol

before and after

2008-11-12T05:21:00.000-08:00

well its been VERY VERY slow in getting done but I now have a living room finished and almost a whole kitchen done...YIPPIE!!! Chuck is doing all the work and with working full time and for the first time in years he is getting over time the house gets put on the back burner, ( I 'm getting use to that) and the fact our house is the money pit...anything we fix takes a few other things to fix also before you can get to the first thing your were working on..lol... like our living room floor we had carpeting we switched to a pergo floor wellllllllllllllll in order to do that he had to fix the old sub floor since the builders who did our addition didnt level it right when they took out a wall they stuffed the hole with cardboard...gzeeee, that took the whole day to fix the floor before Chuck could do the pergo..TG he had a lots of help. So the living room received one new wall, part of a ceiling, a paint job and a new pergo floor :O) I love the living room now.

this is Christmas of 07 a bit crowded...lol this is my lost wall and carpet

this is that crowded area changed a

few things around this is my new floor :O) isn't it pretty!!

My kitchen is ALMOST done he has the new walls and ceiling up ( that was a job in itself) its painted a new sub floor...major pain in the *ss.. had a beautiful corian counter top put in but the faucet was another pain in the behind for Chuck took all night to get it right, and I have a pergo floor in there too :O) doing the happy dance!!!!

The only thing left to do in there is to do the floor moldings, a new window ledge and to bring down the tile on the wall to the counter top ( didn't do a back splash wanted the tile instead....yea I know more work for Chuck...lol)

So after he finishes the kitchen which is on hold for a week now since Adam and Chuck will be gone for a week to go deer hunting...he will come home to finish the kitchen, then start upstairs and start the hallway...need new walls, total paint job and a floor, ...then the bathroom again walls, paint and a floor same thing in my bedroom....hummm I think I can keep Chuck busy till spring time then he can start on the yard...lol just dont tell him I said that

Bear Hunting

2008-09-17T09:37:00.001-07:00

Well Chuck left last Saturday for bear hunting. His brother went with him a 13 hour drive to get to the upper part of Michigan yea a 13 hour drive that when Chuck called the NEXT day said it took them 18 hours...lol just a little lost he said. I really hope they had nicer weather then we did Saturday and all day Sunday it rained here we had flood warnings out starting Saturday night, the kids loved the puddles which soon turned into ponds..they had a ball running through the streets with the water up to their knees at some parts all the ditches were filled ( TG I dont have a ditch in front of my house) the kids were using them like water slides..at least 4 of my kids found out how much fun it was to slide down a ditch full of water and mud and just how much fun it was till they came home and mom seen that they had on their school shoes, and they were full of mud walking on my nice new living room floor....all and all I didnt yell that much, I did grumble a lot as I was washing the clothes I had to wash them twice just to get the ground in mud out and to see what color the clothes really were.

My poor baby has an ear infection :O( I thought it was him getting teeth in since he wasnt running a fever or pulling on his ears, he was just a bit cranky and just starting to get a runny nose, I wasn't even going to bring him into the Dr but I had to take Samantha since she had an ear ache, so after a nice long long wait at the Drs office I found out that they both have double ear infections, and Samantha also has a sines infection..I just love winter coming....not really

Only 3 more weeks till David should be home from Iraq...Crystal and I are TRYING to see if the two of us can go down and greet him when he comes in. We haven't told him because its a long shot if we can, and if we do we want it to be a surprise. I would love to go!!!! I haven't even told Chuck about this one yet...got to find some way to break the news to him and see if I can find someone to watch the baby and Christopher durning the day...Chuck does have vacation time left :O) We still don't know the date he will be in on, only the week so it makes it hard to get a hotel room or make plans so if we don't find out soon we will have to give up going down to see him..I don't know I'll keep you posted if we get to go and don't tell anyone of our plans just in case if could get back to David.

I have WALLS!!!!

2008-09-11T06:52:00.000-07:00

Yep I do I have walls in my living room and a ceiling too :O)

The living room is almost finished we just have a few things to finish like some of the moldings, Chuck forgot that ER came in and took some of the moldings that had water damage. The room has been painted and a new pergo floor put in...my sweetie has to crawl under in the dirt to find two yep not one but TWO heater vents that the guys covered up with the pergo floor...lol so now Chuck has to some how find them, then we have curtains to put back up and my pics to finish it all off...Chuck then leaves for bear hunting for a few days and when he comes back we get to start on the kitchen..oh what joy..I want it done but I hate the thought of doing it, the living room was a smaller job and that was a pain in the behind I cant image the kitchen!!! Cant I just stay in the nice clean living room..lol

Jorden is all over the place these days he is crawling and pulling himself up on things. He can say da-da like there is no tomorrow I m still working on the ma-ma...Chuck and I had a bet on which one he would say first and guess who won...I swear I think he stood in front of that baby and babbled da-da all day long just to win...lol

I haven't taken too many new pics of him not with the house being ripped apart, didn't want to see the mess in the background but I did take this one I thought it was cool since we had a butterfly in the house

David will be coming home from Iraq soon...I cant wait!!!!!! It feels like its been forever even if its only been 8 months. Sometimes he gets a few pics up on his my space page for me ( not nearly enough) or he will e-mail me a pic here and there.. This is one he put on his my space page I cant believe how beefy he is getting. He left he was so tall and thin now he is really filling out I think he use to weigh 155 when he left now he told me he is 180.....wow!!!! He should be here in Michigan for Thanksgiving, that seems like its such a far ways off before he will be home but at least he will be in the states in Oct.

My niece Anna got married over the Labor day weekend..she made such a beautiful bride :O) Steven was her ring bearer..he had a blast of course he loves to be the center of att and with him being all dressed up and cute looking with those 2 front teeth missing he got a lot of it..lol

Ok here is a rare pic of me this is one with my sister and my mom..here I was so proud of my self for fitting in this dress and thinking wow I lost a lot of my baby weight till I seen some of my other pics...think it time to go on a diet...lol this pic isn't too bad I sucked it in :O)

quotes

2008-08-07T10:08:00.000-07:00

well phase one is done with the house. The restoration company left on Tuesday. They left me with a MESS and half a house. My living room ceiling has a 3 by 6foot part cut out, one full wall is gone and a 3 by 12 foot section of my carpet is gone..then we have my kitchen the whole ceiling is missing half of a wall, the floor and my cabinets. The upstairs half the hallway carpet is gone all the walls has a 3 ft part missing, the bathroom needs a new floor and all new walls and the cabinets..oh then we have my bedroom carpet it needs to be replaced and all the rooms that were affected will have to be painted of course ...this is going to be A LOT of work.
I have had 6 different companies come out for quotes..here is what I think..

1)first company....he did way too much writing...lol he wants to take down walls that were not affected and really didn't tell me anything, I didn't like that.

2) second company he was cute..lol he went through the house told me this and that had to be done, he would wave my deductible, would let us say what we want done and how the funds would be spent..sounds good right....a few days later I call him to see if there was a quote in writing and the whole time he talked to me it was honey this, sweetheart that, baby you name it I was called it...now if by any chance I hired this guy first off my hubby would NOT like it if he called me these names, plus I don't think he would like seeing a hot looking guy in his house all day..

3) he came out wrote all kinds of things down also, then as he was leaving he hands me a paper to sign, I asked him what it was and he told me it was a work release...that in order to get a quote I have to say I would let them do the work..Grrr ..don't think so

4) he seemed nice told me what needed to be done and had details

5) he wanted to patch my drywall not replace, wanted to do as little as possible

6) he told me everything he wanted to do how I could go with a wood floor in the living room instead where the money would go, and if we wanted to hire certain things out to someone different we could..he seemed honest and had lots of info

So #1,2,3 and 5 are out of the running.. it is a tossup between 4 and 6..but so far 6 is in the lead...lol
hey I like the ideal of wood floors in my living room :O)

frustrated

2008-08-04T11:41:00.000-07:00

have you ever been so frustrated that you cant think straight? That you feel dammed if you do dammed if you don't? That your told you should act one way but when you try that's not what they want? But if you don't your told you don't care or your not good enough...i know I am being vague but in this situation I need to be..I just want to run and keep running till I cant go anymore..I don't know what to do anymore, I feel like so much of me is lost and I'm not sure where or how to find it anymore. How do you try and help and your not told anything and when you are told its a slam

omg can you believe two post in one day....lol

2008-07-31T18:01:00.000-07:00

just had to share the latest pic of the baby..

I still wonder how in the world he can do this, looks like it wojld hurt but then again babies are so flexible...

how does a person know???

2008-07-31T12:53:00.000-07:00

I HATE working with insurance and builders!!!! This is just the start I know it, the water removal guys have been here for the pass three day the first day they did nothing since they didn know what the insurance company would pay for the next day they didnt do anything again since the insurance adjuster had not showed up at our house yet so they just dropped off blower and a hepa filter machine..the blowers are HOT and we have 2 huge things blowing hot air in the house it feels like it 100 in the house and I have the air on..So today they showed up again to remove my kitchen ceiling and part of my carpeting upstairs they were here ALL day just for that. The adjuster came he was cheerful..not he kept taking pics and measurements of everything in the house even things that werent in the accident zone..he didnt give me much info just to let the guys do what they think needs to me done, so I asked him how do I know that what they do will be covered he said "you dont"...omg I am suppose to let these guys rip apart my house and not know if they are going to cover it...I dont think so! So every little thing they wanted to do I made them double check with the insurance company.
Tomorrow they want to take down my living room wall, kitchen floor and bathroom floor oh and the living room carpeting...I'm NOT looking forward to this!!!1
The kids were so amazed with everything they were doing I swear if the guys would of let them help they would have been in their glory.
The guys finished up for the day at 4:00...darn it just in time for me to make dinner..

wow thats all I can say

2008-07-28T21:49:00.000-07:00

you just never know what could happen in this house. Just when you think you have seen it all something else happens...I didnt get upset when I seen the kids playing Tarzan hanging from the tree branch and jumping off the playhouse, I didnt get upset when one child dumped dirty turtle water out her window and her sister heard some strange noise in her downstairs bedroom so she stuck her head out the window..and got a bath in turtle water ( in fact I thought that one was funny :O) I didnt get mad when they were throwing water balloons out the upstairs window, or when one was using the shovel as a catapult with dog poo at the neighbors house( ok he did get grounded for that one and had to clean up the mess),,,but when a 4 year old comes up to you and says the water in the toilet is too high..I would say question it dont ignore him...so now for the riddle of the day?????

What do you get when you have a 4 year old little boy, a roll of tp and an upstairs toilet????

Wow look at him go

2008-07-22T06:08:00.000-07:00

I cant believe how much Jorden is starting to do now. For the longest time he was happy to stay on his back and look at us if he was in his pack -n-play, he wouldnt even try to roll over, or he would bounch like a mad man in his MegaSaucer. But in the last 2 weeks the little stinker has learned its fun to move.. He can now roll all over the place to get what ever he wants, he gets up on his knees and rocks back and forth and lunges forward to get places , he goes from his knees to sitting and will sit there for a long time before he falls over..he is just all over the place. He now has two teeth that has just broken through, he is leaking soooooooooo badly stillfrom teeting, poor kids clothes are soaked all the time. Anything in sight he puts in his mouth, and his new thing is gram crackers he loves them..have you ever see or touched a gram cracker after a baby gummed it to death..yuck a soggy mess, and they always somehow seem to get more on their face, belly or chair then in their bellies. It still amazes me how much a baby learns that first year of life.

David gets to call us about once a week from Iraq, he sounds so good!He told us he will not re-enlist that he wants to go back to school. He wants to go into nursing :O) he is going to start taking classes when he gets back into the states. He might be redeployed back to Iraq before his time is up in the Marines he will be done Jan of 2010...ya I have count down going already :O)

My brother in-law is getting married!!!! Major shock he is what we all thought of as the confirmed bachelor he has been with the same girl for the pass 6 years be never in that time did he even hint that marriage would be in their future so when he told everyone they got engaged you can image all of our amazement and now he did one better they set the date and even got the church booked, so I guess this is really going to happen :O) I am so happy for them I am really looking forward to them having kids I have a lot of years to torture his kids after half the things he has done to mine, and after some of the gifts he has bought...oh boy I am going to have fun.....lol

What was I thinking

2008-07-19T19:46:00.000-07:00

Dont ask me how it happened, honest is just snow balled. I said yes to Samantha having a friend spend the night her friend is also d, then her brother who plays with my 7 year old asked if he got to stay too..ok I think thats not bad its very hot out we have a pool and a camper in the back so we can go for night swims have a camp fire and sleep out in the camper...before long I have my other son putting up a tent in the back yard saying dad said that he and a friend could camp out. Then came that kid's sister who plays with my daughter and stright out asks if she can stay too..so the total is 4 extra kids including my 10 that are still living at home ( one is in the military) then I get a call from my oldest saying she invited a FEW friends over to go swimming and play cards, I ask what is a few she tells me no more then 5 or 6..now I went downstairs a bit ago and I found 3 more kids standing in my kitchen and my son eyeballing me...I just shook my head no and walked a way. I know I am a push over if I stayed in that room I would have 3 more staying..I just got done feeding the mob it took 8 pizzas and almost 7 2lts of pop I can hear splashing and yelling right now and my sweet hubby is the middle of all the kids in the pool...crazy or not I love days like these, tommorrow I 'll be a bit insane but thats ok...wish me luck if you dont hear from me I didnt make it...lol

Ok its morning and I made it :O)

here is how our night went, 10pm I got the baby to sleep, oldest came home with 3 of her friends they stayed in the house playing cards so she listened for the baby incase he woke up..we had a campfire for a little bit till my 7 year old son was likeing the fire way to much for me to be comfortable, if you know what I mean..so at 11pm we went for a swim ( I sat in chat for a short time..had to talk to some adults) Then the kids had snacks, some stayed in the house and played the computers and others played playstation, only 7 stayed in the camper with me..1 am back for a quick night swim ...I thought I would tire the kids out and they would sleep..nope didnt happen..we then played some cards, watched a movie, colored and the girls ran out to the tent some of the boys were sleeping in to try to scare them..lets just say that started the war and they all were running after each other...lol by 4 am I am dying and the kids are still going strong...but by 5 am they are dropping like flies ..saddly the few that passed out around 2am were up and ready to start the day by 7 the ones that were still sleeping got a sharpie beards...Cooked breadfast at 8am went swimming again.. its noon and only one child has gone home but that child was replaced by another kid who lives down the street...it looks like its going to rain so MAYBE we might have a few more go home and I can go back to sleep.

Wish I could post some pics of all the lovely faces, but with out thinking I gave Rach my camera to take to camp with her..which by the way I pick her up this evening, cant wait till she gets home but in a way I can since while she was gone I killed her hermit crab...hey no one said I had to feed the think while she was gone..oppps, I should I figured that out yesterday since her room had a bad smell

its been a long time

2008-06-28T16:44:00.001-07:00

I know its been a long time since I last posted.

The baby is doing great in fact he is getting so big and trying to do so many things lately, he just learned to roll over now the little stinker can roll himself all over the place, he is TRYING to get some teeth in poor guy is drooling like crazy...he has been having some pretty rough days when it comes to his teeth...most of the time he is such a happy baby.

Samantha just came home from camp yesterday. It was so strange not having her around. I didnt have to get up for those 2 am blood sugar test but yet I didnt go to bed till 2:30 every night, just couldnt sleep with her gone. The one thing that we did do was eat diner anytime we wanted to and have way too much junk food...no plans for dinner half the time just grabbed and ran meals. I do have to say it was a nice change, but its also nice to get back to normal now. Samantha said she had a great time and that she made a lot of nice new friends and she cant wait to go back next year...yeap she already has plans for next year :O)

Teething

2008-05-14T11:17:00.000-07:00

Poor baby he is such a good baby but lately he is soooooooo unhappy. He is drooling so much and he bites everything...everything goes right in the mouth, then he cries. I hate when babies start getting teeth, they just look so darn cute with that toothless grin :O)

Yet another day of rain, sometimes I think thats all it does here. We have had rain everyday for the pass 4 days and now they say more rain for the whole weekend. It looks like we are going to have to put off doing the roof for another week. If this keeps up the money we have saved for doing the roof I am going to spend..lol

I just started back at doing e-bay I know like I don't have enough to do in a day. I just love sewing and if you seen all the fabric I have and still want to get...lol I have a big addiction to fabric so sewing and selling on e-bay enables me to buy more :O)
Plus I have to make some more pump pouches for Sam I told her today I would let her pick out some prints and we would do it together...that's after we get back home. I wanted her to have a lot to pick from..you know us girls be have to accessorize I cant have her wearing an orange top with a blue pump pouch..lol plus I am trying really hard to make a crappy illness a bit more fun that's if you can make Diabetes fun.

We have a birthday tomorrow. I cant believe my little boy will be 7.. I went and bought him a new bigger bike so that he will not have to steal his older brothers anymore..so now we will have the older brother stealing his...lol

posting just for LIsa...lol

2008-05-13T08:05:00.000-07:00

since Lisa has pointing out that I have not updated my blog this is just for her...lol

Things at home are going pretty good for the most part.. Life was really crazy here since Aug and worse in Oct but I am starting to see the light again..lol

Crystal the oldest is out and about on her own sometimes, she still has hard times and the weather when its cold and rainy really takes its tole on her, there is a sight limp to her walk and she can walk without a cane now..still going to therapy and will for a long time..she has LOTS of work to do on her ankles and hips.

David he tires to call once a week. He is deployed now in Iraq and working the night shift so that means when he calls home its early morning for him but evening for us...that works for me...lol he use to call at 4 or 6am that was a killer. He sent me flowers for mothers day :O) I cried almost every time I looked at them for 2 days..I just miss that boy so much, I worry about him all the time and cant wait till he is back in the states which should be in Nov sometime.

The rest of the family is doing well...well Rachel is on an I hate dad kick right now..which I hate to see but dad is not helping her feel other wise...why is it guys can be sooooooooooooooooo clueless????

The baby is getting so big he is such a sweetie. He loves to be held all the time which can be hard at times but I look at it this way I can always clean the house later in fact he gives me a good reason not too...lol He just had his 4 month old check up and is now 14 pounds and 25 inches long poor baby had to get 4 shots :O( but he did so well after a very loud yell and a few seconds of crying he was back to all smiles...

Mothers day we spent it out to my bil's it rained the whole day but that didn't stop the kids and the big kids from going out and riding the 4 wheelers ..they said the mud was more fun..most of my kids had wipe outs Dillon, Nick, Anthony, Samantha and Steven all crashed with trees, bushes and a few ditches..no one got hurt just very muddy!!!!

The flowers David sent for mothers day

Crazy people out in the rain..lol

Anthony after his crash

Samantha coming out of the rain

Steven I think he was trying to see if he could get more mud on him then anyone else

burn out

2008-03-06T05:59:00.000-08:00

I am having some MAJOR burn out feelings!! Some days are fine other days I just want to dig a hole and crawl in it. I know having a large family there is a lot going on and a lot to deal with but lately OMG its on over load or maybe its just that I haven't really had time to sit down and deal with everything thats been happening in my life in the pass 6 1/2 months. either way I am loosing myself!!! Some days I dont even bother to get dressed I enjoy the days I DONT have to go out and I dont have to get dressed I was always the type to make sure I was dressed and looked nice when I went out even if it was to the drug store well lately I will go out in sweats and relize when I get there that hey I didnt even brush my hair today and I dont care..now thats bad. I just feel as if everyone wants something from me and I dont have much more to give. Samantha is doing pretty good with her diabetes even if right now her numbers are all over the place. The Dr said her honeymoon phase is just about over so that is common till it ends then we can try and I say try to regulate her. She starts the pump in less then 2 weeks which makes me nervous since its all new to me, its kind of like when she first was in the hospital with the diabetes I was in the dark about everything I feel that way again :O(
Crystal is doing well in her recovery and doesnt need as much help but instead has me running 3 times a week to take her to therapy and at least 2 or 3 more times a week for errons and once a week for dental visits good thing this is durning the day, but I still have to pack up the baby make sure he is fed before we leave ( I am not nursing him as much as the others since I am on the go ALL the time and I feel sad for that) then I have to get the now 4year old ready and hope that he is going to be nice the whole time..for the most part he is great and I cant complain.
Rachel has softball practice right now 3 times a week after school so I have to pick her up and she has praise group 2 times a week so I have to take her there plus she has a club on Mondays after school ( same day Samantha has singing) so I pick her up from there then swing by and grab Samantha at her school. So I run all day then a short break and start in the evening again..ahhhhhh
Rachel is been sooooooooooooo moody and has been taking it out on everyone in the house but me. I am the one she complains to about everyone and everything. I am happy we have a close relationship but its hard because right now the things that bug her is her family and I dont feel she is right in the things she says to them or how she reacts to things she is just down right being mean to everyone and thinks it them..well maybe about 10%is them but she is being about 90% of the problem. I love her to death but I dont know what to do for her..she is just mad at the world and this was my sweet child that would bend over backwards for anyone, She is upset that my time is going to Samantha and Crystal and will tell me that she is jealous I try so hard to make time everyday for just her I think that its making her worse because she even more resents the time I have to make a call to Samantha's Dr for something or take Crystal to her therapy its getting bad just more pulling at mom and making me crazy!!!
Then we have David he is doing great but soon he will be deployed to Iraq I am not sure how to handle that one...I try not thinking about it but in the back of my mind its always there. I know that where he will be going is an airbase and he works on planes so he will not be in combat plus they say that base is like huge there is restaurants and stores everything he will need. He went out and bought a computer so he can talk to us every day via Internet, I am thankful for that..
Anthony is doing good but you know how a 17 year old boy can be..at times Chuck and him butt heads but nothing that bad.
Adam is Adam he is still pretty childish got to love that in him..in fact when I am having a bad day I can just look at him and see in his eyes that innocent look like duh way is mom upset
Dillon and Nicholas and Steven are at each other all the time its like trapped rats this winter is lasting way too long. Nick and Dillon are forever in fights about dumb things like who got up first, or why does Dillon think 2 weeks out of the year he is 3 years older then Nick instead of 2 years 2 weeks older..just because Nick was still 9 while Dillon was 12 already.rolling my eyes here!!!!
Steven I dont know what is his deal he is happy if he can get Christopher crying over something..makes me crazy
Then there is Chuck and I. He is trying so hard I know he is I just dont have the energy right now. He comes home from work makes dinner and sometimes cleans up his mess then he will relax and just as I get all the kids in bed he jumps up and wants us to shower and go to bed and of course he doesnt want to sleep. I know after 26 years of marriage I should be happy he still wants me ALL the time but thats just the problem its like he wants me they want me everyone wants me I dont have down time...I would just enjoy if after I get the kids in bed I could just sit and watch a show, or do something that I dont HAVE to do. Sorry this is just a rant and rave post I just need to get it out and if your still reading god bless you have more streangh then I do..lol But really life itsnt that bad its just I am being pulled all the time and I just need a break.
Recap of the pass 6 months
Samantha gets diabetes in late Aug
David and Crystal gets in a major car accident the FIRST day he was home on leave in Oct
Rachel starts with problems and wants to see a therapist ( she is feeling dumped on by friends and family)
Me I am pregnant while this is all going on..had my sweety Dec 20th
Hubby and I were at each other much better now.
Now my mother in-law is sick Drs dont know what is wrong with her

Yippie

2008-02-20T12:04:00.000-08:00

after weeks of fighting with MiniMed I won :O)

MiniMed is an insulin pump company that Samantha's dr told us to go with for her pump. Well when I went to place the order with them they told me that Samantha had to be on insulin for 6 months before my insurance company would let her have the pump...I called the insurance company and they said there was no waiting time that she could have it right away..I called MiniMed back they still told me we had to wait...grrr now anyone who knows me knows I am not the best at waiting...lol so I of course called back and told them either now or never I would go with another company the very next day I got a call from them saying they would let her have it now..mind you that was 3 weeks ago. So today I was on a mission I thought we waited long enough for them to ship the pump ( dr told me it would take 2 weeks) so I called was getting ready to let loose on the women...when she said oh I was just going to call you we are shipping her pump out today :O) TG I didnt blast her like I had planned...lol most of the time I speak first feel like a fool later. So Samantha is on cloud 9 she should have her pump in a few days and start her classes in March. I cant wait I hope that the pump will help keep her under control right now we are having soooooooooooooo many 300's its crazy.

Jorden's cold is almost gone. The poor little guy. He had it so bad cold hardly breath at times.

My baby is sick

2008-02-14T20:42:00.000-08:00

My poor little guy is sick :O( he has a sinus infection and an ear infection we caught it pretty early TG he just started getting sick yesterday with a runny nose and by the middle of the night he was caughing and not happy all night. I took him to the Dr today and spent 3 yes 3 hours there over an hour and a half just in the waiting room, I didnt wait too long in the exam room and the Dr did come in right away and spent a long time in the room with us. Jorden had a very good look over and we spent time talking. Its funny when I go in there its more like he talks to me like we are friends half the time he talks about his kids or a vacation now I know why I sat so long in the waiting room the man LOVES to talk...lol
Jorden has gained a pound in 2 weeks he is now 10 pounds 12 oz and 24 inches long.
He is doing a bit better tonight at least he is sleeping and not coughing when he is laying down like last night.

more snow days

2008-02-08T08:13:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was our 3rd snow day in a little over a week. Last week the kids had two of them I even got one...my Dr called and cancel my 6 week check up due to the snow. Monday they had off because the news said there was going to be a storm but we didnt get it. then on Friday again we were suppose to get a huge storm but only got about 3 inches no reason to cancel school or my o.b appointment but the kids were happy. Yesterday was the first time we had a snow day that was for real...lol
Still trying to play catch up in this house I just cant seem to motivate myself these days. I have sooooo much to do here but as you can see I am here instead :O)

Jorden is getting so big his check up last week he was 9 pounds 14 oz and 24 inches long..funny how 3 inches can seem so much bigger!!! He is sleeping all night from 10 to about 8 in the morning but he isnt napping much if any durning the day time. I cant complain because he is happy, but even happier if I am holding him which I just seem to find myself doing most of the time. The kids are still all over him they cant keep their hands off of him. If he even makes a squeak they go running to see why. I am just happy he is so loved and wanted by the kids. Christopher, Steven and Samantha are already talking about another baby they even have names picked out...lol Speaking of another baby I know I must be crazy but the thought of another has popped in my head already. We are not be safe so there is always that possibility even if its a slight one.

David will be leaving for Iraq next week they gave him the date of March 14th :O(
I dont even want to think about it. The only thing that saves me is he will be on an air force base since he works on plans. He said the place he is going has internet access so we can talk to him via internet TG. He keeps trying to reassure me he will be fine and is looking forward to going, the only down side he said is he will miss us and some of his buddies that are now in his squadron but most of his buddies are in his and will be going with him.

OMG I cant believe he said this

2008-01-15T20:24:00.001-08:00

Chuck and I were talking today about our parents more like our mothers. My mom had told Chuck right after I had Jorden that he needed to go get snipped ... at that time Chuck agreed with her which made me mad ..its not that I am thinking of another baby its the fact they think they ( my mom) can try to run my life. well then a few days ago my mother in-law was at my house and she was on the phone telling who ever she was talking to that this was my last baby that she cant do this anymore...what????? I dont ask her to do anything I never have her babysit so why would me having another baby effect her? Anyways today when Chuck and I were talking I was talking about my mom and what she said..well I kind of jumped and said I really dont care what my mom said that its our lives its up to us not her or his mom. He looked shocked and said I was right and once we have all the bills caught up if I want I can do what I want...in other words I can have another baby if I want We should have that done by this summer. I am not sure if I want to try for another baby or not but I like the ideal that if I want to Chuck is with me.

Jorden is getting big fast I cant believe how fast they grow!!! I have to remember to take a lot of pictures. I got a few nice one today.

Phew the D&C is done

2008-01-11T20:28:00.000-08:00

I went in yesterday and had my D&C. It went nice and fast.. My o.b said they found the piece of plecenta that was left behind it was small but causing a lot of problems for me..the Dr said it was only the size of a stamp but infection was already setting in. So I was put on some heavy meds in my I.V so I couldnt nurse Jorden for 24 hours. I had to rent a pump from the hosptial, I really really hate pumping!!! I am feeling a lot better now and even took down all the Christmas stuff...I know I was to rest but I swear it was calling to me I just had to get it done.

Wow its been a while

2008-01-05T20:59:00.000-08:00

I really ment to post more often but as normal life got in the way and I forgot again...lol

Lets see what has happened since I last posted?????

Humm David is now back in N.C but is coming home next week for 3 weeks :O) When he went back to N.C after the accident he was stripped of rank he is now a Lance Corp, lost half his pay for 45 days, under room arrest for the 45 days plus a few other things. For awhile there we didnt think he would be allowed to come home for a long time but he is going to Iraq in Feb so he gets a block leave for 3 weeks he will be flying home on the 8th I cant wait to see him again.

Crystal is doing well she is still using either a wheelchair or walker but now she can stand and put weight on both feet and she is starting to walk not use slide across the floor with the walker...she has come a long ways. They say she might be able to go back to work in 4 to 6 weeks, she is so ready to start working again.

The other news is I am no longer pregnant.....yep after being 10 days late Jorden Scott was born :O) He was 9 pounds and 21 inches long. His birth was by far my best there was no pain at all with the help of a great epi...lol I even got to help pull him out after his head and shoulders were out. I will post a link of his birth story for anyone who wants to read it.

this is a pic of my little one on his birthday

Jorden is now a little over 2 weeks old the little stinker is already spoiled but thats ok I love holding him and after having older kids and seeing how fast they grow up I want to enjoy every min of him. I find myself not getting ANYTHING done but other then nursing (which he thinks I should do 24/7 ) or I am sitting cuddleing him. I think I am going to make a wrap for him maybe then I can get a few things done around here and keep him nice and close to me :O)

Jorden at 2 weeks had to get him in this outfit :O)

Wow its been a long time.

2008-01-05T20:54:00.000-08:00

I really did mean to post more often, but as always life gets in the way and I forget...lol

Well lets see since I last posted David has gone back to NC and is now a Lance Corp again he got stripped of rank because of the accident and lost a month 1/2 of pay plus a few other things. He is doing great health wise.

Crystal is still using a wheelchair or a walker but gets around great. She is starting to walk putting more weight on her right foot now which is good. She should be back to work in a few more weeks, something she is looking forward to.

I am better.. lol

2007-09-09T20:44:00.000-07:00

Ok after my hissy fit in my last post I am doing so much better :O)

I did a lot of searching on the net and found a nice chat for Children with Diabetes...and where they ever helpful!!! I think now I might have all the papers I will need to get Samantha's school off their behinds!! I found out how to make a 504 plan something set up by the state that they HAVE to provide care for my baby...they want me to come up to the school 2 times a day everyday something I cant really do after the baby is born. I figure I will go to the school for a week and train these people and just kept throwing papers at them if need be...lol For once I don't feel so lost and helpless when it comes to the school.

I am even getting Chuck to do more I am not giving him much of a choice I am just giving him her insulin pen and telling him how much to give her..and Samantha is checking her own blood levels now and wants to start doing her own shots with that cool new pen she has ...every bit helps believe me! She is trying to learn and do things for herself after she got a letter from her new pen pal who is the same age told her that she started doing her own shots a week after she found out she had Diabetes. When we go shopping Samantha is so funny she looks at all packages to tell me how many carbs is in this or that then if she thinks the carbs are low of course she will ask me to buy it..lol got to love it. Its just so nice to see her trying to take part in her health care...the better she does the faster she may be able to get the pump. That's her real goal.

As far as me I am TRYING to slow down a bit but its not easy when you use to overdrive. I still have to get up at 2 am to test Samantha's blood and wake her up by 7:20 every morning for school... can we say not much sleeping, guess I 'll be use to it by the time the baby gets here I wont be sleping then either...lol. Since we have been home from the hospital I have not been home all day once, I am either at the school, store, Dr's, dental visits, which by the way I have 2 more going tomorrow and after that I have to take Samantha up to the hospital for a special test...praying this test comes out saying she has, not type 1 diabetes and its not really type 2 the Dr called it in between 1 & 2 Diabetes if she has this she would be able to take oral meds and not shots...PRAYING hard!!!!!

I think after tomorrow I might not have to do as much running..YIPPIE

I am getting pretty big, I went bowling today and everyone there was asking me when I am due thinking it was soon I kind of got shocked looks when I told them I am not due till Dec 10th..it was funny to watch their eyes pop..lol

This little guy is getting pretty active in there when I have a few seconds to sit down and notice. I am going to have to try and find time in the next few months to go car seat shopping...wow this is going to happen sooner then I think isnt it

I'll try and post the outcome of my meeting with the school...this should be fun.

Here is Samantha on her first day of school

Ahhhhhhhhh

2007-09-05T22:22:00.000-07:00

I dont even know where to start. Its been a week since Samantha got out of the hosp she is doing very well so much better then myself. I always thought of myself as someone who could hold a lot together but I dont know any more I feel like I am being pulled in so many ways and everyone wants something. Its really starting to wear on me. Trying to remember to make appointments and to get them all on different days so not to over lap, to remember Samantha's shots on time, planning meals, figuring out her carbs, and oh those lovely 2 am blood checks.. I am not complaining about taking care of my daughter its just that I am doing everything myself while everyone else acts like things are the same old way here.. That mom will do dinner, laundry, shopping, cleaning and take care of Samantha while they play on the computer goes to school going to work, goes out with friends or what ever else they do. I worry that when I go some place I need to be home by this time or that, that when I do go out to bring all of the stuff Samantha might need to be checked, it just on my mind all the time and it seems that its not any anyone one elses. I am starting to feel bitter over this bear hunting trip my husband has coming up 8 more days its the only thing on his maid and the only thing he does anything for. It just makes me think wow you get a break from daily life to relax to be with the guys..that will not happen for me for a long time I worry that when I go into the hosp to have the baby who will take care of Samantha I cant trust her dad not right now he never has counted her carbs or planned a meal. yea he knows how to total up her carbs and to add the blood sugar and how much insulin she would need and how to give a shot but thats about it he doesnt know what kinds of things to give her or how to plan for meals or what to even give her for snack and why sometimes I give certain kinds of snacks and just think I have a little less the 3 months to TRY to get him to do these things. The school that one I dont even want to talk about right now makes me mad even thinking about it.. and Monday I get to have round 3 with them.
I guess right now I am just having a petty party for myself god thing I am the only one invited to this party..I just need things to slow down to have a day I dont have to see a Dr not one of mine, not one of the kids no one in a white coat, a day not to have to run up to the school, a day not to have to run up to the store for just one thing ending up with 20 I just need a day to stay home and clean to do something normal!!! Since we I say we because I stayed the whole time with Samantha in the hosp anyways since we have been home I have not stayed home one day I have had to go to the eye drs for 2 kids, the ped dr for Samantha ( dont know why guess he wanted to feel in the loop) 3 dental appointments thankful all in one day, and the school several times a day for the pass two days and they still want me to come many times a day for the next week or two.. I JUST WANT TO STAY HOME...oh and NOT to have the phone ring off the hook would be a nice thing too, tired of faxing the Dr, his mom calling me daily for check up like I dont know what I am doing..ok so I dont yet but I am learning and she is clueless to all of this so how can she tell me what I need to be doing???? my mom has been such a god sent to me the poor women gets all my vents.. what would I do with out mom :O)

Where to begin.ooops here is the rest of the story

2007-08-30T14:04:00.001-07:00

This pas week has been a blur! Little did I know that my world would be turn upside down. It all started Thursday when I took Rachel and Samantha to a church baseball game. Samantha was acting kind of funny and was just sitting there watching the game I didnt think too much about it because it was hot and I thought that was why she didnt want to run around like usual. After being there about 30 mins she came up to me and told me she throw up but just a little. I thought it was the hot sun since she was acting normal otherwise. Then Friday came Samantha was fine all day till after dinner, thats when she went to lay down she said she didnt feel good. I thought it was the flu since her friend across the street had it she ran to the bathroom and hrow up again, then again so I started pushing fluids at her. She throw up one more time and went to sleep. Samantha slept on the love seat and I slept on the couch near her I didnt hear her get up durning the night and every time I checked on her she had no fever. Saturday morning as soon as she got up she ran to the bathroom and throw up again when she came out of the bathroom OMG she scared me her face was gray in color and she looked so thin so very thin. I called the Dr he told me to take her to the ER to have an i.v . Here I am still thinking she had the flu and that maybe she was Dehydrated.

Well the Dr didnt tell me too much here I am thinking after they re hydrated her she would be fine and we would go home the next thing I know the Dr comes back in the room and tells me my little 8 year old daughter is in critical condition and they were going to move her to a different hosp.. talk about shock!! I ran home grabbed a few things and off to the new hosp they were taking her to. As soon as I walked into her I.C.U room the Dr there looked at me and said "you know your daughter has type 1 Diabetes" I just felt numb I didnt know what to think or say I didnt even know if I was really hearing him right. I did manage to ask him if they were sure and why they thought this he told me her blood level from before she left the other hosp was 1050 that I was sooooooooooooooooo lucky that she wasnt in a coma...it just blew me away just the morning before she was playing acting normal how could this be??? Then I took a good look at my baby seeing her with 3 I.V bags in her arm heart monitors on her wires everywhere reality started sinking in... We stayed in the hosp together for 4 day and had so many nurses and Drs trying to tell me what to do for her care..the first 2 days are a blur I dont think I remember much of anything they told me then...but after the shock wore off and I stopped crying anytime Samantha wasnt looking I started understanding the things they were telling me the pass few days and everything new they told me..the first shot I had to give her I was scared to death I didnt want to hurt her but they made me do it and now I find myself doing it 4 times a day without even thinking, I cant even count how many finger pokes I am doing per day. Chuck right now is in denial but he is being so good with her, in fact he is babying her just a tad too much. I sure things will fall into place for all of us soon..

busy

2007-08-24T05:37:00.000-07:00

I will finish updating after I get home today from the dentist for Anthony ( second visit this week for him) getting my hair cut and dropping Rachel off ..I hope that's all I have to do...lol.

of course I had to put in my 24 week pic but this is a few days late.

life at 23 weeks..lol

2007-08-18T18:02:00.000-07:00

I havent been very good about keeping this up :O( I cant remember the last time I updated either. I am now 23 weeks 5 days they say at 24 weeks the baby is viable..yipie!!!! Of course each passing day is even better for the baby :O)

I am doing well having a lot of round ligament pains I never really had them before, but with this baby I am almost getting them daily...This little guy is really starting to be a mover the pass few days, he use to keep the kicking very very down low but now he is starting to move up a bit TG. Not too much new on the baby front other then my next appointment I get to have that lovely glucose test.yuck!!!

The kids are starting to get ready for school to start some are happy to go back to see their friends and what teachers they will get others ( Dillon) are not wanting to go back, did you know school is evil from what I was told by the one child..lol

Samantha just turned 8 a few days ago the poor kid had pink eye for her party, and she still has it now. Steven got it a week ago and was put on drops the Dr said if anyone else got it to "drop them" so I started giving it to her on her birthday. Now Steven started to show improvement within 24 hours Samantha's is STILL bad it doesnt seem to be getting any better. I am giving her till Monday then we go back to the Dr for her.

David leaves for Calf today he will be there for 3 weeks. He will be trainning the guys there on how to work on the osprey so that when they go to Iraq they will know what to do...They are hoping for this aircraft to be a big thing.. David is set to go to Iraq in Feb of 08 it use to seem so far away but now its just too close time seems like its ticking so fast!!! He is going to TRY to come home in Sept for 2 weeks I hope he gets to he hasnt been home since Dec :O( ok so he was home to go camping with us Memorial weekend but that just blew by!!!!

Chuck's work is starting to be a joke. Sometimes we get paid and sometimes we dont this pay period is a dontget paid one..grrrrr. I think he should start looking for a new job but then again there isnt anything out there and this start is #one for unempoyment. I am just hoping he can stay where he is at till the baby is born thats if we get paid. I am just scared about the insurance stuff and a new job..

This weeks new BIG belly pic I think I poped last night I swear!

21 weeks :O)

2007-07-31T09:45:00.001-07:00

Ok so I am either a day late in writing this or a day early.lol

I am now 21 weeks according to my ultrasound. My due date now is Dec 10th Dr Wolfe said for sure I will have this baby before Christmas, I hope I have this little one in time that I can be home for Christmas I would hate to come home on Christmas day or Christmas eve. I am shooting for Dec 10 to the 20th I am always late.

The baby is really starting to pick up now still not vey hard more like a flick but its still cool and reassuring. I think I must of popped in the last few day I went to pick Christopher up from his bed and he pointed at my belly and said what it that..lol

Here is my 21 weeks belly shot July 30,2007

my ultrasound pictures from a few weeks ago

The tech was great he took his time and showed me everything and why he was looking for the things he was...He even took a lot of extra shots for me I think I have a total of 7 the babies full leg shot, foot prints, sucking the thumb, the skull shot, another profile and these two..he really put my mind at ease :O)

BABY MOVEMENT????

2007-06-01T10:51:00.000-07:00

I swear I felt the baby twice today like a little thump the first time very faint and the second time like a bubble..Its so cool I cant wait till I feel it all the time!!!
Well I did have an OB appointment today till I got a call at 9:00 telling me more then likely he wouldnt be there because he had a delivery kind of reminded me of when I first started going to him. I could still go in today but I would have Amanda who does the U/S she is a PA-C???
I decided to wait till next week Wed and I will see DR Wolfe at 3:20. Diane did say something about a pap yikes I didnt think I would be getting an exam of any type again just had one in March, o well.
I did pick up the babies heartbeat twice today the first time it took me a bit and as soon as I found it the Dr's office called so I had to stop so later I tried again and I found it almost as soon as I put the wand there :O) still from 158 to 168 most of the time it hovers 163...Its the best sound in the world!!!!

Life has been crazy

2007-05-31T10:59:00.001-07:00

Rachel made it through ALMOST the whole softball season at school without getting hurt till the last 2 weeks. On May 15th she was hit in the head by a softball that was batted by the coach right in the head...ouch she didnt pass out but had a major headache and didnt tell us anything else till Friday when she got hit again in the same spot by another ball and thought oh gee I should tell my mom that I have been having dizzy spells, headaches, and blackouts since the first hit( crazy child!) well she broke the news to me very late Friday / Saturday morning so off to the er we went and had an mri and she did have a mild Concussion. She was just told to take it easy and rest on gym for a week and we had to see the Dr on Moday.
We went camping for Memorial weekend which was great no one got hurt and the weather was nice and best of all David drove up to spend the weekend with us :O) I havent see him since Christmas.
Ok We just get back from Memorial weekend her first day back to school Tuesday, Rachel cuts her toe on a door at school I have to pick her up go back to the er and get 6 stiches. Wed I have an appointment for Christopher for his 3 year checkup and shots and one for Rachel for a tb test ( she wants to Volunteer at the hosp this summer) the Dr walks in the room and lets out a little laugh he hasnt seen her in years and now twice in less then a month and to top it off I have to take her back Friday to have her tb test looked at...sigh
I feel like this month has been spent at Drs offices or Hosp!!! Just think tomorrow is a new month and what to I have planned............................................................................................................
My ob's visit and taking Rachel in for a recheck...lol
Other then seeing Dr's we are tearing apart our kitchen so far he has the closet turned into a new area for the computer which looks very nice, the trim at the top of the walls and the Ceiling
painted...this little bit has taken Chuck MONTHS to do oh I hope and pray it doesnt take months to finish!!!!
On the baby news I am 12 weeks now ...wooooooo hoooooooo thats a big milestone for me :O)
I have a doppler and I can get the little one most of the tijme pretty easy sometimes I have to chase it down but in the long run I find it...lol the heartrate is between 158 and 168 :O) we wont talk about weight right now I am afride to hit the Dr's scale tomorrow...yikes I know its a lot!

9 weeks

2007-05-09T12:19:00.000-07:00

I am 9 weeks today YIPPIE!! I dont feel too much different, yes I am still tired, hungry all the time and at times I still get that icky feeling if I dont eat but thats is starting to taper off a little.

My belly seems to be getting a bit bigger I keep wanting it to be huge to make me feel better..lol But for as far as I am its pretty big.
I bought one of those Hi-Bebe fetal dopplers I know I am going to make myself crazy with it..lol It has listed that SOME people can hear their babies at 8 weeks most at 10 others at 12..so you know in my mind I think I should hear it at 8...lol I tried yesterday and I could hear mine, tired today and I got 158 at few times but I never heard it the doppler just went to that for a few seconds and went back to 110 so I cant really count that can I.
Here is this weeks pictures

we have a heartbeat

2007-05-07T06:24:00.000-07:00

I went in for my u/s May 4th. I was so scared and nervous my hands were shaking. Jasmin took me in and we talked for a bit then she told me I was getting the tech not Dr Wolfe but he would pop in :O( Well Melissa came in and was very nice to me and I told her I was very nervous she was very understanding. She is the one who adjusts the chair in a bad way..lol your in a chair with your behind way up in the air then your on your head and then she drops the bottom of the chair oh my talk about embarrassing! She put the wand in but had me in a way I couldn't really see anything then Dr Wolfe walked in at that second I looked again and I thought I seen a flicker I asked Dr Wolfe and he said yes it was I rolled over and gave him a big hug ( I warned him first) I was so happy. He said I look to be 8 weeks a day or two according to FF I am 8 weeks 2 days Melissa put down 8 weeks 1 day. When she was done I just about leaped off that chair they didn't like that much..lol When I went to the desk to make my next appointment the lady working ( I wish I knew her name) was so nice we talked for a little bit I go in June 1. Then Dr Wolfe popped around the corner and told me to tell Chuck he was sorry no twins this time..lol I gave him another hug and told him I was very happy to have one with a beating heart :O) Jenn then walked in and was teasing me about my big old van she knew I was there.. OI told her I had a heartbeat and gave her a hug :O) ok so I was hug happy. I called Chuck as soon as I got to the parking lot and gave him the good news.

Here's my baby :O) my Dr's ultrasound machine isnt the best but I didnt care as long as I could see that little heart beating

wooohoooo

2007-04-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

I got my beta number back today its 30,209 :O) Right where it should be for how far along I am...I am so happy. Now I could use some major prayers that my ultrasound goes great that the baby has a nice strong heartbeat.

is morning sickness kicking in?

2007-04-18T06:33:00.000-07:00

I am just not feeling right these days. I feel like I dont want to eat nothing seems good to eat but I do because I know I need to. So smells are starting to make me feel a bit icky but not bad. Today I had some cereal and it just didnt taste right. If I am going to get sick I would just rather get it and get it over with then having that nasty feeling.
Today is my first ob's visit :O) I am excited to go but I know there is not really anything he can tell me yet..other then the blood test and an exam that will be about it. But I am still happy about it..
I am also getting VERY moody and Chuck is on my hit list...lol I dont know I know its not all me but just about anything he says or does makes me mad these days.. Some things I am justifed for just some..lol

Yep I am :O)

2007-04-14T20:39:00.000-07:00

if you noticed the ticker you can see I am pregnant!!!!! Yippie I am a bit scared I guess having a few m/c's can do that to you. But I am staying positive that this little one is going to grow nice strong and healthy. I have yet to tell many people I just like to see how long before they notice..lol to me I feel like I have a big sign on my belly saying pregnant. I am already popping out I know its not the baby just a lot of bloat, boy OMG its a lot! My 4 older kids know but not the mom's yet. My parents come home from Fl next week so I am going to be breaking the news to them soon.
My first ob appointment is this coming Wed in a way I cant wait and yet I can...I know hormones what can I say :O)

Going to TRY and post more..lol

2007-03-09T07:23:00.000-08:00

Well my baby just turned 3 last Saturday and Rachel 15 ouch where did the time go????
Winter is dragging on but there seems to be an end in sight. I hear it will be in the 40's this weekend. Time to get my butt outside and start some walking or bike riding with Christopher. Chuck wants to start on the kitchen. I don't want to be any where in sight!!! We have already had fights over which tiles to use. The man tells me to pick out what I WANT..I did that we got home and he tells me he doesn't like it...sigh I am just going to let him pick it out cause I know if I do he will find some reason later why he shouldn't have done it that way or picked out that tile...men!!! Tomorrow he is going to drop the whole kitchen ceiling...I am LEAVING for the day...I don't even want to think of the mess!!!!!
Well its official the world now knows my son is a complete nut case...lol him and his buddies put a skit up of him doing strange things on his my space and you tube...most of it was funny but I could have done without seeing my son is a sorta thong..lol but hearing his laugh was priceless to me I miss that sooooooooooooooo much. If your brave enough here is the link to you tube...I am blushing already...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3bkptxXypw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fprofile%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Ffuseaction%3Duser%2Eviewprofile%26friendid%3D40017206%26MyToken%3Dd54639bf%2Db7d3%2D41f9%2D9114

once I upload my pics I will have Rachel's and Christopher's birthday party.. its just been a crazy week, I am so behind on my orders I have so much sewing and custom orders to do, I took a break for a week now I get to pay for it...lol

Ahhh potty training

2007-02-09T06:39:00.000-08:00

Christopher is 2 almost 3 and my hubby thinks its time to start potty training. I know its time but I think I have been holding off cause itsmy baby, Once he is potty trained all the baby stage is gone :O(
I tried the other day to put his little behind on the toilet and the poor kid freaked so I thought I would make a big deal of this and take him to the store and let him pick out a potty chair and some new big boy undies..ok of off to the store we go he picks out a cute Winnie the Pooh chair ( kind of fitting its it getting a pooh chair..lol) so I put it in the cart and we head over to the underwear he picked out cars then looked at the two items in the cart and I think he put two and two together and started telling me over and over again "no toilet mommy, no potty"...lol he even told the lady ringing us up.
Got home put it together and tried to sit him down he ran off running butt naked telling me no toilet... hummm I don't think he likes the toilet..lol. I did get him to try but I am not going to puch him I want him to want to go not to freak out or think its a bad thing..

OTHER UPDATES...
Crystal my oldest is working!!!!!! YAY!! it took her 6 months to find a job.

David is working Hazmat right now. He will do that for 3 months, everyone has to take turns. But he will have more time to study so he can make corp :O)
He tried calling me the other day to tell me he had to dispose of some hazardous material and now he is glowing in the dark...lol While I was talking to him he let out a little yell then the phone went dead..he called me right back telling me that his buddy Iuro had a stun gun and was trying to shock him, well Iuro turned it off and David thought it would be funny to grab it and stun Iuro well I guess it takes awhile for the volts to run out the the gun and he stunned himself..lol this kid of mine is a real trip..love him to death :O)

My crazy hubby

2006-09-14T06:17:00.000-07:00

The man makes me worry I swear. He is up north bear hunting right now. I cant help but worry the whole time. He is up there with his brother and best friend so the company is good but BEAR hunting and doing it with bows instead of shot guns what are they thinking???? The only thing that gives me piece of mind is that all of them are going to carry side arms with them.
why I worry.
1) hunting for a bear..Ok something that is bigger, heavier, and meaner then the person hunting it.
2) hunting for something that can eat you!
3) hunting with a bow to me seams like trying to use a tooth pick on the big hairy beast.
4) they are going way way up north some place they have never been..can we say LOST!!
5) if it were me just seeing a big bear out in the woods coming at me I would have a heart attack I wouldn't have to worry about it coming after me.

I could go on and on why I worry but it just makes me worry more... boy do I wish it were next Wed already!!!!

Did I ever tell anyone that I have a crazy kid??? Ok so most of my kids are a little crazy..LOL But David the one who is my Marine is nuts!!! He just called me on Sunday and told me of the new thing he learned. He told me he learned its a BAD ideal to dress up Osama and run around on a Marine base..LOL. He said he and his buddies thought it would be funny so of course you didn't have to twist his arm to do it..he got dressed up went running down the main street on the base when a HUGE Marine seen him and went running after him. David said he was never so scared he started pulling off his outfit for the guy would see he was just joking the guy was trying to tackle him to the ground but soon stopped after he realized who it was ..I guess David is famous for doing things like this...LOL I don't think my boy will ever grow up got to love him for it :O)

this is what he did..

this is my son when he is almost normal ( he loves this pic..wonder why)

Its been awhile

2006-09-10T06:58:00.000-07:00

I thought I was going to be better at keeping a blog looks like I am not..lol
Life is a bit crazy right now. I don't have the time to think half the time. I am hoping now that school is in full swing I might just might have so time to get caught up on all my sewing and e-bay stuff.
Today is going to be another crazy day..church at 11:00 then as soon as I get home I have to take the 2 dogs to petco for shots. I hope that goes fast right after that we have bowling..yuck at 3:00 but we have to leave by 2:20 to get there on time..I HATE going bowling. If the dogs take too long then I will miss bowling this week...I love having a reason not to go..lol
I really need to stay home I am so behind on orders, to get caught up I will have to chain myself to my sewing machines for days...sigh.

I swear my kids are nuts..

2006-05-19T06:01:00.000-07:00

I wonder at times if other people kids do the strange things mine do.
Adam my 12 year old came in laughing yesterday telling me he was riding his bike and had so much fun then he went on to tell me " you know those cars with the signs on it drivers ed" " well I had so much fun chasing after one".....OMG the thoughts that went through my head like you could be hit by the car your making the driver a neverous reck and most of all WHY would you do that.. I swear the things this kid thinks of to do makes me wonder at time.

I should find out in a few days is David will be home for Memorial weekend and if so how many guys he is bring home with him. We will be going camping for the weekend so I hope he only brings one extra the room is kinda cramped. For Easter he had two guys with him but I dont think he is bringing either of the guys he brought then, at this rate I am going to met all of his classmates :O) he graduates this week, soon he will be out in the fleet which scares me I hope and pray that he doesnt get deployed to Iraq anytime soon!!! His buddy Mike is there right now, and two of my nephews are going in Sept.

Lance Corp.

2006-02-06T06:16:00.000-08:00

David made Lance Corp last Wed I am so proud of him. He is in N.C and should be for some time yet. He is hoping to come home for Easter but as usual we never find out till the last min, one of the things I hate about the military! His girlfriend is going down to see him soon wish I could, the only base I have been on was the one at Paris Island and that wasn't anything special. I would like to see his room David said its like an apt now, meet his friends I hear so much about then and I would love to see the plane he works on, which is the Offspry. David says its cool :O)

Saturday and Sunday my fabric obession got worse as if it could...lol
Hit the sales at Walmarts and ended up buying about $50.00 worth of fabric then on Sunday I just had to run into Jo Ann's for snaps only, well those snaps ended up costing me $58.00...lol but I had fun and I will use it someday ;O)

For the sad news :O( Nancy passed away on Saturday. We knew it was coming but its still so hard Don her hubby isn't doing very well. We have known for the pass 6 months that this day would be here soon, but it just seems too soon now. This makes the 4th funeral I have been to in less then a month! I guess I haven't started this year out very well now have I. I had the miscarriage right after the second week in Jan, then my sister was told she might have cancer 2 weeks ago and all the deaths....I am hoping and praying the rest of this year is better!

limbo

2006-01-31T09:18:00.000-08:00

Right now I am in limbo.
Limbo in that I am not ttc and I am not tta right now either. I just had my 3 rd m/c 2 weeks ago I was 9 weeks when I had a D&C. 8 weeks when I started spotting, one day short of 9 weeks when I went in for an u/s and found out that I either had a blighted ovum or the baby stopped growing within the first few weeks :O( .
So right now I am just waiting to see if my body will get back on track on its own this time. This was my second m/c in less then 6 months my other one was 10 weeks with twins :O(

I wonder at times if I should just stop trying for another baby. I think at times its going to happen again, and I dont know if my heart can take it. But then I look at my kids and I know its worth it! I just cant picture not having another baby in this house. Ya I know some day I am going to have to face that fact but then again my home will be filled with my grandchild by then :O)

First post

2006-01-31T09:08:00.000-08:00

I don't even know where to start. I am Debbie mom to 10 wonderful kids
Crystal is 21 thinking about going into the Navy but for now she is working as a Pharmacy assistant.
David is 20 and in the Marines, he just finished up most of his training he works on an aircraft called the Offspry.
Anthony 15 is on the wrestling team at school and is pretty good, guess its all his brothers he gets to pratice on..lol
Rachel 13 has dreams of becoming a Dr. and with all the medical shows she watches I think she is well on her way!
Adam 12 my gentle soul he is an old man in a child's body. He is always the helpful caring one
Dillon 10, oh my what can I say he is ALWAYS right no matter what
Nicholas 8, he is my Marine in training
Samantha 6, she is the second mother here in the house...but just a bit too bossy
Steven 4, He thinks he can keep up with the older kids no one has told him he is only 4...lol
Christopher 1, he is a mamma's boy which is ok with me. He is such a good little boy.

Chuck my hubby who I have been married to for 24 years is the love of my life...makes me crazy at times but I couldn't see it any other way!