Thursday, January 31, 2008
more eye stuff
Hi everyone- just wanted to let everyone know that i have to have another injection tomorrow afternoon. This week has been very busy and it just got worse...
Monday, January 28, 2008
Refroshed!
Hello Family and Friends-
I wish i had time to wax poetic about the fantastic weekend i just had. i also wish Chase didn't have an affinity for pulling the shift key off the keyboard. But today marks the beginning of Cadence's first official day as a homeschooled kindergartener! The words fill me with fear and trepidation! I have to admit it to people. I won't be able to say that she missed the cut-off for public school because of her age. I'll have to say it and watch people's faces as their minds drift off to visions of denim jumpers, waist-length hair and me, milking my own cows. Normally the response is, "I don't have the patience to homeschool my kids." and I want to dig myself a hole, knowing that patience is not one of my virtues either. I know, homeschooling is not for everyone. So just know, that as i embark on what i know will be a huge learning experience, I am not passing judgment on anyone else. I have chosen to home school Cadence but trust me! That doesn't mean I think you should home school your kids. I have my reasons and they're noone else's. So, I'm all in this home schooling thing and i'm scared, but the curriculum is here, the co op is joined and this afternoon is D-Day! Pray for me!
That was somewhat of a tangent since what I wanted to say was that i so appreciate all the calls and cards for my birthday! They made me feel so special! however, I was out of town for a women's conference called "Fresh Grounded Faith." Friday and Saturday I enjoyed singing with Shelley Jennings, laughing with Anita Renfroe (she sings all the things a mother says in a day to the William Tell Overture) and listened to God speak to me through the words of Jennifer Rothschild. It was fantastic!
I wish i had time to wax poetic about the fantastic weekend i just had. i also wish Chase didn't have an affinity for pulling the shift key off the keyboard. But today marks the beginning of Cadence's first official day as a homeschooled kindergartener! The words fill me with fear and trepidation! I have to admit it to people. I won't be able to say that she missed the cut-off for public school because of her age. I'll have to say it and watch people's faces as their minds drift off to visions of denim jumpers, waist-length hair and me, milking my own cows. Normally the response is, "I don't have the patience to homeschool my kids." and I want to dig myself a hole, knowing that patience is not one of my virtues either. I know, homeschooling is not for everyone. So just know, that as i embark on what i know will be a huge learning experience, I am not passing judgment on anyone else. I have chosen to home school Cadence but trust me! That doesn't mean I think you should home school your kids. I have my reasons and they're noone else's. So, I'm all in this home schooling thing and i'm scared, but the curriculum is here, the co op is joined and this afternoon is D-Day! Pray for me!
That was somewhat of a tangent since what I wanted to say was that i so appreciate all the calls and cards for my birthday! They made me feel so special! however, I was out of town for a women's conference called "Fresh Grounded Faith." Friday and Saturday I enjoyed singing with Shelley Jennings, laughing with Anita Renfroe (she sings all the things a mother says in a day to the William Tell Overture) and listened to God speak to me through the words of Jennifer Rothschild. It was fantastic!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Dad/ Pop-pop
Pop Pop went home yesterday after a week long stay! I had several appointments last week so he came to watch the kids and also helped me with a special project that he is a pro at and I can't tell you about because it's a surprise for Josh. He did an amazing job on the special project and we had a really good week! Here are some pictures from Christmas time and Thanksgiving at Corpus. I didn't have the camera out this week because I'm reorganizing everything and nothing is where it should be so I couldn't find it. Pop Pop is the best!
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
JANUARY 1, 2008
Josh is back in Iraq. Christmas is over. Grambee and Pop Pop went home. The house is quiet. Another year is gone.
Josh will be home March 23!
Josh will be home March 23!
Our Holiday
Me and Cadence decorated a gingerbread house. It was the first one we'd ever done. It's a Swedish gingerbread house from IKEA. Cheap and easy to assemble!
After the gingerbread house, we frosted Christmas cookies. MMmmmm... nothing like a good sugar buzz right before bed.
Picking daddy up from the airport!!!!!! (Chase is clinging to my leg)
Daddy brought Cady a bear from Iraq. She's sooo happy!
The next day, we went to Chuck E. Cheeses. I had told Josh that Chase loved it there and would have so much fun, blah, blah, blah. Since he was recovering from Roseola and felt like c-r-a-p, he was in a rotten mood. I DIDN'T take a picture. But here's me and Cady proving once again that these white people can't dance!
Josh and me went to his company Christmas party Dec. 20th. I dragged him to my hairdresser and he got "man-lights" and a trim. She straightened his hair and curled mine. It was a fun evening. We got to have a nice dinner with butter molded into flower shapes and saw a light show at the Planetarium. It was nice. We are the party people...hahahaha....
Chase and daddy playing ball.
This is our new Christmas Eve tradition. Grandpa Tanner bought the kids a Little People Nativity scene and after the service at church, daddy read the Christmas story out of Luke and Cady acted it out with the Little People while Chase tried to destroy the entire thing. This is a picture snapped quickly right before the stable was picked up by Hurricane Chase.
Christmas Morning!!!!
Unwrapping!
Assembling Chase's new toolbench from Grandpa and Grandma Wilson.
Chase loves his new toolbench!
Cady and Chase on their Sit n' Spin!
Daddy plays guitar for the kiddos!
Chase dipped his face, not his nuggets.
It's a chilly 55 degrees. We need to bundle up!
OUr 24 pound turkey. It was supposed to take 6 hours. It took 3. Nothing else was done.
Daddy took Cady fishing at the park. She's holding a worm I think, or a stick? Probably a worm.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Josh is in the States!
We are leaving to pick Josh up from the Killeen Airport in less than an hour! He called around 1 to let me know he was in Houston. He says he is tired and feels icky so I'm going to pick him up, grab some pizza and then we'll come home so he can take a shower. !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Christmas is creepin...
"I would never do anything to hurt my sister!"
I've been working like crazy to get Christmas cards ready, mail packages and sew Chase and Cady's Christmas outfits. I've never gotten a Christmas dress done for Cady although every year I've wanted to. Well, it's finally done. I decided to buy Chase's suit but I made a neck tie out of the same fabric as Cady's dress. It turned out really , really well. I'm so glad it's done. So, my Christmas cards are finished but I want to send out a picture of the kids with them. I haven't even made an appointment yet. I thought about trying to take them myself but given the fact that Chase doesn't hold still, I don't have a nice place to take them and the kids can't be in the same room with each other without fighting, I think I'll have a professional do their job. Can I just drop them off? I won't even stay. Good luck! Let me know how they turn out! So, as soon as those are done, I'll send off the cards.
I guess I'm done fairly early considering my track record in previous years. I guess not having anything to do in the evenings helps! No hubby to cook and clean for or talk to for that matter. Leaves me with some time after the kids go to bed. Lately Cadence is making up all kinds of excuses for not sleeping. I know, I know it's a rite of passage but once I close that door on her room I am finished. They make me feel like that scene the Incredibles where Mr. Incredible gets caught in the secret computer lair and they start shooting sticky balls at him. Cady is constantly asking questions and Chase is always sticking to me! So by bedtime I am ready for some peace and quiet. Anyway, got lost on a tangent there!
Josh is coming home on the 18th!!! We are so excited! He'll be home for about 10 days and we'll get to have Christmas together and catch an office party and a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert followed by a romantic night over in Austin. Of course the majority of his time will be spent vegging with the kids. He will be amazed at how much they've grown. Chase is 20 months instead of 11 months. Huge difference.
He'll be home for good in March. Well, the kids are fighting again. I have to intervene.
I've been working like crazy to get Christmas cards ready, mail packages and sew Chase and Cady's Christmas outfits. I've never gotten a Christmas dress done for Cady although every year I've wanted to. Well, it's finally done. I decided to buy Chase's suit but I made a neck tie out of the same fabric as Cady's dress. It turned out really , really well. I'm so glad it's done. So, my Christmas cards are finished but I want to send out a picture of the kids with them. I haven't even made an appointment yet. I thought about trying to take them myself but given the fact that Chase doesn't hold still, I don't have a nice place to take them and the kids can't be in the same room with each other without fighting, I think I'll have a professional do their job. Can I just drop them off? I won't even stay. Good luck! Let me know how they turn out! So, as soon as those are done, I'll send off the cards.
I guess I'm done fairly early considering my track record in previous years. I guess not having anything to do in the evenings helps! No hubby to cook and clean for or talk to for that matter. Leaves me with some time after the kids go to bed. Lately Cadence is making up all kinds of excuses for not sleeping. I know, I know it's a rite of passage but once I close that door on her room I am finished. They make me feel like that scene the Incredibles where Mr. Incredible gets caught in the secret computer lair and they start shooting sticky balls at him. Cady is constantly asking questions and Chase is always sticking to me! So by bedtime I am ready for some peace and quiet. Anyway, got lost on a tangent there!
Josh is coming home on the 18th!!! We are so excited! He'll be home for about 10 days and we'll get to have Christmas together and catch an office party and a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert followed by a romantic night over in Austin. Of course the majority of his time will be spent vegging with the kids. He will be amazed at how much they've grown. Chase is 20 months instead of 11 months. Huge difference.
He'll be home for good in March. Well, the kids are fighting again. I have to intervene.
Thanksgiving in Corpus Christi
It was really warm on Wednesday so we drove immediately to the beach. That was the last day it was nice enough to play in the water. The kids loved it!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
A few pix later...
I thought I'd put some pix up but blogger is not working. I've been trying to find time to put up pictures but.... It's been the week from poop hell. Chase and Cady both have just been pooping all over the place. I've washed Chase's sheets about 5 times in 2 days. Lets just say he pooped and figured out how to take his diaper off at the same time. Anyway, I am leaving Friday at noon for a Scrapbooking retreat on Lake Whitney. I am so needing a retreat.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Updates all around
It's been a long time but time has flown. Let's see. Foremost on my mind, my eyeball is acting up again. I had all the testing again today. I'll back up. I have been rediagnosed with having Punctate inner choroiditis which is more rare than histoplasmosis. "Punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) was first described by Watzke in 1984.1 Classically, PIC presents in young myopic women who complain of metamorphopsia and decreased visual acuity. In the posterior pole, there are typical small creamy yellow lesions of the inner choroids and pigment epithelium,
without signs of intraocular inflammation."
Understandable right? My doctor said don't know what causes it. Usually happens in young, nearsighted women. So, the two scars I had were flat. Now, one is bulging with blood vessels. In Macular Degeneration (This is my own paraphrase so I may be wrong) the blood vessels that bulge leak blood and fluid because elderly tend to have unhealthy retinas. In someone my age who has healthy retinas, the vessels don't always leak. Therefore, my doctor wants to try to inject a steroid outside of my eye to strengthen the retina and perhaps avoid giving me another eye injection. So I'll have the steroid thing on Friday. the tech took pictures of the side of my eye and there were dozens of little spots but I can't see them because they're not in my center of vision. I remember telling an eye doctor who was testing my vision for contact lenses that one eye was darker than the other at night. He didn't think anything of it. that was three or four years ago. This also explains why I hate driving at night. Anyway, there's a doctor at John Hopkins who is studying it. I took a survey online to help him out. There's a small group online that I joined.
Ummm, Chase was sick over the weekend. High fever and such. His nose has been running like crazy. Cady's ok.
It looks like Josh won't be able to come home for Christmas after all. The contract changed and he'll have to stay until the end of January. But then he'll be home for good.
I'll include some pix of the kids. We';ve been to the zoo and Inflatable Funland and Bangs to hang out with Stephanie and Cady's birthday is sneaking up on me. I've got to figure out what to do for a party. It's unlike me to take the easy option but I need to. I've opted for easy a lot more since Josh is gone. Speaking of easy, the lady who cleans my house is coming tomorrow. I called her right after Chase dumped my new, just opened box of Gevalia French Roast on the floor and sat and played in it like it was a sand box. Then he tracked it on the carpet. I don't have any fight left in me. I took pictures and laughed when he hit me when I cleaned it up with the Dustbuster. Yay, I've lost my mind.
This is Chase and Cady at the Mayborn Children's Museum in Waco. We went with some friends a couple of weeks ago. Chase doesn't stay in one place for too long. They had a blast. There was a fun video of Chase running around the Museum but Blogger processed it for two days and then said it couldn't be uploaded.
Here's a picture of Chase after I let him feed himself applesauce. Yeah, super idea mom. I like it better in my hair than my mouth. Crazy noodlehead.
Here's Cady with a Galapagos turtle at Cameron Park Zoo last Friday. She's smiling like, "okay mom, I'm posing in front of a giant turtle. Can you take the picture already?" That zoo is awesome. It was $8 for all of us. There was hardly another person there. There is a really fun playscape with little water fountains that Chase loved and they have really great exhibits. Lots of reptiles and fish and stuff too.
Chase thought being in the mouth of a giant snake was great fun.
Cady posing with the fish, sending daddy a big goofy smile.
I'm sure there's more but I'm exhausted so I am going to bed.
without signs of intraocular inflammation."
Understandable right? My doctor said don't know what causes it. Usually happens in young, nearsighted women. So, the two scars I had were flat. Now, one is bulging with blood vessels. In Macular Degeneration (This is my own paraphrase so I may be wrong) the blood vessels that bulge leak blood and fluid because elderly tend to have unhealthy retinas. In someone my age who has healthy retinas, the vessels don't always leak. Therefore, my doctor wants to try to inject a steroid outside of my eye to strengthen the retina and perhaps avoid giving me another eye injection. So I'll have the steroid thing on Friday. the tech took pictures of the side of my eye and there were dozens of little spots but I can't see them because they're not in my center of vision. I remember telling an eye doctor who was testing my vision for contact lenses that one eye was darker than the other at night. He didn't think anything of it. that was three or four years ago. This also explains why I hate driving at night. Anyway, there's a doctor at John Hopkins who is studying it. I took a survey online to help him out. There's a small group online that I joined.
Ummm, Chase was sick over the weekend. High fever and such. His nose has been running like crazy. Cady's ok.
It looks like Josh won't be able to come home for Christmas after all. The contract changed and he'll have to stay until the end of January. But then he'll be home for good.
I'll include some pix of the kids. We';ve been to the zoo and Inflatable Funland and Bangs to hang out with Stephanie and Cady's birthday is sneaking up on me. I've got to figure out what to do for a party. It's unlike me to take the easy option but I need to. I've opted for easy a lot more since Josh is gone. Speaking of easy, the lady who cleans my house is coming tomorrow. I called her right after Chase dumped my new, just opened box of Gevalia French Roast on the floor and sat and played in it like it was a sand box. Then he tracked it on the carpet. I don't have any fight left in me. I took pictures and laughed when he hit me when I cleaned it up with the Dustbuster. Yay, I've lost my mind.
This is Chase and Cady at the Mayborn Children's Museum in Waco. We went with some friends a couple of weeks ago. Chase doesn't stay in one place for too long. They had a blast. There was a fun video of Chase running around the Museum but Blogger processed it for two days and then said it couldn't be uploaded.
Here's a picture of Chase after I let him feed himself applesauce. Yeah, super idea mom. I like it better in my hair than my mouth. Crazy noodlehead.
Here's Cady with a Galapagos turtle at Cameron Park Zoo last Friday. She's smiling like, "okay mom, I'm posing in front of a giant turtle. Can you take the picture already?" That zoo is awesome. It was $8 for all of us. There was hardly another person there. There is a really fun playscape with little water fountains that Chase loved and they have really great exhibits. Lots of reptiles and fish and stuff too.
Chase thought being in the mouth of a giant snake was great fun.
Cady posing with the fish, sending daddy a big goofy smile.
I'm sure there's more but I'm exhausted so I am going to bed.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
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