Happy 3rd birthday Jace

Jace turned 3 on friday the 13th.....I jokingly say he is my hurricane....This child keeps me hoping......He has no fear of anything, his speech is coming along and he is excited to be starting therapy with the school this week....Its been a rocky rollar coaster with him but its one that I have loved being on but am ready for him to slow down just a bit and let momma have a chance to catch her breath....


He shared his birthday with an amazing lady....Granny..He was born on her  87th birthday and she passed away 2 yrs later on her 89th birthday so it would have been her 90th....I have decided after much soul searching he will know what an amazing lady she was and will always know what her greatest birthday gift was (those are her words, not mine) she will never be forgotten.........Granny we love and miss you......You always knew how to calm my heart and soul and I wish I could talk to you right now as you would know what to say and how to make me laugh......

Life has gotten away from us again

I haven't blogged in ages...Having 5 very active kids at home keeps us a hoppin as if you didn't already know that, LOL....Since I last posted ChiAnne has turned 2...Kent has turned 49....Spring break has come and gone....Alyssa has her braces off and is doing good with followups...She actually got them off 6 1/2 mths early because it was causing issues with her gums....Gums are already back to size but still have a bit of redness to them....but the new dentist here in kansas is quite pleased with them.....Chi spent 4 days in the hospital due to pneumonia...Poor baby was so sick and I was so scared....I took her over to Herington which is where the kids' dr is and the hospital when checking her O2 sats they were down to 84...Not good after my summer episode..They couldn't get it up so they transferred us by ambulance to Salina Reginal....I really don't care for the hospital but they did good with her....She is so active that she pulled out her iv 4 difference times...finally after the 4th time they agreed to leave it out...And she came home 2 days later.....Ornery little girl.....Joshua did flag football and started wrestling but ended up not liking it because he knows a different style...He is a force to be reckoned with when he has an opponant that actually can wrestle his way....I really hope he will pick back up next year....As a wrestling mom it has been a fun season but yet a heart breaking season....Jace is Jace....Lord have mercy if this kid makes it til he is 5 it will be a miracle.....We live on a very busy highway, which I hate, but he makes it out the door and straight to the highway he goes....I can't turn my back for a minute with them two...He has had his transistion meeting for the school and the school will be taking over his therapy...He will still continue to get speech therapy but will be adding 2 more therapist...He needs to improve his fine motor skills and one more....I can't remember it, just know he is going to get it, LOL...He is also on an IEP...Some of the testing that they did indicates that he has ADHD (oh gee, like I didn't know that but I really didn't want to hear that) having 3 kids with ADHD is not fun....He did pass some of his allergy tests...but he tested positive for brewer's yeast/yeast so he can not have apple juice, breads, beer (as if a 2 yr old will be drinking) grapes anything that can ferment is a no no for him.....They are considering on rerunning blood work next month....The last time we ran blood work was when he was 1 (2010) and it showed a comprimised immune system but no significant allergies....so it really is time to repeat those tests....He is experiancing a whole bunch of atopic dermatitus...We have dealt with this since he was about 6 mths old so its nothing new but it is causing more work for momma....I have to give him a bath every night, rub the areas with aquafor and a cream (that our insurance didn't cover, working on that so for now we have samples) and then wet socks...It hasn't showed any improvements but we just started this to....He is also on a new antibotic that required a preautherization with the insurance company, still haven't gotten it, thankfully he isn't that sick....We just can't get rid of the ear infections and sinus issues but I have a feeling we will have this for awhile...Welcome to the wonderful world of dealing with a child with allergies to the unknown...the school district is pushing me to put him in head start and while I see the benefit I'm not sure I'm going for it....First of all it is 30 miles one way on a bus at about 7:15 in the morning and then he wouldn't get home til about 3:30 in the afternoon.....Um so that is 60 miles round trip for a 3 yr old on a bus....They keep pushing me to meet the bus driver...It really has nothing to do with the bus driver, it has to do with the distance that he will have to travel.....I can promise that he will be sleeping both ways...and then will be a bear to deal with when he gets home...Maybe if it wasn't 5 days a week I could see it but it is....
Alyssa is her loving old self, not...We have had major changes in her medicines...they put her on a patch for her ADHD meds...It has really seemed to help at school but not at home....We also stopped her celexa but now we don't have her seeing a dr because hers is no longer seeing patients...GGGGRRRR just when we are starting to get somewhere.....She is still seeing her therapist....Still not cleaning her room....still being Alyssa.....


Moving to Kansas hasn't been all that honky dorey...I'm ready to go home...First of all the kids hate it here and are making it well known...I live not that far from family and I hardly see them....Mom is the only one who bothers calling me or seeing me...My brother well he is my brother thats all I can say....My other brother is back in jail...seriously that is his home away from home....The younger brother is still down towards home (he happens to be the smart one, LOL) or should we say the youngest one is the smart one....He is living with the most amazing woman....I love her, we didn't really start out on the right foot but we have talked since then and have really gotten to know her....And she is awesome.....She also has 3 kids....1 girl and 2 boys.....but the awesome news is they are having a baby girl!!!  I'm so excited to have a niece...Well she isn't close enough for me to spoil....But thats ok.....I will be spoiling her from afar, LOL.....
Mom~I have been spending at least once a month at mom's house...doing the books for the storage units...Kent doing her honey do list along with Bobby....Just really trying to help her keep it together thou I'm not sure we are really doing a good job of it....She is still having an issue with her leg...I know she is tired of dealing with it but it is what it is and it will heal when it needs to....I just can't believe it went from a small scratch to what it looks like now...


OK back to kansas...the people are just plain rude here,they don't wave, they don't use their turn signals, they are just downright rotten here....I'm ready to move back to oklahoma where the people wave as you pass them down the road, the schools are not pain in the butts....and everyone knows everyone and there is nothing wrong with a new family moving in....OK so thats all in a nutshell....

April 4th, 2012

6 years ago today I gave birth to my 3rd son...Austin James Levi...9lbs 0.6oz of pure orneriness....today he had school and was so excited that his birthday was during the week but because one of his classmates had a birthday tomorrow, they brought their cupcakes today and then tomorrow they have their easter party and then no school on friday so we are going to celebrate his birthday on monday with cupcakes and capri suns......We didn't do anything special for it other than just us....I made him a homemade chocolate cake (his choice) not so sure on the recipe...Easy enough to do but a little on the dry side.....Happy, Happy Birthday Austin, Mommy loves you!!!