Joshua and Shadow

Shadow is our horse.........Well he is still a colt but still.........On friday evening Joshua and Alyssa got over in his pen........A little background is in order about Shadow........He is a full blooded spanish mustang.......He was a rescue.......Just about to turn a year old in June........But he is just a little fellow.......Well it had been raining on friday and Alyssa went to try to dump the feed trough so that she could feed him for her daddy who was doing a job down south........Joshua went into the pen to help her.........And the next thing I know he comes in screaming bent over.........Shadow had kicked him......Apparently he came up behind Shadow and startled him......He has a black and blue groin, looks pretty nasty............Never knew that it could change that many colors..........No he didn't hurt the family jewels........but just above it..........I immidately called his daddy, put ice on it and stripped him and not in that order either........The swelling began to spread but by the time Daddy got home, it was going down......He just had a large hematoma from where the hoof connected to the skin.........We have kept an eye on it and while it is very sore its just fine.........Its very scary what could have happened........the kids are now forbidden to get in his pen at all...........I noticed he was out there acting fiesty but just thought he was being Shadow...........It was also right before this storm system moved in that we are dealing with now.........It started raining in the middle of the night last night and hasn't stopped yet......Its suppose to continue through tomorrow morning.............I went out to get Austin meds today and the road was already covered.......but then again anytime we get a decent rain it does that but its been like 3 times a week here lately that we have been getting rain and the ground is already saturated.............

Crazy life!!

Austin had his 3 yr old check up yesterday........He weighs a whopping 29.8lbs.......and is 37" tall..........They said he is in the 50th percentile for his weight and 75th percentile for his height.......Just like his daddy and sister, he is going to be tall and lanky........Joshua on the other hand had his checkup for croup and weighs 44lbs..........We often joke that Joshua is built like my side of the family and that Alyssa and Austin take after daddy's side of the family..........But it makes me curious as to how Jace will come out........I am hoping againist all odds that I have a dark haired blue eyed baby...............All my kids are blonde, Clayton has blue eyes just like his momma but Alyssa, Joshua and Austin have hazel eyes that turn green.........Austin has the weirdest colored eyes as it is......they almost look like a dark gray at times.......But all 3 of them have their daddy's twinkle........Ya know with Kent being a brown eyed indian and me being a blue eyes where the heck did the hazel/green/gray come from.........My mom, dad, brothers, grandmother, grandfather (paternal) everyone that I know of on my side of the family has blue eyes, not a single green or hazel (Oh wait there maybe one and of course she is already the odd ball out (love ya)..........AS for Kent's side of the family, well I'm not sure........OOOOO I can blame it on him........hehehehe


AS for Kent~Well his tonsilectomy healing is not going that great.......I used to think I wanted to become a nurse.......however I am not sure I want to take care of grown men......they are just to whiny (then you wonder where my daughter got it from)............Ya'll know he smokes......Ok, they tell you when you have a tooth pulled not to smoke because it can dislodge a blood clot and then you are bleeding..........you would think that it would be the same way with a tonsilectomy...........Can ya get him to even slow down.........Nope....not happening..........Last night the site on the inside of his throat started oozing blood.......He has been gagging on it and carrying on like he is dying.......Telling me about it.......I finally blew up and asked him what he wanted me to do about it..........Seriously there is not a thing I can do about it........I took him to the ER at the VA (we all know how well that goes) they could not figure out where it was coming from......I made it about 10 miles from the ER and he started throwing it up........So we turned around and went back........This time one of the other surgeons came down and took a look.........(why they didn't do this before I have no clue) but they figure out where it is coming from and the cause of it..........He takes aspirin everyday to prevent blood clots (he had 2 form 6 yrs ago and has been on that ever since) anyways one of the side effects of that is it thins the blood.........He stopped it the week before surgery as he was told to.........However they didn't say not to start it back up after surgery so on wednesday he started it back up.......Now combined with the fact that a lot of incisions drain from time to time and his blood being thin........Its the cause........They said that it will continue for a few days but he should be remarkably better by thursday and if not to come back in.............Ok so we get home and the trash needs to go out.........Neither one of us thought anything about it........He is up doing that and the chores (taking care of our animals) when he starts bleeding heavily again..........He is ready to go back to the ER........I have one kid eating, one kid in the tub and another switching the laundry around for momma..........He is frustrated because we can't just pick up and leave........finally I get the kids taken care of........Get them redressed and we leave for the ER...........by that time he has calmed down considerably.........We get into Locust and I figured it out what was going on........When you are up and walking, moving, doing chores......You are increasing your heart rate........increasing your body temp..........When that happens your blood vessels expand, causing more bleeding...........As your body temp cools, your heart rate slows down, your vessels contract, slowing the bleeding........Which is exactly what happened to Kent...........I just had to be able to think about what was going on to tell him in words that he could understand it.........So off to the grocery store to get more pop sciles and bananas for the kids and back home..........Again the coldness from the pop sciles will help contract it so that it doesn't bleed so much.........Now if I can get him away from all the hot stuff that he wants to drink/eat...........Ok I think I have bored ya to tears now........hehehehe........

Sickness still lingers

Joshua now has the ear infections that Austin is still recovering from.......to top that all off I have a sinus infection......the joys of spring blooming

Joshua's first birthday party

Joshua had his first birthday party today.........He was invited to the skating rink by one of his classmates who turned 5........It was awesome and Joshua loved it.......I'm sorry the quality of the video isn't good but I used my cell phone to record it.....I also added some pics of a little girl who he seems to be joined at the hip with.....

Joshua

Joshua has learned how to ride his bike.......WOOHOO he has been hollaring for his training wheels to be put back on but he seriously doesn't need them......We just need to work with him and he is also going to need a bigger bike so that is what I have decided to get him for his birthday......Now if only I could decide what to get Austin for his 3rd birthday, LOL.......I didn't think to grab my camera to document it but tomorrow afternoon I am sure we will be outside again and I'm almost positive that he will be riding that bike again, LOL.....

It has been a crazy couple of days around here…….Kent had surgery last thursday and now it is infected and draining…..Then Joshua ended up being home by himself for an hour and a half when he was suppose to go to afterschool care…………….And no one thought anything about him not being where he was suppose to………..But everything is worked out and he is safe and sound………..Then yesterday he brought me home his first valentine that he has made for me…..here is a picture of him holding it……..




Ignore my dirty kitchen……….It says Valentine, Valentine I make two and give them both to you…….Then he also made a blueberry muffin that says it has 4 blueberries………Its so cute……..I love this stage of learning, I also love this age where boys still worship their momma……I know in a few years that he won’t/act feel the same way……