November 1st. Something less than 60 days until Christmas. Only 26 school days until Christmas. WHOA! Where has the time gone?
Halloween was okay - not too exciting, but it really never is around here. C wore a mask that had a little heart attached with tubing that he hid under his sweatshirt that he could squeeze and it looked like his face was bleeding. He thought it was the coolest thing ever. Rhino was a Clone Trooper and BDiddy a duck - "cuck- cuck" he kept saying. Along with "Tit Ter Teet" and profuse "TAINT TOO!" s. LOL He is adorabe, and so funny. The realization that I HAVE to get the child's hair cut was made clear to me though, when EVERYONE asked if the boys' little SISTER would like some candy too. UGH! He is NOT a girl. FatSmellyMan just shook his head, smiled sadly, and said he didn't know how to tell me earlier but that he agreed....time for a haircut. Sadness.
C isn't healing as well as we all thought he would, or he is really milking it. I think he really doesn't feel right -he opted out of his class party yesterday and asked to stay home and sleep - WHAT?! He isn't really eating. Or drinking. Or talking.... I think he was dehydrated yesterday - I forced him to drink about 32 ounces of water and he really perked up. Enough so to go to the Trunk or Treat in the church parking lot, but before we got all the way through all 10 cars that were there, he was asking to go back home. I feel badly for him, but he has said he feels MUCH better today and he actually has eaten eggs and stuff this morning.
BIG GAME today! GO CATS! They are playing KU in Lawrence at 11:30. How funny is it that when they are playing 20 miles from us, we do not go - but trek 100 miles West for their home games? We are strange. Actually, we were planning on going today, but life happened.
Speaking of life...it seems to be a no-go on the baby girl mentioned before. Baby Mama isn't returning phone calls and it is rumored that Baby Daddy is back in the picture. The whole situation has made us really question if we are even emotionally ready to handle being a licensed home. This has been pretty draining on us both and there isn't even a child placed here yet... While fostering and adoption is something we truly want to do - it may just be bad timing right now.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Busy Life
I suppose in the grand scheme of things, I am not really THAT busy. But, I feel like I am being pulled in 18 different directions and honestly, my head is spinning!
C is playing basketball for 3rd and 4th graders. He has decided that he is now the expert on the sport and does not waste any opportunity to tell us about it. He is also having surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids the Tuesday before Halloween. They said he would still be able to trick or Treat, so I guess we are golden? He will have to sit out of PE and basketball for 10 days, but that only means 2 practices and 1 game, so he was fine with it.
I am starting to question Rhino's ADHD diagnosis. I do not deny that there is some sort of mental issue going on, I just am not quite comfortable with the ADHD label. My friend and I have been taking a TON of mental health and foster parenting inservices over the past few weeks - more on that later - but one we went to last week really gave me a different idea of his disorder. I am going to look into ODD and try to find him a second opinion *ok, third* from an in-home therapist. I am actually quite excited about it, as we could all use a bit of therapy I am sure.
BDiddy is getting big. And busy, and quite independent. He is funny - and is really trying to communicate more with his words and less with the baby grunts and coos. Sadness. He is growing up too fast!
We went to the pumpkin patch on Tuesday - just the daycare kids. C and R were in school, so it was me and B and a whole slew of toddlers! It was rainy and muddy and gross but SO MUCH FUN! The pumpkin crop seems to be awesome this year, and the kids actually got to PICK their pumpkins from the vine, as opposed to having the pumpkins lined up along the outer edge of the field alread cut, clean and ready to go. What is the fun in that? Of course, amongst all of the pretty and perfectly ORANGE pumpkins, BDiddy picks a GREEN one. I love it. He is awesome. :)
As a family, we went to a fall festival last night at Gary's Berries. Corn Maze, Haunted House, giant slides made out of sanitation tubes....Fun times. We got lost as hell in the maze and never made it out to the pumpkin patch. But, it was fun. I think I got some pictures, but it was so dark...
We may be getting our home licensed for foster children sooner than we had thought. A baby girl MIGHT need care in the very near future, and I am feeling it pulling me that way. There are a lot of alternative options, and who knows what will happen, but I would LOVE a new baby in the house.... I guess if anything happens, and I am allowed to post about it, I will. Confidentiality is a big thing with the foster care system.
C is playing basketball for 3rd and 4th graders. He has decided that he is now the expert on the sport and does not waste any opportunity to tell us about it. He is also having surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids the Tuesday before Halloween. They said he would still be able to trick or Treat, so I guess we are golden? He will have to sit out of PE and basketball for 10 days, but that only means 2 practices and 1 game, so he was fine with it.
I am starting to question Rhino's ADHD diagnosis. I do not deny that there is some sort of mental issue going on, I just am not quite comfortable with the ADHD label. My friend and I have been taking a TON of mental health and foster parenting inservices over the past few weeks - more on that later - but one we went to last week really gave me a different idea of his disorder. I am going to look into ODD and try to find him a second opinion *ok, third* from an in-home therapist. I am actually quite excited about it, as we could all use a bit of therapy I am sure.
BDiddy is getting big. And busy, and quite independent. He is funny - and is really trying to communicate more with his words and less with the baby grunts and coos. Sadness. He is growing up too fast!
We went to the pumpkin patch on Tuesday - just the daycare kids. C and R were in school, so it was me and B and a whole slew of toddlers! It was rainy and muddy and gross but SO MUCH FUN! The pumpkin crop seems to be awesome this year, and the kids actually got to PICK their pumpkins from the vine, as opposed to having the pumpkins lined up along the outer edge of the field alread cut, clean and ready to go. What is the fun in that? Of course, amongst all of the pretty and perfectly ORANGE pumpkins, BDiddy picks a GREEN one. I love it. He is awesome. :)
As a family, we went to a fall festival last night at Gary's Berries. Corn Maze, Haunted House, giant slides made out of sanitation tubes....Fun times. We got lost as hell in the maze and never made it out to the pumpkin patch. But, it was fun. I think I got some pictures, but it was so dark...
We may be getting our home licensed for foster children sooner than we had thought. A baby girl MIGHT need care in the very near future, and I am feeling it pulling me that way. There are a lot of alternative options, and who knows what will happen, but I would LOVE a new baby in the house.... I guess if anything happens, and I am allowed to post about it, I will. Confidentiality is a big thing with the foster care system.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Hmmmm.....
Happy Monday!
BDiddy is not feeling well, so we get to stay home tomorrow. I think he is fine, but had a freak fever this afternoon, so we are happily following the rules and staying out for 24 hours. I need to catch up on the laundry, and read up on the message boards I have been neglecting.
Went to the KSU game Saturday - HUGE let down. But, oh well, still got my drink on!
I miss my friend in PA. I wish I didn't live so far away, or I would go sit with her and do nothing but chat all day and watch the babies play.
I hope Kelly has her baby soon - just so I can stop annoying her with my 'are you still pregnant?' im's. :)
That's all. How is that for Random? LOL
Went to the KSU game Saturday - HUGE let down. But, oh well, still got my drink on!
I miss my friend in PA. I wish I didn't live so far away, or I would go sit with her and do nothing but chat all day and watch the babies play.
I hope Kelly has her baby soon - just so I can stop annoying her with my 'are you still pregnant?' im's. :)
That's all. How is that for Random? LOL
Monday, September 22, 2008
Monday Randomness...
BBC Post Secret - So, we all have our secrets, right? Mine is that I will never be happy with myself. My family will always be better than yours. I will always want more than I can have. I will always wish my husband was nicer to me..loved me harder...
Gah - Bad day. Better revisit that one later.
BDiddy is talking so much. And, today went binky-free from about 8 am and is still holding strong. He is sleeping - we will see how the rest of the night goes. He has started to tell me when he needs a diaper change. "Grooss....Ah Pooob" It is the cutest thing.
C has an appointment with an ENT on Wednesday - poor kid needs to get his tonsils and adenoids removed. Wish us luck.
Rhino...wow. The kid is nuts. He is obsessed with jeans, boots, his belt and those damn pearl-snap shirts. He is 80, trapped in a 6-year old's body. He wants to "get a coupla a hogs and a calf or two" and raise them up as pets out in the front yard. Oy.
I must stop now - I have to watch CSI:Miami to show FatSmellyMan that Horatio is not, in fact, dead.
Gah - Bad day. Better revisit that one later.
BDiddy is talking so much. And, today went binky-free from about 8 am and is still holding strong. He is sleeping - we will see how the rest of the night goes. He has started to tell me when he needs a diaper change. "Grooss....Ah Pooob" It is the cutest thing.
C has an appointment with an ENT on Wednesday - poor kid needs to get his tonsils and adenoids removed. Wish us luck.
Rhino...wow. The kid is nuts. He is obsessed with jeans, boots, his belt and those damn pearl-snap shirts. He is 80, trapped in a 6-year old's body. He wants to "get a coupla a hogs and a calf or two" and raise them up as pets out in the front yard. Oy.
I must stop now - I have to watch CSI:Miami to show FatSmellyMan that Horatio is not, in fact, dead.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
My blog will suck
Just thought I better forewarn you.
I will forget to post stuff, and then one day - I will post a shit ton of crap. You will like it. Or you won't. Either way, I don't care - I just need a place to vent random shit and share silly stories. Myspace, Facebook, BBC...I am bored with them - Myspace is only good for mobsters anyway.
Hey - anyone want to join my mob?
I will forget to post stuff, and then one day - I will post a shit ton of crap. You will like it. Or you won't. Either way, I don't care - I just need a place to vent random shit and share silly stories. Myspace, Facebook, BBC...I am bored with them - Myspace is only good for mobsters anyway.
Hey - anyone want to join my mob?
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