Its been a long time since I posted life with a baby keeps you busy that and add in 4 older kids....
all the kids are growing so fast these days Jazmine is going to be starting the 8th grade this year, when did that happen? wasnt she just a tiny baby??
Danielle is going into 5th grade, her reading has come a long way this year and she is such a little smart alec keeps us all in fits of laughter all the time......
Matthew is going into 4th grade he is something really all about the rules! just 2wks ago my Aunt set up the slip n slide for the kids to play on and she was going to try it too and Matthew is reading the box and says wait auntie how much do you Wiegh cause this box says up too 108lbs and I think you may be just to big for it and could get hurt..........ummmm lol how do you answer to that??
Bryan is going to 2nd grade and he is still doing well we have made some big progress this summer with water, this boy is so scared of water Im talking screaming crying and darn near climbing walls just to avoid a bath but it was like something clicked and he now lays back so I can wash his hair and tells me see mommy I not screaming I not crying Im a big boy! I cant tell you what a relife this has been so many other things we deal with on a daily basis and we know he cant help it but I am so glad we are leaving the water fear behind because lets face it he has to have bath's and be clean.....
Couper is 16months old now and he is by far my most challanging baby and I love every second of it! he is into everything!!! I never had to child lock anything with my other kids (except the fridge with bryan) but with him I have had to lock every drawer and cabinet in this house otherwise he will empty every one and say see dis? see see! and he climbs and falls alot he always has some new scrape bump or bruise from his climbing.......I swear he is going to give me a heart attack the way he is going.....
And me well I am happy with life things are good I love my guy and my kids and for once it seems that god is smiling down on me
This is my Life, a life of a mother to 6 Children, 5 Living and one waiting beyond the Vail,these are my Joys,my Sorrow's, and my Grief
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday, March 1, 2010
36wks and Nothing wow
So as of today I am more pregnant then I have been before.with all of my kids i have gone into labor and been done by exactly 36wks but that day has come and gone and I am shocked to say the least.......I fully expected this one to repeat that but Im still pregnant still waiting. I think this one may just hold on to my c-section date of 3/17 and that is totally fine by me if that is what baby wants to do. I am anxious to hold this baby though to not be preg anymore. to have my body back to myself. I am however getting some nice pictures of the baby's chubby lil face. so for now we wait.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Snow,Snow and more Snow!
The Girls playing Jazmine has one big snowball, Danielle not sure what is with the face
So the last week we have gotten alot of snow! last night we ended up with another foot of snow, the kids Love it though I could do without it. its pretty to look at, but having to go out in it is not my idea of a good time. I took Bryan out into the snow for the first time and poor boy sank to his knees and fell over, trying to help him up had us both in fits of giggles, my feet kept sliding and he couldnt get his feet under him. and he kept saying Help! Help! I fall down Help! The girls lasted the longest out in the snow playing making snowball's but the rest of us went in where it was nice and toasty warm.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Pictures of Baby #5
Pictures of the lil baby.....as I promised. got to get the older kids to hold still long enough to get some of them
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Another Scattered Post
So its been awhile again since I have been here, of course with 4 kids, and being pregnant with #5 makes finding that time to sit and type a bit harder to come by..... Nothing really big to update about. All the kids are doing well in school, Bryan is talking counting and singing his ABC's now totally amazes me, he can now spell his first name and when asked tell you his full name, quite a big deal for a boy that just 3months ago when asked his name would say NAME! and that was it, All the kids know we are expecting a new brother or sister in Late March and we have 1 for a sister 3 for a brother lol can you guess which of my girls wants the brother so she doesnt have to share her room some more???? Bryan if you ask him he will tell you every time that there is a Baby Brother in mommy's tummy....he may be on to something but we wont know for sure in till baby gets here.
I did talk to my High risk OB about having a VBA2C and much to my shock he said that he didnt see why I couldnt but wanted to run it by another doctor in the practice so as long as both agree and baby is small enough we are talking under 7lbs 14oz I can go ahead and try for a natural birth,I feel like I can quite dreading my Due Date now, cause while giving birth is a wonderful event I hate the anticpation of what is to come knowing it will be c-section. Time is going by Far to quickly for me with the pregnancy though so many more things I still have left to do and so little time to get it done in.....really need to get my self in gear and finish. so thats about it for now ill have to get the new pictures of the baby up from my last Doc vist, and some of the kids.
I did talk to my High risk OB about having a VBA2C and much to my shock he said that he didnt see why I couldnt but wanted to run it by another doctor in the practice so as long as both agree and baby is small enough we are talking under 7lbs 14oz I can go ahead and try for a natural birth,I feel like I can quite dreading my Due Date now, cause while giving birth is a wonderful event I hate the anticpation of what is to come knowing it will be c-section. Time is going by Far to quickly for me with the pregnancy though so many more things I still have left to do and so little time to get it done in.....really need to get my self in gear and finish. so thats about it for now ill have to get the new pictures of the baby up from my last Doc vist, and some of the kids.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
A Bill of RIghts
I Got this off another friends blog but found it very fitting thanks=)
A Bill of Rights For Parents of Kids With Special Needs
We, the parents, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure tranquility (and sanity) and promote the general welfare of our families, do ordain and establish this Bill of Rights.
* We have the right to expect our kids to be seen for who they are as individuals, not as labels or diagnoses.
* We have a right to trust our instincts about our kids and realize that experts don't always know best.
* We have a right to ignore the remarks, questions and stares and not give explanations or excuses for why our children are the way they are.
* We have a right to choose alternative therapies for our kids.
* We have a right to roll our eyes straight out of our heads when we encounter certain mothers who brag nonstop that their kids are the smartest students/best athletes ever.
* We have a right to wonder “What if…” every so often.
* We have a right to play aimlessly with our children. Not for therapeutic or educational purposes—just for fun.
* We have a right to blast Bruce Springsteen/Tom Petty/Any Rocker, down a glass of Pinot Grigio, get a pedicure, go out with the girls or do all of the aforementioned at once if that's what it takes to avoid burnout.
* We have a right to react to people’s ignorance in whatever way we feel necessary.
* We have a right to not always have our child be the poster child for his/her disability and some days be just a child.
* We have a right to go through the grieving process and realize we may never quite be "over it."
* We have the right to give our kids chores. Even better if they can learn to make breakfast in bed for us.
* We have a right to stretch the truth when we fail to do the exercises the therapist asked us to do this week because we were too darn tired or overwhelmed.
* We have a right to have yet more Pinot Grigio
* We have a right to fire any doctor or therapist who's negative, unsupportive or who generally says suck-y things.
* We have a right to tell family and friends that everything may not be OK—at least not how they mean it, anyway.
* We have a right to hope for an empty playground so we don’t have to look into another child’s eyes and answer the question, “What’s wrong with him?”
* We have a right to bawl on the way back from the playground, the birthday party, the mall or anyplace where our children’s challenges become glaringly obvious in the face of all the other kids doing their typical-development things.
* We have the right to give our children consequences for their behavior. They may be “special” but they can still be a royal pain in the ass.
* We have a right to take a break from Googling therapies, procedures, medicine and treatments for our kids to research upcoming concerts, exotic teas or anything not related to our child’s disabilities.
* We have a right to talk about how great our kids are when people don’t get it.
* We have the right to not always behave as inspirational icons who never complain or gripe about the sometimes awful realities of raising a child with special needs.
* We have a right to expect quality services for our children not just when they’re infants, preschoolers and elementary school age, but when they’re in older grades and adults, too.
* We have a right to adequate funding for those services and to not have to kick, scream or endure a wait for them.
* We have a right to get tired of people saying, as they give that sympathy stare, "I don't know how you do it."
* We have a right to wish that sometimes things could be easier.
* We have a right to cheer like crazy anytime our children amaze us—or weep like lunatics.
* We have a right to push, push and push some more to make sure our children are treated fairly by the world
A Bill of Rights For Parents of Kids With Special Needs
We, the parents, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure tranquility (and sanity) and promote the general welfare of our families, do ordain and establish this Bill of Rights.
* We have the right to expect our kids to be seen for who they are as individuals, not as labels or diagnoses.
* We have a right to trust our instincts about our kids and realize that experts don't always know best.
* We have a right to ignore the remarks, questions and stares and not give explanations or excuses for why our children are the way they are.
* We have a right to choose alternative therapies for our kids.
* We have a right to roll our eyes straight out of our heads when we encounter certain mothers who brag nonstop that their kids are the smartest students/best athletes ever.
* We have a right to wonder “What if…” every so often.
* We have a right to play aimlessly with our children. Not for therapeutic or educational purposes—just for fun.
* We have a right to blast Bruce Springsteen/Tom Petty/Any Rocker, down a glass of Pinot Grigio, get a pedicure, go out with the girls or do all of the aforementioned at once if that's what it takes to avoid burnout.
* We have a right to react to people’s ignorance in whatever way we feel necessary.
* We have a right to not always have our child be the poster child for his/her disability and some days be just a child.
* We have a right to go through the grieving process and realize we may never quite be "over it."
* We have the right to give our kids chores. Even better if they can learn to make breakfast in bed for us.
* We have a right to stretch the truth when we fail to do the exercises the therapist asked us to do this week because we were too darn tired or overwhelmed.
* We have a right to have yet more Pinot Grigio
* We have a right to fire any doctor or therapist who's negative, unsupportive or who generally says suck-y things.
* We have a right to tell family and friends that everything may not be OK—at least not how they mean it, anyway.
* We have a right to hope for an empty playground so we don’t have to look into another child’s eyes and answer the question, “What’s wrong with him?”
* We have a right to bawl on the way back from the playground, the birthday party, the mall or anyplace where our children’s challenges become glaringly obvious in the face of all the other kids doing their typical-development things.
* We have the right to give our children consequences for their behavior. They may be “special” but they can still be a royal pain in the ass.
* We have a right to take a break from Googling therapies, procedures, medicine and treatments for our kids to research upcoming concerts, exotic teas or anything not related to our child’s disabilities.
* We have a right to talk about how great our kids are when people don’t get it.
* We have the right to not always behave as inspirational icons who never complain or gripe about the sometimes awful realities of raising a child with special needs.
* We have a right to expect quality services for our children not just when they’re infants, preschoolers and elementary school age, but when they’re in older grades and adults, too.
* We have a right to adequate funding for those services and to not have to kick, scream or endure a wait for them.
* We have a right to get tired of people saying, as they give that sympathy stare, "I don't know how you do it."
* We have a right to wish that sometimes things could be easier.
* We have a right to cheer like crazy anytime our children amaze us—or weep like lunatics.
* We have a right to push, push and push some more to make sure our children are treated fairly by the world
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