Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Big fat Lip :-(

On Saturday, I took Riley and Ashton to the Children's museum while Breanna and David went to the "Rock" show. WE had a great time and Ashton played at a lot of different places in the museum. Well, it was about 4 :30 and we were heading down to the middle level and Ashton feel down three stairs and really did a number on his upper lip. When I went to help him up with Riley in my arms, there was instant blood. Of course, instantly I thought oh no, teeth--did any of them get hurt....we are going to get stitches. I felt so awful. I picked him up and went to the front desk where I could at least take a better look at eye level and ask for an ice pack. It appeared that all teeth were fine and just a real number his upper lip (basically snipped the max. frenum--which a lot of times we excise for some ortho cases, so Ashton did his own frenectomy) I did call, Dr. Chris from work to check and see if there was anything we should do. Ashton was very tough. I just pray there will be no damage to his permanent teeth.
On Monday, Dr. Chris looked at lip and teeth and everything appeared to be okay. ;-) Ashton did a great job in the dental chair--he listened and cooperated very well.

Breanna

Breanna is growing up too quickly! Today school was released early- 2 hours early. For Professional classroom learning days...plan day for teachers to get all together.
Breanna wrote a story today with pictures and words very nicely done--called Oh bane("bunny")
She realized the spelling error when she started reading it to me. She is awesome. She had written by and illustrated by the whole works!!!
Lately it has been warmer with the weather so she has wanted to wear skirts and tank tops, not quite that warm, but told her that will be here soon.
Today Breanna told me that General (the turtle) will be taken to the Nature center, General has been looking for a home for some time. Ashton will go to preschool in the fall at the Nature center. I am so glad General has a home now!!

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

homeopathic

I had a patient today tell me about a homeopathetic dr/?? in omaha. It was really cool--i think a God thing. I have really been concerned about David and never really understanding his hive/itching episodes and taking a med all the time, so I hope we will be able to try this out!!

Ashton/

Ashton is on an antibiotic right now since Saturday. He had been battling a fever(low grade) for a about 6-7 days with a rash on his neck. So we decided to take him to Linc Care. They thought he really had strep, but test was neg, but Dr. thought if they did a culture he would have a strep. He seems to be back to his self, and has some color. He likes to have his medicine in juice and calls it "medicine juice". For the most part has a good attitude about taking his medicine, which David usually administers. Also Ashton had a couple different rashes, one on the back of his neck and on his chin/lower lip area. Dr. thought it was a staph infection.

Crane watching in Kearney

Over Breanna's break we got to get away, we decided to take a night to Kearney. So we stayed at the Holiday Inn which had a water slide indoor with pool. It was fun and great price for the money. Kearney was the perfect distance away from home, not too far and not too close.

Also over Breanna's break we had visiting Grandma Rox and Bill, which was a great help!! Grandma rox got to spend a lot of quality time with the kids!! Which they were a big help to David and I. David and I even got to go out for a few hours and visit with each other.

Cinnamon was also with us. He did great, eat is food and we tried to give him the love he would get at school. I wonder if he is happy to have returned to his original home--school!??!

swimming lessons

Breanna and Ashton have started swimming lessons on Wednesdays for the next 6 weeks.
Breanna is in Guppy. She is swimming the length of the pool and learning about front crawl and back stroke. We may need to get her googles before her birthday!! She is doing a great job, in her class there is just another boy and herself...so it is basically private lessons.


Ashton was really excited about having swimming lessons today. As soon as we arrived, he wanted to jump right in the water, but we had to wait for the previous lessons to finish (we arrived a little too early--hard for Ashton to understand)But Ashton at first was not real big on listening, he really wanted to do his own thing, but afte about 10-15 minutes he started to participate, but definately going to give the instructors a run for their money. They tried on the these yellow belts which go around the waste, so they can practice floating and kicking and layin on their backs etc.

I was very glad David was there!!

Friday, March 9, 2007

Rice Cereal

Riley tried rice cereal and sweet potatoes the past two nights. It is funny because his tongue thrusts the food out of his mouth. The first night went better, than the second night!! It sure is a messy process.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Ashton and Riley's closet

Well, we made more room. Riley is growing lots....so it was time to clean out little clothing he no longer fits into. David added another hanging rod to help with more space for the two boys clothes, it is awesome!! I feel so much more organized.
Ashton didn't seem to mind it or really notice it. We will see if that changes because now his clothes are at arms reach for him.

Card Club

Tonight I got to participate in a card making club tonight at one of the neighbor's houses. She has all the supplies, that she lets us use and she supplies all the materials to make 16 cards !! It was awesome and I had a lot of fun doing it.
I love giving cards, but they are so expensive so I can't wait to use these.
It was a little time consuming, and as a mom I felt guilty leaving. But luckily my husband is understanding..

Dinner

Tonight at the kitchen a la Jané it was italian night, Spaghetti for the main course. It was a hit. Breanna loved it and Ashton hate all his food ( browned hamburger with spaghetti noodles) It was all gone. Breanna commented to David that the food was good. Bonus points for her. I am so thankful for David and the kids. I feel so truly blessed. Thanks for the good grub, David!

Breanna's Art

Breanna has always had a love for art. She is truly amazing! at school she has a patriotic theme star she decorated with paint--It is very thought out art display. Today she came home with a mask of a Tiger. It was incredible. The mask was quite a task to make from the sounds of it. I love her work. She is always making something for someone to brighten up their day!!

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Breaking News!


On Wednesday, Breanna found out she will get have Cinnamon over spring break. Spring break is about 10 days. She was so excited. she is very concerned about giving Cinnamon enough exercise while she is with us.

Turning 3...Ashton Big Boy

Tonight, Ashton is sleeping with a mat we use for camping. It is his Yoga mat. Today Breanna, him and Dad did Yoga. From what I hear he likes the Downward Dog. I think he might call it a "Tunnel". He also calls his yoga mat--refridgerator.
He will be 3 on Monday. I am trying to decide, whether to magical make the diapers disappear. I don't know, I think he is ready, but are mom and dad ready???

touching toes!

Sounds like a name of a book (the title of the blog entry)--sorry, off task.
Riley really likes to touch his toes with his hands when he is having his diaper changed. He really likes to talk making his tongue make funny noises. It is so very cute. He can really tell he is trying to tell you something.
Loving it!!

Snow...

Blizzard!!! Well, we got some snow!! about 7-8 inches maybe more, lots of drifting.
Today is Thursday. School was cancelled for Breanna. Which she was very excited about. Another exciting thing was power outage. Breanna was telling how she was discovering this. She tried about everything, starting with the basement first, then retracking her way back upstairs. It was out for about most of the morning. David started a fire and was about to make that kids put their coats on.

Today the kids played in snow, they made what I call tunnels, they called them Igloos. Some were connected. I have so many awesome memories of playing the snow. And I like to think since I grew up in the country we had the best snow!! But I was so glad the kids got to experience this kind of snow.

As for me, I did/was crazy enough to go to work. Visibility was poor. I wrestled with was this the right move, what am I doing. What if patients don't show up. I took all the things I would need for the day along with a blank-in case. David told me to take the cell phone. I made it. And my 7 am patient did show up for the day. And I was very busy, filling my schedule plus another schedule.