Wanted to share some pics

This was the easiest and fastest way to get so many pics in one post. :)
Just click on the collage to view larger.

Wanna play an addicting game?

Click the link... www.games.allmyfaves.com/frogger/
Not the pic.

















Edited to add, you might have to copy and paste the link instead because it's not "linking".

Nothing life shattering, but...

Holy moly, the tooth fairy is gonna go broke.












She lost 3 teeth in the 15 days. All top front teeth.
One was on 3/24 and the other 2 were yesterday and day before.

Not much going on, hence the reason for me not posting often.
Morgan is still doing great since they put her on prevacid. It's been 3 months since she's gotten sick. 2 1/2 months since starting meds. It was 1/2 a pill twice/day. But we've just recently started just giving her 1/2 a pill before breakfast each day and that's it. She's still doing good. The doctor said we could take her off the meds when school's out for the summer, and see how she does. If she starts being sick again, then they'll put her back on it. It's just an antacid though, so not that big of a deal if she has to take it for long periods.

Did I mention that Morgan is an artist?













That's an apple, cat, spongebob, pineapple and watermelon. lol

And Orin is such a hamm!

Updates and random stuff

First, and most importantly, I want to mention that Morgan hasn't been sick in 8 1/2 weeks (knocking on all the wood I can find). I guess the prevacid is working. (YAY!)
You have no idea how helpless I feel when my baby is uncontrollably sick. It kills me to see her in such misery. And now she is healthy. :)

Chad has his court date in 8 days for his disability case. Please keep us in your thoughts on this. We need all the good thoughts that we can get.

We measured Morgan this morning. She has grown an entire inch in the last month!
Holy crap, her size 8 blue jeans are beginning to be too short. Thank neptune for those adjustable elastic straps that they put in jeans now, or we would never be able to clothe her because she's so dang tall and skinny.
For the record, she's 4 ft 4 & 3/4 inches tall! I am only 5'2" tall (I shrunk an inch). At this rate, she's gonna be taller than me by the time she's in 3rd grade.

And Orin's right up there with her. He's 3'3" tall (at 3 years old).
I'm glad my kids got their daddy's tall skinny jeans.

It's been a while....

...since I've been sad over not having my momma here.
I think that this year is gonna knock me on my butt. I'm trying to keep it together, but I'm getting a little sad here.
January 30th is my mom's birthday. She would've been 55 this year.
That same day also marks the 5th anniversary of my Grandma passing away.

I miss them both terribly.

But I'm picturing them in Heaven, drinking iced tea, and sitting around a card table putting together puzzles and eating birthday cake. :) Makes me smile.

Update on hospital visits.

We went to STL yesterday for Morgan's test. They did the scope, and said that her stomach and intestines look normal. Her esophogus though does not. It is supposed to be smooth and pink, like her cheek, but instead, it is wrinkled like her hand after a bath.
They said it could be because of all of the vomitting, but it could be what is causing the vomitting too.
So they put her on prevecid. He also took cells from her stomach and intestines to look under the microscope more closely. He's supposed to call with any findings.

She says her chest hurts quite a bit, but they said that was normal. Her muscles are sore.


Anyway, my dad's doing better. Still in the hospital, but much better.

Tuesday, Jan 20th

Please keep Morgan in your thoughts. We're leaving tomorrow morning (tues) to go to STL to Cardinal Glennon hospital for her to have the endoscopy done.

Also, my dad's in the hospital here in Rolla. He's fighting pnemonia.


I will update tomorrow night or the next day.

December came and went.....

...and we're half-way thru Jan. already. {shock!}

December was a month of madness. Morgan's birthday, Morgan being sick, Christmas, Orin's birthday. (Madness I tell ya!)

Anyway, Morgan was sick the night of her party. She had been sick for about a week, every other day. We got her on medicine (prilosec) the following monday, and she was to take that for 21 days. If there was no more vomitting, she could stop taking the med.

On the 21st day, she took her medicine that morning and started vomitting again a couple hours later. Non stop. Couldn't keep anything in, not even water. She was so dehydrated that the next morning, she couldn't flex her foot. It was stuck in a ballerina pose (toes extended out).

I took her to the doc on monday morning and they admitted her to the hospital. That was 3 days before Christmas. They put in an I.V. and administered fluids for the whole day. She got better. They also drew blood and checked for a variety of things. All came back ok. Except she had an elevated white count and said that it looked like she had a UTI. They gave antibiotics through the i.v. and then found out there was never any UTI. (itiots!)
They couldn't figure it out, but after having the fluids all day, she was better. And she has been since. It's a mystery.

So they finally got her an appt. with a GI doc at Cardinal Glennon in STL. We went on the 5th of Jan. They drew another 7 vials of blood and did a short physical exam and history. And they scheduled an endoscopy for the 20th of Jan. (for those that don't know, an endoscopy is where they put the scope down your throat and look inside your esophogus, stomache and intestines.). They'll put her under anestetic for that.


In between all of that, we had Orin's party on his birthday (the 28th of Dec).
It was a blast for the kids. They had a lot of fun.

Soon, I'll post pics soon....
Please keep Morgan in your thoughts. One week from tomorrow...

A 7 year old girl's birthday party

This was a totally girly party, featuring Hannah Montana.
2 girls got to stay all night, one had to leave at 6:30 pm.
They had a blast!

Halloween kids

Here are the kids all dressed up for halloween.
Morgan was a witch.
Orin was a fire fighter.
Hunter (my nephew) was a dragon.
And Hailey (my niece) was a beautiful princess.

My daughter the artist

OMG, I forgot to post about this.
Morgan drew this for me. It is supposed to be me.
Can you believe how well she drew the face. I'm just amazed at her artistic abilities.

Oh, and she got straight A's (and S's = Satisfactory) on her 1st quarter report card!

Trip to Illinois

We went to see Grandpa Main on saturday. We had a great time.
It was me and my two kids, and my brother and his daughter.

Got some good pics. Then, on the way home, I got some much needed quiet time.

Daisy's update

Here's Morgan, wearing MY blue smock from 23 years ago. It's kinda on the small side for her. When I wore it, it went past my butt. lmao. She got her tall jeans from her daddy.
Anywho, she should be getting her very own smock in 1 week, at our next g.s. meeting.
For now, here's a general idea of what she will look like, and I have no idea what's up with the smirk on her face.

She's joining Daisy girlscouts!

Morgan is going to her very first daisy girlscouts meeting tonight.
And this reminded me that I still have my oh so stylish blue smock from 23 years ago, hanging in the back of the closet.
So, I pulled that sucker out and thought I'd share it here. lol

September 11, seven years later

Seven years & 1 day ago, I was pregnant with my first child. I was over the moon with joy. There was nothing wrong in my world.
I went to bed that night reveling in the joy of the precious little girl that was growing inside me.

I woke up early that day, and went in to watch some tv. What came on the screen scared me to death. I was shocked. And scrared. And wasn't completely sure what was happening.

I got my husband out of bed. We watched as they kept showing the same footage over and over of the plane hitting the tower.

Then, we realized that it was a second plane that they were showing. A second tower. A second crash.

This was all so unreal.

I didn't know what was happening. And I was scared for my little girl that wasn't even born yet. Would she BE born? Would we be okay? What about down the road? What did the future hold for us?

I'm happy to say that I have a beautiful 6 1/2 year old daughter now. But I'm so sad for all of the lives that were tragically lost that day. I'm sad for their families that lost them.

And not a day goes by that I don't think about that awful day. Something always reminds me. Like when I see the police/fire trucks/ambulances here in town with 911 on the vehicle. Or when the clock says 9:11.

My heart goes out to all of you who are missing someone today.

stinkin' allergies

Have you ever done an allergy study?
I signed up for one. I have a horrible allergy to ragweed. So they are gonna pay me $225 to be in this 4 week study. For the first week, I had to suffer. This has to be the worst sinus/allergy infection that I've ever had. I'm freakin' miserable.

Tomorrow I get to go and get the medicine that they are studying. Hopefully (and I've got my fingers crossed) they give me medicine and not the placebo.
I need some relief, and I'm not allowed to take any other medications or I'll be booted from the study.

ABC's tag

The rules? answer each question, and tag 4 (or more) friends.
Leave a comment on friends' blogs letting them know that they've been tagged.
Have fun!

A= Attached or Single: married 7 years to the love of my life
B= Best Friend: Jenny/Jody/Lona
C= Cake or Pie: Apple Pie
D= Day of Choice: wednesday, cause it's half over.
E= Essential Item: sandals
F= Flavor of Icecream: chocolate
G= Gummy Bears or Worms: worms
H= Hometown: Granite City, IL
I= Indulgence: root beer floats
J= January or July: January
K= Kids: Morgan and Orin
L= Last movie I saw at a theater: Wallace & Grommit: Curse of the ware rabbit
M= Musician: I don't really have a favorite.
N= Number of Siblings: 3
O= Oranges or Apples: apples
P= Phobias or Fears: my biggest phobia is trains
Q= Quote: Live like you are dying.
R= Reason to Smile: My life is good.
S= Season: Spring.
T= Tag: Stacy, Georgina, Lori, Cassandra
U= Unknown fact: I have 20 moles on my right upper arm
V= vegetarian or oppressor of Animals: I'm a meat eater.
W= Worst habit: biting my nails
X= Xray or Ultrasound: um? Ultrasound.
Y= Your favorite food: chicken
Z= Zodiac sign: Gemini

Somewhere, over the rainbow

Everytime I come to my blog, and I have my volume on, it always takes me by surprise because I forget that I have music set up on here. {lol}

I love, love, love this song. I love the music, the lyrics, this guys voice.

It also reminds me of E.R. This is the song that was playing when Mark Green (played by Anthony Edwards) passed away from his brain tumor. So I always think of that when I hear the song.

I could listen to this all day.

Little boys and pull ups

So, Orin is less than 4 months from being 3 years old. I was kinda worried that he was gonna take forever to start potty training.
But today, he has pee'd FOUR times so far, in the potty. ZERO times in the diaper. So, we went out and got him some pullups. It's still dry.

I'm asking him every 10 to 15 minutes if he needs to go potty.

He's such a big boy and very proud of his Cars pullups.



{Oh, and there ya go Jenny....now it's not neglected. ;) }

Tagged by Lori

Here are the rules:
*If you are tagged, you must firstly post the rules:
* Write 7 strange characteristics about yourself. They interest us all!
* Tag 5 other people at the end of your Post.
* Visit everyone that you have tagged and leave a comment on their blog to let them know that they have been tagged.


So here are mine.
1. I like to paint my toenails, but hate my fingernails being painted.

2. I won't eat potatoes unless they're deep fried.

3. My hair hasn't been past my bra strap since I was 6.

4. I've been dying my hair for 12 years now. I started because my dad would always make stupid blonde jokes and it really pi$$ed me off. So I got rid of the blonde.

5. I have 6 toes on my left foot. (just kidding. just trying to see if you're really reading.)

5. (the real #5) I swore I'd never EVER have a cell phone. I got one in December '07 and have already used 1765 minutes of talking (that doesn't even include my TEXTING!)

6. I wear 2 rings all the time (except when sleeping/showering). I have my wedding ring on left hand and a pretty black topaz ring on right hand.

7. I was told on Sunday, by family members that I haven't seen since 1998, "Oh my, you are the spittin' image of your mama." Made me smile.



I tag......
Oscar
Jennifer Sizemore
Lesle M
Georgina
Deanna