Man how time gets away from you! Cant believe I havent posted since June! And so much has happened since then. One main thing is the kids have started back to a new school and they LOVE it! Its so great to have them at the same school, Cami really took to it well, she loves all her new friends and her new teachers! She is attending a CDC Kindergarden room, they have their own special wing and play ground, its great. Even more great her and Caleb get dropped off and picked up on her wing and they are all so nice. They also have the same lunch time so she gets to see her Big bubby everyday.
Her 1st day was interesting because she through a fit once it was time for me to leave she didnt wont to go into her room, through herself back in the floor and screamed. But thankfully the next day I just dropped them off outside and she walked right in, not even a fuss from parting from Caleb, shes being such a big girl ;)
She does however get weekly reports home on her progress and it seems she has problems sitting and staying in her chair and running off....LOL! Couldnt help but laugh and feel sorry for them in all the same, shes a busy gal!
Right now shes learning how to write her name and also practicing their letters and numbers...she still scribbles so she has a way to go....BUT she reconizes all her ABC's, some of her numbers, but can count to 12. They are also working on colors a different one every week. She still has trouble in that area she mostly knows PINK...everything is pink ;) Shes also learning her 5 senses, they've taught in a song, poor gal gets it all mixed up but she will get there.
A few weeks back she brought some pictures home and I was going over with them with her and I said Cami whats this and the letter was an O and the picture was an Octopus...she said its an Octofish ...I love it! So just taking to this new surroundings very well. Potty training well its still all on her terms...weve had no luck, she went pee one time on the potty and screamed out in fear and jetted out of the bathroom she wanted nothing of fushing and saying bye bye...teehee ;) But this I know will just be a memory of what once was and sayings of look what she has accomplished!
Caleb has done remarkable at this school! He loves all his new friends and new teachers, they offer so much more fun activites at this school then their last school, so Im really looking forward to all the memory making these 2 are gonna make there!
Jaydens 1 year pics I took of her...just a few of my favs!
Jayden well shes growing like a dang weed. She turned 1 years old on September 1st. Just makes me cry everytime I think about it...time is just slowly(fast) passing us by! Shes such a sweetheart and is spoiled by many and showered with lots and lots of hugs and kisses...right here in our home. Caleb and Cami adore her, and fight over her often! She gets into everything and can figure out just about anything. So weird watching her meeting these milestones that seem so easy to most people but to me Im like man shes a genius but only because I see Cami meeting the same milestones with her. Its almost like starting over because nothing Cami did was on target....EXCEPT for....Drum roll please......She taught herself how to ride her bike the beginning of this summer with no training wheels. Thats right, she actually did something at an appropriate age and we couldnt have been more proud :D Got it all on video, I cried happy tears for my girl she is so amazing!
Anyhow on Labor day weekend we celebrated Jaydens 1st and Calebs 9th birthdays together. My mom and youngest sister got to come up from Louisiana to help us celebrate. Wanted to thank everyone for thinking of my mom during her time of loss. She is getting there one day at a time without the love her life whom is greatly missed!
And me well thats why I havent posted much is because Ive had a ton of problems keeping me plenty occupied. Had some gallbladder attacks at the end of July beginning of August went in to the Dr and he set me up the following to have it taken out. Had that done August 18th and all went really well he said I had numerous very large stones. So glad its gone! Took a week of recovery but I have heeled nicely. Went in a week after started having problems with high BP's(but was said to be due to just the stress of surgery and all, its since gone back down), Anyhow at that appointment I had routine blood work done and it came back that I had Type 2 diabetes, so I quickly signed myself up for an 8 hour education class on how to manage this and so far it has been succesful! I never picked up sugar drinks after having Jayden I knew my risks were higher for diabetes since I had Gestational diabetes with all 3 and it got progressively worse with every pregnancy. I also have a family history of it!
That same week I went and had my eyes checked since it had been 12 years since I had that done and I noticed my eyes were getting bad. Well turns out Im nearsighted in both eyes and have an astigmatism in my right eye so now I have a new pair of eyes. Took me a while to gt use to glasses but now I think nothing of it. My husband said oh great now you look smart....LMBO! Hes such a nut ;)
Let me not forget to mention that inbetween all that maddness with me, Jayden had salmonilla poisioning and it was absolutely horrible. I kept taking her into the dr because her poo was so bad then we started finding blood in it. they kept saying it was just a virus because it was going around so bad at that time. I took a diaper into them and they tested it and it didnt come back for a week. They called me and said Mrs Hayes jayden has salmonilla posioning hows she doing....my jaw dropped! Gosh folks here I sat with a really ill baby for a week and you are just now calling me and telling me this. She had high temps severe belly cramps and bowel problems, wouldnt eat. It lasted for 3 weeks. She had to be taken back 2 weeks into it for not a high temp but too low of a temp of 95, she was shivering, I had to put winter clothes on her and wrap her up, they were worried, but she eventually got over it, med free! She didnt get it from Eggs as some may wonder, she did however a few days before she started having problems got into the trash while I was cooking and pulled out a raw chicken package...I had forgot all about that! Little stink is busy body number 2 in this house...just like her big sis!
We are currently working on our upstairs, kind of got delayed with all these extreme heat days. His temp gage would read 130 up there so he couldnt work on it. But since we've had a few cooler evenings hes gotten the air unit put in now to have it inspected and then we can start insulating, dry walling, floors, paint, all the electric works hes already done and the framing, cant wait to see it finished. And Caleb cant wait either since he will be moving upstairs. It will be big moving then cause Jayden will get moved out of our room and Cami to Calebs room, oh fun I love a project.
Speaking of projects Ive been back into my craft mode I guess it just goes hand and hand with the holidays nearing. ive been crochetinghats left and right, blankets, then started making pillowcase dresses! Havent made anymore tutus or hairbows as much. Need to figure out how to start selling all this stuff.
Well the kids are getting aggetated so I guess that can only mean 1 of 2 things, either they are hungry or tired...my guess is its grub time ;)
Hope everyone is doing well, I promise I will try to keep this more up to date!
Happy Fall...pics to come soon!
Caleb and Jaydens Birthday Party pics!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Summer news
Man the fist day of summer was yesterday and it was another scorcher of a day! Poor kiddos have been stuck in the house because its too hot to be outisde. So when indoors you just have to make do. Right now they are pretending they are in a car driving through different states (Caleb is also the GPS) and Cami keeps putting her stinky feet in his face...LOL! Cami says she is going to work and gives you a kiss on the face then holds her phone up to her face chatting on her way out of the room. Got to love those wild imaginations, I just adore that Cami is getting into the pretend stage, its a great thing to see! I also have a 9.5 month old that is trying to walk. Anyday now she will literally be into everything!!!! She is the fastest crawler and loves to be everywhere her brother and sister are and if they shut her out of their room she will sit there in the floor and scream till they open back up! She adores them both. And I tell ya this girl is full of expressions, she makes some of the most adorable faces you have ever seen, she keeps us laughing all day, its an entertaining household for sure!
The past few weeks have been a doozie! First bit of news goes out in memory of my step-dad who passed away unexpectedly June 5th. It was a bit to take in and still doesnt seem real. He had a kind soul and loved my mom very much and of course his step-grand-children. He will be greatly missed! He and my mom would have celebrated 15 years of marriage on June 28th. So Im asking for many prayers during this difficult time for my mom and his two sons and family!
In Loving Memory Garland Austin McCoy(Luke/PawPaw)
We took that long trip to Louisiana for his service and back in 2 days time, Went down on Tuesday night and came back Thursday so basically 19 hours of car ride = cranky kids...LOL! They were not happy campers for sure, lots of crying and meltdowns and of course wouldnt be a car ride if you didnt hear "Are we there yet?" a couple dozen times, ha I think I said it a few times myself ;)
I wished we went down on better terms and of course I wished we could have stayed longer, I miss my family so much! Wish we could have wrapped them up and brought them back up here with us. When we got back in town we had to unpack and then pack for our camping trip on Friday and left out for Kentucky on Saturday morning. Thankfully it was only a 2 hour trip to our destination. We stayed at Yogi Bears Jellystone Campground at Mammoth cave. It was so hot we stayed in the camper from about 10-2, the heat was just horrible. We hung out at the pool and of course the 300ft water slide that the kids just could not get enough of. That is all we have heard out of Cami, she gets so excited talking about it that she starts jumping up and down. We did a few games of putt-putt, hit the game room a few times, the park and always ended the evening with a stop for ice cream! On June 13th the hubs and I celebrated our 12 year anniversary we took a drive to Bowling green that day to get out of the heat and walked around in the mall for a little shopping. On Monday we took the kids to the cave which is suppose to be the longest cave in the world like 300 something miles long and we toured a whole 1/4 of a mile of it....LOL! We took the Frozen Niagra tour which is suppose to be good for the young kid group and Elders....LOL! Felt like an old fudie dudie...teehee! We were the only ones on it that had kids. We took a bus ride to the destination and of course it was Camis first bus ride(she was extatic) and of course that meant a big melt down when we had to get off of it...she cried through the whole 30 minute tour of the cave because she wanted to ride the "school bus" again. Jayden started up soon as we got in the cave as well, so guess it would be safe to say that Caleb was the only one who got to enjoy it. Since the hubs had to carry 47 pounds of whinning and I had to carry 18 pounds of a whinner and back arching baby. We had to hunch down through some parts and squeeze through some very narrow walls with these two attatched to us. The tour guide even took his hat off and was flashing his flash light off and on through it to keep there attention off of crying....LOL! Sorry folks that our crew ruined it! But atleast Caleb enjoyed it he thought it was the coolest.
Tuesday we packed it all up and came home. On Wednesday Cami started running a temp, took her to the Dr on Thursday couldnt find anything to cause her temp. It continued for 3 days of temps of 102.7 and 103 until Friday afternoon she bursted out with a rash. So took her to the Dr on Saturday where she was said to have a viral rash. I almost thought she had the dang chicken pox cause she was so itchy and they were everywhere. After the Drs appointment we got the all clear of her not being contageious anymore so we went to a local town and hit the RC Cola and MoonPie festival and we werent there and Caleb collapsed complaining of leg pain again. His legs were like noodles couldnt walk he had done this on our camping trip as well. We ended up having to carry him he said his legs felt weak. Then 15 minutes later he said mama what is this and shows me his finger. Also while camping he had picked up these what we thought were like colored stone rocks well that would be a negative turned out it was glass found that out after he picked the sucker up and it sliced 3 of his fingers open. Serioulsy those folks needs to put a sign out there warning people/children to not pick them up! Anyhow his finger looked infected raised with white...staph is what it looked liked, looked just like Camis finger did a few weeks back. So with all that excitement we ended up just leaving the festival. We hit the drive-in movies Saturday night for an early fathers day activity. It was great it was a double feature Watched Toy Story 3 and then Prince of Persia. It was the first time that Cami did really good with it, she sat with her daddy in his chair and rubbed his ear (she loves to rub ears) she wathced almost all of it the fell asleep. Jayden sat in my lap and watched about half of it, she had those feet dangling off my lap with excitment wathcing the movie. Next thing I knew she was sound asleep on my chest! Not one fuss out of them! After they were out we placed them in the pack and play and it was just the hubs and I and Caleb enjoying the movies. Caleb loved spending that time with just us he also loved eating 2 funnel cakes and ice cream at 11pm. The 2nd movie didnt end until a little after 1am. We were pooped out, but it was great! Spent the day with the hubs on Sunday just hanging out celebrating him. On Monday I took the kids back to the Dr, Cami still had her spots(that get worse in the heat) he said they could take a week to go away but she is not contageious. Calebs finger was said to not be staph, said it looked like it was healing. He looked at his legs, hips and ran some blood test and nothing was found. Again they just hand us the verdict of being growing pains. Me I just dont buy it. He has been doing this for years and complaining of severe leg pains for a while so bad that sometimes he just doenst wont to walk and other times he just collapses. So I guess its just time for a 2nd opinion. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Well that sums up our summer break so far. Im so hoping that it gets better from here ;0
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Our Little Graduate!
Our big girl is growing up so fast. She just graduated her Special Needs Preschool on May 26, 2010. In August of 2010 she will be starting CDC Kindergarden room at a new school. They held a little graduation for these little special guys at her school and I tell ya it was the sweetest. Cami had no clue what was going on but she was just thrilled to be there with her friends! She received a Laffy Taffy award for having a Happy go Lucky personality! And then of course a diploma of graduating her Preschool, sweet stuff. I was in tears, hard to believe my big girl is leavng this school after being with them for 3 years. Broke my heart seeing her say(as she does everyday) Bye friends. But this time she had no idea it would really be her last time seeing them. Im so proud of all her progress that she has made, she has come leaps and bounds since 3 years ago. Just thinking when she started there she couldnt sit in a chair it had to be a booster seat because she couldnt sit up straight and of course because she was a busy body always on the go...and there she sat follwing directions and sitting so patiently during a 30 minute ceremony.....You have one Proud Mama sitting here right now. Way to go Cami go show Kindergarden all you can be!
Caleb also finished out his last year at his current school. He will be moving to the same school as Cami so I will only have one trip instead of 2. He couldnt be anymore excited to meet new fiends and have a new school. I was so worried about this whole thing but he really took to it well! Today was his last day of school and he came with another fabulous looking report card....A/B Honor roll and met his AR goal..so proud of Big Boy!
Jayden is also on the move, I cant keep that girl out of anything, once she mastered her crawling she is everywhere. She is pulling up and walking along furniture & walls so I know it wont be long until she is walking. Just this past weekend she pushed her self up to a standing position all by herself and just stood there unassisted for about 30 seconds. Breaking my heart seeing her grow up so fast.
We had a few crazy moments last week. Cami one day woke up with a sollen thumb...looked like she had been bitten by something posinous. 1st appt they said just Bacteria Infection. That same day I was on the way home with Cami and Jayden from he Dr. and Calebs school calls says he was running a temp and complaining of belly pain so we picked him up. He ended up with a bad virus, severe headaches and temps for the day. The next day Camis finger got even worse took her back it was a Staph Infection(culture came back positive) so they added another antibiotic. It looked horrible, she had streak marks going down into her arm and poor gal was in pain.
Day 1
You can see the streaking going down her hand and into her wrist below:
This was day 2
Day 3
Starting to heal:
Got done there went and picked Caleb up from the grandparents when I left him he was feeling great and eating and when I got there he started crying saying his throat was hurting and that he was cold. Got home he really started bawling saying he couldnt swallow so off to the walk-ins we went since the Drs offices were now closed. Turned out he had a nasty case of strep throat. So meds for both kids for 10 days. Camis finger looks so much better! I hate when stuff happens in bulks like that, I was so stressed and poor kids were stressed missing so much school right here at the end of it! But all is well and calm now, hoping the rest of the summer goes good from here on out.
Happy Summer Breaking Everyone =)
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Happy Easter, Happy Spring....
Man I am lacking in the blogging business for sure! Of course there isnt much excitement going on either just the regular chasing after kids all the time. We are fastly approaching the end of the school year. Thats right just 6 weeks to go, it sure flew by this year. So starting in early August, I will have myself a 9 year old in 4th grade a 5 year old in Kindergarten and a 1 year old tearing my house apart....LOL! We will be starting at a new school this year since Cami requires a CDC room.
But yep my big girl will be starting Kindergarten.....JAW DROP! She is doing so great, talking up a storm, theres not much she cant say, talks in full sentences and in 3rd person its hilarious! She still loves music very much and actually sings along with songs on the radio. She knows mainly words that stick out or drag on or repeated alot. Her favorite song is what she calls the Yeah Yeah song(Miley Cyrus'....Party in the USA) I love to hear her sing. Who knows maybe one day she will be or American Idol ;)
We are gonna miss her school and her little friends, but Im thinking a longer routine will do her some good. Nervous though on how she will do of 7 hours in school instead of 4. But she adores school so hopefully she'll take to it well. She still isnt potty trained, its a working process but far from success! But her everyday skills is getting better, we recently picked up a little 4 wheeler for the kids and that girl can manuver that thing with no problem. She hasnt figured out the reverse yet but like everything else she will get it in time.
On to Caleb:
He is super excited about starting a new school. I worried that he wouldnt take to it well because he is so shy, but he can not wait! What am I to do with a 4th grader....well a 4th graders homework that is! He is already bringing home algebra and double digit mulitplication. I tell him that when it comes to math his Daddy is his best friend :)
And then lastly Miss Jayden:
She is 7 months old and is in full exploring mode. She is sitting up, rolling around, pushing her self up into a sitting position, pulling up and is so close to crawling. She has the sweetest personality and is such a little smiley. All you have to do is say her name and she grins ear to ear! Kids adore her and is spoiled to the core.
We just got back from visiting my family in Louisiana for their Spring Break and we had an amazing visit. The kids loved spending time with their cousins, wish we lived closer so they could play more often. We've got another Easter gathering set for this weekend with the hubs side of the family...Im sure to be more good memories!
Ending note, is the best news of all and that Cami was finally released from her Neurologist(he told us if anything to were peak up to call them 1st thing but for now she was good). He could not believe the changes and said they didnt have NOT ONE patient with her outcome. Thought she looked amazing, he walked in and said Hi Cami how are you and she said Good. He stepped back and said I think I have the wrong room. The last time he saw her was last summer and last summer she wasnt talking at all. She was carrying on full conversations with him. Of course her comprhension is low and she couldnt follow most of the directions he was giving her for some tests but with some visual on how to do it she eventaully got it. Like sticking out her tounge and copying facail expressions....He was impressed! So proud of my girl for beating the odds!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
New Year 2010
Gosh the time the time the time, where is it going? This year is already moving too quickly, seems there just isnt enough hours in the day to get everything done.
So where do I begin??? I'll go backwards in age here.
So starting with baby girl Jayden my little angel she is, such a sweet pea, she has the most layed back attitude and is always so happy. Hard to believe but she will be 5 months old on February 1st. She is rolling across the floor like no ones business. She has started jar fruits and cereals and is working on sitting up and working so hard at trying to get up on her knees. Gosh she'll be crawling before long then I'll really be in trouble.
(shes wearing a hat I made)
On to Miss Cami and really what can I not say about this girl. She is so busy always on the move and has made such huge progress this past year. I tell ya just hearing her speak just melts your heart. She has the cutest way to her words. She can pretty much say anything now. She is a Pete and Repeat type of gal...and oh yeah you bet your butt it drives her brother crazy...LOL! Hard to believe we were wanting so badly for her to talk just this past summer where she could barely say 5 words and now full blown sentences and now we are having to tell her to stop running her mouth so much...LOL! She just goes on and on and on sometimes I just think she loves to hear herself. Shes a clever little thing, I love to sit back and just watch her as she trys to figure things out doesnt take her long. Specially if shes watching someone do the same she catches on very quick. We have to warn her brother all the time that he has someone watching his every move now so if he doesnt like it when she snatches something from him and says MINE that she only learned it from the best..teehee!
She had her IEP yesterday and this being her last one at this school because you may not believe it but my girl will be 5 years old on February 7th and will be starting Kindergarten this summer.....go ahead let your jaw fall because mine does everytime I think about it. Anyhow this meeting I tell ya was just an inspiration all around the table. Storys of where she was just 2 years ago when she first started. Let me refresh your memory. this is from her OT- I recall seeing this girl for the first time, one who couldnt sit still longer than 1 minute in a chair so she had to be strapped in a high chair to keep her still and focused. She hated wearing her left shoe always pulled it off, ate crayons and everything in site, couldnt pinser grasp she raked at everything and she had huge sensory issues...HUGE! And cried and screamed alot. Now she follows directions, and can pick up tiny pegs like the size of thumb tacks and put them in the holes, sits in her chair properly and talks to you. From her PT- Wow I tell ya this girl just surprises me everyday with her words and what she can do and can now follow directions. If I draw a line she can put stickers on that line and she loves to participate with her friends in class. PT- is now just on a consult just to check in to see how she is doing to make sure she isnt getting off balance, this from a girl who couldnt walk a few feet without tripping and falling down and loss of balance. Now she can run and jump both she couldnt do at 3 years of age. I got to watch a video that they had recorded earlier that day of her doing a puzzle. Blew my mind at how well she did. It was 4 different puzzle boards all in the shape of teddybears each a different color one was red, one blue, one green and one yellow. Then she had a box of teddy bears beside her, she was asked to match the bears up to their right colors. She one by one pulled a red one and would place it on the matching red puzzle, then pull out a green one and placed it on the green one. These pieces where just all mixed up and my girl did it fastly with no problem. But funny thing is she called them all pink...LOL! Her teacher thinks she is doing great. Her comprehension is still very low but say it just depends on the sitatuion on how well she does. They are still working on her name she still can only scribble so they are mainly trying to get her to reconize her name on a piece of paper. Her main goal is the potty training that sometimes seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. No success yet if you catch her in the middle of doing something and try to run her to the potty she draws it up and then wont go for days...uggghhhh! Its a control thing I think as do they. I know she will eventually get it but its still so frustrating, specially after I see her basically change her own diaper, thats BAD! But that will not hold her back out of Kindergarten. Well it will but it wont! She will have to be in a Special Needs classroom they call it a CDC room, but when she starts they will mainstream her little at a time it just depends on the child of how much time they get with the regular classroom. But when she does go in the regular classroom she will have to have a special teacher with her the whole time. They said in order for her to go into the regular class she will have to be mostly potty trained and right now shes not mostly doing any of that...LOL! But man I tell ya how far she has come and she can only get better from here so I know just like everything else she will figure it out, it will just have to be when she is ready!
(scarf I made Caleb)
On to Caleb, I tell ya this is just the greatest helper around town! He adores his sisters, I love to hear him and Cami giggle as they play hide and seek in the house, he thinks its hilarious to jump out and scare her and watch her runaway super fast screaming but laughing at the same time. And hes so opposite with Jayden so gentle and soft talking to her. So hes got them both figured out, Cami is always high speed and loud and Jayden so laid back and quiet! He is 8.5 years old now and is in 3rd grade but by some of the homework he brings home it feels like hes in middle school. He brought home algebra and division this week! Good Lord dont come to your mama with that stuff son because Im horrible at it. Projects projects projects out the ears and since when did they think that the kids can do this stuff by themselves. I swear its like school all over for me again. Last night it was pushing small and heavy objects to see how far they would go how many pushes it took to get it there and questions on why you think the heavier stuff was harder to push. Easy stuff sure but what the heck were they expecting him to push that he would have to use his legs for...LOL! Last weeks was making a homemade instrument. He made a guitar out of a shoebox, cut a whole in the middle of the lid put rubberbands over it then he cleverly got a block and put it up under the rubberbands and stood it up so you could hear it strum better to play a prettier tune. Then got a wrapping paper roll for the neck of the guitar. No problem But I think Im gonna have to go buy some new shoes for all these boxes he keeps having to use to make these projects cause thats his 2nd box hes had to use this year. But thats ok Caleb mama can always use a new pair of shoes ;)
They all had an amazing Christmas got everything they could have dreamed of. Santa also brought them a Wii with video rocker chairs and animal neck pillows. After school thats where you will find them. Such fun I tell ya, who would have thought that a video game could bring a family all together. We have nights of bowling, tennis, sword fighting, ping pong, basketball competitions, mini golf and canoeing theres much more but thats all right here in our living room. And talk about some sore arms the day after so great exercise as well. Cami gets into it as well, she does great imitating.
~These next 2 pics are from Charlie Brown on Ice! Man was it ever cold in there 9 degrees. They give everyone these lovely figure friendly blur parkas to wear....LOL! The hubby had Jayden strapped to him in a carrier it looked so funny!
I however have gotten into crocheting and have been on the mother load of crafting. I just cant get enough of it. Ive made hats, scarfs and baby blankets. I've also started hairbow making, so Ive been keeping myself super busy. My neighbor is a great teacher shes also taught me knitting and I'm in the process of learning to sew. Love it all!
One last note we have Cami's pediacraft bed still for sale. We lowered the price to $1500.00 we've got to get this thing out of here. We lose out in the end but we are wanting to start on our upstairs next month and we have no where else to store this thing. So it is a must sell!!!!!! SO please pass the word along if you know of anyone who might be interested. You can contact me through e-mail and also you can click on the picture of it on the side bar to read more about it.
I'll end this out in Camis cutest words....
Hur-Hair
Chur-Chair
Skerd-scared
farfark-homework
Gaga-Caleb(her brother)
Jaddie-(her sister)
Campey-Courtney(his cousin)
was u hans(wash your hands)
Oh and a lil funny story. We had a bad storm roll through last week and it hailed. Of course the thunder and lightening terrified her she kept saying Cami skerd Cami skerd. But she calls the hail "balls" and just about everytime we go out she'll say Cami skerd of balls and looks up. Bless her heart, shes scared to death of the snow too! Its interesting stuff I tell ya any others that our scared of stuff like that. It took us forever to pull her out of the corner after the storm. Shes terrified of animals too specially dogs she runs and screams and hides, its just horrible and I dont know how to get her over it!
Anyhow Happy New Years Readers ;)
So where do I begin??? I'll go backwards in age here.
So starting with baby girl Jayden my little angel she is, such a sweet pea, she has the most layed back attitude and is always so happy. Hard to believe but she will be 5 months old on February 1st. She is rolling across the floor like no ones business. She has started jar fruits and cereals and is working on sitting up and working so hard at trying to get up on her knees. Gosh she'll be crawling before long then I'll really be in trouble.
(shes wearing a hat I made)
On to Miss Cami and really what can I not say about this girl. She is so busy always on the move and has made such huge progress this past year. I tell ya just hearing her speak just melts your heart. She has the cutest way to her words. She can pretty much say anything now. She is a Pete and Repeat type of gal...and oh yeah you bet your butt it drives her brother crazy...LOL! Hard to believe we were wanting so badly for her to talk just this past summer where she could barely say 5 words and now full blown sentences and now we are having to tell her to stop running her mouth so much...LOL! She just goes on and on and on sometimes I just think she loves to hear herself. Shes a clever little thing, I love to sit back and just watch her as she trys to figure things out doesnt take her long. Specially if shes watching someone do the same she catches on very quick. We have to warn her brother all the time that he has someone watching his every move now so if he doesnt like it when she snatches something from him and says MINE that she only learned it from the best..teehee!
She had her IEP yesterday and this being her last one at this school because you may not believe it but my girl will be 5 years old on February 7th and will be starting Kindergarten this summer.....go ahead let your jaw fall because mine does everytime I think about it. Anyhow this meeting I tell ya was just an inspiration all around the table. Storys of where she was just 2 years ago when she first started. Let me refresh your memory. this is from her OT- I recall seeing this girl for the first time, one who couldnt sit still longer than 1 minute in a chair so she had to be strapped in a high chair to keep her still and focused. She hated wearing her left shoe always pulled it off, ate crayons and everything in site, couldnt pinser grasp she raked at everything and she had huge sensory issues...HUGE! And cried and screamed alot. Now she follows directions, and can pick up tiny pegs like the size of thumb tacks and put them in the holes, sits in her chair properly and talks to you. From her PT- Wow I tell ya this girl just surprises me everyday with her words and what she can do and can now follow directions. If I draw a line she can put stickers on that line and she loves to participate with her friends in class. PT- is now just on a consult just to check in to see how she is doing to make sure she isnt getting off balance, this from a girl who couldnt walk a few feet without tripping and falling down and loss of balance. Now she can run and jump both she couldnt do at 3 years of age. I got to watch a video that they had recorded earlier that day of her doing a puzzle. Blew my mind at how well she did. It was 4 different puzzle boards all in the shape of teddybears each a different color one was red, one blue, one green and one yellow. Then she had a box of teddy bears beside her, she was asked to match the bears up to their right colors. She one by one pulled a red one and would place it on the matching red puzzle, then pull out a green one and placed it on the green one. These pieces where just all mixed up and my girl did it fastly with no problem. But funny thing is she called them all pink...LOL! Her teacher thinks she is doing great. Her comprehension is still very low but say it just depends on the sitatuion on how well she does. They are still working on her name she still can only scribble so they are mainly trying to get her to reconize her name on a piece of paper. Her main goal is the potty training that sometimes seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. No success yet if you catch her in the middle of doing something and try to run her to the potty she draws it up and then wont go for days...uggghhhh! Its a control thing I think as do they. I know she will eventually get it but its still so frustrating, specially after I see her basically change her own diaper, thats BAD! But that will not hold her back out of Kindergarten. Well it will but it wont! She will have to be in a Special Needs classroom they call it a CDC room, but when she starts they will mainstream her little at a time it just depends on the child of how much time they get with the regular classroom. But when she does go in the regular classroom she will have to have a special teacher with her the whole time. They said in order for her to go into the regular class she will have to be mostly potty trained and right now shes not mostly doing any of that...LOL! But man I tell ya how far she has come and she can only get better from here so I know just like everything else she will figure it out, it will just have to be when she is ready!
(scarf I made Caleb)
On to Caleb, I tell ya this is just the greatest helper around town! He adores his sisters, I love to hear him and Cami giggle as they play hide and seek in the house, he thinks its hilarious to jump out and scare her and watch her runaway super fast screaming but laughing at the same time. And hes so opposite with Jayden so gentle and soft talking to her. So hes got them both figured out, Cami is always high speed and loud and Jayden so laid back and quiet! He is 8.5 years old now and is in 3rd grade but by some of the homework he brings home it feels like hes in middle school. He brought home algebra and division this week! Good Lord dont come to your mama with that stuff son because Im horrible at it. Projects projects projects out the ears and since when did they think that the kids can do this stuff by themselves. I swear its like school all over for me again. Last night it was pushing small and heavy objects to see how far they would go how many pushes it took to get it there and questions on why you think the heavier stuff was harder to push. Easy stuff sure but what the heck were they expecting him to push that he would have to use his legs for...LOL! Last weeks was making a homemade instrument. He made a guitar out of a shoebox, cut a whole in the middle of the lid put rubberbands over it then he cleverly got a block and put it up under the rubberbands and stood it up so you could hear it strum better to play a prettier tune. Then got a wrapping paper roll for the neck of the guitar. No problem But I think Im gonna have to go buy some new shoes for all these boxes he keeps having to use to make these projects cause thats his 2nd box hes had to use this year. But thats ok Caleb mama can always use a new pair of shoes ;)
They all had an amazing Christmas got everything they could have dreamed of. Santa also brought them a Wii with video rocker chairs and animal neck pillows. After school thats where you will find them. Such fun I tell ya, who would have thought that a video game could bring a family all together. We have nights of bowling, tennis, sword fighting, ping pong, basketball competitions, mini golf and canoeing theres much more but thats all right here in our living room. And talk about some sore arms the day after so great exercise as well. Cami gets into it as well, she does great imitating.
~These next 2 pics are from Charlie Brown on Ice! Man was it ever cold in there 9 degrees. They give everyone these lovely figure friendly blur parkas to wear....LOL! The hubby had Jayden strapped to him in a carrier it looked so funny!
I however have gotten into crocheting and have been on the mother load of crafting. I just cant get enough of it. Ive made hats, scarfs and baby blankets. I've also started hairbow making, so Ive been keeping myself super busy. My neighbor is a great teacher shes also taught me knitting and I'm in the process of learning to sew. Love it all!
One last note we have Cami's pediacraft bed still for sale. We lowered the price to $1500.00 we've got to get this thing out of here. We lose out in the end but we are wanting to start on our upstairs next month and we have no where else to store this thing. So it is a must sell!!!!!! SO please pass the word along if you know of anyone who might be interested. You can contact me through e-mail and also you can click on the picture of it on the side bar to read more about it.
I'll end this out in Camis cutest words....
Hur-Hair
Chur-Chair
Skerd-scared
farfark-homework
Gaga-Caleb(her brother)
Jaddie-(her sister)
Campey-Courtney(his cousin)
was u hans(wash your hands)
Oh and a lil funny story. We had a bad storm roll through last week and it hailed. Of course the thunder and lightening terrified her she kept saying Cami skerd Cami skerd. But she calls the hail "balls" and just about everytime we go out she'll say Cami skerd of balls and looks up. Bless her heart, shes scared to death of the snow too! Its interesting stuff I tell ya any others that our scared of stuff like that. It took us forever to pull her out of the corner after the storm. Shes terrified of animals too specially dogs she runs and screams and hides, its just horrible and I dont know how to get her over it!
Anyhow Happy New Years Readers ;)
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