I'm having one of those days...the kind of day you wish didn't even exist. Anyway, this little girl can cheer anyone up! Sammy, my oldest daughter, wants her new CD soooo badly. I think I'm going to buy it for her for her Birthday next month :)
Makes me cry EVERY time!!
http://www.connietalbot.com/
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monkey see, monkey do....but in a good way :)
About a week or so ago, I was in my home office reading one of my friends blogs (Hi Kristin!!). Kristin has a daughter in my daughter's class at school. So, I was sitting there reading about her daughter's business (she's only 7!) and my daughter walks into my office and saw a picture of her friend on the computer. She thought that was pretty cool! I explained to her what a blog was and of course she wanted to see more pictures of her friend on the computer. She thought that was pretty cool that her friend had a "web site". Then, I showed her ours :) So, we spend a little while looking over the blog and when we were done, Hailey was amazed at this little girl's "business". Of course, she wanted to do it too. I'm sure not to "copy" her or anything, I just think she was inspired. Actually, once she learned that she could make MONEY she wanted to do it :)
At first, she wanted to do what her friend was doing. I wouldn't allow her to do that. She spend a few days trying to figure something out that she could do, and let me tell you, she has some pretty crazy ideas! This was fun for her though, and she literally was so excited over trying to figure out what she could do. We had the conversation about doing something you love, follow your passion. Horses are her passion, so she wanted to think of something to do with that. After her riding lesson this week, she was giving her horse a treat and was commenting on how "yucky" they smelled and asked her instructor what was in them (that made them smell so gross). Our instructor, Elizabeth, explained to her that it was just some oats, molasses, and a few other things probably like salt and sugar. Hailey said, "did you make them"?, and the instructor told her that she had bought them at the feed store. On the way home, something clicked in Hailey's little head and she had decided that SHE wanted to make horse treats and asked me if we could find those things at the store. So, we went home and later I googled "horse treats" for her to see if it was something that was easy enough for a 7 yr old to do. Sure enough, the ingredients were very easy to find. In the process of searching for horse treat recipes we came across dog treat recipes so she decided she wanted to make some of those too.
She has her own money (she helped rake her great-grandmothers yard this weekend) so a day or so later when I went grocery shopping she brought it along to buy her stuff. She was so cute...and so excited. I'm not sure if she was so much excited abou the business and selling part of the whole thing as much as just the fact that she was doing something on her own, with no help from me. Well, other than me looking up recipes for her. She gets her stuff an imediately starts creating when we get home. I explained to her that I was not going to help her, that this was HER thing. I think she liked that! Other than turning the oven on for her, I haven't done one ounce of work making these little treats. She even grated carrot herself (over my watchful eye though), rolled out dough with a rolling pin...I was actually pretty impressed on what she could do by herself.
She made a batch of horse treats and a batch of peanut butter dog biscuts this weekend and she was so proud of them. While I was at work sunday night she told me she saw a neighbor and their dog walk by and she knew they eventually had to come back to get to their house so she went outside with a couple dog treats in hopes that she could give the dog one on their way back. Isaiah was out there with her. She was brave enough to ask the neighbor if she could give the dog a treat she had made. Isaiah said the man asked what was in them (out of curiosity since the dog loved them) and Isaiah said she was so cute in explaining to the man how she made them. I wish I could have seen it! She then brought some to school yesterday to give to her teacher, since her teacher has two dogs. She's just so proud of herself, it's adorable. If she never sells ONE treat ever, it will still be such a great experience for her! She really gets so much joy in watching our dog, Buddy, beg for more :) Thank you, Jessalyn, for being an inspiration to Hailey and giving her this experience and excitement.
This is what has been going on at our house the last week or so (and YES I do make Hailey clean up the mess by her herself! Amazing how well they can clean when the want to, huh?!):
I love how she came up with the idea to make cat-shaped dog treats!!
At first, she wanted to do what her friend was doing. I wouldn't allow her to do that. She spend a few days trying to figure something out that she could do, and let me tell you, she has some pretty crazy ideas! This was fun for her though, and she literally was so excited over trying to figure out what she could do. We had the conversation about doing something you love, follow your passion. Horses are her passion, so she wanted to think of something to do with that. After her riding lesson this week, she was giving her horse a treat and was commenting on how "yucky" they smelled and asked her instructor what was in them (that made them smell so gross). Our instructor, Elizabeth, explained to her that it was just some oats, molasses, and a few other things probably like salt and sugar. Hailey said, "did you make them"?, and the instructor told her that she had bought them at the feed store. On the way home, something clicked in Hailey's little head and she had decided that SHE wanted to make horse treats and asked me if we could find those things at the store. So, we went home and later I googled "horse treats" for her to see if it was something that was easy enough for a 7 yr old to do. Sure enough, the ingredients were very easy to find. In the process of searching for horse treat recipes we came across dog treat recipes so she decided she wanted to make some of those too.
She has her own money (she helped rake her great-grandmothers yard this weekend) so a day or so later when I went grocery shopping she brought it along to buy her stuff. She was so cute...and so excited. I'm not sure if she was so much excited abou the business and selling part of the whole thing as much as just the fact that she was doing something on her own, with no help from me. Well, other than me looking up recipes for her. She gets her stuff an imediately starts creating when we get home. I explained to her that I was not going to help her, that this was HER thing. I think she liked that! Other than turning the oven on for her, I haven't done one ounce of work making these little treats. She even grated carrot herself (over my watchful eye though), rolled out dough with a rolling pin...I was actually pretty impressed on what she could do by herself.
She made a batch of horse treats and a batch of peanut butter dog biscuts this weekend and she was so proud of them. While I was at work sunday night she told me she saw a neighbor and their dog walk by and she knew they eventually had to come back to get to their house so she went outside with a couple dog treats in hopes that she could give the dog one on their way back. Isaiah was out there with her. She was brave enough to ask the neighbor if she could give the dog a treat she had made. Isaiah said the man asked what was in them (out of curiosity since the dog loved them) and Isaiah said she was so cute in explaining to the man how she made them. I wish I could have seen it! She then brought some to school yesterday to give to her teacher, since her teacher has two dogs. She's just so proud of herself, it's adorable. If she never sells ONE treat ever, it will still be such a great experience for her! She really gets so much joy in watching our dog, Buddy, beg for more :) Thank you, Jessalyn, for being an inspiration to Hailey and giving her this experience and excitement.
This is what has been going on at our house the last week or so (and YES I do make Hailey clean up the mess by her herself! Amazing how well they can clean when the want to, huh?!):
I love how she came up with the idea to make cat-shaped dog treats!!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Do I dare....?
...take my snow tires off yet! :) Seriously, I doubt very much that we will have snow again this year, but you NEVER know! I really, REALLY don't like driving in the snow so I've waited as long as possible before I think I can safely take them off. I finally called yesterday to make an appointment to get them off :)
This week has just been so nice and sunny and warm! We are all loving it so much, other than Isaiah who now has to work long hours since the snow has finally melted. At 10 a.m this morning he starts overtime, which means he'll clock in about 18-20 hours of overtimet his week!! He's already exhausted. Oh well, this is what summer is all about for him. He gets a "break" all winter at only 40 hrs per week. Speaking of jobs...I have to go out and get one and I'm NOT looking forward to it. I'm actually quite depressed about it. My father's business can no longer afford to pay me so now I have to go out, after 6 yrs of being home, and get a J.O.B. YUCK!!! I'm so scared that my kids are going to suffer from me getting a job, and I hate the thought of that! We must do what we must do though, right? And I MUST work. Not for "extras" or "fun things" but for survival. We have decided that it is best for me (and the kids) for me to work nights waitressing. I already waitress at a local Italian Restaurant, Giuseppe's Pizzeria, so I'm pretty used to working nights I guess. It's good money! So, I've got three shifts there this summer but that's not enough to half-support a family of 5. They can't give me any more shifts, so this weekend I have to go out and put in applications at other restaurants. There are no shortage of them here though, so that's a plus. That way, Hailey can still do her day camp thing she loves in Moultonboro and I'll be somewhat around to bring Dylan and Sam to their jobs too(Times like these, I wish we lived a little closer to town so they could walk or bike).
Other than the whole "I don't want to work" thing, it's been really nice here lately. Hailey has basically been living on her bike and comes inside every day covered in dirt and ticks (which,by the way, are very bad this year!). It's quite a scene here every night when she comes in and I find at least one tick on her. She has a genuine phobia of spiders, and ticks look a lot like spiders only they "eat" you (Hailey's words). She literally almost throws up she gets so scared when they are on her...poor kid :( We have been walking every day this week which is really good for me. I'm am NOT getting into a bathing suit yet! Today we are taking a walk with my close friend and her 4 yr old to go get the kids some icecream for the first time this year. It's going to be hard to pass on the ice cream...but I MUST. The twins have been doing their own thing this whole vacation. Sammy hasn't been home much, she's been in here and there to get some clothes, but just goes right back out to spend the night at one of her friends houses again. Dylan was sick the first half of the week, but now he's feeling better so he's been given the project of raking the yard today ;) Boys don't hang out with their friends as much as girls do I've realized. I had my neice, who just turned 6, over for the last three days/two nights so needless to say, Hailey is exhausted as well. We went swimming yesterday at a local indoor pool and we stayed for three hours...and they swam the entire time! Then, tomorrow, Hailey has riding again. We had to switch to Fridays because I was having a hard time figuring out how to pick up and drop off the other kids for tennis on Wednesdays. Last week, Hailey was able to finally ride for the first time ever, NOT wearing a winter jacket. YAY! She started riding in October last year, so she's never been able to ride without one.
Well, that's how our vacation week has been going. Mostly all fun stuff! The next time the kids will all be home for vacation it will be summer!!!! I can't wait!
This week has just been so nice and sunny and warm! We are all loving it so much, other than Isaiah who now has to work long hours since the snow has finally melted. At 10 a.m this morning he starts overtime, which means he'll clock in about 18-20 hours of overtimet his week!! He's already exhausted. Oh well, this is what summer is all about for him. He gets a "break" all winter at only 40 hrs per week. Speaking of jobs...I have to go out and get one and I'm NOT looking forward to it. I'm actually quite depressed about it. My father's business can no longer afford to pay me so now I have to go out, after 6 yrs of being home, and get a J.O.B. YUCK!!! I'm so scared that my kids are going to suffer from me getting a job, and I hate the thought of that! We must do what we must do though, right? And I MUST work. Not for "extras" or "fun things" but for survival. We have decided that it is best for me (and the kids) for me to work nights waitressing. I already waitress at a local Italian Restaurant, Giuseppe's Pizzeria, so I'm pretty used to working nights I guess. It's good money! So, I've got three shifts there this summer but that's not enough to half-support a family of 5. They can't give me any more shifts, so this weekend I have to go out and put in applications at other restaurants. There are no shortage of them here though, so that's a plus. That way, Hailey can still do her day camp thing she loves in Moultonboro and I'll be somewhat around to bring Dylan and Sam to their jobs too(Times like these, I wish we lived a little closer to town so they could walk or bike).
Other than the whole "I don't want to work" thing, it's been really nice here lately. Hailey has basically been living on her bike and comes inside every day covered in dirt and ticks (which,by the way, are very bad this year!). It's quite a scene here every night when she comes in and I find at least one tick on her. She has a genuine phobia of spiders, and ticks look a lot like spiders only they "eat" you (Hailey's words). She literally almost throws up she gets so scared when they are on her...poor kid :( We have been walking every day this week which is really good for me. I'm am NOT getting into a bathing suit yet! Today we are taking a walk with my close friend and her 4 yr old to go get the kids some icecream for the first time this year. It's going to be hard to pass on the ice cream...but I MUST. The twins have been doing their own thing this whole vacation. Sammy hasn't been home much, she's been in here and there to get some clothes, but just goes right back out to spend the night at one of her friends houses again. Dylan was sick the first half of the week, but now he's feeling better so he's been given the project of raking the yard today ;) Boys don't hang out with their friends as much as girls do I've realized. I had my neice, who just turned 6, over for the last three days/two nights so needless to say, Hailey is exhausted as well. We went swimming yesterday at a local indoor pool and we stayed for three hours...and they swam the entire time! Then, tomorrow, Hailey has riding again. We had to switch to Fridays because I was having a hard time figuring out how to pick up and drop off the other kids for tennis on Wednesdays. Last week, Hailey was able to finally ride for the first time ever, NOT wearing a winter jacket. YAY! She started riding in October last year, so she's never been able to ride without one.
Well, that's how our vacation week has been going. Mostly all fun stuff! The next time the kids will all be home for vacation it will be summer!!!! I can't wait!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Earth Day!!!
With all this nice weather, I really haven't been on the computer much (plus my father is away for the week so I have the week off from work!!). But, that's a good thing!
Hailey and I frequently take walks to the end of our road, which is a mile down and a mile back. We TRY to go every day. As we walk, Hailey always notices the garbage on the side of the road and she got the idea in her head that she wanted to pick it up on Earth Day. She had this big plan, and has been looking forward to it for a very long time! Well, yesterday was Earth Day and of course she woke up extra early so we could go pick up trash, lol. So, we get our bags and our gloves on at 8 a.m. and start our two mile treck down the road.
We ended up with two full bags of trash!! It was fun (as fun as picking trash up can be, lol) and we talked a lot about saving our Earth and ways we can help make a difference. She learned some good life-lessons yesterday :)
Hailey and I frequently take walks to the end of our road, which is a mile down and a mile back. We TRY to go every day. As we walk, Hailey always notices the garbage on the side of the road and she got the idea in her head that she wanted to pick it up on Earth Day. She had this big plan, and has been looking forward to it for a very long time! Well, yesterday was Earth Day and of course she woke up extra early so we could go pick up trash, lol. So, we get our bags and our gloves on at 8 a.m. and start our two mile treck down the road.
We ended up with two full bags of trash!! It was fun (as fun as picking trash up can be, lol) and we talked a lot about saving our Earth and ways we can help make a difference. She learned some good life-lessons yesterday :)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
This made me rethink things today....
So lately I've been having some problems with Hailey. Mostly it's MY problem, and I kind of think I need a vacation from being a "mommy". Like a night out or something:)
Anyway, lately she has been very "clingy" and has not wanted to leave my side (even trying to stay home from school to be with me all day). If you remember, she is going through some health issues with precocious puberty so I'm sure that has a LOT to do with it. Still, I hate to say it, but it's been kind of annoying (and yes I am ashamed to say that....bad mommy!) to have her be my shadow lately. I even have to tell her not to come into the bathroom with me when I go.
So, I'm browsing the internet this morning, and I come across this little movie/slideshow. If you watch it to the end, you will understand why this came to me at the perfect time. I think any mother would get teary-eyed over it .
Enjoy...... http://www.tacmovie.com/
Anyway, lately she has been very "clingy" and has not wanted to leave my side (even trying to stay home from school to be with me all day). If you remember, she is going through some health issues with precocious puberty so I'm sure that has a LOT to do with it. Still, I hate to say it, but it's been kind of annoying (and yes I am ashamed to say that....bad mommy!) to have her be my shadow lately. I even have to tell her not to come into the bathroom with me when I go.
So, I'm browsing the internet this morning, and I come across this little movie/slideshow. If you watch it to the end, you will understand why this came to me at the perfect time. I think any mother would get teary-eyed over it .
Enjoy...... http://www.tacmovie.com/
Monday, April 14, 2008
Here's a funny story for you...
...although I'm actually pretty embarassed by it! Sometimes I can be such an airhead :)
So, I usually work on Sunday nights at a local restaurant. My husband has a truck (seats two) and then I have my car (seats 6). I take my car to work on sundays and he's left home with just the truck. It's not really a big deal because he doesn't usually go anywhere and if he does, he just takes Hailey. I refuse to drive the truck, it's a beast!!! Yesterday though, we had to go to my father-in-laws 60th birthday party which was at 2 pm. I was going to have to leave early to go to work but that posed a problem because then my husband couldn't get home with the kids. Anyhow, we borrowed his grandmother's car for the afternoon so he could get home after the party was over.
I came home from work last night (around 11:30) and I saw his grandmother's car in our driveway...obviously for some reason it didn't register...maybe because it was a long weekend and I was dog-tired after running around the restaurant for 7 hours?! I went to bed, and Isaiah was already sleeping.Fast forward to this morning. I always wake up after he has gone off to work. I'm not one of those "good" wives and wakes up with my husband and makes his coffee and lunch. Usually, all of the kids are up by the time I'm up too. So, I stumble out of bed, being SOOO tired from a late night at work and I look out into the driveway and see Isaiah's truck still there. My first reaction was "Why didn't he go to work today?". My second reaction was, "well, if he didn't go to work, where the heck is he?". He wasn't in the kitchen, nor the living room or the bathroom. Then, for some crazy reason I though that maybe he had fallen down outside and was hurt...or that he fell asleep in his truck before pulling out of the driveway (Ok, I know, that last thought is a little crazy, but apprently that's the way I process things after just waking up from only 6ish hours of sleep and no coffee). I actually opened the front door to look and see if he had fallen down the steps! Nope, he wasn't there. Ok, I'm beginning to get a little more worried now. Where in the world is he?! I come back inside, and I start looking in EVERY room of the house. I go downstairs and check in the family room, the computer room, the storage room....meanwhile my kids are all watching me do this and not asking what the heck is going on! Geeze! At that point I must have fully awakened or whatever and as I turned around and started walking back up the stairs to go call his cell phone, did I realize what an idiot I was. DUH...he took his grandmother's car to work!!! Wow, I'm pretty bright huh?
So, I usually work on Sunday nights at a local restaurant. My husband has a truck (seats two) and then I have my car (seats 6). I take my car to work on sundays and he's left home with just the truck. It's not really a big deal because he doesn't usually go anywhere and if he does, he just takes Hailey. I refuse to drive the truck, it's a beast!!! Yesterday though, we had to go to my father-in-laws 60th birthday party which was at 2 pm. I was going to have to leave early to go to work but that posed a problem because then my husband couldn't get home with the kids. Anyhow, we borrowed his grandmother's car for the afternoon so he could get home after the party was over.
I came home from work last night (around 11:30) and I saw his grandmother's car in our driveway...obviously for some reason it didn't register...maybe because it was a long weekend and I was dog-tired after running around the restaurant for 7 hours?! I went to bed, and Isaiah was already sleeping.Fast forward to this morning. I always wake up after he has gone off to work. I'm not one of those "good" wives and wakes up with my husband and makes his coffee and lunch. Usually, all of the kids are up by the time I'm up too. So, I stumble out of bed, being SOOO tired from a late night at work and I look out into the driveway and see Isaiah's truck still there. My first reaction was "Why didn't he go to work today?". My second reaction was, "well, if he didn't go to work, where the heck is he?". He wasn't in the kitchen, nor the living room or the bathroom. Then, for some crazy reason I though that maybe he had fallen down outside and was hurt...or that he fell asleep in his truck before pulling out of the driveway (Ok, I know, that last thought is a little crazy, but apprently that's the way I process things after just waking up from only 6ish hours of sleep and no coffee). I actually opened the front door to look and see if he had fallen down the steps! Nope, he wasn't there. Ok, I'm beginning to get a little more worried now. Where in the world is he?! I come back inside, and I start looking in EVERY room of the house. I go downstairs and check in the family room, the computer room, the storage room....meanwhile my kids are all watching me do this and not asking what the heck is going on! Geeze! At that point I must have fully awakened or whatever and as I turned around and started walking back up the stairs to go call his cell phone, did I realize what an idiot I was. DUH...he took his grandmother's car to work!!! Wow, I'm pretty bright huh?
Friday, April 11, 2008
Do you have a dream....?
Not as in a "when your sleeping" kind of dream, but a "this is the purpose of my life" kind of dream? Like, a passion? I'm feeling kind of down lately because I don't think I have one :(
I don't know if someone is trying to tell me something or what, but recently I've been watching a bunch of movies or shows and reading books that involved someone having a dream/goal for their life and pushing through all obsticles to achieve those life goals and dreams. Like the movie, "The Persuit of Happyness", or the movie I just watched last night, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" the story of rapper 50 Cent. There are others, I just can't think of them right now, but lately that's been the theme of pretty much everything I come in contact with, lol. Even my 14 yr olds are planning for their future in school right now by choosing classes and exploring careers (Can I come sit in on some of those discussions?!!)
My whole life so far has been about my kids. Which,I'm NOT complaining at all about! I love it and I wouldn't take anything back or change anything about my life. I'm approaching my 33rd birthday (YIKES!) and I feel like I now need to "do" something, "be" somebody other than "mommy". I know for certain that I'm done having kids and now I need to find out what I want. I was pregnant as a Senior in highschool and my mind was not on finding a career for a while. I put "me" on the backburner, and unfortunately I think that's where I'm still stuck.
I see all these people with passions, and dreams and life goals and I honestly feel a little envious (yes, I know, it's a bad thing to be envious!)of all of them. I feel that I want to be excited about something....work towards something in life. I kind of feel like I'm cheating myself, like I should be doing more, you know? It's not about the money so much as it is about the fulfillment of it. Although, money would be good :)
I don't know if someone is trying to tell me something or what, but recently I've been watching a bunch of movies or shows and reading books that involved someone having a dream/goal for their life and pushing through all obsticles to achieve those life goals and dreams. Like the movie, "The Persuit of Happyness", or the movie I just watched last night, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" the story of rapper 50 Cent. There are others, I just can't think of them right now, but lately that's been the theme of pretty much everything I come in contact with, lol. Even my 14 yr olds are planning for their future in school right now by choosing classes and exploring careers (Can I come sit in on some of those discussions?!!)
My whole life so far has been about my kids. Which,I'm NOT complaining at all about! I love it and I wouldn't take anything back or change anything about my life. I'm approaching my 33rd birthday (YIKES!) and I feel like I now need to "do" something, "be" somebody other than "mommy". I know for certain that I'm done having kids and now I need to find out what I want. I was pregnant as a Senior in highschool and my mind was not on finding a career for a while. I put "me" on the backburner, and unfortunately I think that's where I'm still stuck.
I see all these people with passions, and dreams and life goals and I honestly feel a little envious (yes, I know, it's a bad thing to be envious!)of all of them. I feel that I want to be excited about something....work towards something in life. I kind of feel like I'm cheating myself, like I should be doing more, you know? It's not about the money so much as it is about the fulfillment of it. Although, money would be good :)
Monday, April 7, 2008
:( (This post may be TMI for some)
I consider myself pretty tough. I would say that I'm a "strong woman"...emotionally. However, when something is wrong with one of my kids I'm a nervous wreck. Each one of them has given me a run for my money and each one has had their own little health problems of some sort...nothing out of the ordinary I guess. Sammy was a very healthy baby and toddler, and then when she was about 12 she pretty much colapsed on the basketball court one day. We took her to the doctor and she was diagnosed with asthma. No big deal really I guess, a lot of kids have asthma. She's ok now and we think it was from our mold-infested house we lived in at the time. Dylan, other than having a heart mumur and going to get an EKG (I think that's what it was) at the age of 2, has been really healthy. He did go through a phase this winter though that concerned us. He wasn't eating much and loosing weight and was drinking water A LOT. We suspected diabetes, but we had many, many tests done on him and he turned out fine on all of them. So, a little scare, but he's ok. Must have been just a phase?
Hailey's been through a lot too. As a toddler, she didn't grow. She wasn't thriving. She was sick with earinfections frequently, wasn't sleeping well and just was not very happy. It turned out that we figured out she was having sleep apnea and needed her tonsils and adnoids out plus have tubes put in her ears. So, at age three she went into surgery a 24 pound peanut. Six weeks later, at her last post surgery checkup she weighed in at 31 pounds and a face full of color. YAY!! Anyway, that was tough to go through. Now she's giving me much stress again:(
She had her 7 yr checkup a couple weeks ago and I usually just do these because that's what I'm supposed to do. I didn't have any health concerns with her, and I don't rely much on my doctor to walk me through child rearing. So, the checkup went great until the end when the doctor mentioned he was concerned with Hailey's "development". I though, "What? She looks like she's growing just fine now...she even may be a little big for her age. She's built like a rock, as are my other two kids, but not really "overweight" or "underweight"." No, he wasn't talking about that kind of development, he was talking about PUBERTY kind of development. Oh boy!!! Not now...she's only 7! It's not like I was oblivious to her breast development, I just thought she had gained a little extra winter weight weight (we all do!) and was carrying it there...no big deal, she would loose it when she started being more active again. Unfortunately, the doctor said this was not weight gain and that she was definately not overweight. So, we talked, and poor Hailey had no idea what we were talking about. She's never heard the word puberty before, and why would she...she's only 7 and I didn't think I would have to have this talk with her for about another two years. We went right away to have an x-ray of her wrist done to test her bone age. Apparently, if her bone age differs from her "real" age more than 6 months then there is cause for concern. This could mean a number of things, one of the scariest being a tumor on the pituitary gland. We had to wait at least a week to get that result back. Last friday I had to take her into the dr. AGAIN because she had an ear infection, and we got the results back then from the bone age scan. Luckily, her bone age said she was 7 yrs. 2 months...which was exactly right on. Her 7th birthday was in January. Whew...one hurdle over. At that appointment on friday the dr. told me they were working hard on getting the referal done up (for insurance reasons) and that he had talked to the specialist (endocrinologist)and they suspect Hailey's problem to be this, but they are not 100% certain until they see her. My doctor said that someone from Dartmoth Hitchcock (If you are from around here...that word alone when it involves any kind of health realted issue is cause for concern...it's the BIG hospital!) would be calling ASAP to set up an appointment for Hailey. Well, they called this morning, and told me that they usually book 2-3 months out, but that the Dr. had wanted Hailey seen sooner than that! Oh boy, like that's not scary! They want to see her SOON!!! So, we have an appointment on May 1st at 8 a.m. in Manchester and we need to be there a half hour early. I know she's not the first kid to have this, but this is scary stuff :(
Why us? Why Hailey?!!!
Please, I would love any well wishes, prayers, thoughts, good vibes or whatever you feel is appropriate and please be thinking of my little Hailey (and me too, I'm a nervous wreck!). I need strenght right now. Thanks.
Hailey's been through a lot too. As a toddler, she didn't grow. She wasn't thriving. She was sick with earinfections frequently, wasn't sleeping well and just was not very happy. It turned out that we figured out she was having sleep apnea and needed her tonsils and adnoids out plus have tubes put in her ears. So, at age three she went into surgery a 24 pound peanut. Six weeks later, at her last post surgery checkup she weighed in at 31 pounds and a face full of color. YAY!! Anyway, that was tough to go through. Now she's giving me much stress again:(
She had her 7 yr checkup a couple weeks ago and I usually just do these because that's what I'm supposed to do. I didn't have any health concerns with her, and I don't rely much on my doctor to walk me through child rearing. So, the checkup went great until the end when the doctor mentioned he was concerned with Hailey's "development". I though, "What? She looks like she's growing just fine now...she even may be a little big for her age. She's built like a rock, as are my other two kids, but not really "overweight" or "underweight"." No, he wasn't talking about that kind of development, he was talking about PUBERTY kind of development. Oh boy!!! Not now...she's only 7! It's not like I was oblivious to her breast development, I just thought she had gained a little extra winter weight weight (we all do!) and was carrying it there...no big deal, she would loose it when she started being more active again. Unfortunately, the doctor said this was not weight gain and that she was definately not overweight. So, we talked, and poor Hailey had no idea what we were talking about. She's never heard the word puberty before, and why would she...she's only 7 and I didn't think I would have to have this talk with her for about another two years. We went right away to have an x-ray of her wrist done to test her bone age. Apparently, if her bone age differs from her "real" age more than 6 months then there is cause for concern. This could mean a number of things, one of the scariest being a tumor on the pituitary gland. We had to wait at least a week to get that result back. Last friday I had to take her into the dr. AGAIN because she had an ear infection, and we got the results back then from the bone age scan. Luckily, her bone age said she was 7 yrs. 2 months...which was exactly right on. Her 7th birthday was in January. Whew...one hurdle over. At that appointment on friday the dr. told me they were working hard on getting the referal done up (for insurance reasons) and that he had talked to the specialist (endocrinologist)and they suspect Hailey's problem to be this, but they are not 100% certain until they see her. My doctor said that someone from Dartmoth Hitchcock (If you are from around here...that word alone when it involves any kind of health realted issue is cause for concern...it's the BIG hospital!) would be calling ASAP to set up an appointment for Hailey. Well, they called this morning, and told me that they usually book 2-3 months out, but that the Dr. had wanted Hailey seen sooner than that! Oh boy, like that's not scary! They want to see her SOON!!! So, we have an appointment on May 1st at 8 a.m. in Manchester and we need to be there a half hour early. I know she's not the first kid to have this, but this is scary stuff :(
Why us? Why Hailey?!!!
Please, I would love any well wishes, prayers, thoughts, good vibes or whatever you feel is appropriate and please be thinking of my little Hailey (and me too, I'm a nervous wreck!). I need strenght right now. Thanks.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
More Pictures
Hailey had riding again yesterday, and she rode a new horse so I took some pictures. Again, I don't have a camera so these were taken with my phone and are not that great of quality. This little horse is a more "advanced" horse than what she usually rides (the white pony) so she was pretty excited to ride him. This is the little pony she's going to be showing on this summer and her instructor and I agree that she looks so cute on him :)
I admit, I don't take as many pictures of the older kids as I should. Dylan HATES to have his picture taken, so it's pretty rare to get a picture of him anyway. Sammy, on the other hand, has a lot of pictures of her but it's always with friends. So, here are some recent ones of her and her friends when they went to the Jonas Brothers concert a few weeks ago. SILLY GIRLS! (Oh, Sammy is the blond one)
I admit, I don't take as many pictures of the older kids as I should. Dylan HATES to have his picture taken, so it's pretty rare to get a picture of him anyway. Sammy, on the other hand, has a lot of pictures of her but it's always with friends. So, here are some recent ones of her and her friends when they went to the Jonas Brothers concert a few weeks ago. SILLY GIRLS! (Oh, Sammy is the blond one)
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
I've lost it!
Everything that was on my computer, anyway :) Somehow (ok, well I have a sneaking suspition how...uh um YouTube) we got a virus in our computer. And, of course, I hadn't renewed my virus protection last week when it expired. Just my luck! I tried all day yesterday to get rid of it. At one point I did, but it came back...or I hadn't "really" gotten rid of it probably. Eventually it wouldn't do anything. I wouldn't even load. So, instead of taking it in somewhere and paying $500 to fix it I just restored the whole thing. :( That means, I lost EVERYTHING. All my pictures, files, music, programs....everything! Yes, I cried. Mostly because of the pictures I lost. If I was smart, I would have saved my photos beforehand. Hindsight is 20/20, right?
On the bright side, I have a REALLY fast computer now :). And updated virus protection!
On the bright side, I have a REALLY fast computer now :). And updated virus protection!
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