Have corner.........Will turn???????

It may be wishful thinking, but I do believe we may have turned a corner on this whole potty training thing..........Well, it's the first time my sweet, precious ---ALREADY 3 YEARS OLD---son actually TOLD me he had to potty .......... and then went IN the potty. Now, he tells me he has to go all the time.......And then proceeds to slightly bend his little legs so he has some freedom for going right there in his PULLUPS or DIAPERS or BIG BOY UNDIES.............whatever he may be wearing..........

Oh well....................It's a start, right?

And let me please say a big THANK YOU for my fabulous FOUR followers who left sweet comments about missing me..................Let the posts begin!!

Remember Me???

Time to knock the dust off the computer, iron out the kinks, and get back to what I love doing best...............Talking about my kids :) and I'll throw in some random current events and finally add pictures from one of the cutest birthday parties ever!! Stay tuned.............

The MOST amazing place you NEVER want to go....

Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta---Scottish Rite......................That's right, we have spent a surreal week in a place I prayed I'd never have to be .......... And blessed that we were there surrounded by no less than 10,000 angels !!

Since I have been a very behind blogger, I'll start from the beginning..........After I tell you my sweet baby boy is wonderful and home safe and sound............

Friday, October 29th landed us at our favorite pizza place with some of our favorite people in the whole world............We had quite the time which I am not swearing by it but may have included 6 lemon drop shots, lots of beer and a few frowns from fellow diners..............HA! I noticed baby boy was doing a little bit of limping but he said he hurt his foot on the playground, oh well no worries..............

Saturday, He still wouldn't put any weight on his heel but got around just find and we certainly went about our day with lots of pre halloween fun, including a trip trick or treating with grandmother and grandaddy while mommy and daddy celebrated a pretty good football game that should have had a better ending........damn dawgs................

Sunday, Halloween, my sweet boy woke up pretty miserable, still favoring his left foot. So, since it was halloween, I decided to head to our urgent care place up the street for some Xrays........NOTHING.........Nothing but a referall to an orthopedic surgeon for the next day............

Monday, The 1st of November, my sweet boy got a cast.........even though a second set of Xrays showed NOTHING, again. Now, I have a little bit of cast experience since baby girl had one at age 2.........So, I thought, no worries, off in 10 days, just in time for the birthday party............

WRONG!

By Wednesday, his sweet 3rd birthday, he was screaming pretty much all day and all night..........So, Thursday, I marched myself into a DIFFERENT pediatric orthopedic surgeons office and demanded the damn cast come off!! They did a third set of Xrays, again, NOTHING.........and out we went with a walking boot...........which lasted one day..........

Now, as I politely called the Dr's office, AGAIN, on Monday, November 8th...........and politely explained to them that I did NOT have a medical degree, however, I was a MOM and therefore felt pretty comfortable in the knowledge that NOBODY seems to know what the HELL is wrong with my baby!! His heel is now swollen and very hot to the touch...........SOMETHING WAS WRONG!! And then I politely explained to them that I would be back into their office the following morning...................which, actually, the hubby did............

And how we got to Children's Healthcare.....................

And how my sweet boy had lots of blood taken, two sedations, bone marrow taken, more Xrays, many bags of antibiotics pumped through his tiny little body and last but not least, an MRI...........which would tell us that he has OsteoMylitis.........An infection in his bone............cause---unknown.

We saw orthopedic surgeons, nurses, pediatric doctors, and lots of infectious disease doctors with Harvard degrees..............all telling us how common this was........Yeh? Really? HMMM, didn't seem very common to me!!

Good news is that my sweet baby was mostly clueless about why we were there..........he had lots of jello, lots of pudding, lots of popcicles, lots of attention and non stop movies..........ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT!!

It was pretty tough on us parents, but he did great............And every minute, we were reminded as to just how blessed we were..........And how prayers really do get answered..........Especially when you have the kind of prayer chain we had!! Thank you, my friends.......

Did I mention Birthday party? That's right, the one scheduled for both of my babies on Sunday!! The one that I hadn't quite gotten all the details done for...........The one that was at our house..........with about 35 kids coming..............The one still decorated for Halloween :) And the one that I wasn't quite ready to cancel just yet.................

So, we finally get to Friday, the day some doctors agreed we could leave and the day some doctors disagreed we could leave...............hmmmmm, bottom line, Brayden needed to change from IV antibiotics to oral antibiotics........No big deal, right? well.............no big deal until he threw up the first two tries...................

the hubby and I were exhausted............my sweet boy was exhausted............but how do you reason with a barely turned 3 year old that he only had one more chance?? Chocolate.

Chocolate syrup to be exact.

Our horribly dry harvard grad, Dr. Long, subscribed chocolate syrup as the combo to get the medicine down. and to stay down.

Now, that would have been great to know the first time, because he wasn't really sure he was gonna try for a third time to get down something that truly smelled awful..........

but he did..........

and we left..........

But not after thanking all of the nurses, all of our friends and families, sleepovers for my sweet girl, the great doctors, the great staff, and mostly God. mostly God.

10,000 angels, koi pond, media room, craft center, basketball court, it was pretty cool!! but, I don't want to go back...........

So four happy people slept well Friday night.................but saturday came VERY early!! We had a party to pull off...............

And pull off we did.....stay tuned!

RRROOOOAAAARRRR......

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TURNING THREE..........Oh wait, that's my mom! Where has time gone? Stay tuned for many posts all about ME!!

Bye Bye Paci.................

I will miss you..............

Not because I really liked you. Actually, I strongly disliked you..........However, I will miss the silence you caused as soon as you were found..........I will miss the 15 extra minutes I was given at a restaurant to eat my luke warm food.............And I will truly miss the amazing talent you had of keeping my sweet boy asleep till around 7:15am..............

So, in your place, I now have high pitched tantrums, cold food and 6:30 am wake up calls...........

And a sweet baby boy who probably is one step closer to not being a baby...........sigh.........sniff sniff.................

But that sweet baby boy gave you up to another baby in need.........He's cool like that!

WARNING!!

I suck at blogging...........hell, I suck at a lot these days! But, anyway, our computer got a virus, AGAIN, I got the big ax at work, although I have to keep working through November, and I am desperately trying to count my blessings............So, I promise to get better at blogging, get a job, and count my blessings, again!

The Sprouts!!

Our first organized soccer team....................The Sprouts!! The girls are playing out of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church (PRUMC) since we totally missed the sign up for our local league...........of course, right!! And they are totally ORGANIZED..........."they" being PRUMC........Some might call it a soccer game, I'd like to call it Comic Relief!! For us, it all began with the uniform.................

"That is for boys, MOM!"

"I don't like black!!"

"I am ONLY wearing a dress!!"

"But why is not PINK????"

And it went on and on and on........................But she finally agreed and off we went!!



See........Here's proof that she actually put ON the uniform! Morgan's dad, Greg, and Jeff are the coaches...........

Here's Greg giving the girls some coachin!!................not sure they listened.........

Team Sprouts!!


And of course, what sporting event is complete without a little sibling making a beeline across the field, right????



And check out our fantastic fans!!


This sweet girl had the stance down..........only problem was that she stayed in that EXACT stance every time a ball came by...............Oh well, not sure our experience level was too high!!

My sweet girl not only stayed on the field, she actually made contact with the ball and there were NO TEARS!! And she was NOT one of the four that refused to leave their moms laps on the side!!

And oh yeh, that's right, we played a team in PINK...........How do you think that went over in our house???? Not too well..............And let me tell you, those Peaches were damn good! Not sure what kind of bootcamp had been going on but they had some major game plans..........Seriously? Seriously!! Those 4yr olds kicked our little sprout hineys!!

But after a great team meeting, starting with which end of the field was ours, we are looking forward to today!!

And of course the pizza and ice cream helped too!!

I am so proud of my little sprout!! Will keep you posted on today's game!!