Just a few pictures to tide you over until we get back from the Fiesta Bowl.
Go Cats!
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Where does time go?!?
So sorry it has been such a long time since my last post! I can not believe Christmas is less than a week away!
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Kade had his adenoids removed the morning of the 7th. Saying the night before was tough for this Mama is an understatement. I kept telling myself that it was a routine procedure and he would be fine. It was a TOTALLY different situation than when Natalie had surgery. Still, the memories of when Natalie had surgery kept surfacing. I was a wreck. Since we had to have Kade at the surgery center early, I took Marleigh out to spend the night at my parents' house. I even had a hard time leaving her, and she wasn't the one having surgery!
We got Kade over to the surgery center, and he did suprisingly well without any food or drink. The nurse came to take him back and I lost it. Complete ugly cry, right there in front of everyone. About 30 minutes later, they took us to a recovery room. They said they would bring Kade right out. For about 5 minutes, I could hear the poor little guy screaming. My heart broke. He had no idea where he was or who these people were, let alone being in pain. They finally brought him to us, still groggy, and still with an IV in his wrist. He would scream and thrash angrily for a couple of minutes, then sleep for about a minute. They finally took his IV out, and about another hour passed of him trying to wake up from the anesthesia. The doctor came and talked with us briefly. He confirmed that Kade's adenoids were nasty, and that his sinus cavities were inflamed. A little while later, we headed home.
Within a day, you would have never known Kade had surgery. They told us not to let him run for 48 hours. Yeah, obviously they don't know Kade very well! ;) I am so glad he had his surgery. He still has chubby cheeks, but they are not as puffy as before. His sinus cavities were so swollen, that it actually made his cheeks puffy. Very thankful to have the procedure behind us!
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I had previously mentioned both on the blog and on Facebook, that Marleigh had been having some serious #2 issues. She all of the sudden was having accidents ALL the time, and it was sort of a sticky consistency. (Sorry, TMI, I know.) This all started at the tail end of her antibiotics, so I thought it might possibly have messed with the "good" bacteria in her tummy, so I pushed plenty of yogurt and fiber. I kept thinking things would improve. Finally, after battling it for a month, I made her an appointment with the doctor. The night before her scheduled appointment, she FINALLY had a nice, normal bowel movement. The next day, the doctor and I discussed everything that had been going on. I am officially the worst mother ever. Marleigh had had a bowel obstruction. She was leaking around the obstruction, and often, children can not control it. I felt absolutely horrible that I waited so long to go to the doctor. We have not had a single problem since.
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Tuesday, we took Marleigh back to see her opthamologist. She has been doing great wearing her eye patch the last 2 months. I was so shocked and pleased with the results. Her right eye had been somewhere around 20/70. In just 2 short months, her right eye is now between 20/30 to 20/20. I never could have imagined it would make such a dramatic difference in that little time. The doctor instructed us to go to wearing the eye patch every other day to see if she can maintain at that level. We will check her again in February.
I would SO encourage anyone that has a family history of "lazy eye" to get your children screened young by an opthamologist. Marleigh appeared to be seeing just fine. She technically could pass a vision exam, but she was only using her left eye. Her right eye would have continued to weaken to point where it could not be corrected, had we not intervened with glasses and the eye patch.
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We are getting ready to head back to Mound City for our Johnson side of Christmas this weekend. It will be good to see everyone. Marleigh is talking about getting to see her grandma, grandpa, aunties and cousins. She is so excited! I asked her if she was excited to see her uncles, too. She said, "Well, I suppose, but they are more for Daddy to play with." Ha ha.... sorry Uncle Ryan, Uncle Chewy, and Uncle Dave! ;)
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Kade had his adenoids removed the morning of the 7th. Saying the night before was tough for this Mama is an understatement. I kept telling myself that it was a routine procedure and he would be fine. It was a TOTALLY different situation than when Natalie had surgery. Still, the memories of when Natalie had surgery kept surfacing. I was a wreck. Since we had to have Kade at the surgery center early, I took Marleigh out to spend the night at my parents' house. I even had a hard time leaving her, and she wasn't the one having surgery!
We got Kade over to the surgery center, and he did suprisingly well without any food or drink. The nurse came to take him back and I lost it. Complete ugly cry, right there in front of everyone. About 30 minutes later, they took us to a recovery room. They said they would bring Kade right out. For about 5 minutes, I could hear the poor little guy screaming. My heart broke. He had no idea where he was or who these people were, let alone being in pain. They finally brought him to us, still groggy, and still with an IV in his wrist. He would scream and thrash angrily for a couple of minutes, then sleep for about a minute. They finally took his IV out, and about another hour passed of him trying to wake up from the anesthesia. The doctor came and talked with us briefly. He confirmed that Kade's adenoids were nasty, and that his sinus cavities were inflamed. A little while later, we headed home.
Within a day, you would have never known Kade had surgery. They told us not to let him run for 48 hours. Yeah, obviously they don't know Kade very well! ;) I am so glad he had his surgery. He still has chubby cheeks, but they are not as puffy as before. His sinus cavities were so swollen, that it actually made his cheeks puffy. Very thankful to have the procedure behind us!
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I had previously mentioned both on the blog and on Facebook, that Marleigh had been having some serious #2 issues. She all of the sudden was having accidents ALL the time, and it was sort of a sticky consistency. (Sorry, TMI, I know.) This all started at the tail end of her antibiotics, so I thought it might possibly have messed with the "good" bacteria in her tummy, so I pushed plenty of yogurt and fiber. I kept thinking things would improve. Finally, after battling it for a month, I made her an appointment with the doctor. The night before her scheduled appointment, she FINALLY had a nice, normal bowel movement. The next day, the doctor and I discussed everything that had been going on. I am officially the worst mother ever. Marleigh had had a bowel obstruction. She was leaking around the obstruction, and often, children can not control it. I felt absolutely horrible that I waited so long to go to the doctor. We have not had a single problem since.
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Tuesday, we took Marleigh back to see her opthamologist. She has been doing great wearing her eye patch the last 2 months. I was so shocked and pleased with the results. Her right eye had been somewhere around 20/70. In just 2 short months, her right eye is now between 20/30 to 20/20. I never could have imagined it would make such a dramatic difference in that little time. The doctor instructed us to go to wearing the eye patch every other day to see if she can maintain at that level. We will check her again in February.
I would SO encourage anyone that has a family history of "lazy eye" to get your children screened young by an opthamologist. Marleigh appeared to be seeing just fine. She technically could pass a vision exam, but she was only using her left eye. Her right eye would have continued to weaken to point where it could not be corrected, had we not intervened with glasses and the eye patch.
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We are getting ready to head back to Mound City for our Johnson side of Christmas this weekend. It will be good to see everyone. Marleigh is talking about getting to see her grandma, grandpa, aunties and cousins. She is so excited! I asked her if she was excited to see her uncles, too. She said, "Well, I suppose, but they are more for Daddy to play with." Ha ha.... sorry Uncle Ryan, Uncle Chewy, and Uncle Dave! ;)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Weekend pics
I am going to the Fiesta Bowl! Yay! As a wise sister-in-law told me, years form now, the kids will never remember that I left them and went to the Fiesta Bowl. Looking forward to the trip!
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Here's a few pics from our weekend. Sorry that they aren't very clear. My phone doesn't take the best pictures.
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Here's a few pics from our weekend. Sorry that they aren't very clear. My phone doesn't take the best pictures.
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| I had football on the TV late Saturday morning. I went to the kitchen, and when I came back, this is how I found Kade. |
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| I get all of the kids' clothes ready and laid out before bath time at night. Kade found Marleigh's clean undies and was trying to put them on. I helped him get them on. He was SO proud of himself. Wish I had a video of him strutting around! |
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| Marleigh and I played beauty shop Saturday. I straightened her hair. :) |
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| Pretty girl with straight hair. She just kept touching it and saying, "It is so smooth!" |
Monday, December 3, 2012
To Fiesta or Not to Fiesta?
I really do try to not judge others. But sometimes, I fail at that miserably. I happen to know of a couple that both parents work full time. They have small children, yet 3 out of 4 weekends, they pawn their kids off on someone else so that they can have "adult" time. It floors me that they don't want to spend more time with their children. I feel like they chose to have these kids, they should be raising them. Not the grandparents or the babysitters. (On a side note, "Dear God, please help me to STOP being Judgmental Judy!") The LAST thing I would ever want to do is to be one of "those parents".
Being a parent is a sacrifice. It is also the greatest reward and privilege. My three kids are my always going to be my finest accomplishments. I love those little people and would do any for them. I fully realize that they are my number one priority right now. Many times, that means giving up or missing out on something that I would have done back before I had kids. But that's okay with me. They are only young once.
While "Mommy" is my number one job, I am still "Sarah", too. It took me quite some time to realize, but I do need on occasion to have some me time. I find that taking some time for me, lowers my stress and helps me to have more patience with Marleigh and Kade.
However, that doesn't stop the constant "Mommy Guilt". I think it is just the way women are wired. If I am away from the kids, there is that constant, nagging guilt that I should be home, taking care of my kids. Take for instance, last week. I had a tax update class in Wichita that I had to attend. Even though it was for work, I couldn't help but feel a little guilt about not being home with Marleigh and Kade at night.
This all leads to my dilemma I am currently facing. As most everyone knows, K-State is playing in the Fiesta Bowl in January. Marc is wanting me to go with him. Pre-children, I would have said yes in a heartbeat. I mean, who knows when the Cats will be in a BCS bowl game again? But, the "Mommy Guilt" and fear of being "those parents" is holding me back. Decisions, decisions.....So, to Fiesta or Not to Fiesta? That is the question.
Being a parent is a sacrifice. It is also the greatest reward and privilege. My three kids are my always going to be my finest accomplishments. I love those little people and would do any for them. I fully realize that they are my number one priority right now. Many times, that means giving up or missing out on something that I would have done back before I had kids. But that's okay with me. They are only young once.
While "Mommy" is my number one job, I am still "Sarah", too. It took me quite some time to realize, but I do need on occasion to have some me time. I find that taking some time for me, lowers my stress and helps me to have more patience with Marleigh and Kade.
However, that doesn't stop the constant "Mommy Guilt". I think it is just the way women are wired. If I am away from the kids, there is that constant, nagging guilt that I should be home, taking care of my kids. Take for instance, last week. I had a tax update class in Wichita that I had to attend. Even though it was for work, I couldn't help but feel a little guilt about not being home with Marleigh and Kade at night.
This all leads to my dilemma I am currently facing. As most everyone knows, K-State is playing in the Fiesta Bowl in January. Marc is wanting me to go with him. Pre-children, I would have said yes in a heartbeat. I mean, who knows when the Cats will be in a BCS bowl game again? But, the "Mommy Guilt" and fear of being "those parents" is holding me back. Decisions, decisions.....So, to Fiesta or Not to Fiesta? That is the question.
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