this week has been well....blah

i was just going to post my normal...wordless Wednesday...but decided i have so much on my mind i figured i would just blog. so much has happened in the last week. last Thursday we took our middle child to audiologist to check her hearing. she has very sensitive hearing, to the point of screaming when we vacuum, and has pretty bad speech delay. we know she can hear since she will respond to us but she doesn't have many words she can say clearly. apparently at the age of 2 1/2 a child should have 100 words and can make 2-3 word sentences. Alyson is not at the stage and not even close. When Maddie was at this age, she could have full conversations with us and we were told she was very advance. So this is all new to us. The audiologist told us she 'passed' the hearing section of the test. But she 'failed' the flow test. Meaning she has so much fluid in her ears that her left ear she probably can't hear out of it and her right is probably sounds plugged when she hears noises. poor kid! so our next step is this Friday, going to an ears, nose and throat specialist. the audiologist said she will most likely be getting tubes in her ears to get rid of the fluid and that should help her speech. i have been taking Alyson to the doctor for almost 2 years now for her ears, so i am so thankful that we are finally getting somewhere now!! so if you feel led, please pray for answers and relief for her.

after Alyson's audiologist appointment we had Christian's 1 year old check up and shots and the girls flu shots. christian is growing well...he is 21 lbs 15 ounces (our biggest child at 1 year old) but is only at 40 percentile. he is 30 inches long and 55 percentile. he is right on track. after they did the measurements for christian it was shot time. this is when i got crazy. Maddie decided to go nuts, crazy, psychotic, any word you would like to call it....it was a true movie clip...honestly there was hissing, screaming, kicking, crying, yelling, hitting and even screaming at the poor nurse that she was 'a very bad girl' in a growl voice. it took my husband and i to hold her down for her flu shot and the nurse to pull her pants down and give her the shot. in the midst of this Maddie kicked me 3 times in the chest. (very painful!!!) after this all, i think we would have done things differently with her but we all have to live and learn. so next year for shots we will be trying something different with our 'crazy scared of needles child'. on the other hand Allie just laid there never cried, never whimpered, never moved, and honestly i didn't even know if she got a shot. lol these girls are complete opposites!!! christian of course cried he got 5 shots :( but as soon as i held him he was fine :)

that night, i had a Lia Sophia party. it was fun getting together with girlfriends, chit chatting and having snacks. after the party was over, that's when the pain hit. i was so glad to have a chiro appointment the following day. So after i picked Maddie up Friday morning from 4k we went the appointment. the chiro, took xrays and said i had possible hairline fractures but it was too fresh to determine for sure. so over the weekend i relaxed a lot and iced my back and chest a lot. I am finally feeling better thankfully.

oh and on Monday i found out that i have severe asthma. i kinda knew something was up and have been using my inhaler (that was prescribed earlier in the year for bronchitis) a lot this summer. well now i am on an inhaler daily to help prevent asthma attacks. so i am hoping this helps my breathing and my lungs. so far i feel a huge improvement already...i just wish i would have went sooner to the doctor for this.

so i am just hoping the rest of the week goes smoothly and more upbeat...i surely don't need anymore craziness in this household. lol

have a great week everyone!

its been awhile....

well life here is busy as usually. i cant believe its been 18 days since my last blog entry. i have been on here. i have hit new post about 15 times but never published. i am sorry i just didn't know if that day was positive enough, or interesting enough or long enough. i guess i am just weird.

so anyways this is a little recap of the last week or so...

Maddie is really enjoying school now. i am so glad she changed her mind. she loves school so much now days that she gets up at 4-5 am almost everyday. i hear a little knock on my bedroom door, saying mom i need to get ready for school. this mommy says...Maddie the suns not even up yet and is not ready for school. lol darn kid. not sure which way i preferred. me dragging her out of bed or getting me up before the sun is even up. lol

last week Tuesday, my baby turned one. i was so teary eyed all day. i cant believe he is one already and is so big. :( Saturday we had his 'monkey' themed birthday party. i will try to post pictures later. the monkey cake turned out awesome, up until Maddie got to it...darn child of mine. but it wouldn't be Maddie if she didn't wreck each birthday cake by sticking her fingers in the frosting before each party. later on that day christian decided it would be a good day to start walking. :( he is now taking up to 15 steps at a time. it would probably be more steps but that is about the distant he needs to go before getting what he wants. he is growing up so fast. he is so proud of his walking...he will clap while he is walking it and giggle. what a little cutie. he has also accomplished waving and saying hi. i love it!! he will say dada too.

Allie is doing very well too. with Maddie being in school now days she is talking way more. she is willing to try and say more words and trying to have little conversations with me. i love it. i have waited a long time to have little conversations with her. Maddie talked early on and a lot so Allie not talking at all is completely different for me. its a fun time with her. the other day she learned the word 'happy' so now she walks around saying I'm happy I'm happy. which is sooo darn cute.

well i think i will wrap it here for now. i basically caught you all up and with all the kiddos sleeping, i need to take advantage of this quiet time. ahhhh.

toodles!

frustrated!

Today was Maddie's first day of 4k. It was a 'mini' day in which a parent comes along with the child for 1 hour 15 minutes and the child can get to meet the teacher, their room, and meet new friends.

First off, I have wanted to home school, but since my husband isn't completely on board, we decided to try 4k and see how it goes. So I was already upset to send her to school today. Of course, I didn't show it and was upbeat. Maddie didn't and hasn't wanted to go to school (which I am assuming is normal for a 4 year old) so I needed to be excited for her.

So we (Maddie and I) get to school, and the craziness starts. Within the first 3 minutes she asked loudly (which Maddie is a very loud child) "When can I play?" She refused to listen, she refused to sit down and read like EVERY other child, she refused to have FUN! She was very impatient and loud! At points she was very rude! Even while the teacher discussed green light/red light disciple chart. Maddie laid flat on her back on the floor saying she wanting a snack and refused to listen. Way to demonstrate a red light behaivor, Maddie! geez! She now says she will never go back just over not getting a snack. What in the world should I do now?!?!

EVERY other kid, sat so nicely and listened to the teacher and was eager to learn. NOT Maddie! I am just so happy the teacher dealt Maddie's mouth so awesome!

I was so embarrassed today, my child was the ONLY one that was impatient and unable/unwilling to listen today! I would have preffered her to have a kicking/screaming/laying down in the store type of melt down than her behavior today. I mean at least in the store she is the only one acting that way and she isn't compared to her 10 classmates that are being good/patient children!

I am so frustrated and embarrassed. I know its something new for her, and she is trying to adjust. I am just afraid to send her alone tomorrow if she is going to act this way! Did I really screw up with raising her....how am I going to do the next x amount of years in raising her if I didn't do well the first 4 years?!?!

uggh...is all i have to say.

does anyone have any suggestions or stories to share. I need help or maybe just encouragement.