When Will It End?

Well today we went back to Dr.Gavin for Liam's Post Op on his ears. We were hoping for a clean bill of health but that was not the case! His left ear looked perfect. His right ear however has some problems still. He was unable to get a good look at the ear because the tube has some blood clots in it. He said the bleeding last week was most likey an infection but the bleeding meant the tubes were actually working! Why there is still blood clots though he can't figure out. So he gave us a prescription for new drops to start. These drops should clear up the clots over the next week. We go back to see Dr. Gavin on April 14. Hopefully then everything will be clear and he will finally give us that clean bill of health in his ears that we have been waiting 5 months to get.

Long and Overdue!

Sometimes I feel like I need a remote for my life. I really sometimes just want to pause certain things stop them to give me a breather, be able to rewind all the wonderful moments, and fastforward through the bad ones! But since we weren't born with that remote I keep living this crazy busy life!


Liam goes back tomorrow to Dr. Gavin(ENT) to have a checkup on his ears. He is still playing with that right one a lot. I am not sure if it is just out of habit or if there is still something going on in there! He did cut his first top tooth last week so that was exciting. Now though he likes to grind his teeth which just makes my skin crawl.


We are going to be enrolling Maddie in school for next year. There is preschool just outside of Greenwich that offers a 2 year old program. It is only 2 morning a week for 2 hours a day. They don't really do any teaching, it is mostly for social reasons. They work on potty training for the kids that aren't yet. I just think it will be good for her to get out of the house a couple hours a week and be able to play and have fun with a few other children her age. They only take a maximum of 8 kids so I think thats great! It will also be good for me to have that few hours a week to be able to bond with Liam. Him and have never really had 1:1 time!


Jarryd will be starting TBall very soon. He is very excited and nervous. He loves to play he just doesn't like not knowing who his coach will be and who will be on his team. Jarryd is a very nervous boy, but once he gets into things he is fine. So I need to get out his glove and cleats from last year and make sure they fit. I am pretty sure his baseball pants won't but I suppose I should have him try them on too before I buy new ones. Oh and then I will be signing him up for Football on Wed or Saturday. Spring is coming so fast!


Paul has taken on a side job on the weekends to help save for our house. Our friends that live in hudson falls have asked Paul to help him out one weekend day a week. It really works out for all of us. Paul gets to work on cars which he really misses sometimes and he gets to hang out with his friend Chris all day! All the money he makes from that is going into our House Fund, so that will be awesome! Me and the kids go up with him for the day too. Chris and Meggan have 6 kids with another on the way(God bless their souls!) so their kids and ours have fun playing together! When we went up Saturday we took the kids outside for like 4 hours because the weather was so nice. In fact it was so nice I had a short sleeved shirt on and actually got a little sunburn!!!! So that is where we will be spending a least one day a week for a while!


Oh and I was 2ounces away from my 15 pound weight loss Saturday! My first goal is 20pounds by April 21 when we leave for Florida so I am well on my way! I still have a long ways to go to my final goal but I am happy with my progress so far. I can't wait because we are going to order a double jogging stroller so I can get out and start walking almost everyday and that should help too!

I am sick of being sick...

So once again it has been a rough couple of weeks for our family. We have all been sick in some way. Last week Paul and Maddie were really sick. This week its me. Oh and get this, Liam has an ear infection! Seriously we were supposed to be done with them. We woke up yesterday morning to find a puddle of blood on his sheet draining from his ear. Yea just what we wanted to wake up to! Well at least we know the tubes are working. Now lets just see if we can try to keep Jarryd healthy. That can sometimes be a major battle!


Oh and to top it all off I have 4 extra kids here today. I have my regular 2 daycare kids and then a friend of ours asked us to watch her two children today and tomorrow. So yea I have a 10month old, a 16month old, a 20month old, and 3 2 year olds! Wish me luck for today and tomorrow!

Good Health and Houses!

So things have been rather crazy here this week. On a good note thogh everyone is starting to feel better!

Liam has his 9 month well visit this morning. The Dr. wanted to wait till after his tubes were in before we did his shots. His ears looked perfect!!! That was the first they have been able to say that in four months now! What a relief. He was 30in(84%) and 19lbs10oz(22%)! I can't even believe how big he is getting. But he got a clean bill of health and is pretty advanced developmentally!

The house hunting has begun. Well kind of. We are possibly buying a piece of property around the corner from Paul's parents house. It is in a nice neighbor hood and out of the village but walking distance to everything here. We are just waiting on the sellers go ahead. Now we are looking around for Prefab homes. They really are the best way to go. We might spend a little more upfront, but there are a lot of good things about that. I mean it is all brand new. So no fixing the furnace, roof, foundation and everything else for at least 10 years! Also we get to pick our floor plan, paint colors bedrooms, square foot etc! It will probably still be at least 2 years before anything really happens. Ideally we will be able to pay the property off before we move in so that it will give us some equity and lower our mortgage. So all in time we will own our house in good time!

Will It Ever End???

So once again one of the kids are sick. Poor Jarryd has strep throat. He came home yesterday and went straight upstairs to lay down in his bed. When I went up there he looked terrible and told me his belly and throat hurt. So I left for Saratoga and he fell asleep. When I got home he woke up crying and had a fever of 102.7. This morning he woke up not feeling any better. So Justin took him to the Dr.s and sure enough it was strep. So now we just have to hope and pray it doesn't spread through this house.

Other then Jarryd everyone else is good. Liam seems to be playing with his ears less and less everyday. We go back on the 31st for the post op check up. But he is looking for his dinner. So I am off to feed him then feed the rest of the house!

A Little Bit of Everything

Okay so I have been so bad about blogging this last week. So I will try to keep this one not too long while still updating you. Maybe I will learn to keep up on this more!

Well Friday morning we had to be in Albany at 6:30 for Liam's surgery. Everything went great. He was not too happy about not being able to eat all morning but he was content. The ENT was wonderful and kept us completely informed. He had more inflammation and fluid then he suspected but was still able to place the tubes successfully! Liam woke right up out of the anesthesia and we were out of there by 11:00!

Paul and I actually got a night out to ourselves on Saturday. It was so wonderful. My sister watched the 2 babies(Jarryd was in Mass with his grandparents). We went to Mexican Connection for dinner. Um my favorite! Afterwards we headed to Target to get some things. It was so nice to be able to go shopping without bringing kids along! We were home by 8:00, I sat down and paid all the bills and Paul played PlayStation! Its amazing now what consists of a great night!

As for my diet, I had lost 6pounds even as of my 2 week weigh in on Saturday morning. I am so proud of myself. 6 pounds certainly is not a lot but its a start. I just wish I could find more time to exercise because I know I could not only loose more weight but also be getting my body back into shape. So I am really trying to learn how to balance the cooking cleaning taking care of kids and working out. It will come in good time I suppose. As long as I can loose a little more before we head down to Florida on April 21! I really don't want to have to buy all new summer clothes to wear for that week, only to loose more by June and not need them anymore.

So our savings account keeps growing! Yay little by little we are finally getting somewhere! We are looking into some property because we really want to go with a prefabricated home. You really get more bang for your buck that way. We found the one we would love but that one might be a little out of our price range so we will keep looking. We really don't plan on buying within the next year or 2 anyway so that gives us plenty of time to look and explore our options.

That's about it for now I guess. If you made it through then good for you. I will really try hard this week to keep up on this better.