Wordless Wednesday - So random.

Busy week.

This week is going to be both busy and emotional. I have to take Loryn to a dermatologist on Monday. She had some moles removed and the majority of them came back "angry." Their words, not mine. The way the doctor explained "angry" was they weren't normal but if left untreated could turn into skin cancer. This really freaked me out and it made me want to have every single freckle removed from her body. This isn't practical of course, but the doctor is sending us out to be checked by a derm. They will look at all the blemishes on body and determine if any more need to be watched or removed and we will go from there.

Then Wednesday is Kira's appointment at Childrens Hospital. She has had a hernia about 3 or 4 inches above her bellybutton since she was about 9 months old. Over the past year it has gotten worse and now she will just double over in pain at times pointing to that area screaming that her belly hurts. I want her to be free from pain but I do not want her to have surgery. I am actually not even sure how I would manage her being in a hospital in Omaha being that there isn't anyone to care for Jonas while I would be up there and I don't think that he is allowed to be in the patient area.

My life would be boring if I didn't have a billion doctor appointments to go to. I swear there is no one that goes to the doctor more that me (as I write this after returning from my second trip this week for Jonas' ears- I see another specialist appointment in my near future lol).

School pictures.

Due to a someone taking pictures and posting them to their Facebook page, I have not included Haley's picture. If you would like to see her photo, please visit my Facebook page.

Trick or Treating Twenty-Ten.

 Jonas snug as a bug in costume getting ready to take a nice nap while his brother and sisters load up on some trick-or-treat candy.

 Kira the pink cowgirl decided that her trusty stead for the evening would be a stroller manned by her oldest sister as walking would be beneath this rodeo princess.

 

Here is the group, Kaly is the red queen, Loryn is a gangster, Paige is Alice, Haley is 1/2 grandma, 1/2 clown,  Jake is Bumblebee from Transformers, Kira a cowgirl and Jonas a lion.

The kids had a blast and made out like bandits, Kira could barely hold up sack. 

Cha-cha-cha-changes!

Oh where to begin? There has been so much going on in the past month or so. Toby, Paige, Haley & I all got a little older.

 Toby and Paige's birthdays fall on the same day however we celebrated them both on different days this year. Sort of giving Toby back his birthday.

I have trained my kids to tell anyone that asks that (depending on the child) I am anywhere between 21 and 25 years old. Gotta love their innocence lol!

 Haley turned 17, SEVENTEEN! How did she grow up and get so old before my eyes?

I got a little smarter, I finally became a college graduate. There were times when I didn't think I would make it. At one point I was pregnant, working full time, helping Toby with his business taxes and paper work part time, and tending to a very sick toddler who was hospitalized, all while taking between 3 and 5 classes. I very nearly quit and am so glad I didn't. 

Jonas turned 8 months old, and is starting to hit all of those lovely milestones most babies his age have already mastered. With his adjusted age he is right on track but since he is so big and is often larger than most babies his actual age it is hard for others to comprehend why he isn't, or rather wasn't doing normal stuff. I am happy to say that he now is rolling and scooting all over the place and starting to enjoy finding and getting into things that he should not be playing with. Although he is not crawling yet, he is getting up on all fours and trying. And, just two days ago he surprised us all be pulling up into a standing position out of no where. I often sit and look at him in wonderment as at 23lbs and 30in he looks more like a toddler than an infant.

 Loryn played the last of her 14 games of volleyball. She did so well, I am very proud of all that she achieved. This was her first year playing and she not only learned the sport but did well enough to be put on the B team (her school has an A, B & C team).

There was so much more that went on but will add those events in on another post. Such a fun and crazy life and I am loving every minute of it!

Wordless Wednesday - Loryn's Vball Game.

Not so lucky!

Well we were not lucky. We got hit with yet another bug. Just when we thought we've gone through it all ::sigh::. Loryn has mono for sure, Kaly and Paige probably have it, they didn't test them, Jake was tested and doesn't but has a wicked bad sinus infection, Kira had ROUND FOUR of pneumonia and ended up spending a few days in the hospital. I have something but my damn doctor/nurse decided that I can just wait until Monday to figure out what exactly I do have. I am very, very close to loosing my job. Funny how the Mothering Magazine Friendly Mom Employer of the Year company would actually action plan an employee who is at the hospital with her kid (not really funny at all). I shouldn't have expected more since they action planned me when I had h1n1. Guess I should have came in and infected the whole building @@. Yes, not only am I ticked off but at my breaking point. Grrrrr! 2010 had better be better because I cannot take another year like this!

Friday Photo Flashback

Jan/Feb 2000

Kalysta was about 3 months old and unbelievably colicky. She would scream for hours on end from evening until around midnight. Toby was working late at the time and Loryn refused to sleep on her own. He came home and found us like this one night. Not even Mountain Dew could keep me awake after the night I had!

And this was after I woke up. I look thrilled to be having my picture taken, don't I?

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Father's Day.

The kids really have enjoyed spending some time with their dad these past few days. I didn't have the camera out much to take pix of it all but I did want to share some of the fun stuff that they made him for Father's Day.

We'll start with KaliShe actually made this last year at school before it let out. She hid it in her room so Toby wouldn't find it before Father's Day and LOST it. She was grounded recently and had to clean out her entire room and go through toy bins etc and found it.

Jake not being in school or preschool wanted to do something like his sisters so we grabbed some of the art projects that we had laying around and put a Toby head on it. It cracks me up Gorilla Dad rocks!

Paige made Toby two things, one in school that is identical to Kaly's (they are only one grade apart so this must be the standard 2nd grade project). Seeing that Kal and her had similar ones she decided to do something different and created the picture below.
I LOVE it! Her dad is A-some! I know she meant awesome but A-some is so funny, kind of like A-hat. Toby and I were in a bit of a fight when she gave it to him and it brought a HUGE smile to my face.

Forever the jokester like her mom Loryn put together this little card. She really tries to push the limits, but I can't help it, it really is a funny card!

Haley made a card as well but it wasn't around when I took these pictures, it did go something like "Hope you like this card, because it's all I got you!" LOL I wonder if she will think a card like that is as funny when she gets her's from Toby on her 16th birthday!!

I hope you all had an A-some F-day!

Friday Photo Flashback

Loryn was about 3.5 years old and had just learned how to wink. She wanted me to take her picture winking and she threw her thumb up at the last second and isn't quite caught in the picture.

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Happy Birthday Loryn!

Then:


And now:

11 years goes by so quickly!

30 Day Challenge - 2

Day two was a little more strenuous and not as fun as day one LOL! This game really got down to business and kicked my butt! I had did the buddy workout with Loryn. You see, not only am I doing the 30 day but I got the kids involved as well. Kal is out at a friends but as soon as she gets back she will be doing her challenge for today (her and Paige will be on day one and Haley, Loryn and I on day two). It was a lot of fun working out with Loryn though, we were both feeling the burn and sweating our butts off! After we did our workout we decided to check things out and set up our own fun little workout. Paige and I tried out the dancing, basketball, volleyball and did more tennis. When we were done Haley and Loryn decided to give it a try. Here is their results:

as you can see Loryn really put in the extra effort and even though she didn't burn as many calories as Haley did she still beat her. because of that, Haley was not at all happy but Loryn was doing the happy dance.

Rain, rain, go away!

What should you do on day two of a boring rainy day in the summer? Build a blanket tent of course! The kids attacked my linen closet and took all the extra blankets, along w/the ones off of their beds and built this monstrosity in Jake's room. I tried to go under it but I didn't fit w/o pulling on the blankets and threatening to crash it down. I wish I had snapped a pic of the one they built this morning in the living room while I was on my conference call.