Day #310

Well an update on our little daredevil. He is doing okay. His mouth really started hurting this evening. He cried until 9:00 and finally fell asleep rocking in my arms (very unusual for him). The pain must have really started this afternoon because he cried all through dinner. I think it burned his cuts. He didn't really want his bottle and he didn't really want his paci. But he's sleeping peacefully now, so hopefully he'll sleep the rest of the night without incident. The bleeding finally stopped for good this morning. So at least we didn't have to wait the 2 or 3 days the doctor said.

I was able to talk to Abrahm today, so that made me feel much better. I know he gets tired of hearing me fuss, but it does make me feel better. It's just nice to share it with him and get his opinion. I'll probably try to get Alden an appointment on Monday so we can get a better X-ray and make sure there is no permanant damage.

The rest of our day was pretty good. Adam's friend Christopher came over to play. We watch him on Friday's so his mom can take his brother to a gymnastics class. It's actually really nice to have Christopher over because I can get a lot of stuff done. Alden is usually napping and the boys sit on the floor in the living room playing with trains, trains, and more trains. Christopher brings all his trains over (I bet he has close to 50 in his bag). After gymnastics Tricia, Chandler and Christopher stayed and we made homemade individual pizzas. I made the sauce and crust from my Dad's old recipe. It's a recipe he had to have made 100 times while we were growing up. All of our friends used to love coming over and having Dad's homemade pizza. And as usual it cheered all of us up.

Then this afternoon the teens from church came over and shoveled our driveway. It was great!! We have had 6 to 8 inches in the last 48 hours. Unbelievable!! It was so sweet of them to do it for us. That's one more thing I can cross off of my to do list. Thank you!

One more Alden story. He is truly a little stinker. After their baths while I was rocking him and trying to feed him, we were watching Abrahm's reading videos. Well he heard Abrahm's voice and sat right up,, looked at the screen, and said "Dada". He then said it agian!!! Twice can't be a coincidence. That little turkey. He has only seen his daddy two weeks out of his life and his first real word was Dada. Mom's just get no respect. :) What's a girl to do?

Day #309

Okay. I am going to complain and vent here. I think today was the worst Thanksgiving ever. The whole day just stunk. The boys both woke up at 6:00 this morning. So by lunchtime, both were fit to be tied. They were just grumpy. I didn't get to talk to Abrahm. We just chatted online for about 5 minutes. When I got to my friend's house for dinner they were all almost done eating. Adam had a complete meltdown once we got there (by the time we left he was fine though). So I didn't really eat much and got no dessert. We then had to leave early because Alden pulled a chair over on top of him and busted him mouth and jaw. 2 1/2 hours in the emergency room didn't help, especially since I had both kids. The doctor looked at his mouth and didn't know what to do. It was bleeding and the jaw was out of alignment. He took an X-ray, but it wasn't very good and didn't show much.

So here's what the doc said. "I am not sure of the problem. Don't worry about the bleeding, it will stop eventually. It may take 2 or 3 days, but it will stop. I don't know about the jaw. It could have a fracture in the cartilage, but that happens all the time and it should heal just fine. I can't do anything to fix it. " Okay. Glad I wasted 2 1/2 hours of my life. So basically there seems to be some problem. He's not sure and doesn't really want to deal with it. He said to get it checked out again if it doesn't look better in a few days. But that they would then have to do a CT Scan and that means they have to sedate him. So not sure where that's going to lead us. So please pray it heals on its own and the bleeding stops.

So since today is Thanksgiving, I have tried to be thankful. I am thankful. I am thankful for my husband and my boys. My family and friends who are truly a blessing to us. I will be more thankful when I can put my arms around my husband and hand the boys over to him for a few minutes. Being solely repsonsible for their health and well being is so exhausting and overwhelming. Keeping them from hurting themselves before Abrahm returns seems impossible at times (espcially since we have two roudy boys). Not having someone there to lean on at the hospital or when things are tough is really difficult.

So all that being said, I hope the rest of you had a better Thanksgiving than us and enjoyed your day with your families and friends.

Happy Thanksgiving! 

The boys being silly (before the catastrophe) 

Poor Alden 

Happy Turkey Day Daddy!! We are most thankful for you. We can't wait until you come home. Be safe. We love you ~ Adam and Alden 

The Boys Christmas Portraits

Well we finally found a great photographer in Fairbanks. Here are some of the proofs. The colors aren't quite right but that's so we can't copy them. They were taken by Joyce McKenzie Photography. Enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The boys' shirts for Turkey Day. We made them with their handprints. I thought they turned out pretty good. The other good is it cost less than $10.00 to make both of them!! 

Alden's Thanksgiving shirt. It was quite the adventure making his. But that's his little handprint! 

Adam's Thanksgiving shirt