Today has been a roller-coaster of a ride . . . This morning was the appt for Michael. Originally we were only supposed to meet with the Nurse Practitioner to get some answers and to get the ball rolling on some tests the specialist would order anyway. Attempting to make a long story short - the Dr wound up leaving his testing to review Michael's case and meet with us for a few minutes. GOOD NEWS!! At this time all that we will be doing is keeping him on an antibiotic daily, having ultrasounds done every 6 months and a repeat VCUG every 12 months. The problem should fix itself within the next 1 - 2 yrs. (Please contact me if you have any questions or would like more details) During the appt we also got answers on a few problems Michael has had that we didn't realize could be answered. Yay!!
I had all the kids with me during the appointment and God was with us as EVERYONE behaved like little angels! After all the excitement, (and awesome behavior) it was a battle to get the little ones down for nap-time Elli & DJ decided that it was a better idea to use DJ's crib as a trampoline. (It has never been so hard to keep a straight face in all my life!) Once they got up from nap-time Elli decided to sit down with baby Andrew and read him a book (SOOOO cute!) and of course my cell phone was dead so I couldn't get a picture, let alone a video clip.
To counter the high level of cuteness, Elli apparently has taken to going potty in Michael's bedroom . . . Since when is potty training a child worse than housebreaking a dog?! I'm beginning to wonder if she's trying to mark her territory.
And to top of our day, I just spent about 20 minutes arguing with my daughter whether her bath toy is a crab or a lobster. (It's a lobster and now I'M a crab! lol) And to think we live less than an hour to multiple beaches and just 15 min from a NUMBER of seafood places that sit on the bay!
Guess it's time to hit a local seafood restaurant to teach our little girl the difference. After all, if she's going to be allowed to date someday, she better make it worth her while! ;)
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Dance Night Comedy
So last night was our weekly trip to the dance studio for Elli's ballet class and Michael's Hip-hop class (still trying not to cringe when I say that . . .) On our way to the studio we drive pass a typical southern looking home that is for sale. Michael says "That's a cute little bungalow Well, technically a bungalow anyway . . ." Shocked by the comment I ask him why he thinks it's a bungalow (Apparently that was a stupid question based on his reaction) He proceeds to give me quite the definition and I nod and smile as I usually do, used to Michael's rantings based on a small piece of info he stumbled across and then expanded on in his own mind. Later, out of curiosity as to what the difference was, I Googled it . . . SERIOUSLY?? My 9 year old can state, almost verbatim, what defines a bungalow!
Later on,after classes were done, Michael begins to fill me in on how he really needs to find a flat surface without carpet or sharp-pointy tile so he can practice his "moves" . . . This brought back memories of my childhood when a piece of the linoleum, pulled up from the kitchen floor, was saved to put on the floor so my older siblings could practice THEIR "moves". Sadly, they're the SAME moves. I have a short clip of Michael doing the coffee grinder (kind of), but it will be a while before I will have the stomach to video him spinning on his back.
On our way home, I had the kids' CD "Free to Be You and Me" playing for the 12 billionth time. Though I had the sound turned strictly to the back speakers, Drew was going bonkers. Apparently he is not skilled at tuning kids' annoying sounds out. (As a side note, I personally LOVED this particular album so secretly enjoy that my kids love it so much. When Drew's not in the car, we all sing at the top of our lungs - JOY!) The part that made me laugh was that Drew attempted to start a "serious" conversation on where the heck they got the lyrics to one of my favorite songs . . . in particular: "So they made Ooey, gooey chocolate cake. Sticky, licky sugar top and they gobbled it and giggled." He wanted to know if there really were such things as ooey, gooey chocolate cake or sticky, licky sugar topping . . . REALLY? MAN, my husband needs a vacation!
I'm just glad we made the trip to and from the studio without any real incident. Not easy to do with 4 kids, one of which is really starting to discover his freedom, but doesn't have much to do while we are there.
Hopefully we will get a chance to post a couple of videos/pics of the kids dancing sometime tomorrow.
Later on,after classes were done, Michael begins to fill me in on how he really needs to find a flat surface without carpet or sharp-pointy tile so he can practice his "moves" . . . This brought back memories of my childhood when a piece of the linoleum, pulled up from the kitchen floor, was saved to put on the floor so my older siblings could practice THEIR "moves". Sadly, they're the SAME moves. I have a short clip of Michael doing the coffee grinder (kind of), but it will be a while before I will have the stomach to video him spinning on his back.
On our way home, I had the kids' CD "Free to Be You and Me" playing for the 12 billionth time. Though I had the sound turned strictly to the back speakers, Drew was going bonkers. Apparently he is not skilled at tuning kids' annoying sounds out. (As a side note, I personally LOVED this particular album so secretly enjoy that my kids love it so much. When Drew's not in the car, we all sing at the top of our lungs - JOY!) The part that made me laugh was that Drew attempted to start a "serious" conversation on where the heck they got the lyrics to one of my favorite songs . . . in particular: "So they made Ooey, gooey chocolate cake. Sticky, licky sugar top and they gobbled it and giggled." He wanted to know if there really were such things as ooey, gooey chocolate cake or sticky, licky sugar topping . . . REALLY? MAN, my husband needs a vacation!
I'm just glad we made the trip to and from the studio without any real incident. Not easy to do with 4 kids, one of which is really starting to discover his freedom, but doesn't have much to do while we are there.
Hopefully we will get a chance to post a couple of videos/pics of the kids dancing sometime tomorrow.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Welcome
Rather than posting a million things to Facebook, that I don't necessarily want the world to see, and praying that it posts to the pages of those we actually WANT to see it (OR making a dozen phone calls to share 1 piece of news) . . .
I decided to take the advice of my brother and start a blog. A significantly faster way to share with all of our family and friends the details of our lives down here. Given that we have 4 kids, 3 under the age of 3, there probably won't be posts every day, but I will do my best to get the significant details up.
Given our routine, what posts we have will go up at night after the little ones are asleep. Pictures or videos will probably go up on Sundays, as more often then not, Drew has off those days and he is WAY better at things like that then I am.
That being said, WELCOME to the southern land of the Arvidsons!!
I decided to take the advice of my brother and start a blog. A significantly faster way to share with all of our family and friends the details of our lives down here. Given that we have 4 kids, 3 under the age of 3, there probably won't be posts every day, but I will do my best to get the significant details up.
Given our routine, what posts we have will go up at night after the little ones are asleep. Pictures or videos will probably go up on Sundays, as more often then not, Drew has off those days and he is WAY better at things like that then I am.
That being said, WELCOME to the southern land of the Arvidsons!!
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