Wisdom from my walk

we went to church this morning, then to the Cincinnati Zoo, we became members so I can take the boys when we get bored this summer!! bo loves the train ride and kept saying more (in sign language) choo choo.   the kids did great actually, except when Zeke broke down crying becuase he hadnt napped all day, but he settled down once Dean carried him.  oh yeah, and when Bo threw up in front of a bench we were sitting on to take pics of us on!!  he and zeke are on antibiotics for their ear infections, both threw up in the last day or so and Zeke’s got an upset stomach. poor kids, but yet they are still acting great.  We all had fun at the zoo!

we came home, put the little ones in bed, they fell asleep on the way home.  Then Dean and Caleb headed to Kings Island, they have season passes, I’d think they’d go everyday if they could!!  I napped some but am up trying to make some dinner, but I dont really know if Zeke and Bo will wake up again for dinner.  they may just sleep through the night, wouldnt that be great!!

well I’m off to do some chores while the house is quiet.  we have had a great weekend, and I’m sad it’s almost over!!

13 1/2 months and he is finally almost walking!!! he is up to about 5 steps unassisted and we are so excited!! he needs to be completely walking before he turns 15 months, that therapist said then it will become a real issue.  So we are hopeful that sooner than later Zeke will be walking !!!

Another milestone was today we went swimming at the Y.  because Bo weighs 40 lbs, it’s hard for me to take him swimming because I had to hold him all of the time.  Earlier this week I put a life jacket vest on him and just held his hands and tried to get him to keep himself afloat.  Today he wore Caleb’s old shark floatation suit and he did great!!  he even “swam” some by himself.  In order for me to take all 3 boys swimming this summer I need Bo to be able to hold his own, looks like that might just happen with a little more practice.  I had started taking him during the week after my exercise class to practice swimming and it’s paying off.  Today he wasnt even scared to get in, usually you have to force him in the water.  Today he didnt want to leave!!

My boys are finally advancing and I’m so glad to see them improving in their problem areas.  Bo also has started saying 3 phrase sentences, which is a huge improvement for him!!   He and Zeke are starting to go weekly to a class to help with their ability, I think that starts this week.   It’s through the mentally retardation and/or developmentally disability early intervention program.   it’s free and it’s at a local school for disabled children. I dont know what to expect but I’m hoping it helps the boys tremendously to “catch up” on the skills in which they are behind.

once Bo is three, and as long as he is still delaying in at least one area he qualifies for free preschool too.  that’s in less than 6 month.   In 3 months(+/-) Caleb turns 6!!! he finishes kindergarten in less than a month!!  he’s a great reader now, and asks to read with him, at least when he’s not outside playing busily with his many new friends, everyone loves him!!

I miss the baby days…esp. after looking at old baby pictures today.  I told Dean it might be time to start looking into adopting like we had talked about….but I think we probably should wait til Zeke is a little older.   Just so I dont lose my mind!!  😉

hope everyone is having a good weekend!!

Bo and Zeke have ear infections, again.   The dr agreed that Zeke has had too many.  He said at his 15 month check up if there’s still an infection or fluid in his ears he’ll send him to an ENT.    I think I’m getting their cold too, but despite their drs appt and my fatigue I made it to the Y today, yah me!!  I’m just exhausted and sore again, so nothing new, I’d feel this way if I hadnt gone so I guess it’s all good.  Well I need to get Bo and I some lunch, Zeke is napping.  It’s a rainy day out, and I just want to nap but that wont happen so I’ll just pray the afternoon sails by as quickly as the morning did!

MMMMM…..I was just making Calebs lunch and in the mood for a snack, but since I’m dieting I didnt want to really break the rules I set by eating after 9 p.m.   I figured one little spoonful of ice cream would fill my craving and it did.  If you are like me and the taste of cake batter is better than baked cake any day…or even just love cake w/ frosting…you have got to try to new Edy’s Take the Cake (limited edidtion American Idol kind) ice cream.  it’s amazing.   I would even go as far as to compare it to being as good as Coldstones cake batter ice cream.   stupid diet…what I’ve really been craving is chocolate….but since there’s none in the house I guess I’ll just suffer.  Guess I could just go to bed and stop thinking about food, that’s probably my safest bet!!  but what fun is that?!?

In case you ever need to know….when a child writes on your car with permanent marker, magic eraser is great for removing it!!  now if I can figure out how to remove the wild child so I dont lose my mind…..is there a magic eraser for that?

I didnt make it to the Y today for exercise class.   I had to be at the moms group meeting at 10 so  I would have had to been at the Y for the early class, the one that I’m struggling with.   I thought I’d feel better, at least in better spirits, or in a better mood after our moms meeting as I usually am but today I feel kind of in a rut.  I’m tired, and it know a lot of my emotions today are because of how I feel.   I hate when I cant do normal things and keep up.  I want to be young and healthy again.   I know that cant happen and that I need to make the best of the now but when you feel crappy that’s hard to do.   I’m also in a bad spot because part of me is worrying about my dad.  This upcoming Tuesday he’s going to have a defibulator(sp??) put in his heart in hopes his next heart attack doesnt kill him before the EMT’s show up to help him.  He’s very unhealthy.  I’ve tried making myself keep in touch with him, because I do care about him.   But it’s hard, to know how bad he is doing and not be there to help him out in any way.   I am also torn because I want my brother to be on better terms with my dad, God forbid if he doesnt make it through this surgery or another heart attack.   I know I cant control others feelings, and I dont expect much, I just wish they’d just be willing to try harder.

well I need to go…Bo has had a bad cough and his last bout just made him throw up his lunch….fun fun fun….

I’m so determined to kick this darn fibromyalgia in the butt but in the process I feel like the one losing the battle. Today was day 3 of making it to exercise class. I feel like crap. I am so exhausted it’s unbelievable. My glands in my neck hurt so maybe it’s the beginning of a bug, but chances are my body just doesnt like me playing the defensive and trying to beat this thing by getting myself in shape.

I am having the hardest time keeping Boaz in the house when Caleb is outside playing. I dont want Bo out playing unsupervised, since he tends to follow the big kids right across the street without paying any attention to traffic.Right now there’s 4 other kids playing over here, plus my 3 that makes 7 kids I need to make sure dont get in trouble or hurt.  I really cant do this.  I feel bad if I tell them to go home , caleb will throw a fit and then things will be even more miserable around here.  But I just got fed up with having to chase him down while trying to feed Zeke lunch inside that I told caleb he had to come in until I was able to go out with all of them.    that didnt last long, I got sick of Caleb’s complaining and his friends still stayed on the porch while he was in the house.  blah….too many kids.  anyway….Zeke napped during lunch time so now I need to feed him and my whole day is off schedule. I went to the gym at 9, Zeke had P.T. at 11 then we came home for lunch and we all napped. I made Dean pick up Caleb from school.

My head hurts and I really feel like I need to sleep. so much for being able to exercise every day….not sure I’ll make it to the gym tomorrow, I was struggling today in class to keep up from the pain and fatigue, but i made myself and now i feel even worse. Darn illness. I want to get healthy but my body just doesnt do well, heck some days just normal stuff wears me out and I’ve been adding an hour of exercise a day so that’s a lot for my aching body.

I’m determined and hopefully can push through this, but right now it feels like no way i can keep up w/ exercising this often. I need to run the boys are driving me nuts…I wish Dean was home so I could go to bed…