Well Brandi is back to KS. I am so excited to have my pal back. Not that I don't have other friends but Brandi and I have been friends since Nate and I got married. We went through NTC #1 together, We went through deployment #1, and living at the Bluffs. I am just so happy she is back. (She moved home for deployment). So this week I hung out with her. We went to lunch and the mall the one day. The next we enrolled our boys in the CDC together.
Speaking of the CDC I enrolled Elijah in hourly care. I figured I am going to have a mess of Doctors appointments coming up and that you know what, Instead of having Nate take off (He is more than happy to do so) I would send Elijah to hourly to play with other babies and I would just go. No husband required! I have him scheduled for 11am-1pm Monday. I have to admit I am so nervous about leaving him. It makes me want to cry really.
Oh Elijah is eating rice cereal now! I am doing it on the spoon though, No bottle. Every night before bed I am giving him a few ounces and he sleeps a little better. I'm still nursing him all the time, gosh this kid eats allot. Formula here and there, but not much. I guess he is growing, wouldn't really know because I don't have a scale. He seems to weigh a metric ton while I am nursing.
I had an argument with Picerne (The Military housing office) yesterday. Supposedly they are going to handle it, and they better by Monday or I think Nate might loose it. They send us a warning about dog poop and there were really only 2 turds in the yard. I clean it up every evening. Okay fine, Maybe I should be doing it as soon as it happens but we've called every week about the dog upstairs. His owners let him use the rest room on the balcony (Above ours) and rinse it down onto mine and they throw their cigarette butts down into my yard. The guy in #2 hasn't taken his trash out since he moved in (7 months) it just piles up on his patio.... but they want to give us the warning..... I mean yea okay its a warning. Not a huge deal, but they got nothing!!
Anyway, Nate and I were talking about moving home.....Again. Seems like every entry has this theme. I guess right now I am just wondering if its for the best. I mean I want to be around family, and being debt free sounds great too. I just wonder how happy I will be living in my old room with 3 dogs and my son. I haven't lived at home in forever. Am I going to annoy my parents? I mean I know Its for the best but I don't want to move all my crap into storage and have to worry about that either. Or worry about finding a house when he gets home. I just flat out don't. Then again it dosen't seem like I have much of a choice......
We had our family picture taken. I don't know if I am going to buy more though. It was $10 for an 8x10 professionally taken. I really want a package but I just don't know if I want to spend the $$ on them. Its expensive! Hope I sell a ton of Mary Kay and can buy them.....
Other than that I think those are my updates for now.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wow! So I am happy we are already on post and once we leave we wont be moving back on! Apparently they are going to start making people pay a pet deposit before they move in. Starting April 1st! Those who are already here are grandfathered. It is a $150 deposit, and if you already live on post and get a pet you have to pay it too. That is fine, I already have my 3 and that is the limit but it sucks for others. Of course the same article said that there were like $1000,000 in pet damages in 2009 alone. So I can see how that makes sense but at the same time I am a darn good pet owner and I clean my yard every few days. I shampoo my carpets once a week even if they didn't have an accident and I vacuum almost every day. They don't chew things up or anything. Bad seeds ruin it for all.
Elijah and I had a pretty good day. We did wake up at 0500 though, so I put his clothes away and straightened up his room. Nate went to PT and I started cleaning our room and soaking all of Elijah's diapers in some borax because the shells were getting stinky. That solved it right away though! I made some breakfast for us, French toast and bacon. I scrambled up some eggs for Nate. I don't eat eggs so it wasn't for me. I packed his lunch and sent him on his way. I spent the rest of my day deep cleaning my house and doing laundry.
I am having some concerns about Elijah's weight though! He was 9 pounds 7 ounces on the 26th and he was the same yesterday. That is a pretty big span of time without change. I'm not sure if its a diffrence in scales or what. Maybe I am over thinking it but still.
Anyway....time to sleep
Elijah and I had a pretty good day. We did wake up at 0500 though, so I put his clothes away and straightened up his room. Nate went to PT and I started cleaning our room and soaking all of Elijah's diapers in some borax because the shells were getting stinky. That solved it right away though! I made some breakfast for us, French toast and bacon. I scrambled up some eggs for Nate. I don't eat eggs so it wasn't for me. I packed his lunch and sent him on his way. I spent the rest of my day deep cleaning my house and doing laundry.
I am having some concerns about Elijah's weight though! He was 9 pounds 7 ounces on the 26th and he was the same yesterday. That is a pretty big span of time without change. I'm not sure if its a diffrence in scales or what. Maybe I am over thinking it but still.
Anyway....time to sleep
Sick Baby :(
At 7:30 this morning I called and got Elijah a Dr. appointment. I finally caved seeing as he slept very little the night prior and you could just hear the congestion. Well they saw us at 11:10 and it was a really tiny Korean lady. She was kind of hard to understand but she said it is just his first cold. Well that was one first I could have done without, but I guess it was coming. She said he was otherwise alright. Keep up with the Tylenol and to get a humidifier. Well I had one from last winter but I when I plugged it in it didn't work. I thought it was because I stored it outside in the storage closet. So I went to Target to buy him a new one. I got the same one because its only $14, and the others are $30. I got Elijah some baby vapor rub, Tylenol, Saline solution and sucker bulb. When I got home and read the instructions for the darn humidifier and you are supposed to add SALT! So low and behold the old one works too!! Oh well, I was thinking we could use 2 of them since we are in and out of the living room and bedroom all day. Plus the extra water in the air will help our dry skin and our colds as well. Kansas is so dry and uncomfortable.
He weighed in at 9 pounds 7 ounces and I am a little concerned about that, but we will bring that up at his regular Dr. He is still nursing and gets like 4oz of formula a day for the Iron. He gets the vitamins they gave to us but I like him to have the extra help. The Dr thought his cloth diapers were neat. I guess she hasn't seen that kind before because she was asking all about them. I think they are great, and Elijah seems to do well with them. Another bonus is that Bridget isn't the least bit interested in them. I looked under the bed today and saw that she has been taking disposables under the bed and shredding them up! That dumb dog is very trying sometimes! At least they were unused. Although when he was first born she loved the used ones too. She got the most recent ones out from under his bassinet. There are two storage containers and she gets the dry ones I keep for just in case situations and shreds them up! Annoying. So I emptied the boxes out so she can't get anything out.
The humidity has really helped Elijah out though, so that is great! Hopefully it keeps going alright.
He weighed in at 9 pounds 7 ounces and I am a little concerned about that, but we will bring that up at his regular Dr. He is still nursing and gets like 4oz of formula a day for the Iron. He gets the vitamins they gave to us but I like him to have the extra help. The Dr thought his cloth diapers were neat. I guess she hasn't seen that kind before because she was asking all about them. I think they are great, and Elijah seems to do well with them. Another bonus is that Bridget isn't the least bit interested in them. I looked under the bed today and saw that she has been taking disposables under the bed and shredding them up! That dumb dog is very trying sometimes! At least they were unused. Although when he was first born she loved the used ones too. She got the most recent ones out from under his bassinet. There are two storage containers and she gets the dry ones I keep for just in case situations and shreds them up! Annoying. So I emptied the boxes out so she can't get anything out.
The humidity has really helped Elijah out though, so that is great! Hopefully it keeps going alright.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Oh My
Well the baby is sick, The Daddy is sick, and the Mommy is sick. Nate brought it home to us, and he is about over it. Then Elijah got it, YUCK, and I got it. I sent Nate a text this morning and told him I wasn't sure I could do it on my own today so he talked to CSM Jones and came home after lunch. Thank God too because I passed out for like 4 hours in the afternoon. We all have stuffy noses and fevers.
We had my appointment on the 26th. That was annoying. I guess one of my stitches dissolved before I healed so I was still bleeding some, so Dr. Sessions put something on there the cut to seal it up. I have another biopsy coming up because they said that my Cervix looks like there may be more pre-cancer cells again. Not to thrilled about that, I can't help but feel like that just leads to another removal. Those are painful and I just don't have any interest in that. It is so annoying. Nate keeps saying just be positive maybe it is nothing. Oddly enough that is what he said last time. I told him that I was tempted to just not let them do anything because I am afraid of the pain, but I know I don't have a choice.
Oh I had a dental appointment the other day. Yea that sucked equally as much as my other appointments. I guess I have to get xrays next week then I have to see an oral surgeon. I guess my wisdom teeth are directly under my molars and the only way to get them out is to take them out the side. The worst part is that I have to pay allot of money for this because Tricare dental is crap. I don't know for sure how much yet, but I imagine it wont be cheap because they put you to sleep and do all 4. I wouldn't have it any other way though, I would never do it without being put to sleep. I want the 4 to come out at once because if I feel that once I will not do it again (See above paragraph). So anyone who wants to pay for that send me an email :) Just kidding...........sort of.
My visit with my Grandma Horn was amazing and her and Elijah had a blast together. Dropping her off was very sad but I will be home in July. Just keep telling myself that.
We had my appointment on the 26th. That was annoying. I guess one of my stitches dissolved before I healed so I was still bleeding some, so Dr. Sessions put something on there the cut to seal it up. I have another biopsy coming up because they said that my Cervix looks like there may be more pre-cancer cells again. Not to thrilled about that, I can't help but feel like that just leads to another removal. Those are painful and I just don't have any interest in that. It is so annoying. Nate keeps saying just be positive maybe it is nothing. Oddly enough that is what he said last time. I told him that I was tempted to just not let them do anything because I am afraid of the pain, but I know I don't have a choice.
Oh I had a dental appointment the other day. Yea that sucked equally as much as my other appointments. I guess I have to get xrays next week then I have to see an oral surgeon. I guess my wisdom teeth are directly under my molars and the only way to get them out is to take them out the side. The worst part is that I have to pay allot of money for this because Tricare dental is crap. I don't know for sure how much yet, but I imagine it wont be cheap because they put you to sleep and do all 4. I wouldn't have it any other way though, I would never do it without being put to sleep. I want the 4 to come out at once because if I feel that once I will not do it again (See above paragraph). So anyone who wants to pay for that send me an email :) Just kidding...........sort of.
My visit with my Grandma Horn was amazing and her and Elijah had a blast together. Dropping her off was very sad but I will be home in July. Just keep telling myself that.
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