Well, the Jeep is finally running. We got the part on Thursday and no matter how much I begged Ryan to leave work and put it in he didn't. Of course, that's the kind of great man he is...he'd rather wait to fix the Jeep as long as he's providing for his family. I was so excited to have the Jeep back that in spite of the registration being expired I took it to the car wash around the corner and gave it a bath. After sitting for as long as it did it had dust on it...I figured out one of the reasons the Lord allowed us the opportunity of having our vehicle broke down...so I'd appreciate having it. I know I took advantage of having a nice vehicle to drive whenever and where ever I pleased. So Praise the Lord for His lessons. . .
Sadie has taken a turn for the better...all of sudden she seems to be more firm in her steps. It was crazy how she went from toddling one day to walking with confidence the next day. She still...isn't talking but she gives "high fives" and lots of kisses...
Steff has been going to bed at a decent hour lately and that is so nice because then I can watch the news for a minute and get to bed at a decent hour myself. She also has been a good girl. She has been minding better since she's been sleeping better. I love it and I feel so much more rested and not so worn out. I know she must feel the same otherwise I don't think she'd be such a good kid throughout the day.
Kieran is doing good...He'll be signed up for baseball this week. He said he doesn't want to play baseball this year but we know he needs the extra activities in the summer so we're going to sign him up and convince him to play. He really wanted to play soccer but the best I could do was to get him on a waiting list. He did really well with the news and said that was okay and I figured out the times for sign ups for the fall season so he should at least be able to play this fall.
Ryan is doing well, as well as can be expected considering he's been working a little more OT with Steff's birthday coming and needing to get the Jeep registered. He's such a great provider and I cannot say enough good about this quality. He has been super patient with Steff lately and we've learned that talking to her about her behavior works a lot better than raising our voices.
I am doing great. Really looking forward to Easter and holding our little household Easter egg hunt. I bought some cute things for the kids and we've got a few golden and one platinum egg with money in them. Kieran was so cute. He was worried that he might be the only one to find the eggs with money in them and that Steff and Sadie would have to go without. He said if he's the one who finds the eggs that he's gonna share the money with his sisters. How sweet is that?
This year for Easter we have plans to go to my dad's for lunch around 1:oo and then to Ryan's mom's for dinner at 3:00...It will be busy but I'm sure it will be fun to spend all that time with family.
I'm so very excited for Easter! I could go on and on about what gifts we got the kids, all the fun stuff we got for the egg hunt and how excited I am to spend time with our families. I just love Easter and it always seems to really kick off Spring. It's like it's not really Spring until we've had Easter. And, according to that theory Spring comes early this year.
Ryan and I are doing well together. We haven't been to see our therapist yet since the the last time I posted but we've been doing really well in spite of it. We've really been leaving the lines of communication open so that each of us feels safe expressing our feelings to the other. And, if you're married you know how important feeling safe while communicating is.
Well that's all the updates I have for now. Please take care of yourselves...
Tricia
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
It's Been Too Long
It's been far too long since I last updated and posted. Not a whole lot has happened. Things are pretty much the same. We've had a few doctor's appointments and our Jeep is still out of commission but things somehow change yet stay the same.
Kieran is doing well in school and getting a long with his sisters pretty well. He did get into a scuffle on Friday but it was no big deal. He finally got to go to Aeropostale and get some clothes which he thought was totally cool and he learned that doing his chores does get him some cool stuff. That was a great lesson for him and he saw the fruits of his labor. He's been talking a lot about playing soccer this spring but unfortunately I found out today that there's a long waiting list and so, I emailed the gal and asked how I could get him on the list for Fall sign ups now...I'm hoping he at least gets to play this fall since spring is out this year. I know now how to get him signed up and that was the first step. He handled the disappointment pretty well as he usually does.
Steff has been sleeping better with a lot of thanks to her pediatrician who put her on Amytritiline. It's a medication that's commonly used for children with major sleep disturbances. We had to do something for her she was only getting 6 to 8 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period and at her age she's supposed to be sleeping 10-12 hours a night. It wasn't an easy decision either. No parent wants to put their child on medication but we decided to put our faith in the Lord and put it in his hands and trust our doctor. He's never steered us wrong before and he's always been a cautious doc to boot. We won't be leaving her on it long. Just long enough to get a regular sleep pattern back into her life.
Sadie is doing well. Still no talking and she's still mastering walking. I took her to the eye doctor the other day and he said everything looks good and the only reason she has one eye that deviates out is because she has some overactive muscles in her eye. He said that it does not disturb her vision and that if it doesn't correct itself as she gets older then she can have surgery to correct it. Not the greatest news (the whole surgery thing) but at least she isn't having any disturbances in her vision.
Ryan is doing well. He's been working a little less overtime since we received the settlement from the insurance company of the girl that hit me back in May 2006 so that's always a bonus. He did take a side job doing drywall but that's only lasted a few weekends and he's just about finished. I advised him that I don't like it when he takes side jobs and I asked him to not take anymore.
Our Jeep is still parked in the garage and we're waiting on a part for it. It turned out to be a bigger pain than we thought to get the part and we wanted to get the best deal which also meant that we had to wait a little longer than we would have liked. We both look forward to giving Alan and Shauna back their car as I'm sure they're looking forward to getting it back from us. It's been really great of them to let us have their car for as long as we've had it and we plan on doing something nice for them as soon as we give it back...So, if you have any ideas of things we can do send us an email with your thoughts.
Ryan and I are in counseling together to work on money management. We both want to be on the same page and work toward the same goals. It's not that horrible but it's the one place our marriage needs to be looked at and we both agree we each have areas we can and need to work on. We had a great session and discovered it was a couple's thing by complete accident. I was originally the one in counseling and Ryan wanted to come to one of my sessions to see how he could help me be better with money and that's when we learned that it was a problem we had together and not just me. Things will be better if we work on it together as opposed to individually anyway.
I have completely the class that my church requires to gain membership and to be baptised. I'm really looking forward to making that outward confession that I know Christ is my Savior and I know He loves me and that He died for my sins. It's also nice to be obedient.
So, that's the latest news with all of us. Hope all is well with each of you.
Kieran is doing well in school and getting a long with his sisters pretty well. He did get into a scuffle on Friday but it was no big deal. He finally got to go to Aeropostale and get some clothes which he thought was totally cool and he learned that doing his chores does get him some cool stuff. That was a great lesson for him and he saw the fruits of his labor. He's been talking a lot about playing soccer this spring but unfortunately I found out today that there's a long waiting list and so, I emailed the gal and asked how I could get him on the list for Fall sign ups now...I'm hoping he at least gets to play this fall since spring is out this year. I know now how to get him signed up and that was the first step. He handled the disappointment pretty well as he usually does.
Steff has been sleeping better with a lot of thanks to her pediatrician who put her on Amytritiline. It's a medication that's commonly used for children with major sleep disturbances. We had to do something for her she was only getting 6 to 8 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period and at her age she's supposed to be sleeping 10-12 hours a night. It wasn't an easy decision either. No parent wants to put their child on medication but we decided to put our faith in the Lord and put it in his hands and trust our doctor. He's never steered us wrong before and he's always been a cautious doc to boot. We won't be leaving her on it long. Just long enough to get a regular sleep pattern back into her life.
Sadie is doing well. Still no talking and she's still mastering walking. I took her to the eye doctor the other day and he said everything looks good and the only reason she has one eye that deviates out is because she has some overactive muscles in her eye. He said that it does not disturb her vision and that if it doesn't correct itself as she gets older then she can have surgery to correct it. Not the greatest news (the whole surgery thing) but at least she isn't having any disturbances in her vision.
Ryan is doing well. He's been working a little less overtime since we received the settlement from the insurance company of the girl that hit me back in May 2006 so that's always a bonus. He did take a side job doing drywall but that's only lasted a few weekends and he's just about finished. I advised him that I don't like it when he takes side jobs and I asked him to not take anymore.
Our Jeep is still parked in the garage and we're waiting on a part for it. It turned out to be a bigger pain than we thought to get the part and we wanted to get the best deal which also meant that we had to wait a little longer than we would have liked. We both look forward to giving Alan and Shauna back their car as I'm sure they're looking forward to getting it back from us. It's been really great of them to let us have their car for as long as we've had it and we plan on doing something nice for them as soon as we give it back...So, if you have any ideas of things we can do send us an email with your thoughts.
Ryan and I are in counseling together to work on money management. We both want to be on the same page and work toward the same goals. It's not that horrible but it's the one place our marriage needs to be looked at and we both agree we each have areas we can and need to work on. We had a great session and discovered it was a couple's thing by complete accident. I was originally the one in counseling and Ryan wanted to come to one of my sessions to see how he could help me be better with money and that's when we learned that it was a problem we had together and not just me. Things will be better if we work on it together as opposed to individually anyway.
I have completely the class that my church requires to gain membership and to be baptised. I'm really looking forward to making that outward confession that I know Christ is my Savior and I know He loves me and that He died for my sins. It's also nice to be obedient.
So, that's the latest news with all of us. Hope all is well with each of you.
Monday, March 3, 2008
We've Had Some Adventures
Things are going pretty well for us. Ryan is about finished with the Jeep after about a month and a half, the garage almost goes all the way down and the kids are doing great.
First off, Kieran has been doing good so we bought him a nice t-shirt from Aeropastale. He was so excited that he put it right on. He's been dying to go there and get some clothes. I discovered after Ryan and I's adventure there that finding his size is not going to easy. It's more of an adult/young adult store. I think after payday I'll take him in there and let him pick out a couple of things, it's not all that expensive.
Steff has been a busy one. The other day she reached in her diaper and pulled out some poop and smeared it on our coffee table and flung it all over the living room. She literally had it from head to toe. That was a joy to clean up...can you say bleach? Other than that she's doing great. She will be three on the 31st, which is coming fast. I can't believe she's almost three.
Sadie is doing well. She still won't talk but her walking is getting better and better. She still wobbles like a drunk but it's so cute to see her doing it.
Ryan and I got to get out together a couple of times together in the last week-alone or it wouldn't be so exciting as to write about. We went to dinner with his mom and step-dad which was some nice adult conversation and great food too. The waiting for almost an hour was worth it.
Yesterday we went and ran errands. First we went and dropped my ring off so one of the prongs could be straightened and then we just cruised around the mall for a few minutes. That's when we went to Aeropastale and got Kieran his shirt. We also got Ryan a shirt and get this...it was orange and he picked it out. He looks great in it too. I can't wait to see him dress up and wear it. The next thing we did was go to Best Buy and get him an SD card for his camera and a cable for his new monitor. We dropped a few bucks between both stores but nothing that we couldn't afford. It was just wonderful that my mom came up and watched the kids so we could get out together.
As you can see we've been doing pretty well for ourselves. Sleep is evading me but that couldn't have anything to do with the fact that my 3 year old is up at 5am and wanting to be chatter box. I just want her to crash back out so I can get some sleep. Maybe she will, maybe she won't only the good Lord knows.
First off, Kieran has been doing good so we bought him a nice t-shirt from Aeropastale. He was so excited that he put it right on. He's been dying to go there and get some clothes. I discovered after Ryan and I's adventure there that finding his size is not going to easy. It's more of an adult/young adult store. I think after payday I'll take him in there and let him pick out a couple of things, it's not all that expensive.
Steff has been a busy one. The other day she reached in her diaper and pulled out some poop and smeared it on our coffee table and flung it all over the living room. She literally had it from head to toe. That was a joy to clean up...can you say bleach? Other than that she's doing great. She will be three on the 31st, which is coming fast. I can't believe she's almost three.
Sadie is doing well. She still won't talk but her walking is getting better and better. She still wobbles like a drunk but it's so cute to see her doing it.
Ryan and I got to get out together a couple of times together in the last week-alone or it wouldn't be so exciting as to write about. We went to dinner with his mom and step-dad which was some nice adult conversation and great food too. The waiting for almost an hour was worth it.
Yesterday we went and ran errands. First we went and dropped my ring off so one of the prongs could be straightened and then we just cruised around the mall for a few minutes. That's when we went to Aeropastale and got Kieran his shirt. We also got Ryan a shirt and get this...it was orange and he picked it out. He looks great in it too. I can't wait to see him dress up and wear it. The next thing we did was go to Best Buy and get him an SD card for his camera and a cable for his new monitor. We dropped a few bucks between both stores but nothing that we couldn't afford. It was just wonderful that my mom came up and watched the kids so we could get out together.
As you can see we've been doing pretty well for ourselves. Sleep is evading me but that couldn't have anything to do with the fact that my 3 year old is up at 5am and wanting to be chatter box. I just want her to crash back out so I can get some sleep. Maybe she will, maybe she won't only the good Lord knows.
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