we all have 'em

So, I recently read this post over at Faith&Samuel, and thought it was a great idea. Why not let others in on some of our little secrets that might classify us as ca-RA-zy.....

 

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if i am singing along with a song and miss a word that has an "s" in it, i will have to go back and sing it again, making sure i hit the "s"

 

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socks, of any sort, freak me out. i am very fussy about socks. and if they are twisted (on you or me) my anxiety is through the roof

 

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my dream job is a labor/delivery nurse. that might sound normal, until you hear that there is absolutely nothing about being a nurse that i would be able to handle. i hate blood, needles, pain, and overall gross-ness in general

 

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i can not go to bed with the toilet seat up. i will actually get out of bed to double check this

 

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i always check behind the shower curtain, every.single.time. i walk in to the bathroom

 

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before i had children i was very organized and ocd clean. since kids, i absolutely can not get myself back to that place

 

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strings. this is a difficult one to explain. i don't know what it is about strings, but have never been a fan.

 

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i am a very picky eater and i hate all kinds of veggies. if there is a veggie on my plate, i will pick around it making sure not to get even.one.tiny.piece of a vegetable in my mouth

 

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i am terrified of answering the phone or making phone calls

 

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my niece is only 4 months older than kenley and they have always been pretty close in wearing the same size clothing. if my sister and i go shopping together, i have wicked anxiety thinking about her beating me "to the good stuff."

 

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i can not drink out of a straw without biting the end

 

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i type with my toes. not actually, but my toes are always moving as if i were typing them on a keyboard.

 

 

so there ya have it....weird, i know.

 

how about any of you? willing to share some of your crazies with the rest of us?

time to swim

Paxton was super excited to start swimming lessons last night! We registered him for the Parent/Child class that takes place on Thursday nights. We got to the YMCA, put on his swim suit, took him potty, and then I went to put on my own suit. I ended up calling my husband and asking "are my suit bottoms still laying on the bed?"   UGH!!  What parent takes their kid to their first swimming lesson and doesn't remember all of their swimming suit?!?  Thankfully, the instructor took him in the pool for me.  I would have been heart-broken to have to tell that little boy that we had to go back home :(   There were only 4 children/parents in the class, but it was so much fun!  However, Paxton was NOT a fan of someone else telling him (after only 30 minutes) that his time in the pool was up.

Because lessons end and our drive home is about the time he would be getting ready for bed, I decided that we would just do a shower after and put him straight into his jammies. I think this was a good decision, he was tired....

Overall, his first "fwimmin' yesson" was a success!!  Can't wait to go back next week :)

TBT

how do you stop them from growing?


time to say bye-bye from Holli Finke on Vimeo.

all in the head

In February, Kenley had an appointment with a pediatric neurologist. This appointment had been scheduled for many months (during the deep dark trenches of her nasty behaviors). Because it took so long to get in, we decided we would keep the appointment and see what came of it. When Kenley was born, she suffered a brain bleed as a result of using the vacuum for an assisted delivery.

After only 6 days in the NICU, her brain bleed resolved and we were able to take her home.

Because the delivery/recovery of the twins and myself in the hospital, we really felt we had no closure from this "brain bleed."  So when we were referred to neurology because of Kenley's behaviors, in the back of our head we were hoping to get some answers. For four years it has haunted our minds to wonder if there were some lingering effects of this bleed.

When we met with Dr. Kruer, he was able to put our minds at ease. He was able to pull up her scans from when she was born and compare the brain bleed to that of when she was discharged. He felt confident that it should not have any current impact and did not see any problems "neurologically."

We can't tell you how relieved we were just to have someone take the time to give us some answers that we were never given in the hospital.