Life

Yesterday I had off from work and the girls were on school vacation. So I told Erik to let them stay home with me instead of going to Daycare. So they did. We had fun. I found this neat site while doing one of my homework assignments the other day. Crayola.com lets you print out free coloring pages for kids. So I printed out some coloring pages, then I sent them out to play for an hour. I tried to keep them busy so that they werent stuck in front of the TV all day. They came in and we played the Wii for a bit. It was nice to spend some quality time with the girls. They said they had fun too.

Then........

last night it was nice too. Erik and I took the girls to McDonald's for supper and then dropped the girls off to their grandparents house and I dropped Noah off to his Grammy and Grampa too. Our friend Desiree had given us tickets to go see a comedy show and so we got to have a night out for the two of us. The comedy show was actually quite good and then after the show Erik and I went out to dinner. It was nice to get out just the two of us, although both of us couldnt help missing the kids by dinner time....lol.....
Called mom this morning to see how Noah was and how he did last night....and she said that he was up every 2-3 hrs but that he was doing good. But she said something that made me smile and really feel special. She said that everytime he would wake up last night he would start out playing in his bed and then he would start saying "mom mmmm mom mma mmm mom." He missed me!!!
Erik got up early this morning to go out ice fishing..... so didnt get to see him this morning...before I went to work. But we will have the kids back to night and life will be back to its normal self. Although It was a nice break and nice quality time with him last night that we dont get very often.
But besides not sleeping, Noah is doing great. We have his jumperoo at the house now...and he is doing quite well in it. In fact lately thats the only place he stays happy for longer than 5 minutes. I think its just the different position that he gets to look around and feel like he is standing on his own.....Mr. Independent!!!! LOL!
But life is good.
My hip has actually felt better the last few days. Although last night walking back into the house I slipped on the ice and caught myself with that leg and today its been a little sore..... I hate winter.
School is good. I missed last wednesday because Noah was having issues with constipation and in pain. Monday was a holiday so we didnt have school. And this wednesday I went but I left early because it was snowing and I wanted to get home before the roads got bad. Glad I left when I did because the roads were already slick and I slid into an intersection and ALMOST got into an accident but didnt. My brother wasnt so lucky and ended up getting into an accident on the way home from work that night. A car was coming head on and he swerved to miss it. The car clipped him sending him into a snowbank and hitting a telephone pole. The car that hit him took off. But Eric is fine, his jeep is totaled but he is ok.
Well....thats it for now. Hope everyone is healthy.
Shelly if your reading this..... "Happy Birthday" sorry its late! Luv yah!
Luv
Beth & Noah

Not Sleeping Again

So Noah is doing well except for the fact that the past few days he isnt sleeping. Mommy is getting quite exhausted. He was up ALL NIGHT last night. Dont know what it is or why. He isnt really fussy when he's up he just wants to play and babble to mommy. All I know is mommy doesnt feel like playing or talking much at 1am, 2am, 3am,4am or 5am. :) exspecially when she has to work in the morning. Luckily my work day is only a half day today. :)
My hip is still bothering me. Not as often as it was but it is still there. I went and got the massage and it helped and I was painfree for 3 hrs and then it started hurting again. But I do think it has helped because it doesnt seem to be in as much pain as it was in, and doesnt seem to try to come out of the socket as often.
Noah did something exciting last week. Wednesday when the speech therapist was working with him Noah actually said his name. The speech therapist heard and was excited as well. He has said it on occasion but it was awesome that he said it while one of his therapist could hear him say it.
Working on anothe huge project for the Special Ed class. I missed school last wednesday because Noah was having some constipation issues and was in a lot of pain. I ended up giving him an enema on Friday night and that seemed to take care of it.
It was nice to have someone to spend Valentine's Day with this year. And I yet again was spoiled. The weekend before V-day he bought me two tables to put in the computer room for my scrapbook section. He said that was my present....so I was happy with that. But I got home friday night and he gave me a small box of chocolates. Saturday morning he gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers with lots of purple in it because thats my favorite color. We went to lunch with the girls and Noah and spent the day together.

Update on Life

Well... Noah seems to be doing ok. Last Friday I took him back to the pediatrician because he was still running a temp and he had his ear infection still. But this med (the one they should have put him on to begin with) is working I think. While at the doctors I had them weigh him and he has gained 8.5 ounces. And now that we have the crib he has been sleeping until 5 am almost every night. Very exciting. I stopped using the meletonin because I think it was giving him gas and making sleeping worse. It would work and knock him out first thing, then he would sleep for 3 hrs and then be up crying for 3 hrs. Without it he is going to sleep and staying asleep for 7 hrs.

Im in a lot of pain the last few days. I dont know what I did but my hip keeps acting like it is going to come out of its socket and then I get shooting pains through my leg down to my toes and up through my lower back. Talking to my mom and Noah's Physical Therapist both think that my Siatic Nerve is irritated. The Physical Therapist doesnt think much will help unless I go to a Chiroprator (which I cannot afford) and she doesnt recommend stretching it or anything until I am seen by a Chiropractor. So in November I was seeing this girl who is going to school for massage therapy and Im going to go see her tonight to see if a massage will help. Work is killing me today all the lifting, turning, bending.... but 4 more hours I can do it.

Ive got my first big project done for my Intro to Special Ed class and although it was ALOT of work it was kinda cool to see how many childrens books with Special Needs in them they're are. I even ended up buying one on Developmental Delay since Noah has that and I thought it might help the girls understand better.
Well thats all for now...we love you all
Beth, Noah and family