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

Another one!

So ended up calling out of work yesterday again. Woke up and Noah was running a temp of 101.0 and he had been up all night. So I called out and called the doctors. I got a little frustrated because Noah has a good pediatrician now but it seems like we can only get in to see him or the physician assistant when we book ahead of time. So I called and again "We only have a slot in the Nurse Practitioners schedule." Dont get me wrong the nurse practitioner is good but I just feel that with all of Noah's special needs it is important for him to see the DOCTOR." But anyway we took the appt with the nurse practitioner. His ear infection is still there, and he has a common cold. So they put him on a different medicine for his ear and told me to give him DELSYM for his cough.
He seems to be feeling better today although I havent seen him much because I needed to go to work this morning. I hate going to work when he isnt feeling good. I remember being little and sick and all I wanted was mommy. But at least he has Grammy.
Erik and I again discussed me quitting my job again this morning. He really wants me too. He thinks we can afford it. He wants me to do it now. I just dont know. Ive never had that. I have been brought up that you need to have a job and take care of your bills, etc. And he said today " I want you to quit, I want to come home and have you here, I want you to enjoy Noah everyday and not have to leave him. He wants me to get something I can do at home and it doesnt matter if I do it before I quit. He likes to come home and have me there and have dinner as a family. Pick the girls up from school once in a while or at daycare. Right now I told him we would talk about it more and then make a desicion. So there is more talk to come. Its just a huge step and Im not sure Im ready to rely on him for the money situation. Dont get me wrong finding out about Noah makes me want to jump for joy and say absolutely yes I'll quit. I always wanted to be a stay home mom like my mother did for us when we were little. I just never in a million years thought that I would be able to. We will see what the future holds.
Mom, Dad, Erik & Eric :) are moving the rest of my stuff in today while Im at work. Noah gets to sleep in his crib tonight! Im so excited to get home and set everything up. And Im so excited to put him in his crib tonight to sleep instead of the playpen. We have airplane theme again. And Noah has a daddy figure that can make the airplane figurines to hang from the cieling now!!! YAY!

Another Ear Infection!

So its been a LONG three days but yesterday Noah went to the Doctors and has another ear infection. This would explain the crankiness and high temps. He has a cough too and the doctors said that if it doesnt get better by thursday they want to see him again. They listened to his lungs and did another strep test and the test came back negative and his lungs sound good. So we have overcome that obstacle now a new one. His fever seems to have broke this morning and Im hoping and praying that he starts to feel better today. For the past two nights its been miserable. He has given mommy about 2 hrs of sleep each night. I'm exhausted and wondering how much longer I can function without some adaquate sleep. But I guess thats "mommyhood."
Life at home is wonderful. The girls and Erik are so great with him and its nice to have a family. I enjoy making dinners and tucking the girls in at night. We are moving Noah's crib in this weekend and the rest of my things. It will be nice to be finished with packing. I hate packing and moving so Ive been doing little bits here and there, I cant wait to be done.
School is going ok so far. Like I said my second class is going to be tough but its interesting just the same. Just a lot of work. My first class is going to be a breeze. Which will be nice. But I want A's at the end of this term so I plan to work my butt off.
Im thinking about and have talked to Erik about putting an ad in the paper to try to get some kids to watch at home. So I can stay home with Noah and spend more time with him. I enjoy the days that I get to stay home and just be with him. And thats what Im going to school for to take care of children. I would enjoy that so much more than bottles. Not that I dont enjoy CLYNK they are a wonderful company to work for and have been more than understanding of my time off for Noah but I just want to spend as much time with Noah as I can. So thats what is going on right now. Its in the talking stage and Im getting things together and figuring things out first.
We love you all.

Milestone complete!!!

So Noah is still rolling over on the floor. It is so exciting to see him do something new. Its kinda like he heard the Dr say he wasnt going to do anything else new and "Bam, let me prove them wrong mommy!" I was so excited Thursday but at the same time I didnt want to get to excited in case it was just a one time thing. It is not. He has done it many times since. Sometimes its hard to change his diaper because he is rolling onto his tummy. Now if we could just teach him to roll back to his back.....lol.....he gets so mad when he gets on his tummy and cant get back to his back. I had bribed him with Chocolate Pudding to roll over so Thursday night I gave him some. He love it! His eyes got wide and smiles started coming one right after another. He doesnt get a lot of sweets so he was extremely happy and enjoyed every bite.
Starting yesterday he has had a temp of 101.5. Not quite sure from what but he is going to be seen by the Dr later on today. Im wondering if its another ear infection because he isnt sleeping at night either. We will see.
I have school tonight so Mom is going to take him for me. Yes new term new grades...and I want to do well.
Well need to go give my baby my undivided attention.
We love you.