Then and Now

Batman 2008…Batman 2010

Batman 2008…Batman 2010

 

 

…and then we realized that the cape was cutting his circulation off and had to take it off!

Hello October!

Man I miss blogging!  I put some pictures on my drive yesterday, October 12, and was shocked to realize that I didn’t even have an OCTOBER folder yet! 

Things are so busy lately- it feels like having a Kindergartner is a HUGE life change for us!  No more last-minute days off, no more extending the weekend for a camping trip by taking Friday and/or Monday off.  Having a schedule and a bedtime and a good breakfast is more important than ever. 

Still with all of that, I have a new schedule and a LOT more time with my kiddos.  The afternoons and evenings are long and I enjoy them.  I almost always leave Coleman at school until 4:00 or so because if I pick him up before then, he misses his outdoor time which is his favorite.  Yesterday I didn’t pick him up until 5 and he still threw a fit to stay.  He loves his buddies in his class and is never ready to go home.

Along with the kindergarten has come some “new territory” of Shelby exploring new phrases.  This weekend she looked up, saw something, and said, “What the hell??”  Another time she exclaimed, “JESUS!!!”  She used the word “Fruckin” and I had to explain that while it wasn’t a bad word because it wasn’t really a word at all, I would still like her to find another word to use.  She’s learning what is right and wrong to say and we are learning how to handle new situations :)  While Shelby is huge on following directions at school (and making sure others do too!) she is also dabbling into what she can get away with with us right now.  She’s very good about listening when we give her a boundary about something :)  She has had perfect conduct at school so far.

In October, we have watched Daddy play some baseball, gone to the Texas State Fair for the first time, started dance lessons, gone camping, and spent plenty of time just being silly together.

Watching Daddy play baseball…

 

 

Being Silly…

I hope to blog about the other things soon!

Shelby Sassyism

Yesterday when I picked Shelby up from school I was explaining to her how I had a very important phone call as soon as we got home, and how she had to be quiet. Instead of listening to me explain, she interrupted me to say,
"What's so important, huh? It's not like a baby's gonna die!"

Little stinker.

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

 

The Story of Coleman’s Right Nostril

This is kind of a gross story.  It all started back in May.

Coleman started to have lots of clear snot coming out of JUST his right nostril.  It wasn’t infected looking but the constant dripping caused his nostril to be red and raw and painful looking.

Then it started to have a smell to it.  A yucky smell.  The thought didn’t even cross my mind until one of his teachers mentioned that maybe something was up there since it was just one side that was irritated.

So we took him to the doctor right before we left for our Florida trip in June.  His pcp said that he couldn’t see anything up there, but that it was infected and swollen and snotty which could all block his view.  The plan was to treat him with antibiotics and if the symptoms started up again, we would go to an ENT doctor.  The antibiotics seemed to take care of it and I started rinsing his nose with saline every night and using a nasal aspirator to suck out any snot and hopefully keep it cleaned out.  I hoped that was the end of the story.  Then in August we were camping and with the allergies and none of mommy’s doctoring for several days, it quickly flared up again and got infected and sore. 

So to the specialist we went!  Once again, since it was infected and swollen, the doctor couldn’t see if anything was up there.  We did a 2-week round of antibiotics then went back in yesterday so the doc could have a clear view up his nose.

I prayed and prayed that he would find something and be able to pull it out there in the office because the next step was putting him completely under for outpatient surgery!  I didn’t want his little body to have to go through a 3rd surgery in 3 years, and I didn’t want to have to PAY for it. :(  He was such a GREAT patient at the doctor yesterday.  As soon as the doc looked in his nose, he said, “Oh yeah there’s something up there.”  He let us look through his scope.  It was something that had kind of taken the shape of his nose (so it wasn’t something hard) and it was WAY up there according to Dr. Bryan.  He didn’t seem hopeful that he could get to it and get it all out in his office with Coleman awake.  He said with how it was formed to his nose it was probably stuck pretty good and there was a large chance of it bleeding once he pulled any of it off, and then with the blood he wouldn’t be able to tell if he got it all or not.  But knowing that Coleman is such a good patient (really it is exceptional knowing his wild self that he is calm and tolerant and just GOOD when with a doctor), I told him that I really wanted him to try to get it and prevent another surgery for him. 

The doctor was GREAT about telling Cole each thing he was doing and letting him hold the tools first to see that they weren’t sharp and nothing would hurt him.  He put a cotton ball drenched with 2 medicines up his nose and left it there for about 10 minutes or so.  The medicines were a local anesthetic to numb his nose up there, and something else to make the puffiness contract – something about dilating the veins???  I’m not sure :)  Then he put a big bright light in Cole’s face and Coleman lay completely still like such a big boy while the doctor used this tool and that tool positioned just right to be able to see it and get it out.  The first try caused Coleman lots of sneezing but he quickly got still again and let the doc try again.  On the second try, out came the object.  It was shocking to both Jeff and me- it was bigger than we had imagined, that was for sure!  The doctor looked at it under his scope and still said he could not tell what it was, but his best guess was some kind of paper.  I’m thinking a piece of a kleenex or something??  The doctor checked again and with NO bleeding whatsoever he was able to see that he had removed everything that was in view in one piece.  Now the last step is to take him off the antibiotics and watch.  If the symptoms return, it means that here is even more up there that the doctor couldn’t see, and if that is the case, there will be a surgery.  If not, we are home free with a NASTY picture (which I will spare you!) of something that Jeff says looks just like a smoked oyster and a great yucky story!

Family Funnies!

 

Yesterday as we were getting ready to take Coleman to the doctor, I asked him if he wanted spiky hair and he excitedly said yes.  So I started putting the goop in it and he asked me very worriedly, “But Mommy what if the doctor messes it up?!”

Then, I asked Shelby to brush her teeth.  She didn’t want to, and while trying to convince me that she didn’t need to, she said, “But I have not brushed my teeth lots of times before and lots of people still want to play with me!”

Finally I got some more Jeff funnies during the night.  I woke up to him saying something about how “Oh man this is some crazy stuff!” and then he reached down to the floor on the side of the bed, picked something imaginary up, and lifted it up high (I think it was a kid) all the way up to the ceiling fan saying, “Well hey there my little monkey man!” and then he sat down and just held the imaginary child in his lap for a minute before I turned on the light.  When he saw he was busted, he was still half asleep but came up with a quick story.  He looked at me and said, “I was trying to figure out this damage liability …” something about work blah blah.  I just looked at him smiling and he said, “I guess I’ll just do it at work tomorrow” and then he laid down and went back to sleep.

And finally, Shelby is still a drawing machine. 

She called me into the kitchen yesterday where she had spilled some water in the floor.  Instead of cleaning it up, she just made a “Caution” sign for it!  Makes sense, right?  haha!

Busy week

This week seems pretty eventful, mostly because of yesterday’s visit to the doctor for Coleman (more on that later!)  But first, we had a Get Acquainted picnic at Coleman’s school on Tuesday evening.

It threatened rain but the dark clouds flew right past us, leaving only a rainbow to remind us they had been there!

Yesterday after Cole’s successful dr. appt, we were able to take Shelby lunch at school as a celebration!

 

Shelby had no idea we were coming and the surprise was great.