BREEZY FIELDS

Yesterday I went in for my... ahem... yearly woman's exam. It was going rather swimmingly. Honestly, I love the nurse practioner at my dr.'s office. Best bedside manner ever, hands down. A very real woman and funny and we were joking about stretch marks while she was checking my ovaries. Suddenly there was a shot of pain in the right side of my abdomen. It startled us both, it was so unexpected. So... now I have to go in for an ultrasound tomorrow, which should reveal a cyst. We'll see what happens from there. The point I am attempting to make is that it's really bizarre that pain was just laying dormant in my body ready to inflict itself upon me with a mere pressing of the fingertips and I had no idea. I am hoping that tomorrow I will have my ultra sound and they will say it is a small cyst that will go away and I will be on my merry way. Other news- Sadie and Ellyn are still a bit worn down from being sick last week. Ellyn is sleeping alot. Another contrib...

I hate creative messes. If my kids wanted to be creative in the past they could do so through their imagination- go read a book, play dress ups, spend time outside... just don't involve me and glue, paper scraps, glitter. You know, all of that crafty creative crap. Save crafts for school and play groups, library story time. My curse is not that I have a child with autism but that for the past year or two even I have had to fill her life with creative messes- which fills Sawyer's life with creative messes, and Sadie's, and definitely mine. My floor now permanently finds itself ornamented with bits of playdough, beans, crayon pieces, and sudsy water from the sink. Dog toys too, but that is another blog for another time. I am so happy the weather is turning warm. Creative messes will be moved outside for as long as absolutely possible. All I can say is good thing I like these kids. It's just too bad I can't just give them each a book and tell them to enjoy th...

So nice to see a smile on our Ellie's face again. So lovely to see Sadie loading up on about 10 varieties of desserts at the ward Linger Longer, eating a few bites of each and abandoning them in favor of chasing boys. Love healthy kids. We had a great weekend. We bought Sawyer a little toddler bed. Mike and I put it together one and three quarters times. The second time correctly. We bought a quilt (for a full size twin) and sheets with a camper theme. It fits our little cabin. Ellyn and I were trying on sandals in the shoe aisle at Target when Mike rolled up with a cart full of wildlife themed bed gear, Sawyer, and a puppy dog face. It was only fair. Mike cleared all of his stuff out of the fourth bedroom, organized all of his gear in the garage, and made Sawyer his own room. We are pretty excited. Sawyer was actually thrilled, he's sleeping peacefully even as I write. He is growing up so quickly. I can't believe we are done with cribs. I can't believe ou...

Sadie has new Hannah Montana p.j.s. Mike picked them up for her on Wednesday in preparation for today- Pajama Day at school. Gianna has matching jammies. They were going to wear them together- Today. The day that has been talked about for two weeks. Sadie went to school yesterday for the first time all week, she finalized her Pajama Day plans. The Tragedy - Sadie's fever returned last night and was still visiting this morning. The cost for Sadie's consolation - Three games of Pretty, Pretty Princess, dad goes to the store and gets her favorite ice cream and hard shell chocolate sauce, we rent Twilight and watch it as a family. She has been very stoic about the whole thing, besides a few shed tears as we read the thermometer. She knew she didn't feel good- but PAJAMA DAY! Daddy's home today- he planned his week to get all his work done so he could be here for Sawyer's surgery today, which did not happen. But... we get dad home. Thank goodness. Now you know ...

Warning- this is long and I am transferring an old blog over from Beech Tree. The last few days I have spent a great deal of time remembering the last time Ellyn was really ill. It was when she started her seizures and we spent 6 days in a German hospital. I was newly pregnant with Sawyer and feeling less than well. Ellie was so traumatized that she would never let me set her down to walk the entire time we were there. We took walks down the halls to pass the time, Ellyn wrapped securely around my swelling torso. It was March and freezing all but the first day we were there. Down the hall was a wall light board that changed colors and I practiced my German colors as they faded from one shade to another and Ellyn stared, fascinated. Our beds were pushed together and they created our little island that we hardly ever left. We kept toys and books and the dvd player on our little island. Our island was also frequently inhabited by our sweet roommate, a little nine year old girl w...

How many bottles of Motrin can one family consume in a week? How many days in a row can I spend in the house before going nutty? Which is worse? Sadie on meds and going stir crazy or Sadie off meds and telling me how terrible she feels every 20 seconds? How long will it take me to reschedule Sawyer's surgery, Ellyn's neurology appointment, and Ellyn's O.T.? All of which I have had to cancel this week. Why does it take all day to clean up a room full of pillows, blankets, medicine cups, p.j.s, kleenex, and drinking glasses? Will Mike and I be immune or will we too fall victim to this evil, vile, sickness? How many nights in a row will I miss two hours or more of sleep right in the midst of my REM cycle (I don't know if it is but it sounds good doesn't it?)? Where have the days gone where I was able to just sit and hold a sick child on my lap all day long and read a book and kind of enjoy the down time? What am I going to make for dinner tonight? Why am I so blessed...

I was so excited for St. Patrick's Day this year. I had outfits picked out, corned beef and cabbage bought, green table cloth and candles and daffodils. We did it all. Except Sadie and Ellyn were home sick today and now Sawyer has a fever as well. So we all wore our cute outfits here at home, dosed up on motrin, and enjoyed the evening. We had our family home evening tonight, it was on table manners. We used goblets and everything. We even toasted St. Patty per Sadie's request. Unfortunately Ellyn fell asleep right after the attempt at a kid's picture on the front porch after Jane got home from school. She was not down with the picture taking. Mike got home from work right as we were giving up, he took the family shot. I LOVE his work schedule. Also, today is my brother Geof's birthday. I love Geof. He is an amazing brother. He is smart and funny and holds many of the same views I do about just about everything. I love talking to Geof and we talk often, ...