Bear wrestling...

Today we return to the dentist. For us this is like wrestling a bear! Regan to put it nicely HATES going to the dentist. Well, let me rephrase that he loves the waiting room at the dentist it's when they call his name to go back that we have a problem. Our dentist has a cool little tree house kind of thing in the waiting room. He slides a million times a minute but you let that sweet lady come out and call his name and the kicking and screaming begins. Our dentist sees special needs patients only at a certain time to "allow for more one on one time." I think he does it so that Regan doesn't scare the other patients! Now as he head into the little room Regan gains all kinds of super human strength and then it takes an army to get him on the chair!!!

What follows next is something out of a horror film. Usually involves screaming, crying ,clawing, begging, kicking, 3 assistants, a dentist and me. It's just plain ugly in there!! When we finally get done Regan has lots of bruising all over his face and neck from where the capillaries have busted. I'm sweating, his sweating, the assistants are talking about how they are glad it's lunch so that they can rest after that and I swear we will NEVER do that again!! But of course then we find out we need to come back in a few weeks and get a tooth fixed!!

Our trip today is because of cavity. A tiny little place he tells me, won't even need to numb him up. I'm not looking forward to it and may need some medication myself to make it through this.

Oreo balls are one of my favorite things to make this time of year. I made them yesterday for Ricky's birthday. They are simple to make and soo rich! I can only eat a couple before the chocolate gets me! I've seen a couple different recipes but here is how I make mine.

One package of Oreo cookies
1 can of cream cheese frosting
Almond bark (white/chocolate or both!)


Crust oreo in blender or in a ziplock bag with a hammer!!
(a great way to take out the days stress)
Mix can of icing in with the oreo crumbs
Refrigerate for about 15 mins
After they have chilled roll into small balls~ I use a melon baller
Melt the almond bark as directed
Dip the oreo ball into the almond bark
and let set up on wax paper

These are so good and my family can expect t see these for our Christmas get togethers!!

Any great ideas out there for finger foods?

Big 29!

Today this wonderful person turns 29! I can't imagine life without his crazy funny ways. Happy Birthday!

Reading

Regan read his first sentence lastnight with out me having to say the words first for him.~~~~~~I see three circles.~~~~~~ What a moment!


I'm a proud meme (that is what he calls me)

Nutcracker

Today Regan and I went with my mom to see The Nutcracker put on by Knox concert series. It was GREAT! The dancers were amazing and you could see the story unfolding while they danced. It was the first time Regan has been to a ballet and he was so good. A few times during the ballet he started trying to dance in his seat! He was so excited and would clap even while the dancers were dancing!! We had a wonderful time and I'm so glad my mom made it work for us to go.
I wish I had taken my camera with us but next time I will for sure!

DIY~ Christmas Shirt!

I'm super excited about a Christmas shirt I made Karly. It is super easy and super CUTE!! I can't sew at all, so making her Christmas outfits is just out of the question for me. Anytime I get to make her something to wear it just means alot to me.




This is a onesie and the Christmas tree is made out of ribbon loops! When the shirt is on the tree fills out more and so you can't see where I messed up on the spacing. Let me know if you want details on how to make it!

I've got lots of ribbon to make her some more in different themes and colors! My favorite is hounds tooth and red!! I can't wait to see her in it!

This last picture is just because she is CUTE!

Day 4

See it didn't take long for me to miss a day on the 30 day challenge! I'm so scattered lately I have lost my favorite camera, keys to our firebox, and some Christmas presents! Oh well so far I have kept up with the kids so I guess I'm doing okay.

Day 4

Your favorite picture of your best friend.

This is Ricky playing on a playground in Tennessee. He is so funny at playgrounds. He will go down every slide and swing on every swing that the kids play on. He is their built in playmate! He makes me want to let go and just have fun!

Christmas Card 2010

Merry And Glee Christmas 5x7 folded card

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Day 3

Day 3~ My idea of the perfect date





I have already had the perfect date. It was with Ricky in August of 2001.





We started out going to eat, then we went bowling,to play putt-putt,to the movies,to eat again, to Oxford lake and Wal-Mart! Our date lasted 12 hours! It was also our first date. I made him promise not to cross "the line" but I knew we had something special when we could spend the entire day together and I hated to see him leave that night.



Now my perfect idea of a date would be dinner and just some time to ourselves. We are super blessed because both sets of our parents keep the kids so that we can have some alone time.

Day 2

Day 2~ A photo of something you ate today.


I have been wanting to make this Butterfinger cake since 2008 when I saw it on
Kelly's korner recipe blog It just sounded so good. So I picked up everything to make it and boy am I glad I did.

It is super easy to make. Here is the recipe

1 box yellow cake mix
1 jar caramel ice cream topping
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 tub cool whip
12 mini butterfinger bars crumbled


Make cake according to directions
While cake is still hot poke holes in cake
Mix together caramel and sweetened condensed milk
Poor mixture over cake
top cake with butterfinger crumbs
Let cake cool completly
Top with coolwhip
ENJOY!!!

Day 1

I've been having a hard time blogging and so while visiting another blog I saw the 30 day challenge and wanted to join. Maybe I will be able to keep up with it even if it takes me 90 days which lets just be honest it more than likely will...

Day 1~ A recent picture of your self and how day has been.

Today has been a pretty good day. Kollyn woke me up by yelling mama this morning. He usually yells for daddy so I was almost excited to get up at 630. We spent the day just hanging out and playing with the kids. Ricky's pawpaw's birthday was today so we went out to eat with them. Regan wanted to go home with his Mawmaw and Pawpaw so he and Kollyn went with them. Ronnie came home with us and while Ricky and Michael played Xbox Ronnie and I went shopping.


I've been trying to find Ricky some pants. I wanted to get them from Old Navy since this week they are on sale for 15.00. Do you know how hard it is to find 33x32. It's such a odd size. I got Karly one outfit and a pair of blue jeans with ruffles! They are soo cute! I've also made a Christmas tree shirt out of ribbons and so I picked up some different ribbons to make her some more.

Well, there you go there is one post out of 30. Hopefully I will be able to keep up with this. Happy Thanksgiving week!!

I almost forgot the picture. I don't know why my glasses look so uneven but they do. You can't really tell it by this but my hair is getting pretty long. Long for me at least! I'm also not a huge fan of my chin on this picture. I've lost more weight than than this picture shows I thought. Maybe I'll work on a better picture.

Shutterfly cards!!

Shutterfly has offered 50 FREE Christmas cards to bloggers who blog about their 2010 Christmas Cards. I love getting photo cards during the Holidays and seeing how much people have changed over the year so I'm super excited to be able to be a part of this!!


I usually try to get our photo cards sent out by the second week of December so I need to get busy and get some pictures of the kiddos! Here are some of my favorite. I haven't narrowed ours down just yet but wait a few weeks and you might get to see which one I decide on.

Make sure you head to Shutterfly to pick out the one that you want to send this year.

Shutterfly has lots of other great photogifts that you should consider for those grandparents and family that always beg for pictures of your family. One of the things both my mother and mother-in-law want every Christmas is photo mugs with pictures from that year Shutterfly has them!! Lots of people love making photo books and Shutterfly has those also. No matter what you decide on I know you will love Shutterfly for your photo gifts this season!

Menu and more

Monday~Going out to eat with Ricky's family
Tuesday~ Pork chops and some veggies
Wednesday~Chili?
Thursday~More pork chops
Friday~Going to eat with some friends

Ricky and I are trying to get Christmas bought! It's so tough this year. These kids have EVERYTHING and I don't know what to buy them. I'm hoping to get it all done this weekend. We shall see.

My Karly went to the doctor today and ya'll she weighs 10lbs6oz!!! She isn't even two months old!! She is huge compared to what Kollyn and Regan were at this age! I love it!


My mom and I went to The Christmas village recently and I got Karly a few dresses and the most adorable red jacket! I can't wait to start putting them on her come December!!

My sweet hubby turns 29 in one month! I'm dreading our last year in our 20's!! I'm just not ready to be 30! It just doesn't seem possible!!

I finally got what I wanted and now Regan gets to unload from the car where the special needs buses unload. I'm sure that anyone who has ever been behind us in the car rider line is super excited to not see us now!! It's been a mess but now it's all fixed!!!

Karly Elaine Heath

I wasn't planning on blogging much anymore but wanted to put Karly's birth story out on "paper" so here I am again.





I was checked on Monday and was at 3cm and 75%effaced. My doctor told me how easy I was making it for him and so we moved my arrival time from 12am to 5am because it probably wouldn't take long to get me into active labor!





Wednesday night Ricky and I took the boys to his parents and then went to eat. We had a relaxing night watching tv and finally went to bed at midnight. We checked into the hospital around 445 and were super excited. Around 530am they started the pitocin. Our great nurse bumped up the amount every 15mins. My contractions started out pretty slow and were just more like cramps to begin with. When the doctor got there about 7am and checked me I was still just 3cm. To say I was disappointed was a understatement. But they kept bumping me up and the contractions got stronger.





Around 9am the anesthesiologist came in to introduce himself and ask me a question. He had a student that had been sent to him and they wanted to know if I would let the student do my epidural. Now, I understand that everyone will have to start out on someone but I just couldn't handle the thought of being a students "first" I just couldn't. I felt so bad saying no because I know they need to get experience but all I could think about was if something went wrong I would have three babies who needed me!





My nurse had a student with her and we quickly named the student nurse Slammy! The girl slammed the door EVERY time she came into and out of the room. We had a great time laughing about it.



By this time we had quite a few people there with us. My parents, Ricky's parents, Our Barbara, Mike, Ricky and Kollyn. Everyone took turns keeping Kollyn out of the room. Which I'm so thankful for. I know he wouldn't remember it but I didn't want to be in pain and he be there in the room. He gave everyone a run for their money in the lobby from what I hear.





During the day a few times my contractions would just fade away. I even thought a few times that something had happened to my IV because they would just go away. When they would bump my medicine up it would help but I never had contractions close together for more than 25-30 mins. They stayed about 4 mins apart.





I finally got the epidural about 130 or 200? I'm not sure about the time. I was told that I had held out longer than any other patient on the floor that day and he was impressed by that. I'm not sure how women can do it without medicine. I just can't imagine. I was tired of the nagging pain that the contractions were causing. When they checked me then I was only at 4cm and I lost it! I had been there all day and was only at a 4!! I of course cried and fussed but they bumped up the pitocin and we waited some more.





Around 415 my wonderful doctor came in and talked to me and decided to check to see how things were going. Again I was at a four and Karly had moved back up and wouldn't come down. I knew before what he was going to say but those words are hard to hear. Let's do a C-section and get this BIG girl out. She probably can't come down because she is so big. I said okay through tears and so things started rolling.





At 430 they wheeled me in and at 442 the most wonderful thing came into my world. My Karly.. The little girl I have waited for all my life.














Karly Elaine

8lbs 12oz

19.5 inches

Karly had an interesting start and scared all of us. More on that later!

Blog mix

Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself on here! But its a good place to put things into words and get stuff off my mind!

Ricky's dad is in the hospital. He hurt his leg on Friday and has was sent to the hospital yesterday. Last night Ricky and I left the kids with my mom while we went to see what was going on. Tonight we took them and Regan had a complete melt down. He refused to go into the hospital room. He was very upset about the hospital room and would only stand on the wall outside. He kept telling me outside and pointing toward the elevators. We tried several different ways to get him into the room but he just wasn't going to do it. I felt so bad for him and wished a million times I knew what was going on in his head.

Kollyn is doing really well! We go Friday for his 9 month check up and I'm thinking he is over 20lbs. He is eating everything except baby food. He just doesn't like it. Sometimes we get him to eat squash or carrots but not very often.

I have beach fever and so does Ricky. I know I can't go but boy do I miss it. I'm already saving for us a vacation next Summer! Tonight the sunset was soo pretty and Ricky and I both said it would be prettier at the beach! We are so much alike about wanting to go somewhere all the time!!

This weekend will be a busy one! We have a birthday party and a baby shower. The baby shower is for my best friend growing up sister. Brit was like a sister to me too and I just can't believe she is having a baby. She used to tell us how gross we were for kissing boys! I can't wait to see her!

I'm almost 33 weeks pregnant! I can't wait to meet my little girl!! I've been being creative lately and have made her a tutu and made a crib skirt for her bed since I didn't like anything I found. I go back to the doctor Monday and for what will be considered my 34 week checkup! Just a few more visits!! I'm so happy to know that this will be our last child but also sad in a way to know that this part of our life is over. It makes me feel old to know my pregnancy days are almost over and I will never feel these movements again.

There is our life update. How is your life going?

New Blog!

I've decided to have a blog to talk about Regan's school days. That way at the end of the year I can have it printed into a book and be able to keep them forever! If you want to check it out go to www.regansschooldays.blogspot.com
School starts in 6 hours!! I'm super excited/scared to death! Could be why I'm once again up at 1am!

Busy weekend

We have had a crazy weekend. I spent about 16 hours in L&D Thursday due to back pain/kidney stone/gall stone/bladder infection. Not sure exactly what was causing all the problems but something was and it wasn't pretty!! Things are better now I 've been on lots of medicine to try to help the problems so I think I'm getting better. It all started when I picked up Kollyn funny Thursday afternoon and only got worse during the evening and night. I have a wonderful doctor who helped take care of me and get me back on the healing track!!

I did find out that I am already dilating so that was exciting!! Right now we are looking at the 23rd of September to be induced. It may happen before that but that is what we discussed. We had an ultrasound last week and she weighed 4lbs already! I think she will be the largest of my babies!!

I have to say how wonderful our families are!! We called Ricky's parents on the way to their house Thursday morning at 3 and told them we were bringing the boys to them. Then when I knew we were being sent to L&D I called my mom and told her what was going on she rushed to the hospital to be with us. She had to go to work but then a co-worker offered to run her route for her so that she could be with me. Friday Ricky's mom stayed with us so that I could see the boys and all day Saturday she watched the boys and washed all the laundry!! My mom made me chicken and dumplings and my dad brought them to me and cut our grass!! Then as our air conditioner has decided to die on us they went and got us another and installed it for us! We have amazing parents and are so thankful for them!!

Regan starts back to school next week!! He is super excited! Every morning he has asked me if its "cool time?" I'm hoping to do some fun things together this week I can't believe it has went by so fast!


**Update~Spell check won't work. I'm too tired to fuss with it tonight! If its wrong just forgive me!!

Potty training and potty attitude!

Will Regan ever be 100% potty trained? I'm beginning to think he will be 21 before we stop having accidents. I really thought he would be over this by the time school started back. Some days he will stay dry all day and then other days we use 5 pair of undies. I'm so frustrated with him about it. He knows what to do and he knows when he needs to go but he just doesn't want to go.

Attitude is another thing. For all those people who say "People with down syndrome are always so sweet and loving" They need to spend a day with Regan. These last few days I have felt like a complete failure with him. I have went to bed two nights just crying about his attitude. Monday he repeatedly hit his mawmaw, pulled her hair, screamed at her and was just horrible. He would not mind and that isn't going to work for us. I was so embarrassed that he was being so mean. Ricky and I have decided that we are going to be really tight on him the next two weeks. Hopefully we can get some of this under control before school starts. Right now if he went to school we would be having a behavior eval for sure. He is absolutely out of control. It's our fault for letting him get by with attitude but that has ended. Today has been a little better but not much. Lets hope things change or I'm sure that we will be having lots of frowny faces this year.

Wedding bells!!!

Our good friends Donnell and Lindsay got married over the weekend! Ricky and Donnell have been friends FOREVER!! It was super sweet to see these two tie the knot. Their reception had a DJ and we had a blast dancing or in our case "trying to dance" :) We got home around 1am and that is the latest us two old people have been out in years!!! Congrats to The Kirby's!

*Yes Ricky's eyes are always closed!**

What the Heath's have been doing

We have been spending lots of time being a family of 4 lately. It won't be long before Regan starts school and then we will be a family of 5 in no time! We took a quick trip to Gatlinburg this past weekend and had fun just hanging out together! We let the boys play in the stream and they both loved it. I got my feet in and boy was it cold!! I have no idea how Regan was going all the way in but he did.

On the third we went to the Baron's baseball game and watched the fireworks. We had missed the Down Syndrome Awareness night so we wanted Regan to get to watch a game and then watch some more fireworks. Kollyn did amazing watching the game and fireworks it was just a great time for all of us!

Pregnancy is going good. I had to take the three hour glucose test but passed it with no problems. I am measuring REALLY far ahead! Like I'm 29 weeks and I'm measuring 38!! I go in two weeks for another ultrasound to check and see if she is big or just my belly! I about fell out when we found out how big I was measuring.

Can't remember if I have told the world but Kollyn is walking! He started about two weeks ago. He still crawls lots but will take 8-10 steps when he wants to. I can't believe he has grown up so fast!!

It's been a great Summer and I don't want it to end!!!

Day of blog silence for Cohen

6 years ago today...

As I was filling out paperwork at yet another doctor for Regan today I realized that six years ago today I got a huge surprise. I was pregnant!! Ricky and I had only been married three months and I just knew he was going to be so mad at me. I was at work when the call from the lab came in. Usually they would give results to whoever but today they asked for the doctor. I walked into the conference room and there sat Dr. Elmore and all she said was it's positive! I really thought I might pass out. I called Ricky crying or sobbing to be exact and then asked him if he was mad at me! He of course told me no and told me we would be fine.

As we sat today waiting to see the doctor I thought about all the specialist we have been to, all the labs he has had drawn, all the mounds of paperwork we have filled out, all the tears we have cried, and prayers we have prayed. Even with all the obstacles we have faced with Regan I wouldn't take a moment of it back. Six years ago he changed my life, six years ago today I became a mom! Thank you my sweet boy for changing my life!

Happy 8 Months!!

Kollyn is 8 months old today! I just can't believe it! Where has it gone? Here is what is going on with him!

Weight~ Appox 18 lbs! He is a chunk!
Diapers~ Size 3
Clothes some 6-9 months but moving on into 12 and 18 month stuff!!!
Words~ Hi, Mama, and Bubba!!
Food~ Baby food Squash,Carrots, Sweet Potato. He wants all table food and loves spaghetti!! Eating is not a problem with this little boy.
Milestones~ Cruising still and beginning to stand by himself for a few seconds! Climbing on things
Sleep~ Well, You go to bed around 9 and then you are up again around 3-4, take a bottle and then back to sleep till around 7am. You nap usually two times a day around 10 am for about 30 mins then again around 2 for about an hour! I really wish you would sleep all night but maybe soon!

Kollyn still loves his daddy but is growing to love momma more. When he gets hurt he wants momma and will just bury his head in my chest for love. Still doesn't love to cuddle but we are working on it! Its been a great 8 months!

Your Hands - JJ Heller

A week ago was the due date for the baby we lost. Not a day goes by that I don't think of what could of been. Even when I don't understand I have to believe that there was a reason that we never had that sweet baby.

Mother of 4 and one on the way!!!

Next week I will become a mother to four and one on the way!! We will have kids 13, 8, 5 and 7 months and I will be 22 weeks pregnant with number 5!! It's only for a week!! But we will super busy Right now I'm trying to come up with some ideas of things to do with them. Any tips?? Ricky is going to go "camping" with the 13 year old and Regan one night. But when Ricky goes back to work then what do I do with them??? I'm thinking a trip to the aquarium one day. The zoo is just too hot for me and my rash!


So help me out with tips!


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13 year old ~Boy
8 year old~ Girl
5-year old~ Boy
7 month old~ Boy

Menu Time

I haven't been doing a lot of cooking at home lately. The smell of food is just too overwhelming. I'm going to try doing better now that I'm not feeling so sick and since ball season is over we will have more time at home!!


Monday~
Spaghetti, Salad and Garlic Bread

Tuesday~
Beer Beef Fajitas
Minus the beer just add water in its place. (Yes, I know it burns off but I would prefer not to use it)
Mexican Rice

Wednesday
Ritz Chicken Casserole*


Thursday~
Italian Pork Chops
Green Beans
Corn
Cheddar biscuits


FRIDAY~
Regan's last day of school!!
Out to eat to celebrate!!

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Ritz Chicken Casserole
Mike's mom made us some of this last week. I loved it! He wasn't sure on the recipe but this is what he could remember.

4 Chicken Breast cooked and shredded
1 can cream of celery
1 cup sour cream
2 sleeves Ritz Crackers
1/2 cup melted butter

Crush one sleeve of crackers and place in bottom of casserole dish. Pour half of melted butter over crackers. Mix soup,chicken,and sour cream together pour over crackers. Crush other sleeve of crackers place on top of chicken mixture pour rest of melted butter on top. Bake at 300 for 30-40 mins until hot and bubbly.

Been a few weeks

I don't think we have updated since we found out about our Sweet little girl!! Let me just start there!!

I have dreamed of having a little girl since 2001. A very special little girl was born in April 01 and I have dreamed of having my own since then. Don't get me wrong my two little guys are fabulous but I wanted to dress up a baby girl in pink and bows FOREVER!!! I absolutely feel like we were given a gift with this baby. I was less than excited to be pregnant at the beginning but now it is worth all the worry and fears because I get my dream come true. Ricky and I even found a outfit over the weekend that says Mommy's dream come true!!
I cried and Ricky knew we had to have it!! Our little girl have a closet FULL of clothes and I can't seem to help myself from buying more!! So FUN!!

Kollyn is an absolute mess! He is 7months old today! Where has the time went? He is cruising the furniture still and just adorable. He has said momma two times and that just thrills me. He is Ricky's boy all the way!! He just lights up when he sees Ricky and its soo cute! He isn't liking baby food at all, he wants real food mashed up!! Who could blame him some of it is awful!! He had a check up last week and weighed 16lbs 9oz! He is wearing mostly 6-9 month clothing but some 12month stuff!! He still isn't sleeping all night but has dropped down to only getting up once so that is better.

Regan is well in a stage! We didn't let him play in a game on Saturday because he was just really bad. Not minding, taking things from Kollyn and lots of other things. By Sunday we had our Regan back but boy Saturday was a LONG day!! We had his IEP last week and I'm super happy with all his goals for next year! He has made such progress in Pre-K this year I can't wait to see how he does next year. My only concern is that they want to try K with no aide!! UMMMM WHAT??? We did all come to an agreement that he does the first two weeks and then we can meet and decide if it will work or not. I'm just stunned that they think its possible but if I don't let him try it I will never know if he can handle it. My biggest thing for the Summer is he must be 100% potty trained!! Right now I'd say he is about 75% there but he chooses when he wants to be. I'm thinking the days school ends the pull ups go and we are in big boy pants all the time. We shall see!!

Life is going to get more interesting for us in two weeks! We will be gaining a 8 year old girl!! She is a friend of ours little girl and while she is recovering from total knee replacement she is going to come stay with us! I'm excited to have another girl in the house! Regan will love having her here. He thinks she is just amazing and KB is a great help with Kollyn too!

I'm 21 weeks pregnant and things are going good. My blood pressure has been great this time so that makes us all happy. Nothing but some N&V here and there but just excited to know that in less than 19 weeks our family will be growing again!!

Last but not least some pics of my boys!!

Short and sweet!!!

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IT"S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kollyn what are we going to do with you?

My sweet baby has not only decided to finally start crawling on all fours this week instead of army crawling on the wood floors, he decided to start pulling up, and cruise the furniture!! He only took a few steps but goodness!! He turned 6 months on the 19th and is cruising??? Such a fun handful!! He loves to wave and tell people hi! He will be social like his daddy I'm afraid.


Monday we find out what Baby Heath#3 is!! I'm so excited!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!! We have some ball games and lots of family things going on!

alantoaxial instability= boo!!

Tomorrow is our least favorite trip to Children's for our visit to the neurosurgeon. Regan has atlantoaxial instability last year he had 7mm of instability they told us that if it was at 10mm we would be looking at surgery. I have been dreading this visit since last April. Please keep our little family in your prayers. I won't be able to be in the room with him for his xrays and that upsets both Regan and I. Hopefully tomorrow we will learn that it hasn't changed or improved since last time.

Baby Boy Room Ideas

I've been shopping! Online and just window shopping for now but I'm trying to decide what I want for the new baby!! We find out in less than two weeks if it's a boy or girl!! I'm excited either way but I really feel like it's a boy!

I'm a cheap kinda girl. I personally can not see paying 300+ dollars for baby bedding. Nothing against those who do it's just not for me. We are going with another white crib so that both will match. Right now we are planning on Kollyn and the baby sharing a room. It just makes sense they will be right beside us and since Kollyn STILL wakes up at night it will just be better for us.

All of the above is from Wal-Mart.com

Loving this quote

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” – Edward Everett Hale.

Life update

Still having some issues with Regan but we are working hard to get them solved. He has done much better over Spring break and hopefully will keep going in the right direction.

Lots to say but first off HELLO 16 WEEKS!! I really can not believe it! This pregnancy is just flying by. We find out for sure in a little over two weeks if its a boy or girl. I'm still going with having the third boy!!! Wow! It will be a fun house around here!!! I've gained 7lbs already!! How in the world did that happen??

We are still playing T-ball! All I can say to that is poor Coach Dustin!!! Regan loves it but goodness he is a mess out there!

After our last game we took a little trip to the beach! It was great! The water was too cold for me but our little fish didn't seem to care. Kollyn had his first feel and taste of the sand and seemed to like it also. I somehow was the only person who got too much sun but it turned quickly so it was worth a little bit of burn to have some color finally!! I got lots of pictures of Kollyn since Regan now thinks he is just too busy for a good picture!

MIA

Things are bad with Regan. He is having some major issues and I'm frustrated,scared,mad and lots of other things. I'm looking for answers that can't be found but I will find out somehow what is going on with him. Please excuse the absence for awhile.

Why is it that every friendship I've had since middle school leaves me feeling used. I'm not your free babysitter, designated driver, or ATM. We live on one income and make it just fine with the the 4 of us. But I don't have the money to hand you because you over spent while shopping and now don't have gas money for your hot date. If you want to have a friend then be one don't call only when your having a bad day but never return calls when someone else needs you!! Don't call me for an emergency to watch your child and return 11 hours later. I'm tired of it. Don't call when you have decided to go out and then leave your child with me for 3 days. No respectable date lasts that long. Don't call your child retarded for one and surely don't use it in front of me and my child.



End of rant!

Flowers

This morning Regan and I were outside early enough to run around in the yard. We were talking about the daffodils or actually I was talking, he was just playing and smelling. He then pulled two of them, I of course had to tell him we don't pull flowers, but then he tried to put them in his pocket. So I watched! He wouldn't give them to me he kept saying no and then something I couldn't understand. When the bus turned the corner he went running to the bus with his flowers. Ms. Darlene always gets one of his hands to help him up the steps and before he would give up his hand he gave her the flowers. At the top of the stairs he said here and she handed them back. He then turned to Mrs. Nancy gave her a flower and then handed Mrs. Darlene one back. Such a sweet moment for his momma,even though I didn't get any flowers!!!

Atlanta here we come!!

Saturday will be our six year anniversary! We are going to Atlanta for the night!! I can't believe that I'm going to leave Kollyn already but we really need this. Ricky and I are on the exhausted side! We never get to sleep more than a few hours at a time and I have no idea when the last time we slept the entire night in the same bed. We are both up and down all night with the boys and most of the time I'm with one boy and he with the other. We are going to do some shopping and go to a dinner show! I'm going to have a hard time not having the boys with me but I know how important it is for us to stay connected for the boys so off we go!

T-Ball love

Regan had a preseason tournament over the weekend. We were very nervous as to how he would do after missing practices. He did pretty good. He of course got bored and started throwing his hat around and playing in the dirt and made some nice grass angels for us. But it's not much different than what some of the other kids were doing in the outfield so we were shocked.

During the first game Regan got to bat and hit the ball pretty good but just didn't run. He stood there and finally started his "run". He of course got out but we were just glad that he did finally start running. His next up to bat he would have made it to first but he didn't start running so he got out. We were expecting a home run hitter or anything so we were fine with his outs. He did get an RBI so we were happy with that!!

The second game on Friday night he got out one time and then on his next bat they let him run a home run. The coach had to run with him because he loses focus from first to second and so they helped him find all the bases. Everyone was cheering him on and it was just a magical moment in my life. He scored his second "home run" that night and it got the game ball!!

We are so thankful for the coaches that Regan has this year. After sitting there watching the other coaches from other teams get mad at their players and yell at the kids who weren't paying attention we are just so thankful for the team and coaches we have.

Your child ~My Child

Just because some program works for your "typical" child does not mean it will work for mine. Regan learns things in a different way than other kids. I can't explain it but for a typical parent to tell me what I need to do to help my "special needs" child just burns me. You have no idea the struggles we have went through just to get where we are and to act like I haven't done something right makes me want to knock you in the knees. My child will get where your child is one day,it may not be the same way you got there but we will just wait.


THE END OF THE RANT FOR THE DAY!!!!

Baby Love

Baby Heath #3 is now due September 30Th! Last time I had an ultrasound done it was pretty early,so yesterday I had my second one we realized that I'm further along that originally thought. Here is my little love.











Isn't she/he adorable! I just love those little legs! Ha! This baby is just even more special to me because we weren't expecting and trying for so long. This baby (like all babies I know) is like a surprise gift. We weren't expecting it and that just makes it so special to know that we were trusted to have another baby. I know the heartache of trying and losing and struggling to get pregnant so I feel so blessed to get a surprise!







Okay on to a subject that won't make me cry.







Kollyn~~ Oh how that child melts my heart. He is a great little boy. When we came home from the hospital he fussed LOTS! I was struggling and had to have lots of help to get my self adjusted. The first four weeks were awful. I cried all the time and then would just lose it for the smallest reasons, just ask anyone who came in contact with me. Now Kollyn is a super happy little boy, who is most of the time sleeping through the night, and just loves his big brother!! They are beginning to play together and Regan wants to include him in all that he does.

T-ball is going okay. We have a pre-season game this week. Regan has missed a lot of practice in the last few weeks. With the passing of MawMaw Surrett, and then pneumonia we just couldn't make it. Regan gets to go back to school tomorrow!! I'm very excited that he is ready to go. Having two kids at home,especially one that is sick, makes for a long day and even more when all I want to do is sleep all day.

pneumonia,the ER and more!

We got to make our 2nd trip to the ER with Regan lastnight!! He went to the doctor on Thursday and by Saturday night he wasn't any better. He was still running fevers and was getting dehydrated. So after talking to his doctor we headed to the ER. After a couple of hours we got the news that he had another ear infection and lots of pneumonia in his left lung. They were trying to decide about admitting him but finally decided to let us go home and come back 24 hours later and get another dose of Rocephin. We then go back to the doctor Monday to see his doctor again and see if we need to do something else.

Since yesterday He has improved sooo much but is still wheezing and coughing really bad. No fevers since lastnight and that is the longest he has been without fever since Wednesday!! I'm so ready to have a well little boy again.

I get to go to the doctor tomorrow!! I'm really excited to get to see Baby3 again. I'm 10 weeks! Hard to think that that I have already finished a forth of this pregnancy!! Woohoo! 10 weeks till we find out what we are having. I'm going with another boy but Ricky thinks a girl.

Lots of sadness and sickness

There has been lots of sadness in our lives lately. I not sure how much more sadness I can handle. I have of course been an emotional mess the last couple of weeks and these sad events are not helping me at all. Lots of families are hurting right now and my heart goes out to all of them.


Regan has been to the doctor three times in three weeks. Each visit has been on Thursday. I think that is just what I'm supposed to do now on Thursday's. Regan started with an upper respiratory infection, then had his five year old check up, and then today we went and he was diagnosised with viral pneumonia. He has lots of new medicines and breathing treatments. We are hoping that he is better by Monday or we may have to do something different than home treatment. He is already acting better after getting some breathing treatments in him.

MawMaw Surrett

Today we got a phone call that we never wanted to hear. Ricky's MawMaw Surrett passed away in her sleep this morning. Today would have been her last radiation treatment. She is and will be greatly missed. Please keep Ricky's family in your thoughts and prayers.

Birthday Party

We don't usually have birthday parties other than having meals with each set of grandparents and doing something special on Regan's birthday. I have alwasy said I would do something on the first,fifth and tenth. I'm just wierd like that I guess. So this year we had Regan's party at Party Central. We have been to lots of birthdays there and Regan always likes it.

Here are some pictures from his party.