Birthday party

Saturday September 8, 2012

Today was Nick's birthday party! He had it at  Bounce Mania and all the kids had so much fun!! They got to jump in the bounce houses for an hour then they had pizza, chips, cake and ice cream in the party room. Nick had so much fun with all of his friends! He opened gifts last and the kids were so cute. They all got up to help Nick and they were openeing their own gifts..too cute! He had so much fun and is already planning his party for next year!!

My sweet T

Wednesday September 5, 2012

My sweet Taevon is doing great. He has been with us for 5 weeks and he has changed so much. He is full of smiles and has the best little giggle. He loves watching the boys be silly and LOVES to be with Aaron. It is amazing to see how well they interact with each other. When they get up in the morning as soon as Aaron hears Taevon he starts crawling so fast towards T and T's face lights up when he sees him coming! I have been doing exercises and stretches with Taevon and I can tell a difference in his left leg and fingers already. I can't wait to get the rest of his therapy started at Turnstone. He still has 2 Drs that we are waiting to see, the eye Dr and the orthopedic Dr next month.

I was also  able to talk to a different nurse at T's school and I feel so much better. His teacher said he is loving all of the kids at school and he gets excited when he sees the bus come in the morning. It still makes my day when he gets so excited to see me after school. Even though he is only gone a few hours in the morning I miss him like crazy!!! I am so lucky to have been blessed with my 4 little boys!!

getting organized

Being organized is a must for me.
I have 4 boys that go to 4 different schools and I finally have a system that works for us. Each of the boys is assigned a color and that color is used on all schedules. They each have a binder in their color and it contains all of their school, medical information and therapy (for the 2 that have PT, OT, Speech and Vision therapies) information. I also have a family binder that includes all of our schedules and important information.

I make our menu a month at a time and I prep our meals for the week on Sunday evening after the boys go to bed. I write the menu for the week and that helps me stay on our schedule.

I also have set days for the housework that I TRY to keep, but playing with my boys ALWAYS comes first!  They will not always be little but the housework will always be there. I iron everyones clothes for the week sometime during the weekend and I have learned to have extras just in case. Even though I seemed to be organized there is always a feeling of panic that I am going to forget something or someone is going to miss a bus and throw the whole schedule off. My OCD can also get out of hand with all of the last minute therapy and Dr appointment chnages. When I start to get stressed I just think of my little angels and smile.

My gifts

Monday September 3, 2012

The best gifts ever!!!

           After about 20 pics the boys were done!! I LOVE these boys !!!

Lots of questions

Thursday August 30, 2012

Today my sweet little Taevon came home with his pants soaking wet and with his clothes all twisted around. It broke my heart. It seemed as if he was just dropped into his wheelchair at the last minute and put on the bus. His harness was over his arm instead of his shoulder and he was so crabby. I am just mad. He can't tell me what happened. He cant tell me why he is upset. He was also very hungry when he came home which makes me wonder if he was fed at the right time or even at all. He is supposedto be fed at 9:30 am so he shouldnt have been hungry at 11:20am. The nurse is wanting me to change his feeding schedule so she doesnt have to feed him at school. He eats every 3 hours and she is wanting him to go 5 hours between feeds. She told me he is only in school for 3 hours so he should be able to eat before and after school. Yes, he is only in school for 3 hours, but the bus picks him up at 7:15am and doesnt bring him home until 11:20am and that is four hours already. He gets up at 6:30 am and that is when he wants to eat so that is almost 5 hours. I am not changing his feeding schedule. They talk about how they are equipped to deal with all sorts of special needs and I was assured by the director of Special Education that his Gtube would not be a problem. My questions went unanswered today but I will be calling again in the morning until they are answered. It isn't right that people think children with special needs arent as important as those who don't. All of my children are important and deserve to be treated the same by others. They all mean the world to me and those who do not treat them all the same will be the ones that are losing out. These are amazing little boys and will change your life for the better if you let them.

Keagan's orientation

Monday august 27, 2012

Tonight was Keagan's preschool orientation. He can't wait to go to school. He was so good and loved going with his teacher to his classroom. He will be going Monday through Thursday in the mornings. I am so excited to see him make new friends and learn new things. I am also sad because my boys are growing up so fast. I miss having them all home during the day.

                                                        such a sweet little boy

G grandmas and G papas

Sunday August 26, 2012

Today was our first family outing since Taevon's arrival. We took the boys up to Avilla to see G grandma and G papa. The boys had a great time. Aaron loves G papa. He spent the entire time sitting by him. It was so cute. He smiled and laughed and loved to have G papa scratch his back. Taevon looked around and just took it all in. Keagan and Nicholas played with the toys and enjoyed looking at the sea shells. They can't wait to go back again.