August?? That's the last time that I found time to update this blog. Wow! I'm pathetic! Apparently playing pogo games is more important than blogging about my children. That's so not true. It's been so hectic. Why do I say it's been hectic? It's always hectic!! 2 darling boys, and man do they keep me busy.

So here it goes: September Jordan started Grade 3. I'm still in shock over it. He's done so well. Spelling is great, reading is getting there, and math, well my poor man doesn't have a great mentor. Mom and Dad both suck at it. Despite that he's really starting to get it. It took a little while, but now I think it's all good. His teacher is absolutely wonderful. You've really got to admire a teacher that takes the time after dinner to call you at home to let you know how your child is doing.

Also in September, my little Logan started Preschool. The picture at the top is his first day. He was the same teachers that Jordan had when he went there and he loves those two ladies. He's really well behaved at school (which is often hard for me to believe..lol) and loves going. He's made alot of friends, but Logan's alot like Jordan in the fact that he's kind to everyone, but only has 1 or 2 close friends. Markus next door is his best friend and although they don't go to the same preschool, they are best buds. Logan's a smart cookie. He LOVES numbers. He counts to 30 no problem, no all his ABC'S, can spell and write his name and recognizes numbers and letters when he sees them. Recently he's been very proud of the fact that he knows his left from right. Every chance he gets he tells us to turn right, go left, etc. I love it!!

Christmas was wonderful and white!! The boys thought that was the best! Jordan got his Wii, and Logan got the games for his DS that he wanted.

That is all I will post for now, but I'm going to sit down and update what's happened in the New Year tomorrow. So check back for more in a couple days!

Love

Kelli

Cast is Gone!

And you know, I don't know who is more happy about it. Jordan or Logan? Poor Logan got in the way of that cast too many times. When we'd tell Logan that Jo Jo was getting his cast off he would yell "YAY!!!" Poor little pumpkin.

Anyways, the cast is gone, and from what we can see we are very pleased once again with the results. Jordan is happy to, and I think in some way is proud of his "shark bite scars". When he had his first surgery he told everyone that he broke his arm trying to jump off the Space Needle. This time the story was that he got bit by a shark in Hawaii. Hey! It gets boring explaining to people over and over that you had surgery. We will see in the next few months what Jordan is now going to be able to do. I'm going to get him back into swimming lessons. I think it's great for his core and he's got alot of potential to do good at it. Barb his principal at school gave him a bunch of swim passes, so now we are going to use them everyday this month. Ease him back into it. I told him that we will do 30-45 minutes of real swimming then the same amount of time of "fun" swimming. He's such a fish and just loves the water.


Dean and I took the boys to Crescent Beach on Monday. They had a blast. Jordan was right in there and you couldn't get him out. Logan eventually got used to it, but stayed close to shore which was just fine with me.

I am looking forward to taking them there again next week. They are so happy in the sand and the water. It's also very relaxing for mommy!!

I'll update more later, because there is more to say, but I just don't have time right now.

Love
Kelli

My little Trooper!

Surgery for Jordan went really well. We don't know the true results yet, but Dr Thayer seemed to be very happy with how it went. Jordan was a really trooper yet again. He got a little nervous when we first checked into his hospital room, so I quickly took him out and we went for his favorite dinner. Pasta at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Once he had some food into him he seemed much better and we just chilled out for the rest of the night watching movies. Jordan is such a great cuddler.

The next morning we got up and he had his bath. Then it was surgery prep time. The only thing that he complained about and I can't say that I blame him, was the Midazolam to relax him. It is GROSS! But he got most of it down, it did the job and it was off the to pre-op room from there.

Jordan was so brave. I can't really say the same for Mommy. It was a very nerve racking 2 and 1/2 hours as you can imagine.

Once Jordan woke up they called me into the recovery. I walked in and asked my baby how he was doing. He immediately looked down at the cast on his arm and gave me this VERY pissed off look. I knew right away why he was upset. The doctor had told him that this time his cast would only come to the elbow. He lied and put it up to Jordan's armpit. To Jordan this meant he couldn't ride his bike, play DS or PS2 and would just be that much hotter!! Jordan voiced his unhappiness to the doctor, but the doctor explained that he didn't feel it was set that well, so he brought it all the way up the arm. Nothing we could do now. Then the doctor lied again and told him that it would only be 3 weeks, but yet the appointment was booked for 5 weeks. Hmmm..I didn't think Jordan would notice. Silly me! He did, but in typical Jordan fashion, he brushed it off.

Jordan has managed to figure out a way of playing DS and PS2. He's always been a great problem solver. Dean and I always say we should learn from him. Very rarely will Jordan ask for help, unless it's something that he possibly can't do for himself.

So now he has 1 week left and then his cast comes off. We are all very anxious to see the results!!

Love
Kelli

Happy 8th Birthday Jordan

Oh my! Where have the years gone? It seems like just yesterday I was making that 911 call to you dad to tell him that you were ready to meet us. I can remember that day like it was yesterday. It started the day before your due date, but you weren't going to make it that easy on mommy. How very unlike you. However, when I think about the fact that you waited until 1 hour past midnight (now your due date) it makes sense. You always like to play by the rules, and that was the rule. We were give June 15 for a reason. You were a little stubborn, well no, not stubborn, just upside down and didn't want to flip over. You needed a little assistance (like the forceps) with that part. You and mommy had a hard labor. You're heart rate drop quite a few times, and those damn doctors still didn't take you out. Sorry, honey, it's a sore point with mommy. Then when you did come, they barely let me have a chance to hold you before they whisked you away to the special care nursery. They tried to put and iv in your beautiful, pointed (due to the forceps) head. Finally they put it in your arm. Mommy had one too. They wanted you in the nursery for 48 hours but mommy cried so hard that they doctors let you out after only 24 hours. That was the happiest day of my life. The day I got to have you by my side all day long.

Mommy was quite scared. Not sure what to do with you. Ma was a big help and stayed with us for 2 weeks. Oh yes, when her and Papa left to go back home mommy cried like a baby. Then it was just you, me and Daddy. You had a tough start. Cow protein allergy then we found out that you had had a stroke during labor. But mommy and daddy didn't have time to feel sorry for you. We just had to get you better.

You hit all your milestones on time. We were so proud of you. It was then we knew what a little fighter you were. You put your mind to something, and even when it got tough, you conquered it. Wow! The things that you have taught us.

You are the kindest, gentlest boy. You have amazing patients with your little brother. You've done so well in school. You really know right from wrong and I know we will never have any trouble with you. When I was pregnant with you, I prayed that you would have Daddy's skin and temper and the man upstairs listened. You are so much like your daddy, and for that I am very thankful!!

You've become the best soccer player. You really do like it. You also love riding your bike, and to this day, mommy and daddy are so amazed, but yet very proud of how well you ride.

You are now 8 years old, and I'm writing this 2 days before you are going in for yet another surgery. This time it's to do with the tendons in your thumb. Mommy is very scared about the surgery. Well, not the surgery, but the whole anathestic thing. It never gets easier. This will be your 4th time having anasthetic and I'm just as nervous this time as I was the first time. But you will do great, and you will be the best patient in the hospital.

Mommy loves you so incredibly much! I'm so proud to be your mommy!!

Happy Birthday Jo Jo!!
Love
Mommy

But I can say cheese?

What a joke! Ever tried taking a 3 year old for a passport picture? Well, we did yesterday. Before we left the house, I combed his hair and told him that we were going to get pictures taken but that he couldn't smile for them. His response was "but I can say cheese?". No honey, you aren't allowed to talk. No biggie right? Yeah right! Dean goes first, then Jordan, who was totally awesome and his picture turned out like a true passport mugshot. Then myself, then Logan. Logan sits on the stool, we adjust him, and he's not saying a word. But his mouth is open slightly and the man tells him to close his mouth. So his picture looks like he's biting his upper lip. Kind of cute. I just find it weird that there are all these restrictions on kids passport photos, and yet in 5 years time when their passports expire they aren't going to look anything like they did in these. Oh well, those are the rules and we have to follow them.

On another note, I finally got myself contact lenses yesterday. It's just so hard playing ball and not wearing sunglasses on a sunny day. I chose contacts over prescription sunglasses because I don't mind loosing a $20 pair of sunglasses but I do mind loosing a $300 pair.

I'm looking forward to another girls sleepover at Shannon's house with Peggy, Emese, and Kelly. Should be a good time. I'll fill in with details after the weekend!!

Love
Me

June 4, 2007

Again, almost another month goes by without a post from me. What can I say? It's spring and our most hectic time of the year. Ball usually takes up 2-4 nights a week, and then whatever sports Jordan is doing. Weekends are either tournies or puttering around the house. Next thing I know, September will be here and I'll wonder where the heck the summer went.

What's new? Hmmm...not too much. Totally enjoying the beautiful weather we've been having. After school the kids and I are going to head to the waterpark when it's nice. They love to take their water guns and just run around for a couple hours before dinner.

Last Thursday Logan had a rough day. It started out at the water park where he was climbing in the water trusses and fell out. He hit his head and scratched up his elbow. Then, that night at the ball park he fell a few times riding his scooter. Scratched up his knees and got a small cut on his ankle. Well, by Sunday that little cut had gotten infected. I took him to the walk in clinic and then doctor prescribed oral antibiotics and some antibiotic ointment. He also said he needed a tetnus shot, but didn't have any for kids under 7. So yesterday I took him to the doctor. My intentions were never to not vaccinate him but to have him on a delayed schedule. I should have started this when he was 2, but it just slipped past me. So, yesterday he got his first set of vaccinations. 3 NEEDLES!!! Nope, can't say I was impressed, but you do what you gotta do. I've never heard such a blood curdling scream out of his mouth. And of course, I cried too. After the doctor was done he gave Logan some raisins. Logan just hucked them back at him. Once we were back out in the waiting room he was better and then I took him down to the pharmacy and let him fill a bad up with suckers. Last night he had a fever, which I know is normal. His whole little body was also sore, but hopefully he's feeling today. So that's all done for another 2 months. I think for the next set, I'll take him to the health unit. I don't want him associated the doctor with needles and being afraid.

That's all for now,
Love ya all!

OH OH!!

I really broke a promise. My promise to blog once a week, and look, it's been about 6 weeks. Holy crap! Where did the time go? It's amazing once spring gets here what happens. Of course we've been super busy. When aren't we? Sometimes when I go to bed I wonder where have the last 8 years gone. Jordan's almost 8 and I just can't believe it! It seems like just yesterday we were pacing around the living room trying to get him to stop screaming.

I guess you would all like a little update as too what's been going on. There's really not a hell of alot to tell, so here's what comes to the front of my mind.

Jordan and I did a trip done to Portland at the end of April to see his regular doctor and the hand surgeon. They were both happy with his progress. The hand surgeon, Dr Thayer, is going to be doing another surgery on Jordan, but this time for his thumb. The goal with this surgery is to try and get it to open up more. So, his surgery will be June 21. I can't believe how fast you can get a surgery in the States. She beats our medical system!!

Jordan has infected tonsils and is home sick this week. I took Tues/Wednesday off but better get my butt in there tomorrow. Hopefully the work isn't piled sky high.

Hmmm...Oh yeah. Donna found a spot called Iona Beach Park in Richmond. It's a 2 and 1/2 mile long sewage tunnell that runs out into the ocean. You can walk on the tunnel or there is a gravel road below. We took all the kids and their bikes out there and they had a great time! We stopped and they had a picnic and climbed on the rocks. We didn't quite make it to the end, but the next time, I'll throw Logan on the back of my bike and we will. Dean's looking forward to checking it out.

Logan's been Logan! Funny and sassy as ever! I'm telling you, nobody is going to pull the wool over his eyes!!

Anyways...I took time to post, and yes, I'll try and post again in a couple of day!!

Love
Kelli