Update

Well Cooper is going to be fine. The doctor told me that all he has is Thrush and will recover fairly quickly. They gave him an antibiotic called Nystaysis that he has to gargle in his mouth then swallow for 8-10 days. YUCK!!!!! He said that is caused by the antibiotic he had taken a little over a week ago. So he will start getting better soon enough.

My doctors appointment went very good today. I am allowed to go back to normal work duty except for lifting heavy steel. I can go back to welding. AWESOME!!!!!!! Doc wants me to go back and see him January 29th just to see how its going. I need to keep up with my exercing otherwise it wont get very strong. I can move it and all but it is still fairly weak. It will all get better.

Poor Poor Coobah

Well here it goes again... another round of sick kids. YAY! Well Sunday morning Cooper woke up and didnt quite look like himself. Later on that day he started not acting like himself. He was quiet which never happens and he was running around and being mean to Ely. Which NEVER EVER happens. He fell asleep then when he woke up he was just burning up. So for the next 24 hours we were trying to keep his temp down by alternating Tylonal and Motrin. I could never get the temp below 101. Which isnt to terribly bad for a child so i'm told. He has this wearid stuff going onwith his tounge. It is pain free from what i have noticed so i am going to have that checked out along with him being sick to. We have an appointment today at 3:30 with Dr. Quinn. I have my appointment with my doctor at 3:00 for my shoulder. Hopefully it will be the last one. I guess we will have to wait and see. I will update everyone when it get back from the docs today. Love you all.

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope everyone had/has a safe and merryful Christmas. My family spent Christmas Eve with my dad for supper and then to my mom's for the rest of the evening. We opened gifts and it was much appreciated for everything we got. I was just really glad to be able to come spend this special time with my family and celebrate the birht of our Jesus Christ.

Christmas day we didnt do much I guess. We had everybody come over to my mom's house and we had a good dinner then we all just sat around and hung out and caught up on everybody. It was so good to see my little nephew Rowdy. (Which is Stephanie and Cody's son). It has been since he was newborn since we have seen him. His will be 6 months on the 3rd of January. Getting big Rowdy rowdster. LOL! Our little nickname for him. So overall it was a pretty good holiday. Love everyone very much.

Our new House...and Ely

Well we have been working on our new house and I am getting soooo excited to get moved in. We have the kitchen painted which turned out very very nice. It is a light yellow with the nice brown cubords. It doesnt sound very nice but it is. The only reason we chose a light yellow is because I always decorate my kitchens in apple stuff. So the red and the light yellow will look so good together. We are doing the living room and dining room a type of dark green and we are going to sponge over it with a lighter brown I think. I am not sure if it is a tan or what. I havent gotten to see it yet. We are going to change the play room because Larry (my father in law) forgot we didnt plan on painting it and he went ahead and spackled it so we ended up having to tear the wall paper off the north wall and we are now going to paint it. Not sure what color yet. Thats ok that it didnt get to stay that way. Either way i am very thankful that we have a house now because of my in-laws.

Well I think we all can relate to what I am about to write you all. Remember in that moving "A Christmas story" when that little boy is dared to stick his tounge to that flag pole in the middle of winter? We I know every kid does it and finally one of my boys did. Ely was looking out the and he saw some fresh snow on the railing outside on the steps and before you knew it Ely was screaming bloody murder. Kyle went to go get some warm water to release his tounge but by the time he even got to the water faucet Ely had ripped his tounge off by himself. Needless to say Ely has a pretty bad sore on the tip of his tounge. It bled for ever. Poor little guy. He is doing much better he is eating now and drinking so we are on an uphill slide. YAY!

Now to my little man we call Mr. Trouble. He is into everything. I can't hardly turn my back on him a split second before he gets into something he shouldnt. Well I took a few minutes to go to the bathroom and came out and he was sitting on the floor with a light purple mouth. I Found him in front of the fridge with an empy and realized he drank the rest of my Children's Ibeuprofin bottle was empty. He drank about half maybe a little less than half the bottle. Oh My Gosh!!! I freaked out. I called my mom then I called the hospital then my mother in law. She came home and told me to calm down and call the poison control (which I have never had to do before) and they told me that he was going to be ok and that it wouldnt hurt him other than a small tummy ache. Now if it was Tylonal then I would have really had to worry. So luckily everything everything was okay with both the kids.

Later last night i ended up getting a severe headache. Me thinking it was a migrane it was only a really really bad headache. My mother in law said it was a stress headache. My eyes were sensitive to light but not sounds. I just put a cool washcloth over my eyes and went to bed with the lights off. I dont ever want that again. I could never imagine what all of you others feel like with the major migranes. Sorry bout that ya'll. Well on that note i am going to head out. Later gators.

Its a BRRRRR

Oh my goodness, it is FREEEEZZZZZIIIIINNNNNGGGG!!!! Today it was 39 below zero with wind chill. We couldnt get to work until at least 9:00am. NOT COOL. We didnt end up getting to much snow. They say only about 5 inches but the wind was just so terrible that nobody could even do anything. Which is totally bad for the boys. They have that cabin fever where they are stuck inside to long they become very busy and loud. ERRRR!!! They give me a headache but i still love them.

Money has been tight for everybody and it just sint much fun. Christmas is going to be tough this year since i had my car accident it put us behind even more. I will just have to wait and get gifts for everyone when tax time gets here which isnt to far away i guess. I was hoping to get bunk beds for the boys which isnt goint to happen right now either. Well that is just life I guess. I hope everyone is staying warm and safe. Love everybody and you all are in my prayers.

Well my day was...

Pretty good. Well today was my first day back to work after my car accident and it went pretty well. I am pretty sore but hey that was to be expected after being home and in a brace with absoultly no movement what so ever for 4 weeks. I am only allowed to do light duty which is still pretty intense for just starting out. LOL! I have been painting these mini bottomless feed bunks and some mini pan bunks that have been made for my boss to take to farm shows. It isnt so bad painting them except when i have to bend over. That puts some pressure on my shoulder that isnt the most comfortable but hey its all good. It felt good to be back to work and out of the house away from my four year old and my two year old.

Oh my word are we getting some snow. This morning i woke up to head to work and it was raining. Yes rain in december. NOT FUN!! Ely dont have school tomarrow due to the weather so we will be home hanging out. Hope all is well.

Oh back to work back to work

Well i got the okay from the doctor to head back to work for LIGHT DUTY!! I go back on Monday which is kind of a relief for Kyle and well me to. I am just nervous of hurting so bad. I called the doc for some more pain pills just in case i will need them. I am sure i will for a few days. At least we will have some more income again. It is a good thing we live with my in-laws for right now. It saves us a ton on bills. So it will all work out in the end everything always does. Hope all is well with everyone.

Update

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I know I did. I was able to go back to Madtown and see my family. That felt soooooooo good. Everybody looked great and healthy. Well i have some great news. WE FOUND A HOUSE!!!!! Well my in-laws bought another house here in Orient and we are going to rent it from them. It is a three bedroom house witha living room, dining room, huge kitchen, bathroom and basement. It has a small patieo on the back and a single garage. Its pretty nice. We wont be able to get into it until at least after the first of the year. We are cleaning it and going to shampoo the carpets and deffinatly repaint. It has these bright blue walls in the living room and this old wierd looking orange in the dining room and another blue in teh bathroom. Crazy wierd. The awesome one (sarcastically) is the playroom. Its a granny apple green. I mean this is like really green with this really cool (Sarcastically again) wall paper that is striped granny apple green and a yellow green. I mean this is sooooo retro man. It kind of grows on you though. I might keep it because i found these differnt curtains that are home made that has like the three little pigs, big bad wolf, red riding hood, henzel and grettle, and three little bears on them. That will fit real nice in their. When i get pictures i will be sure to put them on here. I like the house.

Let it snow Let it snow Let it snow that is all I can say I guess. We have already 3-4 inches here and it is still snowing. Kyle is just loving it let me tell ya. He is sooo ready for Ice fishing along with getting his toys out and go snowmobiling. Ely wants to make a snowman so if it isnt snowing tomarrow we might do that. And yes i will get pics of that to. Take care Ya'll

Happy Birthday Ely.

Ely had a pretty good birthday. He had two birthdays. One here at home at and one at Grandma Hoeke's. He got new Spider Man shoes that light up which he is so proud of. He got a new outfit from grandma and a new game Hi-Ho Cherry-O and a read along book that you put the cd in the computer and go along with it. He got a bunch of other toys and such to. He turned out pretty good this year. My big 4 year old. He is getting so big so quick.ck.

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone has a very happy and safe Thankgiving. Make sure you tell all your family how thankful you are to have them in your lives. You just never know when something or someone could leave your life. It is so important to love each other and respect each other for who they are and not by their actions. I want to thank everyone who has supported me with all of my decisions that i have made. I love each and every one of you all very much. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

New hair cut

Well i finally got the nerve to chop my hair off. I chopped off 5 inches so i hope it is worth it. I like it i think. I dont remember ever having this short of hair. Other than the haircut nothing else is really new. My little man turns 4 tomarrow. I will get pictures as soon as I can. It is just so hard to believe he is already four. How scary. Here is my haircut.

Doctors Appointment

Well as always I had my doctors appointment today and it went pretty well. He thinks I am healing up nicely and it is looking pretty good for me NOT having to have surgery, I am so thankful for that knowing I wont have that extra doctor bill on top of all the other ones I am dealing with due to my accident. My rotater cuff may be a little damaged but nothing like what we were worried about. We all thought it could have been torn or something like that. It is sore probably because it has been stuck in one position for three weeks. I am allowed to move it a little. I amupposed to take it out of my brace 3 -4 times a day and do exercises with it. OUCH! It does hurt but that is why I have my pain killers. The stronger I can get my arm the quicker I can get rid of my brace and back to work again. Well on that good note take care everyone.

Ouchy day!!!

Well today wasnt the greatest day for me. I fell going up the steps today. Yes I know its hard to fall up the steps but Cooper was under my feet following me and I tripped over him. I have had my pills about every four hours today because it is throbbing so bad today. I just wish it was all healed up. Well my doctor called me today to let me know about my appointment in Aberdeen with the orthopedic surgeon. That is schedualed for December 9th at 9 am. The reason we are going to Aberdeen to the specialist is because my doctor wants a second opinion on if I need to get a screw put in my shoulder or not. I am hoping not but i guess the doctors know what they are talking about. I am getting pretty bored sitting at home. I am not supposed to vacuum or anything like that but i do. I just cant sit around doing nothing. I have bothboys but still, i can still keep up house work with them. I just do what I can and dont overdue myself. Well thats all for now. Love you all very much.

Howdy howdy

well today was a bad day again. Lots of pain. Well my doctors appointment went pretty good today. I am still stck wearing my brace for at least another two weeks sp that we can get my tendons and all that stuff to heal. That bone i was talking about is still not lined up right and the doctor said it will probably never be lined up perfect. That bone is about a 1/4 in below my collar bone. I am going to go meet with an orthopedic surgon for his opinion on it. Doctor John Carr (my doctor) said he is a little concerned about my rotator cuff and if that is tore or not. We will just have to see.

Not souch

Well today wasn't such a good day. I mean it was ok but i was more sore today than wahat I have been the past couple days. Some days will be better than others. I go back to the doctor on Thursday so hopefully i get some good news. The boys are doing good. Ely has school tyomarrow so i will be alone tomarrow. Cooper gets to go eith papa tomarrow so it will be a good day. Love you all.

Yet another good day...

Well today was another good day for me. I think the swelling must be coming out of my shoulder because it doesnt seem to hurt near as bad. I can move it a little bit (eventhough i'm not supposed to) but it seems to be getting better. I was able to do diapers again, vecuum, dust and do laundry all by myself. YAY!!! The only thing I can say is that i mist have the best husband in the entire world. How many of you can say this?...My husband did my hair for me this morning? Honestly, Kyle put my hair in a half ponytail for me since i cant do it myself right now. Soooo happy.

Since i didnt have my camera i used my in-laws for Holloween and here asre the boys. Cooper was a skunk and Ely was an alligator (or in Ely's words A dinasaur.)

The boys pumpkins were a hit. They kept the boys busy for at least an hour. Ely just had to have circle eyes but hey whatever works. I didnt know how to use the flash ont their camera so it is kind of dark. Sorry.

A Happy Day

Well today was a really good day for me. I have been feeling pretty good. I was able to vacuum along with doing dishes, (which is extremely hard to do one handed) but i got them done. We have the house to ourselves for the weekend because the in-laws went to Cody's so kyle, the boys, and I have it quiet. The boys are doing great. Did I mention how hard it is to change a diaper one handed? Especially dirty ones. But for all you mom's and daycare people it is possible. Try it sometime...I bet you get to frustrated tnd give up and start using both hands. LOL! Well just thought i weould write a bit. Love you all.

update

Hey there hows it going for everyone? Good I hope. Just wanted to let you all know that there will be no pins drilled into my shoulder as of right now. The doc said that we are going to take away all mobility from my shoulder until we can get some healing going on. They gave me another brace to wear so that I cant move it at all. The got my brace set up so that my shoulder is perfectly propotioned so that it should heal correctly. I go back to the doctor again next thursday. We will just have to wait and see what happens. Yack at ya'll later.

WOW! I am very lucky to even be around to type this blog...I was going to work on Monday morning just like any other day and just in a split second things were changing for me. I rolled the Maverick 1 1/2 or 2 times. I am not possitive. I just hit loose gravel and lost control. It was the scariest thing I have ever been thru. It sounded like a freight train the metel and glass shattering was just so loud. It is something that I will never ever forget. I am just glad to still be alive. All that happend to me was that my shoulder (left) was out of place in a way that my doctor has never seen before. The orthopedic doctor said we might end up putting a screw in we arent for sure yet. I am going to see a doctor tomarrow to see what he thinks. W got my shoulder back in place but there is a joint in there that is just kind of floating around soo we will see. They are talkijg that i will be in this sling for at least six weeks. I guess I pulled all om my ligaments to far. So we will just see what the doctor says tomarrow. Keep me in your prayers.

Another uphill battle

Well we have faces another problem in life. Kyle has been injured. It started about 4 weeks ago when he was working at Gehl. He hurt his back there just figuring it was a sprain. Well the past week it has been getting worse and worse. He woke up this morning and couldnt hardly walk. We went to work just like every other day and by 10:00am he wasnt moving. We got him into the chiropractor and after he was done we got bad news. His back is out of place (which they put back in) his back was locked up (which they unlocked) and he strained ever possible muscle in his back that could have been strained. So needless to say OUCH!!!! They gave him and back brace and put him on lifting restrictions and bending restrictions. He is still able to work but all he can do is upright welding. They didnt give him any pain medication but he was asked to take ibuprofin and ice it. Ice is supposed to be put on ever hour or so when he can. It will take time for him to get better. He goes back on Thursday for more thearpy. Hopefully it will start getting better now that he is having that electrode thearpy. Other than that nothing much new. Hope all is well with everyone.

BRRRR!!!

Well here we go. Here comes the cold weather. All the rain and wind we have had isnt making it any better. T 8:30 it was already 29 degrees outside. Like i said, BRRRR!!! Other than the weather we have been having the boys are doing well. Kyle and I are doing pretty good to. Getting exausted with with the boys. Cooper is still very busy. He is starting to talk a bit more which is good. Ely is still loving school. He is still not liking the fact of him having to get up in the mornings at 7:00 am but he will eventually adjust to it. He is getting better but still not a morning person. Other than that nothing much new. Work is going ok for us also. I hope everyone is staying warm and keeping safe. Not a single day goes by that i dont think of everyone. Love you all very much.

OUCH!

Well another day in paradise at work. The day started off really well other than I smashed my finger under some steel. After dinner i was welding away and started to notice that my face was feeling hot. I burned my face. Its like sunburn but not quite. Just dont get the tan. The reflection from the rays was coming up under my helmet and it also burned my eyes. They feel ok right now they are starting to feel dry and sandy which isnt a good thing. I am sure by morning it will be hard to open my eyes. They will be very sensitive to light. Oh well i guess. That is just part of my job.

The boys are doing really good. I am finding out that Cooper is going thru a growth spurt. He is getting way to tall for all of his jean. I am going to have to go shopping for a whole new wardrobe for him. Also another good thing about Cooper is that he is wanting to use the potty. He has been going pee and poop in the toilet for me and great grandma. YAY! NO MORE DIAPERS!!!!! IT is also kind of sad because my little baby is growing up wayt to fast. It will sure save me money though because i wont have diapers to buy anymore. When it comes time i will have him in pull-ups all the time and Ely in pull-ups just at night. Which is still lots cheaper. Well nothing else new today. Hope all is well with everyone. You are all in my thoughts.

More rain...

Well here we go again, more rain. I am getting so tired of rain because the boys are stuck in the house. It wouldnt be so bad if it was just cold but the rain makes it really hard to do anything. At least if it was just cold we could bundle the boys up then they could play outside for a bit. The boys are getting bored being inside. I am running out of ideas to do with them. Coloring gets boring for them, puzzles, books you name it. So if anybody has any and i mean any ideas on how to keep the boys occupies would be great. Right now i will try anything.

Hunting pheasants is going well so far. Kyle has gotten at least 2 birds a day. He has been getting them on his way home from work. Which is good. Money is short so anyway to save money on food is well worth it. Im not a huge fan of pheasant but its not to bad. The boys seem to like it though. It is very good for you just not to fond of the taste. It almost taste like dried steak but not to dry. Its not like liver at all. I guess if you havent had it you wouldnt quite understand. Well there is an update. Hope all is going well with everyone.

Shot a few

Well an update on how pheasant hunting went today. Carmen got quite a few birds up but daddy didnt get them shot fast enough. Kyle and Cody only got 3 birds today but hey its hard to get them when you cant ground pound them. They will go back out tomarrow and hopefully get their limit. The maximum you can get a day is 3 per person. Ranger is to lazy to get any birds. He just looks out like "that dumb dog whats he doing?" LOL! Well later gators.

Here Birdie Birdie Birdie

Well now we know its almost winter time. Tomarrow is the start of pheasant season and my oh my is Kyle excited. I am not sure if he is as excited as Carmen is but hey it is a fun time for the whole family. Heck i think i am even going to get a license this year so that i can get my limit or two this year. The good thing is, is that i get to babysit this weekend for Lilly Mae. YAY! She is getting so big. She has her six weeks shots yesterday and she is already just about 13 pounds. WOW!! I cant believe how fast they grow.

Well i finally made time to make the boys their first dentist appointments. They are set for Wednesday October 22nd. Cooper's is at 3:00 and Ely's is at 3:330. Grandma is going to take them because i have to work and i dont dare try to take time off beings i just started my job. It will be fine. They are pretty good boys when they go to the doctors.

Ely is doing very well is school and he is learning his alphabet and learning how to count. He can now count pretty well but he is still stuggling with his alphabet. He will get it. It all comes with time. Well that was a quick update other than that all is well and things are going pretty smooth.

Back to work again...

Well today i started my new job. It went pretty good. Long day and very sore feet. I am going to have to get used to my wearing my steel toed boots agian. OUCH! I got to weld all day today YAY! I was pretty excited about that. I got a little burned on my face but not to bad. I am working for a place called Common Sense Manufacturing. We build bale feeders, feed bunks, wire winders, bottomless feedbunks and other stuff like that. Typical farm equipment needed for cattle and stuff like that. At least there is always something to to everyday. I am always busy is what i am trying to say. Well just thought i would update and tell everybody that my day went pretty well. I am going to go soak in a nice hot bath. (not that you all care) LOL! Have a good night ya'll.

HEY HEY NO MORE RAIN!

OMG! i am so tired of rain. It has been raining constantly for the past 4 days now. My poor kids have been couped up in the house and they are really driving me CRAZY!!!! They just want to run and be kids but since it has been soooo cold out and rainy they havent been able to do any of that. They are handling it pretty well. Better than i figured they would be doing. Rangser is getting very big also. Once i get a recent picture of him i will post it. Oh ya did i tell you that last Friday i got to babysit fofor the newest addition to the family. Yes miss Lilly Mae. Cody and Katie both had to work Saturday morning and of course daycare normally isnt open. so oh to bad i got to watch her and my oh my was that fun. The only bad thing is, is that she has her days and nights mixed up so needless to say i was very tired Saturday morning. She slept all day friday was awake Friday night then she was awake all Day Saturday. Get it? Ya it sucks but hey i was in that same boat with Ely when he was a baby. Well nothing else to say so bubye.

Hey ya'll

well i havent got to much to say this time other than that the boys are doing great. Ely got to ride the bus today for school and he just LOVED it!!! He is getting along with everybody at school. He says his girlfriends name is Taryn. I think that is soooo cute. My little man is growing up. Well not to much going on other than that. Just thought i would update a bit. Have a good night .

Houston, We have a winner

OMG! Ely loves school. This morning he was very exceited about going back to school. When i got him to school right away he started playing and i asking him for a kiss and hug then he said by mom then i left. "whew" what a relief. I thought for sure he would cry and want me to stay beings that it was in the morning. It went great. After school when i picked him up he right off the bat told me how much fun school was. He colored and cut which is what he loves to do. He loves to use scissors and cut out paper. So i just thought i would update everyone and let you all know that he did a very good job. I am so proud of him.

School is starting for Ely

Yes you got it, Ely will be starting school tomarrow and he will be attending Faulkton Preschool. We met his teacher tonight and her name is Miss Bower. She seems nice and Ely seems to like her. He was really shy but there were no other kids there when we met. He will be able to ride the bus to school but i will have to go pick him up when he is done. He will be in the morning group which starts at 8:30am and runs until 11:30am. I will update tomarrow and let you all know how it went. Hope and pray that he enjoys it like he did while he was in Chester. Thanks everybody for your support in everything.

Poor poor Cheese ball

Man i just dont know what else to do. Poor Ely is just having a heck of a time with his allergies. This morning he woke up and his eyes were so dry and itchy and his poor little nose was so stuffed up and he was coughing so terribly bad. I call his doctor and they will send me some more pills for him which is a good things. He needs them!!! He has been in an out of the doctore so many times and all they do is just try differnt medications with him. Does that make me a bad mom or just and over protective mom? Should i just let it take its toll or what? I need help or options. So if anybody knows any ideas please let me know. Other than that nothing new going on. Cooper is still busy and I am doing good. Kyle seems to like his new job and I am just waiting to find out when i get to start. So when i find out more i will let al of you know more to. HA! Hope all is well with everybody.

So far so good

Today was a pretty good day. The weather wasnt the greatest but it wasnt to bad. The boys got to play outside for a little bit until it started to rain. After the rain had passed the boys took naps then i finished up my laundry. YAY! Gosh i hate laundry. It just seems never ending doesnt it? When you think you get all caught up there is just another pile waiting for you to wash again. ERRR!!
Well we got Cody (my brother in law) all moved into his new house in Miller SD. Its not the biggest house but it will do until they can find a better house to buy so they can settle down where they want to stay.
Ely wasnt feeling the best tonight. His allergies are really starting to get bad. I really hate this time of year when harvest time is here. All the dust in the air and the grain floating around really makes it hard for him to breathe. We just go day to day with his meds to keep him comfortable. I am going to call his doctor on monday and see if he will send me some more samples of the Singular that Ely is on. It seems to be helping tremedously which is great.
They boys are really getting their routines down pact. Ely today said mommy is it time for my nap yet me is getting tired. I looked at the clock and by golly it was like ten minutes until it was his nap time. So i think his body is getting used to the changes. He knew about what time his bath time was and about what time his bed time was. So i think things will start getting better for us. Cooper on the other hand is having a harder time with this whole routine thing. He always fights with me to take his name and to go to bed. He will get it though. It all takes time. We have only been here a week so i think soon things will start kicking in for him. Well that is all i have for today. I will post again tomarrow. I love you all very much and i want to thank you all for supporting our decision in moving again.

Yet another good day

Today and yesterday were pretty good days. Today is still early but hey so far so good. Ely has been doing great other than his stuffy nose and Cooper is still being his typical self. BUSY BUSY BUSY. We have been stuck home all week so that we can get the boys into a routine. I would rather be helping my brother in law move. But hey what ever is best for my boys is best for me. THey have been thru quite a bit in the past two weeks so a good structure and a great routine is what they need and they seem to be adjusting to the change rather well.
Ely told me this morning that he wants to drive a helicopter. I was like "WOW" where did that come from. So i told him maybe someday he will be able to and i will support him in whatever he wants. He has got such an imagination. I love to watch him build with his blocks and the things that he comes up with. Just the other day he said me made a big building where lots of cars are. I said, "Ely, what is that?" he then repied, "Thats where papa Don works" "Oh Prostrollos where they sell cars." Yes mommy i want to go help papa sell cars." LOL i couldnt help but almost cry. I just couldnt believe how smart he is and how much he doesnt forget stuff like that. Kids are just crazy. They say the darndest things. Well that is all i have for now i guess.

Better day today

Hey everyone, I hope everything is going well for everybody. Ely seems to be feeling much better today. I am just hoping the medications will keep him strong. They must be working so far. He is sitll congested but other than that he is back to his old self. Playing and acting like race cars is what he does best. We always tell him "cadilac buddy" He likes to act like Lighting McQueen instead of being quiet in the house. Oh well boys will be boys i guess. The boys appetite is getting back on track which is good. Just thought i would update since last night everybody was worried about Ely im sure. talk to you all later.

Another Haul

Yes you got it we have moved yet agian. We have found ourselves back in Orient living with my in-laws which is going great so far. We have found some new jobs and hoping that everything will start going uphill for us instead of downhill financially. I think everything will be fine
Ely has been getting sick again off and on due to his severe allergies. Now that harvest time is here that is going to really kick him in the butt. He has so many nasty allergies such as all the grains and dusts along with all the thissles that are out there. So now that the combines are out the allergies are kicking in. We have plenty of medications for him to keep him going and keep him healthy. He is having lots of problems with his nose being stuffy and his eyes are watering... typical allergy things i guess. I am just fortunate that i dont have them but i feel so bad for Ely having to deal with it and i cant do anything about it but try to keep him comfortable.
Cooper is doing good and he is adjusting to the change rather well. He is eating better and sleeping better also. He is still very busy. Well i am going to cut this very short. Lots to do you know. Love everybody very much and hope to keep in touch with everybody also.

We Moved!!

Yeah, yeah, Yeah we are still around just been really busy with a lot of stuff. We did move to a farm just outside of town. Ely has started school in Chester(August 26th) and he just loves it. He always says to me, "Cooper can't go to school with me cuz he not a big boy yet." "He stills wears diapers like a baby so he not going with me." Mommy takes him to school and he gets to ride the school bus home. He loves the bus ride. "I feel special mommy, some kids don't get to ride the bus like me do." He says.

Cooper is still very arnry but he is getting big. He loves his time without big brother around. He is doing very well. He is starting to talk better and still very active. He has been very healthy so far *knock on wood* Ely has had a lot of problems with his alergies this summer and now we have him on some Singular hoping that will help and so far it has been doing good for him. He isn't having many problems yes again *knock on wood*

Kyle started a new job at Gehl and he likes it so far. Lots and lots of welding which is what he loves to do. He gets to be home earlier to which is good. He works really early in the morning though which is taking him a while to get used to but he still enjoys it.

We have a new addition to the Wangsness Family. My brother-in-law and sister-in-law just had their first baby. The first girl of the family to. Her name is Lilly Mae and she is just to cute. She weighed 9 pounds 3 1/2 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. What a little princess she is.

Ely

Ely was kind of nervous doing this. Now that I learned how to do this I will get more videos of my kids. Cooper isn't the shy one she will be so easy to make movies. Hope you enjoy.

Another day of bad luck.

Life has been pretty crazy lately. Its been such a roller coaster since I have been sick. I have been dealing with this sickness for about 4 months now and now that I can finally get back to work another shot of bad luck hits us. I ended up having to take Cooper into the doctor on June 30th because he was running a temp and it was not going down at all. So when Mitch Poppens saw him he diagnosed him with a handfull of stuff. He has Strep throat, chicken pox, and Emphentygo. They are all very contagious so we have been stuck at home. Now that he has been on the medication for over twenty four hours we are able to finally go hang out with people.

It was to back he couldnt go to Julia's birthday party last night. Daddy stayed home with him so that we wouldnt spread the germs around to everybody else. It is to bad that uncle kyle so be over there either. He was really bummed. He wanted to pick on her like he always does. He is pretty proud of his neice and nephews.

I hope that you all have a very safe 4th of July and becareful. Hope everybody keeps their finders on and dont hurt anybody. We are going to the in-laws for the 4th. It will be fun. We are taking off right when Kyle gets home from work because we are going to shoot off fireworks. They baught like 400 dollars worth of stuff for the boys. I have some pics of Ely last year doing smoke balls and sparklers. They are cute. I will get lots of pictures. Love you all very much. So be careful.

Hey I am alive!!!

Well hello to all who have actually been checking this to see if i have written anything...Well suprise!!!! I am writing again for once. I have a lot to update since i have been on last. Well in the past three months I have been dealing with a lot of female problems. Yes, I am talking about that lovely monthly friend that we all hate. Well I have been having a lot of pain with it and having it abnormal since then. Well I have been going back and forth to the doctor's here in Madison then the doctors sent me to sioux falls to see an OBGYN there and she said we should try the depo Prevera shot to try to regulate me and that didnt work. So then we ended up doing a procedure that is called Endometrio Ablation which means in our words going inside my utuerus and putting some kind of chemical in there and then putting a burst of electricity inside and burning my uturus wall. Yes you all are probably say OUCH! Yes, you are all correct. That did hurt but i have some even better news...that didn't work eiether. I still had the pain, i still had the bleeding and nothing was seeming to work at all. NOT COOL! So i went backto the doctor and and she was confused. She called me her mystery patient. We could not figure out what was wrong with me. Beings this stuff runs in my family she braught up the option of a hysterectomy which neither of us really wanted to do but we had pretty much run out of options. She then decieded that this was the only routhe we had left we to go ahead and do the hysterectomy. I was the first 23 year old that she has ever done one on so i guess i can say i feel special...lol NOT!. I am feelilng much better now going into four weeks after the surgery i am feeling a little better. I am still have a bleeding due to the stiches and the healing process and some cramping. I went to the doctor on the 10th of June and of course she had to poke and prod around on my tummy and inside to make sure everything was healing properly and it looks good but ever since the check up i am bleeding much more and having tons more pain.
Then boys are doing great my youngest cooper just turned two years old on June 10th. WOW! how time flies. I can't believe how old he is and how big he is. Ely is getting really big to he wasnt to start school he always tells me. " Mommy I a big boy now and i want to ride the bus for school." he is such a big boy. It is so hard knowing that he can start school this coming year. WOW! that is all I can say.
We did end up getting another memeber of the family. Our Dog Carmen had a litter of pups and we ended up keeping one. His name is Ranger. (Ely named him) He is a golden lab and is very well minded and is cute as heck. Well there is the update hope you all keep in touch. Thanks for the patients with me.

Update

Yes, i know i havent been on in awhile..It has been pretty busy around here lately..Between the boys and Kyle and I getting sick and everything else that is going on we have been pretty busy. Between the doctors and going back and forth from Sioux Falls for Ely's appointments everything has been ok i guess.. This week Cooper had that Influenza A and Bronchitis and Ely had the start if it. We got it taken care of right away..Now hopefully I won't have to miss anymore work. It is killing our paychecks since we have both been home either sick or with the kids. The boys seem to be getting better as are Kyle and I. We should be ok. Also that we have all lost our overtime that hurts everybody..Not just our family. My boss said that we are heading into our busy season so hopefully it does pick up soon so that i can start bring home more money and put in more hours that Kyle...(LOL he hates that) Oh well i feel that I owe it to him beings that he took care of me when I didn't work when we lived back west... He is such a great guy who loves his family and will do whatever he can for us...Thank you all for your help and support thru all my past.. I love you all very much. Especially you Barb. You have done some wonderful things to. And DAD? Your amazing. The things that us kids have put you thru, WOW! you are a very tough man. I love you with all my heart. Mom, Your great. You have always been there to listen. Thanks a million. Just all of you...thanks for being there for me.

Elys appointment

Well yet again we got bad news. Ely had an hearing test at 9:30 and he checkup at 10:00am. His hearing test came back perfect but the check up wasnt the greatest news. They had the results from his allergy test and that was the worst news. Ely has just about every allergy that you can possible think of. Anything from certain grasses, thissles, mold, dust mites, cats to cows milk and wheat. It was heart breaking. So they put him on the nasal spray called Nasonex. He has to has this twice a day for who knows how long. The doctor told me that if we keep up with everything well hopefully all of his allergies should be gone by the time he turns 7. I just feel terrible since I couldnt do anything to really prevent them. I just feel like it is my fault since I couldnt prevent him from getting all of this crap. Well all I know is that we are trying to get him back on track and all healthy again. I am just going to have to keep an eye on him that much more. Thats just what mothers and fathers are for. Thanks for letting me vent on here. It makes me feel better.

Yet another day

Wow! it is a wonderful day today. Another warm day in store. Its about time we are finally getting our warm weather. We had a pretty good day yesterday and it was a late night for us. It is going to be a short post cuz i am about ready for a nap. The boys are both doing good growing like weeds. Cooper on the other hand been being really arnry..Whatever he can get into, He will. Weather its when we are looking or when we arent. He is a sneeky little man. Ely seems to be getting sick again. I think he is getting bronchitis again. I am hopeing not. He goes back to the docotor tomarrow for a post op check up after his surgery 3 weeks ago. He is all better from that thank goodness. His ears seems to be doing much better..He hasnt been complianing of them hurting anyways which is a good thing to. Well I am going to call it a day. Hope you all have a good and warm Sunday.

What a wonderful day

What a beautiful day out and I cant want to get outside and play with kids in the snow. It is just way to nice to be stuck inside the house today. The whole weekend is supposed to be nice along with next week. I am hoping that spring is only a wink away. I am tired of the this icky cold weather. I think the boys are really getting tired of being couped up in the house also. They both need to be out running around doing what boys do and getting muddy and working in the shop with daddy. One good thing about the weather being nice is that when we are at work we are able to stay warm and sweaty but its not to cold where we can't even put enough clothing on to even stay warm just a bit. So Kyle and I are really looking forward to the warm weather that is on its way. Time has just flew by in the past years. Heck, Ely is already 3 and Cooper is going to be 2 on June 10th. That about makes me cry. They are growing up way to fast for me. It seems like just a week ago I was delivering Ely. I will never forget that first eye to eye contact with him in my arms. The first sign of being a mother was that moment. It made it so real. Now that I have two wonderful boys that I wouldn't trade off for anything my life is complete. Kyle, Ely and Cooper keep me very busy along with work. So not much time to do much besides home and work. I just like to spend time with the kids as much as possible watching them learn and explore the whole world that we know. I just hope that I can do the best job as a mother to get him on the right track in life. Well enough with the sappy stuff so I am going to play V-Smile with the boys. I hope you all have a great and wonderful day.

nervous

Well its the day before Ely's surgery and yes of course I'M A WRECK!!! All I can think about is them taking him from me once I hit those double doors. I hate the fact that he is going to be in pain when I am not around to take care of him. Yes, I will be around when he is in recovery but still, it is very hard. I am just so worried about him. The only good thing about this is that he will be a whole new child after he recovers. He will feel so much better and hopefully he wont be sick as much anymore with the bronchitis and such. I will call all of you and let you all know how Ely turns out. Just keep him in mind tomarrow morning at 7:00am. We have to have him there by 6:15am so it will be and early bedtime and a long day tomarrow. Just pray that everything will be alright. Talk to you all soon

Cooolllllddddd!!!!

Yet, another day come and and gone. It is still very cold and its hopefully going to warm up soon. I will find out tomarrow what time we will have to be in Sioux Falls for Ely's surgery on Monday. I know i wrote down tuesday but it was a misunderstanding when i took Ely to the doctor i thought they told me Tuesday but oops! I was wrong. So we will have to be in Sioux Falls and we are going to have to stay there. I am so scared for Ely. I feel so bad for him because he is going to be in a lot of pain. I know it will make him feel sooo much better after he heals up. He will be a whole differnt kid. Even though you can't really tell he has been sick now. He is running around the house like a chicken with its head cut off. Oh well, it it all worth it. Kids are a wonderful thing. I wouldn't change them for anything. Well have a good night ya'll.

HELLO ALL!!!

Hello everybody I finally got my internet back. I am soooo very happy. Whew, a lot to catch up on. To start off the boys are going ok i guess. Ely has to have surgery on Tuesday Febuary 5th. To start off the reaon why he has to have surgery is because when he got tubes in his ears he was just a little over a year old. Well when they fell out the right one fell out all the way and the left one got stuck so now there is scar tissue built up around the tube which then hooked the tube to his ear wal and he ear drum. OUCH! So now the doctor has to go in there and take that tube out and then she is going to put in new tubes. After that is done Dr. Larsen is going to take out his adnoids and tonsils I think. I know fo sure the adnoids are coming out. Ely is also going to have a small probe put in for 24 hrs. to check and and see he has acid reflux. They are also doing an allergy test on him. I do not remember if they are doing another test or not. I tend to forget when I am under a lot of stress. I was bawling the whole way home after his doctors appointment last Friday. It is very hard for any mother to have to see their child go thru surgery. So Ely will have to stay over night and get the probe taken out the next morning at 11:00 am. I am hoping he eats and keeps fluids down so that we can go home on the 6th.
Cooper is doing ok. He is getting big and still being a pain in my rear end. He tends to like to beat up his big brother Ely a lot but hey thats sibling rivalry. Last Saturday we went and got Cooper's hair cut and he did not like it at all. He screamed and bawled.
Kyle and I are still working at T&R over in Colman and we still like it. I lost my overtime because it got so slow. We will hopfully be able to get out hours back in a month or so. There has been a lot of ups and downs at work but hey, that is any job you go to. Well that is a breif catch up hope to keep in touch with everybody.