Finally Relaxation...

Wow, has it been a long time since I have been on here. Yet again, i have the excuse of the great and powerful Facebook. Totally addicting..Maybe someone should start a support group for addicts to Facebook. I think most of us all would be there. LOL!!!

Well Ely is almost done with school. He isnt the happiest about that idea. "Mom, what am I going to do when school is done?" Ely, Ely, Ely...what a goofy boy. He just loves it and he has learned so much. He can count to 20 already which is alot for me...He knows some of his ABC'S but not a whole lot. The teacher told me that was ok because he will be in it again next year. She said that no other kids in his class knows as much as he does which made me feel great. I am so pround of him and he is growing up so fast.

Cooper, well there is a whole other book there. He has been keeping daddy on his toes alright. Now that I am working in the evenings Kyle has been having to get the boys from the babysitters, feed them, bathe them and get them in bed. That is quite the site to see i'm sure. The way it sounds is that Cooper likes to push daddies buttons. He has been just great for me because he knows he can't get away with the same stuff..HEHEHE!!! I have the power i guess.. Well Cooper did flood the bathroom when I was watching him..I am sooo glad he did it with me and not daddy. I think daddy would have ran away..LOL, nah Cooper just would have had a spanking coming...

Kyle is doing great. He had a CDL class that he had to take before he can drive semi. Which he is going to do because he keeps losing his hearing working in the loud factories. Trucks are much quieter now days. He went in on Friday to take the 3 tests and passed 2 out of 3. He missed the one test by 1 question. So on Tuesday he is going back to retake that one test. After that its the drving test which will be a breeze for him. He is going to go to work after that and make much more money and be much happier.

I am doing wonderful also. I do still work in Redfield at the state hospital and loving it. I have been working alot and putting in some much needed overtime. It has been very stressfull keeping up with all the house work and laundry but I manage to get it all done. I am not sure how yet but i guess its very possible..Hahaha. Well hope you all are doing well. I love you all lots.

Addictions

My oh my, It has been awhile since i have been on here. I will have to thank you Barb for getting me addicted to Facebook. I love it. It something else I can keep in touch with my family with other than the phones. I know i need to get on here more but its hard to remember everything that i have going on. Hope all is well with everyone. Everything is going great here. Love you all.

Update

Well there everybody. No i have not fallen off the face of the earth just very busy. Now that i have started my new job i dont have a lot of time for much of anything. Today and tomarrow are my days off this week. Next week it is Thursday and Friday. So far my job has been going great. I love it. It is kind of a dangerous job but for the most part its a lot of fun.

Kyle had to get glasses and he looks great. I cant seem to get a picture of him in them but sooner or later i will. LOL!!! He is so happy he finally listened to me and got his eyes checked. He has no more headaches and the best part is, is that he can see..YAY! He looks great.

Ely is still doing great in school. He has conferences tomarrow night so hopefully we will get good results back from that. He seems to be doing ok. I know he loves it and he still loves riding the bus. He isnt to fond of getting up early though which hey if you think about it nor do i or did i ever. So other than that hes doing great. Getting big and very busy. Its hard to keep up.

Cooper on the other hand is busy busy busy. I have a very hard time keeping up with that boy. He is going to give me a run for my money. I thought Ely was the busy one but oh no Cooper is just arnry and doesnt listen. Very stubborn. He takes after his daddy. LOL!! Cooper isnt adjusting to me working so much very well. He has been so naughty for Kyle. I think or should i say I hope that will change. His routine is so messed up now. Kyle is trying to get one for him but just not working very well. Other than that not much else going on. Love you all.

back on the web

well now that i am working we are getting back on our feet..YAY!! we now have the internet back so now communication will be much easier. Just letting you all know..The boys are doing great and getting big..

New Job

well things are goin very good now that we are in our new house. LOVE IT!!! It is sooo good to have our own space again and to have our own furniture and our personal belongings again. The boys are loving it to. They have all their toys and their own play room. They seem to be pretty happy. At first they had a hard adjustment because we were not around grandma and grandpa all the time anymore. They have adjusted pretty well.

Well my new job is over in Redfield and the South Dakota Developmental Center also known as the mental hospital. It is going very well over there. I am sure that you all are thinking...hmm i bet amanda will fit in just great over there...hahaha im not nuts....all the time lol. I think it will work out great for my family and I. All the state benifits and great pay. I will love it I hope.

The boys are getting sooo big. Ely is loving school still and cooper is just grwoing like a weed. He is talking better since i have been working with him along with everybody else. Things are looking up for a change. YAY!!! Miss you all lots.

Today is Moving Day

Well the day has finally come. We are moving into our new house. Very excited. I am just so happy to finally have my own space again. it will be kind of weird at first I think since we have had the company of the inlaws since October but it will be all good. You guys all will have to come visit sometime and see the new crib. YAY! We got the dressers moved this morning so everything is there now. All we have to do is finish decorating the boys bedroom and the playroom. All the other rooms are all decorated and ready to relax in. It turned out sooo very nice. Hope to see you all very soon.

A fun day in Aberdeen

Tomarrow i am going to go to Aberdeen with my mommy in law and granny in law. Grandma has a doctors appointment to check her heart and make sure its ticking good. Hopefully everything is going good for her. Well after that appointment we are heading to my favorite store. WALMART!!! We are going to get groceries before we move in. It will be a pretty good day. I am going to get my dog a new collar. He is getting way to fat. I am going to get him a new doggy bowl to because the one he has he just doesnt seem to like. It was only like 2 dollars. Its not the thick plastic ones that he uses at grandmas house. So we will see how tomarrow goes. Love you all.

The time has come

THE TIME HAS COME WHERE WE GET TO MOVE INTO OUR HOUSE!!! This saturday we are finally moving to our house. It will be so nice, yet scary. I am so used to having someone helping me with everything along with the kids and now it will be all Kyle and I again. I am worried about the finances since I am not working but things will work out for the better. I hope!

Another sick kid

Well it all started last week when Ely wasnt acting right. He started coughing then it went into his chest so i took him to the doctor and they figured out that he had/has broncitis. Which he gets at least twice a year. They put him on a nebulizer and Azithromiacin which seemed to help. He will have the cough for awhile yet but no longer contagious. Well starting Friday Cooper started coughing and i thought oh he wont get it since he is on Amoxicillian. He had sinus infection so thats why he was on that medication. I now know that he can get sick while on an anitbiotic. He now has broncitis which is to bad. His temp is running around 102 and we are trying to keep it down. I will take him in tomarrow and let you all know whats going on with him.

Happy Valentines Day

Well i hope that everyone has had a great and loving Valentines day. Mine was pretty boring. Kyle, Cody and Larry all went fishing for the day since they never get to have a guys day because we are all never together. So it was just us girls today and my two boys. Which was okay. We went out to eat today so that was fun. Have out little girl talk and such. Just hoping everyone had a happy day.

Babble, Babble, Babble

Well not a whole heck of a lot going on here. The weather has been pretty fair for us so it has been pretty easy getting my house finished. we have been able to get a lot of decorating done which means we are getting soo close to moving in. Kyle went to Madison last weekend to get his boat so now we have everything here. YAY!

Kyle isnt feeling to well today. He woke up just feeling exhausted so he slept an extra two hours. When he got up he started gagging then...yup you guessed it he threw up. EEEWWWW!! Ely i think is getting or has broncitis. He has a nasty cough but nothing in his chest. It sounds like a seal when he coughs. I dont know if i should take him in or just give him some cough medicine. I am just not sure. He usually get broncitis at least 2 times a year. I guess I will just have to wait and see.

Sorry I have been neglecting my blog lately. I have been pretty addicted to facebook now. I love it. I am still able to keep in touch with my friends that way by talking to them with chat or just a measily ol email. lOve you all.

A very saddend day

Well as you all know we had to go to Aberdeen yesterday for an appointment for Kyle to get a new hearing aide. That all went well. Now we have up to sixty days to wait before we can get a new one. It has to go through the whole process. After we were done there we went and got my hair cut again so that it was fixed the correct way. Now it is. We had to go a little bit shorter but hey it will grow back. We went to Walmart and ended up having to get the tire fixed on my Jeep. That took them 2 hours to do so we had to wait around for like ever. In the meantime kyle got a text from a very close friend of and she told us that one of Kyle's close classmates had passed away last night of a heart attack. He was 27 years old. He has had heart problems since the day he was born. The doctors didnt think he would live past 3 or 4 years old. They sure proved him wrong. I am not sure what his heart condition was but i do know he was never able to lift more thatn 25 lbs. So pleas keep your thoughts and prayers with Kyle. He is taking this pretty hard. God Bless you Greg!!

Another appointment in Aberdeen

Well today we have to go to Aberdeen to see another audiologist. This one is a little bit differnt. This place also does financing for hearing aides. Kyle is about due for another one because his isnt starting to not work right. They only last about 4-5 years anyways and it has been almost 6 years. So today at 2:30 we will be with these people and hopefully they will give us the ok to go ahead and order a new one. That is how he got the one he has now is thru these people. They will also help you get a business started if you want to go that route to. (Which we do) So either way this is a very good place to go. You have to qualify for all this stuff so that is why we are going now instead of later. I am not working yet so income wise we should be fine. Wish us luck. We need it. Hearing aides run about 6000 bucks and we do not have that kind of money. Hopefully we will be ok.

Update on Cooper

Well we took Cooper to the audiologist yesterday and all they could really tell us is that his hearing is perfect. He did have soem fluid behind his ears but must have gone away. The right ear was still a little red but healing nicely. They told us if he has one more ear infection we are probably going to have to do tubes. Ely has had two sets so i am not to worried about it. Whatever I can do to make it better for him is what we will do.

Now onto Kyle, his hearing aide is starting to go bad on him. (NOT GOOD) He depends on that thing to help him hear. so we remembered that when he got that one he got help on the financing part of it. So we called his audiologist and they gave us the number to where we went before for the financing. He has an appointment at 2:00 on Monday in Huron. We should qualify for it with me not working right now and we have 2 kids instead of none. So there is a update on our lives.

Bad news for cooper

Well here it goes...About a month ago we have been noticing that Cooper has been talking so much louder than he normally does. I just figured oh its just him being a little boy and playing and such. He hasnt had any temps or anything so i didn't worry about it. Well today i finally brought him to the doctor to have his ears checked. He did end up having an ear infection. He had ear infections in both ears back in December. Now its only his left ear. They saw some fluid behind his ears so they want to get that checked out a little deeper. So tomarrow at 2:00pm I have to have him in Aberdeen for an Audiology appointment to check deeper into his ears and to have his hearing tested. They are talking about maybe putting in tubes which wouldnt be so bad. They always say that if they child has 2 or 3 ear infections within 6 months they would put tubes in. It has only been a little over a month. I do remember back in december when he had the ear infections his temp was very high and we couldnt get it to come down. So needless to say i am worried like a typical mother does. I was veyr impressed with the doctor that we saw today. I normally wouldnt see her but I couldnt get him in to see his regular doctor. Her name is Dr. Sylvia Anderson..(The best doctor i have seen for a long time) I will be changing primary care prviders now. She did a very thourough check on him. Im talking like top to bottom and in between. So when i get back from Aberdeen tomarrow i will give an update. Pray everything goes good.

Life is goood, kind of

Well as you have read on my sisters my mom fell and broke her ankle in three places. They always say, when it rains it pours. I would have to agree with that lately. My grandma is doing pretty good. She is going to be sore for awhile but doing good. Her liver looks good so that means the cancer didnt spread to there. Now we are awaiting the results to see if it got into her lymph nodes. Keep her in your prayers so that it didnt spread and everything will be good.

Sorry i havent been on here much, my loving sister got me addicted to facebook. She told me to get on there and of course i listened. I went and checked it out and then i made a profile and added pictures then before you know it i was having freinds find me and me finding my cousins and other friends and BAM! now i am stuck to it. Thanks Barb. Thats ok. I love it.

Things are going pretty good here. I have been having a little heart troubles which is weird because it only acted up when i was pregnent. Which I am not pregnent. I have a valve on my heart that doesnt close all the way so it pushes more blood thru then what is should at one time. Wheni am pregnant my heart has to work that much harder which makes my blood pressure crazy and my heartrate off the wall. I have been getting dizzy lately and i have been checking my blood pressure at home here and it has been running 130/92. So it is a little high on the bottom end. So i just keep checking it and if it gets bad enough i will have to go in and get it checked out again. So i am hoping it gets better soon. Take care you all.

A beautiful day

well today was such a goregoeus day. To bad it has to start getting cold again. We have gotten rid of a ton of snow. YAY! It is to bad that spring is so far away yet. I just happend to be be taking pictures of the boys after I got them ready to go play outside. It was such a nice day i could not have them all couped up in the house. So they ran around outside for a good four hours. Well every once and awhile Ely would have to come in and go " mom, mom i have to pee!" which of course he has to come in when it is almost to late. We have to get his coat off and snowpants down along with gloves before he can even attempt to pee. LOL! We did this i think around 5 times within those 4 hours. I was exhausted just having to dress him and undress him ever half hour. LOL. I just love this pic. It is just to cute not to share.

History was made

Today history was made. Our first black president was sworn into office at just after 11:00am this morning. It was a very special day for the United States of America. Just think 47 years ago blacks had it pretty tough. Slavery was still going on and now look. We have an African American running our country. How great is that to see how this country has changed so much. Lets all hope that he pulls thru and brings this country back and fixes the economy and helps out the schools along with helping out the people that have lost their homes. Jobs will hopefully be brought back so people will have income to help the economy along with saving their homes and everything else that we the people have all worked so hard for. Keep him and his family in your prayers so that Barack will do his best to help our free country.

We have a birthday boy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KYLE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

There you have it. Kyle turned the big 25 today. He is going to spend his special day ice fishing i guess. It is so windy out there today that i think i am just going to go over to our house and shampoo the carpets one more time before we move. I think the plan is to go get all of our stuff on the 31st. I am feeling a little better today after our terrible news about my grandma but all we can do is pray and hope that things get better.

Need help and prayers...and much much more

Well here is yet another tough road for my family. I just found out this morning that my grandmother has been diagnosed with colon cancer. We were all in very much shock. People always say that the Lord never gives you more than you can handle. Well to me it seems that he has. It just seems that things keep on piling up on my back and I am ready to just tip over. Money is always a factor, then my car accident, then i get my hours cut from work and now my grandma has cancer. I try my best everyday to keep everybody in good spirits and that everybody stays safe. So Please keep my grandma and my family in your prays that everything works out. They dont know if it has spread or not. She goes in for surgery on Thursday for a colon recestion so hopefully it hasnt spread to his liver. Thank you all so much for being there for me whenever I have been down in the dumps and upset. I love you all very much.

Update

The boys ar both doing very well. Here is my most recent picture of Ely, Cooper and their baby cousin Lilly Mae. She just turned four months old. So cute.

My new house

(left) front porch the other side is just the same.

our room (below)

(below) playroom

boys room (top right)

bathroom

kitchen

living room



dining room

Yes i am very proud of my new house. We havent got to move in yet as you can tell but it sure does look nice. I thank my in-laws so much for getting this house so we can raise our boys in it. It is a very nice and and it a very pleasant town.

Job hunting

well i will be out again looking for jobs. I still have my job with Common Sense Mfg. but they are so slow right now that i am not getting enough hours to make ends meet so i am going to go out and look for something else along with sticking with Common Sense. I am going to apply wherever i can i guess just as long as we can make ends meet yet a little more. We have not moved into our house yet we keep finding things that we want to do to it which isnt so bad right now since this is happening to us with my hours getting cut. Crappy deal huh. Ya its good to be home with my boys but now days you just cant make it on one income. It is also very good for me to get away from them to give me a break and it relieves stress to. All you mom's know what i mean don't ya? LOL! It will all work out. "I hope!" Take care ya'll.

Looks

I want to ask you all a very important question. I have been thinking about it for about a week now and it bothers me a lot. Do I dress ok? I have been watching that show on TLC "Wnat not to wear" I have noticed that the people on there dress a lot like the way I do. I must look terrible. I would die to be on that show but ebarassed a long with it. I don't know. Just something to think about. Let me know your input.

Our Second Christmas

Well it has been a pretty good week so far. The boys are still being boys. Ely has been pretty naughty which is normally not typical for him. Copper is yes, still being Cooper. Arnry as ever and busy busy busy. It was a fairly nice week considering we still have snow so we will take what we can get. We had our second Christmas over New Years with the in-laws this so that was fun. More presents YAY! I got new bed sheets which are soooooo soft. I got this awesome oil candle wich is made out of wax with a plastic center for the oil. Totally awesome. The boys got more toys which is totally not cool. They have so many as it is. Ely and Cooper both got sleeping bags which they love. Ely got a camoflauge one and Cooper got a spongebob one. They got to sleep in them last night and Cooper thought that was just the coolest thing ever. Ely called it his own little sleepover but with my brother mommy. LOL! Funny little boy. Ely starts school again on Tuesday. He has been home long enough for Christmas break. Actually mommy is getting exhausted. I have been doing pretty good pain wise lately with my shoulder but there is good days and bad days. It will get better in time. I am pretty much done seeing the doctor now i have to go back one last time on the 29th of January just so that he can see if it is healing correctly. Which it is lol. I just need to build up my strength in it. Well better end it on that note. I keep you all in my prayers and love you all.