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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Weekend Warrior "The adventures Begin"

The adventures have begun as a weekend warrior with the kids. Kim is away from Thursday night through this weekend and I am playing with the kids.
Today was my last day at Ameri-Force and I made it my last day today so that I could have Friday off to be with the kids while kim was away at a womens retreat. I start my new job on Monday.

The adventures have already begun with kids.
Kim left the house tonight at around 6pm. I was running late getting home because I went and got my hair cut.

So unfortunatly we did not have much time to prep before kim headed out the door.

It was ok though because I am a professional at this. She also left me many lists

I have to tell you this staying at home thing is much harder than it looks.

Tonights activities.
Eat dinner, brush teeth, get ready for bed, give caroline her breathing treatment, give carley a drink, read caroline a bedtime story, lay caroline down for bed,
Then color with carley, off then she helped me pick up the toys, and it was brush teeth time, read a story and time for lights out.

After all that I had a kitchen full of dirty dishes, wet clothes in the laundry, towels that had been folded that needed to be put away, toys in the living room, and a dog that needed to be fed.

Holy moley. This is nuts how do people do this. I have so much respect for kim.
She is an amazing wife and does a great job to get all of these things done without complaining.

I am sure I will have many funny stories over the next few days...

Stay tuned....

I survived the first night and it now 11:28 pm and I am just sitting down.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Caroline's MRI and PT

Caroline had an MRI at Wolfson Children's hospital here in Jacksonville. We waited for three hours, but insurance covered her procedure and we were able to sedate her without a needle and anesthesia. She did great. Waking up from an oral med took longer, but was better for her. She was asleep during the MRI and it went fast. I think only 25-30 minutes. She is always good at hospitals and with the medical staff. We should have results 1-2 weeks . We will need to meet with the geneticist to read the MRI.
We greatly appreciate your prayers and thoughtfulness as we continue on this journey with Caroline. God has really provided for us and her care the whole time we have been in Florida even during the unknown times. We look to Him as the author and finisher of our faith in good times and bad. We give Him all the glory in our lives.
Today at PT Caroline worked really hard. We were able to support her enough to get her into a crawling position and she could rock on her knees and arms while we supported that heavy head!!! I always tell her that she has a lot going on in her head and that is why it is heavy for her to hold up. What joy to her her hum and attempt to sing her letters to the abc tune as well as Row, Row, your boat.... She is able to vocalize a few words clearly: Pablo, Papa, Mama, Dada, and up. She signs occasionally when she finds it necessary!!!!!