This morning I was invited the Boohoo Yahoo breakfast at Bailey's school. This breakfast is provided by the PTO for the parents of kindergarten and 1st graders. The idea is after you drop your child off for the first day of school you go to mix and mingle with the other parents. Some are literally boohooing and some are saying YAHOO!!! I don't really think I was doing either one. I was definitely not boohooing but I can't say I was saying yahoo either (at least not where anyone could hear me). In the past I have been accused of being heartless. That is really not the case. I really do get that this is your baby and they are growing up but I also am of the opinion that this is part of life. This is what happens. You knew it would. You have prepared your child for the past 5 to 6 years for this very moment. So...be proud, be excited, and send them on their way so soak up as much as they possibly can.
That was my soapbox and I will now stop. Anyway - Bailey had her first day of 1st grade today. She was super excited before she left and she was equally excited when she got home. She brought home several papers that she had completed during the day today. They will have their first test on Friday. This is a list of probably 20 sight words that she should be able to recognize immediately. The note from the teacher says she has 3 seconds per word. Let's just say she has got that test covered, no worries there!!!
Callie Rae started back school today also. She has not been in several weeks since everything has been kind of crazy. She has a new teacher who was not able to be there today but hopefully will be back on Friday. Callie is going 2 days per week. We are starting to see lots of signs that she is actually learning while she is there so we are very excited about that. Her favorite thing to do is try to figure out what sound different words start with. Example: C-C-Callie Momma that starts with a C right? Yep! B-B-Bailey that starts with a B right? Yep! What about B-B-Television?? No baby sorry Television says T-T-Television T! See? So - needless to say this is a work in progress but, she tries!!!
Johnny is doing much better. He is slowly but surely getting better every day. Right now he is on an antibiotic for an ear infection that is causing most of his pain. He will start back to work light duty next Wednesday.
Me? Well I got a job! Yippee!!!!! I will start work on 8/16/10 working for Orthopedic Specialist of Alabama. I will be one of their workers compensation specialists. I am really excited about this. It has come at the perfect time and really it is the perfect job for me. The only drawback is that they want me to wear closed toe shoes and that is sort of a problem for me seeing as I don't own any! But, I will be shopping Friday for new work shoes that will go with the work clothes I already have. So I figure if that is the only drawback then I am really doing good!
Well, I think I have given you an update on all four of us. It appears that we are getting back to our new normal which I am very happy about. Its time for bed since we will have to get an early start in the morning. Good Night!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
No words to describe...
It is 4:00 a.m. and I am blogging. Why? Well, because I had a dream and now I am wide awake. I know you are thinking I must have had a really horrible nightmare. But...I didn't. I had a dream that made me laugh so hard I thought I was going to cry. I woke Johnny and Bailey up in my hysteria. I have always heard that your dreams have meaning. I have no idea if that is true or not but, I seriously hope that this one doesn't mean anything. So, if you have an interpretation for me please keep it to yourself! I think I would be scared to know!
Let me explain.
I was working for the police. I was in some type of dance club or something. It was my job to dance with this certain guy so that the police could catch him. The police had the plan that when the song "Footloose" came on that would be my cue to start dancing. In real life I cannot dance at all. I look retarted when I even try. So you know how far from the truth this actually is. Anyway, in my dream I was good...I was really good. The criminal was not a very good dancer but I was so good I made him look good. It was like a scene from a movie. I was dancing my heart out - spinning, twisting, turning, and sliding. Toward the end of the song we had planned that I would spin out and so would the guy and when he spun out the police would grab him! All of this plan worked perfectly.
After the dance I went over to talk to my friend Debbie A. The room was kind of dark and smokey (like the movies). While I was talking to Debbie I all of the sudden felt something on my leg. It was Debbie's dog! It would not let go of my leg. He was not a very big dog so when he was standing on his back legs his head came to my knee. Let's just say he really really loved my leg. I kept shaking my leg trying to get the dog off of me and he would not budge so finally I kicked my leg really hard to get him off of me - and that's when I woke up...and Johnny woke up...and Bailey woke up. Apparently, I really did kick my leg (pretty hard) and made some weird noise. Johnny freaked out wanting to know what was wrong. He really thought something had crawled up in the bed with us and must have really hurt me. He kept asking me what was wrong, all I could do was laugh. For some reason it struck me as hilarious! I probably laughed for at least 20 minutes and in the mean time woke Bailey up. She said she couldn't figure out if I was laughing or crying!
So that is the end of my story. I was hoping by sitting up and typing it would make me sleepy again but so far it hasn't worked. I am sure that all of you are not nearly as amused by this dream as I was but maybe it made you feel a little better about your night. So, once again, no interpretations please...just keep those to yourself.
Let me explain.
I was working for the police. I was in some type of dance club or something. It was my job to dance with this certain guy so that the police could catch him. The police had the plan that when the song "Footloose" came on that would be my cue to start dancing. In real life I cannot dance at all. I look retarted when I even try. So you know how far from the truth this actually is. Anyway, in my dream I was good...I was really good. The criminal was not a very good dancer but I was so good I made him look good. It was like a scene from a movie. I was dancing my heart out - spinning, twisting, turning, and sliding. Toward the end of the song we had planned that I would spin out and so would the guy and when he spun out the police would grab him! All of this plan worked perfectly.
After the dance I went over to talk to my friend Debbie A. The room was kind of dark and smokey (like the movies). While I was talking to Debbie I all of the sudden felt something on my leg. It was Debbie's dog! It would not let go of my leg. He was not a very big dog so when he was standing on his back legs his head came to my knee. Let's just say he really really loved my leg. I kept shaking my leg trying to get the dog off of me and he would not budge so finally I kicked my leg really hard to get him off of me - and that's when I woke up...and Johnny woke up...and Bailey woke up. Apparently, I really did kick my leg (pretty hard) and made some weird noise. Johnny freaked out wanting to know what was wrong. He really thought something had crawled up in the bed with us and must have really hurt me. He kept asking me what was wrong, all I could do was laugh. For some reason it struck me as hilarious! I probably laughed for at least 20 minutes and in the mean time woke Bailey up. She said she couldn't figure out if I was laughing or crying!
So that is the end of my story. I was hoping by sitting up and typing it would make me sleepy again but so far it hasn't worked. I am sure that all of you are not nearly as amused by this dream as I was but maybe it made you feel a little better about your night. So, once again, no interpretations please...just keep those to yourself.
Monday, August 2, 2010
A week ago today
One week ago today I was sitting in the surgery waiting room at St. Vincent's hospital anxiously waiting for Johnny's surgery to be completed. The day was extremely long. He was instructed to arrive at the hospital at 5:00 a.m. which we did. They quickly took him to a room and started the paperwork process of getting him ready. Around 5:50 they wheeled him back to the official prep area where they would start all of his IVs and he would then wait for surgery. Also at this time we said goodbye. This was totally unexpected since in the past for any surgery we have known about they would keep you in your room with your family until time for surgery. We had talked to all of the rest of our family and told them that they should wait until around 6 to arrive at the hospital and that would give everyone time to get settled. Well...since it was so different his parents were not able to see him before surgery. As you can imagine this was quite upsetting to them.
Finally around 8:30 I received a call that surgery had begun and everything was going well. So, let the official waiting begin. I have later found out that before they could start surgery they had to map out everything on and in his head. The Friday prior to surgery the nurse had glued dots to Johnny's head to serve as guide points for the surgeon. After surgery we found out that there was around a 45 minute delay in starting surgery because these markers had moved over the weekend so, everything had to be lined back up.
About 11:30 we were sent to a conference room to meet with the doctor. He came in and let us know that the surgery was a success! They were able to remove the entire cavernoma, which had by the way gotten larger. The Dr. cleaned up all around where the spot had been and completely took care of it!
Johnny has done amazingly well. He was released from ICU and in a regular room by early Tuesday morning. Then by 10:00 Wednesday morning he was released to go home. Since he has been home his has really done well. He has been in quite a bit of pain but, that is totally expected. He is on several different medications which all seem to help. One of the major problems his is having is that he is not able to sleep very well. They have him on steroids which wire him up. Also, the other problem is where they cut through his jaw muscle. This is what is causing the majority of his pain and problems. He has a hard time lying down and getting comfortable. But in the grand scheme of things these complaints are really nothing. He managed to go through a major surgery successfully with just minor complaints afterwards.
God has truly had a plan for us. He continues to show us everyday that he is still in control. Last night at church the preacher talked about life interruptions. Sometimes those interruptions are really God trying to get your attention. I truly believe that everything that has gone on with us recently is God - he wanted Johnny and I back. He wants to use our family in a great way so we are waiting patiently to find out what that is. I'm not going to say it has been easy or that it will be in the future but, we do know there is a plan. Please continue to pray for us on this journey that we will seek the Lord and follow his plan and not our own.
Now. During the past week it has been just a touch crazy to say the least. When I was not pulling my hair out I tried to make all of this craziness fun for the girls. I did not accomplish this perfectly but here are a few things they did this week. Most of the things they did I stole the idea from McMama but the girls had fun!
Finally around 8:30 I received a call that surgery had begun and everything was going well. So, let the official waiting begin. I have later found out that before they could start surgery they had to map out everything on and in his head. The Friday prior to surgery the nurse had glued dots to Johnny's head to serve as guide points for the surgeon. After surgery we found out that there was around a 45 minute delay in starting surgery because these markers had moved over the weekend so, everything had to be lined back up.
About 11:30 we were sent to a conference room to meet with the doctor. He came in and let us know that the surgery was a success! They were able to remove the entire cavernoma, which had by the way gotten larger. The Dr. cleaned up all around where the spot had been and completely took care of it!
Johnny has done amazingly well. He was released from ICU and in a regular room by early Tuesday morning. Then by 10:00 Wednesday morning he was released to go home. Since he has been home his has really done well. He has been in quite a bit of pain but, that is totally expected. He is on several different medications which all seem to help. One of the major problems his is having is that he is not able to sleep very well. They have him on steroids which wire him up. Also, the other problem is where they cut through his jaw muscle. This is what is causing the majority of his pain and problems. He has a hard time lying down and getting comfortable. But in the grand scheme of things these complaints are really nothing. He managed to go through a major surgery successfully with just minor complaints afterwards.
God has truly had a plan for us. He continues to show us everyday that he is still in control. Last night at church the preacher talked about life interruptions. Sometimes those interruptions are really God trying to get your attention. I truly believe that everything that has gone on with us recently is God - he wanted Johnny and I back. He wants to use our family in a great way so we are waiting patiently to find out what that is. I'm not going to say it has been easy or that it will be in the future but, we do know there is a plan. Please continue to pray for us on this journey that we will seek the Lord and follow his plan and not our own.
Now. During the past week it has been just a touch crazy to say the least. When I was not pulling my hair out I tried to make all of this craziness fun for the girls. I did not accomplish this perfectly but here are a few things they did this week. Most of the things they did I stole the idea from McMama but the girls had fun!
Dried Beans and Trucks
Finger Painting - They really had a lot of fun doing this. We are going to hang it in their bedroom!
Watercolor paint in the tub. Callie couldn't soak in the tub because of her hiney so we improvised!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Callie
Isn't she the cutest thing you have ever seen? I sure think so! This photo was taken pretty early in the morning on Tuesday. Monday we took Callie to the doctor for some really bad looking places on her bottom. They were very painful and looked really bad. The pediatrician said he would rather not try and do anything and that we should take her to Children's Hospital. Our first thought was that they would slightly sedate her and lance these spots. Well they thought it would be in her best interest to keep her overnight and take her to surgery on Tuesday morning. Needless to say the E.R visit was pretty traumatic. There were lots of doctors and nurses wanting to look at her bottom and Callie didn't like that idea too much at all. Also, Callie said there was a purple lady that was really mean but everybody else was nice. The "purple lady" was actually a very sweet nurse with purple scrubs on - she was the lucky one that got to start both of Callie's I.V. The first one only worked for about an hour or two and then the vein blew so they had to start another one. Once we got into a room she calmed down drastically. She ended up having a male nurse which at first I thought would not be a good thing. I really thought she would have responded better to a female. I guess the purple lady traumatized her so much that Mr. Brian was looking pretty good to her. He was super sweet to her and made her feel very comfortable. Callie was being typical Callie after just a few minutes. When Mr. Brian asked if she needed anything, she really took that to heart. She started bossing him around from the very start. She needed movies and snacks and juice and if he was not quick enough she let him know...in a nice way...sorta.
Neither one of us slept very good on Monday night so around 3:30 or 4 we were both wide away watching t.v. and asking Mr. Brian for juice and sprite. We finally drifted back off to sleep around 5:30 and then all of the commotion started around 6 so it was really pointless. Finally around 7:00 we got up and started walking the halls. I did find one way that Callie is like her Daddy - she loved talking to the nurses at the desk. We had to walk up and down the halls several times so she could talk to them and try to scare Mr. Brian.
Finally around 9:30 or so they came and got her for surgery. She did very well during surgery but does not wake up happy at all from anesthesia. She has done pretty good since we have been home. The RX they have her on has been a challenge getting her to take. It is the capsules that you are supposed to break and put on food. The only thing we have found so far that she can tolerate to mix it with is chocolate syrup (thank you Aunt Joy!). Other than that she is doing good. I am seeing constant improvement.
Please continue to keep us all in your prayers. Johnny goes tomorrow for his pre-op testing - MRI and bloodwork. Monday is the big day. We are both starting to get nervous and scared. We are trying to keep remembering that God is in control and he is going to get us through this.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Our Day
Well first of all I want to say that Callie has not been back to school since Monday so I do not have an answer from Ms. Jen as to what they watched for my 3 year old to be saying "Little Betty Butt Kiss". She will go back one day next week (probably Monday) so maybe I will find out then.
Today turned out to be an eventful day. Around 1:30 this morning I finally finished the quilt I had been working on. Well, I say finished but really I still have to do one more thing but nothing major. It turned out to be more of a pain than I had ever imagined. I did really well at sewing the quilt top but then assembling the top, bottom, and batting proved to be difficult. I pinned and sewed and ripped things back out probably 15 times. Finally, I think I was so frustrated that I just didn't care. Now this quilt is by no means perfect but it is cute and it is special. The top is made of 3 different receiving blankets I used with Callie. Also, it is special because well, by George I made it and that in its self makes it special!
When I finally peeled myself out of the bed this morning around 9:00 we got dressed and headed to the Bessemer/McCalla area for the day. We had lunch @ Cracker Barrell with Aunt Ginny, Pepaw, & Nanny. It was very nice to be able to see everyone on a weekday and not have to try and cram it into a Saturday.
Next, Virginia, the girls, and I went to Ross. I LOVE that store! I had a friend tell me today that she really didn't like it in there because there was too much going on. I think I like it so much because it is the whole thrill of the hunt theory. Ross is really hit or miss. Today was a total Hit! The best part of the Ross experience is looking at the price tag. You see the price you are about to pay for the item and then you see the original price of the item. For instance, today I got a really cute green dress. The original price was 39.99 and the price I paid was 16.00! How cool is that?? Oh and by the way when I first put on the dress I felt like a celery stalk. Not really sure why except for the color of green but the dress really is cute. I also found the perfect graduation gift for my cousin for only 3.99. Now you may say that I am cheap but please remember I am currently jobless and besides it really was perfect so who cares!
Of course since we were with Aunt Ginny we all got prizes. Bailey's prize was a little paper/pen/calculator set from Ross with peace signs on it. Her favorite part was the calculator. She said it was the perfect size to go in her purse and she had never had one of those before. The entire way home this afternoon we played with her new calculator. She was completely amazed by her new gadget. "Mom calculators are so smart. Its like they have a brain or something. They can't talk but they sure are smart. You know what? I bet they even know what 100 + 100 is!!!" That was exactly what she said to me. I had to write it down because it was just so funny. (no Mother, I was not driving when I wrote it down!) I didn't laugh at her because she was so serious but these are truly my favorite Bailey moments.
I think I am ready for bed. The girls and I may head out to the pool for a few hours then Mom and I are going to my church tomorrow night for Paint & Praise. I will get to add another piece of art to my collection. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Today turned out to be an eventful day. Around 1:30 this morning I finally finished the quilt I had been working on. Well, I say finished but really I still have to do one more thing but nothing major. It turned out to be more of a pain than I had ever imagined. I did really well at sewing the quilt top but then assembling the top, bottom, and batting proved to be difficult. I pinned and sewed and ripped things back out probably 15 times. Finally, I think I was so frustrated that I just didn't care. Now this quilt is by no means perfect but it is cute and it is special. The top is made of 3 different receiving blankets I used with Callie. Also, it is special because well, by George I made it and that in its self makes it special!
When I finally peeled myself out of the bed this morning around 9:00 we got dressed and headed to the Bessemer/McCalla area for the day. We had lunch @ Cracker Barrell with Aunt Ginny, Pepaw, & Nanny. It was very nice to be able to see everyone on a weekday and not have to try and cram it into a Saturday.
Next, Virginia, the girls, and I went to Ross. I LOVE that store! I had a friend tell me today that she really didn't like it in there because there was too much going on. I think I like it so much because it is the whole thrill of the hunt theory. Ross is really hit or miss. Today was a total Hit! The best part of the Ross experience is looking at the price tag. You see the price you are about to pay for the item and then you see the original price of the item. For instance, today I got a really cute green dress. The original price was 39.99 and the price I paid was 16.00! How cool is that?? Oh and by the way when I first put on the dress I felt like a celery stalk. Not really sure why except for the color of green but the dress really is cute. I also found the perfect graduation gift for my cousin for only 3.99. Now you may say that I am cheap but please remember I am currently jobless and besides it really was perfect so who cares!
Of course since we were with Aunt Ginny we all got prizes. Bailey's prize was a little paper/pen/calculator set from Ross with peace signs on it. Her favorite part was the calculator. She said it was the perfect size to go in her purse and she had never had one of those before. The entire way home this afternoon we played with her new calculator. She was completely amazed by her new gadget. "Mom calculators are so smart. Its like they have a brain or something. They can't talk but they sure are smart. You know what? I bet they even know what 100 + 100 is!!!" That was exactly what she said to me. I had to write it down because it was just so funny. (no Mother, I was not driving when I wrote it down!) I didn't laugh at her because she was so serious but these are truly my favorite Bailey moments.
I think I am ready for bed. The girls and I may head out to the pool for a few hours then Mom and I are going to my church tomorrow night for Paint & Praise. I will get to add another piece of art to my collection. Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Little Betty Butt Kiss
It has been a while since I posted anything. I really don't have any earth shattering news but just thought I would let you know what we have been up to.
For the first order of business, I did find out Friday afternoon that Johnny's surgery time has been changed. The surgery will still be on Monday July 26 but will now be @ 7:00 a.m. instead of 12:00 p.m. We are pretty glad about that. Now there won't be quite as much time for Johnny to sit around and wait and not be able to eat or drink. (mostly drink since I am sure he won't feel like eating anyway) So, now Friday 7/23 @ 9:30 Johnny will have to be at the surgeon's office to have markers glued to his head and then have an MRI. After the MRI he will have normal pre-op blood work.
I told you last week that he had another CT scan on Thursday. We have still not heard anything about this so I am assuming no news is good news. Monday Bailey and I drove all over Birmingham hospital hopping. We went to St. Vincents to pick up the original MRI and CT films and then took them to Trinity to be compared to the most recent CT.
Lately, we have actually done things that had nothing to do with doctors or hospitals. Saturday afternoon I decided that I wanted to sew something. I have been making crayon rolls but I really didn't want to make another one of those. I decided I wanted to make a quilt. I went down to our storage building and found three different receiving blankets that I used with Callie. I cut them up into squares and then sewed them all together. I have not quite finished this project but that is what I plan on doing tomorrow. So far it has turned out pretty good and it has also been pretty fun.
Sunday we were very busy. The day did not end any way that I thought it would. We got up and went to church. After church we went to Jeff & Brandy's for lunch. We left their house around 2:00 and then came home to do what we do best on Sunday afternoons...took a nap! Around 3:00 Bailey come running into our room and says that Nana and Paw Paw are here. I knew nothing about them coming over. They generally do not show up unannounced but they did then! So needless to say I was just a touch aggravated. Well, I was aggravated until he told me he was here to pressure wash the house. After a while I asked him how hard it would be to take the shutters down to paint - Little did I know it was just a matter of 2 screws each! So he took them all down while I went to Walmart and bought paint. We have lived in this house 4 years now with faded green shutters, so now - those faded green shutters are brown. I still have to put another coat of paint on them and we are trying to decide what color to paint the door.
Now, I am sure you are all trying to figure out why in the world I would put a title on this blog of Little Betty Butt Kiss. Well Monday Callie went to daycare for the day while Bailey & I did our errands. When Callie got in the car she was cracking herself up saying this. When I asked her where this came from she said they had watched a movie at school and it said this. So, me being the nosy person I am, sent her teacher a message on facebook asking what in the world my 3 year old was watching at school today. Now I must also add that I was not at all upset about this, I really thought it was kinda funny. Ms. Jen was not really sure what Callie could have been talking about since all they had watched in her class that morning was Bob the Builder but she was going to find out and let me know.
Today I am pooped. We got up this morning and made it to Trussville movie theater by 10 a.m. to watch a movie. I had been told that at this theater you could watch Toy Story for free at 10 on Tuesdays. Once we raced to get there I found out that this was not entirely true. In my mind when I was given this information I automatically thought they were talking about Toy Story 3...not so much. Two weeks ago they played one of the old Toy Story movies. Today we could choose from Rugrats the Movie or Back at the Barnyard. We chose Rugrats because I knew they had seen the Barnyard movie before. Bad choice. That had to be one of the dumbest movies every. I am not saying this because I just didn't like it...no sir...the girls didn't really like it either. We ended up leaving after it had been on about 40 minutes. We left there and I decided to take them to the splash pad in Gardendale. We went and stayed there for about 45 mins. or so and then went to Chick-fil-A for lunch and then the thrift store. (I am not sure if I have ever blogged about the thrift store or not but I am sure its coming again even if I have)
Lastly, tonight we had our niece and nephew for a few hours. I was once again reminded why we decided it was a good idea for Johnny to have a little procedure about 3 years ago. All of the kids were pretty good they just all have their ideas of how things should go and the others don't always agree. I cooked dinner and then we made chocolate chip cookies so I managed to stay busy most of the evening.
The house is now quiet so I think I am going to go to bed.
For the first order of business, I did find out Friday afternoon that Johnny's surgery time has been changed. The surgery will still be on Monday July 26 but will now be @ 7:00 a.m. instead of 12:00 p.m. We are pretty glad about that. Now there won't be quite as much time for Johnny to sit around and wait and not be able to eat or drink. (mostly drink since I am sure he won't feel like eating anyway) So, now Friday 7/23 @ 9:30 Johnny will have to be at the surgeon's office to have markers glued to his head and then have an MRI. After the MRI he will have normal pre-op blood work.
I told you last week that he had another CT scan on Thursday. We have still not heard anything about this so I am assuming no news is good news. Monday Bailey and I drove all over Birmingham hospital hopping. We went to St. Vincents to pick up the original MRI and CT films and then took them to Trinity to be compared to the most recent CT.
Lately, we have actually done things that had nothing to do with doctors or hospitals. Saturday afternoon I decided that I wanted to sew something. I have been making crayon rolls but I really didn't want to make another one of those. I decided I wanted to make a quilt. I went down to our storage building and found three different receiving blankets that I used with Callie. I cut them up into squares and then sewed them all together. I have not quite finished this project but that is what I plan on doing tomorrow. So far it has turned out pretty good and it has also been pretty fun.
Sunday we were very busy. The day did not end any way that I thought it would. We got up and went to church. After church we went to Jeff & Brandy's for lunch. We left their house around 2:00 and then came home to do what we do best on Sunday afternoons...took a nap! Around 3:00 Bailey come running into our room and says that Nana and Paw Paw are here. I knew nothing about them coming over. They generally do not show up unannounced but they did then! So needless to say I was just a touch aggravated. Well, I was aggravated until he told me he was here to pressure wash the house. After a while I asked him how hard it would be to take the shutters down to paint - Little did I know it was just a matter of 2 screws each! So he took them all down while I went to Walmart and bought paint. We have lived in this house 4 years now with faded green shutters, so now - those faded green shutters are brown. I still have to put another coat of paint on them and we are trying to decide what color to paint the door.
Now, I am sure you are all trying to figure out why in the world I would put a title on this blog of Little Betty Butt Kiss. Well Monday Callie went to daycare for the day while Bailey & I did our errands. When Callie got in the car she was cracking herself up saying this. When I asked her where this came from she said they had watched a movie at school and it said this. So, me being the nosy person I am, sent her teacher a message on facebook asking what in the world my 3 year old was watching at school today. Now I must also add that I was not at all upset about this, I really thought it was kinda funny. Ms. Jen was not really sure what Callie could have been talking about since all they had watched in her class that morning was Bob the Builder but she was going to find out and let me know.
Today I am pooped. We got up this morning and made it to Trussville movie theater by 10 a.m. to watch a movie. I had been told that at this theater you could watch Toy Story for free at 10 on Tuesdays. Once we raced to get there I found out that this was not entirely true. In my mind when I was given this information I automatically thought they were talking about Toy Story 3...not so much. Two weeks ago they played one of the old Toy Story movies. Today we could choose from Rugrats the Movie or Back at the Barnyard. We chose Rugrats because I knew they had seen the Barnyard movie before. Bad choice. That had to be one of the dumbest movies every. I am not saying this because I just didn't like it...no sir...the girls didn't really like it either. We ended up leaving after it had been on about 40 minutes. We left there and I decided to take them to the splash pad in Gardendale. We went and stayed there for about 45 mins. or so and then went to Chick-fil-A for lunch and then the thrift store. (I am not sure if I have ever blogged about the thrift store or not but I am sure its coming again even if I have)
Lastly, tonight we had our niece and nephew for a few hours. I was once again reminded why we decided it was a good idea for Johnny to have a little procedure about 3 years ago. All of the kids were pretty good they just all have their ideas of how things should go and the others don't always agree. I cooked dinner and then we made chocolate chip cookies so I managed to stay busy most of the evening.
The house is now quiet so I think I am going to go to bed.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Dr. appt update
Johnny went today to the new neurologist - Dr. James Strong @ Trinity. We really did like the new doctor. He seemed very thorough and listened to everything we had to say. One of the best things was that we could actually understand everything he was saying. The previous neuro had some type of middle eastern accent.
Johnny had been having some problems with his medicine so he adjusted that today and then sent him for some blood work and a CT scan. The CT was to check and see if the "spot" is doing anything any different. If the spot happen to be getting larger then surgery would need to be moved up. We will not hear anything from that until probably Monday unless it is something urgent which we do not think it will be. Also, I really don't know what the blood work was for - they didn't say but, once again, if it is bad I am sure they will let us know.
So...as for right now everything is still the same. Johnny will start working 8 hour days tomorrow and will do this until surgery. I think we will all be excited about this because it will be a glimpse of normal.
The girls stayed with Brandy today during his appointment so after we got back we took all of the kids swimming for the afternoon. So - needless to say I am pooped! So, unless something interesting happens between now and the time we get CT results you won't hear from me until then! Have a great weekend everybody!!!
Johnny had been having some problems with his medicine so he adjusted that today and then sent him for some blood work and a CT scan. The CT was to check and see if the "spot" is doing anything any different. If the spot happen to be getting larger then surgery would need to be moved up. We will not hear anything from that until probably Monday unless it is something urgent which we do not think it will be. Also, I really don't know what the blood work was for - they didn't say but, once again, if it is bad I am sure they will let us know.
So...as for right now everything is still the same. Johnny will start working 8 hour days tomorrow and will do this until surgery. I think we will all be excited about this because it will be a glimpse of normal.
The girls stayed with Brandy today during his appointment so after we got back we took all of the kids swimming for the afternoon. So - needless to say I am pooped! So, unless something interesting happens between now and the time we get CT results you won't hear from me until then! Have a great weekend everybody!!!
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