Well we made it through the first week of the new changes. Everyone is adjusting pretty nicely. Bryan is really enjoying being back at Nike! I have to say all these changes were a little hard for me at first. I've never been a person who does well with change. It just takes some getting used too.
I didn't know that I would be so emotional about Bryan not being with Gabe on Wednesday's and Thursday's. Gabe has been very lucky to have his daddy around so much in the beginning of his life. Bryan was with us for the first 6 months of Gabe's life. Gabe had a lot of daddy bonding time and when Bryan went back to work it was only part time. Then they had daddy/son day's every Wednesday and Thursday's. I am so glad that Gabe is now with Teresa and Kam those day's, I feel so blessed to have so many people that are willing to help us out since I have to work. I'm just sad that they won't have those days together anymore.
The roof is almost finished. We had a few days of rainy weather so that slowed things down. Today they put up the new cutters. I'm pretty sure that by the end of the weekend or beginning of next week we'll have a new roof. ((thumbs up))
Gabe did really well with Aunt Teresa this week. He slept well for her at nap time, ate well (except for the lemon blueberry muffins I made. He HATES blueberry's) and they had fun hanging out. He loves Aunt Teresa and Kambrie. He smiles and gets excited when he sees Kambrie. It's very cute!
OK so the title of this post "Letting go"...A couple weeks ago we had a guest speaker at church and I really liked him. At one part of his sermon he talked about a missionary couple that had a ton of kids and every time they would pray and give them up to God. Basically, let go of them and give complete control to God. My mom had a hard time letting go of us three girls and I never really truly understood that until I had Gabe. All a mother wants to do is protect her child from everything, anything that could hurt them. You can't! If you think you have control, you don't!
I say this because lately Gabe has been falling a lot! A LOT! He's walking better but he still falls and almost every time he does he hits his head hard! I WANT CONTROL! I want to somehow prevent this! I can't. Tonight I lost it! He has this huge bruise on his head from falling at moms today and then as I was getting out of the truck tonight, I was squeezing between the car and truck door. Bryan was shutting the door and I thought I was in the clear but nope...WHAM! I hit Gabe's head on the mirror. He starts crying immediately. I feel horrible. He's safe and sound asleep in his bed probably doesn't even remember that his mom whammed his head on the side mirror but I can't stop crying.
Is this normal? I don't know if I just don't pay attention, but I don't see other kids hitting their head on everything. I don't know if I just have this paranoia from when I was watching Kaleb and Garren one time? (Long story short - We were getting into my car and it was pouring down rain. Kaleb was stepping into my car and his shoe slipped and he fell and hit his head on my car. HUGE black, red and blue welt within seconds. He cried, I cried...HORRIBLE I thought he was going to die) Am I the only one whose whammed their kids head? I feel like I am.
I probably sound like a lunatic right now. I am just tired of it. I don't want him to hurt anymore. I hate looking at the bumps and bruises. I'm sure worse things are going to happen over the years...I guess I just feel like it's my responsibility to make sure that he's ok. I don't feel like I've done a good job at it. :(
Letting go of the control that I feel like I need to have is going to be harder then I thought.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Happy Memorial Day!
It's raining! BLAH
Truth be told though, it's been pretty fun just hanging out inside this weekend watching movies, cleaning, playing with our little man and doing homework. We had plans to go to the zoo yesterday, but it rained off and on. We want to go on a nice day when all the animals are out and about.
For my birthday Bryan and Teresa both gave me this awesome cook book by Jessica Seinfeld. Deceptively Delicious
Exactly what I was wanting! I love this book! Especially lately, because I cannot get Gabe to eat his veggies. He spits them out or "secretly" puts them behind his back.
What's for dinner (Friday night):
Spaghetti Pie (with Broccoli and carrots)
Nonstick cooking spray
3 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti or angel hair pasta
1/2 pound lean ground turkey
1/2 cup broccoli puree
1 large egg white
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
2 cloves garlic
2 cups bottled tomato sauce
1 cup lowfat (1%) cottage cheese
1/4 cup carrot puree
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup shredded mozzarella
Preheat oven to 350 coat a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray.
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil, ass the pasta, and cook until al dente. Drain in a colander.
In a small bowl, mix the ground turkey with the broccoli puree, egg white, Parmesan and garlic. Form the mixture into 1/2 balls.
In a large bowl, stir in the cooked pasta, tomato sauce, cottage cheese, carrot puree and salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture into the pie plate and smooth the top. Scatter meatballs on top and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake, uncovered, until the center is firm and the cheese is bubbly, 25 to 30 min.
Bryan and Gabe both loved it! So it was yummy and Gabe got his veggies unaware!
Saturday morning Gabe got up around 7 and Bryan got up with him so that I could sleep a little longer. What a guy! They did breakfast and I woke up to Gabe jabbering away at Bryan as they played in the living room. I got up and went down to be with them.
When Gabe went down for a nap I went down to the garage and I started going through everything. I got rid of a ton of empty boxes that were taking up way too much room. I organized a ton and took over a few things that my mom and sister let me borrow when Gabe was little. The swing, bouncer, bedside bed that Gabe slept in, in our room. We don't have an attic in this house, well I take that back, we do but nothing we can store stuff in. It's a tiny crawl space area basically. I did a ton of laundry and then I cleaned the basement up and the bathroom etc. It was a VERY productive day for me. Bryan did homework most of the day, he helped me move a few big items and mowed the lawn. When Bryan mowed the lawn I blew bubbles outside for Gabe. He loved it! He laughed when Calie jumped and jumped trying to eat all the bubbles. He had a blast outside just walking all over the deck and watching dad mow the lawn. He was actually mad when I took him inside because it looked like it was going to rain. I was right too. We had thunderstorms Saturday evening. The sky was beautiful!
Sunday we skipped church. Bryan rarely gets the chance to do that so since he is on sabbatical right now and is down to crunch time with school we skipped. Bryan got up with Gabe again. I slept in until 9 and then we switched. I hung out with Gabe and Bryan went back to bed for a couple hours. It's been such a relaxing weekend and I think we're going to be glad because our schedules about to be super crazy!
For lunch we met my mom, Nathan, Julie, Jaden, Jacob and Janell at the downtown Spaghetti Factory. Dad was in WA with my Grandma and Grandpa helping pack up more of my uncles things. We walked around outside for a while and the boy's had a blast running. I wanted to go to the mall after lunch but Gabe had a poopoo and we needed to take him home and clean it up. He has a massive diaper rash and the wipes hurt him so bad that we've been having to use warm wash cloths. My poor baby!
We ended up coming home and I got Gabe all cleaned up and settled with a pile of Desitin all over his privates and he went down for another nap and I vegged in front of the TV for a little bit while Bryan continued to do school work. Sunday evening we had a BBQ at my moms. Just Gabe and I went. Nathan barbecued chicken and we had cole slaw, watermelon and chips. Then we made a fire in their fire pit and did smore's. It was a lot of fun!
Today we have a few errands that we need to do. We need to go to BRU and get a carseat for Teresa. I also need to pick up a few other odds and ends. We need to go grocery shopping and then when I get home I need to send Teresa an email about Gabe's schedule. I need to make some meals for the week and get everything ready for the 4 day work week.
Bryan starts at Nike tomorrow and Patrick will also be here starting on the roof process. They decided not to do it this weekend.
Happy Memorial Day all!
Truth be told though, it's been pretty fun just hanging out inside this weekend watching movies, cleaning, playing with our little man and doing homework. We had plans to go to the zoo yesterday, but it rained off and on. We want to go on a nice day when all the animals are out and about.
For my birthday Bryan and Teresa both gave me this awesome cook book by Jessica Seinfeld. Deceptively Delicious
Exactly what I was wanting! I love this book! Especially lately, because I cannot get Gabe to eat his veggies. He spits them out or "secretly" puts them behind his back.
What's for dinner (Friday night):
Spaghetti Pie (with Broccoli and carrots)
Nonstick cooking spray
3 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti or angel hair pasta
1/2 pound lean ground turkey
1/2 cup broccoli puree
1 large egg white
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
2 cloves garlic
2 cups bottled tomato sauce
1 cup lowfat (1%) cottage cheese
1/4 cup carrot puree
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup shredded mozzarella
Preheat oven to 350 coat a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray.
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil, ass the pasta, and cook until al dente. Drain in a colander.
In a small bowl, mix the ground turkey with the broccoli puree, egg white, Parmesan and garlic. Form the mixture into 1/2 balls.
In a large bowl, stir in the cooked pasta, tomato sauce, cottage cheese, carrot puree and salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture into the pie plate and smooth the top. Scatter meatballs on top and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake, uncovered, until the center is firm and the cheese is bubbly, 25 to 30 min.
Bryan and Gabe both loved it! So it was yummy and Gabe got his veggies unaware!
Saturday morning Gabe got up around 7 and Bryan got up with him so that I could sleep a little longer. What a guy! They did breakfast and I woke up to Gabe jabbering away at Bryan as they played in the living room. I got up and went down to be with them.
When Gabe went down for a nap I went down to the garage and I started going through everything. I got rid of a ton of empty boxes that were taking up way too much room. I organized a ton and took over a few things that my mom and sister let me borrow when Gabe was little. The swing, bouncer, bedside bed that Gabe slept in, in our room. We don't have an attic in this house, well I take that back, we do but nothing we can store stuff in. It's a tiny crawl space area basically. I did a ton of laundry and then I cleaned the basement up and the bathroom etc. It was a VERY productive day for me. Bryan did homework most of the day, he helped me move a few big items and mowed the lawn. When Bryan mowed the lawn I blew bubbles outside for Gabe. He loved it! He laughed when Calie jumped and jumped trying to eat all the bubbles. He had a blast outside just walking all over the deck and watching dad mow the lawn. He was actually mad when I took him inside because it looked like it was going to rain. I was right too. We had thunderstorms Saturday evening. The sky was beautiful!
Sunday we skipped church. Bryan rarely gets the chance to do that so since he is on sabbatical right now and is down to crunch time with school we skipped. Bryan got up with Gabe again. I slept in until 9 and then we switched. I hung out with Gabe and Bryan went back to bed for a couple hours. It's been such a relaxing weekend and I think we're going to be glad because our schedules about to be super crazy!
For lunch we met my mom, Nathan, Julie, Jaden, Jacob and Janell at the downtown Spaghetti Factory. Dad was in WA with my Grandma and Grandpa helping pack up more of my uncles things. We walked around outside for a while and the boy's had a blast running. I wanted to go to the mall after lunch but Gabe had a poopoo and we needed to take him home and clean it up. He has a massive diaper rash and the wipes hurt him so bad that we've been having to use warm wash cloths. My poor baby!
We ended up coming home and I got Gabe all cleaned up and settled with a pile of Desitin all over his privates and he went down for another nap and I vegged in front of the TV for a little bit while Bryan continued to do school work. Sunday evening we had a BBQ at my moms. Just Gabe and I went. Nathan barbecued chicken and we had cole slaw, watermelon and chips. Then we made a fire in their fire pit and did smore's. It was a lot of fun!
Today we have a few errands that we need to do. We need to go to BRU and get a carseat for Teresa. I also need to pick up a few other odds and ends. We need to go grocery shopping and then when I get home I need to send Teresa an email about Gabe's schedule. I need to make some meals for the week and get everything ready for the 4 day work week.
Bryan starts at Nike tomorrow and Patrick will also be here starting on the roof process. They decided not to do it this weekend.
Happy Memorial Day all!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
It's time to strip...
...off our old roof!
Patrick (T's brother) came out today and did an assessment of our roof.
I can't remember if I blogged about this, but about 3 months ago we had a leak. We had a guy from our church come out and look at it. He found cracks and soft spots in the shake. He patched up the cracks that he could get to and recommended that we replace the roof ASAP.
Patrick just went over all of the details and costs with Bryan and if things fall into place, they will strip off our old roof this weekend and put the new one on possibly Monday. WOW things are happening so fast!
Tonight Gabe and I went to Walmart and then drove through the new developments in Happy Valley. I wanted to look at the different colored roofs to get an idea of what I liked.
We picked Black Walnut.
Here is a picture of what it looks like on a house.
Patrick (T's brother) came out today and did an assessment of our roof.
I can't remember if I blogged about this, but about 3 months ago we had a leak. We had a guy from our church come out and look at it. He found cracks and soft spots in the shake. He patched up the cracks that he could get to and recommended that we replace the roof ASAP.
Patrick just went over all of the details and costs with Bryan and if things fall into place, they will strip off our old roof this weekend and put the new one on possibly Monday. WOW things are happening so fast!
Tonight Gabe and I went to Walmart and then drove through the new developments in Happy Valley. I wanted to look at the different colored roofs to get an idea of what I liked.
We picked Black Walnut.
Here is a picture of what it looks like on a house.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
I want the sun to come back!!!
It's been nasty icky outside the last two day's. I want the sun to come back!
Yesterday work of course. Bryan and I left around 6:30am, Gabe had just woken up. He's been waking up a little earlier lately. Kind of annoying, but I can't really complain because he's always been a pretty good sleeper. I think it may have to do with his teeth. He's getting three all at the same time and it seems to be painful.
He did not want to go to Janell as I was trying to say goodbye and pass him over to her. Breaks my heart to have to leave him. Sniff. When I called Janell around 12:30 they sounded like they were having a lot of fun though. I could hear him in the background talking away. I have been staying up WAY too late at night this week. I am exhausted. It's funny, this guy at work, Tyson barely ever sleeps. He had told us last week that he maybe gets 4 hours of sleep every night. WTHeck? How does one live on that? He sure does get a lot done though. SO my plan last Friday was to be like Tyson and get a ton done even if I had to stay up really late Friday night and get up with Gabe early the next morning. Guess what? I never made it past 8pm. I fell asleep on the couch. Yeah that worked out well. How does he do it?! ;)
I started feeling SO sleepy around 4 yesterday and so when my dad picked me up around 4:15 I closed my eye's and rested the whole way home. I met Janell at their house which actually I shouldn't have. I wanted to change my clothes and get some comfy clothes on so I should have met Janell at home. OH WELL. I stole a velur outfit from Julie. HA
Everyone left me and went to dinner and I fed Gabe before heading to Nate and Teresa's to hang out with Kambrie. It was my turn for the babysit swap that we do. When I got into the car I noticed the gas light was on. (Note to self: Leave gas card with Janell on Tuesday's) I was a little panicked because I needed to stop and get gas but I also left my moms house a little later then I wanted. I decided to stop for Gas though because I was scared that I would run out completely. Drove up, got situated, opened the gas door, got my gas card and the guy walked up to me and told me that their computers were down and that he couldn't pump me some gas. DOH! Now what do I do? I ended up driving to T's and crossing my finger's that I could make it to a gas station when I left afterwards. That is so stressful. I have ran out of gas once before in that car so I was scared.
We had so much fun with Kambrie last night. At first she was pretty mellow. She watched some sponge bob in their big leather chair and around 6:20 she ate some dinner. She actually ate the whole thing and never asked me for a treat. At one point we went up to her room and played. She got some toys out for Gabe and she actually laid on her bed for about 10-15 mins. T mentioned that she hadn't taken a nap so she must have been tired. Kam is SO good with Gabe…she helps him and plays with him. At one point during the evening Gabe was getting tired fussy and she was obviously annoyed by his wining which actually I was too. HA She looked at me and said, "I just need some peace and quiet around here!" I was totally cracking up. We played tag and hide-and-go-seek. Kambrie went to hide when it was her turn and I picked up Gabe and went into the kitchen to count and after I said "ready or not here I come" I put Gabe down and told him to find her and he waddled right over to the pillows she was hiding behind and pulled the one pillow off of her. She screamed BOO and Gabe smiled. It was so cute. I think Gabe saw her hide behind the pillows as I was walking out of the room. Heehee
We ended up making it to a gas station THANK GOODNESS and HOLY COW it was almost $50. I remember when the car only took about $30. This sucks.
Gabe didn't fall asleep in the car but when we got home I gave him his milk and put him in bed and I didn't hear another peep out of him. He was tired!
After I got him down Bryan got home and started gathering the garbage up to set outside and I unloaded the dishwasher and cleaned up the kitchen.
Gabe is rarely crawling anymore. He still falls a lot when walking but he wants to walk everywhere and boy does he think he's a cool dude. He walks around talking a mile a minute. He smiles and laughs. It is the cutest thing ever!
Yesterday work of course. Bryan and I left around 6:30am, Gabe had just woken up. He's been waking up a little earlier lately. Kind of annoying, but I can't really complain because he's always been a pretty good sleeper. I think it may have to do with his teeth. He's getting three all at the same time and it seems to be painful.
He did not want to go to Janell as I was trying to say goodbye and pass him over to her. Breaks my heart to have to leave him. Sniff. When I called Janell around 12:30 they sounded like they were having a lot of fun though. I could hear him in the background talking away. I have been staying up WAY too late at night this week. I am exhausted. It's funny, this guy at work, Tyson barely ever sleeps. He had told us last week that he maybe gets 4 hours of sleep every night. WTHeck? How does one live on that? He sure does get a lot done though. SO my plan last Friday was to be like Tyson and get a ton done even if I had to stay up really late Friday night and get up with Gabe early the next morning. Guess what? I never made it past 8pm. I fell asleep on the couch. Yeah that worked out well. How does he do it?! ;)
I started feeling SO sleepy around 4 yesterday and so when my dad picked me up around 4:15 I closed my eye's and rested the whole way home. I met Janell at their house which actually I shouldn't have. I wanted to change my clothes and get some comfy clothes on so I should have met Janell at home. OH WELL. I stole a velur outfit from Julie. HA
Everyone left me and went to dinner and I fed Gabe before heading to Nate and Teresa's to hang out with Kambrie. It was my turn for the babysit swap that we do. When I got into the car I noticed the gas light was on. (Note to self: Leave gas card with Janell on Tuesday's) I was a little panicked because I needed to stop and get gas but I also left my moms house a little later then I wanted. I decided to stop for Gas though because I was scared that I would run out completely. Drove up, got situated, opened the gas door, got my gas card and the guy walked up to me and told me that their computers were down and that he couldn't pump me some gas. DOH! Now what do I do? I ended up driving to T's and crossing my finger's that I could make it to a gas station when I left afterwards. That is so stressful. I have ran out of gas once before in that car so I was scared.
We had so much fun with Kambrie last night. At first she was pretty mellow. She watched some sponge bob in their big leather chair and around 6:20 she ate some dinner. She actually ate the whole thing and never asked me for a treat. At one point we went up to her room and played. She got some toys out for Gabe and she actually laid on her bed for about 10-15 mins. T mentioned that she hadn't taken a nap so she must have been tired. Kam is SO good with Gabe…she helps him and plays with him. At one point during the evening Gabe was getting tired fussy and she was obviously annoyed by his wining which actually I was too. HA She looked at me and said, "I just need some peace and quiet around here!" I was totally cracking up. We played tag and hide-and-go-seek. Kambrie went to hide when it was her turn and I picked up Gabe and went into the kitchen to count and after I said "ready or not here I come" I put Gabe down and told him to find her and he waddled right over to the pillows she was hiding behind and pulled the one pillow off of her. She screamed BOO and Gabe smiled. It was so cute. I think Gabe saw her hide behind the pillows as I was walking out of the room. Heehee
We ended up making it to a gas station THANK GOODNESS and HOLY COW it was almost $50. I remember when the car only took about $30. This sucks.
Gabe didn't fall asleep in the car but when we got home I gave him his milk and put him in bed and I didn't hear another peep out of him. He was tired!
After I got him down Bryan got home and started gathering the garbage up to set outside and I unloaded the dishwasher and cleaned up the kitchen.
Gabe is rarely crawling anymore. He still falls a lot when walking but he wants to walk everywhere and boy does he think he's a cool dude. He walks around talking a mile a minute. He smiles and laughs. It is the cutest thing ever!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Quick update from work...
Internet and Phone have been down for 3 day’s, but cable has been fine?? Bryan called on Saturday and they looked at a few things and Bryan re-set the modem and the sales lady said that we should be fine. 2 mins later both the internet and phone line were down again.
What the Heck!?!?
Comcast won’t be out until Wednesday morning.
Thank goodness Bryan hasn’t needed the internet for homework, but I’m frustrated because I’m behind on reading blogs and updating my own. grrrr
What the Heck!?!?
Comcast won’t be out until Wednesday morning.
Thank goodness Bryan hasn’t needed the internet for homework, but I’m frustrated because I’m behind on reading blogs and updating my own. grrrr
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Life Changes
Just when I thought life would become a little less hectic, Bryan goes and gets a 2nd job. :) Bryan's friend from Nike emailed him and told him about a job opening up on his team. His manager specifically asked for Bryan's info. It ended up being a 3 month temp position and Bryan let them know that he was in 52 Ltd's (creative temp agency) database. He let them know that he was interested in position.
Bryan and I had a big talk about it last Thursday and we thought that Bryan would have to put in his 2 weeks at Multnomah, but when he talked to his boss he said that they really don’t want to lose Bryan. They are willing to scale back Bryan’s hours there since he is part time anyway and work around Nike’s hours to make it work. Then if the Nike position doesn’t turn into a full time gig after the 3 months he will have his job at Multnomah still and can have his 25 hours back. What a blessing and how nice of them to do that. Course I thought I never saw Bryan before. Check out this schedule starting May 27th.
MONDAY June 2nd, June 9th
Drop off Gabe
Nike 8-5
Multnomah 6-9
TUESDAY May 27th, June 3rd, June 10th
Nike
Class 12:45-4:30
Class 6:00-9:45
WEDNESDAY May 28th, June 4th, June 11th
Drop Gabe off
Nike 8-5
Multnomah 6-9
THURSDAY May 29th, June 5th
Drop Gabe off
Nike 8-5
Class 6-8:45 ??June 12th??
FRIDAY May 30th, June 6th,(June 13th OFF Graduation Day)
Drop Gabe off
Nike
Homework
SATURDAY May 31st, June 7th
Multnomah 7-4
Homework
SUNDAYS – Church and Homework
This schedule is subject to change June 13th. Only 31 day’s, 751 hours and 45114 minutes until Bryan GRADUATES, but who’s counting!? ;)
When I found out about the position and that Bryan was interested in it. My mind started whirling. What were we going to do about daycare for Gabe on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s? I thought about downstairs in my building at the Y. I wasn’t sure if they had room though? I decided to throw it out to Teresa and see what she thought. I told her that I would not be offended at all if she was like NO WAY! We set up a meeting to go over things and talk everything through. In no way would we want this to ruin our friendship. We met at Starbuck’s at Gresham Station and had a really nice talk. T said that she thought it through and even talked to Kambrie about it and they both decided that it would be fun to have Gabe 2 day’s a week. I can’t even tell you what a relief it is to know that he'll be with them and that this all worked out. Teresa, you are amazing! Words can't express my gratitude for what you are doing for us. When we looked at the calendar too there was only 1 day that there could possibly be a conflict and Teresa was able to move the appointment to another day.
I have to say I am a little jealous that mom, Janell, Teresa and Kambrie get to have tons of fun with my Gabey and during the fun summer days too. ;)
Bryan and I had a big talk about it last Thursday and we thought that Bryan would have to put in his 2 weeks at Multnomah, but when he talked to his boss he said that they really don’t want to lose Bryan. They are willing to scale back Bryan’s hours there since he is part time anyway and work around Nike’s hours to make it work. Then if the Nike position doesn’t turn into a full time gig after the 3 months he will have his job at Multnomah still and can have his 25 hours back. What a blessing and how nice of them to do that. Course I thought I never saw Bryan before. Check out this schedule starting May 27th.
MONDAY June 2nd, June 9th
Drop off Gabe
Nike 8-5
Multnomah 6-9
TUESDAY May 27th, June 3rd, June 10th
Nike
Class 12:45-4:30
Class 6:00-9:45
WEDNESDAY May 28th, June 4th, June 11th
Drop Gabe off
Nike 8-5
Multnomah 6-9
THURSDAY May 29th, June 5th
Drop Gabe off
Nike 8-5
Class 6-8:45 ??June 12th??
FRIDAY May 30th, June 6th,(June 13th OFF Graduation Day)
Drop Gabe off
Nike
Homework
SATURDAY May 31st, June 7th
Multnomah 7-4
Homework
SUNDAYS – Church and Homework
This schedule is subject to change June 13th. Only 31 day’s, 751 hours and 45114 minutes until Bryan GRADUATES, but who’s counting!? ;)
When I found out about the position and that Bryan was interested in it. My mind started whirling. What were we going to do about daycare for Gabe on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s? I thought about downstairs in my building at the Y. I wasn’t sure if they had room though? I decided to throw it out to Teresa and see what she thought. I told her that I would not be offended at all if she was like NO WAY! We set up a meeting to go over things and talk everything through. In no way would we want this to ruin our friendship. We met at Starbuck’s at Gresham Station and had a really nice talk. T said that she thought it through and even talked to Kambrie about it and they both decided that it would be fun to have Gabe 2 day’s a week. I can’t even tell you what a relief it is to know that he'll be with them and that this all worked out. Teresa, you are amazing! Words can't express my gratitude for what you are doing for us. When we looked at the calendar too there was only 1 day that there could possibly be a conflict and Teresa was able to move the appointment to another day.
I have to say I am a little jealous that mom, Janell, Teresa and Kambrie get to have tons of fun with my Gabey and during the fun summer days too. ;)
Thursday, May 08, 2008
What a trooper
Coughing, congestion, sneezing, oxygen levels low, ear infection and finally we have a tooth.
Gabe -- what a trooper! He just can't seem to catch a break.
My poor, helpless, baby has suffered all of the above for the last 4 days. It was awful. We didn't know he had anything 'till Sunday night when we had to take him the ER. It hit so fast. He got up from his nap on Sunday and I fed him dinner but a little bit after that I noticed that he was having a horrible time breathing. He also had been coughing. I checked his temp and it wasn't too high. 100ยบ and he was obviously super uncomfortable and it was just one of the most heartbreaking mommy-moments, yet. There was no way to take it away. Awful.
We went to ST.Vincents...I know it's far away, but I had heard that whenever we needed to take him to the ER that we should take him to either Emmanuel or St. V's. My insurance doesn't cover Emmanuel. What a weird feeling driving out there and parking in the parking garage where we spent so many days and nights when Gabe was born. Brought back a lot of memories.
We got right in. The check in nurse took his weight, temperature and oxygen levels. She didn't say if anything was abnormal. However, as soon as we went to sit down in the lobby they called Gabe's name. That was confirmation to us that we made the right decision, taking him in.
They had us put a little gown on him. He looked SO cute, but it was so sad too. The nurse came in and listened to his lungs. She gave us a tube thing to hold up to his nose and mouth that was connected to oxygen. He didn't like it, but it was obviously making him feel better.
The Dr. came in and had us re-explain his symptoms. I guess because of my explanation of his symptoms, she asked me if I was a nurse. I was like, "UM NO!" She also listened to his lungs and ordered an x-ray just to make sure he didn't have pneumonia. The x-ray tech came to take us to the room and I offered to go. When we got to the room and she explained what Gabe was going to have to do to get the x-ray, I suddenly wished Bryan would have taken him. It was AWFUL! He had to stick his legs through these two holes and I had to hold his arms straight up while she closed these plastic walls around him to hold him still. He cried and cried. Thankfully it didn't last too long. We went back to the room and waited for the results and they also gave him steroids. We waited a little longer and the Dr. came in and said that she didn't see any pneumonia and that his oxygen levels were much better.
They sent us home with an inhaler with a chamber tube and a little rubber face mask. It doesn't mean that he has asthma, it's just supposed to help with the breathing issues. We got home around 1 or 2 and we were all exhausted.
Monday I wrote an email to my team at work and stayed home with Gabe. He was very weak and lethargic. He didn't leave my side all day. Mom came over that evening and snuggled with Gabe a little bit. We also called his pediatrician because he was burning up, he was having a hard time breathing again and he was whimpering. We gave him some Tylenol and Ibuprofen and got some Pedialyte down him. He finally fell asleep on my mom. He was so miserable. It broke my heart.
He woke up at 2 in the morning burning up and shaking. We took his pj's off, gave him more Tylenol and Ibuprofen and some water and we just rocked until he fell asleep again.
Tuesday morning we went to see a different pediatrician because his pediatrician wasn't in that day. He checked him out and we found out that he also has an ear infection on top of everything else. Second one in two months. I hope he's not taking after me. I had chronic ear infections when I was little and had to have tubes in my ears twice.
Gabe is starting to feel a little better.
Tonight Gabe and I were reading books and he had his bink in his mouth. I took it out and said "you don't need that" and he smiled really big (first one in a couple days). I saw something when he smiled so I put my finger in his mouth and lo' and behold there was a little toofer poking out. FINALLY I was SO excited. I called Bryan's cell, even though he was in class. I tried my mom, sister...no one. I had to tell someone. Bryan texted me "WHAT?" so I texted him back "can you call me real quick" He called in about 5 minutes and Gabe and I told daddy that he cut his first tooth. heehee
Please pray for us, that Gabe will continue to get well.
Gabe -- what a trooper! He just can't seem to catch a break.
My poor, helpless, baby has suffered all of the above for the last 4 days. It was awful. We didn't know he had anything 'till Sunday night when we had to take him the ER. It hit so fast. He got up from his nap on Sunday and I fed him dinner but a little bit after that I noticed that he was having a horrible time breathing. He also had been coughing. I checked his temp and it wasn't too high. 100ยบ and he was obviously super uncomfortable and it was just one of the most heartbreaking mommy-moments, yet. There was no way to take it away. Awful.
We went to ST.Vincents...I know it's far away, but I had heard that whenever we needed to take him to the ER that we should take him to either Emmanuel or St. V's. My insurance doesn't cover Emmanuel. What a weird feeling driving out there and parking in the parking garage where we spent so many days and nights when Gabe was born. Brought back a lot of memories.
We got right in. The check in nurse took his weight, temperature and oxygen levels. She didn't say if anything was abnormal. However, as soon as we went to sit down in the lobby they called Gabe's name. That was confirmation to us that we made the right decision, taking him in.
They had us put a little gown on him. He looked SO cute, but it was so sad too. The nurse came in and listened to his lungs. She gave us a tube thing to hold up to his nose and mouth that was connected to oxygen. He didn't like it, but it was obviously making him feel better.
The Dr. came in and had us re-explain his symptoms. I guess because of my explanation of his symptoms, she asked me if I was a nurse. I was like, "UM NO!" She also listened to his lungs and ordered an x-ray just to make sure he didn't have pneumonia. The x-ray tech came to take us to the room and I offered to go. When we got to the room and she explained what Gabe was going to have to do to get the x-ray, I suddenly wished Bryan would have taken him. It was AWFUL! He had to stick his legs through these two holes and I had to hold his arms straight up while she closed these plastic walls around him to hold him still. He cried and cried. Thankfully it didn't last too long. We went back to the room and waited for the results and they also gave him steroids. We waited a little longer and the Dr. came in and said that she didn't see any pneumonia and that his oxygen levels were much better. They sent us home with an inhaler with a chamber tube and a little rubber face mask. It doesn't mean that he has asthma, it's just supposed to help with the breathing issues. We got home around 1 or 2 and we were all exhausted.
Monday I wrote an email to my team at work and stayed home with Gabe. He was very weak and lethargic. He didn't leave my side all day. Mom came over that evening and snuggled with Gabe a little bit. We also called his pediatrician because he was burning up, he was having a hard time breathing again and he was whimpering. We gave him some Tylenol and Ibuprofen and got some Pedialyte down him. He finally fell asleep on my mom. He was so miserable. It broke my heart.
He woke up at 2 in the morning burning up and shaking. We took his pj's off, gave him more Tylenol and Ibuprofen and some water and we just rocked until he fell asleep again.
Tuesday morning we went to see a different pediatrician because his pediatrician wasn't in that day. He checked him out and we found out that he also has an ear infection on top of everything else. Second one in two months. I hope he's not taking after me. I had chronic ear infections when I was little and had to have tubes in my ears twice.
Gabe is starting to feel a little better.
Tonight Gabe and I were reading books and he had his bink in his mouth. I took it out and said "you don't need that" and he smiled really big (first one in a couple days). I saw something when he smiled so I put my finger in his mouth and lo' and behold there was a little toofer poking out. FINALLY I was SO excited. I called Bryan's cell, even though he was in class. I tried my mom, sister...no one. I had to tell someone. Bryan texted me "WHAT?" so I texted him back "can you call me real quick" He called in about 5 minutes and Gabe and I told daddy that he cut his first tooth. heehee
Please pray for us, that Gabe will continue to get well.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Uncle David Oct 18, 1953 - April 20, 2008
This last weekend Gabe and I went up to WA with my mom, Julie and Jaden. Dad was already up there.
We ended up getting there around lunch time on Saturday. Went straight to grandma's. It was strange walking in knowing that Uncle David wouldn't be there.
Neko his dog greeted us at the door. Dad says that he's been pretty sad. He's not eating well and he lays by Uncle David's bed. Makes me SO sad. I made sure to give him lots of love.
The boy's got reacquainted with their Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. We talked for a while and then Gabe went down for a nap. Julie, Jaden and I went to the store to get a few things. When we got back my cousins were there and we left to go to dinner at Red Robin. Mom and dad watched the boy's. It was kind of fun just us cousins. I think it's been 15 years since I've seen Naomi and Miriam. They shared with us how they're feeling…the things that they have been doing the last few day's, with my dad, going through Uncle David's things. It was great to catch up and just kind of talk about everything. I think we were there for a few hours and probably could've stayed longer.
Naomi told us that one time they were all in Uncle David's room going through things and my Grandpa walked in and said that he was going to help. She said that he went into the dressing room for about 45 minutes. When he came out he had his arms folded with a large pile of socks. He looked at them and said, "I'm taking these" They all looked at him and said, "grandpa, you were in there for 45 minutes and all you came up with was socks?" He replied "well they're NOT going to fit you!" HA My grandpa is a funny guy.
We stayed at the Motel 6 that we always stay at when we go there. It's about 10 minutes from my grandma's and it's a nicer one which is nice. Gabe and I got our own room and Julie, mom and Jaden stayed in a room right next door. We didn't want Jaden and Gabe waking each other up during the night.
So after dinner with the cousin's Julie and I met my mom and the boy's back at the Motel for bed.
I got to bed pretty early because I didn't want Gabe to wake up so I didn't watch any TV and had the lights off. Gabe woke up at 1 and I brought him to bed with me and that was stupid. He moves around SO much. He rolled and rolled. At one point he smacked me right in the face. I decided to put him back in the pack n play at that point. He woke up at 4 crying so I changed him and gave him a bottle and he fell back to sleep and we slept till 9. When we got up I got him ready and started packing everything up. Gabe had breakfast and I put him in the pack n play to play with his toy's while I showered. Dad had stayed at Grandma's so he came back that morning to help us pack up and we headed to Matt and Jessica's house. She was having us over for lunch. There was quite a crowd. Me, Gabe, Julie, Jaden, Mom, Dad, Aunt Lolly, Jessica, Matt, Caleb, Kirsten, New baby boy Brennon, Naomi, Miriam, And Aunt Kim. It was a lot of fun. We shared stories and laughed a lot. It was a great time. Around 3 I think Dad, Julie and Jaden drove back home. Jaden had a fever and we weren't sure why, but he just wasn't having a good time. :o( Poor thing has just not gotten a break.
Mom, Gabe and I left Jessica's around 5 I think and we went to Grandma's. Mom wanted to spend some time with Grandma. We didn't get on the road until 8ish and didn't get home till 10:30.
Gabe, BTW, did fabulous on the way up and back.
SIDE NOTE: a couple days after Gabe turned one we switched him to whole milk. We noticed that since then he's been extra whinny, moody and kind of aggressive. Last weekend we switched him to soy milk and wow what a difference. He's a new baby! MUCH BETTER!
Monday - work
Tuesday - work (mom and dad went back up)
Yesterday we got up at 5 and took showers. We got on the road by 7:15 carpooling with Nathan and Julie and made it up to my Grandma's by 9:30 safely.
Everyone was dressed and ready to go (we had to be at Tahoma National Cemetery at 10:15am) Bryan, Nathan, Julie and I got dressed in our nice clothes and we were off. When we arrived, there were already a ton of cars in line waiting. They had us go to the front of the line since we were family and we proceeded to the commencement area.
It was a beautiful day yesterday. A bit chilly but the sun was out and that cemetary was really pretty. We all got situated. There were 10 chairs total. It went, from left to right…my aunt (uncles ex wife), Miriam (27), Naomi (28), my grandma, and my grandpa. The next row from right to left was my dad, mom, aunt Lolly, cousin Jessica and one chair was empty (wishing Uncle Kim was there to sit in that seat). The rest of the family gathered behind them and more friends and family behind us. They started the service. Because my uncle was in the military, he was given military honors.
It was so hard watching them hand the flag to my cousin. It's such an emotional thing when someone is honored. When they did the 21 gun salute we covered Gabe's ears, but it still terrified him. His eye's got HUGE and he started to cry, but as soon as it was done he was ok.
After the service we mingled with everyone for a while and then we went over to the wall where we laid him to rest. Now that was a difficult thing to watch. Grandpa did it and then we left while Naomi and Miriam stayed to say goodbye to their dad.
We went to The Keg for lunch. My dad's cousin's made a little slide show of Uncle David with the song "dont cry for me" by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton.
We left and went back to Grandma's. Changed and Bryan took Neko for a walk. Neko pulls a little and my poor Grandpa can't handle him when he does that. They have a ton of hills around their house and Neko literally pulled my Grandpa down.
Dad went through some more things in Uncle David's room and Gabe had fun playing/walking/ crawling around.
He has been in such a good mood lately. Always smiling, laughing and talking. I am so glad we took him off whole milk. He did so well yesterday.
We left around 5 to head home. Mom cried all the way home. I got teary a few times. I am just physically and emotionally drained. What a day!
When will the sadness go away?
I will miss you, Uncle David!
We ended up getting there around lunch time on Saturday. Went straight to grandma's. It was strange walking in knowing that Uncle David wouldn't be there.
Neko his dog greeted us at the door. Dad says that he's been pretty sad. He's not eating well and he lays by Uncle David's bed. Makes me SO sad. I made sure to give him lots of love.
The boy's got reacquainted with their Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. We talked for a while and then Gabe went down for a nap. Julie, Jaden and I went to the store to get a few things. When we got back my cousins were there and we left to go to dinner at Red Robin. Mom and dad watched the boy's. It was kind of fun just us cousins. I think it's been 15 years since I've seen Naomi and Miriam. They shared with us how they're feeling…the things that they have been doing the last few day's, with my dad, going through Uncle David's things. It was great to catch up and just kind of talk about everything. I think we were there for a few hours and probably could've stayed longer.
Naomi told us that one time they were all in Uncle David's room going through things and my Grandpa walked in and said that he was going to help. She said that he went into the dressing room for about 45 minutes. When he came out he had his arms folded with a large pile of socks. He looked at them and said, "I'm taking these" They all looked at him and said, "grandpa, you were in there for 45 minutes and all you came up with was socks?" He replied "well they're NOT going to fit you!" HA My grandpa is a funny guy.
We stayed at the Motel 6 that we always stay at when we go there. It's about 10 minutes from my grandma's and it's a nicer one which is nice. Gabe and I got our own room and Julie, mom and Jaden stayed in a room right next door. We didn't want Jaden and Gabe waking each other up during the night.
So after dinner with the cousin's Julie and I met my mom and the boy's back at the Motel for bed.
I got to bed pretty early because I didn't want Gabe to wake up so I didn't watch any TV and had the lights off. Gabe woke up at 1 and I brought him to bed with me and that was stupid. He moves around SO much. He rolled and rolled. At one point he smacked me right in the face. I decided to put him back in the pack n play at that point. He woke up at 4 crying so I changed him and gave him a bottle and he fell back to sleep and we slept till 9. When we got up I got him ready and started packing everything up. Gabe had breakfast and I put him in the pack n play to play with his toy's while I showered. Dad had stayed at Grandma's so he came back that morning to help us pack up and we headed to Matt and Jessica's house. She was having us over for lunch. There was quite a crowd. Me, Gabe, Julie, Jaden, Mom, Dad, Aunt Lolly, Jessica, Matt, Caleb, Kirsten, New baby boy Brennon, Naomi, Miriam, And Aunt Kim. It was a lot of fun. We shared stories and laughed a lot. It was a great time. Around 3 I think Dad, Julie and Jaden drove back home. Jaden had a fever and we weren't sure why, but he just wasn't having a good time. :o( Poor thing has just not gotten a break.
Mom, Gabe and I left Jessica's around 5 I think and we went to Grandma's. Mom wanted to spend some time with Grandma. We didn't get on the road until 8ish and didn't get home till 10:30.
Gabe, BTW, did fabulous on the way up and back.
SIDE NOTE: a couple days after Gabe turned one we switched him to whole milk. We noticed that since then he's been extra whinny, moody and kind of aggressive. Last weekend we switched him to soy milk and wow what a difference. He's a new baby! MUCH BETTER!
Monday - work
Tuesday - work (mom and dad went back up)
Yesterday we got up at 5 and took showers. We got on the road by 7:15 carpooling with Nathan and Julie and made it up to my Grandma's by 9:30 safely.
Everyone was dressed and ready to go (we had to be at Tahoma National Cemetery at 10:15am) Bryan, Nathan, Julie and I got dressed in our nice clothes and we were off. When we arrived, there were already a ton of cars in line waiting. They had us go to the front of the line since we were family and we proceeded to the commencement area.
It was a beautiful day yesterday. A bit chilly but the sun was out and that cemetary was really pretty. We all got situated. There were 10 chairs total. It went, from left to right…my aunt (uncles ex wife), Miriam (27), Naomi (28), my grandma, and my grandpa. The next row from right to left was my dad, mom, aunt Lolly, cousin Jessica and one chair was empty (wishing Uncle Kim was there to sit in that seat). The rest of the family gathered behind them and more friends and family behind us. They started the service. Because my uncle was in the military, he was given military honors.
It was so hard watching them hand the flag to my cousin. It's such an emotional thing when someone is honored. When they did the 21 gun salute we covered Gabe's ears, but it still terrified him. His eye's got HUGE and he started to cry, but as soon as it was done he was ok.After the service we mingled with everyone for a while and then we went over to the wall where we laid him to rest. Now that was a difficult thing to watch. Grandpa did it and then we left while Naomi and Miriam stayed to say goodbye to their dad.
We went to The Keg for lunch. My dad's cousin's made a little slide show of Uncle David with the song "dont cry for me" by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton.When I get where I'm going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly
I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
[Chorus]
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here
I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy
And he'll match me step for step
And I'll tell him how I missed him
Every minute since he left
Then I'll hug his neck
[Repeat chorus]
So much pain and so much darkness
In this world we stumble through
All these questions I can't answer
So much work to do
But when I get where I'm going
And I see my maker's face
I'll stand forever in the light
Of his amazing grace
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
Hallelujah
I will love and have no fear
When I get where I'm going
Yeah when I get where I'm going
We all ate lunch and just hung out. Everyone started leaving around 2 and we said our goodbye's to Aunt Kim, Naomi and Miriam. I don't think that we'll see them for a while. Aunt Kim lives in Burma, Naomi lives in NY and Miriam lives in Mexico. Good thing is that Aunt Kim does have a house in WA and we can visit them in the summer. I really want to keep in touch.On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly
I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain
[Chorus]
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here
I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy
And he'll match me step for step
And I'll tell him how I missed him
Every minute since he left
Then I'll hug his neck
[Repeat chorus]
So much pain and so much darkness
In this world we stumble through
All these questions I can't answer
So much work to do
But when I get where I'm going
And I see my maker's face
I'll stand forever in the light
Of his amazing grace
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
Hallelujah
I will love and have no fear
When I get where I'm going
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Here is all the cousin's
Us with all the kids
Mom and Aunt Kim (who acted like they were best friends and like they see each other everyday)
Naomi and I
My Grandpa with no teeth and Miriam
We left and went back to Grandma's. Changed and Bryan took Neko for a walk. Neko pulls a little and my poor Grandpa can't handle him when he does that. They have a ton of hills around their house and Neko literally pulled my Grandpa down.
Dad went through some more things in Uncle David's room and Gabe had fun playing/walking/ crawling around.
He has been in such a good mood lately. Always smiling, laughing and talking. I am so glad we took him off whole milk. He did so well yesterday.
We left around 5 to head home. Mom cried all the way home. I got teary a few times. I am just physically and emotionally drained. What a day!
When will the sadness go away?
I will miss you, Uncle David!
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