Well, I went and got all busy again. I blinked and a year and a half flew by! Here we are April of 2012 and here's whats happened since I last blogged:
Dylan turned 3 with a Toy Story themed birthday party. He started Pre-K and is loving every minute of it! He had a very rough winter and was sick with tonsillitis repeatedly. The last round of tonsillitis landed him in Children's hospital in STL with a 2.5mm airway and a week later on February 17, he had his tonsils removed. What a different kid he is now! His voice is so high pitched and he doesn't snore like an old man anymore. Also there is no more sleep apnea and he eats so much better. He's even gaining weight finally! It was very quiet around the house a few days post-op. He did ok drinking, but refused to talk for a few days. Since then his words have become clearer and he had his first ever cold. Before his colds always turned into bronchitis, tonsillitis, or strep. This time he had a sniffle and a cough. No medicine, no late nights- JUST a cold. I never thought I'd be so excited for my kid to have a cold. Now we're coming up on his 4th birthday party and we're doing a Jake and the Neverland Pirates theme and he's really excited.
Cameron turned 1 shortly after my last blog. And finally started walking in March of 2011- and I don't think he's slowed down since. He's a mess! He started walking and talking pretty much at the same time. He talks almost as well as Dylan. He's not afraid of anything, and not about to miss out on something because he's the "younger" brother. He thinks he can do everything Dylan does, and he mostly can. He's bummed that he doesn't get to go to school, but all in good time. He's unfortunately been even more sick than Dylan was :( He's on his 6th ear infection since December 4. Most of the ear infections were accompanied with strep or tonsillitis, and one time he had to have 2 steroid shots and almost had to spend the night in the hospital. So we're doing a two-for-one year, and Cameron's tonsils are scheduled to come out June 6! He's getting tubes too, and hopefully in a few months I'll be bragging about Cameron finally having "just a cold".
They sure have kept me busy!
I'm in my 2nd to last semester of college. August of 2012 I should graduate with an AAS degree for Medical Administrative Assistant. I take my last 2 classes this summer and I'm SO excited! I was able to take all of my classes online except 5, and that was extremely helpful! Also, I **FINALLY** quit McDonalds, after 8 very long years. Now I work part-time at Herrin Hospital. It was a pay cut, but the benefits outweigh that. For the first time ever I'm earning ETO and sick time, and I don't come home covered in a layer of grease with my back and feet hurting. And last but not least-- We're having a baby! It's due November 25, 2012, which probably means it'll be born early November. Everyone says it's a girl (for the 3rd time...evidently they don't know me well!). I would love for it to be a little girl, but odds are it'll be another adorably rotten little blonde boy with huge tonsils :) And I'll love him as much as I do my other 2. We'll find out for sure sometime in June. And one of my best friends is having a baby too, due about a week after me! And the other one is hoping to be expecting soon. Babies are everywhere! <3
2011 wasn't the smooth year I was hoping for. I had to let go of some people and some things that were important to me. Sadly, it hurt me and they didn't care a bit. It still hurts me a little every day, but I like to think it gets a little easier everyday too. There comes a time when you have to be an adult and let go of childish drama, and stand up to the people who treat you like dirt. Even if you've been friends for 20 years....it's just not worth it and there are more important things in life. But not just friends. Ideas that I had for my life, things I thought I had all figured out...suddenly this year I realized that I was wrong and life is very different than I thought it was. I'm learning how to adjust to this real life slowly. I know I'm blessed. I have more than most and I'm very grateful. Sometimes it's just hard to let things go. But with the grace of God, I'll learn to leave him in control and just follow the path he's leading me down.
Until next time...which may be a year from now!
-Me
