Bryce's Ear's

Today is Halloween, and what are we doing? Well, not the usual activities that most people would be. No, we are at the ENT!! AGAIN!! But we chose to use a different doctor from the one who put their tubes in. If you have read my previous post then you know we had tubes placed in both boys ears in April and have been having trouble. Well Bryce woke up from his nap at MiMi's house yesterday late SCREAMING!! This is not his usual behavior so I was a little concerned when I couldn't get him to stop crying. He kept telling us his ear hurt and pointing to his left ear. Well that's the ear that the tube has been stopped up in and he has had an infection in it so I thought it was just regular pain. Apparently not. I ended up taking him in to the ENT today where I was informed that my sweet boy has MOLD yes MOLD growing in his ear. WHAT?! I know, gross isn't it? The tube is still stopped up and there is still fluid behind it, oh and his other tube in his right ear, well it's come out completely. Sitting in his ear canal. So we start a different antibiotic and different ear drops today. Jace will be coming to the ENT on Thursday for his check up and to get the results of hid hearing test we had done about a week ago, both boys did. Bryce's hearing seems to be fine but he has so much fluid on his left ear his hearing is diminished by 20-35% says the doc. I'm so frustrated with the tubes I could just SCREAM!! Anyway, we also ended up doing xrays of his sinuses and we will see where we go from there. Please keep my lil men in your prayers!!
~Luv

Ears, UGH!!!

So back in April of this year both boys had tubes placed by a doctor I won't name here. We were told that tonsils and adenoids should be removed for Bryce and tubes placed in both ears and Jace should have his adenoids removed and tubes placed in both ears as well due to the number of infections we had been having. So we decided to go ahead and do it even though we had our reservations about it. Both boys did fine although Bryce had to stay overnight in the hospital for his tonsils we left the next afternoon after a long sleepless night. So now here we are six months later and we have EAR INFECTIONS!!! Really? With tubes? Yes with tubes. We are starting ear drops on both boys and antibiotics. I thought when we did all this they would be better for a while but I guess six months is as good as it gets. Who knew?? I will update later on on their condition and how it's all going.
~Luv

Pinterest

So....... my sweet and very crafty friend Lindsey introduced me to one of my new favorite sites, Pinterest. I am loving this place. I think I've probably found way too much stuff that I LOVE!!! Anyway thought I might share this fascinating little site.

Jace @ 17months

So my "baby" is 17 months old now and it seems like he is growing inches everyday. I can't believe how fast time flies. It seems like he was just born and then we just had his 1st birthday and now he's almost 1 1/2 years old. He is such a happy boy, he's always laughing. He LOVES to play with a ball, anytime and all day. He can entertain himself for hours just throwing it around. He is sooo cute. He'll hold the ball over his head and wait for you to count. One....Two.... and then he screams TREEE and throws the ball at you. You had better be ready to, for such a little guy he certainly has a big arm. There have been many times when he's caught me off guard and hit me in the head, HARD!

He loves to laugh too. Anything will get him started. He especially likes to play "Where's Jace?". If you ask him where's Jace he'll put his hands over his eyes and stand completely still for a few seconds and then throw his arms out and holler "Eyyyyyyy". Then he's all laughs and giggles and then it's time to repeat. He now says Momma, Dada, thank you, welcome, and meows like a cat while he's chasing the cat around the house.

He's growing so much and changing everyday. I love my little men with all my heart.

~This is my Beautiful Life~

My favorites right now.....MUSIC!

So if you know me then you know that I like all kinds of music. Country being the one I listen to mostly, but others as well. I found it surprising that I was told by one of my coworkers that he NEVER would have expected me to like country. He took me for a "goth" chick and figured I'd be listening to something off the wall. So just for those who don't know, here you go........

There are many more, but these are just a few of my favorites.

Father's Day!

     Well, today is Father's Day and it has been wonderful. I was supposed to be working today but since the units census is so low I got to be off. I actually left early yesterday because we were discharging patients. It's been a nice weekend for me.

     Friday, Shaun and I and the boys went to spray sunflowers in Arkansas for a guy Shaun works for and Bryce and Jace got to ride the tractor with daddy. They really loved it, it was lots of fun. Then we left and went to meet Shaun's parents, brother and sister and brother-in-law at Cheminahaut State Park where they had rented a cabin for the weekend. Bryce decided he would stay the night so Shaun, Jace and I came home so I could head to bed and be ready to work on Saturday.

     Saturday found me at work and Shaun and Jace headed back to the park to hang out with the family. I got off work at 2:30 and went to the park to spend some time with the family as well. We played outside, Bryce and Jace loved to big playgrounds in the park. We grilled pork chops, sausage, and duck stuffed with cream cheese and some HOT Bordenaro jalapenos and wrapped in bacon. The duck was awesome! After supper some played dominoes or UNO while Shaun and I bathed both boys in the sink in the bathroom since there was only a shower and we forgot their earplugs! LOL!

     Both boys stayed the night Saturday night. I was lucky enough to be called off work today so I got to eat lunch with Shaun's family for Father's Day. I'm glad to have someone to spend the day with since today is usually hard for me. I miss daddy everyday. Fried Fish and 100 degree weather now finds both boys passed out at home in their beds. Hopefully we won't be up at 11:00 tonight trying to get them back to sleep.

     I'm so lucky to be married to someone who is so dedicated to our two lil men, Shaun is the best with them and I could not ask for more. He has been so good with them and I feel I am truly a lucky woman!

                                 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

Bryce's Adventures in Potty Training!

So we have been trying it seems forever to get Bryce to use the potty. That effort hasn't been going to well. For the longest time he was soooo scared of the potty. Even his little potty we bought, just his size. It was like trying to get him to sit down on a seat full of glass. He would literally SCREAM and cry. I couldn't understand it. So for a while we just gave up.
Everyone kept saying he'll do it when he's ready, and I kept thinking well what about when I'm ready, doesn't that count? Apparently not! This week, on Tuesday I think, he decided that was the day! I'd been putting him on "big boy undies" for a couple of weeks and today was no different, big boy undies it was.
All of a sudden I hear feet running down the hall, the bathrooom door fly open, his stepping stool being moved, and then............ NOTHING! I thought, O man what is going on? So I jump up, take off for the bathroom, and there he is standing on his stepping stool in front of the potty spraying everything I think EXCEPT in the potty! LOL! But I was so excited that he had tried I rewarded him with a KitKat and a big hug. Next time I had to direct him a little to shoot for the potty which he did without problems!
Now he thinks everytime he heads for the bathrrom there's gonna be a KitKat reward after he leaves. I think I'd probably give him a whole bag of 'em if he'd poo there too LOL!
Anyway, speak of the devil he's come in here and now he's showing me a video of a combine cutting corn on the Ipod that he thinks is "pretty cooool". He is such a BOY, and this is MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE!
~Luv~