Adam's Bad Day

So Adam my almost 2 year old woke up the other morning and when he was carried into the living room and set down, he didn't move from that spot for about an hour. I checked him for a fever but he was fine. So I decided to feed him some cereal to see if after eating he felt better. I started feeding him and after about 3 bites he piked all over me! That was just lovely!

But after throwing up he acted as if he felt just fine. So he's up running around and having fun with his brother and sisters. I am doing laundry, putting clothes away in the bedrooms when I hear a scream from the living room. I ran in to find Adam with blood pouring from his mouth. I grab a towel and pick him up. I look in his mouth the best I can while he is screaming to find the source of the blood. I realized it was from his tongue. Then after trying to clear the blood enough so I can really look at his tongue, I realize there is a HUGE hole in his tongue.

I am ready to freak out. It looked like it went all the way through and the way the blood was just pouring out, I was very worried. I got my mother to come and look at it and she was able to look under the tongue and said it didn't go all the way through. So I was slightly relieved for that but the blood was still coming and the hole was so big and so deep. We didn't think there was anything they could do for him at the doctors(because have you ever heard of stitches in the tongue before?) but called just in case.

The nurse wanted to make sure it wasn't all the way through the tongue and that it didn't split the muscles. I told her it hadn't. She asked if it had slowed down the bleeding and by that point it thankfully had. So she said to give him Popsicles(cold compress, ya know?) and keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't continue to bleed or doesn't get infected or anything. So no trip to the doctor. Great!

So he ate the Popsicles unwillingly because it hurt so much. It was nap time so I put him down and was hoping that when he woke up he would feel a lot better. He slept for about an hour and woke up crying. He cried for a bit more so I decided to give him Motrin to see if it would help the pain. Thankfully it seemed to help because in 20 minutes he was up and playing again.

Okay. You would think that would be enough to equal a pretty bad day right? Well obviously not for my poor Adam. While he was outside playing, he got to close to the dog run and our new dog, Sassy, got excited to run after us. Her cable slung Adam up in the air and flipped him. He landed face down in the dirt! He wasn't hurt, just shook up a bit.

He had a few other things happen that just altogether made for a really bad day. But the good thing about it was it wasn't an extremely stressful bad day. Yes, he did get hurt a lot but the rest of the kids were well behaved(except Chyenne having been the one who pushed Adam into the chair and making him bite his tongue), there weren't any other major disasters, or anything. I was thankful for it being mostly calm through all that.

When my husband got home that night and saw Adam's tongue, his face had a look of total horror! His face just said it all.

I would have taken pictures but I didn't think to the day it happened then the next day it had already begun to heal and it wouldn't have been visible.

The Daily Daily

Yesterday started out pretty great. I made the reservations for our family vacation. We are going to go to North Carolina's Bear Island. We will be camping on the beach! I have only been to the ocean once. When I was 10, my aunt and grandmother took me with them to Panama City. That was fun but I havent been to the oceans since. I am really really looking forward to this trip.

Also, James and I have decided to go away for our anniversary weekend. We are going to go to a mountain and camp for 2 days. We will hike and swim and just enjoy being away for the kids for a couple days. We have never been away from the kids except for when one of us has been in the hospital. So this will be a nice treat from the everyday.

So after making the reservations, my mother and I went out and worked in our garden. It is growing so well. We are very happy about that. We had to thin some of our plants. I felt so bad pulling up perfectly good corn plants and okra plants. But I know that if I dont thin them they will not grow as good. We didnt expect all the seeds to grow. We bought them last year but were unable to get a garden in at that time. So we put them into the freezer and saved them for this year. I think all the seeds we planted grew. I am really looking forward to some good veggies this year. I also hope our watermelon plants grow good and produce a couple big fat juicy watermelons!

Then I worked inthe house for a while and lost track of time. I mentioned something about calling my doctor and my mother said, "oh! What time are you supposed to be at the eye doctor?" I had completely forgotten about the kids eye appointment and it was 45 minutes from the appointment time! So I said "eat your lunch as fast as you can and go get dressed to go. MAKE IT FAST!" I was amazed we were fed, dressed, and in the van on our way in 15 minutes! That was a record! It usually takes at least twice as long. But then again I only took 3 of my 5 kids with me, so that helped. So we get there and I fill out all the paper work. They called them back and did the first part of the eye exam. I got really frustrated at the woman who was doing this part. She had me sit in a chair and hold Jordan, my 3 year old, up so he could reach the machine. She got a little frustrated at him because he was holding perfectly still. I mean come on, he's 3! How many 3 year olds will still perfectly still for an eye exam? But then when he was done and I has helping my daughter Chyenne, Jordan wanted to wander around the room and look at the different machines. She was freaking out, running over to him grabbing his shoulders and bringing hm back by me, like he was going to damage something.

Anyway, They said Chyenne and Jordans eyes were great. Hannah has lazy eye. She was diagnosed with that at 3 years old. When they first dound it her vision was20/400 but now its around 20/30. It hasnt changed in the last year so they are going to try to see if it will improve by patching the good eye and forcing the bad eye to see better. So now she has to wear an eye patch for 2 hours a day. She is very unhappy about that but it hopefully will help her to see better. So I only have to deal with the whinning for 3 months...

Than I made a mad dash into Wal-Mart to get a few things to make a dinner for my best friend and her family. They are going through a really dificult situation right now. So I got home and threw the diner together and we drove out there and took it to them. I am really thankful to be able to see the hand of the Father at work in thier lives. Its truely humbling to know how much he loves each of us and takes care of us.

So I will write next time about some other adventures we have. For now I just know life is certainly unexpected everyday.

Been a while...

I havent written on here in quiet some time. Things are crazy as usual. I am homeschooling my oldest and am struggling to do so. I havent been ableto do it the way I wanted to. You know, the vision of teaching them all and being ableto keep up with the house and errands and keep the whole family happy and everything else a mother does. HA! That hasnt happened at all. My house looks like a tornado came through it. I feel like I am being buried in all this. My sanity isnt even here any more. I feel like I am doing everything but not doing anything well. I keep wishing to just get out, get away from life. Escape from the madness but I know the madness is in my head and I cant escape it.

I had my 5th child, Emily Febuary 5th. I was having a lot of pain and went to the ER and they discovered my gall bladder was full of stones. So I had that taken out March 5th. I was doing good for a little while but then realized I was still having pain in my abdomin. It seems to be getting worse. Before I really only hurt when I ate but now I wake up in pain and it doesnt matter if I eat or not I am in a lot of pain. It really sucks to have pain all the time and not have any answers. The last time I went to the doctor(about 2 years ago)about this pain he told me it was IBS. I dont believe that at all. I dont know why but that doesnt seem like what it is. I dont buy it! I havent gone back to the doctor this time because I expect they will tell me the same thing. I just cant stand all this.

I am deciding wiether I am going to send Hannah back to public school to try to take a little off myself. I have already decided Chyenne will go to kindergarten in public school. I am trying to get Jordan into headstart this year. I think that will help him a lot. I think if I send them to school it will take enough off me I can focus on helping them with thier studies instead of being the only teacher and not having anyone else there. I can help them after school. I could focus on teaching them the gosple before and after school. I would also have more time to focus on them more individually. I would also have more time to keep the house cleaner and do all the other stuff I need to do around here. That way hubby would be happier in that sense.

I just feel like I am drowning and need something to give. Right now, I am not even slightly sane.