More Snow...

Just thought I would finally post the pictures of more snow that came last week.

This is from the front window of my parents house. I was trying to be artistic with the icicle.

I braved the wintery outdoors to show you the snow falling.

Other then more snow, not much is happening. Isaac got his first ever ear infection, it was in both ears. Monday night (last week) his temp was 104.7. So we took him to urgent care. He is feeling much better now. And that makes everyone happy. He was waking up every 2 hours.
John is in Djibouti, Africa now, he arrived last week. He will actually be in charge of all of Djibouti's contruction projects, and not Ethopia's. But he is incharge of 150 projects, firing and hiring, and $200 million worth of equipment. All this things have him a little nervous, but he will be fine, will all your prayers and fasting. The baby is still making me sick, in three weeks I have an ultrasound to find out the sex of te baby. YEAH!! I hope it's a girl. I will love it either way, but it would be nice to have a little girl to dress up. If not our son will be kinda confused. LOL

3 feet of SNOW!!! and counting

Ok I HATED snow before we moved back to WA, but now with 3 feet of snow on the ground and still more to come I really HATE it. And part of the problem is that Spokane normally doesn't get this much snow so they are not prepared at all for this much snow. They have no plan to plow and the side streets have 2 feet of compact snow that has ice on it and everything else. Everyone is canceling everything, and no one is working. Turned out that Isaac actually does like the snow as long as he is all bundled up. Scrappy is funny in it, since the snow is so deep it just falls right through it. The bottom 2 feet of snow are frozen and only the top foot is where you could fall through so he gets covered.

This next picture is how thick the ice is on the driveway

This is Isaac at the park

This was before it snowed another foot. But he had a blast at the park

Where Have I been for 2 WHOLE Months...

I am been around, and become rounder and rounder. I have been sick for that long. I had been sick a few times befor thanksgiving. And alot after Thanksgiving. We found out that we were pregnant shortly after thanksgiving which is why I had been feeling so sick. Now I was sick 20+ times a days with Isaac by the time I was 6 weeks pregnant, so since I was feeling so sick by 3.5 weeks, I thought here we go again. We kinda got off to a rocking start though. At first my numbers were not high enough, and were not doubling every 48 hrs like they are suppose to. We were having weekly blood draws, and finally around six weeks they started to double. Yeah!!! I still feeling really sick, not getting sick as much as with Isaac, but I learned a lot of tricks being pregnant with him. So I thought maybe that I had just learned to control it. Plus it helped that John was home for 5 weeks to take complete care of me and Isaac. (Just so you know, I got the best husband in the whole world. If you were waiting for the MR BEST, sorry I took him, and if you THOUGHT you thought that you had him your were WRONG!!) But I learned an interesting thing after John left, it was my house. John left, and I was able to take care of Isaac, and myself no problem, feeling a little sick if I got too hungry. But not getting sick. But both times I went back to my house for cleaning and check out, the VERY first thing I did when I walked through the door was get sick. So with this pregnancy I think it was my house. Because now that I am on the Mainland living with my mom and dad. I am feeling good on most days. To day not such a great day, but first time really since John left for Africa. But I am on strict orders from my DR don't over do it. Try not to pick up Isaac, or anything else that is heavy. So the flight here was a interesting one. I requested a wheelchair transport so that I didn't have to worry about getting through the airport with luggage and a toddler. Well some lady in Honolulu, YELLED at me cause she didn't think I need all the stuff I had. She ended up checking one of my carry-ons, later need that carry-on, but what was I to do. Portland was find. Spokane though, my mom got permission to meet me at the gate with a wheelchair for her own (one from her work), but they would not let her take it out to the plane to meet me so one if their workers took it out there to meet me. I walk off the plane, outside onto the tarmac (just so you know it is like 21* and Isaac and I are both wearing sandals.) And they guy asks me if I got it from here. I have Isaac SCREAMING in one hand, and all my carry-ons in the other. I am thinking your an idiot. He pushes the wheelchair with all my stuff, and I walk with Isaac.

But other than that all is well I am here in Spokane, with LOTS of snow, and cold cold temperatures. Isaac HATES the snow so far. John is currently in SC getting some training. He will leave on FEB 8 for Africa.

Oh one cool thing that we did before we left Hawaii. Is we went swimming with the sharks. John's brother came in from NY and he took us swimming with the Sharks. I will post pics later. It is late here and Isaac has not been sleeping well, so I should get to bed. But I will try really hard to keep this updated. I will get the ultrasound pics up and keep you updated. OH!! I forgot to tell you that I am due Aug 13.

Isaac's IN

So we have had a series of meetings with the Early Intervention Program here in HI about Isaac to get and his Sensory. He is now successfully into the EI Program here in HI. Today was his official assessment. And is is ahead in fine and gross motor skills, which we had already been told by the OT at Tripler. A little below average for speech, not delayed enough for help, but will be monitored to make sure that he progress on time. A little behind in Cognitive, which I actually disagree with, but I am not going to stop him from getting extra help. A normal for self-help skills, and one other that I can't remember.

Now lets be honest Isaac has some behavioral problems, mainly because I never knew what to do when he would throw a fit. So he had learned to throw a fit when he wants to refuse to do stuff. Now if he is a well rested, well feed child, then I do NOT let him get away with it. But if it is 1 hr past nap time, and he has not a had a good lunch, I am NOT going to make him point to my EYE!! You kinda have to pick a choice what is important in life. But the Special Education Teacher SCOLDED me for not "following through" on that. PLEASE lets be realistic. And just cause I don't throw a big party when he does something that he is supposed to do, does not mean I am a bad mom. I think a simple thank you should suffice.

Family Pictures 2007

Meeting with The OT

So Monday we met with the Occupational Therapist. It was a really good appt. She confirmed what I had thought, and our DR had agreed with, the Isaac has Sensory, and a little bit of a speech problem. She explained a lot about why Isaac has such a problem with hot and cold. He feels it 3 times more then we do. She explained a lot of what I thought was just bad behavior, or defience, as a problem with sensory. Not that it excuses him from correction of those problems, but it explains why some days are rougher then others. So he will be evaluated by the early intervention program here in HI. They will tell us how much help he needs, and how often. They will come to my house and help Isaac out. We did found out that he is ahead on some things. Like matching shapes, and putting pegs in a hole. The OT told me that he is doing 2 yr gross, and fine motor skills. She said that we need to buy him more challenging toys. So that is good to know. So thank goodness Christmas is right around the corner.

Occupational Therapist

Okay so the Occupational Therapist call me and FINALLY scheduled an appt. She did inform me that ALL the therapist can not work it out in their schedules to meet with him all at once. So we will have A LOT of appt the next few weeks. But this and the Speech Therapist, in my opinion, are the most important. OT is Monday at 9am. Maybe it is better that they all do it separate, since he doesn't do well with new people. Talking about Isaac... we have had a few rough days. TONS, and TONS of crying. Today he cried for 35 mins two different times. I tried to give him away about 5 times today. Everyone of my friends that call today, were asked if they wanted to adopt him. Both times he cried I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was wrong. So after about 15 mins I went in the bathroom, for alittle while cried myself alittle, calmed down some, and then went and rocked him back and forth, while I sung every church song I could think of. And just kept repeating "It's okay" in between every song. Finally he started to calm down, and then just wanted me to keep rocking him, and singing. Sometime he is so cute. I can tell when he wants to me to rock him, because he just tries to rock himself by pushing on me. And if he wants you to sing he'll try to sing to. He will do this until you start doing whatever he wants you to do. So if you stopped by my house to today (and let me tell you a few people did), and it looked like Huricane Noal came through it, that is why.

On a good note.. We found out the Navy will pack and store our stuff, including our CAR!!! This is great news. I wasn't looking forward to packing this house at all. So YEAH for me!!

Djibouti, Africa

We got John's orders today. And it is official John is going to Djibouti, Africa. He is leaving HI on or before Jan 13 and will be returning end of August, beginning of Sept of 2008. I will be leaving around the same time to go live with my parents, depending on the ending of our lease here, PC shows, and plane ticket costs. This is good news, and we are very happy that Heavenly Father blessed us with this opportunity to become debt free including student loans. It is going to be a real blessing. I will miss him, but we know that this is what is right for us.

As for other things going on. Not much really. The Developmentialist has not scheduled an actual appt yet!! :( I am anxious to figure things out with Isaac, and get things started to make sure we get a head start on the help he needs.

UPDATE

Ok we had our appt with our Dr this last week, and after some simple things he reassured us that Isaac doesn't have autism, and pdd. He does again think he has sensory and maybe speech delay, since he has regressed with his words. So that will be checked out by the developmentialist sometime soon. They are suppose to call me by Tuesday to schedule appt. So when we have the appt. I will let you all know what happens with that.

Not much else is new here. Just busy trying to find FREE boxes, not an easy task here. So if you live here, and know where to get some then fill me in. Oh yeah, I've been painting my "Time Machine". Yes I have one, and I am going to go back in time to see....Just kidding. Not about painting it, but about traveling in it. I am doing it for Primary's Sharing Time. John is going to be Ammon, a great missionary from the Book Of Mormon, and he is going to come and share how sharing his testimony with the King converted lots of Lamenities. So that is going to be fun. Oh ya! I forgot to tell you all that I got called to be the 1st counselor in the Primary Presidency. Just in case you are not LDS have not idea what I am talking about. Primary is for all children 18 months to 12 years old, it is their Sunday school. We teach them principles from the Gospel, and how to gain a testimony of it. So I went from the youth to the children. To tell you the truth I am a lot more nervous about the little kids then I was every about the youth, or even the adults when I taught Relief Society or Sunday School. I am not sure why, just makes me nervous.

To keep everyone posted about moving and orders, and when, and where John is going. Not much has changed in that department. But I am leaving here around the 28/29th of Nov. But hopefully soon we will know more about John's time frame. When I know I will post for all of you to know.

A Busy, Upturned Life

Where to start. So much has happened since I last posted. Well lets start with Isaac... two weeks ago today Isaac fell in the bathtub cutting his lip pretty bad. So John and I decided to take him to Tripler Pediatric Walk-In Clinic. We saw a really nice lady that said she thought that he would be fine, but wanted him to come back on Monday to make sure it was healing right. Being the concerned mother that I am, I had no problem with this request. Now Isaac falls a lot, all the time, but this is the first time he had bled A LOT. Well over the weekend Isaac feel 3 more times and got visible marks from his falling. So we march back into the DR office Monday for our 12:45 appt. With concrete rash, and a huge scratch down the side of his face, I had jokingly told John if you don't hear from me by 1:30 know that they have called CPS. Isaac throws a fit in the Nurses Station because the nurse wants to take his pulse. (Not uncommon, doesn't like people to touch him). Throws another fit because the kids in the play area was playing with his favorite toy in the DR office. Also not uncommon for Isaac. He LOVES balls. Okay called in first thing Dr notices more injuries. (OK here comes CPS right) no just more Dr to see if he has a sight problem. Well he never sees that step off the house. They play with him in various ways to see if something is wrong with his sight. No everything seems to be okay. But in this "playing" they see him throw a few more fits. Now to Isaac's defense he has only had a 20-30 min nap, on the way to the DR since this appt is right in his nap time, but to the Dr's he does throw a lot of fits. Well here come more Dr. This time with a lot of questions for me and with a PEDs psychologist. Does he do this, does he do that. Does he play with others, does he have a problem with textures. Does he sleep well. Is he attached to certain toys or people. How many words, how many this and that. All these questions that I had not prepared myself to answer, many I just thought the best I could and hoped for the best. After a 2 hr Dr appt, the psychologist just said if he doesn't get better in 4-6 weeks call me here's my card, and then she left. Not telling me what she was thinking. Just left. Now I know a little bit about things like this and all I could think of was autism. I was terrified. So I started to do a little research of my own via the Internet and other mommies. And found out that that Dr was dumb. I also talked to our PED Dr, who goes to church with us and is a really good friend of ours, he said that that DR told him that Isaac has autism, pdd, and a laundry list of other things that she thought was wrong with him. Most everything I and our DR disagrees with. We are both thinking that Isaac has some tactile issues. He really doesn't like new textures, and new foods, and sand, grass, and FREAKS out if he if he is dirty. And since he has not learned any new words since he was 10 months old and stop saying some of his 2-3 word phrase since about that same time, some speech problems too. But that was just a theory I had until yesterday when I talked to our Dr again. So next week I have an appt with our DR and a PEDs developmentialist. Which will give our some answers. So look for that next week.

Now if that wasn't enough. The NAVY has changed John's orders, and he is going IA (Individual Augmentee). Basically this is an Individual Assignment that they Navy sends John on and in which in will be attached to another unit. Which means a lot of different things to us right now. But the main thing is that John is leaving for Iraq or Africa in NOV!!! For 8-14 months. Since I am then going to go live in Spokane with my family, I am currently working on packing our house and buying plane tickets, figuring out what I am doing with our car, my PC business, and a bunch of other things. I feel like I am going to go crazy. Plus I have 5 PC shows this month and 6 next month. AAAHHHH!!! I have thought about canceling some of them, or turning them to catalog shows, but the extra month will be useful since the Navy is not moving me. Since technically John's duty station is not changing. I am hoping to leave here by the end of NOV since I have a lot to do still.

If Isaac is too Quiet Something is amiss...

So I am in the computer room, making a DVD slide show for all of you and Isaac had gotten bored in here and wanted to go play in his play room. Fine with I will get more done with out him poking all the keys on the keyboard. John was outside mowing the lawn and Isaac kept wanting to watch him anyways. So I just kept at it. Well maybe 20-30 mins later I didn't hear him at all. Well let the picture speak for itself.

Yes that is my phone in my cup of Kool-aid. So if you tried to call our house yesterday, and we didn't answer, that is why. Yes he is on the table. Brace yourself for the next few pictures. The Kool-aid was red, he is not bleeding.

I guess Isaac decided that he wanted the frosted mini wheats that were on the table, and then got side tracked with the phone and the kool-aid. So needless to say we went out after John was done with lawn, and bought a new phone. So if you call today, we will be able to talk to you.

Okay got him off the table and moved the chairs away from the table so he couldn't do that again. And I went back to my DVD this has got to get done. I have tried before,but never succeed (later realized I probably did but the playstation doesn't play those kinda DVDs). So making another DVD abuot our recent vacay and 10 mins later he starts screaming. I run out to the play room and look what I found...

That is a netted thing that he throws balls into and where he is stuck is where the automatically roll back to you. I guess he threw a one of his cars up there and it didn't come back automatically, so the smart thing to do is go in after it. When I started to help him out he freaked out even more, cause he hadn't reached him car yet. Silly Silly Boy!!!

Port Hueneme,CA here we COME!!!

So I know many of you have been periodically checking this post right now for one reason... Where will the Ward's end up. We have decided to go to the one place that we were trying to avoid. Even the detailer thought John was crazy. He said "Do you realize that you are volunteering to go to the Battalion?" He told him to go home and think it over one more day. Well Port Hueneme, CA is a beautiful place, nice and peaceful. But the military side of it is not going to be a fun part. We decided to go there mainly because it is the only place that we feel right about. Heavenly Father has some plan for us there. So with that said. We will be reporting sometime in Mar/Apr. John will either leave from Hawaii to go straight to Japan. Or he will have one month in PH, CA then go to Guam in Mid-April. Isaac and myself will go home, so that we can save lots of mulla, and pay off the car, and my student loans. We are hoping if all works according to the plan by the end of four years, we will have all our debt paid off, and lots of money saved for a down payment on a house. That is my ultimate goal is to buy a house. There will be lots of benefits to this plan. Isaac, and whatever other child(ren) the Lord will bless us with will get to see both sets of Grandparents more often. Along with Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. Because Heaven knows that he has tons. And there are way too many to visit all in one vacay. Believe me we tried that this last time it took us three weeks.

As for me being preggo. The last two weeks we have gotten negative blood test results, weird I know. I have one more this week. And then they start running some test to find out what is going on. This is stumping many people including the Head OB/GYN at Tripler. I am no longer feeling sick, I think that those feelings were left over from the flu I had the week before. My chin is no longer red, and my rings are wearing fine again. So kinda a fluke. Stumping... Stumping... Stumping...

Life and their little Mysteries

So it has been almost a week since I posted. I have been debating whether or not to get one and post that I have been feel nausea and extremely tired. I wanted a test taken before I got on and told the world that I "think" I might be preggo. Many of you know that we have a hard time staying preggo, getting there is not a prob it is the staying there part that is hard. A lot of factors work against us. Rh factor, endometriosis, PCOS, and many DR suspect even genetic problems between DH and I. (Since he had 20w stillborn with his ex-wife) I chart my cycle so that I can know what is going on with it since there are so many things that work against us. And I am to the hour regular of when I start and stop. But this month I am three days late. Normally this means that we are preggo. All the signs were there red chin, nausea (this only happened with Isaac) and allergies to rings. Not always does a late period mean that I am going to have another baby. If that was the case I would have 7 more then I do. Normally when a period is late and I am going to miscarry, I can't get a + on a HPT, but go into the Dr and they draw blood, fun fun fun, and it comes back with some insufficient level of hCG for as far along I as think I am and they tell me to come back in 5 days to retake the levels to see if they go up or down. Normally they go down and they tell me to come back in 5 days to repeat the process all over again. Some go up some go down. We do this until we completely miscarry, they longest we ever when (besides Isaac) we 11w. But today I go in and they tell me there is NO detectable levels of hCG. WHAT?!?!?! Why??? They really don't have any answer to either really. They just told me if I have a lot of cramping accompanied with bleeding to come in. Are you kidding me that is a normal period for me. But either way I have no clue what is going on. Am I pregnant? Who knows. So that is today's Life and their Little Mysteries. When I know more you will to. You can also check out my charts if you want to at http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1c25d5

Always Listen to Your Mother...

Even when you are 24. My mother told me that I should give the toddler bed another try since he went to bed so nice in it. She said just find a way to block the open part of the toddler bed. So I did that and life is great. Isaac is taking naps longer, and on time, with little coaching for me. Sleeps great at night, wakes up in the morning and is happy as can be. Life is great in the child department is great.

As for the rest of our up turned life (talking about military orders here) it is not going so well. We still don't know if we got San Diego. We were suppose to find out last Wednesday. Now the military is saying Friday. Don't you just love the military and the wonderful way of changing everything with no regard to you. This is stressing me out so bad. If you know me you know I LOVE to plan, everything. (I think that is why babywise works for me) So not being able to plan when and where and how the next four years of my life, is killing me. We are suppose to move in less than 5 months and we don't even know where yet. AAAHHHH!!!!! And on top of all of that, the military mypay website, says that my DH is going to stop being paid on Sept 28 cause he has not picked orders yet. So now I am worried about where I am going and if I am going to have any money next month. So this part of my life is up in the air. I will let you know when and if we ever get word about orders. Hopefully Friday. Cross your fingers and pray with me.