Bored with my birds???

LOL

We have 4 robin's eggs and 4 cardinal eggs. This is most likely the final count! We are going to have 8 baby birds in our front bushes here soon! Can't wait!

Eggs!

We now have 4 eggs in our Cardinal nest--and she is sitting on it! We should have baby birds in less than 2 weeks!! I'll post pictures when they hatch! I am so excited!

Birds, birds, birds!

We have an abundance of birds!

I have seen SO many different kinds of birds since we have lived here. In short form, we have seen:

--nuthatches (which are neat because they can hang upside-down on tree branches!--one of the few birds that can do that)
--Cardinals (which have a nest with two eggs in it, outside my front window)
--Robins (which have a nest outside my bedroom window!)
--Ladderback woodpecker
--red-winged blackbird
--Red-tailed hawk (who is just plain HUGE!)
--Titmouse
--chickadee
--towhee
--starlings
--sparrows
--goldfinches
--Bobwhites

And I am sure many others that I haven't written down yet! LOL

I can't wait to see our little eggs hatch! The eggs are so small...I am excited! As soon as I figure out where DH has the pictures of them, I will post the pics of the parents...And the eggs... She laid one the day before yesterday, and another yesterday...I wonder if we will have one more today??? I can't wait to find out!

She had a goal...

My daughter had a goal. A very large goal. One that she will need at least a couple more days to meet. But, she got a good start today!!






Yes, those are mostly dandelions that she found in our backyard today! LOL Some came from the front--but mostly the back! She left ones that she didn't like...which was not very many! LOL

Spring is coming!!!

These came up a little over a week ago! Aren't they pretty?

Random things...

I hate doctor offices! Today, Lucy had ANOTHER GI dr. appt. at Cardinal Glennon. Her appt was at 2:30. Got there early--had to drive around the parking lot for more than 15 minutes to find a parking spot. Finally park and get inside. Go to the gift shop for a soda. Head over to the actual office. Sign in. Wait...wait...wait some more. Then, wait again! FINALLY get called back. They weigh her, measure her height...then realize they don't have a room open. We get sent back out to the waiting room again. About 15 minutes later, they call us back to a room. We sit there and wait! The nurse comes in.... "The doctor has been called out to an emergency surgery and it will be about 45 minutes...please listen for your name on the intercom and come back when you hear it. Here is a free gift voucher ($5.00) for the gift shop or the cafeteria." We head over and found Lucy a stuffed dog...and she falls in love with it...carries it around... Our name is called and we head back over...we go right into a room where the doctor is waiting on us! He basically tells us that we need to wait out this stupid constipation issue for another 6 months...we will check back in with him in 2 months... It's a waiting game. A stupid waiting game!

Get home from St. Louis, just in time for me to head to a CWF meeting at church (Christian Women's Fellowship)...where it is election night. I am now the president of the CWF at our church! Was not expecting that! LOL I have no idea what it entails...but will figure it out as I go along I guess! LOL

Really tired today...maybe I will head to bed early...most likely I won't...LOL Tomorrow I have a dr. appt. Perhaps mine will be better than today!

Oh, the ICE!

The weather here has been NASTY this week! We have had tons of ice. It was 73 here on Sunday and 36 Monday...with ice and flurries. *sigh* The ice is melting today and it sounds like the roof is going to cave in. As the ice melts, you can hear it break on the roof and slide down. If you watch, you can see a sheet of ice fall apart and hit the ground.

I took a picture of the tree to the right of our front door. Neither DH nor I know if the thing will make it. It has lost so many limbs.... I have some other pics too. I am posting some other limbs that are down and some of the backyard.

We have lost the power here many times in the last two days....about 6 hours total. My IL's are still without power and may not get it back until Friday. We may have a full house tonight if everyone comes to stay until they get their power back!

Finally on the mend!

Well, except for some minor runny noses...we are all better here! About time! I was sick of everyone being sick!

Not a whole lot going on here...

My grandpa has been having some serious back trouble here lately...and it receiving cortizone injections to completely numb the area. So far he has had two shots..and is supposed to get a third in the near future. If you think of him, please say a little prayer! Thanks....

Sick, sick, sick!

We are all sick here! It's horrible!

Sunday, I came down with the stomach flu--and ended up in the ER getting IV fluids that night...had to have 2 bags of them. I was so dehydrated that I was having chest pains--my heart rate was between 130-140. I felt awful. So, after 4 hours in the ER, I came home...feeling somewhat better. Monday, DH stayed home from work to watch Lucy--to minimize her exposure to all this...

Tuesday, DH came home from work with it! ARGH! I was hoping that this wouldn't happen. But, it did. So he is home today. But, other than being sore, he seems to be on the mend.

At midnight last night, Lucy woke up coughing. She has the croup again! I had to drive to Wal-Mart to get a new filter for the humidifier...and once she coughed up all the gunk in her throat, she quickly fell back asleep.

So, we are all laying around today--I'm the most motivated of the group--I am the only one not in my pajamas! LOL

Waiting...always waiting!

I ordered a package of sewing supplies online on January 17th. I only ordered 4 items and 2 of them were the same thing. Well, a week went by and I started calling the place...their customer service is only from 7am to 12pm, Monday-Thursday. Of course, I called on a Friday...so I leave a message.

They called me on the 27th to let me know that they FINALLY mailed my package. They had to wait on an order of their own to come in before they could mail mine. Now, why wouldn't they have called me to let me know that--heck, send me an email...anything! How frustrating.

Oh, and the package isn't here yet. Hopefully it will be tomorrow!!! I will never order from that company again! It's about 4 hours north of here...I could have went up and shopped in person for the time that it's taken to order it off the internet!

Crazy!

Yesterday, we had Lucy's transitional meeting with the therapy people...the meeting that decides what will happen after she turns 3 and no longer receives therapy...

She will most likely start Pre-K in the fall and need no further therapy. She will receive some informal checks from time to time to make sure that she doesn't fall through the cracks...

But, while in this meeting, I was offered TWO jobs! TWO! One is to be a parent liason with the therapy people, the other a teacher's aide in the Pre-K that Lucy will be at! *Yikes!* How crazy is that? Offered two jobs when not even looking! I am really drawn to the parent liason position...it is a day and a half a week...which would be rather easy...I just need to find someone that I trust (and can afford) to watch Lucy for that time.

If you read this, please pray that I find the sitter that I need and that doors continue to open for me to start this job. I feel like the Lord's hand was in this because Lucy's SSI runs out soon and although all our bills will be covered, we will still be a little short of meeting our other needs. This job starting and losing the SSI are happening at the same time...I see the Lord working here. If this is what He is providing, pray that I receive clarity in watching Lucy.

Thanks everyone! I'll let you know what unfolds!

Yay for Lucy!

Guess what? We are officially on the "potty train"! Lucy used her potty chair for the first time today! WOOHOO!

Scary huh?

(Totally what everyone wanted to read tonight--right?? LOL)

Lucy's appointment at Cardinal Glennon....

We went to Cardinal Glennon yesterday to meet with the feeding team...and guess what??? She has gained 1/2 lb since OCTOBER--and they were happy with that! They are releasing her from the feeding team...with instructions to work on her biting and chewing (weak frontal bite) with the therapist. We are done with monthly trips to see the feeding team!

Blessings all around!

Pictures of our house...

I never got around to posting pictures of the house we moved to...so here are a few shots!


Front of House


Side of house with Garage



Back of House

Backyard

Updates on Us...

Since it has been such a long time since I last blogged, I will just give a current update on us! LOL

Lucy is doing well...we are still dealing with eating issues that are frustrating to say the least! She has trouble with her frontal bite--which means she doesn't have enough strength to bite off food--she tends to just tear it off. Also, she stops eating before she gets full...and so she is hungry quite often. We have been seeing a feeding team at Cardinal Glennon at least once a month to see how she is doing. They are not happy with the fact that she has not gained any weight to speak of since last March or so. She is our 23.9 lb string bean! LOL She receives speech therapy once a week to work with her on this. The feeding team has put her on an eating schedule--what times and for what length of time she is allowed to eat. If she isn't done in that time frame--it doesn't matter, the food goes! It has been a challenge...but we are going to get this figured out.

Next week, we have a transition meeting with the therapist, the local school district and someone else (can't remember who) to talk about Lucy aging out of therapy--and to discuss what kind of help she can get after 3 years old (if we still need it--Lord willing we won't!).

Lucy also just got over a round of the croup--first time ever! It is a scary thing to hear your child gasp for breath! ACK! We had her in the emergency room at 6:30 Friday morning. They put her on steroids and antibiotic and cough medicine. We had to wean her off the steroids, but even doing that she had withdrawal. It was crazy--she woke screaming at night and had horrible night sweats! Don't want to do that anytime soon again!

Other than that--I think life is pretty normal!

Check back sometime for an update--hopefully before the end of the month--LOL!!!!

Oh, before I go--a picture!

My new blog...

Why, you may ask, do I need a new blog? Well, it's this simple. I don't really like my MySpace account...and I add to my blogspot blog more often than the other--which says a lot! LOL So, I am beginning this blog to add things that happen outside of my crafting life--which is still in existance!