News Flash for Chelsea.....

When a person who is asking me to vote for them to become my President BLATANTLY LIES, it is DAMN WELL my business.

When my president BLATANTLY LIES about a moral issue, it is DAMN WELL my business.

GET A CLUE and GET OUT OF MY FACE

No Tubes! No Tubes! No Tubes!

Ugh - I feel like a hippy now......

We took Patrick to the Ear Nose and Throat doctor on the advisement of the resident/nurse/assistant woman at our doctor's office. He continues to have "ear infections" on a regular basis and anti-biotics just aren't helping. It seems that as soon as we clear up one ear, the other becomes infected. I was assured when they did the referral that they would look into other options before they did tubes. When I saw the doctor he says to me, you realize you're here for tubes right?

Uh Wrong.

My son does not have pain, discharge, fever, sleeping/behavior problems due to "ear infections." We are NOT DOING TUBES. The doctor was confused - but he was very nice about it. He wanted to know why I was against them, I explained above. He said usually when parents come to him they are on their last straw due to above. He kind of insinuated that I should not be there if I wasn't. I didn't think so either. So I asked him what else can we try. He insinuated I should be discussing that with his primary care. I thought so too. He did give me a pamplet to read on when to get tubes which only reinforced my opinion, and suggested I ask my dr. about switching to soy formula, which we will be doing.

He also indicated that unless we had any of above things that we DO NOT have, we should not need anti-biotics. Yea. Suffice it to say I will no longer be seeing assistant/nurse woman - I will insist on his regular doctor. Nurse/assistant lady who looked at him about a week ago said he had an infection and needed anti-biotics. ENT who saw him a few days later said no. Regular Dr. today said no. I am wondering now how many times we saw her and she prescribed anti-biotics did we really need them???

Anyway, he is doing well. Third tooth still hasn't broken the surface but doc says should be any day now as they are RIGHT THERE. He is still happy and smiling and every parent at the day care wishes they could take my kid home instead of theirs.

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I think I may change the name of my blog to "Typical White Person"

That is all.

One Tooth, Two Teeth, Three Teeth, Four Teeth

OMG! This kid will not stop sprouting teeth. There are now TWO on the bottom that are through the gum and I could swear I saw a third under the surface this morning. However, he does have vampire teeth - they are not the two front teeth but in the corners of his lower jaw. At least they are not pointed.

Some of you may have noticed I had a birthday pass that I did not allude to here. If Aunt Tammi would not have mentioned it, you probably wouldn't have known. For some reason it did not seem important this year, and I did not really get excited or enjoy it. I tried to go get some new work clothes, and ended up depressed instead. I NEED AVACATION PEOPLE.

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Houston - We Have a Tooth!

Well almost anyway. Patrick was biting my arm this weekend and it HURT. So I checked and sure enough, there was a sharp spot. You can see the tops of two teeth through his gum. So I'm guessing they will make an appearance in the next few days. He is just getting way too big.

We had some friends come over yesterday, they have two boys, the youngest is almost nine. Patrick was "chasing" him around the yard yesterday (his mom was holding Patrick and running behind him) and he was HYSTERICALLY laughing. He loves him. Last night, he actually said his name, and it was very clear. My kid is a genius.

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Deliverance Has Visited Upon Me

Da da Da da Da da Da da DAAAA

So I have to thank T1G as he reminded my of a funny story.....

When we went to the hospital for Patrick's surgery we had quite the experience. There we were in the waiting room, and this mother sits across from us and starts up a conversation. At first I was like cool, a distraction. But oh how I lived to regret those words. I think she was THE definition of in-bred hillbilly. Her son was in getting his tubes REMOVED as they caused more problems than they helped (part of the reason my husband and I are so against them for Patrick, but I digress) anywho, she seemed nice enough but really loud, and mildly retarded. So then she says, I saw you guys in the pre-surgery waiting room, your son is the SPINACH IMAGE of his daddy, I told my husband, I bet that's his daddy, he's the SPINACH IMAGE of him. blah de blah blah..... At this point I'm trying REALLY hard not to laugh, just saying yea and uh huh and in the right places, praying desperately that she will LEAVE ME ALONE. So after a while I guess she got the picture because she left. Anyway a short while later, her mom/sister/cousin comes back in and asks where her husband/cousin/grandfather is. She thinks he's in the bathroom (which by the way is right there in the waiting room). So she proceeds to check. And opens the door (to the men's room) and starts yelling hey - ya in here? To which he responds, and then, THEN SHE PROCEEDS TO STAND THERE WITH THE DOOR OPEN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM WHILE HE'S TAKING A SHIT. And you could tell he was 'cause he was straining. I mean for like five minutes people. I almost died! They really should keep these people locked up. Then, they called to tell her to bring a bottle back for her kid and she's walking around the waiting room asking for a pocketknife so she can open her can of formula. And of course, grandpa/cousin/brother has one. For cyring out loud. I blame my mother in law - she works with mentally disabled people, they are drawn to her like flies.

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Compliments

So the other day I walked into the WONDERFUL daycare I now take my son to, and one of the mom's said to me - now there's a well dressed woman, you look fabulous!!!

I was so surprised I almost didn't say thank you. Can I just say how much that means to me after 9 months of losing my mind to think I can at least pull myself together enough to look nice, let alone fabulous?!? BTW Aunt Tammi, I was wearing my Christmas wool peacoat. ;)

In other news - the other day Patrick actually STOOD UP! I have a video - if I think of it I'll upload tonight. I can't believe how big he is getting! I am starting to see some of me in him finally, and that makes me feel good - I was starting to wonder if I had some kind of immaculate conception....LOL

My mom asked me the other day what our plans were for his 1st birthday. Whaaaa???? When did this happen? I can't believe it. I'm thinking we don't really need to do a big huge party, he doesn't even realize what is going on. Maybe I'm a bad mom :)

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Patrick Pictures

Phew, What a PARTEEEEEEE!!!!!

Hey All,

Thanks for keeping the place warm while I've been away. Y'all sure know how to throw a party! I got a hangover just watching ya!

SOOOOOO sorry for the long hiatus - I've been so busy it's not even funny. Work has finally started slowing down. Who say's we're in a recession? Seems to me there's quite a few people going on vacations......

So what's new, let's see.... I finally filled out my application at St. Leo's to finish my bachelor's. Just waiting for the oficial "yes" so I can sign up for classes.

Patrick had surgery on the first to repair his hernia - it went really well. You'd never know the kid even had surgery. Just a tiny surface scar, and no mental ones. :)

He is 9 months now - geez where does the time go? I expect to see teeth any time now as teething has kicked in with a vengence. Other than that he is happier than a pig in sh*&. Husband is wonderful, he just had a birthday on Monday so he is now officially OLD!

I have some new pics of Patrick I will try to post this evening - he is even more adorable than last time.

Gotta go for now, but will be back SOON.

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Still Busy.......

Gosh, I feel like I am going insane! Lots of work, but I still like my job so that's a plus. We did all finally get over the throw up thing. Gots lots of stuff for Christmas. Patrick opened his own presents, it was so cute. He would grab at the paper and when he'd get a good hold, we'd turn the present until he ripped it all of. Of course then he decided to eat the paper...... He is very smart too. He figured out how to push buttons now so we hear music all the time from his various toys. He is getting close to sitting by himself, but still not crawling. He tries hard though. He's had a stubborn ear infection - we are on our third antibiotic. He goes back next week and if it's still not gone they have to give him a series of three shots. Boo Hoo.....

Also, his teacher at daycare told me they were going to be closing at the end of the month and she offered to watch him at home. I would have considered it probably with the proper background check etc. but husband and MIL were having none of that....LOL. So I did finally find another daycare I like yesterday. It's right down the street from my work so very convenient for Dr's appointments and such. And I think it's run much better than where we are now. I think we are going to start him a week from Monday. Just have to go pay the application fee to hold his spot.

Well, I still haven't had time to read any blogs, please forgive me! Gotta run, only have so much free time.

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Still Busy and now Sick too

Poor Patrick has been sick - he got a stomach bug and has been throwing up. Well he decided to be nice and share with mommy and daddy. YUCK. I can not tell you how much I HATE throw up. Especially cleaning it up when it's not mine. My husband's boss joked yesterday that they were going to change our mailbox to read "Keith, Carmen, and Patrick Puking". Lovely. Anyway - still real busy at work, it's high travel season January and February so we're working like dogs to collect money and get people paid. But it's nice to be busy. Except it cuts into my blogging time. Haven't even had a chance to read any. Oh well =) But you can bet I have a few things waiting for our takeover of Drunken Wisdom........ muwaaaa haaaaa haaaaa

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Busy Busy Beaver

But I have time to say Patrick is good, husband is good. And - I got a $500 bonus check for Christmas yesterday from my new job that I've only been at for three months. WOO HOO!!!!!

Our company Christmas Party is tonight and I'm about to leave so.....


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Patrick's Pictures

Happy Turkey Day and Stuff **udpated again**

Sorry all. I have been extremely busy. I took Wednesday off from work and I managed to finish one set of curtains for Patrick's room finally. I also made a yummy pumpkin cheesecake for Turkey Day dinner. Then I napped, and it was time to go get the little guy. I can't believe how quickly that day went by.

Thursday we went to a friend's house for dinner. We had husband's parents there with us as well. My parents did not come up but ended up going to my Grandma's house instead.

Friday we took Patrick to the doctor since he still seemed congested. Turns out the poor guy had an ear infection in BOTH EARS as well as a bit of bronchitis. They gave us antibiotics, steroids, and an albuterol inhaler for when he gets really wheezy. We were shocked. We had no idea he was that sick, he was still smiling and talking and playing and eating and sleeping!?! Now that he's been taking the medicine for three days though you can definately see an increase in energy/appetite. Huh. Oh yeah, he is 18lbs now. What a beefcake!

Saturday we stayed home all day and my parents came up that evening. Not much done.

Sunday we took Patrick to Sears for pictures. OH MY GOD. HE IS SOOOO CUTE. We had a hard time choosing which ones we liked best. He was so good, and he smiled in every picture. I will try to add a link to the site where you can see them if you want later (I don't have the password and stuff here at work with me).

OKAY - I took down the link - it kept asking for a log in and password so I'll just add them in a new post.

It was hard to get up this morning. Long weekends tend to do that I guess.

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Big Plans

So Tammi posted here on the soon to be takeover at Drunken Wisdom. I just have to say, I have something very special planned as well, and I think you all will love it. So make sure you check and check often.

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No More to Say

Blogging will probably be light as we are hitting high season here at work, but I got this from my mother-in-law this morning and just HAD to share - we all know the story of the grasshopper and the ant:

Two Different Versions

OLD VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!



DEMOCRAT VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.'
Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients.
The ant loses the case.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote.

Halloween Pictures

Halloween and Other Stuff

So we took Patrick over to our small town trick or treat gala (they close off main street and all the stores give out candy). He was up past his bed time but seemed to have quite a blast with all the attention he got. He LOVED his costume (he was a wizard). He seems to enjoy hats and he kept trying to eat his beard. Unfortunately, we missed the costume contest by about 3 minutes. FIL was rather disappointed since he worked for three weeks making his costume, but he got candy so all was good. And before you ask - yes I do have pictures which I WILL post tomorrow. I was not looking forward to going, but ended up having a great time. It was definitely small town America at it's finest.

The memorial service on Tuesday was very nice. It was for my brother's dad's step-father (sort of - he and grandma were never married). Yes, not my grandfather but I went none the less since my brother's dad may as well have been my dad - he's the only dad I've known since I was two. And that story is another post in itself which I may post someday, but not now.
Anyway, he was a World War II vet - a member of the 101st airborne no less - and a purple heart recipient. A great patriot and lover of America - he will be sorely missed by his family I'm sure. Since he was a vet of course he had a proper military burial with Taps and the gun salute and the whole nine yards. It was very moving and makes me wonder why people have no respect for our soldiers. Afterwards was a party at the local Elks Lodge (he insisted no one be sad). Unfortunately I didn't get to stay long (since it was a three hour drive for me to get home) but I enjoyed every minute and my condolences go out to his children and family.

In other news - I discovered that Patrick does not scare easily - he didn't even flinch when the guns went off at the funeral. And it seems Patrick's "cold" is going away on its own so we may not have to make the trip to the doctor.

:)

Prunes = Throw Up

Well I guess it was inevitable that we would find something Patrick DOESN'T like. We tried prunes last night and they made him gag. That's fine with me 'cause they made me gag too (the smell anyway). I don't know who in the world would want to eat those things......NASTY.

I think I may have to take Patrick back to the doctor. His stuffy nose (with clear mucus) has now turned into a stuffy nose (with green mucus), a cough, and a slight fever. I wonder if he has a sinus infection?

Other than that, I have to go down to my mom's again tomorrow for a funeral, another WWII hero has left us.

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Financial Happiness

Just found out I got approved for a credit card through my credit union, so now I can transfer my balance over for HALF the interest I am paying now - and it's a fixed rate.

WOO HOO!

Bank of America can kiss my a$$.