Max woke up feeling and sounding much better, so he went fishing with papa. he was very, very excited. It's a beautiful sunny day, not too hot, so they should have fun ! Max loves being on the boat, laying down on the bench closest to the engine (for the vibration) Sensory heaven for him !! LOL
I have been lazy, just kind of puttering around with the kids. I just send the girls to go play outside, if not they would be watching Hannah Montana all day !
Sebastian is busy with a lot of little things. One of the girls Babries came with dog food, they look like brown tic tacs and have a magnet in them. It comes with a little stick to pick them up and then you put them in this little cannister, but to release them you have to click this little thing on the stick. he has been doing this for hours now, at the table, completely enjoying himself. Great fine motor skills !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who would have thought a year ago !!!
Little V is doing good. Oma is enjoying the sun. I have been so spoiled the past weeks !! When my mom is here I do not do laundry....................she does it all !
Thank you,thank you Oma !
Let me post some pics.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
I was right after all
We had the swallow study done for little V and we had a consult with Kami. My gut instinct was right, this poor baby definitely has some feeding issues that need some help !
Throughout all this I have been putting up with bio mom, who has seriously been getting on my nerves. She gets upset very easy and goes off in about 3 seconds. Not fun to deal with and in combination with constant accusations of doing this for the money, being selfish wanting to keep her baby away for Christmas, and doing something wrong to make V aspirate.....I have had it !!!!!!!!!!!!!
There should be a decision the first week of January where this princess is going to go and I am praying it will be her aunt. This aunt has been getting ready for this baby,she has a nursery set up and I know she will be on the ball with her therapies. It will be much easier to let her go, knowing she will beloved and well taken care of !!
Max' astma is really flaring up, he is wheezing like crazy. He just had a nap, while Oma took the girls to the nail salon. They were so excited !! Sofia assured me that she would pick a color that would be "apopiate" how cute is that !
This albuterol is really having Max bounce of the walls, not doing his wheezing any good, so I need to constantly slow him down. Sebastian has been playing with magnets for hours now............he really gets into things and sticks with it LOL
Little miss will probably wake up soon for a bottle. She had a supervised visit this morning and it wiped her out.
This afternoon we are going to a Christmas party from project Rainbow. Santa will be there, I will post pics later !!
Throughout all this I have been putting up with bio mom, who has seriously been getting on my nerves. She gets upset very easy and goes off in about 3 seconds. Not fun to deal with and in combination with constant accusations of doing this for the money, being selfish wanting to keep her baby away for Christmas, and doing something wrong to make V aspirate.....I have had it !!!!!!!!!!!!!
There should be a decision the first week of January where this princess is going to go and I am praying it will be her aunt. This aunt has been getting ready for this baby,she has a nursery set up and I know she will be on the ball with her therapies. It will be much easier to let her go, knowing she will beloved and well taken care of !!
Max' astma is really flaring up, he is wheezing like crazy. He just had a nap, while Oma took the girls to the nail salon. They were so excited !! Sofia assured me that she would pick a color that would be "apopiate" how cute is that !
This albuterol is really having Max bounce of the walls, not doing his wheezing any good, so I need to constantly slow him down. Sebastian has been playing with magnets for hours now............he really gets into things and sticks with it LOL
Little miss will probably wake up soon for a bottle. She had a supervised visit this morning and it wiped her out.
This afternoon we are going to a Christmas party from project Rainbow. Santa will be there, I will post pics later !!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
God's ways.........................
I feel in awe..................I have really enjoyed little V for the past month, she is a doll baby....................but ofcourse there was a special reason that she was placed here, even though we didn't know it yet......
She is aspirating, of that I am now so sure. I spoke to the ped this morning and she suggested a consult with an SLP ( speech therapist) and ofcourse I knew just the person to turn to !! Kami was the speech therapist of all my kids at one point or another. We have seen her since all kids are in school and getting their therapies there and after having gone to the Kidspot for.........mmmm, about 6 years on a row, several times a week, let me tell you it was weird !!!!!!! No more driving to Palmetto, not seeing the people that have almost become part of your family !
We are going to see Kami next Tuesday, she happened to have a spot open (thank you, thank you ) I also called another place for the OPMS (swallow study) maybe they can get us in earlier than late January.
THIS is why I am still fostering..............I know where to go and who to call and know most of these people. I am right back in it ! This is why this little princess is right here with us. Would she have gotten care at another foster home ? Absolutely ! But like with Max, she would probably have gotten pneumonia's before anybody would have figured out, hey, this child is aspirating.
Not that I am so great, I just so happen to have had 2 kids that did the same thing, one worse, much worse (which is why he ended up on a feeding tube) so maybe I just happen to be on the ball earlier. I am hoping we can get all this figured out before she goes home.
She is aspirating, of that I am now so sure. I spoke to the ped this morning and she suggested a consult with an SLP ( speech therapist) and ofcourse I knew just the person to turn to !! Kami was the speech therapist of all my kids at one point or another. We have seen her since all kids are in school and getting their therapies there and after having gone to the Kidspot for.........mmmm, about 6 years on a row, several times a week, let me tell you it was weird !!!!!!! No more driving to Palmetto, not seeing the people that have almost become part of your family !
We are going to see Kami next Tuesday, she happened to have a spot open (thank you, thank you ) I also called another place for the OPMS (swallow study) maybe they can get us in earlier than late January.
THIS is why I am still fostering..............I know where to go and who to call and know most of these people. I am right back in it ! This is why this little princess is right here with us. Would she have gotten care at another foster home ? Absolutely ! But like with Max, she would probably have gotten pneumonia's before anybody would have figured out, hey, this child is aspirating.
Not that I am so great, I just so happen to have had 2 kids that did the same thing, one worse, much worse (which is why he ended up on a feeding tube) so maybe I just happen to be on the ball earlier. I am hoping we can get all this figured out before she goes home.
feeling so so
I took some meds last night, really debated if I should, afraid I would not hear little bitty, I can hardly take anything without it knocking me out, seriously........who gets sleepy from taking Midol ??
But I took some daytime Tylenol cold, extra vitamin C and royally sprayed Cepacol (that stuff works awesome !)
I went to bed right after 9 pm and V did not wake me up until 3.15 am !!
Yesterday she had a barium swallow, I have to call the ped for the results. Mom stayed in the room with her during the test, she is doing very, very good with her and it is really nice to see. We stayed a while longer while she fed her and changed her diaper and we talked a lot. I took some pics of her with V, planning on getting them all printed to put in an album as a Christmas gift.
Apparently next week dad will have a homestudy done and little V might go home to her daddy. Mom would have to move out while working her caseplan. She is going to move with her grandma. I really think this would be a good thing, it is very obvious that they both love her a lot and mom is working hard to do the right thing.
I am praying that this really is a turning point in her life !
But I took some daytime Tylenol cold, extra vitamin C and royally sprayed Cepacol (that stuff works awesome !)
I went to bed right after 9 pm and V did not wake me up until 3.15 am !!
Yesterday she had a barium swallow, I have to call the ped for the results. Mom stayed in the room with her during the test, she is doing very, very good with her and it is really nice to see. We stayed a while longer while she fed her and changed her diaper and we talked a lot. I took some pics of her with V, planning on getting them all printed to put in an album as a Christmas gift.
Apparently next week dad will have a homestudy done and little V might go home to her daddy. Mom would have to move out while working her caseplan. She is going to move with her grandma. I really think this would be a good thing, it is very obvious that they both love her a lot and mom is working hard to do the right thing.
I am praying that this really is a turning point in her life !
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Getting sick UGH
It started yesterday with a funky feeling in my throat and I was praying it was just a fluke...............but I guess I am out of luck. This morning I had a sore throat and now I have a massive sore throat and my nose is starting to run...........................CRAP !!!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Unbelievable..........................
I spoke to my younger sister yesterday..................she was just here for a 10 day vacation, she had actually won an airline ticket and chose to come visit me. Last time I saw my sister was in 2001, when she came to visit with her family. Since then she has had another son, Tommie, who I have never met in person.
My sister, as well as the rest of my family lives in Holland, where I am from originally.
Staying in touch ahs definitely gotten easier over the past 15 years. Now we have e-mail, webcam, digital camera's, etc
But nothing is as good as spending time together. We had an absolute blast !! I had forgotten how much fun it is to go shopping together and laugh about the same things. Here we were at the dollar store, both laughing so hard (over something stupid ofcourse) that tears were rolling and we ( or maybe just me) were afraid of peeing in our pants.
We shopped, lunched, talked, caught up, had some pretty deep conversations, all in all it was a HUGE blessing and the 10 days went way too fast !
When I left Holland, Pien was in college. It was so nice to re connect, as sisters, but as moms as well.
The relationship with my father has been strained for a long time and since 2001 there really has been no contact. He has remarried and his new wife has a very strong opinion of me (based on meeting me once)
My sister did not tell me until yesterday that this woman went off the deep end about me and Oscar (my oldest) at my sister's house, with my father standing by and saying nothing. I know Pien was really upset about this incident and it hurt her deeply to have this women screaming insults about me and my 16 year old ( who does not have anything to do with all of this, it just shows how irate this person was)
I have slept on this for a night and I have to say I am deeply hurt, hurt for my sister, who shouldn't have to put up with this. Hurt for my son, who never did anything wrong. And yes, hurt for myself..............someone was calling me every name in the book, but mostly the B word ( she knows nothing about me, only met once)
and my father stood by and said nothing...................................
It saddens me..............a lot of stuff has happened in the past, no we don't have a relationship today, but as a parent.............over my dead body would I let anyone talk about any of my kids like that.
I'm sorry Pientje, that you had to listen to all that crap...........I love you, thanks for sticking up for me and my kids.
My sister, as well as the rest of my family lives in Holland, where I am from originally.
Staying in touch ahs definitely gotten easier over the past 15 years. Now we have e-mail, webcam, digital camera's, etc
But nothing is as good as spending time together. We had an absolute blast !! I had forgotten how much fun it is to go shopping together and laugh about the same things. Here we were at the dollar store, both laughing so hard (over something stupid ofcourse) that tears were rolling and we ( or maybe just me) were afraid of peeing in our pants.
We shopped, lunched, talked, caught up, had some pretty deep conversations, all in all it was a HUGE blessing and the 10 days went way too fast !
When I left Holland, Pien was in college. It was so nice to re connect, as sisters, but as moms as well.
The relationship with my father has been strained for a long time and since 2001 there really has been no contact. He has remarried and his new wife has a very strong opinion of me (based on meeting me once)
My sister did not tell me until yesterday that this woman went off the deep end about me and Oscar (my oldest) at my sister's house, with my father standing by and saying nothing. I know Pien was really upset about this incident and it hurt her deeply to have this women screaming insults about me and my 16 year old ( who does not have anything to do with all of this, it just shows how irate this person was)
I have slept on this for a night and I have to say I am deeply hurt, hurt for my sister, who shouldn't have to put up with this. Hurt for my son, who never did anything wrong. And yes, hurt for myself..............someone was calling me every name in the book, but mostly the B word ( she knows nothing about me, only met once)
and my father stood by and said nothing...................................
It saddens me..............a lot of stuff has happened in the past, no we don't have a relationship today, but as a parent.............over my dead body would I let anyone talk about any of my kids like that.
I'm sorry Pientje, that you had to listen to all that crap...........I love you, thanks for sticking up for me and my kids.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
update on all of us
Whew, that was a loooong weekend !!! On Monday everything went back to normal, or our kind of normal I guess !! Little missy had an appointment with our beloved pediatrician. I had a nagging suspicion she was aspirating, but doubted myself as well (what are the chances ??!!) So when we came in and I voiced those doubts, our good dr gave me one of her looks and told me that God knows who he places a child with and for what reason....................I loved it !!
She did agree with me and so we are going for a swallow study and a barium swallow (to rule out a fistula) Barium swallow is next week, but the swallow study they couldn't fit her in until Jan 20th...............Until then we are thickening her feeds. I just bought Thick It and I really thought I was never going to use that stuff again LOL
Other than that she had gained a solid pound and now weighs 10lbs6oz.
Tuesday was Lili's turn to go to the dentist. She did great, went in smiling and came out smiling ! Today I took her to the opthalmologist, even though it hasn't quite been a year. She has been having headaches and can't see the board in school.
Sure enough her RX went up (or down) by almost a whole point, we are now a -600 and she is only 7 !!!
Tomorrow Oma is arriving in Tampa, so I will be picking up all the kids fom school and going to the airport. They are all so excited ! I am determined to have a good time and not drive myself nuts. So I haven't even polished my silver LOL
We both need to relax and stop butting heads, there is enough tension in this house as it is, but that's a different issue.
I haven't posted too much about papa, but he is not in a good place right now. We are not doing good, drifting apart, a lot of stuff going on....................
I will leave it at that, he would not appreciate too much info.
Prayers are definitely needed. He is fleeing in his work and going to the gym.
She did agree with me and so we are going for a swallow study and a barium swallow (to rule out a fistula) Barium swallow is next week, but the swallow study they couldn't fit her in until Jan 20th...............Until then we are thickening her feeds. I just bought Thick It and I really thought I was never going to use that stuff again LOL
Other than that she had gained a solid pound and now weighs 10lbs6oz.
Tuesday was Lili's turn to go to the dentist. She did great, went in smiling and came out smiling ! Today I took her to the opthalmologist, even though it hasn't quite been a year. She has been having headaches and can't see the board in school.
Sure enough her RX went up (or down) by almost a whole point, we are now a -600 and she is only 7 !!!
Tomorrow Oma is arriving in Tampa, so I will be picking up all the kids fom school and going to the airport. They are all so excited ! I am determined to have a good time and not drive myself nuts. So I haven't even polished my silver LOL
We both need to relax and stop butting heads, there is enough tension in this house as it is, but that's a different issue.
I haven't posted too much about papa, but he is not in a good place right now. We are not doing good, drifting apart, a lot of stuff going on....................
I will leave it at that, he would not appreciate too much info.
Prayers are definitely needed. He is fleeing in his work and going to the gym.
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