tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87734399662983964122024-03-19T05:34:15.490-07:00The Gonce ChroniclesThe life and times of our crazy, disorganized, and loving family! No matter what happens, we'll make it through together...Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.comBlogger533125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-57869492711368571882012-12-30T18:15:00.002-08:002012-12-30T18:15:43.454-08:00No promisesI stink at finding the time to blog. I have a ton of posts in my mind on a daily basis, but finding the time to sit and allow those thoughts to flow out of my brain and down to my fingertips is a bit hard to come by.<br />
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Life is good. Crazy good. I want to pull my hair out on a daily basis, and I smile more often than I can count. So as long as those two things balance each other out, I am okay.<br />
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This weekend we went up to Williams, Arizona to go on the Polar Express. The kids loved it and so did my roommates and I. Kyla (curly haired one in the photos) bought the tickets and the hotel room for the night as a Christmas present to us all. Giving time together is one of the best gifts imaginable. Very many memories were made...and I hope the kids remember it just as well as I will.<br />
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<br />Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-84225364341507764112012-05-29T15:36:00.001-07:002012-05-29T15:36:18.235-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GWa97Ttjo5mT-H_w4c7kiLEAnS82zQGbGX3LACgWtKoJeibEEbZeH0oa23JJew7IESnts2v1-KIjUkaOJrIQw7dLlXfA4uuVi-XF4PTLS2CQuWMSCaf9ko_NnlkACYT-b3INl8QUb_g/s1600/IMG_7079-778236.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GWa97Ttjo5mT-H_w4c7kiLEAnS82zQGbGX3LACgWtKoJeibEEbZeH0oa23JJew7IESnts2v1-KIjUkaOJrIQw7dLlXfA4uuVi-XF4PTLS2CQuWMSCaf9ko_NnlkACYT-b3INl8QUb_g/s320/IMG_7079-778236.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748087784445210770" /></a></p>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-41552384816430104292012-05-29T15:35:00.001-07:002012-05-29T15:35:42.939-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildLxuB8OeWrpM_Ji4DZIfCJEbZEJXS7oBOVjIy7OKT7uODPrk28UoRMfyBwL5WPhVYyXgEno3oVLoktL_5tF2ZKp6LL1fYlZOjMqAsM8RgpnGd1ozA1TtrSBP7Fa3BSzo-YmyV2E6eA8/s1600/IMG_4153-742939.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildLxuB8OeWrpM_Ji4DZIfCJEbZEJXS7oBOVjIy7OKT7uODPrk28UoRMfyBwL5WPhVYyXgEno3oVLoktL_5tF2ZKp6LL1fYlZOjMqAsM8RgpnGd1ozA1TtrSBP7Fa3BSzo-YmyV2E6eA8/s320/IMG_4153-742939.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748087634052161794" /></a></p>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-10876336827557533342012-05-29T15:34:00.001-07:002012-05-29T15:34:39.688-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw_2Bl-r8N-m-wQpswzkbrFm1XC_2wlBfdKOdu6xg8GG0hfI5hT_wPLm7hG2FrgwFiv_G0pr-obtZKOktFeeg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-71831649265734487512012-05-27T22:12:00.001-07:002012-05-27T22:12:41.012-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwDgy87vwqSUu6AFm7OWPtaGFUcVpI8TPnSp1N6rwGvovSwDh_bRCkFFFaNWZwVI83vptO_Bl0tQRQoeS5zGA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>My favorite drink...Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-3064614549775526782012-05-09T16:35:00.000-07:002012-05-09T16:35:16.402-07:00Mindless Babble and other things*places left hand on Bible and raises my right hand* I solemnly swear to blog more often. <br />
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I think God has been trying to tell me that I need to blog more often. I keep meeting people (whether in person or via the lovely internet) that have mentioned that they read my blog when Bree was a wee little bee. So yes God, I have heard and seen your repeated nudgings and here I am!<br />
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Since I don't have Adam to talk to on a regular basis (more on that later) I will try to use the blog as an outlet of mine. So hooray! you get to read my mindless babble. :D<br />
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Long story short, we are a seperated family. Now now now don't get the wrong idea here. Adam and I are still married and on speaking terms. He is just in Korea on a year long tour. So we are a family that is physically apart, yet still together at heart.<br />
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This is a picture we took for Daddy a few weeks ago and are mailing it out for him and for all our Grandma's and Auntie's for mother's day. Overall we are well. We moved in with Bree's early interventionist (love ya Kyla!) so that I would not go too crazy being alone with three kiddos. Both Bree and Derrick are on thickener (this is new since Bree's stroke incident) and Riley is just as spunky as ever. :)<br />
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I have been having some health issues and just recently got out of the hospital from having a blood transfusion. Something in my body is off and a chemical that usually starts the production of blood when your body is low is not working for me. That combined with a low iron count to begin with is not a great thing. So after two days in the hospital, and two units of blood I am feeling a bit better. <br />
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I am very thankful for my roommate (housemate? we don't really share a room), and good friends (Sara, Rae and Jenn!) who helped cover my kiddos needs while I was absent. I am truly blessed to have friends who are willing to jump in and help when I truly do need it. I also thank all of those who prayed for me...prayer is just as important as the physical help. Look at Bree...I do not think we would be near where we are with her had it not been for all the prayer we received and had on behalf of her. <br />
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Signing off for now...gotta go pick up the kiddos!<br />Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-81281953132706413652012-01-19T10:17:00.001-08:002012-01-19T10:17:18.851-08:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmbbsZkfxQd9nZpFtdPwFzTaUbbn9tqozxNqbQZc5xgdQjIQeH3MNxKaZOCmUku2qQ0T0Zt7jBeqKnUuQX9qS_ZUn-O6Qr_VkRNypWK4Uq_8GoGEHB14_R4ek70jfKEhpjOoxZHL52c0/s1600/IMG_1257-738853.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmbbsZkfxQd9nZpFtdPwFzTaUbbn9tqozxNqbQZc5xgdQjIQeH3MNxKaZOCmUku2qQ0T0Zt7jBeqKnUuQX9qS_ZUn-O6Qr_VkRNypWK4Uq_8GoGEHB14_R4ek70jfKEhpjOoxZHL52c0/s320/IMG_1257-738853.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699408888290668482" /></a></p>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-77889500863778623862012-01-19T10:13:00.001-08:002012-01-19T10:13:49.198-08:00Time for some good old Gonce family bonding time...waiting for an appointment! Derrick has a swallow study this morning to see what thickness his liquids need to be at...whether we can stay or go thicker or less. Then next monday he has a meeting with the aero digestive team to decide what procedures they want to do on him (biopsies, scopes, etc) and then on Tuesday he will be put under for those procedures. As always we never have a dull moment in our house!Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-7770567438736521892012-01-19T10:11:00.005-08:002012-01-19T10:11:27.124-08:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwVf272oLmZlaN_ZoSAyqiHC5nZ5ieL1Vu6x9QaCixzWpOlWOzEuVNFP7rc6ARLp3m5-os0TxcctGrQE350BJhAy6U7PsFxmIhDx3DbfPnxFeNY8ePmGoHw0rI6dyI3SMnNvyxQt2VXo/s1600/IMG_9733-787125.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwVf272oLmZlaN_ZoSAyqiHC5nZ5ieL1Vu6x9QaCixzWpOlWOzEuVNFP7rc6ARLp3m5-os0TxcctGrQE350BJhAy6U7PsFxmIhDx3DbfPnxFeNY8ePmGoHw0rI6dyI3SMnNvyxQt2VXo/s320/IMG_9733-787125.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699407373162997970" /></a></p>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-82415250686207565342012-01-19T10:11:00.003-08:002012-01-19T10:11:09.342-08:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cH285ZAWc5gF7xxmb1q-mev0uzte-m2U-iMYFLAp81wq50SBfJh9JBpa9qJ0Pfzb7u4qz1APWre_qMxP8QUJvZTfGIP5jYTxYt3dWdxuuFgCcmQ7Q5VAEa7OLwDK9j2_duunMZAkMZs/s1600/IMG_4674-769345.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cH285ZAWc5gF7xxmb1q-mev0uzte-m2U-iMYFLAp81wq50SBfJh9JBpa9qJ0Pfzb7u4qz1APWre_qMxP8QUJvZTfGIP5jYTxYt3dWdxuuFgCcmQ7Q5VAEa7OLwDK9j2_duunMZAkMZs/s320/IMG_4674-769345.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699407299053882162" /></a></p>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-1772713413743392242012-01-19T10:11:00.001-08:002012-01-19T10:11:06.699-08:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk1aXlyTxAC_ZXMEe1BrBbT9yHxLEGBOq-Oob-ZzPLHWafqn_FzXx5qcmYMaBTW4jzX6PLI9zy-JZlfB-iPrYCDCY0FKrioJjZSmIhIZVWpNrnzlUrkIKhzmXhX4sAJXhBq9lNRmPDIo/s1600/IMG_0138-766700.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk1aXlyTxAC_ZXMEe1BrBbT9yHxLEGBOq-Oob-ZzPLHWafqn_FzXx5qcmYMaBTW4jzX6PLI9zy-JZlfB-iPrYCDCY0FKrioJjZSmIhIZVWpNrnzlUrkIKhzmXhX4sAJXhBq9lNRmPDIo/s320/IMG_0138-766700.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699407290618124882" /></a></p>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-1068480154074286732012-01-08T12:34:00.000-08:002012-01-08T12:34:19.279-08:00No news is good news<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That seems to be the case in our life. The only time I have excessive amounts of time has been when Bree is in the hospital. Yup...she is again in the hospital, except this time no one has any idea of what is going on. She presented with stroke like symptoms on Tuesday and we went to PCH...long story short, they were not taking me seriously and we ended up signing out AMA (against medical advice) and going to a different children's hospital.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This hospital (Cardon's) has been great at helping us. Her MRI, CT scan and spinal tap have all come back fine so we have no answers. At her worst she could not hold herself up and would slide to the left. She could barely get out words she used to be able to say with ease. She could not drink without spilling immensely and/or choking. She has slowly improved....</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">Since being here this morning I have noticed that Bree is doing much better! Her speech is still "off" as in I can't always understand her, but she is speaking in 3 to 4 word sentences again and is conveying her wants and needs. As I am typing she is asking me "why Mama?"...she is very weak and can barely stand, and is not able to walk right now, but we will work on that!<br />
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The plan is for her to h<span class="text_exposed_show">ave some labs drawn during the night when her body temp is down, and then an echo and EKG in the morning. As long as all that is clear she will be going home tomorrow with a referral to an endocrinologist and a neuro-developmental pediatrician.<br />
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We have a long road ahead of us with recovering lost speech and strength, but we have been down this road before and we can do it again!</span></span></span></h6>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-64628303152698144612011-10-19T21:09:00.000-07:002011-10-19T21:09:31.430-07:00FirstGiving - Your fundraising<a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/goncefam/2011?utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=share&utm_source=at-blogger&utm_content=eua#.Tp-eiIF-hUY.blogger">FirstGiving - Your fundraising</a><br /><br />Hello!<br /><br /><br />Our family taking part in the 3rd Annual HopeWalk- 5K Family Walkathon to raise money for Hope Kids.<br /><br />Hope Kids is near and dear to our heart! Through Hope Kids we are able to attend fun, family oriented events that allow us to let loose and forget about the stresses of all Bree's medical needs. The fact that we get to laugh, smile and have a good time is priceless to us, and I know it is to all the other families who are a part of Hope Kids. The smiles on the faces of the kids shows us that they are forgetting about all the needle pokes they have endured, the countless treatments, and the surgeries that have filled their lives. They are living in the moment, and that moment is fun and exhilarating.<br /><br />The fundraising allows Hope Kids to put on these family friendly events. Without the money to put on these events free of cost to the families, they would not be happening. There would be no movies, birthday parties, baseball games, hockey games and so many more activities. Hope Kids helps families with medically challenged children. These families benefit so much from the little slivers of sunshine that Hope Kids offer.<br /><br />Please search your heart and donate if you are able. Please know that you will be helping to bring smiles and joy to the hearts of those children who truly deserve it and need it. Please make a donation by visiting my FirstGiving page: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/goncefam/2011?fge=ask"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1319083749_4">http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/goncefam/2011?fge=ask</span></a><br /><br />You can donate online with a credit card. All donations are secure and sent directly to HOPEKIDS INC by FirstGiving, who will email you a printable record of your donation.<br /><br />Please send our page on to anyone who might like to donate!<br /><br />Team Bumble Bree<br />Adam, Tasha, Riley, Bree and Derrick GonceTashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-45442053068264310572011-10-06T13:17:00.001-07:002011-10-06T13:17:30.062-07:00Dora Dora Dora the explorer!Bree and I are going to see a live play of Dora the pirate tonight with Anneke, Felix and Grace. Thank you to Hope kids for putting this on. This will bring such a smile to Bree's face. I can't wait.Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-52263105373452316372011-09-30T08:55:00.001-07:002011-09-30T08:57:51.882-07:00First haircutMy baby boy is growing up too fast. He now can get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth. He says 'da da', 'da dee', 'ba ba', and on a rare occasion he will throw 'ma ma' in there. He blows raspberries with his mouth and can sit up unassisted if placed in that position. <br />
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He can add another notch of accomplishment to his baby belt. He had his first hair cut today given to him by his Uncle Jason. In case you didn't know, Derrick's middle name is Jason and he is named after his uncle. The fact that Uncle Jason was able to give him his first hair cut is very special (at least to me, being the sentimental person that I am).<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbHv_ipeOlffxJ5N5V_D1Y9yyQs0YEdNb7H_BF40H9FtvRFz_jkd_Z_ufpYlIExe7tccnUwOe4JygeDsKRQIP9Rjs2Umy5QIfxT4jSyNCdnpZoKB2F9HPmnzuCdwY0mLqxxDUXoQAngc/s640/blogger-image--769055565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbHv_ipeOlffxJ5N5V_D1Y9yyQs0YEdNb7H_BF40H9FtvRFz_jkd_Z_ufpYlIExe7tccnUwOe4JygeDsKRQIP9Rjs2Umy5QIfxT4jSyNCdnpZoKB2F9HPmnzuCdwY0mLqxxDUXoQAngc/s640/blogger-image--769055565.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHSN58cIYAEZee6wFXzZijjkXuV88Jyt347FhtzUeGaVvAy3oiHKiDFOzY4gFuaZD0bSUcuQVQhyphenhyphen2Hp_ebg4-I3rQ8GGjmvNhJiqfuNh0E5NugoYMPpUASOAAX8xXoprVOHRm3iER-pg/s640/blogger-image-383268186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHSN58cIYAEZee6wFXzZijjkXuV88Jyt347FhtzUeGaVvAy3oiHKiDFOzY4gFuaZD0bSUcuQVQhyphenhyphen2Hp_ebg4-I3rQ8GGjmvNhJiqfuNh0E5NugoYMPpUASOAAX8xXoprVOHRm3iER-pg/s640/blogger-image-383268186.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_jycGfEEkozAE7aXIjCaiyspnXMJfI41x4CZIJ5rq1KSxV5SnDoMrFg8hnvM6wfvlz7SPzA3GUYrn-DbuJMtD_gU_j1fDJxLogdNA5MfRwDAUT0bHVku7iUDZ9_5-9BSYKZmsCSfntA/s640/blogger-image-965432716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_jycGfEEkozAE7aXIjCaiyspnXMJfI41x4CZIJ5rq1KSxV5SnDoMrFg8hnvM6wfvlz7SPzA3GUYrn-DbuJMtD_gU_j1fDJxLogdNA5MfRwDAUT0bHVku7iUDZ9_5-9BSYKZmsCSfntA/s640/blogger-image-965432716.jpg" /></a></div>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-21714818412339892112011-09-29T22:26:00.001-07:002011-09-29T22:26:25.554-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwsAuooklKqwGOG17OcH9IBvNEitnDcBuUBQKaJD6s80GjbWrgl7pPUK0dr8jeYzq0Q_zZ6AS2RM_Om7oxctQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-87733197290265017782011-09-29T22:25:00.001-07:002011-09-29T22:25:06.113-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0EYfN1daXZobJueBvfxS39KA3vmzIaoIokwLQeNXALG17p1z809C5Cb7GreEeHyCUbm-0Gtvoji1MDGSS01OHC1RxVU0OiTycE-DHewr8_nPYsSLEu-lIdItkIh0WJkymYfouf2EvtU/s1600/IMG_5939-706114.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0EYfN1daXZobJueBvfxS39KA3vmzIaoIokwLQeNXALG17p1z809C5Cb7GreEeHyCUbm-0Gtvoji1MDGSS01OHC1RxVU0OiTycE-DHewr8_nPYsSLEu-lIdItkIh0WJkymYfouf2EvtU/s320/IMG_5939-706114.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658019435907066130" /></a></p>Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-6717110439260209812011-09-29T22:02:00.000-07:002011-09-29T22:02:08.117-07:00Check upsWe had a super fun 3 kid check up today. The best mother in law in the world went with me knowing that all three kids were going to need shots.<br />
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Riley is at 61% for her weight, which is 36.31 lbs. She is at 84% for her height which is 41.5'' tall. She definitely takes after her Daddy. She will be our little sports girl. She is super smart and ahead of her peers cognitively.<br />
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Bree is finally on the charts! She is at 6% for her weight (26 pounds) and 34% for her height (36.5'')...hooray! I also heard the most beautiful words out of our pediatrician's mouth: "Cognitively, she is doing everything I would expect a three year old to be doing." I think I heard the heavens open up and the angels sing.When Johanna asked Bree one of the questions: "Bree, are you a little boy or a little girl?", Bree stared at her for a few seconds then said "BIG girl." (She said it with an attitude of "duh lady").<br />
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Derrick is 20 lbs and 8 ounces, which is at 74% for his age. He is 28 inches long, which is at 91%. She checked his ears and found that he still has fluid built up behind his ear but that his ear looks the best it has since July. We are to continue to keep him on benadryl to dry out his ear and to finish up the last three days of his antibiotic.<br />
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When it came time for shots, Riley was hysterical. Even before the shots she was not wanting them. As soon as our pediatrician walked in the room for the visit Riley tapped her on the shoulder and said "Hey...did you know that kids don't need shots anymore?" I love the things that she comes up with! It was a very valiant effort to avoid shots. If I can get a video up here on the blog I will post her hysterical crying pre shots. It is so ridiculous it is funny.<br />
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Bree took her shots like a champ, and whined just a bit. She had a few tears. Derrick also is a big boy with his shots and didn't cry either.<br />
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When it came time to leave, Riley insisted that she was unable to walk and she was pitiful enough that Grandma carried her to the car. I will send the picture to the blog when I finish up on here. That is a very good Grandma, and Riley greatly appreciated it.<br />
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The girls got to go pick out some special treats for being such brave girls!Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-91108161669684338602011-09-25T20:33:00.000-07:002011-09-25T20:33:46.755-07:00We suck at blogging.Okay, so I suck at blogging. Life just gets busy. And the blog is the first thing to go. So, sorry for the lack of communication...I will try to be a little more "chatty". (Did you ever think I would be accused of not talking?)<br />
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So, in a nutshell....Bree had super enlarged tonsils for about 2 months before she got them out a month ago. We have seen much better improvements with speed of swallowing, and articulation of speech. She is still doing feeding therapy, but we had to drop down to one time a week because we maxed out our credit cards paying for the gas of driving 1 hour each way three times a week for 3 plus months. We are just trying to do the best that we can.<br />
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Derrick is on the never ending ear infection. We have discovered that he is allergic to penicillin, and one other antibiotic (it starts with an O?) so the only antibiotic he can use is zithromax, which really does not do much for him. It keeps the infection from getting worse, but does not really clear it up. He has had his current one since the beginning of August/end of July. We are waiting on his ENT consult to get tubes put in. We have an appt on October 10th.<br />
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Riley has started seeing a therapist because she acts out with her behavior. She is very angry towards Bree and when she gets into trouble she screams, hits, and throws things. We do still give consequences because of her behavior but we do not see much results. Hopefully, the therapist can help us as a family and her as an individual.<br />
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I am going through some allergy craziness. I have discovered that I am not a picky eater as I thought....I am actually allergic to the stuff I do not like. However, my body is a medical mystery that likes to keep everyone guessing. The first time I was allergy tested I ended up needing an epi pen and had a bad reaction. Ended up in the ER and was on some heavy duty meds. Last week I had another skin allergy test with a different doctor and even though the skin prick part showed negative on everything, my throat still started to swell. Off the ER I went. Once again I am on prednisone (devil drug) and needing benadryl to help keep my throat swelling feeling and chest pain at bay. I have to lay low and not do very much...which is kinda hard to do with 3 kids, especially when it is your oldest's birthday.<br />
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Adam made Staff Sergeant last month and I could not be more proud of him! He finally applied himself and studied his booty off and he made it! This is wonderful news. He also received orders last month that informed him that he will be leaving in April to go serve a one year remote tour in South Korea. We will miss him, but we know that it is necessary for his job. Even military members (and families) who are not serving actively in the war must make sacrifices.<br />
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I will keep up as well as I can. Hope you all are doing well!Tashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698577505948929856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773439966298396412.post-7532551061061228182011-09-25T08:40:00.000-07:002011-09-25T08:41:41.619-07:00Happy 4th!My Riley Kay is 4 years old today. It seems like just yesterday I had her and could hear her screaming as I was on the operating table. She has far exceeded our expectations and she amazes us on a daily basis. She is very witty and comes up with the craziest things to say. She also seems wise beyond her years and knows things that she shouldn't. I cannot believe how you have grown my sweet girl and I look forward to watching you grow some more in the coming years....<br />
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