Austin's Christmas program

Today was Austin's Christmas program at school. He's on the top row right in the middle. They sang 3 songs in English then Jingle Bells in Spanish. When it was time for Jingle Bells, the Spanish teacher stood in front to help. She reminded them to sing loud and the next thing you hear is Austin at the top of his lungs "don't forget to smile". The entire place busted out laughing. He sang his little heart out up there. He waved and blew kisses at us the entire time. After the 3 year olds sang, they had to sit on the stairs and the 2 year olds stood on the floor in front of them. Austin put his hands on his knees and propped his head up because he was bored. When his class finally left the Sanctuary, he turned and waved yelling "bye Mom". He melts my heart!!!!!

ENT trip 2

Man am I glad I got my appointment back!

I took Kaleb to the ENT today and nothings cleared up. He's been battling a sinus infection since a little before Halloween and none of the antibiotics have done anything. He's on the last antibiotic(Suprax)before we consider another surgery. He goes back in two weeks and if the x-ray comes out clear, life will be great! If not, Kaleb will get his first cat scan. There's suppose to be air in your sinuses which on x-ray's would be black. His x-ray's are completely white so nothings draining or moving. Please keep him in your prayers. He's been such a trooper through all of this.

Allergic reaction

The boys spent the night with my parents last night and when Mom brought them home, Kaleb looked terrible. He had 103 temperature, whelps on his face, and threw up his medicine. I called the ENT as soon as they opened. The nurse told me to call the pediatrician because Dr. Naidu's in surgery on Thursday and Friday's. I got an appointment for 11:00 and raced out the door.
Austin had a birthday party for Jesus so we headed to Target for a present, then off to school. Brian stayed home with Kaleb and took him to the doctor. They were there for 2 hours waiting on everything. They checked him for strep, took his blood for bacteria, and had to wait for the paperwork from the ENT to be faxed over. Everything came back normal so he was just having an allergic reaction to the medicine. She told us to cancel our appointment with the ENT because everything was clear. She didn't give him another antibiotic and told us to give him benedryl and everything would be okay once all the medicine was out of his system.

I called the ENT and cancelled the appointment as soon as I got out of school. I was really excited because that would save me $50. Right at 5:00 the pediatrician called and told me that the ENT did want to see Kaleb and she had hoped I hadn't cancelled the appointment. I called and thankfully got my appointment back.

Children's museum

Brian and I took the kids to the Children's museum today. We haven't been able to do anything like that in awhile so it was a nice family fun day. Everyone needs that every once in awhile!

This is Kaleb and Brian snow skiing down a hill. It doesn't look like they got too cold:)

Early decorations

We decorated the house for Christmas today. The boys had fun putting their ornaments on the tree. If it wasn't theirs, they didn't want anything to do with it. This is the first year the boys actually wanted to decorate the tree. They usually put about 5 ornaments on then lose interest but this year, they actually decorated the tree and helped decorate the house. Their growing up WAY TOO FAST!!!!

Thanksgiving party

Today was Kaleb's Thanksgiving party at school. Austin had a blast because he got to help setup and got his own plate. Must be nice to know Mom's in high places;) It wasn't too entertaining. They ate, then we went to his class so I could check him out. I think they make things like that on Friday's because their ready to get rid of our kids. Fine with me! For a special treat, we headed up to the gym to go swimming.

My Mom

My Mom's been on my case about updating the blog. I do try, but when it comes down to it, my grade is a lot more important than updating this. Yes, I love my family keeping up with us, but if I don't get an A in Anatomy and Physiology, I'm not going to be a nurse. I do have a very low A so far:) I've got a 93, but 1 test could make the difference between an A and a B. Yep, I'm a full fledged dork! I study all the time!
The boys are just like I was when I got my first Biology book. They like to look through it and find all the booties and tete's and laugh hysterically. I've come to the realization that the body isn't as funny as it use to be. It's the most amazing thing God has ever created.

I can't believe what a body can do to heal itself and clean out foreign debrie.

I use to tan a lot and am not sure that I'll ever get back into our tanning bed.

I think bones are amazing and can't believe they're as strong as they are.

The list could go on and on but I don't want to bore anyone with science.
I haven't taken science since high school and had a HORRIBLE teacher then. I knew nothing when I entered this class but have learned more within the last two months than I could have ever dreamed of. I'm so thankful for a great teacher and will still be studying every night until December 14. She's tough but at least she speaks English!