Back to School

I met with my academic advisor today. I only have 4 classes to take before I start nursing school. The only problem is I have to take one in order to take the other. I have to take Anatomy and Physiology 1(A&P), then Anatomy and Physiology 2(A&P), then Microbiology. I also have to take sociology or psychology but it doesn't require a prerequisite. I'm going back and forth between taking a class during the summer or not. If I take A&P 1 this summer I would go to school 5 days a week for 4 weeks from 7:30-11:00. It doesn't sound bad but here's the problem.
A&P 1 is only offered during the Fall semester and A&P 2 is offered in the Spring. So, if I take A&P 1 this summer I wouldn't take A&P2 until Spring 2010. All the times for the four classes I have to take just don't fit into my schedule. Next year Kaleb will be in Kindergarten but his school doesn't start until 9:00. Austin is going to preschool two days a week and his school starts at 9:30. Of coarse, the classes I need to take all start at 9:40. Why can't I be in two places at once? I'm still trying to figure it all out and only have until 4/7 which is when registration starts. Luckily, I'm a 5Th year senior so I get to register first. At least that's one little perk!

Once I get these classes done, nursing school is 5 semesters which is 2 1/2 years and I would be off during the summer. I can't wait to just get started..............

ENT visit

Today was our appointment with Dr. Naidu. I usually take both kids to the doctor at the same time but since Mom is off work, I got to take one at a time. It was so nice to actually hear what the doctor had to say.
Austin doesn't go to school on Monday's but Kaleb does. Austin had the first appointment so I took him while Mom went and checked Kaleb out of school early. Austin got 3 x-ray's done to see if he still had the infection. Of coarse, he does. Luckily, the ear infection is gone but he still had some clear fluid in his ears. The doctor wasn't too concerned about it but thinks that if the adenoids are removed, the infection will have room to drain or his adenoids are the cause of infection. He's never had strep or any tonsil problems so he's going to leave them alone.

Kaleb didn't get an x-ray because the doctor could hear that he had large adenoids. When Kaleb breathes out of his nose it's very high pitched because the opening is so small and he simply can't get enough air. His lips stay extremely chapped because he does about 80% of his breathing out of his mouth. So, his adenoids are coming out too. He said Kaleb would have more benefits from the surgery than Austin. Once we can get Austin's infection to go away he will keep monitoring him to make sure that was the problem.
It finally feels like were going in the right direction. Surgery is setup for both of them on 4/9. I don't find out what time until the day before. According to the doctor it's completely painless and the boys won't have any down time. We shall see...............

Allowance

Kaleb has decided he wants a "CDS". I'm not sure why he wants a "Nintendo DS" because he can't even get the name right. Some kids at the gym have them and he's decided he has to have one. Brian and I told him that if he would start cleaning his room, get into the bathtub when I ask, and put his dishes in the sink we would start giving him an allowance. He's very excited about it and is liking saving money. He gets $1.00 a day and so far he's doing great and is proud of himself for being such a big boy.

Family Party

Today was Kaleb's family birthday party. He decided he hadn't turned 5 yet because he hadn't had a party. Brian's parents, my parents, my sister and her husband with sweet baby Oven, and my beautiful niece's came over. The boys had a blast. Austin got as many presents as Kaleb did and was so excited! Kaleb finally decided that he was 5 years old:(

So Sick:(

I called the doctor this morning at 7:30 because I have had ENOUGH! This is just ridiculous. I was up with Austin from 11 pm till 12:15 am trying to get him to stop coughing which nothing worked. I’ve tried every home remedy and have given him his last dose of antibiotic. I’m exhausted and so is he! He has major bags under his eyes and is so whiny that I think I have a newborn in a 3 year olds body. Seriously, I think he forgot how to walk.
Yesterday, I finally got my referral to make an appointment with an ENT named Dr. Naidu for March 30 which was his earliest appointment. I wanted to see Dr. Klug who is in the same practice but the wait was just too long. I would have loved to go to the ENT today instead of the doctor but for once, it wasn’t a waste of $30.
Our regular doctor is out of town for Spring Break so I got to see someone else in the group. A girl I went to High School with answered the phone and I told her what was going on. She got me an appointment with the top doctor in the practice and we were there within 30 minutes.
Two weeks ago, which is the last time we went to the pediatrician, I thought Austin was a lot better than Kaleb and really wasn’t worried about him. We went to the hospital and according to the x-ray; he had a sinus infection so they put him on antibiotics. Well, his health has been downhill since then and it’s not pretty. Luckily, we had Spring Break this week because theirs no way I would have sent him to school. Non stop deep coughing until you gag and his attitude is terrible because he’s exhausted.
Today he got two shots, a steroid, and an antibiotic because now, has a really bad ear infection+ a sinus infection. After he got the shots he proceeded to cry for an hour and a half. He couldn’t walk or talk. The only thing he could do was cry. We headed home so he could rest but he finally decided he was okay and wanted to go see Grandma. We made it 2 miles before he passed out and took a 2 ½ hour nap. I swear it’s the best sleep he’s had in weeks. No coughing! He slept on my chest so I was able to prop him up and fluctuate his body temperature. When he would get hot, I would uncover him and when cold, I would cover him up. I haven’t held him during a nap in years and I LOVED it. I gave him so many kisses. Kaleb was sitting a chair beside me and I kept thinking about how long it’s been since I held him. He’s so big now that his legs are all over the place and it’s just not comfortable to snuggle. They’re growing up way too fast:(

Kaleb's 5, WHAT?

Many tears have fallen from my eyes today. It's both a joyous and humbling experience when your children reach these amazing milestones in their lives. I look back to the last 5 years and can think of so many fun, interesting, annoying, ready to pull my hair out moments and wouldn't change it for the world! Were so grateful for the many people who have helped us along the way and God for leading us every step in the right direction.

Kaleb is ready for Kindergarten and can't wait to start. He knows all of the upper and lower case letters and what sounds they make. He can read several of the "Step 1" books. He knows how to write and spell his first and last name. He knows his address, phone number, birth date and year, rhyme, do opposites, simple addition, and tell me all the numbers 1-20. He is such a joy to be with(sometimes) and I'm truly thankful I get to be with him all the time. I'll ask him a question sometimes and if he doesn't know the answer he'll say "I don't know, why don't we google it". I never know what's going to come out of his mouth and he absolutely cracks us up. He's very serious and is at that age where it's harder to make him laugh. He tries to please everyone and would give anyone the shirt off his back. I see so much of Brian in him that it's crazy. We can definitely tell he got a lot more of Brian's genes than mine.

For his birthday, we took one of his classmates AJ and his brother Devin to the fire museum. There were a lot of people there when we arrived but luckily they left pretty quickly. The boys had a blast. It's not one of those places we would ever go back to but it was fun to go just once.

I'm thinking AJ and Kaleb wore Austin and Devin out! What do you think?

Trying to ride a bike

Today, Kaleb told me he wanted to learn how to ride a bike without training wheels. He tried about 10 minutes then decided he was done. He was so scared he would skin his knees that he didn't enjoy it at all. I swear he's never going to learn how to ride a bike!

After Kaleb, Austin thought he would give it a shot. He does okay but all of the sudden turns the handlebars and gets out of control. Neither of the boys know how to ride a bike without training wheels but were still working on it and will be forever at this rate:(