A boy and his dirt

It's been awhile....

Our first week of school was crazy and emotional to say the least. After 4 yrs of preschool Colton did great, but kindergarten was a new experience for him. I have to say he wasn't and still isn't exactly excited about it. Every day has gotten easier and every day there are less tears. He's already realized there are some cute girls in his class and already gotten brave enough to ask one to be his girlfriend. If it takes a cute little girl to help him get to school and stay there and be happy then I'm all for it. I actually think it's adorable how he gets all excited talking about it. He came home yesterday and whispered to me that he had asked her to be his girlfriend. Considering it was just me and him and the dogs I thought it was pretty cute.

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After weeks of him complaining that his tummy hurts we found out yesterday that he has GERD which is like reflux. After listening to the doctor I am pretty sure he has had it his whole life and now I feel bad. He's complained off and on for years and I just chalked it up as he didn't want to do something. However, as a baby he spit up really bad and we made changes to take care of that. 2 yrs ago it got pretty bad and we got medicine to fix it and then got lazy about his diet again and now with the anxiety of school it's acted up really bad again. We are back to being real strict on his diet and looking for natural ways to fix this so he doesn't have to take meds that his body will eventually become use to.

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Brad still has his cast and crutches. Although he seldom uses the crutches these days. It's going to be a long 3 more weeks. He is ready to run and found out today it will be at least 8 weeks before he can start running again. Praying that the time goes fast and it heals fast so he can get back to his active self again.

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We lost my aunt last week pretty suddenly. She went in the week before with double pneumonia and was transferred to Houston and was sedated to see if her body could rest and get better and never really came to again. It's bittersweet. We lost her and the time we all wish we still had with her, but I got to see my cousins and rebuild the relationship we use to have after many years of losing touch. To see them go through this has been tough and brought back lots of memories of losing my own mom. It's neat to look back and see all "God" things that have happened along the way when you are going through things like this. When mom died I was sick and not able to go to the hospital the last 2 days she was alive for fear I would make her sick. She was having problems eating so I had taken a dropper up to dad to see if he could use that to get some ensure into her. When I opened the door she was alert enough to say, "hi Amanda, I love you." and that was the last thing she said to me and the last time I saw her alive. If you know me, I needed that and still do. My cousins kind of had a "moment" per say with their situation also. They all came into town not knowing what the outcome would be. 2 came from California and have not spoken to my aunt in awhile. She had been drugged for awhile and Monday they decided to take her off her meds for a few minutes to see if she would respond. Having a ventilator she couldn't talk, but when she saw her kids all together tears rolled down her cheeks and within a few hours later she would not awake again. To me at the moment you don't always realize it, but that was her way of saying I see you and I am content. I think our minds need to have that closure when it comes to family. I think it helps to heal and have that "moment."

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It's been a busy week and I have to say today was just a day to catch up and it was nice.

It's very quiet around here with just Sadie and me. Colt's at school, Brad's at work, and Maggie is getting fixed so we don't have any extra puppies running around. She is 2, but acts like a 6mth old puppy still and can't stay still for long. I think Sadie could get use to this again. : )

And the outcome is.....

Things are never dull around our house and this week is no different. My wonderful husband that is still a kid at heart hurt his ankle/foot 3 weeks ago today riding his dirt bike with Colt. He's hobbled on it since then. Last Friday after the swelling or pain wasn't going away he finally decided to go to the doctor. Had an MRI on Wed and found out today that the top bone in his foot is shattered in a bunch of different pieces. Nothing went anywhere so now we just ride it out. He'll come back on Monday and get a boot and crutches and wear that for about 4 weeks as of now. Why wait till Monday you ask? Because he has too much to do at work today and tomorrow to miss it. So he smooth talked the Dr. to wait until Monday. So, Monday will be a new day and we'll see where things go. Until then, I will breathe a sigh of relief and thank God at least we aren't having surgery to fix the problem. Boys will be boys and most of the time I am glad he's still young at heart!

Colt met his teacher

There is a lot of change going on in our house right now. Colt will start kindergarten on Monday and could not be happier with his teacher. He loves Ms. Whitby from his days of helping Di in Emma's class so I am excited that he is ready. He was really hesitant the last couple of weeks and I think this will push him to want to go which is a good thing. He is a little behind for his age because he's a boy for one and he just truly doesn't care. He loves to be out doors and do anything, but does not want to sit and work on letters and numbers. I haven't pushed it, but we did get him a tutor to kind of help him along. He loves it and thinks it's what everybody does so he looks forward to it every week. We'll stick with it for a little while and see how it goes with school and tutoring and then we'll see if we can drop it and just let him learn in the classroom. He is so smart that it frustrates me. If he wants to learn it it comes so natural and fast, but if he doesn't care you can forget it.

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Maggie continuously gets out of the fence and it's driving me crazy. You patch one spot and she finds another. I wish we had the money to just have someone come in a redo it all, but in the meantime there are other things I would rather have first so it will have to wait. We'll just keep patching to get the job done and keep her in.

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I'm excited to see what's in store for me for the next few months with Colt in school. Lots of free time that sounds like I will have tons of time to use, but I know it's going to fly and I'll find other things to take up my time.

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Brad had an MRI done last night and we will head to the Dr tomorrow or Tues to see the results and find out if we are going to have to have surgery or what the outcome will be. I'm ready for him to feel better and he's ready to ride again.

Brad and Colt funny faces from Friday

A Saturday Evening

My niece doing what she does 24hrs a day, 7 days a week-gymnastics

Colt playing with Brad
Emma and Colt playing like they are going for a boat ride

cheese

happy face (he hates to smile for the camera)

chill-axin

Lego store and more legos

We went to the lego store this morning with my niece and 2 nephews and sister-in-law and made a day out of it. The kids loved the lego store and Colt spent his money there. We made a stop at the hermit crab quiosk in the middle of the mall for my 12 yr old nephew and then my other nephew bought legos also. We stopped for my niece's pick at build a bear and then headed to lunch. Everyone got what they wanted, although, I can say I saw Sonic at the mall for the first time. Didn't know they were in malls. Then we got dipping dots and headed home. I was finally happy on the way out and declared it a great day when all 4 of them said, "Thanks Mani. That was lots of fun." Then Emma decided to chime in and say, we should do that every day. A little more money that we need to spend every day, but glad they had fun. Here's some pics from this afternoon of Colt playing legos. And one of Maggie watching him.