Saturday, January 5, 2008

First Update of the Day

But there will be more...trust me. :0)

Yesterday we took Kody to see the Endrocronologist at Shands for a routine appt.
Dr. Shatz was freakin' when he saw the size of Bear. Then when Kody told him about black belt testing this coming Friday...the poor man freaked even more.

With all the seriously ill children that he see's everyday...watching Kody grow stronger and stronger was like a breath of fresh air.

So...
It was decided that we can take Kody's Synthroid {thyroid med} off of his daily medication list.
This is s trial as we are not sure 100% why his thyroid took a nose dive a couple of years ago. It could have been one of three things..
1. Due to the Carbatrol medication he was put on for seizures.
2. Tumor related.
3. Brought on by seizures.

Assuming that it was the Carbatrol, and since he is no longer on Carbatrol, but instead takes Keppra {for seizures} and Keppra is not known to cause thyroid problems, we can take him off the Synthroid and see.
He had his bloodwork done yesterday, again in 6 weeks and again in 3 months to check his thyroid.

However, if he starts to go downhill again then he'll need to get back on the Synthroid right away.

One thing through...since we are only 6 days away from Kody {and Kolin's} black belt testing we won't take him off until afterwards...just incase he starts to slip back a notch...we don't want anything interferring with something so important to him.

Other then that...he is huge and Dr. Shatz predicts he'll be about 6'1" to 6'2" when he finally stops growing.

OK..I'm off to get some more pictures ready for my next update, so for this morning I'll just leave you with a few I took a couple of days ago..

Adriana at 4 months...





This is what I call..
Classic Photog's Grandchild Syndrome a/k/a What Adri thinks of that camera stuck in her face constantly.



Be back later!!

Love, Kim

Friday, January 4, 2008

Hi...It's Me!!

Checking in very late because it was a long day.

Kody had an appt. in Gainesville and welp, the day juist got away.

Anywhos..I will update in the morning..here's a hint of how

A. An hour and a half of my day went.

B. What it's like to have me as a passenger.

C. Obvious signs I have no life.

D. Why I need to learn how to play Gameboy.



See you all tomorrow!!

Love, Kim

PS. Tomorrow's update will be all about that picture..taken at 75 mph, on the interstate.
I wasn't driving...I promise. :0)

Thursday, January 3, 2008

My Guitar Hero Is...




Kolin!!

Sorry about the awful picture...that boy moves FAST!! LOL!!!!!!

~Kim~

Guitar Hero

For one whole year straight one certain kiddo of mine has been dreaming over "Guitar Hero". That lil' rugrat finally got one.

Can you guess who that "Rockstar" is?



Have a great day everyone....stay warm...drink lot's of cappachinos!!

Love, Kim

New Years Update Delay

Sorry.....I couldn't get those two kiddo's of mine to come inside and cooperate for five minutes.
Must be nice being young and all and not minding the cold one bit.

I was thinking about writing a poem instead...but I'm no poet and I may get booed off of here if I try.

Hmmmm...I think I'll give it a try anyway. :0)

~Kim~

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Two Brother With Different Personalities

They both love the same things....mostly.
They kind of look alike...sort of.
They both eat alot....definetley.

But, as you can see by this photo taken only minutes ago...they come with two very different personalites.



I can only compare them to Adam and Jamie from "Mythbusters"
Fearless when it comes to doing stunts of any kind...trust me on that one..I am their Mom and I have gray hair, no more needs to be said.
One of those two is just a bit more serious then the other though and I guess I don't even have to say which one is which.

Gotta love them both though. Serious, silly or just plain seriously silly. :0)

Oh...and yes..that is winter wear they are wearing. We are freezing our Sunshiney State hinies off today.

I haven't forgotten the New Years update...we'll get to it, just as soon as Adam and Jamie put down the BB guns.
More pic's a little later on.

Have a really wonderful day everyone!!

Love, Kim

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Happy New Years!!

I promise this will be continued in a more proper a/k/a photo filled way tomorrow.

I've been meaning to update all day but didn't...OK, now come on, jow many of you were thinking..
"That must be one hell of a hangover she's got today".

Welp, I am happy and really relieved to say, I don't have a hangover...so nah nah nah nah nah to you for thinking that. :0)

Anywhos, my day went a lil' something like this..

Woke up with two boys in my bed, one with his gross naked feet in my face and one with his gassy butt pointing straight up in the air, both drooling.
Why were they there you may ask?
Oh..thank you for asking, let me tell you why.

Because try as I might I couldn't sleep with the two boys in the next room trying to watch TV and stay up till midnight, while I, not very blissfully, pulled the blankets over my head and hoped they would just fall asleep.

But no..no way, no how and so about 11:30 I said to them, "Oh just get your butts in my bed and we'll stay up together"

So, they did and we rocked to Dick Clark {bless his heart}, Ryan Seacrest and my personal facorite..Carrie Underwood, until finally 2008 hit us and then the hillbilly's and rednecks all over Leesburg started throwing off fireworks and shooting their shotguns like we were in some kind of colorful, drunk crazed war over a glass ball falling from the sky.

I told the boys "keep your heads low and go to sleep", which may sound kind of crazy but I thought it was pretty good maternal advice...and besides, I was tired and I couldn't think straight and bullets, you know...what goes up must come down.

OK...so today the two boys and I had this great idea for New Years pictures but that never happened because...

One....I had to put all the Christmas stuff away and pack a 50 pound tree into a 10 pound box which gets tricker every year and also requires alot more duct tape every year too.

Two...I had a kick butt lasagna to make and darn if nothing else mattered. Karlio and I have been dreaming of lasagna and dang it, we were having it even if it meant spending most of my day slaving away in the kitchen.
Which, BTW, I did and it was so weird, because I am soooo non-domestic and the kitchen has alot of strange things in there, half of which I don't even know the name of.
Try as I might, new things scare me and that new "Seen Only On TV Chop-a-Matic" of Karl's made me quiver...I just couldn't bring myself to stick an innocent onion in there.

So round 2 o'clock or so things start slowing down, kids are happy shooting BB's into paper cups in the back yard, lasagnas made and ready for the oven, Karl and Kyle James reconstruct a new driveway fence using an old dog kennel gate door thing when out of the blue, Kayara calls...

She is on her way to the ER because she got bit by a spider and it is not looking good.
So, they drop off Adriana to us and don't you just know it..sure enough, they think she was bit by a brown recluse which is very, very dangerous.
She is now sporting a 3 inch hole in her leg were the bite happened and ate away at her skin that fast. The Doctor at the ER had to cut the bite open, cleans out and put her on strong antibiontics.
It's ugly....very gross and painful..OMG, I can't even tell you.

In the meanwhile...Karl, working outside almost gets bit by a black widow spider.
Then, he and Kyle James capture it and put it in a baggie to show me.
OK, I could have passed out right then and there.

Love snakes...hate spiders.

So...the baby just left a little while ago and I figured the only right thing to do would be to...

Finish cleaning the kitchen...nooooooo.
Set up the coffee machine for the morning....nooooooo.
Knit something.......nooooooooo.
Go to bed.....noooooooo.
Jump on the computer and update....BINGO!!!!!

Tomorrow we'll get part two of New Years done because right now I have to...

Finish the kitchen.
Set up the coffee machine.
Knit something.
Go to bed.

Good night everyone!!!

Love, Kim

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