We have had a busy few weeks here; it seems like every day we have something to do. It is never really anything exciting (doctors appointments, physio, ot, counselling, work) but it keeps us busy.
Yesterday we spent the whole day contemplating buying a new sofa. We went to the furniture store 3 times throughout the day trying t0 find one we both liked in our price range. We went home without one. We talked for hours last night about it and decided that we need to see a few more before we make our choice. Because I work at dufresne furniture I get a few special deals. But there was nothing in my store that was going to fit in our living room that we liked, so tomorrow when Ryan and I go to Winnipeg we are going to check out Dufresne there and see if they have anything different on their floor. Hopefully in the next week or two we will have purchased new couch. That should give us time to mouse proof our house a little better before the furniture arrives.
Rawley has been enjoying his summer, but I think he is ready to go back to school. He needs to get back on a schedule. I am not sure how our mornings are going to go though. After having almost 2 months to lounge around in the morning and not get ready for anything, it is going to be a shock to his system to have to get up and get ready for school. I think we will start our new morning routine next week though to help him have some time to get back on schedule.
Rawley is in with his counsellor right now. He has been going to weekly counselling sessions here at the child and adolescent treatment centre. I think it is really good for him. We have also been filling out a lot of paperwork for him to meet a psychologist in October. I am looking forward to having someone work one on one with him and his meds. They have a suspicion that he may also suffy from anxiety disorder so we will be looking at coping with that as well. I think with all the help he is receiving here and all the love he gets t home he will do just fine. I just need to work on my patients a little still.
Everett had an appointment with his pediatrician last Tuesday and I cannot say I am overly happy with what he suspects is wrong with Everett. We have been aware of Everett’s food sensitivities for some time now and have been catering to them. We definitely know that it is helping but yet we still struggle with many things with him
After we explained all this to the doctor he asked a few questions and then came to a conclusion. Everett’s pediatrician seems to think that his nervous system is out of whack, he is low on serotonin and will have sensitivities to all things not just food. He may be sensitive to lights, sounds, people, colours, toys…. Our job will be to keep a daily journal of his life and figure out what his triggers are. So, it appears he is going to be a bit of a difficult one. We will have a lot of trial and error to go through with him. Hopefully it will not take long to fnd some things that soothe him and make him comfortable.
Oh Rawley is done, time to go.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Water Park
It has been hot here. It is hard to beat the heat because Everett really likes to be outside. We took the boys to near by water park t play for the afternoon. Neither boy actually went right in the water, but having the spray get us seemed enough to cool us off. Everett actually seemed scared of the water, which is a first.
Rawley really likes to spray people with the cold water, but does not like to be sprayed.
My goofy boy.
Everett has found a new hang out. He opens the corner cupboard and plays inside, often closing the door behind him.
hee hee
Rawley really likes to spray people with the cold water, but does not like to be sprayed.
My goofy boy.
Everett has found a new hang out. He opens the corner cupboard and plays inside, often closing the door behind him.
hee hee
Thursday, August 4, 2011
He's Talking
Everett is talking a little bit. He has been saying 'Dada' for months now, but some other things over the past couple weeks have become more clear as well.
Everett just started saying 'Mom-mom' last week. I worked on this one for a while and he still does not say it often.
Everett says :
"uh" which means 'up'
"ta" which means 'tata'
"yeah" which I am not sure he knows the meaning to or if he just says it.
"uh oh" which does not need explanation
At the camp ground last month we were all finishing up supper when Everett threw what was left of his on the floor. Immediately after doing this he looked around and said "Isk, Isk". He was saying Risk, which is the name of Grandma's dog. He has a bad habit of feeding risk most of his meals, but this was the first time we could prove it was deliberate.
Every time Everett pets Risk we always remind him to be nice. Some times we take his hand and pet Risk and say "nice" while we do it. Ryan's mom was telling us that last weekend when she had Everett he was sitting on the edge of the bed petting Risk and each time he pet risk across his back he would say, "ice".
Other Cute Things Everett Does:
If I tell him we are going to go have a bath he gets all excited and laughs while crawling up the stairs to the bathtub.
Everett has been giving High fives for a bit now and each time he laughs but Ryan is teaching him how to 'pound it' (which for those who don't know, is when you bump knuckle together) and Everett thinks it is hilarious.
He uses my cordless mouse and a telephone
Waives hello and good bye to almost anyone.
Other Things Everett is Doing That is Not So Cute:
- getting up 4-6 times a night
- crying when put down in his crib, even if you think he is fast asleep
- rolling over and screaming when having a poopy diaper changed
- throwing fits when he can't have the remote or sell phone
- screaming if I leave the room
Everett just started saying 'Mom-mom' last week. I worked on this one for a while and he still does not say it often.
Everett says :
"uh" which means 'up'
"ta" which means 'tata'
"yeah" which I am not sure he knows the meaning to or if he just says it.
"uh oh" which does not need explanation
At the camp ground last month we were all finishing up supper when Everett threw what was left of his on the floor. Immediately after doing this he looked around and said "Isk, Isk". He was saying Risk, which is the name of Grandma's dog. He has a bad habit of feeding risk most of his meals, but this was the first time we could prove it was deliberate.
Every time Everett pets Risk we always remind him to be nice. Some times we take his hand and pet Risk and say "nice" while we do it. Ryan's mom was telling us that last weekend when she had Everett he was sitting on the edge of the bed petting Risk and each time he pet risk across his back he would say, "ice".
Other Cute Things Everett Does:
If I tell him we are going to go have a bath he gets all excited and laughs while crawling up the stairs to the bathtub.
Everett has been giving High fives for a bit now and each time he laughs but Ryan is teaching him how to 'pound it' (which for those who don't know, is when you bump knuckle together) and Everett thinks it is hilarious.
He uses my cordless mouse and a telephone
Waives hello and good bye to almost anyone.
Other Things Everett is Doing That is Not So Cute:
- getting up 4-6 times a night
- crying when put down in his crib, even if you think he is fast asleep
- rolling over and screaming when having a poopy diaper changed
- throwing fits when he can't have the remote or sell phone
- screaming if I leave the room
Thursday, July 21, 2011
As Promised
Here are the pictures
Everett Playing at our Mary Kay year end BBQ
Everett just being cute as a button
This picture is awesome for 2 reasons.
1. Everett's outfit: it looks like Richard Simmons dressed him
2. He is so out of it, this is so odd for Everett
That's all
Opps Sorry
I know I said I would post pictures, but I ran out of time to upload them while I was home.
I wanted to post though because I am so excited that.........
We are going to BC in 2 Months and 8 days. Woo Hoo!!!
We received an invite to a friends Wedding for October first. I mentioned to Ryan one day that I would really like to go home for the wedding and a little holiday. He completely understood and decided that no matter what we would get me home (isn't he the greatest hubby ever?)and then if we found a really good seat sale he would come too. We have been watching flights for a bit and decided that even if we fly out of Regina at $149 a ticket that maybe Ryan should come too as he needs a holiday as well.
Then today Ryan was on facebook and saw his friend mention something about seat sales out of Winnipeg. We are flying to BC for only $105 and home for only $85. We save over $200 and an extra hour and half drive each way not going to Regina. I am so so so pumped.
Not to be all whinny but I think Ryan and I have had a really hard year. Between Everett's troubles, Rawley's ADHD troubles and Ryan's accident at work we so deserve a break from life to just have fun, and we are going to do it.
Just knowing that we have this to look forward to makes me so happy. To have carefree time alone with Ryan to just have fun and enjoy each others company has me all excited.
Of course this trip would not be possible for us if it were not for Ryan's amazing parents. They have been incredible since the very first time I met them and continue to amaze me with their love and support through everything. They are keeping the boys while we have this holiday and I could not be more thankful.
Thank You Mom & Dad!
And thank you WestJet for your seat sale!
oh and Thank You Meredith and Dustin.....as we will be staying with you ;)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Going....To .....Die...From.....The....Heat
Oh my word it has been so hot here, and not their usual dry heat I was told about. We have had 90-100% humidity for days and days. Last night when we went to bed at 11 it still felt like 43 degrees out and then this morning when i woke up at 6:30 with Everett it was already (or still) feels like 35 degrees. Every time you walk out the door you start to sweat. I feel gross. Everett is sleeping in the dinning room in front of the a/c. Ryan and I close our door about an hour before bed to trap the cool air from the A/C in there and Rawley has 2 fans blowing on him in his room. It doesn't really seem to bother Rawley though. I am like my Grandma though, I get cranky when it is too hot.
Ryan has been doing really well. His hand is healing up so nicely. Maybe tomorrow I will take some new pictures of it to post. He still has pain and there is very little movement in his fingers and thumb. he is supposed to be doing exercises every hour, but because they don't move and it hurts he does not do them as much as he should. I guess I should be harder on him and get him doing them though. His Physio Therapist does not really know how much movement to do right now. Because his tendon repair was minimal they should be able to move the thumb a lot, but because the skin graft has not heeled they should not move it much at all. So for now they are leaving it a week or so before they really beat him up.
I think Rawley is starting to get bored of summer break. Not that he would ever admit it. For the first few weeks he would get up and go outside, come eat lunch then go outside, even after dinner he would go outside and find friends to play with. This past week he has kind of hid in his room reading and playing. He doesn't have that same excitement about being able to go out and play anytime. He has enjoyed his time spent with Grandma & Grandpa at the camp ground, he takes his bike with him and usually can find someone to ride around with.
The first week of August Rawley is going to going to Mini University. It is a summer camp set up like a university. Rawley has 6 blocks in a day to fill up, 3 before lunch and 3 after. There were i think 6 categories to choose from like Science, Literature, PE, Computers, Drama... and I can't remember. Rawley is taking Golf, Archery, Computer Games, Flying Machines, Floor Hockey and I think Concoctions. He is really excited to go to that. I am excited to see him learning and having fun.
Everett is doing a little bit better with his sleep lately. We had slowly started him on some dairy, fruit and wheat's about 2 months ago. He seemed to be handling it all very well so we thought maybe he had grown out of some of his tummy issues. However, after a few weeks of really awful sleeps, screaming and crying at night, wanting to be help and lots of pulling up and kicking out his legs I wondered if his tummy was still sore. Last Thursday I decided to cut everything out of his diet again and see if it made a difference. It did. He only woke up once the first night, slept through the night the second night, then went back to getting up once a night. I almost feel spoiled right now. It is like night and day. I mean he still has a hard time getting to sleep, still cries and needs to be help when he wakes, but it last 20-30 minutes instead of hours and hours. I have only had to sleep with him once in the past 6 nights. That's progress!!!! Poor baby is not happy about his diet though. No more bananas, no more cherries, no more toast, no more ice cream. We did buy him some lactose free stuff and some gluten free stuff to try to make up for it though.
Everett also now has 5 teeth. He got his two top eye teeth first so he looked like he had fangs. After that he got one on the bottom, then his two middle top teeth came in. Also, Everett is walking. He can go about 20 or so steps, but still tumbles a few times here and there. He will not have me video tape him though. He will walk up a storm and then I try to catch him on video and he sits down.
Everett's favorite toys are the remote, our cell phones, the laptop, pens, scissors, nail clippers and any kind of long stick he can smash stuff with. He can climb onto the couch himself. Then from there he gets up on the coffee table, from then he tries to get on the computer desk, which is right by an opening from our living room upstairs to our kitchen downstairs. Since this is not exactly safe we had to get rid of our coffee table for now.
Rawley used to sit on the floor and play with toys for hours, Everett plays with them so a second then finds something to destroy. Still loves to smash the TV, loves to find small things to hid in Daddy's sub woofer. Loves to through anything down the stairs. He has a pretty good hand on him too.
That's what is up with us. I will be posting some pictures tonight or tomorrow.
Ryan has been doing really well. His hand is healing up so nicely. Maybe tomorrow I will take some new pictures of it to post. He still has pain and there is very little movement in his fingers and thumb. he is supposed to be doing exercises every hour, but because they don't move and it hurts he does not do them as much as he should. I guess I should be harder on him and get him doing them though. His Physio Therapist does not really know how much movement to do right now. Because his tendon repair was minimal they should be able to move the thumb a lot, but because the skin graft has not heeled they should not move it much at all. So for now they are leaving it a week or so before they really beat him up.
I think Rawley is starting to get bored of summer break. Not that he would ever admit it. For the first few weeks he would get up and go outside, come eat lunch then go outside, even after dinner he would go outside and find friends to play with. This past week he has kind of hid in his room reading and playing. He doesn't have that same excitement about being able to go out and play anytime. He has enjoyed his time spent with Grandma & Grandpa at the camp ground, he takes his bike with him and usually can find someone to ride around with.
The first week of August Rawley is going to going to Mini University. It is a summer camp set up like a university. Rawley has 6 blocks in a day to fill up, 3 before lunch and 3 after. There were i think 6 categories to choose from like Science, Literature, PE, Computers, Drama... and I can't remember. Rawley is taking Golf, Archery, Computer Games, Flying Machines, Floor Hockey and I think Concoctions. He is really excited to go to that. I am excited to see him learning and having fun.
Everett is doing a little bit better with his sleep lately. We had slowly started him on some dairy, fruit and wheat's about 2 months ago. He seemed to be handling it all very well so we thought maybe he had grown out of some of his tummy issues. However, after a few weeks of really awful sleeps, screaming and crying at night, wanting to be help and lots of pulling up and kicking out his legs I wondered if his tummy was still sore. Last Thursday I decided to cut everything out of his diet again and see if it made a difference. It did. He only woke up once the first night, slept through the night the second night, then went back to getting up once a night. I almost feel spoiled right now. It is like night and day. I mean he still has a hard time getting to sleep, still cries and needs to be help when he wakes, but it last 20-30 minutes instead of hours and hours. I have only had to sleep with him once in the past 6 nights. That's progress!!!! Poor baby is not happy about his diet though. No more bananas, no more cherries, no more toast, no more ice cream. We did buy him some lactose free stuff and some gluten free stuff to try to make up for it though.
Everett also now has 5 teeth. He got his two top eye teeth first so he looked like he had fangs. After that he got one on the bottom, then his two middle top teeth came in. Also, Everett is walking. He can go about 20 or so steps, but still tumbles a few times here and there. He will not have me video tape him though. He will walk up a storm and then I try to catch him on video and he sits down.
Everett's favorite toys are the remote, our cell phones, the laptop, pens, scissors, nail clippers and any kind of long stick he can smash stuff with. He can climb onto the couch himself. Then from there he gets up on the coffee table, from then he tries to get on the computer desk, which is right by an opening from our living room upstairs to our kitchen downstairs. Since this is not exactly safe we had to get rid of our coffee table for now.
Rawley used to sit on the floor and play with toys for hours, Everett plays with them so a second then finds something to destroy. Still loves to smash the TV, loves to find small things to hid in Daddy's sub woofer. Loves to through anything down the stairs. He has a pretty good hand on him too.
That's what is up with us. I will be posting some pictures tonight or tomorrow.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Updates
Ryan has been doing okay. He is feeling pain now and then but mostly just a lot of discomfort and weird sensations that he cannot really describe. We have has an assortment of different nurses visit us in the home. The first being the private nurses that we told we would not need anymore. I did his dressing Then we saw Ryan's Occupational Therapist and she did his dressing that day. We decided that i could do his dressings over the weekend, but by Sunday STEP (short term emergency program) was able to send a nurse. We liked her and she seemed to know what she was doing. She also listened to us and made sure Ryan was at ease. STEP then sent another nurse today who also seemed to be good. She was a little rough and wrapped things a little tight. By 9 pm Ryan had me re-wrap everything a little looser. We would be able to work with this nurse though just by asking her to wrap looser next time. The problem, we have now been switched over from STEP to actual home care. So, starting Friday we have to explain to yet another nurse how to wrap up his poor fingers. This has been a bit frustrating, but certainly not the end of the world.
Ryan goes back to Winnipeg tomorrow to have his stitches removed. Plastics will also look at his skin graft and make sure it is healing properly. I really hope having his stitched removed is not as painful for him as when they put them in.
Other news: Everett is still working on some teeth, he is cranky as stink. Driving me beserk. I love the little bugger, but he can really push button. and temper....holy moly man.
Rawley has been really good lately. He spends most of his days outside on his bike, even when he goes to the trailer with Grandma & Grandpa he finds friends there and rides his bike. He has a never nice tan.
It is hot and muggy here and then the second it is nice enough to go outside the bugs are out. We do try to get out for a few hours in the evening with Everett. I got him a little second hand pool and he has his water table he got for his birthday out in the yard and that keeps him pretty happy. Here are some pictures to prove it.
Ryan goes back to Winnipeg tomorrow to have his stitches removed. Plastics will also look at his skin graft and make sure it is healing properly. I really hope having his stitched removed is not as painful for him as when they put them in.
Other news: Everett is still working on some teeth, he is cranky as stink. Driving me beserk. I love the little bugger, but he can really push button. and temper....holy moly man.
Rawley has been really good lately. He spends most of his days outside on his bike, even when he goes to the trailer with Grandma & Grandpa he finds friends there and rides his bike. He has a never nice tan.
It is hot and muggy here and then the second it is nice enough to go outside the bugs are out. We do try to get out for a few hours in the evening with Everett. I got him a little second hand pool and he has his water table he got for his birthday out in the yard and that keeps him pretty happy. Here are some pictures to prove it.
