Saying some words!!!

I'm so glad my son is working with a speech therapist. He had his 6 month evaluation this morning and he got 48 words. He said 48 words!!! It may not be a lot of words but for a boy who couldn't say 4 words before his surgery last August it's a huge improvement. I'm so proud of him. He has one more appointment left in March and then he goes to school after he turns 3 years old at the end of April. His school will help him develop his words and get him to use them in short sentences. He'll go until he starts pre-school and his speech program will work with his school to get him ready for Kindergarden when he's 5 years old. I guess when you push and say your concerns help does come. He'll be going back to Kaiser for more speech therapy in April. So double the therapy for 6 months should help him even more. My son is a sweet sensitive little boy who deserves the best!! I'll do anything to help my children achieve their most highest potential and if that means asking for help I will. No shame in asking for help!!! Take care, Peace!!! Time to party!!!

My brain is on overdrive!!

So this morning I grabbed the diet rockstar in the hope some how I will feel the effects of this drink wondering if I will finally get some energy from the stuff. I like the taste of it and that's all it's done for me. So today was like any other day just hoping like I always do that some how maybe today I will feel good. I've started taking some new pills (which I'll talk about on a later date but today I won't disclose this information right now) and I haven't really felt the effects yet until today. I finished this diet rockstar and in an hour my brain just decided to run and run and run like I'm on speed. My body on the other hand hasn't caught up yet but holy cow, this is something new. I don't know if I should be excited or not. My brain is like Hello, lets get this party started!!!! I kind of was in a funk this past week. I don't know really what it was about but I was feeling not so great like I'm seriously worn down, I have anxiety like theirs no tomorrow, facebook is driving me crazy and some how I just want to get out and do something. I want to do something but when you're body doesn't feel up to the challenge it's hard to accept. I get frustrated that my body doesn't allow me to just get up and go. I'm tired of feeling tired so can you believe somehow a miracle has happened and just maybe these new pills are doing it's work. I hope so but it's too soon to tell. I can't wait until I feel like my old self again. I was telling my daughter the other day Mommy used to be good at sports like Soccer, Downhill Skiing, Swimming and Basketball and she looked at me like I was crazy. Yes, I used to be good at something and now, it's like that part of my life didn't exist. I miss that life where I used to play sports. I loved exercise and feeling good I'm doing something. Soon, I hope!!! I need a vacation and sometimes I feel guilty for thinking I need a vacation like being a mother I have to be super 24 hours a day and my life has to be all about my family. I love my family and my kids are my world but in reality they can drive me up the wall that my head wants to explode so wishing I could have a break isn't too much to ask I don't think. I just need a couple of days to regroup and then I'm good to go again. I already think I'm going to ruin my kids lives and as much as I can give I still feel like I can't live up to my own expectations of a wife and mother. Some say I'm too hard on myself and to give myself a break but like I said I need a vacation so until that happens I'll be hard on myself. Take care, Peace!!!

Joe Flanigan!!!

http://twitpic.com/12hhkk Joe Flanigan kinda looks goofy in this pic but he's still hot!! So Jace Hall tweeted: I think NBC will be casting Rockford soon. If you want #JoeRockford you better tell NBC and the producers of the show. Make noise! More FLAN I never watched the first show The Rockford Files with James Garner but with anything Joe Flanigan I'll check it out. Hopefully he'll get the part!!! NBC hire Joe Flanigan!!! http://www.jacehallshow.com/ This dude is funny and I think Joe Flanigan is going to be on his web show tomorrow Friday February 12, 2002!!

Good things do come in small packages!!

So today while the hubby was taking one of our cats to the vet for a checkup I was trying to explain why I was buying things for Foster Kids to my 4 year old daughter. Explaining I used to be a Foster Kid and that my mother didn't give birth to me someone else did. So she was like "so grandma doesn't have a love scar like you?" So I said no she doesn't and then she replied with "so Mommy if you were a Foster Kid and grandma doesn't have a love scar then did you come from the store?" ( Love scar refers to my c-section scar) I explained it as much as I could without confusing her more. She now knows I was not bought in a store. So today we, as in the whole family went and dropped off our donation for Foster Kids. It's just letting our kids know they are truly blessed and we need to give our time to others who have less. It's great to teach them at such a young age. I don't know if my daughter truly understands any of this yet but I want to be a example to her and show her love can be given to strangers in the smallest ways. So while I was cleaning up the kids playroom before the SuperBowl my daughter comes to me and quietly says " mommy thanks for helping the Foster Kids", so I whispered back, you're welcome!! Take care, Peace!!!

Life's busy when you're doing nothing!!

So Saturday is coming up and I love Saturdays but this Saturday I'm not looking forward to it at all. I would rather shave my legs then deal with Saturday, pluck my eyebrows then deal with this Saturday. I don't want to have to hang with people I feel uncomfortable being around with. It's not my thing. Sure it's family but still, I would rather be doing something else. My hubby feels the same way and we were joking of dropping the kids off on the grandparents so we don't have to go. It's not going to be fun and I'm not the kind of person to be confrontational but sitting there making nice with small talk isn't my thing neither. So I'll go feeling uncomfortable because that's what I do. We were invited to go and doing nothing is better than making a big deal about it. I finally convinced the hubby to donate some of our old baby gear to a Women's Shelter. I feel this year I need to help more and there are organizations I believe my energy could use. I want to help people in my community who need help and are right here needing support!! I can't wait until Sunday because I'm going shopping for Pajama's, under garments, and socks for Foster Kids. Sleep Country USA are sponsor's. I was a Foster Kid and I want to give back!! Sleep Country USA Link It's so easy to just go buy something and drop it off. Maybe this will get me through this Saturday because I'm so excited to be doing this. It's a great cause to get involved with. So this year I'm finally figuring out what my purpose is even if it's something small. When I start feeling like my old self again I'll do more. Life's too short to sit around and do nothing. Take care, Peace!!!!