A Fun Day

Yesterday we decided to take a drive to the Coast for the day. We wanted to just have a fun day with each other and get away from all the craziness that is going on right now in our lives. We first went to Gerheart Beach because you can drive on the beach and we found a place to park and picnic. It was so fun. Keegan absolutely loved being in the sand. I looked over at him and he was rolling in it and making sand angels. Then he found this big piece of driftwood and he carried it around. We walked over to the ocean and he would stand kinda close but when the water would start coming in and get close to him he would take of running to the car screaming Ahhhhh! Then we drove to Seaside and we decided to go to the Aquarium. This is not really the best Aquarium but Keegan enjoyed it. The seals are funny although I didn't get any pictures of them, but the slap their sides and bark at people to get some fish. Keegan enjoyed watching them. If you were too close they would splash you as they begged for food. We walked around and looked at the different fish in the tanks and they had 2 large octopus. Pretty sure the one in the picture wanted to eat Keegan. He got very active when Keegans little head was peeking in the window. Keegan also had fun petting the starfish. He wasn't too sure at first but he at least tried it. We were all tuckered out by the time we headed home, but it was a really fun day with the family.

It's not funny anymore

If you have had a chance to read my last post you will understand the title of this post once I tell you. Ok so today Matt comes home and he says to me. The auto body place that we took our car to to have fixed after being rear-ended called him today. I said yeah. He continues by saying..... well the guy that backs the vehicles out of the shop for them backed our car into the brick building so the back corner is now smashed. But don't worry because they are going to take care of the damage 100%. Really! Is there really a question as to who would be responsible for that. Oh and we may be responsible for the towing because it was a dead battery and not due to the accident. That is total of $135.
Ok seriously stop laughing because it just isn't funny anymore.

The Good is just around the Corner

I haven't blogged in a long time because we have had all kinds of changes in our lives over the last few months and we have been busy trying to make decisions and get a new way of life figured out. I would say that since May I have gone through some of the scariest moments in my life so far. First of all Matt lost his job and that is really scary when we depend on his income to live. Unemployment took about 6 weeks to make a decision. So we have been living on my income alone and just taking it one day at a time with lots of faith and many many prayers. We are finally past the devistation and moving onto the opportunity side of things. Matt worked really hard over the last month to find another job. He spent many hours sending out resumes and the good news is he has been offered a position with Country Financial which he had to go through 5 interviews to get but he isn't on the payroll until he is licensed which is going to take another month plus. So we are still hanging in there. Our health insurance ran out the end of June and we are still trying to find some coverage for the family to get us through until we can get coverage through Matt's new job. My job does not offer health insurance. Independent insurance is expensive, of course there is affordable coverage out there that can get you by but if anything happens you are facing a large deductible. Which I guess would be better than footing the whole bill if anything major happened. Anyway, it is a huge change for us because we have had really good health coverage through Intel and we have not had to budget this before. Another change that is still in the air is child care. Before, we had our schedules arranged that the kids would be taken care of between Matt, myself and Grandma Dallmann. With the new change in Matt's schedule we aren't sure just yet how we are going to get it worked out. I keep praying that I will not have to take my kids to daycare. There are many reason why I don't want to and among one of those is the cost. Again we haven't had to budget for this before and don't know where the money will come from.
Once Matt got the news that Country wanted him on their team we were so excited and felt a huge relief. At the same time we got news that the Unemployment was accepted and he would begin receiving a weekly check. All good news. So we were looking up about things and beginning to feel pretty good......until this week came along.
I am off of work this week with no pay. That stinks...I used up all my vacation time when I had Myles and Dr. Ross always closes the office this week. Then on July 2nd we were driving into Portland and a kid ran into the back of our car. It wasn't a really hard hit which is good and we are all ok. But now we have to deal with taking the car to get fixed, and then trying to find a way not to have to come up with a $500 deductible up front. On July 4th I drove to Target and then to Kohl's and when I tried to start the car to come home it wouldn't start. So I started walking home on a very very hot day and luckily Kristen came to pick me up. We had the car towed and it turned out that it was a dead battery which cost us $92. On July 6th I was upstairs making Keegans bed and he was running around up there. He came into his room with his mouth open and drooling pointing inside his mouth. I ran over to see what he had in there thinking something was lodged in his throat but instead smelt Mentholatum. I knew right away that he had gotten into the humidifier and I didn't know if he had drank it or what so we had to call Poison Control. Luckily it turned out not to be a big deal. We just had to wipe his mouth out and give his a popsickle to get the yucky taste out. Apparently it happens alot according to the operator and unless he drinks half a bottle it wouldn't harm him. So we are beginning to think that things wills start to settle down and then last night, July 7th we were eating dinner and Keegan was sitting on a chair at the table and I don't know what he did but the chair fell backwards to the ground with him in it. He started screaming as we rushed to pick him up and realized that his mouth was bleeding. If you didn't know, I learned this trick from my mom. To stop bleeding in the mouth you pour a spoon of sugar on the area and the bleeding stops, not only that but the kid doesn't mind because it tastes good. I don't know what he hit his teeth on but he knocked both of his front bottom teeth loose. Again we have no insurance right now so we were scrambling at what to do. We called the on call Dr. for the pediatriacian and again they said to give him a popsickle for the swelling and keep and eye on him. Matt was terrified that the teeth were broken and they were obiously moved (crooked) so he called Kaiser, which is where Matt and I HAD insurance. They said that since Keegan wasn't a member they wouldn't give Matt any advise. Matt said, he is only 2, you won't give advice about a 2 year old that just knocked his teeth loose and then he said to the lady, you have no heart for a 2 year old and the lady replied, NO. So then we called a dentist that we had used in the past and he called us back and told us to come in first thing this morning and he would look at Keegan's teeth. We told him that we didn't have any insurance and the dentist said just bring him in and we will figure out what to do. Then last night as we were settling down for bed I went to use the bathroom and Matt was holding Myles when Keegan decided to roll off of our bed onto his head. It made a terrible noise followed by loud crying. I think that is just scared him more than anything but still scary. Our nerves were fried by the time we tried to sleep. Oh yeah and then Myles had a tummy ache a cried and cried for about an hour before he went to sleep. Then Keegan woke up screaming about midnight and I think he might have had a tummy ache. We were up with him for about an hour. Finally this morning we went to the dentist and they took an x-ray. He did knock both teeth loose and they shifted from the bone. There wasn't anything the dentist could do at this point. He said to keep an eye on them for infection or if the teeth start to turn grey. If they turn grey that means the nerve is dying and the teeth will have to be removed. Good thing they are just baby teeth and would fall out anyway, but he would be toothless for about 4 years. We are praying that the teeth will just heal on their own and just be a bit crooked. The dentist's office was very sympathetic and they only charged us $20. I guess the receptionist told me $26 but I thought she said $20 so she just took it and said that was fine she would just write off the rest. How lucky is that.
So that brings me to the title of this post. The good for us just has to be around the corner. With everything we will get through this and are looking forward to the time when things will be calm and peaceful around here. Until then, please just keep praying for us.

Holding his own.....

Holding his own bottle that is. Matt and I took the kids to the childrens museum and I stopped to feed Myles. He decided that at 3 months he can hold his own bottle. Super Kid!

There's a Party in my Tummy

Most of you are probably not familiar with Yo Gabba Gabba, but it is a daily show in our household. This is Brobee. I had to laugh when I took this picture. There is a show that plays that is called "Eat" and Brobee sings a song about the food wanting to go to the party in his tummy, so yummy, so yummy. And he asks all the food on his plate if they want to go to the party in his tummy. The food that is left on the plate starts to cry because they want to go to the party in his tummy too.

Keegan usually eats cereal, or oatmeal and toast, or pancakes for breakfast. I thought I would try to feed him scrabbled eggs and a slice of bacon for breakfast on Saturday. He ate the bacon and then threw the eggs around. I guess he decided that Brobee would eat the eggs because the eggs wanted to go to the party in his tummy.

Oh Keegan, he is a funny one.

Brothers

I can't believe how fast my two little boys are growing up. Myles is nearly 2 months old already. The time has gone so quickly. We are finally adjusting to having him here and Keegan is getting along with him pretty well. I even hear him singing Twinkle Twinkle to Myles sometimes and he is always sure to say "I love you baby brother" before going to bed. He likes to touch Myles face and give him kisses and he doesn't really understand right now why he can't do that because he has a cold and I am trying hard not to let Myles get a bad case of it. Keegan is such a sweetie and he is really learning his manners. He says please, and thank you and no thank you, and your welcome most of the time. He still struggles with I'm sorry but we are working on that. Right now Keegan favorite thing to do is go outside and ride on the train. I will have to take a picture of him doing that one of these days. But he absolutely loves it. It is a little battery operated train that has a track and he can sit on it and go around in circles. That was a good garage sale find. Keegan loves being outside and it doesn't matter if it is rain or shine. He just wants to be out there doing what little boys do. Getting into things he shouldn't (like dog poop) and getting dirty in whatever dirt he can find. Keegan is talking really good and saying full sentences. You can almost have a conversation with him. He is super funny. We saw uncle Damon the other day in town and when we stopped to talk for a minute he made uncle Damon laugh by showing him all his funny faces. He isn't always a cutie though. The last few weeks we have taken him to an indoor playland where he can run around and play and we have discovered he is a bully. Each time that we have gone there have only been 1 or 2 other kids there and Keegan pushes them and takes their toys away and the worst was yesterday he slapped a girl really hard across the face. I was horrified. Why does he do this. We don't slap or hit him so I don't know where he learns it. He isn't around other kids often so he doesn't learn it from them. And I am guessing because he isn't around other kids that is why he is possesive of everything. Definately something we have to work on. Keegan is now sleeping in his big boy bed every night. We took the crib from his room the other day and put it in what is going to be Myles room. Keegan still goes in there and says "Keegan's baby bed". We haven't started potty training just yet because there is so much going on right now and so much change as it is I don't want to overwhelm him even more. However, I can hardly wait to get him out of diapers. Keegan has also discovered "scary" and he says it alot about things that look different. He has become scared of the reflections in our windows in the living room at night time and he makes us close the blinds. His favorite food right now is a soft taco. We usually have them once a week and then Keegan will eat up any left overs. I think that pretty much sums up Keegan.

Myles is growing fast. He is sleeping pretty good. He is going to sleep around 1opm and then waking up around 3:30-4am. I keep hoping that he will start sleeping until at least 5am. Just a matter of time I guess. He is smiling alot now when you hold him and change his diaper. He is a 2 diaper for every change kind of kid. He waits for a clean diaper to finish his business. I feel like I am buying diapers all the time. I need to find the good deals on diapers. I am going broke. Myles is starting to find his voice and he lets out little coos and small giggles. I just love it. He still likes to be held, but he is a good cuddler. Currently he still has his touch of red hair and blue eyes. I haven't weighed him yet but he is eating good. He has already made it into 6 mnth clothing. He is such a cutie and I just love having him here.

As for me, I am getting ready to go back to work. Only 12 days left until my official return. Where did the time go. In one hand I am looking forward to it, and in the other hand I'm really not. I would like to keep working just less hours. I don't know how but someday I hope that will be possible. I want to spend more time with my family. Every now and then I get a nap in but most of my day is spent playing, chasing, feeding, rocking, dancing, coloring, tickling, cooking and cleaning. By the end of the dayI am exhausted and fall asleep within minutes of my head hitting the pillow. In fact Matt usually turns on the TV and I tell him to watch a show that I want to watch instead of one that he chooses and then I fall asleep immediately and he ends up watching what I decided. haha. I told him he doesn't have to do that anymore. He can watch extreme home makeover , or Dr. G medical examiner from now on. I'm usually pretty tired when Keegan comes in in the mornings. Getting up with Myles everynight takes a toll on this old body. I have lost all my baby weight and even a little more so I am thrilled with that. However I look at myself and think maybe I shouldn't tell anyone that I lost the baby weight because this is how big I was before getting pregnant. Oh man. I keep thinking that I am going to get up at 5am and go out walking and jogging. But then it is always dark at that time and I let myself think of scary things that could happen to me out on the streets in the wee morning hours by myself. I would love to have a gym membership and a really good pedicure right now. :)

Well that pretty much sums it up. This is our life at this moment.