WOW, things have just been crazy around here. Which is why I haven’t posted for a days.
Andrew had a good time in Spain, though he complained about how expensive everything was. I guess a soda was $3 and about half the size of our soda cans.
He braved all and went into the ocean. Though his father argued that he wasn’t sure Andrew actually went IN because he was OUT quite fast. Andrew argued that he did it twice and stated it was FREEZING.
While shopping the other day I got to learn ALL about alligators. Andrew was going on and on about them. Here one night at the hotel, the only program he could find that was in English was a National Geographic program about….yep alligators!
His father and now step-mom got married on a boat. Andrew’s grandpa videotaped the wedding, I can’t wait to see it and all the pictures.
Elijah got his long white cane and…lost it! He received it on Wed and it was lost by Sun. We THINK he set it on the car seat and then it slipped into the garbage we keep in the car. I emptied that garbage on pickup day. We were both freaking…what was school going to say? I figured I would just replace it.
He was very upset because he promised his mobility specialist he wouldn’t lose it. He was even sleep walking and mumbling about not knowing where it was. Two nights he was walking around saying, “I can’t find my cane! Where’s my cane!” SLEEPING, it was hard to wake him up and get him back to bed. I barely slept worrying about him walking around. And PooWee still gets up for his “snacks” at night, so I have been very sleep deprived. His mobility specialist told us, “Canes get broken, canes get lost, canes can be replaced…and so it will be!” She told me not to worry about replacing it and she will take care of it. Yet, even last night Eli was dreaming about it. Guess he’s just really wondering what happened to it. I really am too, he was VERY cautious of where he put it.
PooWee has discovered what a step stool is for. He is pushing it all over the place and getting into even more stuff. He climbs on it and then whines for help to get down. I have to go hold his hand, then he jumps down.
He was kinda cranky the other day and just would not let me do anything. I REALLY needed to get the dishes done, so I pulled his stool over to the sink, stood him up on it and turned the water on slowly. He helped me with dishes. HE HAD A BLAST! Filling a cup up and then dumping it over and over. Of course he was soaked, the floor was wet and even I got quite wet, BUT…I got my dishes DONE! 
I BOUGHT A SNOWBLOWER! I BOUGHT A SNOWBLOWER!!! YAY!!!!!
I even used it, and it was kinda fun! It’s not a very big one, but it blows the snow right up that darn hill on the side. I was blowing snow way into the middle of the back yard. I was loving it! Now I’m living the “high life!”
When I went to look most stores were completely out. Lawnmowers were out already. I found two stores with just a few on hand yet. I had my choice of the one I got or a really big one. I think I may have fantasized about the bigger ones. I would be the coolest chic on the block with one of them, but seeing they were $1000.00 – I choose the $250.00 one instead. Andrew tried talking me out of it, saying “We don’t need one anymore, winter is almost over!” OH NO, I WASN’T GOING TO HEAR THAT AGAIN! We say that every year when I get my taxes back and then when the following winter comes, we’re whining we don’t have one.
Today we got 8-12 inches of snow. Andrew went out and blew. I think he’s happy I got it too. Eli really wants to check it out, so tomorrow I may go out and blow some more with him. The plow has yet to go down our road, so I’m sure there will be a nice pile at the end of the driveway. We’ll see how much power this baby really has! Just need to think of name for her yet.
My birthday was the 13th. 34 years old! The boys and I went out for supper. It was nice. I got a gift certificate for Starbucks from my sister Gayle!!!! (THANKS SO MUCH GAYLE!! LOVE YOU ALL!!) SO EXCITED ’bout that, ‘cus I am addicted to Starbucks, but HATE spending so much for coffee. When Starbucks first came to town I swore I wasn’t even going to enter the place. I did good until they put a little kiosk in the hospital lobby! How convenient, just a short walk from where I work. Yeah, they sucked me right in!
I got the boys, Andrew and Chad a bunk bed. Twin on top and futon on the bottom. They’re getting the room straighten out slowly, but it’s coming along. Elijah and I went through his two dressers and gave them to Andrew and Chad. Elijah’s clothes are now in a storage unit I bought. I think it’ll be easier for him to see and keep his clothes neatly put away. We cleaned out Andrew’s closet, which was basically a storage closet for odds and ends.
This past week has basically been cleaning, yet my place is a disaster! There are boxes here and there. Stuff for Good Will and stuff to get down to the basement. Next we have to get to the basement and make room for all this STUFF.
Chad went to his first doctors appointment with April this past week. He planned on just sitting in the waiting room. I told him he HAD to go in and hear the heartbeat. He went in with her. I think he’ll be going to more with her too.
I attended her babyshower on Sat. I posted a super quick post about it on her blog. I have alot of things I want to do for her yet. UGGGGG where is the time going??!!!
I suppose I should catch some shut eye tonight. I actually have to go to a mandatory educational program tomorrow morning for work. I don’t want to! Yes I’m whining! I just put in 38hrs in the past three days. I don’t want to return to that place till next weekend! HEY! Maybe we’ll get more snow and the roads will be super bad and then I’ll have an excuse not to go! I guess winter is good for something….sometimes!
) and headed up there this morning to support him. It looks like we are really the only “family” he has right now. POOR GUY!
