Not been doing very good.

Sorry about not keeping this up. I am really bad because I will check other people's blogs repeatedly to see if they have updated theirs and wonder why they haven't and here I haven't blogged in over a month. Shame on me!

Hmmm, what all has happened since my last blog? I didn't review it, so I'm not exactly sure. I'll just start with Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was wonderful. We got to spend it with my dad and his family. My grandma had all her kids and grandkids and great-granddaughter (allibug). Then we stopped by my mom's moms for a little bit. Then we went to my aunt Sandy's to see my cousin Jake who was in from Alaska and to meet his girlfriend who is from Florida (talk about long-distance relationship.) They were at a movie with her daughter and our niece. We saw them the next day.

Friday we got up and met my brother and SIL for breakfast and then went out to see my great-grandma and her new place. It is really nice! She seems to be so much happier in the assisted living house. We did not time it very well and got there not too long before her lunch so we were not able to stay long. Then we went to see mom at her house. Then it was on to see my grandpa. Then it was back to Sandy's for the evening. We stayed to late and Alli got so tired she cried all the way back to the hotel.

The next day we got up and went to Michael's grandma's. His parents were running behind schedule as usual. I think Michael finally realized that Alli gets bored at his grandma's. It was kind of sad for him to realize it, but at least he should be more understanding when she gets frustrated at being there for too long. There are a few things that are so different from our families. I think it will be better now that Michael realizes that Alli is not patient and does not enjoy staying there as long. We left as soon as she was starting to get tired and she slept all the way home! We were not expecting that at all, but we were very happy.

Hmmm, other news, Michael applied for and got offered a new job! He goes in Monday for his drug test and physical. He is going to be a staff pharmacist for OU Medical. He seems pretty excited about it other than the fact that most days he will have to be at work at 7 am. Hopefully though we will be able to get Allisyn on a better schedule that will allow us and him to be on a better schedule so it will be easier for him to get up and get to work on time. It will cut his drive time down by about 20 minutes or so and the benefits are a lot better than what we are getting now.

I'm sure there is other stuff as well, but Alli is down for a nap and I did not sleep well, so I am going to join her. I will try to put some pictures up soon.

Yet another catch-up blog

It is really to keep putting this off when you get behind! Last week was a loong week. Allisyn had a cold all week. Luckily it was Michael's Wednesday morning off so she stayed home with him while I got to go to my mom's bible study. Thursday we thought she was getting better and Friday was a good day, but then Friday night she screamed most of the night. Our poor little baby was sick. Michael was also feeling bad so Saturday we made a trip to the Urgent Care. $80 later we found out that Michael had what they were pretty sure was a form of strep. The strep A came back negative, but that is all it tested for. So it was on to Wal-greens where Michael and Allisyn got hooked up with some antibiotics. This was the first time Allisyn has had to have antibiotics. Sunday I was so tired and they were still feeling bad so we missed church in the morning. By Sunday night everyone was feeling better so we made to evening services.

Michael's parents were supposed to come up on Saturday but they pushed it back to next weekend.

This week has been better. Alli was feeling better, but her sleep schedule has been really off thanks to being sick. I actually have enjoyed it, but I think it is getting back to normal, which is ok too.

Wednesday we got to meet some of our friend newborn baby. She is sooo precious. They live up the street from us. They are really good friends with my brother and SIL and they are in our class at church. It has been nice to get back in touch with them. Their little angel was about the size of Allisyn when she was born. It is so hard for me to remember Allisyn being that small!
Allisyn proved that she will make a great big sister whenever that time comes. She was wanting to hold and kiss the baby. She and her daddy left and went to play at the mall while I stayed and visited with Kim and he mom. I got to hold E for quite a while!! It was nice, she slept the whole time.

Then we dressed Alli up and took her to see aunt Katy at work. We had hung out with Katy earlier in the afternoon rummaging around Goodwill trying to find stuff to throw together for a costume for her, but we didn't find anything. So we saw Katy and Alli fell asleep on the way back home. Michael handed out some candy, but not enough. We still have a big bowl full of junk.

Friday we got to spend the day with one of my mom friends celebrating her daughter's first birthday. She got of put it together kind of late, so we (Michael, Alli, and I) were the only ones there with them. It was nice. We had a lot of fun, and we think we might have found another family to do things with. It is nice doing stuff with Michael's friends, but they don't always take into consideration Allisyn when they ask us to do stuff. So another couple who can relate would be nice to do stuff with.

Today Alli and I made it to both services. Michael joined us for the evening worship and stayed to play basketball afterwards. Alli is doing really well in her class and doesn't cry hardly at all anymore! YAY! She is doing a lot better at behaving in worship, though she still likes to play with the people around her. Most times they don't mind, but it is still distracting.

I'm sure there was more I forgot, but I'm sure this is quite long enough. Hopefully I will do better at keeping it up! Maybe I will even but up some pictures soon!

Another Catch Up

I haven't blogged in about a week soo I will play catch up. Really, not a whole lot has been going on. So I will do little bulletins of things I remember:

-- Wednesday morning Allisyn went to the baby-sitting provided for my Young Mom's Bible
study without any fuss! She just went in and started playing! It was a big relief to me. We
then went out to eat lunch with some of the moms and their kids. It was really nice.

-- Earlier last week Dustin took my dad a bed, because my mom took them all. He also bought
him a vacuum so that he can get the house cleaned up. Their vacuum had been broken for a
while so who knows how long it had been since it was last swept. That is part of the reason we
have not been there in a while. Now he has one and he is getting a good start on getting things
cleaned up. That way we can have a place to go see him and be able to spend a while.

-- Friday my sister, Allisyn, and myself drove up to Stillwater to the walk-around at OSU. It
was OSU's homecoming and they kind of do it up big. It was nice to get to see my brother and
SIL, but it was tiring. Allisyn would let them hold her at the beginning, but in the end it could
only be mom.

--Saturday and Sunday Michael got to work his weekend shifts in Edmond so he got home
earlier. Which was nice because I got to go to a Mom's Night Out with some moms on an
online support group that I am on. We went out for coffee at Barnes and Noble. It was nice to
be able to sit and talk.

--Sunday Allisyn and I went to church. We made it to class on time and Alli went right in again
without any fussing!! YAY!! When I went to get her she was happy and enjoying herself. I
really like seeing her enjoying herself in class.



--I have a friend (the one I gave my 1st massage to in a long time) whose baby was due on the
18th and she still has not had her. She was at church and I took them some stew that I made
for dinner tonight. They are soo ready so we are praying that the baby comes soon.

Allisyn is now battling a cold. We aren't sure where she got it. She's had a runny nose for a while, but now it is a miserable cold. She has been having interrupted sleep and just all out whiny and clingy. I hate it when she feels like this. There just isn't too much that we can do. Right now she is eating a banana, which is a big improvement! Hopefully it is on its way out. Luckily Michael has the morning off tomorrow so she can stay with him while I go to bible study.

My mom is completely finished moving out and has all the animals with her now. My dad has no heat at the moment. Hopefully he will fix that soon since the weather has turned cooler. My great -grandma is doing good! I am so happy to hear that. My dad also said my grandma felt well enough to travel to Tulsa today to see my aunt and her boys. That is very good news!

Well, Alli is whiny again and Michael is trying to do something so I need to go take her.

A trip home

Yep, we made it back to V-town this weekend. We went because AJ was doing the little cheerleader camp. We surprised her by being there. While we were there, we saw my mom's new house. It is a nice house. She doesn't have a lot of furniture right now. Well, all the rooms have beds, she took all of them and left my dad without one. Luckily Dustin and Rachel have one they need to give a home too. They are about to get another one from her family. They should be able to get to dad this week.

We also got to see my great-grandma! She is doing great! The last time we saw she was not doing well at all. When we came in this time she was out in the hall coming out from lunch! She was very happy to see us. We bring her flowers every time we go see her because she told my aunt one time that if she had the money, she would buy fresh flowers every day. So we try to make her day every time we see her. They are talking about moving her to an assisted living facility. She does not want to be in the nursing home anymore, and it looks like she really does not need to be! My grandpa and step-grandma went and looked at the assisted living facility in V-town by the hospital. Everyone I have talked to says it is really nice. I hope they can get her moved soon. She seems like she is ready.

Unfortunately, we had to miss seeing my grandma M again. She had just got out of the hospital. She has been having a rough go with her chemo and they did not want to take a chance of her catching anything. My dad said she sounded better today when he talked to her. I feel really bad that we have had to miss out on seeing her the past two visits. Hopefully next time we can see her. She has chosen not to get radiation. I am happy she has decided this. I do not know much about it, but from what she and my aunt have said it is for the best.

We went and saw my dad for a bit at my grandpa's. Allisyn really enjoys seeing her grandparents and great-grandparents. Squirt, my grandpa's dog, is a little jealous and let Allisyn know with a sharp bark. She was not happy about this. She did not understand why this doggy did not want to love on her. She got over it quickly as her pappaw and I took her for a walk around the yard. Then she came back in and played hard and flirted. She gave kisses to everyone when we left. It is just precious.

Then we stopped in Pryor to see Michael's family. They of course are not very respectful of other people's time. I'm trying to not let bother me as much, but it is hard. I still get irritated. Overall it was ok. We left, later than we wanted, as usual. Allisyn slept a little on the way. She woke up before we got to mid-way so we stopped. It is a good think we did. We caught the end of a nasty looking accident. What was left of a car was on a wrecker and they were loading up a semi onto one when we passed. Luckily Allisy slept all the way home and stayed asleep when we got home.

Today we went to church. Allisyn is getting really good in class. Today I went down a little early and caught the end of their class. It was cute. They had cloth birds on sticks and the teacher was trying to get them to fly them around. Allisyn was! It was sooo cute. Most of the other little ones were chewing on theirs. Allisyn put her bird back in the box when the teacher asked. She was happy to see me, but she did not come right to me. She played for a minute before I got her to come to me. She did good the first part of the service, but we took her to the nursery because she was starting to talk to everyone around us.

Well, it is storming like crazy here and Michael and Allisyn should be back from a run to Wal-mart soon and I need to go help them in. More to come later.

I guess it is really over.

Between my parents that is. My mom signed on her house last week and moved most of her big stuff this past weekend. There was quite the drama when they thought they had lost one of the cats. Everyone was trying to blame my dad and all he did was come home. Turns out he was not lost, he just hid really well. I feel really sorry for my daddy because now he doesn't have anyone to keep him company. He acts like he isn't going to miss the cats, but he will. Especially since my mom is not the best at taking care of their needs.

We placed membership at church yesterday. It is a good feeling to have a church home again. Michael neglected to mention that they were going to want a picture though. Luckily my hair was behaving somewhat, but I would have toatlly worn something else!

My wonderful husband is currently giving our 15-month-old a store bought sugar cookie. Just great. Why in the world he thought we needed a whole tray of sugar cookies, I have no idea, but he bought them and he gave one to Alli. This apparently is her second one this evening. He is sooo staying up with her tonight if this wires her up. Right now her mouth is black from the sugar on the sugar cookie. I am not a happy momma. Luckily she got distracted and does not want the rest of it. UGH! OK, moving on.

So I finished my first module in my at home medical transcriptionist program. I am now doing supplemental work. I have decided that I am not going to let this bother me, but rather I am going to be thankful that I picked a program that cares enough about you to spend the extra time to make sure you know what you are doing. They give you a week to complete each exercise and I finished my first one in about 8 hours. I'm praying that I did it right and that it will not be coming back to me for more work.

I am pretty sure that I had more in mind to blog about but a phone call from my sister proclaiming the Edmond was being overtaken by spiders has distracted me. We are not being attacked by spiders in our neighborhood, but my Katy is saying that they are everywhere on her side of town. Spooky.

Everyone is well again

Thank goodness. Luckily, Allisyn and I did not pick up Michael's stomach bug. He only missed the one day of work and is now feeling completely better. Thursday our screen and prjector came in. Jeremy and Natashia came over and the screen is put up, and the shelf for the prjector is up. We have to get some sort of angler thing or something. I'm not real sure. Michael has gotten 2 of the 6 speakers hung up. I'm really proud of him. He had to cut holes in the wall and he has done a good job so far!

Allisyn had her 15-month check-up on Thursday as well. She is doing great. She weighed in at 28.6 lbs. I actually think she is a little more, but she would not sit still. She kept trying to get her daddy to pick her back up so the nurse kind of guessed. She measured in at 33 inches tall and I never remember what her head circumference is. She is starting to plateau on her growth chart. She is now a hight percentage in height than weight. Her ped said she is doing well physically and developmentally!

She has been having night wakings quite a bit lately. Her ped said this is normal for this age, but I'm not sure the extent of Alli's are. Last night we were up for 3 hours. She was all happy and fine while we were outside playing with the dogs or in the kitchen playing with utensils, but when we sat down to rock, she through fits. Finally Michael got her to sleep by walking around the block with her.

Then at 630 this morning our house alarm went off! It is sooo loud. The alarm company said it was the glass-break detector, but we could find no glass anywhere. Whatever it was, I hope it doesn't happen again. Then Alli and I went and returned a stud finder we borrowed from our neighbors. Their daughter is around 7 or 8 and she was letting Alli play with her sidewalk chalk. It was cute.

Now Alli is playing and hopefully wearing herself out so we can take a nice nap this afternoon.

Sickness sucks

and it is at our house. Last night about midnight or so, Michael started loosing everything that was inside of him. Today was supposed to be his 12-hour day, but luckily they were able to find someone to go in for him. Luckily they get sick pay and Julie (his district pharmacy manager) told him to stay home until he was feeling better. I hope Allisyn and I do not catch it. I have been there and done that once with her and I REALLY don't want to do it again. I KNOW that I will have to go through it again at some point in time in her life, but I really hope it holds off until she know how to puke in a container and not all over mom and the bed.

We decided this weekend that we were going to go ahead and take the plunge and boost up our entertainment system. Can we say OUCH!?! I love that Jeremy (best man in our wedding) works at Radio Shack and knows about things, but we always end up with more than we think we are going in for. We went for a projector and a projector screen. We got those, and a stereo thing and speakers to go with it, and wires to hook things up. And we finally got Allisyn a DVD player for the car. So hopefully, our trips back to Tulsa and Vinita won't be as unbearable for her. Hopefully everything will get in soon and they can hook everything up on Thursday. It may not work out that way, but that is my hope.

I still haven't been sleeping all that well. I took 2 Bendaryl the night before last and it helped me fall asleep, but it didn't help me stay asleep. Michael was really great with helping with Allisyn that night. I think I would have slept better last night if Michael hadn't gotten up so much. Then Allisyn woke up way earlier than I was hoping for so I was up and at 'em and still feeling tired.

Well, I think Allisyn's clothes should be dry so we are off to the store to get some things I forgot while shopping yesterday. Well, they were out of her fruit chews, but I totally missed juice on my list. I know once I get it, she won't drink it, but she was sooo upset when she wanted more of a Capri Sun that her aunt Katy gave her and I didn't have any more. So hopefully it won't go to waste.