Yeah yeah yeah, I know that I have been awful about getting posts done lately. Just so hectic now that Adam is in the fields and I am left with the kids and housework and birthday parties to plan, and schoolwork to do, and helping Maddie with homework, and babysitting Brennan and the list goes on and on and on.........
Let's see, alot has happened since I posted last. Adam's mom and her husband arrived last Friday to stay with us for a few days. The kids were really excited about them coming and it was great to hang out and spend some time with them. On Saturday we all went to watch Maddie play flag football in the morning. They took her shopping and to the band day parade in the afternoon. She had a blast and got quite spoiled when they shopped.
On Sunday afternoon we had a birthday party for Carter. It was a John Deere party of course! He got alot of nice gifts and so he has been quite entertained this week playing with everything he got. I still cannot believe he is 3 years old already!
On Monday morning Jayne and Doug left to go visit Grandpa Adkins in Carroll. They stayed overnight with Grandpa and then headed back to Wichita on Tuesday. It was a short trip for them, but we were happy to have them here!
Tuesday was a pretty ordinary day, not much going on and that is always nice! We had a busy day yesterday though. We had a speech pathologist and a teacher from Prairie Lakes come to the house and evaluate Kinnick. I am glad that we did because it seems that he meets quite a few of the "markers" that would indicate the possibility of him being autistic. They did not officially diagnose him yet, but will come back in 2 weeks with a plan in mind for what we need to do to help Kinnick and then we will go from there. They did both tell us that Kinnick has some really positive behaviors and actions, so they were happy to see that. They told us that the sooner we start working with him the better the outcome can be. I have several websites that I need to research before they meet with us again. It is nice because they come to our house and work with him here and will teach Adam and I things to do so that we can work with him also. He warmed up to the ladies really well to, so that was good. I will keep you all posted as things come along.
Yesterday afternoon I took Carter and Kinnick to get their pictures taken (Carter 3 years old, Kinnick 18 months old). What a catastrophe! Carter would not smile without shutting his eyes when he said cheese. Kinnick did not want anything to do with getting his picture taken and he cried the whole time. Carter decided that he wanted to help change the backdrop and when he yanked on the pulley he broke it. The photographer said it was fine, but I felt awful! Then when we were almost done with the pictures Carter found the pulley and was carrying it around. He ended up dropping it in his foot. It had to have been at least 2 pounds. He cried and cried! I got him calmed down and we went to pick up Maddie at school so that we could go to K-Mart and pick up a few things that we needed. Since the kids were good at K-Mart I took them to McDonald's for some ice-cream. As we were eating our ice cream Carter took his shoes off and started screaming that his foot hurt. I carried him out to the car and we came home. He cried for 2 hours so my mom and I ended up taking him to the ER in case he had broken a bone in his foot. It was somewhat swollen and his toe was turning purple. The ER doctor we had was super with him and that made me feel better. The nurse let him play with her stethoscope and he laid on the bed telling us that he was "Doctor Carter". It was so cute! When the x-ray lady came to get him he had a fit. So they let me take him back. Well, as soon as he saw the x-ray machine he went nuts! He would not let go of me and was totally freaking out! They had a nurse come in so that I could leave the room. I felt awful listening to him scream! There were no broken bones, just a really bad bruise. He was quite cranky when we got home and it took me quite a while to get him to bed for the night. He seemed to walk on it okay today. He said it hurt a little bit, but nothing quite like yesterday afternoon!
What a crazy day that was! Today was pretty calm and ordinary so that was good. I am happy that tomorrow is Friday and am looking forward to the weekend. Love to all, Steph
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