Because of Sophie's AMC she cant sit on a regular chair but to be fair she IS only 3! today we were at McDs and they had high chairs but only with a bar across the top which makes it absolutely useless for a child with Sophies condition as well as any other child with orthopedic issues or casts or splints or AFOs. there is no getting them in. booster seats? umm no such thing. so guess who had to sit and hold her with one arm and try to feed myself with the other? I mentioned to the manager and she smiled her nicest smile, the one that means she isnt likely to do anything about it. I also called corporate McDs. I mean seriously high chairs with a bar across the front went out with the dark ages. A bar between the legs is sufficient to keep them from sliding out, a bar across the top too is overkill. probably wont make any difference at all. so now apparently I have to start hauling a booster seat around with me in addition to my stroller (and kids!) so that if we stop to eat Sophie will be allowed to eat? that is ludacris. am I not a paying customer? shouldnt seating be available to all not just the ones that function the same as everyone else? after I told the manager, another employee who was standing nearby continued to stare at us the rest of the time we were there. I didnt bother saying anything. I guess its just the way things are going to be. but after our experience with McD employee who was shocked that Ethan was russian and looked just like us! I am not impressed with McD.
with our little bundles of joy! who are not very joyful! but home nonetheless. I finally got aa mattress fof Sophie. tonight is her first night in her own bed. She has been sleeping with us. I feel bad for Eric though with her in the bed. He is the one who has to go to work in the morning. I am fallin alseep here and is not even 9. Eric is sound asleep next to me. Sophie is on her way out. I posted some pics of the kids on my other blog.
shopping at target today looking for swim suit for Chrysta. She wanted a two piece. they had tons of them. and ALL of them were little triangles. she is 12 for gods sake she does not need to be showing off the girls! They had one piece ones that had cutouts in the side so they were more like a two piece but still connected in the front. those didnt pass muster either. I dont want to go with the mormon completely covered swim suit but does she really need to show everything she has at 12 years old? there must be something in between!
wish I was snoring. need to clean the basement though. ugh. gotta go get chrysta soon from band. I decided to send her to class and send the kids to preschool for the afternoon even though there is a case of what COULD be but is not CONFIRMED to be swine flu in my STATE not my city. I also heard there was a death of one of the students from our towns school but I have no idea how he died. wonder if its the kid we saw being loaded into an ambulance the other night. still waiting to find out how and who. I am sure chrysta will tell me when she gets home from band class.
anastasia elisabeth is the name we chose. ana for short. and damn I cant wait to get her home!! croxx your fingers and toes and wish and hope and pray thaat it goes according to plan and QUICKLY!!
she is three years old. she has no mama or daddy to take care of her. isn't she beautiful? doesnt she deserve to have a mama to cuddle her and daddy to play silly games with her? She is just one of the many many children with no one to love them. no one to hold them close and teach them about life. This beautiful little one will go to an institution where she will live out her remaining days if no one adopts her. Please wont you go to reecesrainbow and pledge to her adoption fund? Your donation could be the one that makes this little girls adoption a possibility for a family. She is so precious and weighs heavily on my heart. wont you help someone to adopt her? We think only of some far away place and faceless nameless children when we think of children without families. Now you have a real face of a real child and I hope she sticks in your mind the way she has stuck in mine and you will do what you can to help her and others like her. reecesrainbow.org (this child is listed under other angels,there are plenty of kids there with special needs. If you cant help Annie, maybe some other child will move your heart to donate.)
feel free to pass this to anyone and everyone you know. if everyone sent a couple of dollars, the cost of a cup of coffee, these hard to place kids would be one step closer to a real home.
Reecesrainbow is an awesome organization that helps kids with special needs to get adopted. People can go there and donate a couple dollars or a hundred dollars or however much they can and it goes towards the adoption of that child when someone chooses that child. These are kids that will likely not get adopted without a grant to reduce fees. Some are kids with Downs Syndrome and some have other disabilities. But all of them deserve a home. Wont you please help them find a home by donating to their grants? you can look at the photos of the kids and even designate which child's adoption you would like to donate to. Please help a child find a home. Every kid deserves a loving home and family. An orphanage is no place to grow up!
Please donate a couple of dollars? And tell your friends! pass the word and feel free to copy and paste this email. Lets save the world together.
reassure means to make someone feel better reinsure means to insure them again hence the two are NOT interchangable!
your, you're are not the same. learn to use there and their.
it only makes people look ignorant and stupid to make those mistakes. I dont mean in blogs but in direct contact. Like please reinsure my wife. you mean reASSURE
watching 5 under 5 and this woman looks so great in the middle of delivering twins. its funny to watch this couple they are so funny with each other. I want a baby so bad. I wish I could just have another one. I cant. dammit anyways. wish someone would have one for me. but that would mean a child who is already on earth wouldnt get a home(provided I was going to adopt, thats still up in the air)
my husband is driving me crazy. He gives me hope, he gives me the idea he is going to go along and then pulls the rug out from under me. again and again and again. Unless I find a way to fund it I dont see it happening. It just bugs me so mUCH! we cant adopt, we cant move, we cant spend, we cant save, and WE CANT TAKE IT WITH US. and the stupid bitch is out there still just sucking her monthly handout with no end in sight.
I miss him so much already and the kids are missing him. I had initially considered freecycle but decided it wasnt in the best interest of anyone else's family to risk a dangerous dog. and so I rescinded the offer and said he would be humanely euthanized. and I was ATTACKED! not one person wrote me wanting to take him home. only to say why would you do that you are cruel and evil and so on. would you want a dangerous dog around your children? chasing your child on her bike? should I wait until he really seriously hurts someone before I do anything? I looked into my options. I called a trainer. I didnt make this decision lightly. my sweetheart went to sleep with his head in my lap. I could have just dropped him off at the door and left him with strangers. but no. I stayed with him to the very end. and for doing so I am attacked. whatthefuckever. It was a sad but beautful moment with him. We had to muzzle him because he was growling at the staff(and validating my decision) but then when he was sleepy we took it off. but he still stood guard of me, refusing to lay down and still growled at them! he was protecting his family. I had to muzzle him again and they gave him another sedative. He took his dying breath trying to protect me. I have never felt so loved and honored to be his family. I know it was a dysfunctional love but it was very special to be loved like that. he had a loving two years here. I am sorry it ended this way but at least the two years we had him were good for him here with us.
Ethan didnt initially process it. He kept thinking Ole would come back. he did tear up at bedtime and decided his special russia puppy(who has always just been puppy) should be called Ole. I told him that maybe he would see Ole in his dreams and could play hide and seek with him. I told him if he saw him in his dreams to tell him we love him.
Maia just kept saying why cant we see him? I want to see him again. cant we go to the vet and see him? you left him at the vet right? so why cant we go there and see him? I miss him, I want to see him. when can I see him? why cant I see him? why wont he ever come back. and some serious lap time helped her process.
I think Chrysta and I are the most emotional about it. she didnt go with me but she is missing him. moping and crying. I have been crying since yesterday. My friend Car who used to take Ole when we went out of town, came with me for moral support. it was good to have someone understanding along.
Looks like today I have to take Big Ole to doggie heaven. He will be missed so much by his family. His boy will especially miss playing hide and seek with him. Unfortunately there seems to be no other options. I looked into them and there just are not any other options for him. I freecycled him but after talking with the vet and trainer I dont think that will work out either. he has become so aggressive and posessive that it is only a matter of when not IF he will bite someone. He is such a love within the family. We love him and he loves us. he lays on the floor and I lay on his belly. but outside is another story altogether. Yesterday he was terrorizing a lady walking down the street. He chases bikers and I think we better take care of this BEFORE biking season begins. Being the doctor in town I imagine people see us with $$ signs in their eyes. One little nip and we are sunk. Tying him up he just barks nonstop all afternoon and tying an aggressive dog just makes him more aggressive. he would be a great watchdog/guard dog for sure but I dont know anyone who needs one. so anyways his appointment is this afternoon at 215.
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