Some pictures

Some cute pictures of Lena. I think this my new favorite outfit. She looks so adorable!!I thought she was really cute with her headband this morning. She did pretty well keeping it on.After church, a couple of weeks ago, we to a picnic at the park. We had a good time. O'lena swang, and played, and went down the slide, and even fell down on the sidewalk and got her first scrape on her knee. Here is Leeny and daddy on the blanket.

O'lena swinging! I LOVE this picture!! Daddy pushed her so fast that she kind of got a bit dizzy.

After a very exciting week, we had a exciting weekend. We went to India Fest with our friends Rob, Kristin, and adorable baby Beck. We ate good food and had fun watching all the dancing. Today we went to the Edison's Children's Parade. That was a lot of fun too. We saw uncle marching in his band and all the floats. I think she liked it. She did wave some at the people. It was cute. On to another week.

Most Exciting Week EVER!!

Let us start on last week Friday...
I had a really bad day at school. A meeting did not go well and it bothered me for the rest of the weekend. Actually it still kind of bothers me, but I am trying not to think about it.

Saturday....
Mom makes this beautiful dinner for us and Keven doesnt get to eat it, why? He has broken his nose!! He and Bryan were wrestling and somehow his nose hit Bryan's belt and broke it. It is somewhat still swollen.
Sunday....
Supper Bowl, wasn't that exciting!? I am still flabber gasted by Christina. We are still eating left overs.

Monday....
Take O'lena to ENT because she just had another round of antibiotic that didnt work and just tore up her bottom. We told them we want tubes, and the Dr was "Okay, she goes in tomorrow morning at 6:15." What?! So soon? If we would have waited she would have gotten another infection (she already had puss working on it in her ear.)
We also received word of some family drama, which was kind of upsetting. My in-laws are saints. (hehehe literally)

Tuesday....
Was up at 4:15 to get O'lena to the hospital by 6:15 for her tubes. We were done by 7:45. The surgery took only 10 minutes tops. She didn't like the coming out of the anesthesia, but they said she was just fine during it. She went home and has been fine ever since. My school's audiologist said we would see a total difference in her balance and we totally do! She doesn't fall nearly as much, she is able to get on and off her horsey, which was not able to do before, her feet are closer together when she walks, and she doesn't trip over my feet when she walks by me anymore. It is amazing how much better her balance is! She looks like she has been walking for a year now, not her month and a half.Oh!!! and me and the principal's secretary broke up a three girl fight at school! It was quite the exciting several moments. And these girls were scary girls. We had to keep them at bay until the big men got there to take them away. and one of them didn't even go to our school! It was right after school got out, out side the sidewalk, but still on the property.

Wednesday...
We get word that O'lena is moving up classes on Monday. This comes after the statement a couple of days before that she is moving up on the 21st. Mama was ready for the 21st not the 14th! That the big kid class (toddler room.) They eat at the table and sleep on mats. No more high chairs and cribs for her!!
I also added three girl to my only one boy tutoring after school group. It is much more involved now, but it is fun.

Thursday
Craziest day at school. We had a faculty meeting in the morning (and they never go well. It don't think i have walked out of one this year yet without feeling like poo) today they drop the bomb that one of our admin had been put on paid leave because there are allegations of misconduct by a former student, at the previous school. We all were in complete shock....still are...
We also had to go into lock down (code red) because there was a suspect on campus. The problem was all my deaf kids were in the cafeteria with NO INTERPRETER! They had no idea what was going on. It was really funny too because the only thing that kept us adults clam was the idea that there was a hard of hearing kid in there with the others that would hopefully tell them what was going on, but when they came back he was like "What were they talking about? Something about red clothes?" We were like "arg!" Anyways the guys had to be run down and was arrested. Very exciting/scary.

Friday (today)
I guess nothing as exciting as yesterday, but it was fun day. My "behavior" students were fantastic today. They were paying attention and learning. Then we had a Valentines day dance. It was fun too and the students were very well behaved. Home to kiss the baby and then a triple date for valentines day. Very excited for Susi!

Very Exciting Week!

How O'lena is like our cat....

1. She like to drink from the faucet.
2. She sleeps in crazy positions.
3. She will scratch you with her nails.
4. She likes to play in the toilet.
5. She likes the bidet even better.
6. She LOVES to eat cat food.
7. She runs away when you want her to come to you.
8. She pushes open the door when you are trying to pee.
9. She enjoys playing with cat toys.
10. She will carry things in her mouth.
11. She loves to drink milk.
12. Well she used to crawl on all fours.
13. She plays in my swept piles.
14. She will whine (really loudly) when she is hungry.
15. She likes to play in boxes, bags, and baskets.
Hehehehehehehe

Medieval Fair

Our little family went to the Medieval Fair today. We went with our friends Cassie, Scott, and little Steven and we had such a good time!!

Here is daddy and O'lena watching the jousting tournament. It was fun to watch. They really joust...well sort of...it was still good. O'lena was clapping and yelling with the crowd.

So mommy was so excited to see horses! O'lena has been loving her toy riding horses lately that I wanted her to see a real one. She pet one first. It took a few minutes to understand but she finially figured it out and started petting "Tobias" on her own. I even talked daddy into letting us ride one! Leeny loved it. Every time "Daisy" would rock she would grunt. It was really cute. She didnt like it when she stopped.

Of course she wouldn't look at the camera for pictures. That seems the new thing. She doesn't like to look at the camera any more. Oh well. She was so tuckered out that she fell asleep on the way home and haven't woke up since (it was 5:30.) I really hope she will still sleep through the night! Anyways...I had given her some Teddy grahams in her cup there and she loves them so much that she SCREAMs if you take them from her, even to put her in the car. So she fell asleep like this, with her hand in the cup and everything. I thought it was really funny.

It has been a great weekend. I love my little family.

Some pictures and a bit of news

Here are some pictures from my camera.

Here is Uncle Bryan with O'lena. Isnt she cute? Yeah he is too. Big Senior now....it really makes me feel old!
We went to go eat at Red Robin the other night and Derick got a balloon for O'leeny. She loved it. I thought this was a cute picture. I just see her saying..."Daddy, do you like my balloon?!"

So we had to go to the ENT the other day to get her ears checked. The doctor said she needed tubes. She meets many of the qualifications for them. My mom wants a second opinion so we are going on Wednesday to meet with another doctor. I am interested to meet this one, because I know ALOT about him. (About 90% of my students see him for their hearing aids.) I just have never meet him before. I am not too nervous about her getting tubes. I dont like the idea of sugary, but the outcome is worth it. They say she is not hearing much. I have been using signs with her ALOT but she is not picking it up like i hoped she would. She is not talking too much either...they may be related...oooo I need to ask about that. The teacher in me is saying "dont worry she will pick it up," but the mom in me is going "ummm, whats wrong?!" Anyways....
So I also got some slack from Derick because I did not post about what HE did while O'lena and I were in NC. Welllll.....the best husband ever....painted my bathroom (totally cool faux paint) put up chair-rail in our bedroom, pulled out all the furniture from the walls because we had to treat for termites, AND put it back together again! He is the best. We still have more work on the bathroom but the paint is AMAZING!!! I love it! It is my favorite room in the house right now.

Disclaimer...

Disclaimer....I did not proof read the those last four post. Even though it says I posted at 8:30 pm, that is the time I actually STARTED! I wasn't actually done until more like midnight. I didnt want to deal with rereading them then. I am even afraid to reread them now because I really don't want to know how bad they are.

so much to blog about!!! part b

So there is so much to say and tell, but you know as soon as I sit down to do it, it all just goes nfwu;agbRuib.
I think the most exciting thing is that O'lena is walking....really good now...just like a pro. She is also not easy to take formal picture with anymore. We went and got our one year old pictures done yesterday and they didn't turn out so hot. Partly because of her and partly because of our photographer (he wasn't that good.) Here are the good ones...yeah there are only a few.









Wasnt her outfit fun? I know it was a bit weird but I didn't want the same old pictures and I have been waiting for her to be able to wear that skirt for a while now. I think the family ones turned good. It has been hitting me lately that I have a my own family. I have always just been one of the kids in a family, but now I have my own section. My own little family. I dont know what that is just hitting me now. Maybe because she looks like a little girl tottering around all over the place now. I love it though. I think I was finally ready for her to walk. I am glad that she doesn't change much this year. (physically...compared to last year) This year is all about intelligence...that should be interesting....
Well I am going to quit now. Believe it or not I did 4 of the postings this evening and i am tuckered. I know there is so much more to tell about but I need to go to work tomorrow...oh I have told you about that yet hu? well I am just going to have to wait on it...it is not that fun and I will just complain. Maybe next time I will give you a full dose of what is happening in the world of work Whitney....until then.....