Yes, yes, yes! I know it has been, uh, 8 months since I have last written? Eeeep! I tell you it is life. Oh, and I am not the type of person who really likes to write, if I did, I would get my stuff published and make a gazillion dollars! Hah!!!!
OK, seriously, what has been going on?
First, Ryan has been kickin' butt in school. Not joking, the guy has made Dean's List every quarter. Straight A's! My hubs is a motivated and dedicated student. On top of school, he does web admin for his Momma. Yeah, cushy job working for his mom, BUT, he actually does about 20-30 hrs of work a week on her sites, so he isn't freeloading. *shrug* Just sayin, he is doing a great job all around! His artwork is coming along fanastically. He is SO good. And I am not saying that just because I married the dude. He has real talent. I can not wait to see how the school nurtures and advances his talent. I am so very proud of him!
Second, Brenyn!!!! This kid has amazed us everyday this year. He was in first grade and he did such a good job! His teachers have been telling us since December that he is above his grade level in reading. Come to find out, he is two, yes 2, grades above on his reading level. This means our kid is reading at a 3rd grade level!!!! Who is an excited momma? ME!!!! We all know that I LOVE to read. In fact, pretty much my entire family reads, but it warms me from my head to my tippy toes that my baby reads so well. On top of this, we were also notified that he is excelling in math! Yay!!! I hate math, as in it is ALMOST it was almost as evil as learning the differences between MLA and APA style writing (which I hated), so to know that my child is doing well in it....Well let's say I sighed in relief, because I didn't want my kid to be hurt by my exasperation at having to learn this stuff a second time in order to help him with his homework.
Oh, something you guys may have heard, Brenyn got hit in the face with a golf club earlier this month. OK, so the story goes like this:
Brenyn went to a friends house to play. The dad let's them play with golf clubs in the backyard and sets limits as to where the kids have to stand when someone is swinging the club. The kids stop playing golf and the clubs, somehow, end up in the front yard. The 4 year old little girl that lives across the street pics up a golf club and starts swinging it. Brenyn walks into her backswing when he tries to stop her from playing with the golf club.
I was scared! Not gonna even play it down, I freaked. As is I was so upset that I didn't go to the ER with Ryan and Brenyn because I was afraid I would upset Brenyn even more with my blubbering. Let's face it, he was scared enough as is. He did not need his momma crying her fool head off in the ER waitingroom. So.... after about 3 hrs, an x-ray, a CT-scan, an IV drip chuck full of antibiotics and a shot of morphine, they send Brenyn home with more antibiotics, Tylenol with codiene and an appointment to see an Oral Surgeon at Seattle Children's Hospital. That's right, he had to see an oral surgeon. He has a fracture in his upper jaw that the ER doc claimed might have to be wired shut. The next morning, I drive Brenyn to the OS and he gets more xrays. They find the fracture. They decide it is too small and poses no threat to the development of his adult teeth. HE DOES NOT NEED HIS JAW WIRED SHUT!!! I am the most elated mom in Seattle at this point!!!! So what did he need done? Well the backswing took care of his already loose front tooth, but knocked his left incisor loose. They said they could leave it, but he would have to come back and have it pulled anyway if it turned out to be a dead tooth, or they could pull it right then and there. I told them to pull it! And they did. Brenyn is now 3 teeth short of a full set. His gap looks super cute. The swelling of his face and lip went down within a week. He looks completely normal now, with the exception of the massive gap in his mouth. He was running, jumping, swimming and playing outside within 3 days of seeing the OS. Don't freak, I checked with the doctor first. They said he could go out whenever he wanted, as long as we made sure he was taking his antibiotics, which we were. So Brenyn is all good. In fact, he is attending Cub Scouts day camp this week and we are heading down to NV on Thursday to visit my folks, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins.....just a slew of people! Our family could take over a hotel and we'd still have people sleeping in the lobby, hahahaha!!!!
OK, third, Euan. This child! I swear he will be the death of me. He is so random, so smart and almost to inquisitive to be healthy. Sometimes he scares me. The other night Ryan had let the boys watch some show on The History Channel about space and the Earth and how he predicts the world will end. Euan comes into the room (where I was reading because I had no desire to watch that show) and says, "Mom, when we die, we come back to Earth as babies." I choked! I asked him who told him that and he said, "Dad." I went out to the living room and asked Ryan about it. Ryan said he did no such thing. He said that the show had said something about the world being destroyed and people were going to die. Euan latched on to that and decided that reincarnation was the logical expansion on such a statement. He then tells both me and Ryan that when the world explodes it will be like nuclear bombs. We were flabbergasted! Who is teaching our child this stuff? Now to make this story FUNNY, he turns to me, pets my leg (I have on shorts) and says, "Momma, your skin is so pretty." I say thanks and he says, "Yeah, it's so white!" Yes, this whole last paragraph takes place within 15 minutes. My child freaks me out sometimes! Hahahahaha. Other than this type of behavior, Euan is ok.
We have decided not to enroll him in school this next school year. We did not come to this decision lightly, at all. He will be turning 5 in August, which means he will most assuredly be one of the youngest students in his class. On top of this, he has been attending pre-school for 3 years and he is still behind on his social development. His teachers are slightly concerned. We are too, so we figure 1 more year of preschool will not hurt the kid. He is really sweet, but his self-confidence will probably take a hit if we rush him into a new situation too fast.
Lastly, me. Not much is going on with me. When we get back from visiting family in NV, I hope to find a job. I would like to find something that has a steady income, if not full time salary pay. Ryan and I want to BUY a home, but it looks like I have to have a job first. No hair off my back. I like to work.
One last thing... Ryan and I became Uncle and Aunt again for the second time. My baby sister, Meagan, had a beautiful daughter in May. VaughnEmery Eunice Berry. I was there for the birth and to help a bit afterwards. She is so gorgeous, but then if you look at her parents, how could she not be? I get to see her again in July and I AM STOKED!!!!
OK, that's it for now. My fingers hurt and I need to catch some ZZZZZ's. Until next time...
