Sunday, October 14, 2007
Megan's first ER visit
So we just got back from the ER at Cooks Childrens hospital. Megan and I were home having a girls night (actually I have a stomach bug and sent Michael and Jacob to dinner at his brothers while Megan and I stayed here to watch movies). Megan was doing crafts and I was doing some paper work at the kitchen table. All the sudden Megan screamed that she had cut her finger, in a moments time I realized that while I was absorbed in my papers she had begun to cut pipe cleaners into small pieces in order to bind her book together. She had been trying to cut through a big pipe cleaner, obviously using a good amount of force, and instead had cut into her finger. Turns out she took a good little piece out of the side of the tip of her index finger, about the size of 2 small grains of rice. After lots of blood and screaming I determined that the ER was in order. Michael was 30 min away but eventually got there, we went to the ER and in 10 min Megan was smiling and we were heading home. We walked in, I quietly told them the situation, they looked, called a wound specialist, 30 seconds later 2 showed up, they said stitches were not necissary (thank you God!!! I already had an upset stomach and Megan was hoarse from crying so much), cleaned it (by far the worst part!) Michael cried because it was painful to watch Megan being hurt and being so brave about it, neosporin, 2 band-aids, 3 stickers and we were out the door to go get Jacob from Grants house and on to Mcdonalds for cookies for bravery! By far the best ER visit I have ever had! Thank you Cooks Childrens Hospital! No wonder everyone says they are the best. Mommy will be paying a lot more attention when Megan has the scissors (safety or not!) and I think Megans pipe cleaner cutting days are over:)
October already!!!
I can't believe we are this far into the semester all ready! Megan is loving her new preschool, she is learning alot and is making some great friends, she is pretty worn out at the end of the day when I go to pick her up. We are currently trying to decide what do do for school next year for her. She is old enough for kindergarden, and plenty ready academicaly (the girl can sound out and write all kinds of things. She has started in on writting letters, full sentences and all to me. Mostly little "I love you" notes and the like.) but she is a little girl. Anyway, big decisions to be mede on that front!
Michael is doing great in school as usual, I wish I had the speed reading and retention skills that he has! His job is going great as well, he is the Assistant Director of Marketing and Production in the Communications group at the seminary. He has to wear a suit every day and I must say he looks pretty sharp! He would however love to have a little more time to go cycling. He has quite a passion for it but alas his bike is gathering dust at the moment.
Jacob is such a lovey little guy, I can't tell you how many times I have to tell him "no kissing Jacob!". We rode the train to Dallas for the Texas state fair yesterday and he befriended a little girl who would have been given many kisses if Michael had not interveened! He is FULL of energy and is one of our main sources of entertainment. A few weeks ago my parents treated us all to a 7 day stay at Disney resort. We went to all the parks and at every opportunity Jacob was either on the stage, in the parade or in front of the crowd dancing with the performers or bands on the street. He is such a ham!!! He danced with Woody and Bullseye in the "Woody's round up" parade and charmed all the princesses, he even told Ariel (from the Little Mermaid) that he liked her fin and then looked into her face and told her she was beautiful. She rewarded him with a big red lipstick kiss on the forehead and a great hug. He was THE only boy walking around the Magic Kingdom with a big red Ariel kiss on his forehead.
The Disney trip was incredible and We would recommend going there to anyone interested! We had such a great time, the kids were treated so special, the service and cleanliness were impecable, we have no complaints. Thank you again to Grandma and Grandpa Cherry, we have so many memories we wil cherish forever! Not to mention about 500+ pictures as proof!
I am doing well also, school is still so uch fun. I am so glad God has given me the opportunity to go back to school and learn new things. I am getting a bit overwhelmed at times trying to keep up with everything, everyones schedules, the house, laundry, church, friends, health etc. I may cut my hours back next semester, it is something I am praying about. On a VERY personal note, I did have another miscarriage o our way back from Disney. I am doing better now, my energy is back and I feel like I am starting to even out again. We would really like to have more kids so I have done some testing. So far everything is normal so they have no explainations for two miscarriages in 10 months. Everyone here has been incredible giving us meals and help even when I said I didn't need it. I guess I did need it thinking back on it. I think a lot of us moms tend to think we can do it all on our own, God has slowly been teaching me that I am not superwoman, I do need help from others and from Him. I get overwhelmed and tend to think... what do I need to do to make it better...I am working on getting to the point where my first responce to pressure or stress is to go to God. He has in fact asked us to do that, to cast it all on Him. I think there is a vast amount of peace and "help" that He has there waiting for us all we have to do is ask for it!!!
Michael is doing great in school as usual, I wish I had the speed reading and retention skills that he has! His job is going great as well, he is the Assistant Director of Marketing and Production in the Communications group at the seminary. He has to wear a suit every day and I must say he looks pretty sharp! He would however love to have a little more time to go cycling. He has quite a passion for it but alas his bike is gathering dust at the moment.
Jacob is such a lovey little guy, I can't tell you how many times I have to tell him "no kissing Jacob!". We rode the train to Dallas for the Texas state fair yesterday and he befriended a little girl who would have been given many kisses if Michael had not interveened! He is FULL of energy and is one of our main sources of entertainment. A few weeks ago my parents treated us all to a 7 day stay at Disney resort. We went to all the parks and at every opportunity Jacob was either on the stage, in the parade or in front of the crowd dancing with the performers or bands on the street. He is such a ham!!! He danced with Woody and Bullseye in the "Woody's round up" parade and charmed all the princesses, he even told Ariel (from the Little Mermaid) that he liked her fin and then looked into her face and told her she was beautiful. She rewarded him with a big red lipstick kiss on the forehead and a great hug. He was THE only boy walking around the Magic Kingdom with a big red Ariel kiss on his forehead.
The Disney trip was incredible and We would recommend going there to anyone interested! We had such a great time, the kids were treated so special, the service and cleanliness were impecable, we have no complaints. Thank you again to Grandma and Grandpa Cherry, we have so many memories we wil cherish forever! Not to mention about 500+ pictures as proof!
I am doing well also, school is still so uch fun. I am so glad God has given me the opportunity to go back to school and learn new things. I am getting a bit overwhelmed at times trying to keep up with everything, everyones schedules, the house, laundry, church, friends, health etc. I may cut my hours back next semester, it is something I am praying about. On a VERY personal note, I did have another miscarriage o our way back from Disney. I am doing better now, my energy is back and I feel like I am starting to even out again. We would really like to have more kids so I have done some testing. So far everything is normal so they have no explainations for two miscarriages in 10 months. Everyone here has been incredible giving us meals and help even when I said I didn't need it. I guess I did need it thinking back on it. I think a lot of us moms tend to think we can do it all on our own, God has slowly been teaching me that I am not superwoman, I do need help from others and from Him. I get overwhelmed and tend to think... what do I need to do to make it better...I am working on getting to the point where my first responce to pressure or stress is to go to God. He has in fact asked us to do that, to cast it all on Him. I think there is a vast amount of peace and "help" that He has there waiting for us all we have to do is ask for it!!!
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