Happy Birthday Dylan!!

My baby Boy is turning eight years old on Tuesday, the tenth. Where does the time go? Dylan loves baseball! So of course his party theme had to be baseball. It was just a small party at our place with usual family. Due to Dylan's bike accident earlier in the week, he wasn't able to get his invitations out to his friends at school. He still had fun and got mostly what he wanted. Bakugan Battle Brawlers and Tech Decks.

Dylan also got a skate ramp to go with his Tech Decks. We had gotten him some Tony Hawk ramps for Christmas but it seems he has lost all of the little pieces that hold them together. His cousins got him this ramp that is all one piece!

Here's Dylan with two of his cousins hanging out on the couch waiting for the last of our guests to arrive. Later tonight were are all going to the movies to see The Tale of Despereaux.

Helmets Save Lives!!

My poor baby was riding a friends bike yesterday after school and crashed into a moving car. He was flying down a hill, as fast as he could I'm sure, here at our apartments and ran right into the side of this guys vehicle. Jeremy had just gotten home from work and he and I were in the bedroom talking about his day when Dylan comes through the front door saying "mom" and another man's voice saying "Hello, Hello, Hello". I went to the door and the man said that Dylan had hit his car with his bike. Dylan wasn't crying so I asked the man if his car was okay and he just said "I'm more worried about you son". So I look at Dylan and there's tons of blood all down his leg. While Jeremy was cleaning up his leg, I was talking to the guy who left me his name and number and told me I should take him to get looked at and to please call him as soon as we get back home to let him know if Dylan was okay. Still in shock of it all, I was still calm. I went into the bathroom and his lips were bleeding and beginning to swell. I called a sitter right away for Cody and Rachael and Jeremy and I headed to the Emergency Room with Dylan.

As soon as we got there they took him straight back to Triage and about ten doctors and nurses were all around him checking him out and ordering tests. They were all so happy to hear that Dylan had been wearing his helmet. They said if probably saved his life. They did CT Scans on his head, face, neck and stomach and they took X-Rays of his chest and legs. His puncture on his leg was small, but was still bleeding the whole time we were there. All the labs and blood work came back good. No fractures and no broken bones. Now it was time to make his leg stop bleeding. They gave him Morphine and did a pressure wrap on it and it finally stopped bleeding. Next, they had to make sure he was able to walk on his leg. They put a Leg Brace on it and got him up out of the bed. He hobbled a bit and then we got to go home. He was so brave! Not one tear came from his eyes the whole time.

When we got home Cody and Rachael were so happy to see that Dylan was okay. Cody told him that if that had been him, he would have been crying like a baby the whole time. It was so cute.

Poker Tournament

Last night Jeremy and I went to a poker tournament at my boss' house. The kids stayed at my sister's house with her kids and our youngest brother was nicely bribed to watch all of the kids over there. I work with my brother in law and everyone at work was invited. It's a small work place, eight of us total.
Mike and his wife have a beautiful, great big house and they almost have their poker room finished. It will seat forty people once completed. Before we started, everyone was visiting and meeting other people that were there. Out of sixteen people, Jeremy got third place and won back my buy in and his plus ten more dollars. It was really fun last night and we can't wait until the next tournament.

Doctor's Visit

Friday Rachael and Dylan both had appointments to see their new doctor. We switched insurance companies the first of the year. They were just well check up appointments so their new doctor could meet them and get to know them. When the nurse was done with the weighing, measuring and the the blood pressure, she handed them each a hospital gown to wear instead of their clothes. Poor Dylan, the look on his face when the nurse left the room. He looked at me and asked if he was getting surgery? They never had to wear those gowns before when they went to see their other doctor. It was the cutest thing seeing his concerned look on his face.
When the doctor came in I told her about his concern and she very nicely explained to him that she was just going to do a whole lot of boring talk with mom and then with him and some more boring talk with mom. Then she told him that she was going to check him out from head to toe to make sure he's growing the way he should be. She made him feel much better after that. She did find a questionable mole behind his ear so she referred him to see the Dermatologist. She said it's probably nothing, but just to be safe and she told him to always wear sunscreen when he's playing outside.
Now it was Rachael's turn. Rachael told the doctor about how she gets chest pains when she runs around too much. She doesn't get them all the time, but when she does get them, they hurt. The doctor checked her out and sent her across the hall for X-rays and an EKG. She was afraid of it hurting so I explained that they're just taking a picture of her chest. She asked the doctor if she could have a copy to show all of her friends! The EKG was just a bunch of stickers and wires stuck all over her.
We took the results back to the nurse and they each got their second dose of the chicken pox vaccine. When the doctor came back in she said she looked at the test results and she didn't see anything wrong but that she was sending them to the specialist for a second look. I really like their new doctor a lot and so do the kids. On the way home, we stopped and they got milkshakes from Dairy Queen.

Our Life Diet

Jeremy and I were both home yesterday with sick kids. Rachael was watching the Tyra Show and the topic of the day caught our attention. It was about weight loss and healthy life styles. We both sat down next to Rachael and watched for a while. The first diet that we saw was the Skinny Bitch Diet. This diet is Vegan and not for us. We gotta have our meat! Next they show a work out that was very similar to Turbo Jam, which I already have and love. Then they showed "Joy's Life Diet". This one sounded so great that I went out and bought the book. This book is not just a diet, but it is Four Steps to Thin Forever. It's a lifestyle change. The first week is about breaking your bad habits and the second and third weeks are about making good ones. It's about learning to try new things. Good things that are good for you. I ate a cod fish fillet for dinner tonight and actually enjoyed it! I have never liked any kind of fish before. And Jeremy ate a bowl of veggie soup and liked it! He hates veggies! I think this is going to be good for everyone in the family. Eventually, we'll have the kids eating like us too.

Jeremy's Birthday

Yesterday, February 17th, was Jeremy's 33rd birthday. Happy Birthday Honey! Sunday I made him some Chocolate Chunk Brownies that he had picked out. Friday I gave him his birthday present because he wanted it early. I got him a bottle of Knob Creek Whiskey aged 9 years that he had wanted to try. He likes it a lot. Sunday night we enjoyed his brownies and yesterday we went and had dinner with the people that I work with. It just so happened that my annual company dinner party was on Jeremy's birthday this year. We ate a place called BJ's Pizza. We had never eaten there before but had heard that it was good food. They had a full menu of just about everything, except for steak. Jeremy and I both ordered a Grilled Chicken Baked Potato. A huge baker potato with grilled chicken, Alfredo sauce, melted cheese and I had broccoli on mine. The food was really good and for dessert we had giant chocolate chip cookies with ice cream on top.

Valentine's Weekend

Jeremy and I had our Valentine's Day a week early this year. The kids were gone for the weekend so we made it work. Friday night we had dinner at Applebees and then went and saw He's Just Not That Into You. Saturday we went and saw 4 Christmases (I'm not too sure on the spelling?) and then had dinner at the Outback Steakhouse. After dinner we picked up Tamara. She wanted to stay the night. Sunday morning I went to Seattle and picked up the kids from their dad's house. While we were gone, Jeremy and Tamara spent the day together playing Miniature golf and hanging out at the mall.

Actual Valentine's Day weekend we had all of the kids. Friday night we hung out at home. Saturday night after dinner we all went and saw the movie Bolt which was very cute and very funny. Sunday morning we got up early and went bowling. It was very obvious once we started that it had been a long time since we had gone. We were all out of practice. Except for Jeremy of course. He subs on Tuesday nights in his bowling league. After Bowling, Tamara was ready to go back home and Dylan stayed the night with friend so the rest of us went out and had Mexican food for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants.