New Van!!

We replaced our temporary van with a much nicer and newer van!! It is awesome!! It was sooner than we wanted but our other one was about to loose the transmission. Scott was so afraid we would get stranded somewhere one day. Putting more money into it would not make any sense so we started looking to see what we could find. After looking at every model we could find we fell in love with the Chysler Town and Country Touring!! Stow and go seating which can be used for more than seats, DVD, deep back storage, and of course doors that open with our keyless entry, and affordable with so many features. Those were the big features we loved including many more. After that we found the perfect one and bought it! It is very red, 2006, 60K miles, and in very good condition! Got it for a decent price and should last us quite a while! Now I can travel out of Greenwood because I have a DVD player. After my last trip up North I promised to never go anywhere again with 3 kids before I get a DVD player!

Urologist and ENT!

Ryan finally saw the urologist in regards to her daytime wetting that to be honest can drive a mother crazy!! He basically concluded that this is caused from not releasing all of the urine during output. Because of that the child will have to go much more often and more urgently causing them to have accidents. So to help Ryan finish each time she has to sit on the potty backwards so that she has no choice but to release it all (it is impossible to stop this flow this way) every 2 hours. I looked at the Dr like he was crazy because I know there is no way this girl can go 2 hours without having to go pee! She drinks like a camel!!! She chugs everything put in front of her. So after a week of trying every 2 hours she was wetting in between of course! So now we have our alarm set every hour and we'll see if that makes any difference. I personally think that Ryan drinks too much and has to go very often and she gets tired of always having to go so she tries to hold it and of course fails!! She never has accidents at church or during preschool speech which is 2 hours long! I dont know though there could be something wrong with her bladder. But we will try this crazy Dr's advice. He says if this does not work she needs to take a bladder relaxant (which I am against doing) and if that doesnt work then do some testing to see is she has some bladder or nerve problems. I think if we get her off of sippy cups that would help a ton. She prefers the sippy because she can chug. After a few times she always wants to go back to having that lid and chugging. When she uses a real cup she drinks much less which I think would at least help some. The other culprit to her problem is being tired! The girl hasnt taken a nap since a few months before her 3rd bday. Sometimes though she needs one. When she is tired you can forget dry panties!! Another reason she is so tired is that she is waking a lot at night from probably sleep apnea. So we went to the ENT and she confirmed that she may indeed have sleep apnea and many times clearing sleep apnea has helped with wetting!! So surgery is scheduled for Sept 2nd to have tonsils and adnoids taken out. We are hoping all of this works together and we find a way to have 2 girls with dry panties all day!! Not looking forward to this surgery again as it was hard on Bekah for a while who is much tougher than Ryan. But after lots of love and tv I know she will recover just fine!!

Where did the last month go!?

Ive been so busy these last several weeks getting caught up on photo books from all the kids pictures since January that I got behind on blogging. Both of which are simply for me so that I can remember what life was like back in the day! Because believe it or not I will forget how hard and how fun these days were. Going through life you think you will never forget but we certainly do, but I'm hoping by writing every now and again and keeping up on all my favorite pics I will have a lot of memories.
This last month we have been busy with several important Dr appointments and just having fun enjoying the healthy season of the year! Although it has been extremely hot we have had fun outdoors and indoors. We have spent so much time swimming in the neighbors pool this year it has been great fun and a life saver with this heat. Ryan was a little fish this year, Bekah was always ready to leave as soon as we got in (she quickly figured out that if she said she had to go poop then we would quickly take her home and she would sit for a really long time on the potty so as not to have to go back!), and Caleb well he loved having all 20lbs of himself held in my arms the entire time we were there (at least an hour, talk about heavy!!). We spent a lot of time in our backyard on the swing set, in the playhouse, and in the sandbox. Caleb has mastered climbing all 6 steps up to the top of the swing set slide and climbing all the way up the very large slide then joyfully sliding back down on his belly! Ive never had a 10 month old who could climb so well! He has manged a lot of bloody lips this last month as well! Shocking I know. The girls spend their entire time pretending to go places like Fortwayne, the zoo, museum, preschool speech, and church with their imaginary friends Lucas (which Ryan informed me is a girl. who knew?) and Abby (Bekah's friend). It is to the point that they aren't wanting to play with Scott and I much anymore. Strange, but nice! So glad we had them so close together!! We have also spent a lot of time out front playing as well. The girls love to ride their bikes on the driveway and in the street (don't worry only with us!). They also love playing with all of Scott's wonderful treasures throughout the entire garage! You would be impressed with the imaginations these girls have in order to have so much fun with such weird items. Caleb's favorite thing out front is the mulch and Scott's small water fountain in the garden!! Annoying!! But he is also in love with riding in the wagon! He points at everything as we walk and makes lots of noise. Too cute! We have also gone to many of the parks around Greenwood, one day a week at Grandma Moon's house, 2 mornings of 45 min of school, the museum of course, the zoo, the local pool once, the library just to play in the play area and on the computers, and many trips to the grocery store with all 3 (what an adventure that always turns out to be!) As always it turned out to be one great, fun summer!! However, I'm looking forward to the next season and all the exciting fun that fall brings in Indiana!! Even among the colds that will inevitably invade our home!!