Yesterday was so stressful! We lost Marcella. Don't worry, we found her. I was leaving to take Cameron and me to get a much needed haircut and Alex some glasses..and when I opened the garage door Stanley and Rocky were standing there and Marcella was gone. They kicked the gate open..with some help from the wind. I have fixed that problem. Anyways we looked for about 3 or 4 hours. We made fliers and everything. I saw some guys having a garage sale and I asked them and they said she was walking around there all day! They said she just went down the alley. So I drove down the ally calling out her name and there she came running. She looked so pretty, the sun was shining on her and the wind was blowing her hair back and she was "smiling"! I am so glad I found her. I have had her for 10 years. Brad got her for me the first year we were together. She could not find home since we just moved. I am so glad she is home now. We all love her so much! When we thought she might be gone forever Cameron was crying and Alex kept saying " I was using her as a pillow just last night." I am thankful he has his pillow back.

This is kind of gross...warning

Noah has and always has had horrible pooping/constipation problems. A few days ago, after it took him several days to pass a brick, I put him back on Miralax..which btw he will be staying on now..Anyways he was pooping fine again, but then yesterday he was straining most of the day, so I put him on his back and took off his diaper and kind of leaned his legs back to help him with pushing....well usually I would see poop but this time I saw something that looked like part of him. I was terrified...it looked like he was pooping his intestines out! I called my mom to get her take on it and she thought maybe a hemorrhoid but I just did not think that was it...so I took him right to the doctor...She told me it was his intestines and that it is not uncommon with kids that are used to pushing really hard to go potty. She said usually they will come out a little but go right back in. She said that if it doesn't go back in after 15 minutes, take him to the ER because after half and hour it can start to cut off his blood supply. She suggested if that is happening again to try to distract him from pushing. Is that scary or what! He seems fine today, he is taking his Miralax and I am hiding vegetables in his food and cutting his milk intake down and trying to get some water down him. We took him to Bonkers today which is a huge indoor climb through maze, he had fun..Brad went all through it with him. Tonight after Cameron and I studied for his science test we went to ride his bike:) Noah rode his trike he got for Christmas from his uncle and aunt...it has a little push thing so I pushed him...his feet don't quite reach the pedals yet.. He had so much fun...he loves outside so much. That's all for now, we have a play date mall thing with my friend Jenni and her little baby, Corbin. We are excited...we love the mall. So say a prayer for him that his intestines don't come out again and that his pooping gets better. I think it will.

Noah's new race car bed!

Here is a picture of Noah with his new race car bed. He loves it!

We got him a helmet!

YAY..CAMERON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been quite eventful around here. I am so proud of Cameron. As many of you know, Cameron struggles with coordination. Learning to ride a bike has been an issue for him ever since we first started trying to teach him when he was little. We would work at it and then stop and try again later and he just could not get the balance down and he was terrified of falling. Well, last Saturday he learned!!! After an hour of working at it and Cameron crying and Brad not letting him quit, he got it down. He was riding it and smiling a huge smile and Brad was running along beside him in tears. We are so proud of him and he is so proud of himself! He went the next day to ride and had zero problems. Now we need to get him a cell phone and discuss parameters and he can finally get out of the house. I love him so much. He is an incredible special person. His throwing up last week came back and we went back to the doctor. She took him off dairy and prescribed him another medicine...so far so good. I feel so bad he can't eat cheese or have ice cream anymore. I'm going to buy him sherbet and now and then let him have dairy if he takes medicine first..of course after some of this sickness subsides first.

We are all moved in. The movers came on Friday...kind of annoying, they acted like they were mad at us for having so much stuff. On Sat. my awesome friend Josh (kelly)and I went to the old yucky house and cleaned it. The dogs had to spend the first night at the old house because the verizon guy was here until 11:00, so they were happy to be get to come home with us after we cleaned. I think they were depressed at that house too! Now they have a cool back yard with a cool deck..so if it rains they are fine and they have lots of shade in the summer too. Instead of Stanley with me and Rocky and Marcella with Alex at night now, Marcella is sleeping with Cameron. So everyone has a furry friend to sleep with here. yay..dog hair! We have tons of unpacking to do, but the bottom line is we are so much happier. This will be a wonderful home for us to live in while we save up for a nice sized down payment on our own house. Oh, and it is right by Cameron's school and much closer to Alex's.

BTW, Alex's progress report was awesome...passing everything with mostly A's and B's and like 1 or 2 C's. Cameron's was good except for Language Arts, but that was just because he wasn't turning in a reading log and now we have that down so there should not be a problem.

SOOOOO, we are doing well and I will blog more later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I will get him a helmet.

Okay, real quick. The skateboarding thing was the first thing Noah has done that might require a helmet and Brad was with him and could have caught him easily if he fell. I posted it on facebook and some people made a comment..people love to criticize instead of compliment. My point is that I will get Noah a helmet so please do not worry about that. Brad and I would never do anything to harm him in any way and we are not too dumb to not realize he needs a helmet. Cameron wears one and is 11 and if I could get Alex who is almost 17 to wear one, I would!

Noah skateboarding all by himself at 20 months!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et2uG8ZqLoE

Tomorrow is the big day! We are ready, but I am so exhausted. What a crazy week. I love the new house! I can't wait to be out of this God forsaken house someone was probably murdered in. Okay, maybe I am exagerating..but its at the very least haunted. I am so tired, I think I will go to sleep.

Not much to say, except I am way behind..as always. Our friend, Ricardo, has been helping us babyproof the new house. We had to put lattice up all along the stairway and at the top, but it actually looks good. We had to do it in the dark with candles! The electricity is not on yet and Ricardo could only do it at night so we baby proofed by about 15 of my sugar cookie type scented candles. At least it smells good in there. My mom has been really helping me out by watching Noah. Cameron is so hyper, I hope it stops soon because its driving me crazy. Its most likely the chaos of moving. I am so happy to say he is well. He is going to continue to take prilosec on an ongoing basis. Well, gotta go!

Packing packing packing. That's my weekend. yuck. Cameron had some a sonogram of this organs yesterday..I thought it was of this stomach, but it was his organs. I have not heard back yet. He has missed so much school over this, I'm not used to that because my kids have always been so healthy. Thank God for that. I am so worried about him..its weird..he's not sick or miserable he just casually continues to throw up. I think it might be severe acid reflux. Hopefully Monday he will be able to go to school. We'll see. Right now, I have to pack...we are moving Friday morning next week and I have had no time to even think about packing. :(

Okay...I have not blogged in a while because I have been so busy and tired. Everyone is doing well. This weekend Noah and I went to a play date, but I really did not know these ladies so I felt a little out of place. It was at a cute little duplex, but it was not baby proofed to say the least! I was glad I had an excuse to leave.

The excuse was that Cameron was going to Rory's paintball party. Rory is Audrey's son and Kathy, Kelly, and Timothy went with me. It was in Forney and we never even found it! Cameron was car sick and begging to go home, so we called Audrey and said we could not make it. We went and bought some Dramamine and went to Chili's to eat so it had a chance to kick in. We had the world's worst meal and service. Sorry if you live in Forney, but FORNEY SUCKS! Funny thing is, I still had fun being with my friends. I'm so glad I have a few people in this world I can be myself completely. Its nice to have a place to really fit in. They love me no matter how crazy or goofy I am and I love them. I'm lucky.

When we got home Brad and I took the little monster to the park to release some energy. Noah is amazing..he was doing real perfect somersaults. He definitely has Brad's athletic gifts. I am so excited to see how he will do in team sports. Noah can even skateboard a little. Lots of supervision, don't worry.

Yesterday Nana (Brad's mom) came over and brought us McDonald's and played with Noah. They read books while Noah sat in his Elmo chair and they went for a long walk outside. Noah had fun!

After they left Noah and I went to surprise Daddy at work. Noah was mesmerized with all the kids running around on the court playing tennis. I had a gift card to Southlake Town Square and went shopping after that.

Not much more to say for now except I have to pack pack pack! Here I go again...