Life With 3 Boys

Ok first off my blogging has been very lacking for months and I apologize. I will do better, I promise.

Second who ever said going from 2 to 3 kids was easier than going from 1 to 2 must not have had a High-maintenance 5 year old and a special needs 2 year old. Then throw in a colicy 1 month old that wants to nurse all day. I'm going outta my mind some days. But really guys it's not that bad and we are adjusting. We have had some new behaviors pop up with the kids that we are working really hard to stop since Will came. I know it's just jealousy issuses but they do make day to day life very difficult some days. Alex started talking back, being just down right mean to Eian, threatening me, trying to bully me, etc. He loves Will but man he's worst this time than he as when I had Eian. I really thought he'd be the one ok with a new baby since he'd already done this once. I was wrong. I worried about Eian and a new baby. Eian has been wonderful with Will, I have to remind him to be gentle and no he isn't old enough to pick Will up yet (he's tried and actually done it once before I could get him), but over all he's adjusted just fine. He's jealous of him but mainly when he's sleepy he wants mama or if my mom holds Will, Eian's not a fan of that. Eian has learned that if mommy is nursing the baby he can do things he'd normally get in trouble for and since i'm tied down feeding the baby he doesnt get in trouble right away. Man the messes that kid can make. But you know what, I can deal with that.

Ok so on to other news.

Alex's 4k graduation is this Tuesday and his last day is Friday. I'm so proud of him and everything he has learned. He can count pretty high (I heard him count to 30 something yesterday counting pennies) he knows his ABC's, he can spell and write his name and several other 3 and 4 letter words. His speech is improving but I really think he'll end up in ST in the fall when he starts 5k, which is just fine. I registered him for 5k last month and he's so excited. He starts August 18th. It's gonna be a change for him he's been in a private chruch preschool for 2 years now, just 3 hours a day. He's gonna be in public 5k and it's all day, but he'll be just fine.

Eian is doing great, he's talking more and more. His speech has really took off since having tubes put in his ears in Jan. I'm amazed everyday. Friday he learned to drink from a straw (he still forgets to swallow the drink sometimes and it comes spitting out, like it did yesterday in my eye) he's so proud of himself. He clapped and danced everytime he did it right. We've been working for a year now trying to get this and he couldn't until now. We made the decision to send him to the same private preschool that Alex has been in, with "typical" kids his age and not the special needs preschool this year. So Eian starts 3k in Sept. it'll be just 3 hours a day 5days a week, but I think it will be great for him plus he'll still be getting his private therapies at the hospital.

Now on to my littlest monkmee. Will is doing great. He's a little piggy. he was 7lbs 4oz when he was born at one month old he was 10lbs 10oz. We have already had to pack up the newborn clothes and move to size 1 diapers. He's been a little colicky the past few days. I'm pretty sure he has reflux just like Eian. He fits in just fine in the family lol. He's too cute sometimes when he's sleeping he'll smile and then giggle.

I don't think I've talked about it here yet, but come August we'll be an Army family. Joel decided to go a head and enlist. He leaves August 15th for 15 weeks of Basic training down in Georgia at Fort Benning. He'll be home the 1st week of Dec. it's gonna be a big change for us. Me and the boys will stay here in Union proli til next summer after Alex finished his 1st year of school and after Wwill's 1st birthday. Then more than likely we'll join him where ever he's stationed at if we can.

I guess thats all for now. I better run. But before I go I leave you with pictures.

Eian after he helped himself to holding Will

Eian walking like a big boy with his monkey from therapy

Will just hanging out with his mama

Alex's 4k school pix

A few of Will's 1 month pictures I took

His 1st bath

Getting fat

Alex multitasking. Holding Will and playing the xbox.

Our 4th Went Great

The boys had a blast playing out side at the family cookout. and just hanging out with their cousins. After that we went to the park for the annual firework show. the boys had so much fun and it was great therapy for Eian cause we were sitting on a hill and he kept trying to walk up the hill and hold his balance too. Eian loved the fireworks he kept reaching out for them so while lots of babies were crying my 21 month old was lovin every minute of it. at the end they had 2 big fireworks blowup wrong so they ended the show i'm sure they had to go home and change their underwear lol. Nobody got hurt tho. It was like 10:45 when we got home and just as I unlocked the door Joe pulled from work. Poor guy, he's misreble at work. So in his stressed out state he came home and cleaned and even started painting the living room while me and the boys slept. The boys even slept til 10 this morning lol. I'll load pictures in a little bit.

My mom informed me that we are leaving tommorrow morning to go down to Charleston and stay til Thursday. so now I have to spend today packing and getting ready. This will be Eian's 1st trip to the beach since last summer he didnt sweat and had to stay out of the heat so the whole family didnt go.

Eian's The Youngest

I love reading other blogs and sometimes it gets me kinda down. Eian is the youngest in our town with DS most of the other kids are in school like 6-8 years old. So he doesn't really have playmates like him. Actually he doesn't have many playmates his own age at all. My nephew Caleb is 29 months old but he's rough and thuff and more along Alex's play style. My neice Kira is only 3 months old so that puts her out. Most of mine and Joel's friends don't have kids. and the one set that does live pretty far away so we don't see them much. So it pretty much leaves us hanging alone. Which does wonders for my depression. Don't get me wrong I connect with the other moms in town that have kids with DS. But when it comes to getting together and hanging out. It don't happen. I'm 25, most of them are a few years older so we have different interest and so on. My friends don't have kids so they have other interest. UH! It never ends. This has turned out more of a POOR DAWN POST, Sorry. Well my little helper is done with his bottle and trying to type so I'll finish up here with some pictures of my big boy I took last night.

Update

So yesterday Joel (aka my babies daddy lol) had to have a colonoscopy done. He had been having some pain and they thought it might been from his hermia repair from when I was pregnant with E but it wasn't so his dr moved on to find other reasons. Anyways Joel's dr said it looked good and sent him home. Me and the boys had stayed over at his house thursday night so I could be with him friday. After his thing i took him home and he ate and then we went to Spartanburg to get his new video game then pretty much just spent the day hanging out together. E and I stayed over again last night and Joel took care of E so I could get some sleep. E was a total daddy's boy yesterday. He even fell asleep on his daddy while Joel was waiting to be took back.

Now I wont lie to my bloggy friends, I love Joel with all my heart and I have for 9 years now. We have 2 beautiful boys together. I'd love to work things out and put our family back together. Joel knows where I stand but who knows where he stands. Thats all I'm gonna say about that.

Another Nice Day in U-Town

This is the keychain i won in Mel's V-day giveaway.

Rainy Saturday Blues

Well once again it's raining here in little old Union. Makes me so sleepy. Well this year is moving along so I'm starting to gear up for Team Eian fundraising. Our goal this year is to raises $1,000 atleast. Last year we feel short by alot. we raised $250, but I gotta say alot was due to personal issuses that came up in my life. And with me pretty much running Team Eian alone, it makes it hard to do things when other stuff come up. But this year we are doing it. I'm already selling the DS Awareness Magnets for $4 and have a few other things lined up.

Eian is doing good his gross motor skills are good infact his PT cut his time from once a week to once a month. His fine motor skills still need help, he works with Mrs.C once a week on that in OT. His speech is good when he wants to talk. He can say anything, he just only does it when he wants to. He has a couple signs that he uses on a daily basis, Mama, Dada, Eat, and he's signed I love you a couple times.

Alex is well Alex. Lol he's good sometime and sometimes he's just Alex. Thats pretty much the only way I can sum it up. He's doing good in school. He has a new girlfriend, her name is Rebecca, she took care of him the other day when he got a booboo. So the teacher told me he asked if he could give her a kiss on the forehead and she let him. Daddies lock up your daughters now. He's back in underwear today as he told me they called him a baby at school cuz he was in diapers. So heres to hoping he's potty trained by age 4 which is coming up really soon. April 19. I can't believe my baby is almost 4.

I'm doing good. Still at home with the boys and still not sure what we are doing about the housing issuse. But other than that all is going ok. I've donated a DS awareness Kit to Renee for her auction to raise money to bring Kellsey home. Also I have a few give aways planed for the up coming weeks.

Where Have I Been

was I abducted by aliens? Nah just super busy with the boys and limited computer access. I'm so sorry. I should have found a way to get on time to time.

Happy 2009!!!!!

Well lets see
1. boys had a good xmas got all kinds of stuff
2. boys was sick at xmas
3. eian got worst and ended up in the hospital 6 days
4. turns out he has asthma
5. since coming home he has been the funniest happiest lil guy.
6. Alex is potty training again Regression sucks
7. I'm still single
8. I lost my job due to cut backs.
9. Hopefully we'll make it with Eian's disability and the boys child support
10. I'm pretty sure I'm bi-polar just haven't made it to the dr.

I'll be posting pictures soon!!!

The World of Down Syndrome and Meeting New People

Over the week I have had two Down syndrome encounters. For people without a child with Down syndrome in their lives, it's almost like you are drawn to each other and I will always embrace these meetings.

So Tuesday I had the boys out shopping and we passed several people who owed and awed over E & A, How could they not my boys are perfect, lol. As we passed the one lady and her friend I heard her tell her friend "LOOK AT HIM" so a stop like always pretty much do, I love sharing my angels with people, and so she comes over and she tells me how precious he is and ask if he has DS and told her yes and she began telling me about her 12 year old daughter Emily who happens to have DS. It was a really nice meeting, she showed me a picture and I gave her one of our DS key chains. We said good bye and parted ways.

Then Yesterday I took the boys to the grocery store. I was pretty crazy to do it but anyways it had to be done. Sadly I picked nap time to do it, what was I thinking. So anyways, i got the usual smiles and how sweet about the boys. and one lady told me how cute he is, but as a crazy mom with 2 kids in a buggy I said thanks and keep walking. I stopped at a display and she came up beside me and said I just had to come look at him, talking about E. She told me she had a sister with DS and E looked just like her sister did. She said they are just so special and we parted ways.

So far knock on wood we have no had any bad encounters, but I'm sure we will at some point, sadly I will try to handle them the best I can. But I thanks God everyday for my sons and for the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends.

In other news I will be selling our DS keychains soon so be watching out for them.

Yard Sale Update

at the end of the day we had made a total of $350. We had a great turn out, great help, and great people that donated items for the sale and money at the sale. I'd post more but i'm tired and Eian's calling me.

Team Eian's Yardsale For Down Syndrome

Team Eian

for those who don't know let me tell you about Team Eian. I started Team Eian after we got our diagnosis of Down syndrome. It started out just as our family Buddy Walk Team, but as time past I decided to expand it. Now Team Eian is Union County's Down Syndrome Awareness & Support group. As of right now we consite of 4 families with children who have DS. We have grown and we are just starting. Our goal is to Show everybody that people with DS are just like everyone else. You should check us our we have a website and there are wonderful pictures of our Children. We are always looking to expand even more new members etc. I'd love to have all age people from Union with DS join us.

http://www.teameian.spruz.com/