There is something about when your kids are sick, I mean really sick, that will bring a grown man to tears. Well it happened again for us. For those that don't know Jessica, after she was born stop breathing and spent two weeks in the NICU fighting to breathe. Seeing her everyday hooked up to so many machines and her being so little. It made us both cry. But today, she made her daddy cry again. Jessica has been fighting a cold for a couple of months now. She had an ear infection prior to the end of 2007 that but cleared up nicely. Well in the last few days she took a turn for the worse and has been miserable for a couple of days. She threw up the once and has been running a fever off and on. Yesterday she woke up really early complaining of her ear hurting again, and had the worst cough. After a few breathing treatments at home, daddy finally took her to the doctor. Several more breathing treatments there and a chest x-ray at the hospital brought the doctor to the conclusion that she needed to be admitted to the hospital. Those words alone were enough to bring daddy to tears. After a very long 8 hours in the hospital and mommy being thrown up on, we finally got the clearance to go home. Although they didn't admit her, they did determine that she has RSV. RSV is the Respiratory Syncytical Virus, it is the most common cause of bronchiolities and pneumonia in children. Luckily, we got it early enough we just have to treat the symptoms i.e fever. She does have to have breathing treatments every 4 hours which luckily we can do at home, but other wise we are in for a rough couple of days until things start to get better. Which we hope they do.
Jessica has finally come to the conclusion that she hates the hospital and hates anyone that looks like they might be a doctor, nurse, or anyone that looks like them.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Insane or Scouting!
It has been a couple of weeks since my last update, but life happens, I guess it just happens a lot more in my household. We are hurriedly planning the fishing, camping, vacation schedule for the family throughout most of the year. In my household if things are not planned well in advance there is the possibility that we wont be able to attend. Unless it is a trip to Disneyland, we have been know to plan those in as little as 24 hours.
So as the schedule goes we have many camping trips planned with friends, and by ourselves. We will be hitting our old favorites again this year, Hat Creek and Shasta, but also trying out some new places as well. I think this year we have planned a coast camping trip. Although we have done this at Salt Pointe State Park with the boys scout troop we have never been to the coast with friends camping.
It seems that our oldest, Jacob, has earned his Star Scout award, and is almost done with his Life Scout, now it is just a matter of time, literally. Six months as a Star Scout is one of the requirements, and we are just waiting that out. That will be in July sometime. Then he will be a Life Scout, this is usually when young men work on their Eagle Scout projects. Although Jake has not decided on what his project will be he is diligently searching for projects that he might be able to complete. He should have his project done and his write up complete before his 14th birthday, and hopefully his Eagle board of review before that. He only has a couple of required merit badges left and he will be completing those either before or during Scout camp in August. Jared is diligently working on progressing ranks this year. He earned his tenderfoot and is almost done with 2nd Class and 1st Class. Jordan is progressing in Cub Scouts too. He will earn his Wolf award in the next few months, and in June will advance to a Bear Scout.
The boys are not the only ones involved in Scouting. I am too. I have been the Committee Chair for Pack 188, 288, 440 and 240 for a couple of years now. On top of that I am the treasurer for Troop 12 and just found out a couple of weeks ago that they want me to be Committee Chair for Crew 12 (which is the Venturing Crew attached to Troop 12). Of course I said yes, how could I pass up an opportunity to spend more time in Scouting. Jake and Jared are going to Scout camp for a week in August and mom is tagging along, as a leader. Of course, this year they had to pick going back to Camp Wente up near Willitis, instead of Catalina Island again. Why do I always miss the good trips?
Yesterday I attended Pow Wow training in Benicia. For those that are not familiar about Pow Wow it is a supplemental training for Cub Scout Leaders. I attended with some friends from another pack and we had a great time. I think my favorite class was outdoor cooking. I think I have learned to cook anything from a hard boiled egg in a wax cup to chocolate chip cookies in a box. We are going to have some fun this year when we are camping with the kids.
Friends in Scouting are trying to convince me to attend Wood Badge this year (another supplemental training for Scout leaders, but an awesome class). I have been debating on taking it for a few years now, but my schedule just never worked out. I thought I had it all figured out and was planning on attending late this year, when the mail came on Thursday. I got an invitation to attend Philmont in New Mexico this year. An invitation to Philmont can be a once in a lifetime opportunity. They have a great program for leaders and the while family is invited, which they have programs for them to attend as well. Well that threw a big wrench in the middle of everything. Now what to do? I really want to attend both as they really are once in a lifetime opportunities, but now it will be a game of wait and see. I am definitely shooting for Philmont, and plan on attending if I can get the time off. I talked to the Wood Badge instructor yesterday and it sounds like I may be able to hold off and make a decision by late July. Hopefully that is the case and I can do both.
So for the most part we look forward to another exciting year in Scouting with some major achievements. Jake getting his Eagle Scout award, Mom attending Philmont and Wood Badge. Jordan getting his next rank, and Jared on track to reach Eagle prior to turning 14 as well. Its a great year for Scouting!
So as the schedule goes we have many camping trips planned with friends, and by ourselves. We will be hitting our old favorites again this year, Hat Creek and Shasta, but also trying out some new places as well. I think this year we have planned a coast camping trip. Although we have done this at Salt Pointe State Park with the boys scout troop we have never been to the coast with friends camping.
It seems that our oldest, Jacob, has earned his Star Scout award, and is almost done with his Life Scout, now it is just a matter of time, literally. Six months as a Star Scout is one of the requirements, and we are just waiting that out. That will be in July sometime. Then he will be a Life Scout, this is usually when young men work on their Eagle Scout projects. Although Jake has not decided on what his project will be he is diligently searching for projects that he might be able to complete. He should have his project done and his write up complete before his 14th birthday, and hopefully his Eagle board of review before that. He only has a couple of required merit badges left and he will be completing those either before or during Scout camp in August. Jared is diligently working on progressing ranks this year. He earned his tenderfoot and is almost done with 2nd Class and 1st Class. Jordan is progressing in Cub Scouts too. He will earn his Wolf award in the next few months, and in June will advance to a Bear Scout.
The boys are not the only ones involved in Scouting. I am too. I have been the Committee Chair for Pack 188, 288, 440 and 240 for a couple of years now. On top of that I am the treasurer for Troop 12 and just found out a couple of weeks ago that they want me to be Committee Chair for Crew 12 (which is the Venturing Crew attached to Troop 12). Of course I said yes, how could I pass up an opportunity to spend more time in Scouting. Jake and Jared are going to Scout camp for a week in August and mom is tagging along, as a leader. Of course, this year they had to pick going back to Camp Wente up near Willitis, instead of Catalina Island again. Why do I always miss the good trips?
Yesterday I attended Pow Wow training in Benicia. For those that are not familiar about Pow Wow it is a supplemental training for Cub Scout Leaders. I attended with some friends from another pack and we had a great time. I think my favorite class was outdoor cooking. I think I have learned to cook anything from a hard boiled egg in a wax cup to chocolate chip cookies in a box. We are going to have some fun this year when we are camping with the kids.
Friends in Scouting are trying to convince me to attend Wood Badge this year (another supplemental training for Scout leaders, but an awesome class). I have been debating on taking it for a few years now, but my schedule just never worked out. I thought I had it all figured out and was planning on attending late this year, when the mail came on Thursday. I got an invitation to attend Philmont in New Mexico this year. An invitation to Philmont can be a once in a lifetime opportunity. They have a great program for leaders and the while family is invited, which they have programs for them to attend as well. Well that threw a big wrench in the middle of everything. Now what to do? I really want to attend both as they really are once in a lifetime opportunities, but now it will be a game of wait and see. I am definitely shooting for Philmont, and plan on attending if I can get the time off. I talked to the Wood Badge instructor yesterday and it sounds like I may be able to hold off and make a decision by late July. Hopefully that is the case and I can do both.
So for the most part we look forward to another exciting year in Scouting with some major achievements. Jake getting his Eagle Scout award, Mom attending Philmont and Wood Badge. Jordan getting his next rank, and Jared on track to reach Eagle prior to turning 14 as well. Its a great year for Scouting!
Monday, January 7, 2008
64,000 people and still in the Happiest Place on Earth!
Well I made it through the holidays, but just barely. As usual work has kept me way to busy to do much more than sleep, eat, and go to work. I don’t mind so much the rest of the year but during the holidays I do like to actually see my kids and my husband rather than in passing. I guess it was a good thing I took Christmas and New Years off and just spent time with the family. Christmas was nothing special. I spent a large amount of Christmas Eve day doing all of the Christmas shopping; I always have plans to be done by December but that never seems to happen. After much debate with Dane, we decided a small vacation during New Years was in order. It was a toss up between Las Vegas to visit friends and Disneyland. The friends were our first choice, because I think we have spend half our life in Disneyland, but they were busy with family. Oh darn, that meant yet another trip this year to Disneyland (silently doing the happy dance). It doesn’t matter how many times you go to Disneyland it is always a fun place to be.
I think we have taken the kids to Disneyland during every holiday there is except New Years, and now was our chance. Let me just say that I am glad we went. We had an awesome time. However, those with young children should not go during this time of year, I would say 7-8 is probably the youngest I would take during this time. We did take the baby but she was dead by 10 pm and the loud music was not enough to wake her. There are a number of parties scattered around Disneyland, as well as, California Adventure, lots of loud music and dancing to be had by all. We choose not to mess with the large, mass, of Disneyites in front of the castle at that party but opt to go to the party near It’s A Small World. Pluto, Goofy, Chip and Dale were there to party with us and it was a blast. Of course, mom had to embarrass the children as much as possible. I swear there is something about the early teenage/pre-teens that get embarrassed in the stupidest places. Like any of the 64,000 people in Disneyland that night knew who I was or my children were, and we would ever see them again. The older children wanted to stay several feet away from me and act like they were way to cool to be near their mother. Of course when the DJ decided to pay Y.M.C.A. by the Village People, I knew this was the perfect opportunity to embarrass them even more. I waved them to come over and do the dance with me but they refused and looked at me like I needed a psychiatric evaluation. Jordan, however, couldn’t care less and joined me in the obligator YMCA dance moves….about half way through the song the 3 older boys showed up right next to me doing the dance themselves. I guess they figured Jordan and I were having way too much fun and they were missing out. Too bad I don’t have any pictures of that, it would have been worth it to blackmail them with later in life. The worst part about the night was the wind, the wind started to blow around noon on New Years Eve and didn’t stop until the 2nd. That meant no New Year’s Eve fireworks in Disneyland, which I was really looking forward too. Oh well, it means that we have to find time to spend another New Year’s Eve in Disneyland. Oh darn!
I think we have taken the kids to Disneyland during every holiday there is except New Years, and now was our chance. Let me just say that I am glad we went. We had an awesome time. However, those with young children should not go during this time of year, I would say 7-8 is probably the youngest I would take during this time. We did take the baby but she was dead by 10 pm and the loud music was not enough to wake her. There are a number of parties scattered around Disneyland, as well as, California Adventure, lots of loud music and dancing to be had by all. We choose not to mess with the large, mass, of Disneyites in front of the castle at that party but opt to go to the party near It’s A Small World. Pluto, Goofy, Chip and Dale were there to party with us and it was a blast. Of course, mom had to embarrass the children as much as possible. I swear there is something about the early teenage/pre-teens that get embarrassed in the stupidest places. Like any of the 64,000 people in Disneyland that night knew who I was or my children were, and we would ever see them again. The older children wanted to stay several feet away from me and act like they were way to cool to be near their mother. Of course when the DJ decided to pay Y.M.C.A. by the Village People, I knew this was the perfect opportunity to embarrass them even more. I waved them to come over and do the dance with me but they refused and looked at me like I needed a psychiatric evaluation. Jordan, however, couldn’t care less and joined me in the obligator YMCA dance moves….about half way through the song the 3 older boys showed up right next to me doing the dance themselves. I guess they figured Jordan and I were having way too much fun and they were missing out. Too bad I don’t have any pictures of that, it would have been worth it to blackmail them with later in life. The worst part about the night was the wind, the wind started to blow around noon on New Years Eve and didn’t stop until the 2nd. That meant no New Year’s Eve fireworks in Disneyland, which I was really looking forward too. Oh well, it means that we have to find time to spend another New Year’s Eve in Disneyland. Oh darn!
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