Halloween Part One

So I don't know if y'all know this but trick or treating happens here on the 30th...it's called Begger's Night so that's what we did tonight!! Just a quick little trip with Adalie and I around a little neighborhood close by. Daddy stayed home with Cason who has his turn with a runny nose around here.

I don't think however trick or treating is a big deal around here like I am used to it being other places. Out of the 50-ish condos here where we live, maybe 12 had their porch lights on to pass out some candy. And I expected hundreds of kids on the sidewalks where we were walking all dressed up in costume, but that was a no go too. Just a few patches of kids here and there. Adalie had lots of fun though and still racked in some nice goodies.

We also had a branch trunk or treat party last night and got some good stuff there.

PLUS the 150 candy bag we bought didn't get much damage so we still have that hanging around. All in all, lots of candy to chow down on through the next week. Who am I kidding??? Tomorrow....

Ugh

I had to change my e mail address because someone got into mine and started sending out adds and other things through my name. So if by chance you get something from liddybug4u@hotmail.com , it's not me anymore. This will decease concerns of any offers or porn I might send you. Haha Happened to you yet?? ? Ya, it's annoying to say the least. Although funny....blogger still makes me use my hotmail account to sign in. Anyone know how long that will last or how I change my log in name to my g mail account name now?? Or can I even do that?? I am very Blogger-illiterate still.

Tuesday's Dr Apt

Yesterday I had the biopsy done for the cyst on my neck. My visiting teacher was able to watch the kids so that Brett could come with me, which was wonderful. I was a nervous wreck all day and my hart felt like it was going to beat right out of my chest. I know, I am such a baby. But 2 things were really freaking me out....1. The unknown of exactly what was going to happen. 2. At some point, a freaking needle was going to go into my neck.

When we got there and in, the Dr was very nice. She explained what it was that was on my neck. She said hundreds of people have growths there and don't even know about it. It becomes a problem if it continues to grow or if in fact the biopsy comes back "abnormal" aka cancerous. She looked at it with the ultrasound machine again and while she was explaining the procedure, the lights kept flickering and went out. As if I wasn't scared enough you can imagine how this helped the situation. Well, she got a needle ready with some anesthetic to help numb the area before she started the biopsy. Holy Ouch. The medicine she gave me would take about ten to fifteen minutes to work so the nurse got the room and tools ready for the procedure. One needle. Two needles. Three needles. Gunna pass out. Have to lay down. Four needles....right next to my head. Nurse "Are you okay honey?" Brett "She doesn't really like needles" Nurse "Here let me cover them up, will that help?" A little, but I still knew what was under there.

The Dr came back in ready for business and got the ultrasound machine ready again so she could see where to stick the needle. The fire alarm was going off the whole time too because the lights had gone out and no one new how to turn it off. Not really helping. I looked at Brett and asked if I was supposed to be numb because I wasn't. She stuck the first needle in and it huuuuurrrrrttttt. Have you ever tried not to swallow?? I was concentrating so hard on not swallowing thinking that if I did the tip of that needle would break off and get stuck in my throat and then they would have to rush me into the ER downstairs to remove it. Anywho, making this really long story short, she stuck me 4 more times after that, scraping the cyst in my neck and removing some of the fluid she found in the cyst. All in all, very uncomfortable and painful. Now I am going to have a bruise in the middle of my neck and I don't look forward to explaining that to people. I will probably just blame it on the kiddos and their rough housing.

I will know the results Friday or Monday. There is a 4 in 100 chance that it might be cancerous and I will have to have it removed. Obviously I want to be one of those 96. Or, if it keeps growing I will have to have it removed. Playing the waiting game is killing me slowly enough. Kind of a scary thought about having something in my body betray me like that, but Brett and I are pretty confident everything is ok, so no worries for now. Just trying not to think about it so much every second.

WalMart Adventures

Today while shopping at our local wallyworld, we told Adalie she could pick out a treat. We told her this at the exact time we were walking down the alcoholic beverage isle towards the bottled water. Daddy said "You can pick out anything you want....but not down this isle (in reference to her picking out alcohol)" She started freaking out because she wanted something on THAT isle and it wasn't fair that she couldn't have anything there. I said, "This is for big people and it is bad for little girls and boys" I said that because there was a man beside me picking out a 12 pack and I didn't want to offend him by saying, "We don't drink that because it is bad" and I could only imagine what she might have said to him about what he was getting....She comes back with, sobbing "But I AM a big girl!!" With the gentleman gone with the alcohol, daddy steps in to say, "Adalie, Heavenly Father doesn't want us to drink that kind of stuff because it is bad for our bodies. I am not saying you can't have a treat, we will go find the treat isle so you can pick something out." Adalie "Oh, ok." Hopefuly she will always pick a cupcake over alcohol.

Also, did I ever tell you about her eating a coffee bean while at Wal Mart? You know how they have those self grinding, pick out your own blend stuff down the bread isle? Well, someone had spilled some on one of the shelves that was in Adalie's reach. I didn't see it happen, but She puts one in her mouth thinking it was chocolate, next think I know she is spitting up on the floor and her breath is horrid. "What did you put in your mouth?!?!" "Some chocolate" "Show me where you got it" She calmly walks over to the coffee beans "That! I think it is old chocolate because it taste really bad. Why would someone want to give that to kids??"

Halloween preview

We had a fun little Halloween get together with our Branch members and some of our neighbors today. Fun food and fun atmosphere! There were so many kids!! Adalie was super excited to have the chance to put on her Cat costume on. Next week we have a boo coo of activities planned and she will pretty much be in it all week!!

Here is our little Cat and Mouse!

Whats Happenin??

Well, it looks like Brett pulled off an A in his first two classes here at DMU. Woo Hoo! Good going honey. So far, medical school has treated us well and I really can't complain to much. It isn't as bad as I thought so far (keeping my fingers crossed) I usually get Brett home at 5 and free (for the most part) all night. Sometimes, I even get to have him home at 3 which is a real treat!! It has been really nice to just focus on school for once and no work. Kind of a different change of pace that is very welcomed.

I have been struck with a cold. I hope it is just a cold. If it is the flu, I am never getting a flu vaccine again. I seem to get it every year even though I get vaccinated for it. Bummer. Worse thing I hate about it besides not being able to breath out of my nose? By about 2 in the afternoon I am done, but I have to convince myself to keep going and pretend like I care about things like dinner or laundry....which I didn't at all today. We ate take out and wore dirty clothes.

Cason is a biter. He bites everything and everyone...I have the marks on my stomach and shoulder to prove it. How do you teach an 8 mth old biting is bad?? I have resulted to flicking him on the chin...is that bad??? Hopefully he learns soon. I don't want to be the mom in nursery that everyone hates because their kid goes around leaving bite marks.

Adalie is getting way excited for Halloween. Des Moines really knows how to do Halloween. There is some kind of party going on just about every night. They don't do trick or treating on the 31st around here though. They have beggars night on the 30 where the kids go out trick or treating. the 31st seems to be the "adult" day where everyone gets drunk. Another weird thing, kids supposedly have to tell a joke or do a trick in order to get their candy. Adalie is good at telling knock knock jokes....but they never get past the who's there part of it? She totally misses the punch line every time. Adalie's knock knock joke goes something like this:

A: Knock Knock
Me: Who's there?
A: Banana Pants Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

She never gives me time to say Banana pants who...I have tried to explain to her how a knock knock joke goes about a million times but she still doesn't get it. It is quite frustrating.

Blanket Babies

Did you have a favorite blanket when you were a kid?? I hear that most do. I however did not. I didn't even have my own bed until I was like 7 or 8. I just slept with whatever sister would let me in their beds or on my mom and dad's floor. Sounds sad but I liked it.....I never had to make a bed until I was like 10. Kind of nice. Well both of my kids seem to be huge blanket fans. Adalie since she was about 1 with her purple monkey blanket that she calls her "blue blanket". She calls it that because I it was the first color she learned and one of her first words so she has called it that since she could speak. Now Cason has his own too. He has been stealing Adalie's lately so I pulled out a blanket I had bought before he was born that I was planning on giving him when he got a little older, but decided to give it a go now. He has a few little baby blankets but this is one of those twin size fleece ones. Ya, he loves that thing. It is soft like sister's but a little more manly in color. Cason's IS blue. And he sleeps a ton better. Longer naps and quieter nights for the most part. It has been nice.

Design

So this is my first time to use the design button for my background. Ok, hello a lot more complicated than i thought!! How do i use this thing so I can get a blog online (like from cutest blog) and make it my background? What do I set it on for the default background before I paste something in? Anyone understand my blogging language? haha

Mean Mommy

I need help with my frustration! I am so hot tempered and quick to jump to a bad mood. Sometimes it just seems easier to get mad than to walk away for 30 seconds and cool off. Especially with my kiddos. My first reaction is to scream which I feel like I am doing more often than not lately. And it always makes me feel horrible. And then I justify well I already screamed at them once it won't hurt to just get it all out today and then start again tomorrow with good mommy techniques. Isn't that terrible? Right now I am blaming it on my Merana.

So what do you do to calm down? How do you give yourself breaks from little ones? How do you not scream at them when they do not so wanted things or destroy things? Advice greatly appreciated, but no one better say I am a bad mommy =) Haha

Here's To You BlueJeans

You were the best pair of jeans a girl like me could ever ask for and today I feel your loss. As my butt sags and my belly extends, I dream of the days that you used to hold it all in. My muffin top wasn't there...because of you. You were so good to me. We made it four years together, and even through 2 pregnancies. All I had to do was use a rubber band and you would pull your weight....well mine rather. But now I fear I must say goodbye. The material has become to thin. The wholes to great. And the bottoms to shredded. But just remember how much I really loved you...Your flare legs, your white washed color, and cute copper buttons. I remember the day I found you. It's like you called out to me from that lonely rack filled with all of those impostures. You knew me and knew what I needed. It was one of those rare relationships in life where it was just meant to be. I can never really replace you and I will absolutely hate finding a replacement. Jean shopping is not something a girl takes lightly and I am sure it will take me months to find a pair that I loved as much as you.

So, I raise my glass, to you. Here is to you Blue Jeans. Thanks you for loving my body...I will never forget you.

Dear Cason

Dear, sweet Cason,

I am not going to pretend that your dad and I enjoy your sleeping schedule as of late. Short cat naps during the day and 3 hour spurts at night just aren't cutting it. What happened? You give us a week of good and then a week of bad. This week is bad. You used to be such a great little sleeper now you make me cranky and irritable because your lack of sleep means my lack of sleep. Go. To. Sleep. When I tell you. How I tell you. How long I tell you. M-k? Is it to much to ask from an 8 mth old?

Thanks, Love you (but not so much at 5 am),

Mom

p.s. stop waking up at 6:30 in the stinkin morning

Sleeping

This is where we found Adalie last night after we sent her to bed.... I am glad we got her before she rolled down them.

Shots, Poo, Luandry, & Neighbors

Wow. That titlte probably grabbed your attention even though it is way more exciting than the actual post ahead....sorry about that

Today the kids got shots. 4 for Cason and 3 for Adalie. Both kids screamed there head off and it was hard to comfort both at once. Those shots included the flu shot so let's hope they work this year eh? That means we are 4 for 4 in the Sorensen household, so NO ONE better get it!! Rrrrr.

Haven't really done much lately, nothing too exciting. I stepped in dog poo today while taking a walk with the kids, that kind of ticked me off. I hate it when people don't pick up their dog's poo that is everywhere. Reminded me of the time I stepped in poo on my high school's bathroom floor....why was there poo on the floor? No clue except for maybe someone would think it was funny if someone else stepped in it. Well guess what? It wasn't funny. I also hate it when people don't poop in the toilet like their supposed to.

Next time someone asks me what my hobby is, I am going to say laundry. I mean, I do it all the time....even during my free time so that makes it a hobby yes? Or maybe I have to like it in order for it to be a hobby? Because then it wouldn't be my hobby because I hate it.

Ever wonder who that neighbor is that stares at you all the time? It's me. Hey, I'll admit it...I am the nosey neighbor you probably wouldn't like. I come from a generation of peeping Tanya's. We used to sit in my Grandmama's kitchen or on her porch late at night watching, so I am blaming it on genetics. Loud noises get my attention, so if you don't want me looking, don't be so loud otherwise I will know your business that you thought you had kept secret because it was at 11:00 at night. Nope, I'm awake and listening. Sometimes I can even pick up your conversations through my baby monitor. Haven't heard anything of interest just yet but one day you never know haha.

Adalie

Yesterday Adalie told her daddy that Heaven Father had told her she was mommy's surprise. She also said that when she left Him, he gave her a BIG hug.....and a birthday card lol. Just random, out of the blue statement from Adalie. It is funny because that is exactly what she was, a huge surprise. I was on birth control when we got pregnant and completely in shock when we found out. She turned out to be One of the best surprises ever though. Sweet and Sassy Adalie Marie.

Dr Visits

Time to be honest

So for almost a year now I have had some "issues" with my stomach. I absolutely HATE Drs' so I put off going for a very, very long time. I reached my limit of patience, and my husbands worry, and went to the Dr on Monday where they did a boocoo of blood work and took some "fun" samples....(ya, just what you're thinking...poo samples) She noticed something on my neck in the examining room, and asked me how long I had that bump on my neck. I told her I noticed it about a year ago and didn't think too much of it. She told me that wasn't normal, girls don't have Adam's Apples like that. I was scheduled for an ultrasound. My Dr. discovered 4 cyst in my throat and I have to go to an endocrinologist to get a biopsy of them. I had some blood work done earlier in the week and my family Dr is pretty sure they are non-toxic. So the cancer scare is down but I am still scared out of my mind. The situation is beyond what she can do so I have to go and see a specialist. Another specialist I have to go and see?? A Gastroenteritis. See they also found something in the "fun" samples I left them. There is a high count of white blood cells so I need to have a colonoscopy. That's right, I am 25 yrs old and I have to have a colonoscopy.

I am way stressed out. A million thoughts are running through my head. The biggest one is why? For someone who hates going to the Dr as much as I do, this is is a lot of Dr all over the place. You know whats funny though? Today when I was crying my eyes out, my husband held me in his arms and told me everything is going to be okay. You know what? I believe him. I also said a little prayer to my Father in Heaven and felt immediate comfort. I believe Him too.

The Dentist

Who hasn't had a wonderful experience there huh? When I moved out to UT in Jan 2006, I had to have my wisdom teeth pulled out. My wonderful roommates, Alicia and Ashley, took me to the dentist since I was going to be under sedation and wouldn't be able to drive. Or think clearly for that matter. I went in, sat in the chair and a nice nurse lady set me all up. Gave me the paper bib, screwed open my mouth, turned on the bright lights and said "The Dr will be in just a minute" Somewhere in between, someone else came in with a huge needle to give me a shot. All I hear is "Count backwards from 10" "I"m sorry wha....???" I was out. For a split second I remember opening my eyes and seeing a white mask and arms coming out of my mouth and then dozed again. I woke up and noticed a nurse standing in the corner of the room. "Ummm, excuse me? When is the Dr going to come in? I think I have been waiting for a while" "Oh honey he has already come and has finished the job!" It is about this time I notice the blood on the bib and touch my face to feel my chipmunk like cheeks and cotton balls inside. "Don't touch honey! Now here is a wheel chair for you since you're still a little out of it" Here is one of the not thinking clearly parts as I try to stand up on my own. "Oh no I am fine" And I literally fall out of the dentist chair. After the nurse helped me up and into the wheel chair, I felt so...happy. Even Happy enough to start singing oneof my absolute favorite songs at the top of my lungs....Honky Tonk ba-Donky Donk. (for anyone of you who may not know that song, it is about a girl and her large bottom) I get wheeled into the waiting room where I see my wonderful friends. I just loved them soooooo much at the moment and I think I told them about a hundred times that day just how much. I was overly joyed and was telling everyone! Yet, never skipping a beat with my song of choice. The nurse told us that we would need some more gauze, so I am not sure if I am the one who decided this or not, but the three of us decided to stop on the way home and get more gauze and my pain meds. Probably another not thinking clearly moment. See, you bleed a lot from your mouth. Especially a mouth with four holes in it. I remember standing in the prescription line feeling extremely nauseous. I felt like I was going to pass out. I started to spit out the gauze in my mouth and my wonderful friend Ashley was catching the bloody things in her hand. Who loves me enough to catch my bloody vomit? Ashely did! I thought the best solution was to start swallowing the blood. No. Going to pass out....going to pass out. And from then on the rest was pretty sketchy. Somehow I made it back in the car with new gauze and medicine. My roommates made a place for me on the couch since we were all pretty sure I wouldn't make it up the stairs. And there I laid, with my head propped up, high as a kite watching cartoons. I think I had a babysitter all day, though I am not sure because I was asleep for most of it. One of the shifts even went to my cousin Johnny and who did he bring? Though I didn't know it at the time, my future husband Brett. I think this was my 3rd time to have seen him, and here they came over to watch Monster's Inc with me. I was alseep the whole time, drooling over everything and I don't even remember them leaving. Somehow Brett still decided to date me. Moral of the story: I don't due well with pain meds and should not be held accountable for anything that might happen while I am on them.

Wow that's a long story. Cudos to you if you made it this far! Well, here is a funny little video that I saw the other day! You might have seen it but, it is some funny stuff. David Goes to the Dentist

Just Lots of Random Pictures

Hope you don't really mind, but I just wanted to post a boocoo of pictures today instead of writing. My motivation beyond just captions hasn't been with me lately LoL Enjoy!

Ready For Church!!
 

The Barricades are Up! Cason's new found sense of adventure has introduced barriers around the house. I sure do love baby gates!!

We've entered the gross baby food stage. I hate feeding babies baby food. The goo. The mess. The stains...I tried to hold it off as long as possible, but just milk doesn't cut it anymore fort this boy. Yuck.

Daddy got Adalie a pillow pet. Meet Oscar the Penguin.

Thank you Brett for my babies beautiful Blues =)

Fun things to do with a bowl and a willing little brother

Kind of a creepy picture right? My eyes look really funny in this picture but it will serve it's purpose.

Did I forget to tell you I got Permanent Eye Liner? That's right...a tattoo on my eyes. Don't Judge me =) I got it done about 2 mths ago while I was in Texas thanks to my wonderfully talented aunt Amanda! Hurt like Heck, but awesome that I don't have to put eye liner on for like the next five years or so. And, at least I have SOME make-up on, yes?