Christmas Morning

                                              Kacie opening up more presents....
                                      Courtney with her Americian Girl....Thanks to Mrs Clause :)

Christmas 2008 at Mom and Dad's

Christmas with the whole family was really fun. It was nice to have everyone here this year....i don't think all of Mom and Dad's kids have been together for x mas in 6 years... Not all the grandchildren r in the picture...were missing Heidi and Mike.

Fall / Halloween / back to school of Kacie / Random

I needed to get some 2008 pictures up before 2009 comes :)

A little scare..

Ok i know all i talk about is Courtney and her diabetes well its kind of runs my life u know....

Well tonight Court experienced her first low we all did. Tonight at supper it was a little after 5.. she was crying saying she felt low...i told her check ur b/s. She said to me "I tried eating something" which makes no sense. Should of been my first clue. She uses alcohol wipes for her fingers well she goes 90 miles an hour and u need to let it dry or u won't get a right reading...she was 184. I thought she was just physically tierd. She did get up early. I told her supper will be ready in 5 min add it to ur pump..give it time to work. Well it must of over did it cause we sat down to say a blessing she wouldn't fold her arms...we said it again told her fold her arms nope nothing ...Erland is getting mad and i was like whats going on...I took her b/s 76..well that wasn't right. I told Erland get her some juice. I told her "take the Juice" she couldn't I put it to her mouth and got her to drink it..Mean while I'm crying..Erland is Freakin and crying...We asked her How old she was she couldn't talk....Kacie speaked up "She's 7" God Love her. We asked her "Our names" Kacie would speak up and tell her..Same with Courtney's teacher..."It's Mrs Cram" Erland took over with the Juice. I pulled her to the side and asked her to fold her arms like mom what does she do pull her pants down.  I called the Diabetes center and have her doctor call me back...well after i left a message a min or 2 later Erland says she is better and she was..Olshan called I told his what happen he was like was her hands clean...needless to say no more wiping with Alcohol wipes. Wash the hands...the meter works i tested it..she must of been under 40 cause she was 41 before her lowest and wasn't disoriented. 

I apologized to her for getting mad and freakin...i just didn't know what was doing on..She couldn't remember...she thought it was a dream. All this happened in 15 min long enough to get the juice workin...one scarey time. Now we know...i should of thought she wasn't making sense when she said I tried to eat something 3 times in a row...the babies were leaving and supper was starting. Just wasn't thinking thought she was tierd from getting up early and was hungry she is an emotional girl. We pulled through... i thought i sit down while it was still fresh in my mind..maybe my next blog won't be on diabetes...:)

We r up and running

Yesterday Courtney is officially on the pump! What a difference as far as no shots....i want to give her one but then i stop and think o yeah ur all set..

She knows how to put her B/S in and add in her carbs. So easy....the next few weeks we need to check her B/S at Midnight and 3 a.m and keep in contact with the nurse everyday...well Thanksgiving weekend were alone.. hope everything runs smoothly..:/ 

On Thanksgiving if she wants seconds she can add it in and eat all day if she wants...

Before i had her wait and add everything she wanted at one time...at breakfast and lunch and supper...when ur on the shot u really need to stick with eating certain times of the day...no snacking here and there...which happens shes 7 can't control everything..so far so good..she goes to school today ..hopefully all goes well.. :) 

Ok I'm sooo pumped i need to share. Things r so looking up for me and the family right now...No Erland didn't get the job...and no we didn't find a cure for Court. She still has Diabetes and her friends parents r still... completely Anal.   

But really I been watching two beautiful twin girls almost 4 months old! There coming full time next week!!! More money.... Christmas is looking better...not only that but I'm completely attached to these girls..i love them so much! So happy..been struggling so long...this is just so great..

Listen to this.....

Ok have to share my day.  Today was a half a day. Courtney had her twin friends over Courtney.E and Madison. Well there mom doesn't like me as it is so I'm surprise they came over. Well today the girls wanted to ride there bikes on the camp road next door. So i said sure I walked over with Kacie. All the kids in the neighborhood was riding there too. All Fammily lives around here. So I was out watching and Kacie went in her Aunt Darcy's house. I went in and watched them through the window. Then i didn't see them go by I figured they might of went home so i got Kacie and asked the boys outside where they went. They said they went home and the two Courtney's were fighting. I walked down...and saw My Courtney and Madison by our Nana's house. Right next to mine. Well i was talking with them. And asked where Courtney. E was. Madison said she went inside to get a sweater. So i see her come out crying and asked her what was wrong. Courtney. E said u scared me. I was like i scared u? She was yes I didn't know where u were and I called my mom and she is coming to get me. I was like Great to myself.  Mine u the woman doesn't like me anyway cause i didn't put them in booster seats. Thats another story.  Anyway  both Courtneys r crying cause they were fighting to begin with over Sadie's Scooter(myNeice) Plus the fact courtney.E called her mom. I'm thinking i really don't need this drama today.  I get them in the house finally and My Courtney is balling in her room over all this Madison is like whatever...the other courtney is crying at the kitchen table. And Kacie is going around figuring out what everyones problem is. 

So there Dad shows up 20 min later...he's pretty nice...His courtney comes out crying and I start to tell what happen. There mom told him "I think they left them alone" Come on now! We all smoothed things out. Seriously!  

e bay

I'm having a major issue with e bay! I'm trying to sell a Miami Dolphin Helmet twice now and both guys or gals blew me off! No communication. Seriously! Thought it would be a easy way to make some easy cash... with x mas coming and all.   ERRRR so frustrating.

New Job

Erland has applied for the Job as Head of Maintenance for the LDS Church's is our area. This is the first time in a long time i really felt good about his Job choice...he's done the Sawmill life since 1994. And he does need a change...he's been going with the person who does it now (Rick). It's like Job Shadowing...when Erland has a day off he goes with Rick. He shows him what to do and Erland does it all.  I'm really hoping this will help him get it.  If he does get it he gets a company truck that he can pick out. He can only use it for work but the pay for the truck, the gas and so on. He gets paid from the time he leaves his driveway. So he basically can set up his own hours...Which means i could go back to work! Anyway back to Erland...There's great benefits on his own. PLUS it's through the church so u know ur going to be around NICE PPL! Not around the bad language and smoking. A better working environment. 

Erland hasn't been professionally trained in a lot of the areas but if something major needs to be done. In plumbing ..electrical..ect he needs to call them...it's part of his job as keeping up with the churches keeping them looking nice. I'm really praying and hoping that he does get it...a small part of me is doubting. I hope I'm wrong. This will be really great for our whole family financially..... 

Kacie A.K.A The Twurp :)

A little blurb about Kacie...I have to recommend Kacie's preschool... Ot to Play. It has been so helpful and truely has made a difference in Kacie. 

Two years ago we as a whole family were concern that Kacie may have Autism or off the spectrum of Autism.  She has some symptoms very little eye contact, show very little emotion, Sensory issues, alot of scripted language.... there were a few others...but i had 2 years before she started kindergarden to get her some help.  Through alot of testing she was diagnoised with P.D.D Pervasive Developemental Disorder which is off the Autism Spectrum.  She has been going to Ot now since Sept 07.  She has speech, denelopemental and occupational theropy 5 days a week for half a day.   In one year what an amazing difference. She barely does any scripted language..Animals still bother her but its so nice now to go to our friends house with out her screaming her head off..I can take her any where i was limited to just Walmart to take her shopping forget the mall or other new big department stores or Fairs ect with huge crowds... it WAS  impossible but now she is great.  She has some sensory isssues that i can see that need to be worked on if we can get pass that she will be ready for KIndergarden in 2009!

Courtney

For those of u who don't know Miss Courtney Jean .....she was diagnose with type 1 diabetes in March 2008. Well she is doing really well with it. Giving her own injections pricking her finger. Very Awesome! Today we went to the Dr. to learn more about the pump. Which sounds all so over whelming at first but will be alot easyier on all of our lives. The pump if your not fimiliar with it... Is as small as a pager or a small cell phone. And it stays clipped to ur belt or pants. (Like a pager) Theres a long tube thats attached to the pump and to that is the patch thats the size of a quarter. Theres a needle attached to the patch that gets inserted in u. At a 90 degree angle. The needle gets pulled out leaving a little tube in u. So the insulin can get into ur body. Its the greatest thing for diabetics. No more shots. She leaves the patch on for 2 to 3 days and moves to another area..... the stomach and theigh! WEll she went home today with just the patch on so she can get the feel of it. They have numbing cream to put on the area it takes like 45 min to work so she didn't feel a thing. I'm kind of wondering how she will do taking it off. She can leave it on until Saturday. We will go again and she will get a pump with Saline solution in it to kind of practice and see if she likes it. Never know she might not. It sure beats having 6 or 7 shots a day. INSANE!!! Keep ya posted.