So I'm at work today and realize I didn't put any pics up of Danae's birthday....how momish of me! Her we go....enjoy because we certainly did!

The days are short but the years long

Where does the time go? Leroy warned me when you have kids, the time goes so fast. He was soooooo right. Danae turned 3 on the 26th and we had a blast! As usual it was just the 4 of us which is great because it's the one's that care about her the most. We had her favorite, pizza, for dinner. That kid at 3 pieces! And then there were cupcakes, since she's not a fan of regular cake. We even upgrades...she like the frosting this time! Then came the presents! She loved 'em all =) I think her favorite though was the Magna Doodle that both her and Brother got, the spent all that night just drawing and "stamping". It was a wonderful night!

As much as I get sad that no one remembers the kids birthdays (except for Shirley (card) & Grandma (text message)) I know deep down that it shouldn't matter, but it does. I get jealous of the people that have 20+ at a birthday party for a one year old. Or the people who's parents spoil the crap out of their grandchildren. I honestly believe what goes around comes around so I know everyone will get theirs...why can't it come sooner? I think that's the reason I make and send cards, I hope to make someone feel how I would want to feel on a special day.

This has been one emotionally draining week, hopefully work will come with some good news and we can "get the BEEEEEEP outta here" like Danae says! Things can only get better 'cause if they get any worse I just might cry some more......

Whew!

Wow! What a couple of days it's been. First and foremost is Danae, she's A-OK!!!! She just has low iron so all that means is she's anemic and needs to take some iron supplements and eat foods high in iron. We can so handle that =)

Derrick is also doing awesome. He's started writing his letters and can do most of them by memory. We got this little practice wipe on/off board at Target and it's been a great help. He loves being able to write and erase all by himself which is great. The only bad thing is that we haven't gotten any word on where or when we are going to move so preschool right now is iffy for him....which makes me feel so guilty. He loves being around other kids, and for the most part he hasn't been around anyone but us. Preschool was going to be so great for him, now because of this retarded move, it's a big maybe if we can even get him into a preschool this late in the game.

About the move...who knows what's going on?! We had a meeting Tuesday with the big boss and he said that it should be Wednesday or possibly Thursday before we got the list of openings. Well, here it is Friday and still no list. It's not their fault, it's headquarters fault. They keep giving and taking jobs which is totally ridiculous because all jobs were supposed to be frozen as of May 14.

Even through all this, there is the brightest spot of all. Today....the day before Danae's birthday....she got a card. Not from her biological grandma's, not from aunts, uncles, brother or sisters....this comes from adopted grandma and grandpa...Grandma Shirley and Po-Po Richard! I get tears in my eyes every time the kids get a card. These two have got to be the most loving and caring people in the world. In the 4 1/2 years we've had the kids, they have never once missed sending a card. A card means the world to me and I appreciate it more than words can say.

Sickies

Well here goes my first blog on this new forum.....It has been a rough couple of days. Both Derrick and Danae have been sick, Derrick worse than Danae. Saturday night was a night of living terrors. They were both up more in that one night than the last 2 years combined! I remember telling Leroy somewhere around 4am that now I remember why I didn't want another baby. As cute as they are I love not having to fix formula, change diapers or get up in the middle of the night.

After our night of horrors, last night Danae has her first bloody nose...and continues to have them through the night. We finally get her to sleep, by then we are both worried so I call the Dr (who is the best pediatrician!) and they say to bring her in. Needless to say work was useless today as all I could think about was Danae. We get to the doctor, where both kids were great and didn't go bananas like normal (the difference a year makes), Danae did great! She didn't even cry during the check-up till the end. We just have to put some neosporin in her nose 3 times a day but he wanted to get blood tests done to make sure there isn't anything seriously wrong.

So off to the lab we go! I could not have asked for a better child today. She was great and only cried when the needle went in. The phlebotomist gave her a "hero" sticker because she did so well and she was so proud of it! She did so good that after the lab we went to Wal-Mart and she got a set of bracelets which she wore proudly the rest of the day. Here's her showing her "stuff".
Now we have to wait 2 days to get the results, so we'll cross our fingers, toes and eyes and hope all is well.