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Post by mrsvalden on Oct 23, 2007 21:12:37 GMT -5
Carol, I'm so sorry about your niece and nephew! Would you please adopt these kids already and get it over with?!? And I've got PCO too!! It took me 6 years to get pregnant and a whole lotta fertility drugs. It was a nightmare. Is your niece getting any followup care?? Jen Thanks, Jen. Actually it's just my niece. Her brother isn't my nephew (different dad.) She is one of my husband's brothers' kids. My 2 nephews that I talk about are my brother's kids. Confusing, I know. But I would love to adopt Haley. Hubby and I would certainly have to change our habits, but we'd do it for her. And she's already 15, so it would only be for a few years. But she doesn't want to leave her school and friends. We're only 40 minutes away, but it would be a different school. And she says she doesn't want to live in Springfield--too big (120,000.) She lives in a small town called Lincoln (15,000.) Springfield only seems big at first. It's just an oversized small town really. If she wants to go to college after high school, we'll offer her to be able to live here in town with us though. Because there are a few colleges here in town. Although there's a small community college in Lincoln too. But I hope to God she doesn't want to stay there after high school too. Even if she wants to go somewhere else, we're going to try to help her financially. But with her family's finances (practically nothing) she should be able to get a lot of financial aid. Well, I'm droning and got way off-topic. I hope she's getting follow-up care. She didn't mention another dr. appt. though. I would think they'd want to see her again after she gets done with whatever this presciption was they gave her though. I realized that this PCOS is what many of you discussed a few months ago in the "Weight Issues" thread. So I went back and re-read those posts. I really hope she doesn't have it, because it's just going to be one more stressor for her. But we'll see what the doctors say. Thanks again! Carol
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Post by mrsvalden on Oct 23, 2007 21:14:11 GMT -5
Carol, PCOS cause irregular periods... I'm really positive that she'll get better. Regards, Bibi Thanks so much, Bibi. I really hope so! Carol
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Post by mrsvalden on Dec 2, 2007 19:24:53 GMT -5
I went to my brother's house today and spent some time playing with my nephews. It was a good day for the most part. The older one only threw one fit...my brother calls him a "drama queen" sometimes. I get on Zach when he does it, as does my brother. If he's upset about something, he'll just start crying. Like, full-fledged crying...but you know that it's more that he's throwing a fit. And I tell him to stop it and stop acting like a baby. He's almost 5 years old, and he acts like he's 2 when he does that. Ugh! But he only did that once today. Anyway, I took him the Advent Calendar. He seemed to like it. He played with the husky, along with his other pets. He already opened up the cat door, but he put her back in. I have a feeling he won't make it a week without opening up all of them, but that's out of my hands now. I told him he has to be careful about opening them up around the little one though, because they parts will be too small for him. I guess I didn't take any pictures of him with the calendar. I thought I had. Oh well. I also took him my extra carrying case for his LPS. He really liked that. He got his pets and put them inside and played with it quite a bit. He seemed more excited about it than the calendar. So I'm glad I gave that to him. I certainly don't use them. Can you tell by the look on his face that he doesn't like having his pciture taken anymore. He used to love it... Then here are a couple other shots of them today. I also took my new Prettiest Pet Show Game to play with him. I didn't give it to him, but told him I'd bring it sometimes when I came. We played 3 different times, and he won all 3, so he was excited. I'm glad to know that he could actually sit through the whole game. And he listened to me and played by the rules (usually he wants to make up his own rules to games.) I guess he's growing up. He did ask if he could keep the pets out of the game, and I said no. I'd get him some more pets later. I'd only left the cat and frog in the game. I took out the collie and cockatoo, because they were the only ones I have of those pets. The other 2 were duplicates. He wondered where the other pets were. I said, "Well, I knew only 2 of us would play, so we'd only need 2." Mrs. V (Carol)
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Post by mrs"e" on Dec 2, 2007 20:10:37 GMT -5
Cute boys. You're such a good aunt.
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Post by mrsvalden on Dec 2, 2007 23:09:02 GMT -5
Cute boys. You're such a good aunt. Thanks, friend o'mine! You're swell! You are forgiven for your nasty comment on the "person above you game" thread! ;D Carol-san
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Post by LPS NANA on Dec 2, 2007 23:37:40 GMT -5
Sweet boys Mrs. V.
I'm really happy to see little boys that love LPS too. I think that is so cute.
Oh my gosh I was also reading the posts from the beginning about your niece Haley. Are things going any better for her?
She is a beautiful girl and I'm sure it's so comforting to her to know that her Aunt and Uncle love and care about her as much as you do.
Please post an update on her and I will also keep her in my prayers.
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Post by mrs"e" on Dec 3, 2007 23:41:25 GMT -5
Cute boys. You're such a good aunt. Thanks, friend o'mine! You're swell! You are forgiven for your nasty comment on the "person above you game" thread! ;D Carol-san Thank you.
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Post by mrsvalden on Dec 15, 2007 23:19:47 GMT -5
Sweet boys Mrs. V. I'm really happy to see little boys that love LPS too. I think that is so cute. Oh my gosh I was also reading the posts from the beginning about your niece Haley. Are things going any better for her? She is a beautiful girl and I'm sure it's so comforting to her to know that her Aunt and Uncle love and care about her as much as you do. Please post an update on her and I will also keep her in my prayers. Oh...how did I miss this post! I'm so sorry, LPS Nana!! I didn't mean to ignore you. Thanks so much for your prayers for Haley. I'm afraid she still needs them. I was just coming here to give an update on her. Since I've been sick the past couple weeks, I hadn't called Haley to see how she was (bad me!) She said that they told her that she's having anxiety attacks. That's why she's having trouble breathing and passing out, etc. I kind of wondered if that's what it was. She worries so much. You'd think we were actually blood relatives, because she's a lot like me in that respect. And her homelife is so messed up, she has plenty to be anxious about. So they just told her that when she feels it coming on, she just has to try to calm down and sit down and breathe more regularly. Easier said than done. I guess she also hurt her knee a couple weeks ago. She was wrestling with her mom (for fun, not a fight) and she fell, then her mom fell on her knee and it popped out of place. She's been on crutches for a couple weeks. Always something it seems. She still has the ovarian cysts, but no more of them have burst. So that's a positive, I guess. She got into a fight at school right before Thanksgiving. She heard a girl making fun of a developmentally disabled person, and that always really upsets Haley. So she ended up punching the girl in the face and bloodying her nose. She was suspended for 3 days of school. Not good, but I guess she at least has a good heart. She just needs to control her anger. She told me tonight that she apologized to the girl that she punched, so that's something. So I still worry about her alot. Her homelife is still terrible. Her mom is a terrible mother. She has bad influenes all around her. Oh, but there is a positive. There's a family friend that she's been spending more time with, and this woman is a Christian. She has been taking Haley to church and it seems to be effecting Haley positively. She needs something to focus on besides her crappy life, and I'm hoping this will be it. It has made her not want to hang out with some of her friends as much, because they do things that Haley doesn't want to be involved with anymore (drugs and alcohol and sex.) So that's a relief. I hope she can stick to her guns. Come to find out, the aunt she stayed with most of the summer (her mom's sister--other side of the family) smoked pot all the time around her. And Haley did some too. I guess within the past couple months she was at her aunt's house again, and her aunt was smoking it and asked Haley if she wanted some, and Haley said no and left. That did my heart so good to hear. Although it really PISSES me off that her aunt would do that. It's one thing if she wants to be stupid and fry her brain with that crap. But Haley is 15 years old!! Don't do it around her and then offer it to her!! That's just AWFUL!! I'd like to give her a piece of my mind, but I'll stay out of it. I'll just try to be supportive for Haley and let her know how I feel about that stuff. Well, that's it for now I guess. Thanks again, Nana for your kind words. And so sorry I missed this post before!! Mrs. V (Carol) p.s. We had a really good time with Haley on Thanksgiving playing the video game, Rock Band. She really enjoyed playing me with and my hubby and one of her other uncles. Well, also a couple of her cousins too. It was a really good time. But afterwards my husband became even more worried about her. Because she's really becoming quite attractive, and her body is really developing. Hubby knows how teenage boys think, since he used to be one. And he knows what's going through their minds when they see Haley. He wants to get a bubble for her...She's said she's not going to have sex until she's older. And she says she tells any boy that asks her out that. I hope they respect that. So much to worry about....
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Post by mrs"e" on Dec 23, 2007 19:44:49 GMT -5
Any updates? I'm always interested in hearing what's going on with your nieces and nephews. I feel like I know them. Thank you for sharing that part of your life with us, it means a lot. Are you going to see them on Christmas?
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Post by mrsvalden on Dec 23, 2007 19:59:10 GMT -5
Any updates? I'm always interested in hearing what's going on with your nieces and nephews. I feel like I know them. Thank you for sharing that part of your life with us, it means a lot. Are you going to see them on Christmas? Aww..you're so sweet to ask! I will see the boys on Christmas Eve at my parents, and I'll see Haley on Christmas Day at my in-laws. Zach kept asking me when I saw him yesterday what I'd be bringing him for Christmas...transformers? power rangers? bionicles? littlest pets? I kept telling him he'd have to wait and see. It was funny though. And little Daniel was doing his "Zachy, Zachy, Zachy, Zachy" thing and Zach would say, "Yes, Daniel?" And then he'd say "Cay-row, Cay-row, Cay-row." It just melts my heart to hear him say my name... I took Haley to the dentist for her 6-month check-up on Thursday. She at least didn't have any cavities this time. Whew! But her bottom teeth seem to be getting scrunched a bit, and they figure it's her wisdome teeth already. So at the next 6-month appt. they are going to take x-rays again and see what's up. She said they might have to come out within the next year. Ouch! I don't know that we can afford that ourselves, since she's not on our insurance. But I don't know if her public aid medical card would cover something like that. Maybe my in-laws could help us with it, because I know her mom wouldn't. And she has a new boyfriend. She says he's a "good Christian boy" who knows she doesn't want to have sex until she's married, and he's ok with that. He'd better be, or her uncles will kick his butt! She got pretty upset with her mom on the phone that night, because she was supposed to be making a cheese ball for her Bible Study that night. And her mom called and said her step-dad had eaten some of the stuff and she didn't have a car to take her to get more. Haley was so upset. She can't count on her mom for anything. Ever! So I took her to the grocery store when I got her back into town to get more stuff. I hope her mom helped her make it after she got home. So, that's all for now, I guess. Oh, she did get suspended for another day for mouthing off to a teacher. I wanted to box her ears for that one. She HAS to learn to control her anger. Thanks again for asking, sweetie!! Chatty Carol
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Post by mrs"e" on Dec 23, 2007 20:01:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. It's good to hear she with a "good guy". I hope that works out wonderfully. Take pics of the kids opening gifts so we can see, too. Love you.
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Post by mrsvalden on Dec 23, 2007 20:08:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. It's good to hear she with a "good guy". I hope that works out wonderfully. Take pics of the kids opening gifts so we can see, too. Love you. I will. I have a picture of the boys with Santa that is too cute. I'll have to scan it when I get back to work and post it then. Oh, and I still have pictures of them in their Halloween costumes that I need to scan and post. They are growing sooo fast. I can't believe Zach will be in big kid school next year.
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Post by mrsvalden on Dec 25, 2007 14:35:29 GMT -5
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Post by mrsvalden on Dec 25, 2007 14:37:16 GMT -5
P.S. Hubby and I call Daniel Spikey Top, because his hair is so fine it always sticks up. Poor kid! LOL
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Post by mrs"e" on Dec 25, 2007 15:26:08 GMT -5
Ahhhh, so cute!
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