We're on YouTube!!

You will have to check us out on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/thefavilles
I've finally been convinced to join since we are addicted to YouTube. I get lost for hours there and find some quite interesting things that just suck us in deeper and deeper. Before you know it out Saturday afternoon is shot because we've spent all day laughing, crying, "Oh my God", "that's rediculous", "that's stupid", and whatever other emotion those millions of videos can do to you. But it is addicting and now we've just joined in the madness.

First, we posted a small "movie" of the boys that we had to create of their siliness. It could be much better, but it was just basically to get something up.

We also included a few videos of the boys at the Easter Egg hunt. It was quite comical since there was still a foot of ice covered snow on the ground and really no where to hide the eggs. Our local hospital sponsors the event and provides over 10,000 eggs for area kids to collect. Sadly there are more adults interested in this event than adults who bring kids for the fun of them collecting the eggs in their baskets. Unfortunatly we live in a community that has they typical "scrubs" and lots of them. I dont mean people that you feel sorry for because they've had a rough life for many reasons, I mean people who CHOOSE not to work and CHOOOSE to collect social services and have 15 kids just so they can collect more and who hav all day to just do nothing but make this community "dirty". I'm not sterotyping, but seriously... If you were at the Easter egg hunt you would know exactly what I mean. "Trash"!!! ANYWAY, if you watch the one video of the boys, I realized after videoing that I had gotten a woman in the video "scarffing up" tons of eggs.... I would assume not for her child....
So here's the story. As we waited in the BITTER 10 degree cold and wind for the announcer to count down till egg finding, this woman with her, what looked to be 2 year old, had a soft sided basket get blown out of her hands in the wind. I graciously ran to catch the bag so that she did not have to run across the icy snow to grab it with her tiny tot. I handed her that bag and gave her a smile. Sean said "OMG, you almost killed yourself on the ice getting the basket for her"... and the "nice" in me says "well I didnt want her to have to either leave her child standing there or have to run with her to get it. that poor little girl would have nothing to collect her eggs in" Sean says "whatever"

So they do the countdown and I moved into the center more portion of the "Toddler collection" area to take some pics and video. To my surprise I caught a lot of disturbing behavior on the video. before the countdown was actually finished, this 'woman' with the little 2 yo. girl scoops her up daughter up under her arm like a sack of potatos and kneels down on the ground with TWO baskets and starts raking the eggs in by the handfuls!!! NOT the little girl, but the WOMAN! I think she missed the whole point of the easter egg hunt. I think that she missed the fact that this event is a free event for CHILDREN! Not to mention that we were in the designated TODDLER area.... Meaning that ALL the children collecting eggs there were UNDER 5. Meaning that all those children had no chance in hell of getting any eggs if that woman continued to collect eggs. Thankfully her daughter was screaming so much that they left. Meanwhile I watch the video in utter disbelief that I just helped this woman with her "flyaway basket" earlier, only to contribute to her need to collect eggs... not her little 2 year old. Sean and I joked that maybe she "Borrowed" the littel girl so she could go and collect eggs. I mean, looking at the way she scrambled to pick up those eggs, you would think that she was on some kind of game show that had filled easter eggs with $100 bills and that as many eggs as you could collect would mean more money for you! LOL. But seriously, each egg had litteraly no more than 2 tiny chocolate pieces in them. The point is for kids to have fun collecting eggs. It just sickens me that people are just so disgraceful. That they just dont care. to me that is a "SCRUB" I hope that women ends up sick and with a mouth full of cavities with all those chocolate eggs she ate!

Anway, you need to check it out for yourself.
Otherwise, we had a nice easter and the boys had a great time searching OUR house on a little egg hunt of their own. They had to find all the eggs and find the "Golden" or "silver" eggs in order to find their baskets. The special eggs had money in them which Andrew announced that he is saving his money for a tuxedo. So if anyone wants Andrew to clean up their house and help with housework and chores for moeny, he is willing because he knows that he has to earn his money that he wants to use for his tuxedo. Matthew tells us that he is saving his money for a castle and a pirate ship. He makes maps every day so he can "bury" his treasure so no one will find it.

So check out our YouTube. Hope you all had a happy easter!!

Kindergarten Registration!!!

Can you believe it is already that time?? We had Andrew's Kindergarten registration on Monday and we can't believe he will be starting in the fall. He did pretty well on his screening given all of his delays. We will be having a meeting to decide what class he will be placed in and to coordinate his IEP services in his new school. Luckily they dont see any reason he cannot attend to a regular classroom in that school. But it is still possible that he may be sent to a school further away in the same district that may be more able to accomodate his needs. We will definitely keep steady on sending him to the closer elementary school since all the children on our street will be going to the same school including Matthew when he starts school there. We also found out that another boy from Andrew's preschool will likely be in his class.
The screening went welll except that Andrew did not want to go off on his own for the evaluations. I quietly sat aside behind him just to keep him at ease and he did very well in not looking to me for answers. He was VERY cooperative with the teachers and tried to answer all of their questions as best he could. Of course he had some problems with the motor skill testing but did extremely well on the problem solving and speech areas. Our little chatter box passed those areas with flying colors. They were actually amazed at his knowledge in certain areas but that is pretty much normal for him since he has had many learning experiences that most kids have not at this age. Given his ability to "absorb" pretty much anything said or done around him and the amount of questions he asks, basically moves him above his peers in those areas.
Andrew was very excited to see the little boy from his preschool class show up at the screening and immediately put him at ease. We wished he had been there earlier in the testing so he could relax a bit more.

So we'll keep you updated on his progress for kindergarten and where he will be placed. We have a CPSE meeting with the school district board in April and will have a CSE meeting following that to decide his services for the school year in the fall.

March Madness...

Well, it is March and it's STILL snowing. Last week we had an awful storm on Saturday. We had a light snow all night that turned to rain in the morning. Not your typical rain though. This rain turned to ice almost immediately... if not frozen little pebbles of ice falling out of the sky. Then it turned to an all out ice storm. Everything was covered with sheets of ice. Instead of being trapped in a house all day, we brought the boys to a birthday party and they had a blast. By the time we left the party, all the parent's cars were covered with about 1/2 inch of ice and we had to scrape our way in! We decided to spend the rest of the afternoon at the mall and the boys enjoyed running around the mall since it was pretty much empty. We've uploaded some photos of them at the party. Matthew and the piniata.
I also got some of my tests back. My ultrasound showed that I have a 4cm and 2 other 2-21/2 cm cysts on my ovary that they are keeping an eye on that will hopefully disolve on their own without actually bursting. They think that is what's causing the pain. Second, my blood work showed that I was not just low on iron but my TIBC (Total Iron Binding Capacity) was high which indicates an iron deficiency. Then the doctor called me yesterday to refer me to a gastrointerologist (sp) (GI). Se is concerned about the unexplained rapid weight gain, pain and other test results. She is wondering if it is "digestive" related. So more tests to come.

On a positive note, We are SMOKE FREE, One Month Today!!! Don't feel any different except in the wallet. Otherwise, our tension levels are of course elevated a bit but not too bad considering two "quitters" in the house! We are so proud of ourseleves. We all went out to a nice dinner tonight and the boys were great and on their best behavior! Kinda a little celebration! I know I barely think of it anymore and we've actually motivated a few other people we know to quit too. A total of 4 other people I work with are or have started quitting. Only one of them is doing it cold turkey! Good for her!

Another positive note, Matthew no longer snores!! IT's true, The surgery DID make a huge difference. Again, no snoring, sleeping better, no signs of apnea anymore and he seems like a much happier child. He no longer drools like he did, no more stuffy snotty noses, no more heavy breathing, no more bad breath, His voice is much clearer and understandable and no more chewing on things like he shirt collar and sleeves. Overall, having his tonsils and adenoids out was a great decision and His ENT dr is amazing. We're so glad he recommended it for Matthew.

Andrew is coming up on his Kindergarten Pre-Screening Next Tuesday. We'll let you all know how that goes. Ta Ta for now. Have a good weekend!

I hope you enjoyed the videos of the "walmart boys"!!

Is no news good news?

So I got my blood work back yesterday... and apparently all is well with my blood. Unfortunately, that does not answer why I feel so horrible and why there is still billiruben in my urine. Not just that, but the increase in pain not just abdomonally but my back and right side is in pain too. My dr sent me to have a CT Scan done right away wondering if there was appendicitis brewing or if there might be some other thing like a kidney or gall stone.. but there was nothing. Although the dr did not have the complete report, it was good there were no stones or apendicitis. She did say that when she examined me that the it was as if my abdomen was filled with fluid, but she cant say for sure since she did not see the full CT scan report. Until she gets that and has the Ultrasound report done on Monday, she may be able to give me some more answers. She said that if there were anything like simple abdomonal fluid floating around or something like an ovarian cyst, that they may not translate that in the preliminary report to her since fluid and cysts are considered normal since they are so common. Any of those things may be causing the pain and bloating feelings, but still may not be explaining the billiruben in my urine. So, we'll find out more on Monday. For now I will be just taking it easy with some pain meds and just trying to relax. Maybe it is just a long strange viral thing happening.... but otherwise I feel fine. No other signs of the "flu". Actually, no one in the house has even been sick this winter *** Knock on wood ***
Although Andrew had a really rough day today. He was so touchy and "sad" today. He fell asleep in the shopping cart while we were out doing groceries. And was just completely miserable today. He almost couldnt wait to go to bed tonight and relax. We got the kids some new movies that they got to choose, but they both zonked out tonite. Matthew on the other hand was pretty much a complete angel today. We got Andrew a few new clothes for school and Matthew a new Leapster since he is always stealing Andrew's and they fight over it all the time. I wish they came in different colors though. (other than pink or green) But I guess we'll have to find another way to distinguish them.

WEll our movie is starting . bye bye!
We'll see on Monday!