Rub-butt Bub-butt!

Miles loves his raincoat. It is in fact a frog coat you can't really tell. Everytime he wears it he goes, "Rub-butt Rub-butt!

wORDLESS wEDNESDAY

Day Care Blues!

Lately Miles' daycare has been slipping! The past few times that I have taken Miles to school, we have been ignored! Miles already doesn't like to go to school and I am beginning to know why. When we arrive, I take his coat and hat off, give him his juice and cereal, hug and kiss him, then scoot him into his room. He begins to cry and my heart breaks into a million little pieces and out of the four teachers who are gathered around talking, NO ONE does anything about the crying child. Not one of the teachers speak to us when we arrive. So I ask one of the slackers where the Director is and as soon as they reply and I go and find her I hear someone call his name.

When I found the Director, I had to speak with her about what had just happened and she nodded me up and down and said that they were going to handle it. Yeah right! I already had a talk about Miles' sensitive skin and how Miles comes home smelling of bad perfume and it is breaking his face out. I am not exaggerating when I say that it gets so bad that he scratches his face until bloody. I emailed her a memo about it and he got his daily report on Friday, it said, Instructions from Parent: Do not hold Miles he may be breaking out from teacher's perfurm. Yes I left the misspelled words in on purpose!

We are, to say the least fed up and ready to pull him out! My memo didn't say anything about not holding my child. If Miles was an infant would I be getting the run around? Our request are not unreasonable but they are necessary. Any suggestions? Advice? I am on fire right now!

Day Care Blues!

The Key to the Bathroom

There are people who wait for years to get the key to the bathroom, ie George Castanza (Seinfeld), Heh, not Miles! Check him out!

Thank you! Ms. Cynthia

Miles got this vest along with a couple of other thing from Cynthia, a young lady at my job. Her son is about a year older than Miles and thought that he would fit it. I put it on him and he didn't take it of until he thouoght that he might get it dirty ( Dinner time). Too Smooth right!

I am ready for my close-up

Playin Hookie

Well the boy is sick AGAIN! He has an ear infection in his left ear. I took him to the Dr's office Satuday, she looked at his ear and siad you're right Mom he has an ear infection! Well this poor kid can't catch a break. He stared Day Care Dec 4th and had beed sick with something eversince! So today he stayed home with me since he had a fever too high to go to school! He's doing much better. Notice the bath robe. It was given to him from one of my MIL's friends, whose name I forget but than you so very much kept it on for more tha 10 min!

UGGS and Twizzlers....What every Toddler Needs!

Hello There!

Today we went to the mall in Delaware. Tax free shopping baby! Well anyhoo, we went there to so I could get a new phone tax free. BTW it is a Blackberry Titanium Curve ( so pretty!) While at the Mall, we saw the Easter Bunny and I just had to get Miles' pic with him. He really wasn't interested in the rabbit but more interested in the eggs(part of the decor mind you) and throw them. I finally got him to take the pic but the hook was I am in it as well! So people enjoy here's the latest flick of ya boy!

We're Still Here!

Hey Everybody!





A lot has happened since the last post. As you all may know I started a new job on December 4th as an Office Coordinator/Assistant Director in training and a little over a month I was promoted and re-located to a different site as a Director. I was apprehensive about leaving Miles at a Center ALONE without my eyes on him. It made me sick to think that I could see him when I wanted to. Then again he had finally stopped crying ALL day long and was beginning to enjoy school. I would have taken him with me but it was stupid to start the whole process all over again! Plus all the teachers who love him to death told me if I took Miles to the other Day Care, I would be in for a beat down! :)



So, I left him at the old Day Care and I went on to the new one. I was and still am unprepared to be a director. I was told that there was already a director there and we'd work together and get more training. Well that is a BIG fat lie! When I got there teacher do whatever they want and the place is out of control! The director that is there doesn't do a thing but Run and HIDE from her responsibility! That means I do her job too! Oh I hate the disorganization and the chaos. Have you ever been in a position of authority and you don't have complete autonomy? This is how it is! I am kept behind the computer handling all of the Center's business while it goes to hell in a hand basket! SO I have absolutely had enough of this CRAP! I am going to do what's best for the center and deal with repercussions later.

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Ryan and I got a chance to have a weekend getaway, curtousy of my MIL. She kept Miles in exchange for sending us away. We really had a great time being hubbie and wife, instead of Mama and Da-deee. We ate really great food and great drinks! I can't wait to do it again! We left after work last Friday and came back on Sunday to two ickie sickies. Miles and his gramma were sick. Oh Great! Miles had the yuck butt and a fever until Monday afternoon, which meant that I had to stay home with chap! Then later that evening when Ryan got home from work, he was hit and at 2:30 am on Tuesday i got hit with the yuck butt! Oh it was ugly! We were all so very weak and dehydrated . By Wednesday we weren't as bad but it was like a nightmare. It was painful then came the fever! Ryan was back to wotk on Wednesday and I went back on Thursday. I am beat !

I promise to post pics very soon!

Sorry for my absence!

Well I have been dealing with some health issues for the past week. As some of you know, I have a kidney disease called Polycistic Kidney Disease. As a part of having this disease, I suffer with kidney stones. WARNING!!! There has been alot of blood in my urine and I thought that I could flush my system with water and be ok --- not the case! This past Sunday I went to the ER, because I couldn't take the pain any longer! I got a CAT Scan and they said that I had a stone in my bladder 7mm and my largest cyst was 7.3 cm. I don't think that I have past it yet. I went to the urologist and I have to come back for more tests to see what is going on.

I couldn't believe that I was in sooooooo much pain and how long it took for them to tell me what I already knew. But isn't that always the way? Anywhoo I am doing much better and not wanting to begin my routine!

They did tell me that my kidney function is normal and my creatinine is WNL. Yea!

Update!

I would like to apologize to all of the people who read the blog. I took a page from a fellow blogging mommy and wanted a more secure site. I have a lot of pictures of Miles and I didn't want them to fall into the wrong hands. I tried to invite the people I whose email I knew, please it was nothing personal.

On to other news : My Birthday is on Friday and I will be turning 35! Yup I said it ! I am really OK with it. Miles' Birthday was last Friday and had a great time! Guess what kind of cake we had? Give Up? A Rice Krispie Treat Cake made by Grandma Arlene. Yum-o! Do you remember last year I blogged about going to Family Dinner and Miles had his meltdown? Well this year he was a different kid. Talk about being a big boy! He wasn't phased or cry once! He was so grown up! He played with his cousins and adults, he also ate chicken with the best of them! It was great! Here are some pics of the event.

Miles' Birthday!

Thank You!

Thank you to Tanyetta! She is one special chick! She was cleaning out her son's closet (hey DJ) and didn't know what to do with them and I told her that I would buy them, nmae your price! She and I have similar taste in clothes for our boys and she totally sent them to me and we really needed them since Miles has begun Day Care. I took this picture a while ago this is one of the shirts. Cute right? I just wanted to say thank you again!

Random Pics

miles' christmas

December News!

Hey Everybody!

It has been awhile since I have blogged and I apologize to all two of my readers. Work has been very overwhelming. There is a lot to remember on a daily basis, I don't know how the woman who is training me has been doing it for this long! Anyway, I have been dealing with Miles and is aversion to Day Care! He was having a really hard time making the transition form me to school, and on top of that he gets sick from all of free flowin' snot factories and run about the center. After the first 4 days that weekend he threw up and had bad diarrhea, plus fever! Then after that he had off and on fevers from 102 to 103.5. We called the doctor and she said to pump liquids and Tylenol. We did! Then Miles' temp peaked at 105.3(WDAS) so I called the doctor and she didn't seem to think that we should run to the ER just yet so, I put him to bed with a cocktail of Tylenol and Motrin per doctor's request. When he woke up fever was the same! Ryan zoomed home from work and we headed to CHOP. They gave him Tylenol and Motrin and his fever broke to 102 and we were released. It never got back to 105, but they never went away. We called the doctor again, she wanted him to come in the office the next day and Guess What? He has a double ear infection! Yippee! Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday!
He's on a fever reducer and the pink stuff! Miles has been out for over a week with this crap, and tomorrow he goes back. OOOOOOOH the drama will pick up where he left off. Oh Joy!

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Christmas was really nice! We are celebrating it in our new home and it felt great. Miles was unfazed by his presents under the tree. Once they were all opened he was in love with one specific toy. It brought him so much joy!

We got a chance to see family we rarely get to see! Xmas eve Jeopardy went off with out a hitch!

One more function this Saturday, lets hope Miles doesn't melt down like last year!

Well gotta go! I have to go to work tomorrow! I'll post pics soon!

Day Care Blues

Miles' most recent Day Care creation

Well Miles still dosen't like Day Care! He cries and cries! His teachers say that he does better during the day, but as soon as I get him he's all tears. He has been on a hunger strike and also not feeling well. It all started on Saturday, when we went to see my parents new home. HE had a ball running all thru the house! That night he had an explosive poo and a bath WAS mandatory! Sunday he woke up ass crack early, only to find him surrounded by vomit and diareahea! NO FEVER! Man was it gross! We cleaned him up and he and I hung out and seemed to be better just a bug! Monday we both went to school and he didn't eat but a very small portion of fruit and wouldn't drink his juice.

Today we both woke up with DA RUNS or Slurps! wink wink Tanyetta! I am beat like Kunta but I have to go to work. Miles will be home since I put him to bed with a fever. I meant to post but I am soooooo tired .

Click on Photo to see war scar on his head!

Our First Day!

Today was Miles' first day at Day Care! Yes you heard it here first folks! Many of you thought that I would be heading to the Senior Center with Miles on my hip.:) He is at the Center where I work . So I can keep an eye on him.


Set the Scene:

This morning at 5am he woke up voluntarily and stayed up until I got him at 6am. I got him dressed and ready. He was yapping my ear off about something and would not stop. AS we approached the stairs as we do everyday, this day was different. At the top of the stairs he said his word for 1=ee-ya and the counted the steps up to 13(tir-tee). The numbers 3,5,6,8,9,10 are really clear and the rest are choppy. Anyhoo, he ate some of his cereal and milk and banana. When we got to the Day Care he was ok. He pretty much ran into his classroom and saw the toys. Then the teachers kicked me out and told me to check on him a little later. I was coming unglued internally. Miles got attached to a woman whose child I taught in the first grade and would not leave her side. She happens to work in the classroom across from his room.

I came back at lunch and he didn't even acknowledge me when I spoke to him. He was busy eating his apples , the apples of the girl next to him and sitting in his chair. I was so amazed ! WOW! Then I left when the getting was good. When I checked on him again he was taking a nap on a cot.

Ryan came to pick him up at 5pm and the day was done! Ahhhhhhhhhhh.

When I came home My Husband had cleaned the LR, DR,KIT and the our BR. I know! Here's more! HE COOKED DINNER AND CLEANED UP !

Stay Tuned!

No Nuts from a Tree or Yolks for ME!

Today was "The Allergist Day". We all piled up into the truck and headed down to the Children's Hospital. We got there a lil late but not to bad! We registered and seen by the doctor fairly quick. He took some background information and ordered the tests, the lady came in and began to write numbers on Miles' back and then started to put little drops of liquid and then pricked his back 12 times. He still has to come back for a blood test to determine how long he'll have the allergy.

Doc says the he's allergic to Peanuts/Tree nuts and Eggs! That means that he can't have cakes and cookies that have eggs baked in.

Absolutely NO Eggs/Egg products or Peanut/tree nut products! NONE!

Get the Lead Out!!!

As Christmas and Miles' Birthday gets closer and closer, I am racking my brain trying to find toys that are lead and chemical free. All of you bloggy moms are super "with it" and I thought that I would address this issue. I am sure that you may have been on a mad dash to find some toys that are safe for our precious kiddos! Well I have been checking just about every toy in Target and a great deal of them are from CHINA! No surprise there!



Well I have checked the recall list of lead items and so far we were in the clear. My biggest fear is that we will receive many gifts that may contain lead. I have also read that, its not only toys that may be contaminated. But how do we know? Well for starters opt not to buy things that are made in CHINA. I wanted to get Miles some Christmas/Winter dishes w/ Santa or penguins on them and I checked .... yup from CHINA! I found them at CVS and Target. I will keep updating this list and if you have found any new info email me or post a comment and I will add it to the blog and pass it on as well!



Here is what I found,



Here are some websites:



http://www.fatbraintoys.com/specials/made_in_america.cfm

http://svmomblog.typepad.com/chicago_moms/2007/08/lead-free-toy-c.html

http://www.toydirectory.com/monthly/article.asp?id=2723

http://www.buydirectusa.com/shop/non-toxic-toys/index.shtml

http://adopttwoboys.blogspot.com/2007/08/lead-free-toys-list.html

Has It Been Six Years Already?

Wow where has the time gone? I swear it still amazes me how Ryan and I got together. It reads like a mini movie. If you are not a romantic then there is no need to read any further!! If you are hunker down with a tissue and Enjoy!

Well Ryan and I have been in each others lives since we were six year old. I would be my God-sister's guest at her Sunday School class that Ryan and his twin brother Bryan were in as well. We never played together or even really aware of each other because he was a boy....Ewww! As the years roll on, we found each other back in the same school ... sort of. In the 7th grade, Ryan's school was in a fire and had no where to go and the school I was in open there doors to them while their school was being repaired. It wasn't for long and we never were aware because they kept the schools separate. Again God feeling that we were too young to handle what he had in store! By the time we got to High School we were at a Girls and Boys school! The Boys school went broke and was forced to make my all girl school co-ed. Ryan and I were never in the same social circles in High School. I was in a relationship that lasted for almost 6 years. So we never hung out until Graduation Night. That night proved that I was going to need someone who I could count on no matter what! The guy who I was dating at the time left me to fend for myself that nite, basically stranded b/c he wanted to drink and took his dad's car home! I just know that it was more than fate, that brought us together. Well that night was the nite I knew that Ryan was always going to be there for me . We hung out that whole nite and the next day he CALLED to make sure I was ok. This was June of 1991. We went off to College but not at the same time, however went to school in the same state! We wrote letters and postcards and called each other when we had the money. We were best friends for such a long time, we would spend all of our holiday time together and when we got back to school we got on with our lives. Through the years we had our own relationships with other people and were there for each other for the bumps a bruises. We never judged, just lent a shoulder!

Here is where it begins to get dramatic! One Thanksgiving, Ryan wasn't coming home and I was really bummed! I remember being over at a friends house and she said that someone was at the door for me. I was thinking, who could it be and when I got to the door it was RYAN! I was so happy to say the least. we gave each other a hug but his hug didn't feel like my hug. We pulled apart and the look on his face was somber. We began to walk across the street to my house and I said," You didn't come by yourself did you?" He told me no and that he brought his FIANCE to meet me. I thought I was being hit by a MACK truck! What was I supposed to say to that? Well I rose to the occasion and was polite and gracious, because he was my very best friend. I got to the house and SHE was sitting in my chair, "ghetto"locks was sitting in my chair!
She seemed so unthrilled to be there, oh and believe me I wasn't holding a parade for her either.
The whole thing felt so wrong, they didn't look at each other or have that I am madly in love look. She had attitude for days and even copped on with my mother and that is when I almost lost it and sent her country ass back to Ohio! When he announced that hey were going to go, I felt a tightening in my chest and a knot in my throat. I felt like that was going to be the last time I was gonna see my friend. I knew he was about to make the biggest mistake of his life. SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE AND I WAS JUST THE GAL!

That night I found myself crying, weeping and sobbing to my mother that I wasn't going to be able to keep what I cherished so dear. All she did was listen. Thought the tears I realized that I loved my friend, more than "just a friend". Well we remained movie buddies, but he was still engaged (and BTW she proposed!) and I was developing feeling for him on a whole new level.

We soon started seeing more of each other, more and more! We were falling in love but we had an issue of a fiance. We went thru ups and downs and around and around. After months of playing boyfriend/girlfriend until he broke it off with her. I basically gave him an ultimatum: her or me! plain and simple! I had given him until May 5th, Cinco de Mayo! I knew that if he didn't choose me I would be upset and hurt but I could stand to see him make a HUGE mistake.

We were placed in each other's lives so that we could learn what real, unconditional love is. We have been learning for 16 years and we continue to learn! Everyday is always something new! I can truly say that I have married my best -est friend in the whole world! I am truly blessesd to be living my dream as we walk side by side through life. SO you see it was a lot more than fate!

I love you !

The Doo-Doo Files!

UPDATE!

Yesterday and today Miles woke up from his nap covered in poo! OMG! WTF! Both times his father found him this way. Yeaserday it was everywhere! I was pickeing up crap from wheat seemed like the four corners of his room. I got thru as much as I could before I thought I was gonna puke! Then Ryan took over. Oh yeah and not to mention it was all over the tub, which has been thoroughly scrubbed down in bleach! Our guess is that he digs down the back of his pamper and pulls out a treat! He already knows how to get out of his zip-up pj's. So tonite, I put a t-shirt bodysuit under his pj's. He is on LOCK DOWN! Clink clink!
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Well this morning was no different in that I went to get Miles this morning to find him with his pj top pulled down around his waist. Well I went to kiss him and noticed that he has a mark on his face and on his chest. I thought they were scratches but then I gave hima another once over and around his neck line of his top was BROWN!

Can you guess what it was? Yup POO! He was digging in his diaper and wiping it on himself. I just hope he wasn't eating it! Eeeew! It wan't anywhere else. I immediatly ran a bath and scrubbed him down!

Please keep your fingers crossed that this dosen't happen again!