Pain and Suffering

After 3 years I finally got something from my accident. For those that don't know on Jan 4th, 2006 I was driving home from work. It was a great day, it was my last day of work for a week, my sister was landing in just a few hrs, my brother would be here in a two days, and N's first birthday party was just a few days away. I was just 4 house from our house when a car pulled out of a side street and basically hit me head on. I saw him coming, so I was able to break. Thankfully everyone walked away it could have been a lot worse, but I was out of a car at a time I really needed one. Later that night I had painful neck pains, but being N's first birthday I refused to go to the hospital till after the party. By the day of the party my neck was better and we had a great day, but a week later my pains came back so I went to a dr. After months of appointments, therapy, MRI's, and X-Rays, we found out I have 2 bulge disks in my neck, 1 in my lower back, and TMJ. Unfortunately the disks they can't do anything about except chiropractor to keep the pressure off them and in line, the TMJ as you know I had surgery for in Jan. It is 100% better, but I am learning that when my neck hurts the TMJ does come back a little on one side. Something I have to live with. Anyways, because of all this we got a lawyer to help us pay all the medical bills. We finally got it all finished, all the bills where paid and we got a little bit for pain and suffering. Why am I telling you all this, well one cuz I can finally tell my story out loud and two, even though we put most of the money aside to pay for chiropractor appointments I got myself a pain and suffering gift. I had a lot of MRI's (which I DO NOT LIKE) and surgery(which was very hard for me) I SOO deserved a little something!

You've all seen the commercials for the Open Heart necklaces and I've thought those are so pretty and I love the story behind it. So today we went out and got one, which by the way I didn't realize how many styles they had it the "pattern" there is alot!

Anyways, here is my pain and suffering gift I love it!

I ordered the kids an easel the other day from walmart and had it site to store-it came in today! I'm so excited, they both love coloring and I wanted to get them paints so this is perfect for them. I also wanted something that was educational, fun, and they both could do for over the summer, and this covers it all. As you can see they already love it!

The Track

Yesterday hubby got off work early so we packed up the RC car, picked up N from school and headed to the RC Track.

Doing jumps

Really cool jump I just missed it cuz it was going so fast.....it's right above the fence thing

We all had a good time, hubby got to really run the car, and the kids had a ball watching Daddy. There was two other guys there running their cars too, which to M meant that Daddy was racing them. She kept saying "Go Daddy Go!" it was so cute.

M cheering on DaddyN and daddy

It was a great time even though N did get stung, by something. We are pretty sure it was a wasp cuz the guys that where there said sometimes there are wasp nest under where we were sitting. It went in his shoe and stung him on his ankle. From that point on he wouldn't sit there anymore(either did M or me).

I wanted to bring Cody too, but he hasn't finished up his puppy shots yet and I'm still afraid to take him parks cuz of that. In two weeks he'll get his shots so we'll take him after that!

Early Present

When we where in Chicago my brother showed hubby his RC cars and he fell in love. He's always liked RC cars, but he's always only gotten the "cheap" ones from toys r us or target. I've known about the "big dogs" ones for many years(because of my bro), I just never really elaborated about it. Anywho, since we've been back hubby's been talking about wanting one pretty much everyday. It's really cute he's like a little kid that really wants something for their birthday and that's all they can talk about. Today I "let" him go get his birthday/father's day present early. He was very excited! As soon as we got home and M to nap he was off and "running" to get it all open and charged up.

All Ready to Go

The first thing he wanted me to do was take a picture of it and text my brother so he could show him. My brother's been a huge help to him, hubby's been calling him and asking him all about parts and batteries. It's a really nice car, it can go up to 70mph, but right now hubby has it on Trial til he gets better at the controls. If you watch the video you'll see it's still really fast.

Poor Cody is scared of the thing, he doesn't even want to be outside when it's running. I'm sure at some point we will be getting into the rc racing circuit, but hopefully not for at lest a few months :)!

Outside

Cody

So Yes we have a new addition to our family! Cody, he's a shih tzu/yorkie mix, called a Shorkie. I know I know I got a small dog! He just melted my heart, and the kids. I think he's getting to hubby's too though I'm sure he will not admit it. Even Grandpa loves him! He's just a great puppy, he loves everyone, and so far he's been a dream. He wines a little usually if we have to put him in his crate or carrier, and it's just for a few mins. He's only barked a few times and that was at Noel cuz she jumped on our bed and he wanted to play with her. He does get car sick, so yes it was an interesting trip home. House training is going pretty good I think, I do have to go out and get him a new harness for walking the one we have just doesn't seem to work well, which stinks cuz it matched his collar and leash, but I'll live. I even got him a tag to match them, it's so cute!

Our cute little guyWe HAD to get this toy for him, it's just like the one from Bolt! And it's his fav now go fig!

Right now he's 5.2lbs. I took him to the vet yesterday to make sure he was healthy and to get him on petsmarts vet's health plan-which by the way is a great plan if you have a dog! They say he'll be done growing in 2 months so he'll maybe be 7lbs.

Cody fell asleep and N put his(N's)blanket on him to cover him up. Then got Cody's toys, and Cody put his paw out. When I had to move Cody to the crate, N wanted to give him the blanket even though it meant it was now Codys. To sweet!

Noel and him are quite interesting. At first Noel was scared to death of him, and he just wanted to play with her. Then last night she whacked him cuz he was smelling her butt, and now he still wants to play with her, but he stays about a foot away from her. They are slowly getting closer, but she's still not sure what to make of him. I think they will be great friends some day, Noel just is making sure he knows she's the princess I think lol!

Cody wanting to playThis is how he lays waiting for Noel to play with him

Vacation

Updated with Pictures-wedding pictures are do to the other great bridesmaids
Is was a very busy week home, but it was great! We are so happy to be home in are own beds, but at the same time missing all our family and friends! We started off the week first with a visit from Aunt Cole, which the kids got some belated birthday presents they where very happy and so I so they had more toys to play with. Then it was off to our nephews first Communion party. We didn't get to stay as long as we would have liked since the kids(really all of us) where very tired from our flight. The next day we got to meet up with them again so the kids could play together. Hubby got a special treat of being able to take our nephew to get some video game stuff. Uncle Mike was very happy to drive him and help him pick out what he needed/wanted. N and M had a ball!

On the plane

T showing M which flowers she can pick

N showing us he can meditate...we didn't know till now it was quite cute

Getting ready for bed

Monday our friend Elise came to the hotel with her two little ones. It was great to see them. After that we got to meet up with one of my brother and mine old babysitters which was a real treat for me.

Tony, Melissa, and Me(we didn't even plan the shirts)

Tuesday the kids and I went to my friend Wendy's house for a play date, while hubby went shopping for shoes and pants for the wedding. That only lasted for about an hr when N decided he wanted daddy to the point he was in tears, so daddy came and picked him up and finished his shopping. I found out later that N fell asleep about 15mins after daddt picked him up.

Wednesday we meet up with hubby's grandma. We went to a Lithuanian restaurant and had some great food. The kids got to hang out at Great Grandma P's house for awhile, which they loved. Later that night Sarah came and picked me up and we meet up with 3 of the other bridesmaids to get our nails done. It was a great time with my (then)soon-to-be-sister.

Thursday was just a crazy day! We had to pack everything up, check out of the hotel, run over to Sarah and Tony's place, pick up my dresses, hubby's shirt for the wedding, M's dress for the wedding, and our shoes. Then head to the new hotel, check in, get ready for rehearsal, and then find the church for rehearsal. We made it through with out really feeling to rushed either, and had a great time at rehearsal and the dinner.

Friday.....Wedding day! It was great hubby dropped N and I at Sarah's parents house in the morning, him and M hung out all day til it was time for the wedding. While I got my hair done, and then N and I got ready with the all the bridesmaids and Sarah. It was lots of fun! Then it was wedding time! I lost it as soon as we got to the church, but recovered after I saw my Aunt Karen and Tony. After that I didn't cry at all, though I wouldn't look at my brother the whole ceremony and the bridesmaid behind me keep reminding me "Don't look at your brother" it was funny! It was a beautiful ceremony and a fun reception. Unfortunately the kids died out right after we had our brother/sister dance so I didn't get to go dancing:(!

Before I got the vest, tie, and jacket on. My little stud muffinN in his tux~He was so darn cute

Sarah, me and two of the other bridesmaids(there was 7 of us total)Sarah wearing our mom's ankletTony and Sarah got N(all the kids) camera's for being in the wedding, N LOVES his and he was "taking" pictures the whole time-unfortunately he ran out of film the night before so he's just clicking to nothing in this picture:(Their cake topper~it's just purrfect for themThe New Couple

Saturday, we got up and N got to go down and have breakfast with Uncle Tony and Aunt Sarah. We then packed and headed out to another party. The party was lots of fun, but the best part was we ended up getting a puppy! He's so darn cute and the kids love him exceptionally N. More on him later. We then flew home which are flight was delayed and we didn't get home till well after 1am. Along with that we(ok I) managed to lose our camera on the plane which I'm still so upset with myself about. We called the airlines but they found nothing and we where the last flight of the day, so it's gone. I am upset about the camera cuz I loved it, but I'm just sick to my stomach about all the pictures of the wedding I lost. Thankfully a lot of the bridesmaids got some good ones of N, Sarah, and Tony, but I lost all the ones of M and she looked so darn cute! We ended up running out to best buy and getting a new camera today, cuz well, I don't think they are going to find ours and we have a new puppy I have to have a camera to capture all the moments with the kids!

Our new puppy Cody!

New Toy

I've never been a big coffee drinker, but for the last few years I've been dying for a Tassimo or Keurig. Though I'm not willing to spend $100 dollars on a coffee maker. The thing I love about it is you only have to make one cup at a time! We've had coffee makers usually just cheap ones so we can make it, but I don't cuz you have to at lest make 6 cups for it to work. Then add in measuring(which I some how always screw up), then clean the whole kitten-kaba when your done. It's just not worth the one cup I'll drink. So we've been at a stand still with the whole thing for years. Then this year Keurig came out with a Mini one, it's still about $70 though, I did think about getting it with my birthday money, but opted for some books, I still just couldn't see spending that much. Well, this week I found a great deal on one, and took the plunge! Let me tell you we've only had it for a few days and it was totally worth the money(even $70 worth it). Clean up is a breeze, I just have to toss out the little cup and I'm done! The only "bad" thing is I can't fit my thermos under it, I have to use a regular mug then fill up my thermos with that. Not terrible, just a little pain. Hubby and I went on their website yesterday and got a whole bunch of sample boxes so we can see which coffee(all Vanilla ones), Teas(we get lots of these), and Coco's(mostly for the kids) we like then I can get the regular boxes from my work. There are SOOO many to chose from it's crazy. I can't wait for them to get here!

Isn't it cute! I'm totally in love lol!Well, I better get back to cleaning so I can have a nice clean house to come home to!

Getting Ready

I'm so ready for this week to be over! It's not a bad week in fact it's been a great week so far, I'm just ready for vacation and to be in Chicago. Na's ready too, he's so excited. Even though he's been on a plane about 3 times already, he doesn't remember, so for him it's like his first time! M's pretty excited about the plane too, I think that's about it. It's hard to figure out how much she really understands about new things since she doesn't communicate. N on the other hand is excited to see his cousins again, and BOTH his Uncle Tony's. It's kind of hard having 2 Uncle Tony's, cuz we always have to try and figure out which one his talking about-sometimes he'll make it easy, but not normally. It's either, Lego Uncle Tony(the one that loves Lego's) or little boy Uncle Tony(the one with the cousins). N doesn't make it easy either, he'll go back and forth on us all the time, but it's still so cute.

For the most part we are ready to go, hubby still needs to get packed, but he always waits till the night before. Drives me nuts cuz I have to be packed like a week early, but that's not his MO. Really I think I'm the one in the minority with packing early! All I have left is to finish up the laundry we have now, and clean the house so when we come home I can just relax and only have the laundry from the trip to worry about. Won't that be nice!