Welcome to our family's new website! We have lots to update you on as Totsites hasn't been updated since the summer! We'll try to do a better job on this website!
PHOTOS: On the right side of the page you can click on the links to see our photos. Click "all photos" on the top to go to our photo gallery through Picasa Web Albums or click on a specific event. This is where we'll be keeping all of our photos from now on. If you like any of them you can download them to keep a copy for yourself or you can order prints directly from there through Walgreens, Shutterfly & a few other places.
Here is what we've been up to since the summer...
OUR KITCHEN: Our family had an unplanned kitchen remodel starting in August! One of the pipes in the floor under our kitchen sink got a hole in it. So, we got to experience the joy of ripping everything out & having the plumber jackhammer our floor open to fix the pipe. However, due to water damage we got all brand new cabinets! Living without running water in our kitchen for 4 months was not fun, to say the least! We are very grateful to have that all behind us!
OUR KITCHEN: Our family had an unplanned kitchen remodel starting in August! One of the pipes in the floor under our kitchen sink got a hole in it. So, we got to experience the joy of ripping everything out & having the plumber jackhammer our floor open to fix the pipe. However, due to water damage we got all brand new cabinets! Living without running water in our kitchen for 4 months was not fun, to say the least! We are very grateful to have that all behind us!
KSD STRIKE: As I'm sure you saw on the news my school district was on strike until mid-September. It was one of the worst things I've ever been a part of! The emotional drain of the wh
ole thing coupled with the monotony of standing there with a picket sign all day was absolutely exhausting. However, the unity that our staff at our school had was amazing. Out of 40 schools in the district only 3 schools had their entire staff NOT cross the picket line. Glenridge was one of those schools. Even though we had a variety of opinions we all stuck together & supported each other &, most importantly, the needs of our students. I'm glad we did it as our working conditions & our students' learning conditions benefited from the outcome but I hope I never have to experience anything like that again! I'm already seeing the benefits at my school as I have a half time teacher within my program now! What a huge help she has been!
CARDIOLOGY VISIT: We visited Dr. Olson, Nathan's cardiologist, on September 24th. He listened to his heart & said the murmur is still there, as strong as before. He thinks at this point the open blood vessel will not close & that we should do surgery. He said that Nathan weighs enough now to do the surgery, however there is no rush as it isn't affecting him developmentally. He would like to do another echo cardiogram in April or May to get a better look. He didn't think that Nathan would stay still enough for long enough to do one that day. :) We would like to do the surgery in the summer while I'm off work so we're see about doing it this summer after we do the next echo.
ole thing coupled with the monotony of standing there with a picket sign all day was absolutely exhausting. However, the unity that our staff at our school had was amazing. Out of 40 schools in the district only 3 schools had their entire staff NOT cross the picket line. Glenridge was one of those schools. Even though we had a variety of opinions we all stuck together & supported each other &, most importantly, the needs of our students. I'm glad we did it as our working conditions & our students' learning conditions benefited from the outcome but I hope I never have to experience anything like that again! I'm already seeing the benefits at my school as I have a half time teacher within my program now! What a huge help she has been!CARDIOLOGY VISIT: We visited Dr. Olson, Nathan's cardiologist, on September 24th. He listened to his heart & said the murmur is still there, as strong as before. He thinks at this point the open blood vessel will not close & that we should do surgery. He said that Nathan weighs enough now to do the surgery, however there is no rush as it isn't affecting him developmentally. He would like to do another echo cardiogram in April or May to get a better look. He didn't think that Nathan would stay still enough for long enough to do one that day. :) We would like to do the surgery in the summer while I'm off work so we're see about doing it this summer after we do the next echo.
HALLOWEEN: Nathan was a giraffe for Halloween this year! He wasn't feeling very well that day so it was pretty low key. We trick or treated at Grandma LouAnne's & next door at Pat's (daycare). We also went out to Grandma Candy's & saw Uncle Lonny & Uncle Pat. While we were there we visited with our friends across the street, Nancy & Pete. Nathan had a fever for most of that weekend so he was pretty out of it. He really enjoys chocolate though!
MR. INDEPENDENT: Nathan has been doing so much more lately! He wants to be in charge of everything! He is starting to feed himself with a spoon & is drinking from a cup & with straws. He is saying so much now & is frustrated when he can't communicate what he wants us to know. Some of the words he is saying now are: goal, exit, cracker, tree, Daddy, Mama, Pat, Jaden, doggy, woof woof, kitty, meow, car, coat, choo choo & diaper. He is also signing the word “more” when he wants more of whatever he is eating. We're planning to begin potty training soon! Wish us luck!
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