Halloween Activities...

Well, our Internet has been down for about a week now. So I have fell even more behind then I normally already are. With Sherrow only home for two weeks we have been trying to spend as much time with him and get all of our activities done.

So first off we have the pumpkin patch. We had to go on a Tuesday so unfortunately the hay ride wasn't running to pick pumpkins. But they did have a few nasty ones up at the front. Jaemen thought he was strong enough to pick them up. And I am a sucker for cute jeans on little boys.

Note: Why are we looking for a new pumpkin to carve, Dad?? That is becuase we had a little critter I believe one night that was a little hungry and took a rather large chuck out of his pumpkin and left blood from there gums all over it.. Very upset!!

He has sooo much fun at the ceder mill. They have a corn box instead of a sand box.. which for adults is disgusting and you can't even go in with your child because of all the dust in the air but the kids love it. They have a wood train for them to climb in and play in. And last but not least they have these huge drain pipes I think they are for slides and JJ loves coming down those.

Then there is trick or treating... We werent out very long because it was nippy and I am guessing the rest of the people in Michigan thought the same thing cause we didn't have half the amount of people that we did last year. Everyone again loved the costume and it was a hit!! AND I didnt see anyone else have it so I am very happy. Of course Jaemen wasn't really up for pictures he was way to interested in candy.. but here are the pictures I did get. p>

Well until next time,

Karidan

Summer fun...

So we have been finally having summer weather here in good ol' Michigan and Jaemen has been loving it. He can finally play in all the water that he wants to. Every night when we come home he has gotten on his swimsuit and went right out to the pool... He loves playing in the hose and drinking all the water he can choke down.

Oh and as you can see one thing he loves to do is use his slid like a waterslide and he goes down feet first on his belly. He is nuts.

Other then playing in the pool last Sunday we took him to the Splash Pad in Grand Blanc and he LOVED that. Well at least until some big kid knocked him down and he took a pretty big knock to the head... THank god the ground was the real soft rubber flooring so he bounced but I am sure it hurt at least it looked like it hurt. After the fall, he got back out there but then he wanted us to go where ever he went so it was about time to go. He just drank all the water there too haha...

Here is a scrapbook page that I just threw together today after seeing a layout like it in a gallery that I look through almost daily. I loved it and it was for a mothers girl so I just knew I needed to make it for a "mama's boy" since everyone knows that is what my little man is.

Lastly, before I get out of here. I am sorry I have taken so long to get back about my medical scare. I am ok.... The doctor told me that it is due to the fact that my nerves run accross my body down my leg and are getting blocked by the scar tissue of my incision. Because of this the nerves are coiling around each other. There was a name for it but I cant find it online and dont know how to pronounce it... So anyways that is why there is a lot of pain since it is all nerve endings. Solution: I have to have steriod injections into the coil and hopefully this will reduce the pain and after a coupld injections do something to the nerves that I didnt understand haha... I was very relieved but the next day I was in about the same pain so I am upset that it didnt really work.

Well to end this, our lives are just consisting getting ready for Sherrow to leave on the 21st. And I think while daddy is gone we are going to switch Jaemen to a Big Boy bed... and start potty training... I was going to try and get rid of the pacifer but I think the two above things is enough for the little guy.. We will work on the pacifer later!!!

Until then

Karidan

Pictures...

I was over at my dad's house last night and got a few pictures of the kids cause they have sprung up in the last couple of months..

The twins are WALKING.. full time now... Here is Christopher... He is getting huge also. He is starting to take some of his first steps also at 10months old.

Then of course we have Jaemen...

I am working with my camera getting some pretty dark shots so I am working with that... Until later..

Karidan

So Sorry...

So a lot has happened since the last post...
1. I was in another accident.. Everyone was ok but the car did not make it
2. We have bought a new car... 2004 Grand Am... and LOVING IT!!!
3. Sherrow had a family reunion
4. The internet was down for almost a week
5. Jaemen had a temperature of between 102-104 through the whole week of the fourth
and last but not happy to report...
6. Project 365 has taken a major hit.

So I guess let's recap a little more in detail on each one of those.

1. So the day of my mother's side graduation open house/party. I was traveling to go and get Sherrow from work and was in an accident. It was pretty bad but everyone (Jaemen and I) made it through. I suffered pretty bad the next day considering I turned the car so I was take the blunt of the accident and not Jaemen. I suffered also on the emotional side for a little. I had a lot of guilt about having JJ in the car and not being more careful.. About smashing another vehicle and no this one was not quite paid off. But after a late night breakdown Sherrow and I conquerred all of my feelings since I held them in until now and I had to see through all of it.

2. The accident was on the 6th and drove off in a car I think 18 days later. I am very happy that we could bounce back from the accident and not take as big of a hit as I thought we were going to take. We went from a 1996 Bonneville to a 2004 Grand Am and only increased our payment by $50.. We have been wanting something more but I definetly didnt want to smash one to get the other. But we came out on top and are very proud of ourselves.

3. Sherrow had a nice family reunion over the fourth. Unfortunely, Jaemen was not feeling his best and could not enjoy the beautiful beach at Seven Lakes State park. (which is very far out) Flint did not have fireworks this year due to the recession so we just enjoyed a few back at his sisters house. Also due to the fact I had a sick child in my arms the whole day I only have one picture and I didnt even take it.. But at least it is of our family.. You can tell that JJ was not feeling it.

4. Not much more to say the laptop was acting up and no internet.

5. On the 3rd when I went to put Jaemen to sleep I noticed that he was a little warm but nothing serious. So I went to check on him about two hours later and low and behold he was burning up at that time I think it was 102.4. So gave him some tylenol and hoped he would wake up and be better. NOPE... about 4 o clock I woke up again and he was still burning up this time it was 103.1. Long story short... Everytime the dang tylenol would wear off his temp would be right back up in the 103's. He didnt eat anything other then one helping of applesauce and one juice. I knew then something was up. So the next morning I took him to the clinic and there you go he has a throat infection. This poor kid just got over pink eye.. oh yeah I guess I should have put that in the list too.

6. Well sad news.. at least to me. Project 365 has taken a major hit in June. I thought ok Karidan just bounce back in July and yeah I think I have only taken 3 pictures of the past 7 days. It will be ok I will get back to it. And hopefully pack to blogging more also.

Meagen also just came to see us for an hour. I am soooo excited they might (fingers are crossed) be moving back to Michigan. I CAN NOT wait to hear if Mike gets the job.. But while she was her she was more the kind enough to TRY (key word) to get some pictures of us together. It really didnt work. Jaemen still wasnt feeling the best and Sherrow WOW Sherrow was giving the craziest faces ever. I should post them just to embarrass him so he wont do it again even though he claims he didnt know these were serious pictures. WOW... anyways here is the best and ONLY picture I can pull from the batch...

Well I will try to be more on top of the blog now that the internet is back up...

Karidan

Look who's 18 months

Yes my little boy is one and a half years old... and the neighbor across from us had this cute little house and slide so I decided to get it for him. I have been looking for more things outside and I think this completes his little collection of toys but this boy LOVES to be outside. Dont you just love that laugh below in the second picture he is such a nut. At this point I wish I would have had my new lens on so I could have gotten closer but I guess we will just crop.

Just a few facts about Jaemen at 18 months....

1. He is in 2T shirts and 18 month shorts and 2T pants with a belt to hold them up

2. He has All of his teeth and I am sure actually he has had most of them since he has been 14 months

3. He is the best cuddler when he wants to be but will tell you "NO" in a hot second and doesnt know how to say yes!

As you can see the pictures are getting better outside but they are still a little dark sooc (straight out of camera) so I am still trying to work on that but I have a newborn shoot coming up and I cant wait!!



-Karidan

Project 365 Marches on...

May 17, 2009

My mom, Jaemen, and I took a trip for the first time down to Canton, Mich to visit the IKEA store!! It was everything I thought it was going to be!! I LOVED IT!! I was on my way for two tables for my scraproom that is currently being revamped even though it was never really "vamped"

May 18, 2009

My Camera is BACK!! All nice and cleaned and FIXED!! Oh I also had to give JJ a hug because it wasn't his fault.. I guess they are having a lot of problems with the AF censors!!

May 19, 2009

When we went to IKEA I picked up these rods that are normally used for hanging kitchen ultencils but I am using it for my own "Clip up"!! Now I can see everything that I have!! I have two of them right beside each other, one will hold all my stickers and rubons and the other will have all bigger embellies and clear stamps...

May 20, 2009
Went over to Grandpa and Grandma Chapman's last night... Great day just to sit out and play with the camera! Not a very good shot but this is JJ showing me that he has something on his hands with he hates!!

Lastly, I have done two more layouts for JJ's Baby Book almost done and I should finish it up tonight when JJ goes to bed!!! Here you go!!

Update (107/365)

WHERE DO I START??

Well lets start at some cool news!! I have been picked to design for a digital scrapbook designer. Now that I dont have school (well in a week) I will have time to do some of the things that I love. What this entails for me to do is turn in a layout per kit that she designs (will try to do at least two for her) and for me to post those layouts in the galleries that I already do post plus her store ahhscrap.com. You will see her blinkie to the right and below to go to her blog and see all of her designs. Felicia is a great designer so please go and check her out if you are interested. ****OK so I just want people to know that I didnt think my dad would want to go her store but I guess he is interested soooo click above DAD!! LOVE YOU!!****

But that is pretty exciting... So watch for some layouts to come!!!

Next, Jaemen going to the hospital. I am still getting asked what happened so I guess I will go through the whole 24 hours that we were in the hospital. Well it first started out that night after I put him to bed. But let me remind him that he was perfect ate a whole dinner and everything. At about 10 pm though I had a feeling something was wrong since he wasn't sleeping well at all. He was waking up about every 30 minutes... finally about 3 am I pulled him into our bed with us and he was crying like he was in pain and a little bit of agony. I thought maybe an ear infection so I gave him a little bit of Tylenol. Waited for that to work and 3o minutes later he was still crying and now screaming at times. I was getting pretty worried so I work Sherrow up and asked him if he had went to the bathroom that day and he said no. So now I am really thinking a belly ache plus now I can hear his little tummy bubbling. I finally get him to practically pass out with us at about 6:30. He woke up with me at 9 but still he was moaning and whining all the way through those three hours. At nine I got him some gas X for babies and then went to store for some Prune juice and left for work telling Sherrow to call me if he thinks it is getting worse. Sure enough like an hour into work he text me telling me he is really screaming and still hasnt even walked a step. (very unusual for our on the go little boy) So I called the doctor and they said get him to the ER now. So we get there and they were telling us it sounded like Appendicitis, which is completely scary. So they ordered labs, X-rays, and ultrasounds to check. As we were coming back from x-rays they were telling me the labs did not come back good and we met the pediatrician surgeon that was called in for my child. That is scary. And she felt him and told us she didnt think it was appendicitis but something was wrong still and it could be that his bowels were retracting into themselves causing a lot of irritation. So he got a barium ***enima*** (Sorry spell checker changed it he is not anemic, I have also linked it if you dont know what the poor little guy had to go through***where we good see all of his intestines and after this happened we were admitted for the night. It was so sad to see my little boy so out of it. But it was like something just clicked and he came back to life. We were so excited that he had stopped crying and it seemed like everything was better. So we were discharged the next day with the doctors not really knowing what happened because they didnt find anything during the anemia but they said that it might have not been happening at that time and the anemia fixed it. Whatever it was the anemia fixed it he might have just needed to be flushed out. He has been ordered to eat more fruit and veggies but that is pretty hard we have resorted back to baby food fruit cause he wont eat real fruit and he only eats peas. Oh and LOTS and LOTS of water. (which he gets a lot anyways so that didnt matter) So all in all he is fine and thanks to every one that gave him your prayers and to my dad and maryanne for bringing up the great calzone ever since I didnt get to eat until like 7 that night.

I have updated Shuttercal with pictures. Lately it has been getting pretty hard to find something to take a picture of but hopefully after this little last hump of school I will have time to actually think about it and get a little more creative. Because I have hit the 100th day of Project 365 and I think that is something that I have made it that far. Sherrow asked me the other day, "Have you been taking pictures everyday or have you fallen off?" I was like "Heck no!! I am on top of it!!"

On the school front, I have a final on Monday along with my poster presentation. I also have a paper due (which I knocked out today) and 3 lab report to wrap up on Sunday. Then just my final Analytical lab report for my mini project and I WILL BE DONE!! YEAHH!!!

At last, I am going to leave your with a picture of Sherrow at the casino with his winnings for his first time at the blackjack table. I didnt take my camera (i know, I know) but Sherrow wanted me to just leave it at home so I could just have fun and not worry about pictures. BUT I did was like oh man I wish I had my CAMERA!! So I just took pictures with my Camera phone like I did with Jaemen in the hospital.

Karidan

Hope you had a very....

Merry Christmas. Because our family had a great one. It was very busy sometimes not getting home until the middle of the night but a wonderful christmas and I just cant wait for the years to come with our little boy. He was looking fabulous on Christmas, I have been waiting to put him in this outfit for forever and finally got all the pieces. *even though he wasnt up for having his picture taken at this time*

The new camera defiently got some usage but I have to work a lot with it still. You defiently have to know your basics of photography. Much different from the old camera. We had our first christmas at our house. We got jaemen just a few presents things that we have been wanting to get him for a while. Here is Daddy and Son having fun even though he wasnt so into opening presents this year of course.

Other then that for everyone that hasnt seen us in the past week... We have a WALKER!!! He still likes to crawl when he wants to get somewhere quick but he walks everywhere now!!!

Scoot always getting in the way!!

Jaemen is also 13 months today!!!

Until next time

Karidan

Boo!!!

Yes Jaemen had his next day of Trick or Treating!!! This time it was 95 degrees and everyone was in full costume!! I just wanted to show some pictures from the day!! We had a lot of babies there... Lets see all the way from 6 days old.... 4 or 6 weeks (sorry aunt april cant remember)... 4 months....7 weeks.. 7 Months (the twins) and and 10 months (thats our jj the oldest)!! Lots!!!

Kinda of crazy!! Anyways... Here are some more pictures from the day!!

Fall is Here.....

I love this time of year!! The colors, the chilly mornings (until i have to get out of the warm covers and then sherrow has to bring me sweat pants and a sweatshirt so I can get dressed under the covers :)) the only thing I dont like is my CHILD HAS NOTHING TO WEAR hehe!! Time to go shopping!!!

Well I finally got a minute to myself to give you guys a small update... Sherrow is back from Oklahoma and it is soo nice to have him back. I cant finally get a little bit of homework done with Jaemen up. School is still kicking my butt.. I have tests, quizzes, a 10 min presentation all this week to do still. On top of that I have to start planning jaemens 1st birthday, decorate the house for fall/halloween ( I would love to do something like this or this, Take jaemens 1 year pictures for this birthday invites ( i have great idea in my head that involves quite a mess), and to buy jaemen a new warobe because he has out grown everything!! So my to do list is a mile long and I dont have anytime to do any of nor the money because I dont have time to work either hehe...

Next on my agenda is to make christmas cards to get up on the website so look back to them. They are going to come with a mini family session to get a updated family picture also. So i have to get that all put together I am hoping to do it before the fall colors go away!! You can also opt to just give me a family picture and just get the christmas cards!! So look for those soon hopefully (probably not until my Chemistry presentation is done next friday though)!!

well until next time!! I have to go get started on my powerpoint presentation!!! Love you all!!

Just an update...

First of all want to thank everyone for there responses on the business card. MUCH APPRECIATED!!! Next this is just a little update with some pictures of Jaemen and the twins because I have recently been to a family function and people want to see more updates of the twins also so Afton is going to be sending me more pictures of them hopefully!!

Ok so I guess I should tell you who is who for those who cant tell apart (hopefully I can let me know dad and maryanne plz if i mess it up)!!! Anyways 1. Of course our one and only little JJ!! (not so little anymore) 2. David 3. David again I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! 4. would be dill pickle aka Dillon and 5 would be David again!! Sorry dont know why I have more of David then dillon. As you can see the twins are starting to sit up yeah!!!! I just want to eat them up!! You can see the a bunch more pictures of them and jaemen at the baby shower in the web albums look to your right to find that link!!! Thanks for looking!! Love you all!!!

Busier then ever!!!

I know I said I would try and update the blog more but I am seriously in the hardest semester ever I think!! Last night I was in my Physical Chemistry class for 7 and a half hours SERIOUSLY!!! I went in at 11 to the lecture and came out of the lab at 6:30 I was blown away!! Anyways... So my life is going to be in the lab this semester!! Then I have two photo shoots this week also!!

Sherrow is leaving again next friday for Okaloma we found out about 3 days ago but it was official today!! He will be gone again for 2 weeks not sure how this one is giong to go with so much of my life consumed with homework!! Feel free to come pick up Jaemen when ever you would like him in those two weeks!! haha...

Well on to the little bug.. He is starting to clap his hands it is so cute he screams at his hands cause they dont make the noise my does and then gets surprised when they do make noise. SO FUNNY!! Other then that he loves the fridge, dogs water bowl and his new ball toy!!! Not much with him going on other then the fact that he is 9 months old!!!

I did however for my birthday get my Pictures up FINALLY!! YEAHH!!! Sorry aunt joyce it took so long!! But here they are ... I LOVE THEM!!! Thank you again Aunt Joyce!!!

Then I also recieved my new dining room table I love it too!! we can eat in peace without worrying about little bug spilling our drinks and hitting our plates. I can do homework with out all the pages getting tore!! So very good investment!!!