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Brylie's Dance Recital

Before the show


Going into the show



Our little performer (after the show)

What a long day!

Part 2 of Oh what a week it has been!!!

Well, life is not dull around here! Life has come at us so fast here lately. Lawson continues to do well with his recovery. It is so amazing he can now breath! (and not with his mouth open) His drooling problem is almost gone. He is still not use to breathing out of his nose, so sometimes he still is a mouth breather. ECI will be out every Wednesday in June to help build up his mouth muscles. Apparently his mouth muscles are very weak? (b/c he could only breath out of his mouth for such a long time) This also could be the reason for the delayed in speech? ECI will be working on building the muscles up so he can make the proper sounds to make words.

Brylie finally got over her sickness. She ran fever for days. She is so very sad that her school is out. She wants to play school everyday. She can't wait to go to VBS.She says VBS is like school and you get to play with your friends. This weekend is her Big dance recital. She is so pumped! She can't wait to get on stage and have all her family and friends watch her. She so loves attention! I will post pictures of that later.

I am finally over my sinus infection. I went in on that Saturday before memorial weekend to get a steroids shot and get put on antibiotics. This is also my last week of school so it been so crazy. I have to finish cleaning out my room tomorrow so I can move it to my new school on Friday. I am so excited about my new job. I still feel so clueless about it but excited for the change.

Poor Matty, he also got sick and I think he takes the prize. He was in bed for 3 days straight. He was sick all memorial day weekend. Finally on Tuesday he went in to the doctor. He had strep throat. He was so miserable and did not eat for days. He lose around 10 lbs. He left town on Wednesday for his big fishing trip to the gulf. He along with some other guys from church have gone for the last two years and have so much fun. I was so hoping he would feel well enough to have fun and leave the stress from work behind.

He got back on Sunday and they all had tons of fun! He had an interview with a company on Monday and that went well. Good thing too because on Tuesday he was laid off. The part that gets me going is that they did not bother telling him. He shows up like any other day and his codes would not let him in the system. He knew then what that could mean. But he had to wait until his RM meeting was out to find out what was going on. Then they just stated like it was no big deal he was let go(after almost 10 years with this company) They didn't ask for anything like his lap top, phone, etc... Matt just let them know everything was on his desk. They did not walk him out or anything.

The good thing about all this is he will have 4 weeks severance pay and his insurance will be carried over for the whole month of June. He is taking all this well. I think he is just relieved that this slow death of maybe having or not having a job is over. The stress is gone. He is enjoying his time off and is in good spirits! He did except the offer at another company and will start June 16? Not really sure on the date? God is so good and has provided us with job security. I also would love to thank all our friends and family who had and still are praying for us. You guys are so awesome! I think God heard all those prayers and helped us from the stress of losing a job and having one lined up for him to start. Thanks again prayers are so powerful!

Oh, what a week we have had!!!!!!!!

Lawson in his hospital gown


Lawson and his nurse before surgery



This is how Brylie feels about being sick!

Sorry for the long delay. Especially those of you who have been checking my blog to see how little Lawson's surgery went. It has just been one of those weeks. Actually the day of the surgery was the worst day. So let me just start off with the first of the week and get everyone caught up. Sunday I was at church working on VBS and came home, I noticed this huge blister on Lawson's thumb. I asked Matt about this blister and he didn't know how he got it? I found that very disturbing to say the least but went on with life. On Tuesday he went to school, they too were very curious about this mystery blister. Actually they just wanted to pop it or have me pop it. I would not! Lawson has those hands in this mouth all the time. Anyways on Wednesday I found out what that mystery blister was, it was hand, foot, and mouth disease. He broke out all over his face and hands and feet. I was so worried that this would prevent his surgery on Thursday morning. I called my doctor and found out that this is the last signs of the disease. If he didn't show any signs of being sick or run a fever, then they could do the surgery. I was so relieved. I then realized I myself was not feeling good. I was so cold and yet my head was on fire. I went to the school nurse after school to find out I was running fever. I called Matt to have him pick up the kids because this meant I could not be around Lawson. I again was so afraid he would get sick and not have the surgery. Matt was a wonderful Daddy and took the kids out for a night of fun with Daddy.

We got up early Thursday morning dropped Brylie off at Amber's @ 5:30 am. Lawson was over the hand, foot, and mouth disease and was not running fever.(Praise GOD!) I took some Advil and was feeling OK myself. Lawson was such the champ he did so good. He looked so cute in his little hospital gown. They lightly sedated him before he left me and he was so happy. It was cracking me up. He saw the beds on wheels and keep yelling "car, car". He too wanted to get in his "car" bed. So the nurse let him in he loved it. Then he was ready to go before they were ready for him. He now kept saying "Go, Go, bye mama" I was so glad he loved the bed and the nurse and was ready to go. If Lawson was upset and didn't wanting to go I would have be crying my eyes out. They did take out his adenoids and for lack of better terms more or less cleared his nasal passage so the poor little guy could breath. We got to go back in recovery room and I was waiting for the worst. I have heard so many people tell me how their little one cried and cried. Thank you God, because Lawson was not that way he just kept on sleeping I mean for hours afterwards. He were back there for over 2 hours.

During that time this is when things started turning bad. Matt got a phone call. (Matt has been worrying about his job for sometime b/c a huge % of people have been cut twice now since the new yr began. This third round just started a few weeks ago) Anyway the phone call was about him being in the hot seat now but this was just something heard through the grapevine. Of course this made us very worrisome. We just stopped there and prayed that God would take care of us. We are still not sure about Matt's job situation but right now he still has one.

Finally we get released and start going home. I'm again not feeling good and just want to go home to rest. While leaving the parking garage we get another phone call. Brylie had got sick at school and is running a fever. I guess whatever I have she now has? We are doing good today,still sick but much better. Lawson is still doing great and loves to eat. I guess he is feeling no pain. He also looks so much better today. The first day he looked like he had been in a fight. His little nose was so swollen and bloody. Please keep our family in your prays for the next couple of days so we can get out of this rough spot. I know God is good and has a plan for everything. I just felt a little overwhelm with everything yesterday.

Updates on Lawson

I took Lawson to the ENT about a week ago to have a hearing test to find out if he had any hearing loss. I have been very concerned with the delay in speech. His hearing test came back and ever thing is in normal range. The ENT specialist wants to do a procedure on him because he is only breathing out of him mouth. This is causing him to choke while eating and the non-stop drooling. They will put a scope down his nose and look to see if there is any blockage. If so they will clean it out while he is under. They are also going to be looking at his adenoids to make sure they look alright. If they are not looking good they will take them out. Lawson is having this done on May 22 in the morning. I am a little scared about the unknown so if you will keep Lawson in your prayers next week.

Lawson's 2nd Birthday party!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Spring Pictures are here!

I was looking in the kids backpacks after school and found their spring school pictures. I love pictures because every time I see my kids pictures, I think to myself I got some really cute kids. I bet every mom thinks that. I love Brylie's picture it makes her look so Big. It is such a sweet picture. I am laughing at her fake little smile. It is not the best fake smile so I am so thankful! I am still laughing at Lawson's picture. He was in such a mood that day. This time he was not afraid of the camera but instead was the class clown. They could not get him from hamming it up! This is the only picture he had eyes. He would smile so big and close his eyes. I just love these kids and their new spring pictures.