The Rest Of March So Far!

The week after Devin's birthday was just a typical week, we tried to make it to parks as much as we could. Lizzy had a surprise playdate with her friend Phenley at a playground, her mom Anne and I had a nice long chat, and I got sunburnt to a crisp. :/ Tony had to spend that week up in Casper. That Friday my mom watched the kids while I went for my physical.  It wasn't too bad, my blood pressure was actually ok, but my oxygen level was a bit on the lower side. She listened to my lungs and didn't like what she heard so it was back off to x-ray, this time it came back as full blown pneumonia. She prescribed me more prednisone and a very strong antibiotic, and I continued to use my two inhalers. She ordered me to bed rest(which I'm really bad at) and told me seriously take it easy or you'll end up in the hospital. I have a lot of blood work I'm going to get done tomorrow too. Overall it wasn't too bad. Our likelihood of having anymore children went down greatly, as my ovulation is scarce and sporadic at best, and because I've had a stroke the medication used to easily correct it I can't take because of the risk of recurrent stroke. I think deep down I kinda knew already, but it still hurt to hear it come from my doctor. It isn't impossible....just not probable. We'd have better odds of becoming millionaires in Vegas. But I'm doing my best to be ok with this. We have two absolutely beautiful, amazing children. I'm oh so so grateful for them....especially now. Maybe when we end up back in a sticks and bricks house we'll foster or adopt....I really think we will as it's something we've talked a lot about. But for now it's just the four of us and we're going to have a grand adventure! The next week I had to go to the DMV Monday morning to bring the required proof for a change of address on my new licence, which thankfully went very smoothly! The rest of the week I started feeling weak and tired....like I had pneumonia or something..... The kids were pretty good about being good while I rested in bed. Thursday I was feeling particularly bad and the kids were not having a good day either so Tony came home after working half a day to let me rest. We didn't do anything for St. Patty's day this year. We've spent our weekends going through our storage unit and house and getting rid of all our excess stuff, and making room to store what we need to keep that won't be in the fifth wheel with us. We've done huge Kid to Kid sales which is a double bonus, we get rid of stuff we don't need AND we get some extra money too! Our baby girl stuff we're donating to our next door neighbor who's having a little girl any day now! They also needed our baby swing, some of our other baby stuff we've given to Russ and Alicia who are having a boy in May. It feels so good to get rid of stuff! I love it!! I'm so excited for our simplistic lifestyle in our fifth wheel!! Which should be here the beginning of April! Oh last Tuesday I took the kids to see Kung Fu Panda 3 because it's only $5 on Tuesdays. We liked it, I especially loved that there were only like 6 other people in the theater so the fact that Devin wandered up and down the aisle the whole time and Lizzy danced to every song didn't bother anyone! Yesterday I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese, something I promised them we'd do before we went to Wyoming, and I needed a break! They had tons of fun and we stayed there for nearly 5 hours! The kids got some great prizes too! Devin got an Angry Birds Game(which is way cool) and LIzzy got some Chuck E Cheese glasses and a bracelet and a whistle and a tootsie roll! Lizzy loves their gluten free pizza! They both love that they get all they can drink fruit punch! Well that pretty much catches ya up for now! I'm hoping to stay on top of this blog from now on......but I've said that before! ;)

The kids had to have their picture taken after seeing Kung Fu Panda 3!

Pictures from Chuck E Cheese's!

One of the things Lizzy struggles the most with is drawing, so for "Art" I found this amazing step by step drawing book from Usborne that has been wonderful for her! She loves it and takes great pride in her pictures!

Here are a couple videos of Devin reading his Paw Patrol phonic readers he got from his Aunt Alicia and family for his birthday! I can't thank them enough!!!!