Sunday Update

Weekly Total: 21 miles
Monthly Total: 77.5

Well I exceeded my monthly goal by a lot...Training for this half-marathon I guess will do that...Once March is over, I'm sure I will have to really have to make an effort to keep up my monthly goal!!...But I had a good week...2 runs of 5.5 miles and then yesterday I made it a whole 10 miles....I honestly thought I would never be able to run that much...And it wasn't bad...I think yesterday was probably the first day I realized that I will be able to do this half-marathon...I've been really, really very worried abouth the whole thing...It might not be a pretty time when I finish, but I do know that I can and will finish the 13.1 miles:)

Trying to throw in zumba during the week because I LOVE going to zumba is hard, but thanks to my mom I got to go to zumba on Friday...Maybe this week I can make it to 2 classes....And I started soccer back up...So my Sunday afternoons will be spent out on the soccer field....I'm just praying that I don't get hurt because that will kill me if I end up pulling a muscle during soccer and not be able to run...I stretched like crazy today before my game and constantly during it...I'm determined to stay healthy!!!

So honestly I have to just say thank you, thank you to my sweet mom....Kerry and I are both training for this and it does take time out of our already busy schedule...We love being able to work out as much as we can anyways, but we know we really need to make sure we get our runs in each week...My mom is always so happy to watch my kids whenever I ask her...On Saturdays, now that Kerry and I are running for over an hour and a half to 2 hours, I am soooo appreciative of her and Mike allowing our two to come and hang out:)...Thanks mom!!!

Healing Up

Wednesday morning Kohen was still a little swollen and it was the first time you could really see the bruising under his eye...It had been so puffy but was now bruised...I hoped it wouldn't turn into a full black eye....He was still a little swollen....And he was much more willing to go to school for Day #2:)

These are from Wednesday night before he went to bed....I thought the swelling on his face and redness looked better from even that same morning....He did have to repeat the story to his friends at school who missed on Tuesday, but was OK with re-telling what happened:)

The two cuts were just getting a little gross looking now....

Thursday morning before he left for school...He is always super excited to get his picture made in the morning:)

These next two are from Thursday night...They were looking pretty pussy and gross to the both of us...We thought it would be best to make another trip to see the pediatrician in the morning just to make sure they weren't getting infected...I hated to not take him today and then have to wait the whole weekend.....

But he said that yes they indeed were full, but not infected...And that they should probably start
oozing on their own...Gross!

These are from tonight....He had picked the one by his nose a little at school today...So it oozed blood all afternoon and evening...I even had to snip a little bit of the dermabond away so it wouldn't pull off....He took a shower and when he got out, I patted his face and the one on the side just popped...It was super gross...Sorry if it's TMI, but A LOT of junk came out of that one and it wasn't even the one that looked nasty...Kerry was still in the shower and had to lean over and put his hands on his knees because he got a little light-headed...What a weenie, he wasn't the one cleaning it up nor was he even near it....So it now looks a little bloody, but much better.. Then since he had already made the other one open up himself, we went ahead and cleaned it as best we could...But it does look a lot better without all that nasty puss in there!

And I think the swelling has pretty much gone away....And the bruising under his eye looks much better:)

He just still can't get over why it's not better....He was with my sister this afternoon and she said he acted a little sad off and on...He finally told her that he was worried that he wouldn't be better before his birthday (April 20th) and before he started Kindergarten (this August!!)

So tonight we had another conversation and I assured him that he would indeed be much better by his birthday and that he would for sure be good to go before school started...Silly kid...The worries that he has!!

Spices

One of Kresee's favorite thing to do is pull out the spice drawer and literally pull every single jar out and set them everywhere...And guess who always ends up putting them all back!

It drives me bonkers and I think she knows it. She loves messing with the vanilla. And that is the one I tell her she can't touch. I know one day I will walk in the kitchen and there will be a brown mess on the floor where she opened the vanilla and poured it all out:)

10

Parker turned 10 years old today. I can't believe my puppy is already that old. So now we have 2-13 year olds and 1-10 year old! She was our dog we wanted to get after we got married. We each had Hunter and Sage and I needed a married dog:)

Cupcake

I went to another wonderful art class a week ago....We painted a super fun cupcake....I thought it was going to be a lot harder, but it turned out fine...I really like it and have it already up in my kitchen...We had a great group of girls and I always enjoy everyone's company!!

Ouch!

Well Kohen had a rough day on Sunday....I had my soccer game and he was dying to go with me...But I told him we were going to visit a friend and see their baby before my soccer game...He was OK with that....But we hadn't been there 5 minutes and this happened....
Their rambunctious family dog really, really wanted inside to check Kohen and I out....She somehow jumped on the backdoor enough that I'm guessing her paw opened the door...In once instance of the door opening and her falling in the door, she was on top of Kohen...No big deal, he hit the fetal position...She ran around and came back to sniff/lick on him some more...They got her back out the door and he is really crying...I just assumed he was super scared...I grabbed him and flipped him over to realize he's covered in blood...I don't know if I've seen that much and definitely not from him....After cleaning him up, I quickly realized he had 2 gashes that needed some attention....So we headed to the clinics but they quickly turned us away after realizing it was a dog bite and since it was on his face...Lovely:)
Back in the car, we headed to the ER which I've only ever been to once....We honestly didn't wait too terribly long to get back into a room....Kohen thought it was great that he had a wristband...He informed me that he was a patient and that I was not...Daddy met us up there...We got settled into a room only to have a nurse tell me it wasn't that bad which I knew better...I showed her the fatty tissue hanging out of his cheek and she told me that was just a blood clot (it wasn't).... After 4 loooooong hours, they finally came and wrapped him up because the doctor said it was going to be quite painful...I told her what a brave little guy he is and that I honestly thought he would be fine...Come to find out the numbing gel that she wanted to use prior to cleaning the wounds and irrigating them was no where to be found...The entire hospital was out, they called every department....
So the poor guy just took it...She squeezed and cleaned...It was burning the fire out of him...I snuggled next to him and I could feel his arms and legs flinching...He never cried....She had to cut away the fatty tissue hanging out and then stuffed the rest back in...Kerry left the room for that part....Then she thought he really needed some stitches but decided the dermabond would heal nicer and be a better choice...Again I think that burned a lot....After she was done, he was just worn out....He feel asleep while we waited on the prescription for antibiotics he has to be on for 10 days....94% of dog bites get infected...So lots of prayers for no infection....

We got home late that afternoon and he just laid on the couch and watched "How to Train a Dragon" while Daddy went and got him pizza....We let him pick whatever he wanted to eat....His shoulder was really bothering him at this point...I think the dog somehow stepped on his shoulder when she came back the 2nd time to try and lick his face....

You can see her teeth marks at his temple...
The next morning he looked like this....He was so confused on why he couldn't open his eye all the way and why it felt so funny....I went ahead and stayed home with him...We took a trip to Dr. Yap with Kresee because she needed some meds for a sinus infection and I really wanted Dr. Yap to check him out as well...I felt reassured about the dermabond and the meds he was on...He said to really watch the redness and swelling and to take his temperature often so we know if he is getting a fever....

As the day went on, the swelling and redness progressively got worse....You can see the red line where it stops before his ear.....

By last night, his ear was even beat read and his eye was way more puffy....It felt really hot to the touch but no fever...I was worried on how he would look this morning....

He was super worried about going to school today...In fact last night he told me that he didn't want to go back until his boo-boo's were all gone...I tried explaining to him that it would be awhile and that just wasn't possible....He didn't want his friends to see him, stare at him, ask questions...He was so embarrassed and self-conscious about the entire thing...It broke my heart....But his sweet teacher called him last night and gave him a talk about it being OK to come to school and that she would be there to answer any of the kids questions if he didn't want to.....

This morning, here he is, still unsure about going to school....

We did get there and another teacher came walking down the hall....He immediately hid his face in the wall so she couldn't see him...I just nodded at her and she knew not to say anything...She was so sweet by just acknowledging him "Hey Kohen, great seeing you this morning..I hope you have a great day."

His teacher said he had a good day at school...No worries...I was so thankful...I cried when I got to work this morning because I was so upset and worried about him...My heart hurt thinking he felt so embarrassed and him not wanting to be there....It made me feel so much better that things were fine....I will post pics of him as he heals...The glue can't get week for a week...Then after that we have to massage aloe vera gel on the cuts every night for 4 weeks in hopes that he doesn't have any scars:)

Sunday Update

Weekly Total: 27 miles
Monthly Total: 56.5 miles

I looked like I ran a lot this week BUT I had basically 2 long runs within the same week....We ran 8 on Sunday, 2 runs during the week and then 9.5 on Saturday....I am having to switch long runs to Saturdays because my soccer season started and we play every Sunday...I know I can't go out and run 9 or 10 miles then play 1.5 hr soccer game...I would be worthless....

These are getting harder and harder for me...I'm realizing I have to just slow down and go a nice steady pace so that I can actually make it the entire run...It took me 1:19 to run 8 miles and then I know I ran around 1:39 (much slower) for my 9.5 miles...But I survived and my legs felt like jell-o....Kerry basically ran circles around me and probably ended up around the 11 mile mark and I know could have continued but I was spent!!!

This weekend I'm going to see if I can make it to 10 miles!!! Geez, wish me luck:)

Baby Maddie

Hunter had an eventful birthday last Wednesday on the 16th....It is also Mom and Mike's anniversary that day...But that morning before work, I got a text from Brock saying that Heather was at the hospital and were waiting to be admitted....That night at 7:51 pm, Kerry and I were there patiently waiting, Madelyn Michele Bailey made her big arrivial....

This was taken maybe 20-30 minutes after she was born....I didn't want to snap too many pictures...She was so stinking adorable and so alert....
Kerry and I went back the next day at lunch because I just had to hold her and take a few more pictures...She has lots of dark hair with blue eyes.....

Yes, it made me want another baby just a little bit...But Kerry nipped that in the bud real quick!

13

This sweet boy turned 13 last Wednesday on the 16th....Kerry got him for me our senior year of high school...He really is such a good dog, but is definately an old man now...He has lost most of his hearing, but other than that is pretty healthy considering his age...I thought when we lost Biskit he might be the next to pass on....But he is still going strong:)...

Playing outside

Last Sunday we took advantage of the pretty weather to let the kids play outside most of the day....Kohen is about to start t-ball and he has yet to hit off a tee...Kerry just usually pitches it to him....He did very well and I think will do great in t-ball...His bat is a little heavy for him so I think once he hits with one more his size, he will be even better:)

Daddy protecting Kresee since Kohen was smacking the ball pretty far....

Then he of course wanted Kerry to pitch him some....

Did you know for the time being he is a switch hitter....Maybe he will be able to keep that up:)

Then the kiddos pulled out the scooters and all the other toys at the grandparents house....

Kohen thought it would be fun to pull the girls around in the wagon...I think he was pretty worn out afterwards.....

Valentine's Day

I haven't had time to get on the computer to post all the things from last week...So I'm catching up....After Kohen's first soccer practice on Monday, we went to Buffalo Wild Wings with the kids for our Valentine's Day dinner...After showers, the kids got to open up their presents....

Kresee got a new Barney DVD and Elmo DVD....Her 2 favorites right now....
Kohen got a new plug n play game for his room...He has a star wars one that he loves, so I knew he would enjoy pac man

My two little valentines:)

Can you believe it was mine and Kerry's 15th Valentine's Day together!!!!...Wow half of our life!!...Our first was way back when we were 16 years old in 1997:)...Kohen took a picture for us...

Kerry and the kiddos....

Me and the kiddos....

Coyote Soccer

Kohen had his first soccer practice last night with his new team--the Coyotes...He was pretty excited to get this Spring season going...He fit in really well since he already knew two of the boys...He and one other guy are new to the team...We have some pretty good little players...I think Kohen is a little worried about it...."that one kid is gooder than me!"..

Kresee always has fun being outside...She took her own little soccer ball and played with it....

The leaves kept her busy for a little while....

Miss Mischevious....

The iPad kept her entertained the last 20 mins of practice....

We then to the kids to Buffalo Wild Wings for their Valentine's Dinner (Kohen's choice)