I got an email from Cody's foster mother.
First of all he had his annual MRI. His shunt is still doing great! He will need to follow up with a pediatric neurosurgeon in a year for another MRI and an appointment to get the results. That is great news!
Cody is continuing to ask every day at each meal, if he can go eat in "Hio" with Dayton. That makes me feel so many mixed emotions. First of all I am just so SAD. I mean, my little boy wants to come home and can't. The world is an unfair place and children are not valued as they should be. Our foster care system is so broken that it has taken forever to get him home. I am also GLAD that he wants to come home. I know that means that God is preparing his tiny little heart for coming home to his forever family. I know that it is amazing that he is wanting to leave the only home he remembers ever living in. I know it means that he is comprehending that the gifts, pictures, and phone calls are coming from REAL people. He is ready to go see those real people and is longing to do things with the brother that he will share a room with.
I need to hold him so badly! I thank God for preparing his heart. I am thankful that I got some more news on him from the foster mother. I am heartbroken that this process still has so long left before he will come home and I pray that he hasn't given up on the whole idea by that point.
Pray hard that he comes home soon to eat in "Hio" with Dayton and all the rest of us!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Snack Mix
I get a lot of questions about how I feed them all, so I thought I'd do a series of posts about the ways I make food work. :)
One of my kids' favorite things in our "Snack Mix". I started making snack mix as a way to give them good snacks with stuff they like, but keeping it as healthy and low fat as possible. I also HATE TO WASTE anything. On top of that our snacks need to be low sodium because my oldest three had high blood pressure until I adjusted their diet (mainly cut out school lunches).
Here's what I do!
I go through our "cereal cabinet" and get different cereals that have been mostly finished. I put them all into a huge container. I add some type of small marshmallows (the kids especially like it if they are seasonal - snowmen, spring time, heart shaped). I then add some chocolate chips, M&Ms, Reeses Pieces. If we have a partially eaten package of pretzels or gold fish crackers then they get added.
Just a quick and careful (non crunching) mixing with my hand and we have a snack that will last for quite a while. If another bag of cereal gets almost empty then I just add it whenever it gets that way. Right now I did a special one for Spring and added a package of jelly beans to the mix.
It has just enough "sweet" and "junk" to it that the kids ask for it, but plenty of cereal, crackers, pretzels, etc that it is a good snack as well.
I love it because it eliminates waste, saves money, and is something they all love!
One of my kids' favorite things in our "Snack Mix". I started making snack mix as a way to give them good snacks with stuff they like, but keeping it as healthy and low fat as possible. I also HATE TO WASTE anything. On top of that our snacks need to be low sodium because my oldest three had high blood pressure until I adjusted their diet (mainly cut out school lunches).
Here's what I do!
I go through our "cereal cabinet" and get different cereals that have been mostly finished. I put them all into a huge container. I add some type of small marshmallows (the kids especially like it if they are seasonal - snowmen, spring time, heart shaped). I then add some chocolate chips, M&Ms, Reeses Pieces. If we have a partially eaten package of pretzels or gold fish crackers then they get added.
Just a quick and careful (non crunching) mixing with my hand and we have a snack that will last for quite a while. If another bag of cereal gets almost empty then I just add it whenever it gets that way. Right now I did a special one for Spring and added a package of jelly beans to the mix.
It has just enough "sweet" and "junk" to it that the kids ask for it, but plenty of cereal, crackers, pretzels, etc that it is a good snack as well.
I love it because it eliminates waste, saves money, and is something they all love!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
She Did It!
Yes, Julianne did just pee in the potty! While Dayton and I were carrying on about her peeing in the potty, she smiled and said "Potty". :) Have I ever mentioned how much I adore my little girl?? Well, in case you don't know, I adore her more than you could possibly imagine. She makes every day wonderful. She is so sweet and cute that I didn't even mind cleaning up pee 3 times yesterday. lol
Ok, well there is my "happy Mommy" post! :)
Ok, well there is my "happy Mommy" post! :)
Potty Training Julianne?
Well, yesterday I put Julianne in big girl panties for the first time. She is 4 1/2 years old and it is time to give it a try. She's peed and pooped in the potty many times before. We've never gone full fledged at potty training though.
I can say that she only peed in the floor 3 times. The problem with that is, that is the ONLY times she peed! Yes, every single time that she peed it was in the floor. She did go sit on the potty once with her panty's still on, but even after I pulled them down for her, nothing came of it. I think she may have thought - ok well its been more than 15 minutes and mommy hasn't sat me here yet so I guess I should probably sit down on my own. haha
We are back at it this morning. No successes yet. I'm not giving up! I think she can do this. She knows what the potty is for. I think she just needs to understand that it isn't just for before bath time. Oh well, we'll see how this goes!
I can say that she only peed in the floor 3 times. The problem with that is, that is the ONLY times she peed! Yes, every single time that she peed it was in the floor. She did go sit on the potty once with her panty's still on, but even after I pulled them down for her, nothing came of it. I think she may have thought - ok well its been more than 15 minutes and mommy hasn't sat me here yet so I guess I should probably sit down on my own. haha
We are back at it this morning. No successes yet. I'm not giving up! I think she can do this. She knows what the potty is for. I think she just needs to understand that it isn't just for before bath time. Oh well, we'll see how this goes!
Monday, April 4, 2011
I Got to Talk to Cody
Yesterday I got a phone call from CODY! I wasn't inside at the moment so I even have his sweet little voice recorded on my voice mail. I called him back as soon as I got back inside.
He kept asking if "Is Mama still on here?". It melted my heart even more, which is nearly impossible since he stole my heart two years ago. He was talking about coming to "my new Ohio". He has such a little voice and is so cute!
Today his foster mother emailed to tell me that at lunch time he said he wasn't eating there but instead "in Hio" with Dayton. lol He is so cute. I can just see God preparing his tiny heart for the move. His foster mother is working with him and he even knows his new last name. I can't wait to hold him.
Please pray that our Central Registry Checks for Precious and Unique come back quickly. We need those to clear Ohio ICPC. I am so tired of waiting, but I have no choice. I love him and he is going to be my little boy. When I get a hold of him, it will be very hard to let lose of him after this long wait. Please pray!
He kept asking if "Is Mama still on here?". It melted my heart even more, which is nearly impossible since he stole my heart two years ago. He was talking about coming to "my new Ohio". He has such a little voice and is so cute!
Today his foster mother emailed to tell me that at lunch time he said he wasn't eating there but instead "in Hio" with Dayton. lol He is so cute. I can just see God preparing his tiny heart for the move. His foster mother is working with him and he even knows his new last name. I can't wait to hold him.
Please pray that our Central Registry Checks for Precious and Unique come back quickly. We need those to clear Ohio ICPC. I am so tired of waiting, but I have no choice. I love him and he is going to be my little boy. When I get a hold of him, it will be very hard to let lose of him after this long wait. Please pray!
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