Owens speech evaluation

well it went good.. i wasnt sure exactly how this woman was going to get him to talk and although i have a better understanding of what she is going to try to do.. it will be interesting to see if it will work.
the *unofficial* results of his evaluation is that he has the comprehension of a 3 1/2 year old.. which i think is awesome since he just turned 2 years old. i mean i knew he was/is smart but its amazing how advanced he knows stuff when you say it to him or ask him questions. she was also greatly impressed that he actually sat still for the entire hour.. okay not always perfectly still but the when he moved to the other side of her to play in her box of toys she would say *owen back over here* and he went back and sat on his butt like a good boy.. not once did she loose him to another part of the house or to one of his toys. she was also happy that when he was mid task on something if she said his name he would stop what he was doing and make eye contact with her and than began doing what she asked him to do..
verbally of course he is very low which we already knew hence this whole evaluation thing.. she asked what words he said and to be honest there are very few that he will say.. she asked how we knew when he wanted something or wanted to know what something was.. well if hes holding a car and wants to know what it is, he will poke you to death and say *this* as in a question.. and we will say *car* and try to get him to repeat to us but he never does ~ as far as if he wants a cup of juice or *more juice* he will either bring you his empty cup and if you say in a minute he will decide when he feels that minute is up and bring you whatever he wants.. hence the other day he brought me a full gallon of milk since my *minute* was to long ~
she told me that it will take her about 2 weeks before she will be back in contact with us.. she has to grade his test and than do her paperwork side of things.. after that we will start having her work with him 2 times a week for about 30 minutes or so each time.. she is going to start with trying to get him to make letter sounds.. and than we will go from there.
so i will let you know when i get the official results and know more of what they say..
unofficially though.. i have another smart baby boy who just wont speak *lol* wyatt was the same way.. although i think his vocabulary was larger earlier on.. he just refused to say the words.

178 days left until next summer vaca (excluding holidays, teacher work days and weekends)

yes im counting down already.. oh how i have not missed that dreaded alarm clock every morning or getting up before the sun does!
lets see the latest happenings..

wyatt is loving 3rd grade so far this year of course were only on day 3 of the school year but so far hes coming home with big smiles :) i think hes loving being back around his friends again..
little ron says its just *school* with little enthusiasm but would you really expect more than that from a high school junior? hes joining the FFA again this year wonder if he will get into it next year as well, if so that will make him a member of the FFA for all of high school.. but so far we are on year 3! so far he seems happy with his teachers but like the rest of the students, he dont seem to like the new principle at all..

owen has his speech therapy evaluation today at 4pm (i will update on how that goes later on) im still a bit curious on how this is going to go but willing to see what happens .. its just a waiting game until the lady comes and goes though ~

of course since the speech evaluation is here at the house this put me into *gotta get a few things done around the house* i mean im sure you know how that is.. now while i will never categorize myself as a clean freak .. i mean trust me if i dont get dishes done tonight they are still going to be there in the morning, heck i have tried leaving them and hoping they would walk out the door in protest sometime during the night but it never worked.. and i have also tried leaving the laundry in various places to see if it would fold and put it self away.. yeah not happening at all *blah* ... anyways like i said i would never consider myself a clean freak at all.. but i will admit to being just a tad bit anal when i do clean.. okay yesterdays plan..
hit the living room, dining room, kitchen and bath.. you know seriously wipe the finger prints off the window etc *lol* well this is what happened.. i cleaned them off the window.. noticed them around the light switch.. so decided to wipe there too .. realized this left an annoying line on the wall.. so started to scrub the wall.. got to a point and hit a shelf full of the old religious ones *stuff* and started to take it down so i could continue on cleaning the wall but of course when they got pulled down i noticed they could use to be cleaned so in the sink they went.. and it just went on and on from room to room.. next thing i know it was nearly 12 hours later and i was finishing up.. *argh* sometimes i wonder why i have to be so damn anal about cleaning when i do start just out to do small tasks!

i did however learn a few things.. first of all.. i realized that while some people decorate in the the modern design and others in like the country or classic designs.. the old religious one has a design somewhat of her own.. i call it *yard sale threw up here*
i learned that when your scrubbing the house certain people.. okay everyone will just sit around on their asses and when they do come in the room they like to tell you *well i cant do that because* and tell you about some ache and pain they have.. yeah well im feeling it today and im still up and moving around.. its called take a few Tylenol and move on *duh*
the only one i will excuse is ron since he cant handle the cleaning stuff.. but the rest of them.. it just became increase'nly irritating..
oh yeah and do me a favor.. if someone is so kind to be scrubbing for nearly 12 hours because they are to anal to stop.. do not stand there the next morning and say *thanks for all you did* and follow it with *i know theres just so much more that needs to be done too huh* um excuse me? kiss my ass .. im going on strike!

oh and if your a shopper let me give you my few rules i follow when looking at things because i mean we all see things we like.. but im not a spender and this is why..
when looking at an item that i really want i ask myself *where can i put this* if i dont have a place for it, than i dont buy it at all.. saves me lots just there alone.
the second rule i have (this is fall back of the place for it rule) i just simply remind myself that i have to clean it.. and that normally cures me right there.. remember everything is a dust collector.. so if your gonna buy it be prepared to clean it regularly *haha* which is why i always think *less is more* because its less i have to clean *haha*

todays question of the day.. *when you spend nearly 12 hours cleaning the house.. why does one (aka the wildabeast) think that you cant manage to run a vacuum by yourself?* i mean i had 2 things left this morning.. put laundry away and vacuum.. now yesterday i was doing all sorts of stuff around the house.. washing walls, etc etc. not once was i asked if i could use any help.. however today i get told *when your ready to vacuum let me know i will help* um dude seriously? its a freaking vacuum i got this.. its not like i can use help holding the cord or something it a flipping vacuum.. turn it on it does all the work all i have to do is push and steer if you wanted to help where was your ass yesterday when i was scrubbing walls?

school starts on Wed.

so today we ran the bigger boys for much needed hair cuts! i think i was okay until the stylist asked me *do you have all boys* and i responded *yep.. 3, a 16 yr old, 8 yr old and a 2 yr old* and she asked me *oh was the 2 yr old a whoops baby* um no he wasnt he was planned..
i mean i realize that no one can look at me and say *shes has trouble conceiving* and while on a normal day i can grin and say *nope* with no issues at all.. leaving the house and knowing that that the hag is slowly rearing her ugly head.. well it just wasnt the day to be asked the questions kwim?
its apparently my cycles have stretched back out again *blah* im not thrilled.. 2 years with nearly perfect 28 day cycles.. and now, now im stuck with god knows what length of cycles .. id lie if i didnt think *i cant do this anymore, i need to just give up the hope and move on with life* but at the same time i cant even tell you how just typing those words cut through my heart like a knife..
everyone says *just relax it will happen* but how do you just relax? as the months till my 36th birthday count down .. all i can think of is the time ticking away.. i tell myself im fine .. that the best thing about ttc is there is always another chance in a new cycle.. but is there ever an end to it all?
dont get me wrong... i know how blessed i am with my 3 boys.. and i know there are many people out there that arent blessed like i am.. who cant just sit on the couch and snuggle with their little one .. but the hurt i think is the same.. the longing the same.. the difference, i know .. i know i can conceive.. i know i can carry a baby to term and i know i can give birth .. ive done it 3 times.. but why why is it just so hard to see that bfp?
im just so lucky to have such a kind and caring hubby to be behind me all the way to put up with my craziness.. and to hold me when i cry..

i just wish that if there was a god he would see i dont want or need the riches in the world.. diamonds or gold.. i just want one more baby to hold and love and cherish like no other could..

latest and greatest :)

the boys are doing good.. gearing up for school to start at the end of this month! cant believe our summer is already coming to an end.. i swear summer vacations never seemed to end when i was a kid but now they seem to want to fly by and seem to go faster each year!
owen is growing like a weed! we had his 2 year check up and he is 35 1/2 inches tall and weights 31 pounds 5 1/4 ounces. we talked during his appointment about owens lack of talking.. i dunno why but he just isnt a talker so we are starting speech therapy now.. he has his evaluation on the 27th and we will see where we go from there after that. im a bit confused on how this lady is going to get him to talk more but im game to see what she can do.. specially since owen dont like strangers at all *lol* i pre-warned her when i talked to her on the phone to set up the appointment time.. so stay tuned for updates on that!

wyatt is looking forward to heading into 3rd grade and being around all of his friends again :) cant wait to find out who his teacher is and all that jazz but it will probably be days before school starts before we know.

little ron got his schedule already for junior year *ack i cant believe hes gonna be a junior this year* .. for the most part he likes his classes although isnt thrilled about computers 2 or foods *lol* hes happy he got ag mechanics and horticulture 2 though so thats good! guess you win some and you loose some in his case *lol*

as for baby making.. well it looks like my cycles have stretched back out again and i dunno why *grr* finally got my cross but i dont really believe it thanks to late temps .. but i think O was somewhere between the cd19 they gave me and cd22 at the latest.. i guess its safe to say *farewell* to the 28 day cycles and hello again to the 30+ day cycles *blah* ah well.. all we can do is bd and we have gotten plenty of that in and hope for the best!

happy birthday owen

today my baby boy is 2 years old *pouts* seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital.. where have the years gone?
tonight we shall feast on cake and ice cream, sing the birthday song and watch him open presents!!
love you owen.. happy birthday sweetie!

to fix or not to fix

that is our recent debate and question going through our minds and our discussions lately..
while for most its a simple answer of *yes spay and/or neuter your animals* is really easy to make.. for us not so much.
okay now get on with the *you arent educated enough to be a breeder* blah blah blah cast your stones and make your judgments.. first of all i never said *breed* our clyde at all.. just a decision to neuter him isnt an easy one.. and no im not just aimlessly contributing to the puppy population by allowing him to run around and make babies all over the neighborhood..
clyde is very closely watched at all times .. after all he is one of our babies and as one of our kiddos (4 legged or not) we take everything and research research research..
yes neutering has some benefits to it but some that arent.. which is what makes the decision so hard to make.. its a lot of weighing the good and the bad.
sadly its hard to find the cons on the internet in general searches.. so deff its something we are doing our homework on..

myth #1 however is that neutering your dog will make them more calmer.. this isnt a fact.. some dogs who have been neutered are just as *crazy* after the surgery as they were before it.. its called needing obedience training and not a cure all by just chopping off their boy parts.

fact .. both neutered dogs and not neutered dogs can potentially face different types of cancers because or lack of having this surgery.. so you really need do your homework on that aspect of things.

the few things i found interesting in my searches is that although some say *neuter your animal when hes young* forget to tell you that this can cause his bones to not grow right ..

so its a lot of research for now.. before we decide what is best for our clyde and his *boy parts* the last i read did not suggest neutering until after 14 months of age due to the risks to their bone development.. but that does not weigh the odds of this cancer or that one.. so for now its *study study study* and read read read..

my baby boy is turning 2 years old in just a few days

oh how im not ready for this *lol* you would think after going through so many years of kiddos getting a year older that it would make it easier but it dont...
thinking back to tonight .. well what will be the PM for August 2nd .. it was the night that ron and i had to make the call to the hospital and see if they had a bed for us.. the night that we headed in and started to get the induction done.. it was this night that they started the process to soften my cervix in order to have our 3rd bundle of joy..
funny how you never ever will forget the details of each and every childs birth, the days that things were started.. the things that were done.. the memories that you will have with you forever..