Carter had his first soccer practice at Kids America on Thursday! He has a game on Saturday, so should be interesting. They all looked so cute running around out there on the field. He loved it and said "I want to do that again!"
As always, my mom and I took the kids to Darr's Farm this year. The kids were Jessie and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. We always go in costume to get pictures, pick out pumpkins, and this year we even did the corn maze. Bella led the way. (I'm surprised we are not still in there!) The kids got to paint their pumpkins to keep inside. Last night was trick or treat. The kids had a good time and we met up with my mother's group and the girls from Bella's class. There were not a lot of places handing out candy, but the kids were just happy to be out in their costumes!!
By the way, in one of the last photos, Carter is next to a little girl in a pink dress. Her name is Avril and she has planned their wedding. LOL Too cute!! They play together every week at the mother's meetings. Very sweet. Also in the last photos, Bella is Alice from Alice in Wonderland, because it is United Way week at Lincoln and they get to dress up as their favorite storybook character.
Bella and Carter had a great time at the fair. Bella splits her time between kiddie rides and big kid rides. Bella likes the rides and playing games. She went through the barns but was not as enthused as Carter. He was in love with the animal barns this year. He liked seeing the cows, rabbits, and chickens the best. He does not like the pigs!! We won a fish, of course. Carter tried for a rabbit and I'm thankful he didn't win. lol The fish's name is Lily. We decided she was a girl because she looks like she is wearing lipstick. Enjoy the pics. (By the way, the picture of the dog, Gravy, is actually Keri dressed up for Bob Evans. Too funny!!)
Bella performed at the fair on Sunday. She had a great time!! They had only been able to practice for a couple of weeks, but all the girls did a wonderful job.
Bella had another "episode" yesterday. She gets a really bad headache and stomach ache. She always seems to throw up and then becomes really pale and lethargic. We believe she may be having either a regular migraine or an abdominal migraine. They have a lot of the same symptoms, but it's possible. She had one in August and one yesterday. I am keeping a log of what happens, when it happens, what she ate, what may have changed to try and find a trigger or at least show a pattern of her having these. Her pediatrician said that's what it truly sounds like but they are really hard to diagnose and there is really no treatment if she is having them infrequently.
I think this may have been what happened to her in April, but it was probably her first and she was so disoriented, and we didn't know what was happening to her. It starts in the morning and she has it all day long. I can get her to sleep which is the best thing for her and the next day she is fine. We don't know anyone who has a history of migraines in the family so I am not really sure where it comes from.
Kurt gets his port removed tomorrow. YAY! Seems like the final step in all of this. He goes in at 6:40am and his surgery scheduled for 8am. Should be ready to come home by 10 or 11am. His only restrictions are he's not able to lift heavy things for a couple of days.
Bella doing excellent in school. She took her first AR test yesterday and got 100% and has her first spelling test on Friday. Seems like such Big Kid stuff. She's loving her ballet/jazz class. She's doing a performance at the fair on Sunday, October 3. They are dancing to "Baby" by Justin Bieber. So cute!!!
Carter is a wild man as usual. LOL He's doing wonderful on the potty. He's started going #2 which is awesome. He spends all day in underwear and will either tell you he has to go or just go by himself. I always know when he's went by himself, because he comes out naked. He's so funny!!
I hosted my first Mother's Meeting today, which was fun. I haven't been able to go to the last two, because of appointments, so I was glad to have some adult time with some other mothers today.
Well I went to Dr. Gibson today. He doesn't think it's a torn meniscus, but he can hear that it is crunchy in there. He was going to put me on an anti-inflammatory medicine, but Dr. Alverson had put me on the prednisone and he said that is really strong. So, I have to go to physical therapy twice a week for 3 weeks, then I have a follow-up visit with him. It's going to be a pain in the butt. I have my first appointment Wednesday.
Kurt is having his port removed on the 23rd. He was going to wait until around Christmas time, but he has lost so much weight that it is protruding from under his skin and looks like it has moved a little. Plus, it gets itchy and he is supposed to have it flushed every 6 weeks, so that will be one less thing to worry about.
Carter has a follow-up visit with his ENT on Wednesday too. He wanted to see him back 6 weeks after his tonsils/adenoids came out. It's just a routine visit, but will take up much of the day as we have to go all the way to Dublin.
Keep Ethel Rose in your thoughts on Tuesday, as she will be having surgery.
