My lack of posting…
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So here’s my long lost update. I haven’t been keeping up lately… Which you will understand why, shortly!
I moved into my new house! I will post pictures… eventually. I don’t have internet at home yet, not until the seventh, so I don’t have the kind of access I need to do so.
I spent three days painting it! Painting vaulted ceilings is a LOT harder than it looks! And our paint got messed up. Dan told me I could choose a shade of white, and only white, so I picked one called “Peach Froth,” he got five gallons of it. It looked peachier than the card but I just thought it’d dry whiter. We needed one more gallon to finish up on day three. He got it, and it was the wrong color! I went back to get it fixed and it turns out, the first FIVE gallons were wrong! They added extra red. So I got more color on my walls! HA! Take that Mister Dan-Man! Fate was in my favor!
We have a new dog. I’m not sure if I posted anything about him, but his name is Karwei. He’s black with speckled feet. He’s a sweetie. We had him tied up the first few days, but he was whining so much we took him off the lead. We were afraid he would run off, but he didn’t! And he’s stuck around for two days. I think he knows where home is now.
Anyways, I’m crzy busy with school. I think my anatomy class is going to kick my butt. Heh.
I’ll post more once I have my own internet. 
A Day at G.G’s!
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We went to see Maddi’s great-grandma (my grandma!)
I was cutting out peices for baby carriers, and when I went to check the mail, it was really nice outside, so I asked grandma to come play outside with Maddi, Danny and I! She even brought the bubble maker out, and showed Maddi where the strawberry patch was!
Maddi & G.G. Playing with a Bucket!
Playing with the bubble maker!
Yay! Bubbles!
My.Favorite.Picture.Ever.
Maddi & G.G. Playing Tug-o-War over the Bucket!
Maddi, Danny & Mommy!
And no, you are not mistaken. I cut my bangs.
Mommy & Mr. Handsome!
We couldn't get Maddi to sit still for a group picture...
"Mommy... Danny fell asleep in MY bucket!"
Eek! She won't stop scratching her bug bites!
Aww... How sweet!
Sitting on G.G's lap!
Devouring all of G.G's strawberries!
He's got some funky hair, but I love this picture!
There's a story behind the rock! When I was little we went on a field trip to the beach, and I picked it out for her and even carried it home! She's had it in her garden ever since!
A sunny summer snack for Danny and super fun play time for Maddi!
Something is wrong with my brother…
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I knew my brother had nightmares. I had been told that he was having them since my mom and step-dad seperated. But I didn’t know how bad they were. Nightmares are one thing… Night terrors are another.
I was on the computer checking some stuff out, and I heard him crying in the other room. So I got up to check him. I sat down on the bed next to him and tapped his arm and asked if he was okay. He starts looking around frantically, and his entire body is trembling, and not just a little bit, but a LOT. He was trembling HARD. And he starts yelling, “Dad! No! Dad! NO, DAD, NO!!!” and he’s throwing his head from side to side. His eyes are open, and he looks awake… And I kept telling him, “Dad’s okay! He’s watching a movie upstairs. He’s just fine, Brady.” And finally he calms down.
He stops yelling but he’s still shaking. I asked him again, “What do you want me to do?” and he keeps shaking. I asked him what was wrong and he says “I’m never going camping again! NEVER!” and starts streaming tears down his face. I asked him what was wrong again, and he starts crying, and squeezes his eyes shut real tight and starts stammering “I-I-I… I h-hurt all o-vvvver! Make it s-stop, S-s-sammi. It hurts so b-bad!!” I couldn’t see anything visibly that could be hurting him… But he’s still shaking violently.
I sat there for another ten to fifteen minutes consoling him, and finally it’s like he just snaps out of it. Like a switch flipped or something because almost instantly he snapped out of it, and asked me “Why are you in here? Turn the light back off. I’m trying to sleep.” I was floored. He had no recollection of the nightmare, or even talking to me. It was like it never happened…
Scariest thing I’ve ever seen a kid do.
Something is wrong. Psychologically. Something is very wrong, and I think everyone is shrugging it off. A child dosen’t act like that, or have those kinds of night terrors for no reason. The nightmare may not reflect what’s really happening in the child’s life… but it can reflect the emotions they’re feeling.
It was seriously, one of the scariest ways I’ve ever seen a child behave.
Some random photos…
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Some random photos for your viewing pleasure…
My Mom holding Danny Boy.
Already taking after his daddy... Trying to hide himself from the camera!
Pudgers is sleeping! He's almost too big for his swing!
Get Your Glam On, Girly!
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I walked into the bathroom to find Maddi playing in my shimmer powder (darn her figuring out how to open doors!) and I couldn’t help but laugh because she was shimmery from head to toe and she looked so cute patting herself with the pouf! So, I glammed her up! Straightened and styled her hair. Put on makeup. And when I finished painting her fingernails, she sat down, handed me her foot and had me paint her toenails too! She knew what she wanted! Silly Maddi! Here’s some after-the-glamming, photos!
Maddi being bashful! She was getting ready to spin and show daddy!
Mmm... Smarties!
Stunning! She looks so freaking pretty!
Daddy tickling her!
Can't...Contain...My...LAUGHTER!
Rex’s Overnighter
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Rex spent the night with us sometime last week. Had fun! Played outside. Saw some bunnies, and of course, visited the infamous TRACTOR! We had fun! And the kids even helped make some spinach sandwiches too! Those were yummy!
Rex Rocking the 360!
Playing/fighting with each other!
Maddi and Rex were fighting over Dan's attention.
They're going to start a boy/girl band called "The Terrible Twos."
It still hurts…
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Today kind of sucks.
I’m trying not to let it get to me, but today is one year since I lost my baby. It’s really hard to not get upset. I know that I wasn’t that far along… But it still hurts. It makes me really sad and I have a hard time with it.
I’m trying to be positive and think about the things that happened positively… Like that I became even more resolved to fix things with my husband (at the time we were having problems) and I got pregnant with Danny shortly after… And if I hadn’t had the miscarriage, I wouldn’t have had him… I try to think of those things to keep me from being sad…
But it still hurts.
:’(