How Time flies!

I can't believe it's been 7 months since Wyatt came into this world, and raiden is 19 months old!! The kids are now out of school and I can work on raiden and Wyatt's nap schedule! Looking forward to this summer with the kids. Wish I could get ray and Wyatt in swim lessons, but with marks schedule that's gonna be hard. Glad ray has been doing so well. Next month is his cardiologist appointment. Praying that he gets to be taken off one of his meds. I'm so thankfully that he is as healthy as can be for his condition, I love how much energy he has. That energy also scares me tho. He loves running around with his brothers and sister. Can't wait to see what our future holds for our family :)

Toy Box Delima

Gotta love kids. Kai and I had a date night, we went to go see the Avengers. We were both soooo excited about seeing the movie. We got popcorn, gummie bears, and shared a fruit punch. Twenty minutes into the movie, my sweet boy grabbed my hand and said he was ready to go. GO?!?! We just got here! They movie just started! Sigh we got up and left. I should have known better, tho Kai loves those movies he cant stand loud noises, let alone a loud movie. Guess I got a sneak peak of the first 20 minutes and I will just have to wait for it to come out on DVD lol Raiden raiden raiden.....the toy box is for putting our toys in. Not climbing on top of and then falling backwards onto your head. Really scariest at home moment that iv ever had with him. Thank goodness he is ok and only got a slight headache. This boy never stops! Mark took him to the park with his brother and sister and I thought for sure they would be gone 1 hour but they were back home within twenty minutes lol I won't even get started about my van or "mothers day". Just can't seem to catch a break. Hope things calm down I'm tierd of being stressed out, and given a guilt trip for trying to do something fun for my family. Just because we don't have much doesNt mean we can't have fun with our kids....

Spring Break

What is wrong with me?!? It's been way to long since my last post. A week after raidens cardi appointment he had an allergic reaction to something...what I'm not sure (at that time anyways). I rushed him to the pediatrician and she didnt know either. She gave him an allergies medicine and of course they sent it to a pharmacy 30minutes away from our house when we told them to send it to the one 5minutes from our house. By the time that was found out it was to late to pic up his meds. Thank goodness by that time the swelling in his lip had gone away. 3 days later it happened agan!! This time his whole bottom lip was swollen. I gave him the allergies medicine and by the hours end it was gone.
Then it hit me. He ate gold fish crackers all 3times that the reactions had happened. Raiden is allergic to gold fish crackers. I googled it And he isn't the only one. There is MSG in them and also powdered milk. My poor son, but I'm glad I figured it out. This was 3 weeks ago..since then there has been no outbreaks and I threw out all the goldfish. Hopefully my buying organic snacks for him and the kids will work out better. Trying to eat and cook healthy snacks for myself and the kids.
Wyatt my fatty is 14lbs!! He is so big! He's 5months has said dada already and is almost sitting up by himself. These kids are just getting so big!

Thank you lord!!

At raidens last cardi appointment he was taken off his lasix. He weighed 23pounds! He is now wearing 18month cloths comfortably, and sleeping all night! He has been walking since he was 13months old and talking!
All of this is so amazing to me since his assessment with the "brain" specialist said he was going to be so behind!! I think I'm going to try and see if he might wanna try potty training! If he takes to it he will be the youngest of my kiddos to be potty trained. Whoever said that heart kids are delayed or slow is an idiot! Raiden has surpassed his older brother in many stepping stones and Kai is heart healthy!
My family is sooooo awesome!

Time Will Tell

So we had a scare with our insurance. For 9 days raiden was without his meds because of new guidelines the insurance company wants us, the dr, and pharmacy to follow. He went 9 days because the insurance company didn't like the way the cardi filled out the forms. He waited 9 days because his dosage wasn't correct when they called to verify for shipping. I was. Furious for 9 days and the insurance company never called me back to explain a darn thing to me. BUT for 9 days the pharmacy was apologetic and sympathetic. They tried to reassure me that he would be ok, that they were doing everything they could to get his meds. I appreciate them for that but for 9 stinking days I was crying at night because I could tell he was breathing differently, for 9 days I was letting him play to his hearts content worrying if I should lock him down so he doesn't work himself to hard. By day 8 I was calling all the numbers I knew for his cardi to find out why it's taking so long, by day 8 raiden had had 3 nose bleeds and i didn't know if that was cuz of not having the meds or something else.
Once he did get his meds (thanks to his awesome surgical nurse whom I will NEVER stop singing her praises) they kicked his little butt. He was so drowsy, he couldn't play the way that he had been. My happy boy for the next two days was a tiered mess, and all mark and I could do is just make him as comfortable as possible.
I'm so glad that his body got used to the meds again. He is back to his playfully self and loves us again lol I also found out not till he is 2 or 3 will he have his next surgery, so it looks like we are stuck in Sacramento for a while longer. Next year looks like we will buy a house because renting is killing us lol

The Decision was Made.....

So we decided that we are going to stay. The main reason was the kids are setteled in school, getting help in special class. Helping them both with there speach and socialization skills. I know that if we leave they wont get as much help as they are now. The school they are in now is hard and challenging. Again im glad they are there but the downside is some of the parents....so fake. Today for example its a light rain and where i was parked I knew ebony wouldnt see me, I asked one of the moms if she could let ebony know where i was cuz i was behind a fence and the mother said uh hu, then she see's her child and leaves. Now im not mad that she left, im mad cuz if she didnt want to she should have said sorry we have to leave right away...i totally would have understood and would have just waited (like i did).
They think they are so much better up here, little do they know my family has more class then they will ever have. Its sad that they look down on people that live in low income housing. They pitty and make projects out of you, and to top it off they try and make you feel like part of the group but in the end talk about you behind your back. Looking forward to when we get to move out of cali and go to wa! Yes i know there is dramma everywhere you go. No im not running away from the problems, but it would be good to get back home, be near people that i know...or knew lol havent seen anyone from wa in 9years!!
Looking forward tho to this next year hoping ebony wont get held back but its a great possibility. She has dyslexia just like her momma if not worse and she is dealing with it just like i did...poor girl i feel bad for her. It was past from my birth mother to me and now to ebony and possibly kai. Sigh the joys of knowing that you have a learning disability and that it will be passed to at least one of your children.

To Much To Do with Management Being Dumb

Sigh, the dreaded day came and went for us to re-apply/qualify for our apartment. Its nice to know that we dont have a clue whether or not we will stay or go.
Management called me on thursday mid morning to let me know that my husbands job wasnt cooperating with them to get his income/job verification. I let them know that they needed to get in contact with his corporate office to get that information. They then told me that if hubby thinks he is going to play a game with them on getting verification then we can just go ahead and give our 30 day notice! WTH!!! He told them ahead of time that his job probly wont be too cooperative and then says its his fault. When i called him i asked what was going on, and find out that the apartments are being rude to the rep that is trying to get them the info. They are making hubby look bad and i dont appreciate it. I call them back to assure them that they will get the information that they need and i get blown off the phone. SERIOUSLY?!?!?!
I am split in 2 with my feelings. On one hand i want us to stay. I dont want to take the kids out of school and if we stay til summer time i just dont want to move period. But on the other hand, i have found dozens of duplex's and homes for rent lower than what we are paying here. It would get us closer to the hospital for raiden and closer to hubbys job. I just cant believe this is why we might be moving. Cuz management doesnt like his hr department. We are awesome tenants, never had a complaint and always pay rent....maybe not on time but it always gets paid!
From the few people that iv talked to that have lived here this place is a sham...a wolf in sheep's clothing if you will. They make issues with the apartments yours not theirs. They take their time with fixing things. They make you feel dumb for asking questions. Guess out of all the places that iv had to live, being in an "upstanding" neighborhood was just a bit to much to ask for. Oh and did i mention that of all the places that iv lived ony here have i seen the police or ambulance or fire trucks here every day just about....id say 6out of 7days a week one of those three if not all at the same time are here.
Im hoping if we do have to move its waking distance to a school. So if i run out of gas i can still walk the kids to school. It would also be cool if the hospital was within that type of distance...just thinking ahead for rays next surgery. If he is there for 3 weeks i want to be there everyday and if im out of gas i cant go, if i dont have 12$ for parking i cant go...i dont want to have to worry about those two factors...i want to be able to go see my baby. I know that area isnt the best but if i can get a place near the hospital and elementary school that would be soooo awesome.
Its crazy to think all this is about to happen too. Ebony and Kai are about to be done with school, raiden just had his 1yr birthday, wyatt is 2months old.... my kids are growing and our family is getting stronger everyday threw all the trials that we have and are going threw and about to go threw. Im so glad that i have my friend Bev to help me spiritually threw this. Having my weekly bible studies has been such a help. Iv been able to go to one meeting and praying that i will be able to start going more regularly. Ebony loves going but she woke up this morning round 4am with a nasty cough and complaining of a sore throat for the past few days....looks like i will be quarantining her for the next 24 hours so that she can get better.
With all this chaos im surprised at myself when i catch myself thinking of more kids!! I dont think i would really want more in this system tho. All the hardships and trials that there are. Not to mention the risk of having another heart baby. We are by far not out of the woods with raiden, so to have another i think would be to much for me. Looking forward to the new system, and then building a large farmhouse for my huge family lol
Poor wyatt is having a hard time coping with his 2month shots. He has been spitting up a bit more than usual and just a tad on the fussy side. He got a fever just once and tylenol helped that go away. But hes not back to himself just yet. Hoping that he will feel better soon, hoping that kai and raiden dont get sick...cuz if they do then i know in a weeks time mark will get sick and then just a few days later it will be me. Time to sanitize LOL