so the picts ended up being ian's 9 month picts...a little late...and i just realized that i repeated myself in the last couple entries...will fix that later...have a good night!

the latest news...

keira didn't pee in her pants today. she peed on mine, while i was in them. do animals have to be graceful to frolick? 2 moose motored past our dining room window and proceeded to frolick in 'our' field...keira's been peeing her pants a fair bit lately...and ian's been crying and screaming like he's in pain, and not being able to lie down without crying and screaming...without stopping. seriously, longer than an hour. now i found out that they're not acting out or spoiled...they BOTH have bronchiolitis and wicked double ear infections. the good doctor asked if they had been puking...yes, but like almost a month ago. you think i'd learn the signs after keira, they couldn't have been more obvious i guess, but i had no clue!!! i'm just thankful we had a ped appt today. otherwise...ouch. so...keira had her sleep lab last thursday...i left my baby for the first night ever...to spend it with my big baby in a 10x10 white walled room. with all kinds of surveillance. i caught myself just in time before i changed into my pj's in the room...whew...i had already seen the nucleus of the sleep wing...lots of screens/monitors...there was one closet in the room - i was cold and thought it was a linen closest. wrong - it went from floor to ceiling full of electronics and looked highly sophisticated...i have a slight idea of what looks sophisticated;) so. the one nurse said to me when he woke us up at 6am, that he all of a sudden noticed that keira was wide awake on the monitor at around 3ish...and that she stayed that way for over an hour. at the point he came in and tried to settle her. yes, i was still in the room. i told him that that is not at all unusual. she's usually awake longer, from anywhere around 12am to as late as 5 or 6 am...and that she wants to sleep, but she's like a zombie and just can't pass out. that after trying for a while she'll start to cry and get upset, then she'll try to settle herself again and go through the whole process over and over a couple times. so, we'll have to see what the sleep specialists say. was an interesting night anyway. i should go to bed cause both of the kids are quiet at the moment, but i've been thinking of how awful i've been in staying in touch with friends and family and i thought over the last 10 months...and well, it's been busy - not necessarily a fun busy. just thinking of since january...in a span of 8 weeks we went to the barrhead emerg/outpatients 7ish times (keira bladder infections, both have/had bowel problems; very odd bowel xrays that raised some concerns). one of the times was a friday night and they sent ian and i to the stollery emerg. in a span of roughly 10 weeks, overlapping with those 8 for a lot of them, i was going to westlock every week to get my teeth checked because i've been in so much pain. i spent most of those weeks on t4's and t3's and antibiotics. also in that time we went to westlock 3 times for ian to see a podiatrist, and a couple times to the stollery to see some orthopedic surgeons. besides that, keira saw an audiologist, a sleep specialist, they both saw the ped dr 3ish times....ian saw a gastroenterologist, went for xrays and a ultrasound. oh yes, and keira went to westlock for an ultrasound...hmm...that's what i can think of just at the moment...looking forward to things quieting down. that doesn't include our attempts to go to bible study - wish i could make it more often. throughout all this, we are functioning on as little as 2 or 3 hours, not consecutively...and at most...5 hours? and that's because i've been going to bed sometimes at 9ish. so needless to say, kev has doesn't invite people over, because he's scared of what our house looks like...and he's watched movies and of course been busy with consistory...we've all been really sleep deprived. we've been praying for more sleep. anyways, this is not meant to be a complaint session, though it really sounds like it, okay, maybe it is...but i wish i could keep up with everyone and everything better. i dream of being more productive and not sluggish...being a better wife and a better mom. nevermind a better friend, and a more involved member of our church. i have to remember to trust more; there is a purpose to all this! there is so much to be thankful for!!! we have healthy children!!! beautiful children!!! the Lord gave us 7 years to work on our marriage, so we could keep it together for these years;) i keep thinking, please give me sleep, and i can then focus and think better, and serve you better! but obviously this is part of His plan, and it won't last forever. we keep telling ourselves that:) so anyways, maybe tomorrow i'll delete this blog, if i remember that i wrote it...and i know you're thinking, blogs are all about picts!!! we have some super cute ones...i'll try to share one before i hit the hay!
love you all, hope this finds you all doing well!!!
sherry