Not So Late Night Ramble

I realize it is only 10 pm, and to some that is late and some it is not. For me, it really isn't that late. I'm usually up until 12 or so. I should go to bed earlier because the mornings come early. However, I enjoy the peace that I get when both kids are finally asleep, and I can watch my DVR shows for the day in peace.

I have blogged about having issues with sleeping in the past. There have been a few nights in the past week where I have had issues falling asleep again. However, most nights have just been like it's been recently. When I head to bed, I'm so tired I just fall asleep without issues. Sure I play a couple of rounds of some game on my DS, but that is because I'm use to watching TV in bed to fall asleep. Since there is no TV in my room, I play DS.

Last night was not so easy to fall asleep. It wasn't because I wasn't tired by any means. Yesterday afternoon I was on the phone with my husband when I went into the bedroom to look for something. I looked down, and I saw a HUGE (really only about the size of a half dollar legs and all) spider on a piece of clothing. I shrilled and dropped the phone. I grabbed a shoe and proceeded to beat it with the shoe. When I got back on the phone with my husband, he was laughing hysterically. I then explained to him that this thing was mean. It was a fighter spider, and it would come after me if I didn't get it. The thing was missing a few legs. It looked so nasty. Anyway, I couldn't stand to pick it up because I was shaking so bad.

Later in the night I was going to take my Dad back to get the spider for me. When I got back there, it was GONE! The dead spider (or maybe not so dead) was gone. Now I realize that many things could have happened to this thing. It could have been eaten by another spider, eaten by my dog, etc. It just creeps me out. Needless to say my imagination starting running crazy, and I thought that this fighting spider with missing legs was coming after me for trying to kill it. I shook down all my blankets on the bed, moved all the pillows, shook out anything that touched me, and all that kind of crazy stuff. Call me crazy, but I didn't want that thing getting me while I was asleep. I honestly thought that I felt something on me a few times in the night. I woke and looked each time. Nothing that I saw.

Today hasn't been much better. I still keep looking, and I am keeping an eye out for this thing. If you find a big spider with missing legs, keep him. I don't want it back.

The List Just Keeps Getting Shorter

Another thing that stood between us and getting to Germany has been taken care of. We got our plane tickets today. Everything with out flight is taken care of now. The only thing left with them to do is to call the airline and get kid friendly meals ordered for the kids. We didn't arrange the tickets in time to get side seats, so they put us in the middle section. It's not too bad because there is only one more seat in the isle than there are of us. So, I hope that seat doesn't get filled. If it doesn't, we should have the whole middle section. If it does, that poor person :p I am also excited about the flight because it is a non-stop flight. That will make life a bit easier because we won't have to rush off to another flight, but that means that we don't get to get out and stretch a little. Maybe that is a good thing too. We did a 2.5 hour flight with no issues. Anyone want to help me out on how to get through an almost 10 hour flight with the kids? :)

Under Construction

If you come to my blog on a regular basis, you have realized that it is going through some changes. In keeping with the spirit of the summer road construction, I have put my blog under construction too. My cousin is amazing at making blogs look awesome. She has done several now, and she has done a great job. She offered to do something with mine, and I took her up on it :) So, keep checking back and see how it evolves. THANK YOU MANDI FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL WORK!

7 months

On Sunday Samuel turned 7 months. I can't believe it's already been that long. He's come a long way in those moths. He's already up to over 20 lbs (everyone teases that he hasn't missed a meal and my milk is just too fat). I know people who have 12 and 18 month olds who aren't even 20 lbs. I guess we just grow them big.

He has also started scooting. He's all over the place. He doesn't really crawl, more like frog hops. He doesn't know how to use his hands and move the forward. He is defiantly on the move though. He has also recently decided that the Roomba looks like fun and likes to play with it. Other fun things on his list are pool sticks, rubber ducks, a water bottle, and a fish chew toy. The day of my sweet baby boy being still are over.

Samuel is also enjoying solids now. Some days he just really doesn't like the taste. The other day he looked like I had fed him some horrible thing. He'd shutter and get a bad look on his face. I tried fruit, veggie, and a meal. All the same look. I think he just wanted something else that day.

Right now the big thing for him is teeth. He's cutting 6 teeth at the moment. Not fun. He's not doing too bad with it all. I'd want to die if I were cutting that many teeth. Night is the worst, but we make it.

Where does the time go? Soon I'll be talking about his first birthday and all that fun stuff. My little baby is starting to grow up, and he's growing too fast. I love you very much lil man. You are a wonderful blessing in my life, and I thank God for you every day...even on those nights you keep me up all night :)

Wow! Lots of Things to Tell...

So I realize with everything going on, I've been bad about keeping up with my blog. I have also been trying to get things worked out on our move. I'm so ready for this thing to be done with. I just want it to end one way or another. It is just never ending, and living with that has been hard. I didn't know I could miss my stuff so much. I miss my sofa, my bed, and all my clothes. Funny how you miss things like that when you don't have them around.

I have been on the phone this morning trying to figure out what I need to do to get the van shipped over to Germany. That's going to be fun. I have to cut down a forest just to get the the number of copies of orders they want. I don't know what they need 7 copies for. I guess they loose some or something. I now have a list of things to do/get for the van, and I found out I don't need an appointment. So I guess that's a CHECK off the list.

I also called my bank this morning. I need a note saying it is okay to take the van overseas since there is a loan on it. It's not good after 30 days, so I have to call back. I enjoy calling and leaving things to the last second. :p While on the phone with them, I talked with my car insurance. Why is it so expensive to insure a car over there? It costs like 30 dollars more to insure just our van over there. Good thing we aren't taking another car.

My husband is going to try and get our airline tickets today at lunch time. I will be glad to get that done. I think maybe that will make it feel more official. We will see when he calls what happened and what all we have to do for that. I hope the seating is okay.

All in all the move is moving along. It's almost time for it to be over. Then I'm sure I'll be blogging about other things that are dragging on like getting our stuff. :p

Update on my Father-in-law

So here is a little update. Things have been crazy the last couple of days, and I haven't been able to get this out there. My Father-in-law is doing good. He went into surgery and came out just fine. He said other than being a little groggy from the meds, he felt good. I think my mother-in-law is having a harder time than he is.

Anyway, he was sent home last night. For 2 weeks he cannot really do anything. They did release him to drive, but he is not allowed to do anything that puts strain on him. He was told he could go on walks, but he would need someone there. He decided he shouldn't walk outside anyway due to the heat here right now.

The doctors seem to think that this less evasive surgery should hold. He might still have to have the bipass later, but they seem to think if he changes his diet and everything, this should do fine. He meets with his other surgeon in about 2 weeks to see about setting up his surgery to have his spleen removed. He is wanting to do it about a week after the 4 week mark. That way my mother-in-law will be retired, and my husband will be home from school so he could be there too.

Thank you to everyone who prayed for him. Continued prayers are needed because he is not out of the woods yet. This is a good start though.

We Are in Need

I have been so busy with everything going on, I just haven't had time to blog anything. My father-in-law has been having issues with his spleen and his blood count. They realized he has an overactive spleen. It eats up the good stuff too. Anyway, his doctors advised him on removing the spleen or chemotherapy to fix the problem. If he went with the chemo, there was a good chance that he could still have to have his spleen removed.

We knew he had some heart damage due to another surgery from when he broke his neck. They wanted to do a heart cath to make sure he was fine in his spleen removal. When they got in there, they realized he had some major blockage. Yesterday they were talking about a bipass next week. As of today, they want to do another procedure that is less evasive. I think it is because with this surgery, he will be ready for the spleen surgery in about 4 weeks. If he were to have the bipass, it would be at least 5 to 6 months.

He goes into surgery in the morning. If you are the praying type, would you please pray for him and my mother-in-law. I have been on the phone with her a lot the last couple of days. I tease her that she is going to block my number because I bug her so much. I just want to make sure she is okay. They need all the prayers they can get.