Doctor Doctor

Brynn enjoys pretending. She uses her brother to help her pretend or convinces him to "play" certain parts. After her first encounter w/ Children's, she now has a lovely "gas" mask to pretend with. I am going to "do surgery now, momma" and she'll pick a patient (one of us or a doll), dress up in her doctor gear, start checking & operating.

At my house

You will see lines of cars just like this. And lines and lines and lines of them...




courtesy of Mister Mister

P.S. notice how many Lightnings live at our house...A TON!

Rat City Roller Girls

The Rat City Roller Girls was interesting. The best part was listening to the teams being announced, hearing all of the funny sexually explicit names...and buying Brynn a t-shirt. :)

Birthday Boy!

Guess who's turning THREE this weekend?! My BIG MISTER! All of a sudden, he loves putting his hair in a "faux hawk" and wearing his father's cologne. :) Still ornery as ever, this one is now earning himself plenty of time outs at school b/c he isn't listening to his teacher. He loves to give smooches and laughs about EVERYTHING. HE gets out of bed at night at least once, but averages 3x. He has a hard time winding down. He loves his "Cars" cars and all that's Lightning McQueen. He is a SUPERSTAR on the potty, and goes #1 and #2 ALL of the time, and now, most of the time without reminders. He rarely has accidents and is waking up dry in the morning. Soon, he'll be wearing undies to bed. He's brave, crazy, energetic, happy, sad, throws tantrums, funny, silly, and so smart.

How can he be three already?! :)

Brynnisms #24 and counting

Funny Sunday full of laughs...

Lately, the age of 4 has not been my favorite. It used to be. Until now. I was warned of the 4's. By everyone. They were right. 4 1/2 has come into our household like a lion. No joke. We are getting a lot more talking back, arguing, attitude, refusal to do things, refusal to do ANYthing, lots of crying, lots of drama, and a lot of cranky attitude. Holy cats! It's kinda funny to see her become this little snappy thing but at the same time, she is getting really smart about her come backs and the decisions she makes.

I asked her to come upstairs and help me put away her clothes. She was not very happy about this. Usually she enjoys this job, but not today, apparently. She came in the room, laid on her bed and said...

B: "I'm too tired to work."

Me: "Well, I'm tired too, but everyone has to help. Please get off of your bed, come over here, and put away some of your clothes. You can start with your leggings...put them in the bottom drawer, please."

B: "But I don't want to!"

Me: "I know, but this isn't a choice. You can help put your clothes away."

B: SIGH "Huuuuhhhh Fine. Why do I have to do YOUR work?"

Me: ????? Bewildered by her comment...then a quick recovery: "Well, this is not my work. I washed the laundry and folded it...it's your turn to put it away."

B: "Well I don't like it!"

haha


Tonight at the dinner table, we were talking about getting married. She watched the movie, Cinderella last night and was delighted to see the prince and C. get married at the end. She exclaimed, "Look they got married!" and grinned.

So, that's why we were talking about getting married at supper.

B: Mom, will you marry me?

Me: Honey, I'm already married to your daddy.

B: Oh...okay well Torin is going to marry Elsa.

Me: Oh really...who are you going to marry? Hudson?

B: No...I'm going to marry my brother Baylen. Baylen, wanna get married? I need my flower ring.

Baylen grins, then giggles.

Me: Well, you can't marry your brother...that's against the law! (we laugh.)

B: But I want to.

Me: You need to find someone you're not related to and marry them. Do you want to do that?

B: But I just want to marry my BROTHER!

Me: Well, I guess if you want to marry him, go ahead. It might not last very long.

LOL

Tonight when Dj was tucking them into bed:

Daddy: Sorry I couldn't play surgery with ya earlier. Do you want to play tomorrow? (She is pretending to be a doctor w/ her new gas mask she inherited from the hospital on Friday)

Brynn: No, that's okay. I'm going to have a wedding tomorrow instead and marry Baylen.

:)

MRI results

Brynn made it through the MRI process like a champ. She was very brave and didn't seem scared at all. She was given anesthesia and her recovery afterwards was a bit slow. Bee was a little "loopy" for awhile, which is normal, but seemed to feel more like herself about two hours later. Today, B. is feeling pretty tired, which is to be expected.

After looking at the MRI, Brynn's doctor @ Children's decided he was not 100% sure what exactly is up w/ her lump or what it is. He said nothing looked dangerous on the scans and that it could be a lymph node that has hardened due to an infection. He wants to check it in a week or two and see how it looks. If it increases in size or remains the same, I am not sure what course of action they will take next.

We feel relieved for the good news so far, but still want to know what it is and if it could be harmful in any way. For now, we are just taking it as it comes, but definitely more hopeful.

I think I've covered everything

When one discovers something potentially terrifying regarding her child, a mother has several ways she handles the news. I think I have covered most of them.

-Pray...check
-Restless sleep...check
-Drink...check
-Retail Therapy...check
-Yelled/Took out my frustration on someone...check
-Zone out...check
-Cried...check check and check
-Search the Internet trying to find an answer...check
-Bite my lip...check
-Exercise...check
-Focus on work...check
-Try to pretend everything is okay...check
-Worry...CHECK
-Freak Out...Check
-Feeling sick...Check
-Think about it constantly...Check
-Staying up too late at night...Check
-Re-organize my craft drawers/stuff...Check
-Crafting...Check
-Feeling Anxious...CHECK

I don't like this.