First blog written by Brenden

hi i am kelsie's son i am going to be writing for a littl wile.

Firefighter Crow

Brenden was a fireman for halloween this year...who would've guessed!?! This is actually the first year he has been one. This costume is awesome! Ordered it online, kinda expensive, but looks & feels just like Daniel's bunker gear & he can wear it for a long time for dress up. It came with the jacket, pants (with suspenders & all!) & helmet. I added the letters & Daniel brought home some of his accessories for him.

My munchkin & I, ready for trick-r-treating!

My two handsome firemen! He used Daniel's fire boot for his candy bag :) It, of course, was lined with a target bag!

My mom's company has a big halloween party every year & this year...guess who won the costume contest??? hmmm....
I just couldn't pass up posting this cute picture. Going potty in the "big boy potty." :) Daniel was in there-not me, just in case anyone was wondering.Hope you all had a nice halloween. Now, it's time for the hustle & bustle of the holidays.

he had the pig flu!

yep, daniel was oinkin' a couple weeks back with the swine flu! :) although, it was not very funny at the time.

he had been having an annoying cough for about a month, if not longer, that started from his allergies. finally went to the doctor & they said he had bronchitis (which i thought was odd-it was not like the bronchitis i've had!), they gave him a z-pack & a steroid inhaler. that very next day he was so much worse, we didn't know what was wrong. he began having fever & coughing pretty bad. that night (or next morning) he woke me up, calling me from the bathroom. he was laying on the floor & couldn't move. i took his temperature & it was 104!!! uh, that's not good. i called our doctor's office & left a message for them to call me right away in the morning. i didn't know if he was allergic to the medicine, or what i should do.

brenden was home from school that week (we took him out of primrose-that's the next post-i have so much to catch up on it's not even funny), so i took him into work with me for a bit, so he wouldn't have to be home with daniel. his fever had gone down like 2 degrees, with quite a bit of medicine, so i thought he was ok to leave for a bit for some rest.

one of the times i called to check on him, he told me to come home & take him to the hospital-which i was shocked for daniel to say that. on the way to the hospital, all i could do was pray. i swear, i just knew he was going to go unconscious on me. he was not good at all!

our primary dr made us come by his office first, so he could do blood work real quick (because if it was the flu, we didn't need to go to the hospital). blood test came back negative for flu. he told me to go ahead & take him in, thinking it was meningitis. by this point, i was shaking-so nervous! they took him into the ER right when we walked in. while we were in there, his fever finally started to break, after like 8 pills!

so, more blood was taken. thankfully this ER dr didn't think it was meningitis, so daniel did not have to do the test from his spine to check for that. but the flu tests still came back negative. come to find out, with the swine flu...only 10% of the people that have it, do their tests come back positive! what's the point of the dang test then?? they gave daniel some medicine to take home & we were able to leave that night.

the turn around was amazing. the next day he was so much better. you would've never known how sick he was the day before. here are two pictures from the hospital...

brenden playing games on my phone & texting bubba & bamaw :) daniel trying not to die...
and, attempting to fix his hair-he knew where these pics were going. haha i told him don't bother, it wouldn't do any good, he hadn't taken a shower in like two days!

we are very thankful he's all better now! i know this is a bit long & drawn out, but i wanted to get it all documented while we remembered it :)

only a tiny piece of wisdom remains

about three weeks ago, i had my wisdom teeth pulled. 3 of them, so i still have one! my top right one is way up in there, & he was so kind & decided not to ruin my sinuses trying to retrieve it.

so, the plan was to have "conscious sedation." i had wanted to be put under, but would've had to go to an oral surgeon. and, i just knew the two sleeping pills they told me i would get, along with the gas, would put me out real quick, so i was fine with it. yea, i was awake. never fell asleep. he even had to give me a couple more shots because i could feel pressure. oh, and the gas thing; well, i was very nervous & had been crying a little bit, so my nose was stopped up-i couldn't breathe in any gas!!!

it wasn't as bad as it could've been though. while he was pulling them out, he said he was having to cut two of them out, because they were so strong. he said "wow, i wouldn't expect this from a little white girl, maybe a big black man, but not you!" haha i guess big black men have strong teeth?!?! :) then he said, you like milk don't you!? um, yes, that would be why i've already had two kidney stones. we love this dentist office, they are all so kind & try to do whatever they can to make you feel comfortable.

gettin' some gas, listening to sugarland...

the aftermath. daniel said he couldn't even tell where my chin was, i was so swollen. all of the swelling finally went away probably about a week & a half ago. it lasted longer than i thought it would. i am still bruised, to the touch, on both sides of my bottom jaw. oh, and i now sneeze different, which is a bit odd. and it is tight when i open my mouth to yawn. but whatever, no pain like it had been!

i tried to go back to work the monday after it was done (which was 4 days later), i was in so much pain. i had run out of pain medicine, they told me to take 4 motrin plus 4 tylenol. yep, nothing helped. i was afraid i had that dry socket stuff, but apparently it has a timing it likes to stick to-it won't be till 7 days after your teeth have been removed that you notice it. ok.?. she said i would be in quite a bit of post op pain because he had to cut away part of my gums & also get in close to the bone. well, i would've liked to had known what to expect!! so, they gave me more meds, & it finally got better.
frozen corn :)...
my boys took good care of me! while i was having the surgery done, daniel had left to get me flowers, a card, my pain meds & some ensure (the doctor wanted me to drink it). my parents also sent me a gift card for braums!! ;) and, um, from what i'm told...daniel & i went there after the dentist, but i don't remember any of it! later that night he was telling me something & i was like, what are you talking about?? he said when we drove through braums. uh, hun i didn't go to braums. he said, yep you did! haha! whatever, guess the sleeping pills had finally started to work.

i'm glad you only have to have your wisdom teeth out once. although i do like that hydrocodone stuff. just sayin.

fishy, fishy, fishy...

brenden had swim lessons these past two weeks. in this class, they learn just some of the basics, and she didn't let go of them to swim all on their own. that will happen in the next class. unless, i guess he picks it up before then-he sure loves being in the water. here he is with his teacher, miss jordan, doing the kicking motions...

swimmin' like a fishy...

after just going under...

and, on the last day, they got to go down the slide...
our little fishy with his swim certificate...

pathetic

there's really nuthin' more to say. just pa-freakin-thetic! it's a dogs life :)
boy, he makes me giggle. he is such a good dog!! we've had him for about 2 months now, & he's great. daniel kinda makes fun of his teeth, but i think they're pretty darn cute. when he looks at you, this is how he usually is...

his top lip, tucked under his teeth. you're a great dog, booster!!!

his new toy

well, little man got his first 'toy' over the fourth of july weekend. he was so excited when papa surprised him with it. we had planned on getting him one eventually, like within the next year or so. but, papa apparently had other plans ;) he also got an awesome helmet & gloves. here are a few pictures of him riding in our backyard...



if they made 4 wheelers for dogs, this one would have one! he barks at brenden when he stops for just a second, or when we don't go fast enough on ours.

now, you know they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? well, it doesn't. a couple years ago, while we were a the lake house, daniel was riding our 4 wheeler. he went over a jump, but didn't slow down in time & couldn't turn fast enough, which landed him in a cedar tree! well, that's been a joke on him for quite some time. now, he has some company :) brenden was riding his in front of our house, coming from across the street. a little boy was riding his bike past our house, while watching brenden. he was not paying attention to what was in front of him, so his bike ran into the back of daniel's truck. brenden saw this happening & was not paying attention to where he was, either. as daniel & i were yelling "stop!" he popped the curb in front off our house & hit one of our baby maple trees with his 4 wheeler :( so, he rammed a tree, just like daddy! i had to take a few pictures of this 'first'. if you look at the front silver part, you can see fresh bark in two places...

and, here are the two places scraped off the tree...

thanks bamaw & papa-he loves it ;)