The Babysitting Solution

Check out my newest solution to watching little ones! I haven't had a small energetic one in quite some time so it can be hard for me to keep up! Add some snacks, a few books and toys, favorite blankie and you are good to go!

Now that half of you are runing to the phone to call social services and the other half is rethinking me watching your children in the future let me tell you how this photo came to be! Saturday we had the Terry's over for dinner and fun. The kids were having a good time. It was loud, but happy loud so all was good. Then we hear Valery scream! Melinda (Valery's mom) rushed into the living and thought that Cody had locked Valery in the dog kennel. So she rescues her little girl! What followed was not happy sounds of gratitude, but more screaming. She put her down and Valery immediately goes back in the kennel. It seems Cody may have been disturbing her in her new found play area! She had a book in there with her and closed the door behind her! So of course who could resist a picture of that!

Graduation and Luisenpark

 

It's finally official! I graduated college, well at least the first part of what I am working towards! It was a great day and I am so glad that our friends the Terry's could make it out to Mannheim for the graduation and then some fun at Luisenpark. We are sure going to miss them when we move! I won't have "my girls" anymore and poor Bryce won't have his boy escape to our house. I feel his pain since I am outnumbered in my house as well! So now that I have completed phase one of my school goals I am anxiously awaiting to find out where we are headed next so I can keep furthering my education!

I know I am not a doctor, but do you?

You know when something very frustrating happens you often look back and just laugh about it! In the moment it is not funny and you just want to go through the phone and ring the person's neck! So yesterday I had my very detailed list of things to do starting with the million appointments I needed to make for the boys now that school is out and I am not working. I first called about Cody's meds because that was a priority. All I needed was to put in a phone consult to get more refills and to see if we could get a refill early since we are going to be in Normandy when the bottle we have will start running low. I must have gotten the one person that works at central appointments that felt they were better educated then the doctors we have been working with! She actually argued that maybe Cody didn't need to be on the meds as long so that is why we didn't get more refills. She then spouted off the dosage and said according to that we were using up bottles too fast! I told her if she read further she would see we had to slowly introduce the medicaiton into his system and that was the starting dose. I then told her the ending dose. She insisted I was giving him too much! It says right on the bottle how much I am to give him for crying out loud! I just felt like saying "You know I didn't go to medical school so therefore am not a doctor, but did you!" She was being such a pain, but in the end I got the phone consult and they are going to see what they can do. Most likely we will have to be referred back to the neurologist so he can straighten it all out. I am laughing about it all now, but at the time I was furious she would accuse me of overdosing my child, question a doctors orders for Cody to be on the meds for two years and try to give me her medical opinion! The nurse that called me back seemed less educated than the lady that makes appointments, but she said she would check with the doctor and get back to me! WHat is this world coming to!

2009 Spring School Photos

Cody Havel, Preschool, 4 yrs. old


Ryan Havel, 2nd Grade, 8 yrs. old


Tyler Havel, 4th Grade, 10 yrs. old

My boys clean up pretty good sometimes! I had a hard time getting used to Ryan with glasses, but now I think he looks pretty sharp. He got them in December. Tyler wears glasses when they aren't lost! He has managed to lose two pairs since he got them about a year and half ago. He only uses them for reading so it is easy to misplace them at school. Ryan is moving onto third grade, Tyler to 5th and Cody still has another year of preschool as long as we can find one when we move.

Proof! I still can't believe it!

Ealier in the week we started hearing about the President coming to Ramstein. The bases were going to be shut down and he was going to visit troops at the hospital. Well living by it has it's perks! We knew the aprox time he would come on base so went for a family walk. We saw the entourage come on base. We then decided what the heck lets go to the other side of the hospital where we thought he was visiting. After an hour security says "when the convoy leave there are to be no pictures taken" Okay I didn't have a camera so no biggie. Then not five minutes later he says if everyone will get in a single file line we will clear you. Next thing I know we are being wanded down and shaking hands with the president! It was awesome! He said hi to everone and to Cody he said "looks like you've been eating something good" Afterwards I was bummed I didn't have a camera, but oh well. Then a lady comes up and says "hey I have a picture of you and the boys would you like me to email it to you!" She did! I was so excited and still am so just had to post it right away!

Just a quick update....

Minot finally rejected us yesterday! Okay it is really called being denied our assignment, but to say rejected brings a little comedy into this whole mess of a move! How many times in my life will I actually look forward to being rejected! Not many I hope! So anyway Zach is going to do the paperwork today to officially cancel our assignment to Minot, ND. He will then start new paperwork to apply for a new assignment. It is killing me not being able to be there with him and ask my hundred questions so I gave him a few......okay maybe more than a few, but I pleaded with him to please ask and get as much info as possible! When it comes to things like this I am definately better, but he has really stepped up this move and gotten past the whole "I have to talk to people I don't know" phase so I am proud of him for that. So now we are in the waiting period again. Don't know how long this one will be, but at least we are at step two! Cross your fingers we get somewhere closer to family!

My newest nephew.....Derrek Steven Fitzpatrick!

Just over a week ago I found out my little nephew was born and I waited and waited for pictures. Having three of my own I should have been more patient, but I have to admit I wasn't! I was so excited to see what he looked like! Finally I got an email with pictures so I just had to post some for everyone to see! He is pretty darn cute I must say and I can see my brother in him already. The hardest part of being away is missing out seeing my neices and nephews so I can't wait to be back in the states so we can visit more!