10 on Tuesday~ Colin Edition

1. This morning Colin had his 6/9 month metabolic geneticist appointment at the Children's Hospital in Aurora.
2. Unfortunately we found out that Colin DOES have the genetic variation that can cause his low carnitine. Just like his mama.
3. Fortunately the only course of action is to continue taking the supplements that we already take, and to continue to be monitored.
4. We found out that because we have the variation and not the mutation, we are somewhat of a rare case.
5. In fact our doctor has only seen it one other time and neither parent showed symptoms.
6. Colin weighed 22 pounds 14 ounces (between the 75-90 percentiles)
7. Colin was 29 inches long (between the 75-90 percentiles)
8. Colin's head was 18.5 inches (between the 90-95 percentiles)
9. That means Col is thinning out;)
10. I am just a little sad that he has to deal with this too. As if a bum heart wasn't enough. Poor guy. I am thankful that it is not life threating, but darn!

10 on Tuesday~ Cheerleading Camp

Today was the first day of cheerleading camp. And oh what a day it was... And there are still 2 more to go. Goody...
1. "the gym is a good place to be, no asbestos in there." -friendly janitor
2. "Now hit your Cheeryo like you mean it" -WAAAAY too friendly instructor
3. "You sent me I size 7, I need a 10" said by me about cheer shoes
4. "Do you think she can just squeeze?" said by confused shoe dealer (um no)
5. "Coach, this gym smells like preteens" teenager
6. "just grab her bum and throw up" Said by different instructor
7. "bad news you're going to have go leave the building, due to radioactivity in the chem labs" not so friendly haz mat guy
8. "it may be cleaned up by tomorrow and then you'll be fine" same guy
9. "coach I think my shoes are glowing" a cheerleader who apparently has been dropped too many times.
10. "don't worry, the radiation will kill any of the cancer you may have gotten from the asbestos" Cheer instructor, turned biologist.

Oye, it's going to be a loooooooooong week:) And I love it!

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10 on Tuesday~ Things you never thought you'd say!

Before I was a mother I would have no reason to say any of these. Now I said most of them before 8 this morning.
1. Don't put your penis in the train track, it might get stuck.
2. Salami is not lotion, it's a breakfast food.
3. Come inside or something will bite your penis.
4. Elephant seals do poop.
5. Mommy's boobies like to stay in her bathing suit.
6. John where are your shoes?
7. Was the milk chunky?
8. That is what we like to call volcano poop.
9. It's only a *little* poop, just rub it in.
10. John, were is the rest of the pee?

If you need more explanation, leave a comment and I'll explain!

3 on Thursday

1. John played his very first board game today!! It is called Go Away Monster and was perfect for him! He had a great time, and it's quick so the games go quickly, which matters if you play it 200 times!

2. Colin can and will drink from a cup, all kinds of cups. he is eating all kinds of things. Seriously I can't believe he is 7 months already!! (Have you checked out the cute picture on the left?) And he is currently playing aforementioned game with John. So cute!


3. I am drained. I'm excited for kickball tonight. I miss my friend Anne. I'm anxious for the future and ready to move on.
I'm having a small gathering with a few friends a week from Saturday. The theme is Derby Hats, and I should start mine! That is what I'm going to focus on in the short term. Just for today.
Here's my starting point!
Seth's will be something like this!

10 on Tuesday

1. Sick kids again, I'm so over this. J has a fever of 101 (teeth maybe?) and C threw up. It may be the milk of J's that he got into, or it could be the nasty flu I had, then TT had, and now Mimi and Pop Pop have. Please God no.
2. We've been going to the concerts in the park. They are a ton of fun, but self pictures are still not that good!

3. We all went fishing on Saturday night with Uncle Grant and Pop Pop. Seth got blanked but everyone else caught some!

4. Auntie Christine get in tonight late, we are excited to spend the week with her!!
5. Christin and Seth (uncle pp) Parrish are coming tomorrow and are staying with us for 5 days or so!! We are very excited to host them and hang out with them for the long weekend! And they are probably excited that we got a futon, and they don't have to sleep on the couch.
6. I have so much to do before the Parrish's get here. And I'll still have a hole in my ceiling. Good thing they're really good friends of our family!
7. On Sunday (this past) we had family pictures taken... I'm so excited to get them back!
8. On Sunday (upcoming) Colin is being baptised. It's just a very small thing with only family, but we're excited for that too!
9. We must be seriously potty trained because we just lent out "Elmo's Potty Time", which in our house is what did it! John didn't know how sure he was about it, but handed it over when it was time!
10. I just heard my favorite nurse is back after a long time away!! Okay, now I'm off to clean like a mad woman!

What day is it?

I guess it's not Tuesday, and really in 33 minutes it will be Thursday, but I have excuses, most of which I will be telling you hear in my "10 on Wednesday really late".
1. I wanted to put pictures in the post and call it wordless Wednesday, but alas I cannot find my camera. It is probably in my new MINI VAN!!!
2. Oh yeah I have been broken by society or whatever but I LOVE it! Why would you ever want to have anything else? It truly is the greatest car ever invented. Maybe I'll do a meet the mini man cribs style soon...
3. Yep I said mini man, JM calls it that and I like it... either that or Stewart.
4. I got the flu Sunday night, which is one of the reasons I'm behind. When I get the flu it's bad, not kind of feeling cruddy, but like, hey should we be in a hospital bad. Luckily I've recovered I think.
5. Recently Toll House cookie dough was recalled because of e.coli. I'm pretty sure I ate at LEAST 2 packages raw. If my insides start to bleed, my flu is really e.coli and I SHOULD go to the hospital. And I should probably stop eating cookie dough, raw, as a snack, or a meal.
6. Collie got another tooth, the lower right one. It's just so cute!!
7. My house, and to some extent my life is a little out of control right now. Probably because of the flu or e.coli or whatever. I have tons of half finished projects that need to be finished. Because I want to park in the garage again, in the new mini man.
8. Have I told you that the master shower has been leaking? Oh no I forgot to mention that? Oh well I was probably busy ripping out part of my main level ceiling or having tile guy tell me that the entire shower has to come out and be redone. I know it happens when houses age, but wait my house isn't even 5. Man old age is going to suck...
9. My children are still not sleeping. In fact I returned the book (that would be book number 4) to the library. We're going to give it a few more days, but I'm not all that hopeful. And the 8 or so cups of milk JM is drinking each night are creating the need for MORE diapers to be changed mid-night. And even the triple stuffed cloth diapers are not cutting it. So I'm on the hunt for a good night time disposable. Recommendations?
10. I STILL don't feel sleepy, but am going to try because I NEED to sleep tonight, even if it is only 22 minutes until morning. Because tomorrow is a new day full of swimming, kickball and God only know what else, and because I need to be really for all of it, which will probably start in 6 hours and 18 minutes. But I'll be ready for it. Especially with the new mini man:)

A very late Ten on Tuesday

Today will be a birthday edition to commemorate all of the wonderful gifts, well wishes and loves that I received today!

1. By the time I checked my inbox around 10, I already had 15 new emails wishing me happy birthday! (an one slightly inappropriate one about improving my manhood?!?)
2. My hubby bought me a new Coach purse, I wouldn't have gotten a better one myself.

3. He also got me a Kapoosh. It is a really cool knife holder that I really really wanted!


4. He also made me breakfast burritos. Because Cheerleading started back up today, so I was a workin' girl!
5. My friend Anne brought me coffee, but I was at aforementioned cheer practice:( We're headed to coffee at 8 tonight:)
6. No less than 8 friends and family members called to wish me a happy birthday!
7. John Michael sang me "happy birthday" 200 or so times today, so I had that going for me!
8. Colin gave me hundreds of open mouth kisses throughout the day!
9. Seth got Carino's for dinner, (for those of you who don't know I got a job there when I was in high school just so I could get the discount:)
10. Seth bought 3 clown cones from Baskin Robbins for dessert, because I'd never had one.

Ten on Tuesday~Just So Edition

1. Pureed squash is the same color/texture/quantity in as out, just so you know.
2. One of my kids doesn't sleep, so when he does, even when it takes 2 hours, and at some point he turned the light on, and there's books in bed, and water, it's just so nice.

3. One of my kids does sleep, not quite through the night, and usually in my bed, but either way I love him, just so much. (not that I don't love the other one, oh on the contrary).

4. Seeing my children with my parents is just so lovely.

5. Between the two there were 4 vaccinations given today which is making the day just so much harder then it would have been.
6. Just so you know that means Col has been stuck 4 times in the last two days.
7. I like things in my house just so, so now that I have children I feel like I am fighting a never ending battle. And yet I don't give up...
8.I am just SO happy that the weather finally feels like spring. Not June, but spring:)
9. Just so you know we have a sitter!

10. And a tooth! (Just so that you know:) (It's the little "pearl" in his mouth)