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We've had Cameron's final helmet appointment! He's finally finished with it. His measurements were .5 mm different so they let me decide to continue for another month or not. I decided to stop. I figure you can't really notice .5 mm. He made such progress, his head is a much better shape now!!!

Marty is going to be in his friends wedding in December, do we had my mom watch the kids for a bit on Monday morning so we could go to his dr. appt, get his tux measurements and exchange 3 craftsman ratchets at sears that he broke.

Also, Friday I had an interview with the post office here in town. The job is different from the posting. It was supposed to be full time but is actually part time. It also said customer service window but is actually distribution. However, I needed something so I said I would do it. I got a call on Tuesday morning telling me I got the job!!! I'm pretty excited about it. I sent out my background check consent form yesterday and had my drug test today. I'm just waiting for the background check to be done and to get started. I can't wait. The time isn't exactly what I wanted (6:30-9:30 am Saturday Monday and Wednesday and 2:30-5:30 pm Saturday) but its better than nothing!

Tomorrow morning we have swimming instead of regular therapy at school. The kids love swimming so I think tomorrow will be quite nice. Lately Mackenzie has had a bit of a temper. Plus, Cameron's teething so he's been really fussy as well. Hopefully, they will not be that way tomorrow.

I now need to go to bed, I'm exhausted at this point!

Cameron Turns 1!!!

Happy birthday Cameron! Cameron turned 1 on Thursday. It wasn't the most exciting birthday but he is only 1. We woke up and had breakfast (Marty cooked Cameron his first birthday breakfast). Then we had to take Mackenzie to school. That's not the most fun way to spend your birthday. After school, the kids and I met Martys aunt at the park to play for Cameron's birthday. Once Marty woke up we had chicken, asparagus and mashed potatoes for dinner, all of which, Cameron ate. By the way, Cameron only had 3 teeth so we ate slowly introducing real food to his diet. He opened his present, Let's Rock Elmo! Really cool, this Elmo sings 6 full length songs, plays the drums and a tambourine! Finally, for dessert he had his first sweet, his own cupcake!!!

Yesterday we had his birthday party! The whole family showed up. The weather turned out to be great so we had the party outside. Everything was decorated in Sesame Street and the kids played pin the nose on Elmo! I made the game myself!!! There was only 3 kids playing so everyone won a prize. We had so much food; chicken, hot dogs and sloppy joe's. 7 layer dip and chips, a veggie platter, pasta salad, baked beans and cheesy potatoes! Plus, cake and cookies. We had a lot of help with the food. Almost every family brought something to eat. Thanks to everyone who brought food. Thanks to my dads family and Uncle Doug who let us borrow the tent, my mom, Marty's mom and Mikey for letting us use tables, finally, for everyone bringing extra chairs. Everyone seemed like they had a great time and had enough to eat. I know both of the kids had a great day. Cameron fell asleep by 7:15 while I was holding him. Mackenzie was asleep by 8:15.

Easter Fun!!!

Of course Easter was yesterday and we had a ball! A couple of 1 and 2 year old break downs but that's to be expected with no naps and a lot of stimulation.

Friday we were invited to dads for dinner and coloring Easter eggs. Mackenzie isn't totally into that yet but I still think she enjoyed herself.

Saturday we colored our eggs! She made 4 eggs this time before she was bored of it :) The Easter bunny came Saturday night and brought the kids their baskets. He let me add their rosaries to the baskets :)

Once the kids woke up, they were given their baskets. In Cameron's basket there was a book, a bunny, a hot wheels car and a bottle of gerber puffs. Mackenzie's basket contained a book, hot wheels car, a coloring book, a bunny, goldfish crackers, a little candy, a chocolate cross and gerber yogurt melts. She ate the entire bag of melts for breakfast!

After breakfast we got ready and headed to church. Marty worked Saturday night so he stayed home and slept.

We all went to Doug and Leslie's for dinner. The kids had their Easter egg hunt. Later the "big kids" had their hunt, one egg each. You got a lottery ticket except 1 person, who got $20. Marty and I both had a lottery ticket. Marty didn't win anything but I won $2! There was ham and turkey for dinner and a ton of sides, all which were delicious as usual. We had to leave early because Marty had to leave home at 2 am to go to work.

Overall, it was a very fun Easter this year!

Parties and Interviews

I'm pretty excited at the moment. Tuesday I received an email to call or send my resume about a job offer. I decided to call since the subject of the email was, I saw your resume online. So, Wednesday I called and I now have an interview! It's for an American Income Life insurance agency. But not to be an agent (thank goodness). It seems I always get things saying call and be an agent. That is not what I want at all. However, this job is to work for an agent. They have 3 openings, 1 in HR and 2 in sales. Hopefully I'll like it and they'll like me. I'm really in need a job.

We have finally made plans for Cameron's birthday party. Sunday April 15th at 4, right here at home. Really hoping the weather is nice because we have a small house. Anyways, decoration is Sesame Street!!! We ordered a sesame street cake from meijer and I will be buying the decorations there as well. I'm going to try and find a balloon bouquet of sesame street too. We're even getting him a sesame street toy. Obviously he loves sesame street at the moment. And I'm really getting into the theme! I'm even planning on making loot bags with homemade sugar cookies that show the letter of the day - C, and the number of the day - 1! I'm hoping it's going to be fun and drama free. All of these families together, who knows what will happen.

Other than that, we've had a pretty easy week. I had my mk meeting Monday, raked the leaves from last fall on Tuesday and finished on Wednesday, delivered some mk today, no plans tomorrow, a mk party on Saturday, and dinner with Marty's grandma Sunday.

Randoms

I have not had the chance to focus on just one thing lately.

Cameron has been sick for, it seems like ever. About 2 weeks, but he just got over a cold right before he got sick again. So I noticed last Tuesday, the 13th that he was getting sick again and so did his therapist. But I'm not one to run right to the dr. Since they can't do anything for a cold anyways. Thursday, his therapist, Gail, expressed that she thought he may have an ear infection. I didn't really think so, so I waited. Well, Friday he started tugging on his ear so I called and had an appointment on Saturday morning. We seen a nurse, it was Saturday and there's only 1 dr there on Saturdays, and a lot of sick kids. She checked him out, it's just a cold, she said. Ok. I didn't think so, but I'll listen to you. He got progressively worse and hardly slept. I was up 5 times throughout saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. Tuesday we seen Gail again and she expressed her opinion again. It's not just a cold. We're on the same page :) So I made another appointment for that afternoon and seen a dr. He has an ear infection in his right ear (told you so) and a virus in his chest. I knew it was more than a cold.

On top of all of that, Miss Mackenzie has an attitude. She wants to do her own thing whenever she wants to do it and throws a fit if she doesn't get to. Typical 2 year old! Thank goodness for Papa and Gege. They're having a sleep over tomorrow night. I get the night to my self! Kids gone and Marty at work!!! A movie and removing wallpaper in my plans!!! I'm so excited!!!

We're also trying to plan Cameron's birthday party. I'm thinking a bowling party at airway lanes. I just don't want to go to Chuck E Cheese again. It's too crazy there. I know he's only 1 and isn't going to remember, and everyone thinks I should just have 4 parties for him (not gonna happen) but I think he deserves it and it'll be fun for the adults too.

Plus, I'm still job hunting. I'm hoping to find something soon. I've applied for 5 jobs last night and a lot more before that. I've also put my resume on career builder and the Michigan talent bank. There's a ton of jobs out there but to get bills paid I have to have full time and at least $10 an hour. There's not a lot of those jobs. It's a lot of work. I'm still wanting to hear from the post office but it's been a whole so I don't know if they found someone or not.

So, just busy with everything lately. Have to do my job hunting for the day before the kids get up from their nap!

Loving this!

This week has been great! The weather (other than the storms) has been great. And Marty is spotting now so we get to Ser him everyday now!

Friday was the last day that Marty drove!!! He was home until 12 midnight, Thursday. He's working everyday until the 25th but we get to have dinner with him before he goes to work and for an hour in the mornings before he goes to bed. After this week of working everyday, he will have Sunday-Wednesday night off which will be great!

The kids are doing great as well! Therapy is going very well and Mackenzie is talking up a storm. Cameron is moving like crazy, not crawling or walking yet but it will be anytime! Cameron has a dr. appt tomorrow, however because I think he has an ear infection. Poor baby. We went to the park today and Mackenzie played forever. We would have stayed longer but other kids came and were being mean to her :( And their parents paid no attention to them and didn't care if they were mean to a 2 year old! Sometimes I just can't believe parents! We also went on our first walk for the year. It started to rain about 5 min after we left though. Oh well, the kids enjoyed it and it wasn't a heavy rain.

I have to take a shower to was all of this sweat off me from my workout so I'm done here :)

Busy week

It's only Wednesday night and it's already been a busy week. Monday the kids went to Marty's moms house because I had my assessment for USPS at 1:30. I thought it was quite easy. I received a score of 77 so I'm hoping I get an interview. At 6:30 Monday night I had my Mary Kay meeting. Yesterday both kids had therapy. They both did great! And I think Cameron is going to be mobile very soon :) Afterwards, I had a Dr. appt to get my thyroid levels checked. That took forever. My dr. was running 2 hrs behind. Thank goodness the kids were with Shelly. Today Cameron had his 2 appts. He had a weight check because he didn't gain weight at his 9 mo. check up. He weights almost 21 lbs! He also had his helmet appt today. He only has 2 more millimeters to go and he's only wearing his helmet when he's sleeping! He's almost done, and should be done with his helmet by his birthday! The rest of the week is a bit more calm. Tomorrow Meghan, Mackenzie's speech pathologist, is coming for the home visit for an hour. Then nothing planned! Friday is a totally free day!!! Saturday, we're meeting dad, Carol, Danielle and Taylor at Applebee's here in town for an all you can eat pancake breakfast to help raise money for the childhood apraxia of speech association of north America. After breakfast, dad and Carol are taking Cameron and we're taking all of the girls. We all have tickets to go see the circus at the Deltaplex in Grand Rapids! That should be fun. Sunday the kids are hanging out with their dad because I have a Mary Kay open house! That should be a lot of fun as well!

Have a good week! I'm going to bed :)