christmas is upon us!

I can't believe Christmas is just 10 days away..so much to still do..aghhhh! It's been a crazy week! This was my first week out of school and I had a mile long list of things to do this week and with one diaper change everything changed. Caleb has been having some issues when crying when he goes pee and some seriously strong ammonia smelling diapers. So last week we were concerned and saw a doctor about it. They did a urinalysis on it. The next day we received a call back saying it was all normal, except it was very concentrated and that we should pump more water into him, only water and milk and they would talk to us more at his well baby appt this week (its tomorrow). So we started pushing water, water, water, and more water. Sunday evening things started to change so we decided on that we would try to get him back in on Monday for it. Well first diaper change on Monday was horribly bad. He had been sitting in his chair eating and started screaming, blood curling screams, I grabbed him and was trying to calm him down telling him "okay okay baby lets go see". I pulled back his diaper and there was BLOOD coming out. It was running like urine does but it was pure blood. Can we say freak out! I didn't know what to do. I was trying to get a hold of Rob from my cell phone while calling the doctors on the house phone. I ended up having to call one of Rob's co-workers, who than had to call his senior chief who than pulled Rob out of a meeting with the CMC. I than rushed Caleb to the urgent care center. We sat there for a little under two hours, before they said it would be a 4 hour wait and that we could get into the ped's department at 230pm. So we took him home, fed him lunch, and than went to the appt. The doctor was on and off the phone with the urologist at the big military hospital about 30-35 minutes away the whole time. They did a cath on him (oh it was horrible). The doctor who did that say he thought he could feel an obstruction. They were only able to get two drops out of him, which was very cloudy and told us most likely he has an infection. So we started oral antibiotics for that. He also has developed another infection on the outside of his penis..yes I said penis on here..from it (penis) rubbing on the cloth diapers. So he is on an ointment for that. Can we say potty training is about to start! He has to go see urology on Friday. We left the hospital, drove straight to pick up Silas from a friends house and headed to cub scouts. While there Silas starts running a fever. By the time we get home its at 103.6 ...really..thankfully Samuel didn't have anything wrong with him! He was perfectly fine after the motrin kicked in and has been doing great every since. Caleb is still crying every time he pee's.

So Samuel and Cub Scouts...He sold almost $700 worth of popcorn. He received a $30 wal-mart gift card, some sorta gun that launches disks, and a couple of patches. I'm very proud of that boy! He's as smart as can be, but so much fun! He is so much like me, but so much like Rob. He's a good mix of us. He is as fascinated with space, astronauts, and space shuttles, like I was. He loves everything history (both Rob and I both). He's a walking encyclopedia when it comes to World War II. He loves airplanes and jets...it just all fascinates him. He lights up when you start talking about that stuff. He has been asking us if he can do a world war II project over Christmas break..not a school assignment..he just wants to do it on his own. WOW thats when I wonder if he really belongs to us..and well the real answer is No. He really belongs to the Lord. We have just been given this amazing opportunity to be his parents here on earth. To be honest, a lot of the time I feel like a failure when it comes to that and I just pray for guidance. Cause Rob and I have definitely been blessed to have been chosen to the parents of 4 amazing boys! Whether it be for months, years, decades, or whatever..I am cherishing the time I have with them.