Blog Mumbles

The girl's shots went fine. Of course, it was painful...for both of us. Dr. Acton came in and did the exam, checked her eyes, ears, spine, etc. and talked about growth and development. She is 10th percentile in height (guess she is taking after me, hehe) and 25th percentile in weight. Her BMI is 50%, so he said she was perfect! I talked to him about the shots and how worried I was the night before and just scared about them. He fully reassured me that there was no proven link to autism from the shots. He told me that getting the illnesses that the immunizations protect against is much more of a risk than getting the shot and it causing autism. He said he has seen several cases of pertussis this winter and that is one of the immunizations she received. The danger of measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, etc. is severe and can cause so many problems and complications that it just isn't worth it. He gave me several pamphlets about immunizations to calm my fears. So, I felt much better after talking to him.

When he left and we were waiting for the nurse to come in, I told the girl that the nurse was going to come and give her some shots. Well, she just started balling. The boy was with us and after I told the girl about her shots, the boy began wimpering saying "I don't want [the girl] to get shots." He was worried for her; what a sweet boy. Anyway, she did fine (through the screaming), ran a low-grade fever, and her legs were sore for a couple of days. Thank goodness she is better and the shots are over!

This past Saturday, the United States Airforce put on an airshow here in town at the airport. We went out about 10:00 in the morning. There were all kinds of huge planes to climb in and look around at, such as the refueling plane, a blackhawk helicopter, huge cargo planes, and lots more. It was very interesting. The kids were a little afraid to get in them at first. The boy was afraid it was going to "fly away". Haha! Several old planes and jets flew over and did some stunts. It was really neat. We left the airport about 1:00 and the line of cars to get into the airport was a mile long, no kidding. Maybe longer. We were so glad we went early. Later that afternoon, the Thunderbirds did a show. I had to take the girl to a birthday party, but Jim watched it with the boy. He said it was a great show! Pictures from the airshow are coming soon to a computer screen near you!

It's Spring Break here. We are going camping this weekend and looking forward to that. My sister, Erin, and her husband, Chaz, are letting us borrow their pop-up trailer since they aren't going to be able to come. :( But a big thanks to them for letting us borrow it. We picked it up in Big Spring last Thursday evening from Chaz' parents. Yesterday, we opened it up and cleaned it out. While Jim and I were inside cleaning, I heard the boy's tricycle go down the driveway (the inclined driveway into the alley), and it didn't click, but then we heard screaming. I jumped out of the pop-up and the boy was down at the bottom of the driveway, laying face down in the alley with his trike on top of him. Jim and I ran down there and I picked him up. His mouth was full of blood. I remained calm and was carrying him into the house. I knew that the more upset I got, the more upset he would get. I had to remind Jim of that, though. He was freaking out. After cleaning him up, he just got a rasperry knot on his forward, a busted lip that require NO stitches, (thank goodness!), and scratches on his elbow and knee. The whole time we were cleaning him up, Jim and I both kept saying "Thank you, Lord" because it could've been SO much worse. Thank goodness there wasn't a car driving through the alley. Oh my, I don't even want to think about what all could've happened. So far, his teeth seem fine, too. Our Lord has blessed us so and protected our children from so much. Thank you, Lord!

And I just want to say how much I enjoy this blog thing. I have met some great people through blogs and feel like I know them after reading so much about their lives. If you look to the left on my blog roll, I have added quite a few other blogs that I enjoy reading and have encouraged me so. So, to those girls out there that I don't know, but I visit you through your blog and you visit me through mine...I love you gals, even though I don't know you! And for those of you growing through a difficult time in your life, I lift you up to our Father often.

Love,

Ashley

P.S. Stay tuned for pictures.