1. Most importantly thank you for praying for Charlotte. She is doing good, she DOES NOT have RSV nor Pneumonia. Doctors think she has bronchitis, but for a 4 month old her airways are so tiny and the mucus builds up very quickly makes it harder to breath. As of 6:30 pm Tuesday she was to be realeased sometime Wednesday, but at around 10pm looks like it may be a few more days. Her saturation levels & Heart rate have to be with in the normal range, and so far that only happens while on oxygen.

2. On that note... I have had Drew & Amber since yesterday afternoon. I had to drag them along to my 6 month stroke follow up appointment. Every test the Nurse Practitioner did to me they wanted done to them and being she has 4 little ones @ home she knew it would keep them entertained. They had a blast or so I thought! I took the kids to have dinner with Mommy while I sat in the room with Charlotte, and they told Dana "it was boring." Seriously? A 3 year old knows the true meaning of boring? Wow! Guess next time maybe seeing Auntie Britani hop on one foot with my eyes closed and spinning in a circle will be way more fun that just hopping on one foot.

3. So as I mentioned previously I had my follow up appointment Tuesday. All went well, I did all the test fine with little to no noticeable differance. Although I still have sensation differances in my cheek, hand and lower arm, but not enough for her to want to see me again!! YAY!! She did mention that I will most likely be on cholestoral meds long term, it's that or see if my genes can be traded in for some better ones and I don't see that happening anytime soon. I may also be participating in a study to see if I am at higher risk for diabetes later in life and or when pregnant. Guess we'll see, I would like to do it being one I will get lots of information about my genes and what diets work best for my body and all sorts of other info.

4. As for the Rockwood Neurology not wanting to see me again (unless of course further situations should arise). She did refer me to a Cardiologist because she too feels like I should be on a heart monitor for a period of time. And last weeks trip to Sacred Heart was not "just for fun". That appointment is scheduled for Thursday @ 1:30, but possibly changing to a differant day & doctor.

5. As for my CNA test... I did not take it friday. I called @ 8am to confirm my test time of 11 (mainly so I could go back to sleep till 8:30) and they had not recieved the paperwork from the teacher in Sandpoint. So I am scheduled for THIS friday @ 9 am. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PRAY FOR ME!!! With the past 2 weeks being so stressful I am having a hard time studying except for late at night.

6.I am all caught up on dishes and laundry from the past 5 days or so. Between me not feeling good last week and Dana having 2 sick kids, getting little to no sleep and being at the hospital our house was almost over taken by laundry and dishes. So since 2 pm when we got home from Spokane I have been working on laundry (with one load left to go in the washer) and dishes,(granted I did spend an hour and a half @ the hospital with Charlotte).

7. Poor Drew cried for so long tonight! Actually he fell asleep and for some reason Amber decided to wake him up. When I went in there to check on them they both said they wanted their mommy and cried!! I prayed with them again and told them that when she came home to shower and get stuff for the next few days that she would come kiss them! That seemed to work for Amber, but Drew was not having it he didn't want to go to sleep... So I convinced Brodey to sleep with Drew & I tell you that was the perfect fix for the little guy!

8. Speaking of I stopped @ the Holiday gas station in Hayden as I always do on the way home. Pulled up to the pump, gathered the mornings garbage out of the front seat, and I as I leaned down into the floor board (doors locked & car running still) I hear Drew (while pointing to the other side of our pump)"BROY, BROY, BROY" (that's BRODEY incase you were wondering). Confused I looked up and saw the shoulder of a man entering information into his pump. As he turned I caught a glimpse of his face and more of his body. He look NOTHING like Brodey... but Drew was insistant that was Brodey! Too Funny.

Sorry for the book, guess if I maybe updated this more often I wouldn't have to write a book everytime! It's off to change the laundry and then bed :)

Avoiding the Situation...

1. Where has time gone? I can't believe it's the begining of February already. Just as well I guess, I am ready for a warm spring and hot summer!

2. I have finally completed my CNA class & the practicum (hands on test).

3.Tomorrow is my State Board test to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. (It's @ 11am so if you read this before then Pray for me :)

4. I have yet to study for it!

5.At Art class with Amber yesterday she made (with a little bit of help from me of course) A hat out of newspaper and painted it. Next week we will decorate it and then it will go in the are show the end of February!

6. As some of you may know (and for those that didn't) I spent the night @ Sacred Heart on Monday night. I went in with heart "flutters" "palpatations" and pain. Although they did not figure out what exactly was the cause it was determined it was two seperate things happening at the same time. My aunt works in Cardiac Rehab in Sandpoint and witnessed on two seperate occasions and she advised I go to the ER. Although the cardiologist is convinced the chest pain is Esophageal spasms and that pain is yet to go away. As for the flutters Eventually I will be on a Holster Monitor for a period of time. which is fairly expensive with no insurance. So for now I am just keeping track of how often I feel them and if they get worse.

7.I want a new car, and when I say new I mean NEW (2010 Dodge Journey), but don't want the debt... So how does that work? And why or why would I need such a large car?

8. Almost officially decided on a summer wedding @ Schweitzer. Date is not quite in stone yet, but that is closer than we normally get :)

9.I am really ready to start a craft time on sundays, the kids love the stories, but that is about all I can do! I am not blessed with the artistic ability! Also I am looking at having Wynn and a mommy help on a weekly basis and start the babies in one side & the older kids in the other. I am not sure how well it will work, but doesn't hurt to try!

10. Off to work study for my test!

** It's amazing the peace I feel knowing that God will provide and do what is best for me.I don't know how anyone wakes up without that amazing feeling known as PEACE!

MMM... Peanut Butter Playdough!