Decisions, Decisions.....

Lately, at the Klinge household, there have been major decisions made!
First was Joe. He came to me a few months ago with such a loaded question. "How would you feel if I didn't want to coach wrestling anymore?" Well, on one hand, overjoyed that he could spend more time with us! Practice has him getting home after 6pm every night and they have all day tournaments EVERY Saturday. On the other hand, super sad! This would've been Joe's 5th season with the wrestlers. The kids and I go to every home meet and cheer them on! Last year I started doing more and more for them, it was just like when I used to be a wrestling cheerleader ;) So I guess you're darned if you do and darned if you don't. I told Joe I supported him either way, but that it wasn't my decision to make. So, with a heavy heart, he decided to resign. We will now go to every home meet as a family of spectators! ;) Second was Kailyn. Over the last year, she has become quite the tumbler! She even asked me if she could try out for the Acro Competition team with Shapes. Unfortunately, I told her no for this season. I made a deal with her to try the acro class full time first, and if she was still interested in doing only Acro, that she could try out next season. I just hated to see her give up dance class completely, and I didn't want her to be burned out from competing. We have agreed for her to do a dance class, an acro class and we're holding on to the cheer class as well. I know it seems like a lot, but she gave up Girl Scouts to keep cheer. I also told her that at the end of this season, she'd have to decide whether to specialize in dance or acro. Personally, in our town, I feel like she could go farther with acro and cheer, but I will support whatever she wants to do! Now if someone could just support my wallet! ;)

As for Myer and I, we are major decision-less! I'd like for him to decide to talk, but it's not really happening. I know he understands what we say, but he grunts and points when he wants something. I hope he speaks before kindergarten! Maybe it's that paci, but he's my last baby. I just can't take it from him yet. Like I say, you can tell the kid's smart. Apparently he's a freaking genius, because he doesn't even have to talk to get exactly what he wants! ;)Have a great week! ;)

Long Road

HI! HELLO! ALOHA! HOLA! I am still alive if you happened to wonder. I'm just a bad blogger! Like we've done so many times before, let's get caught up!

Summer is supposed to be a time for relaxation and fun. We've had a little, but I could really use a lot more, fun especially. Poor Kailyn is going to start school with some new hardware. We have begun her journey into braces! She got her expander put on last Wednesday, and we crank it daily to expand her upper jaw. She has really been a trooper and hasn't even been in much pain.....yet..... Maybe she just has been so busy since Wednesday that she hasn't thought about it, though. One of my FAVORITE things to do when I was in school, was go school clothes shopping with my Gma. We would go, just the two of us, to Osage Beach, shop til we dropped and stay in a hotel. I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! Anyway, yesterday Kailyn went school clothes shopping with Mimi AND Gma. Talk about spoiled ;) They bought Justice out, I think, and then they had ice cream for supper! Today they are headed to the lake for the weekend. Believe me, Myer will probably start his "red carpet" treatment next year! Speaking of Myer:

He is so rotten! I know, I know, "boys are different", but seriously.....BOYS ARE DIFFERENT! I would've never guessed, in a million years, that my kids would be so different. They may look alike, but THAT'S IT! Myer has just about mastered throwing a fit, he gets into everything that's off limits and he only eats when and what he wants. He had his 18 month check up on Wednesday (same day as Kailyn's ortho appointment), and the Doctor said he's small for his age. He's only in the 25th percentile for his height and weight, but the 75th percentile for his head. We are supposed to start pushing calories and try to give him pediasure. Have you ever tasted that crap? It's disgusting! I've been trying to mix it with tons of different things, but we've not been too successful yet. I'm sure he's healthy, so I'm not too terribly worried, but I'd still like for him to drink it.....just to make ME feel better!

School will be starting soon, I can't believe summer is almost over! I did some tax free internet shopping today and also bought Kailyn's school supplies. I think we're ready, since it's coming whether we like it or not ;)

I'd love to say, I'll blog more, but lying is BAD, so I'll just hope you'll keep checking back! I'm loving this much needed rain, I'm hoping it will cool us down at least enough that we could do some outdoor playing! Have a great weekend!

Heartless

Dear Casey,

I'm sure you're feeling very proud of yourself today. I hear you're getting out of jail in about a week. While I seriously doubt my opinion means anything to you, I think you should know that I find you repulsive. I only wish the prosecutor wouldn't have been quite so greedy and pushed for the death penalty. That's a very serious charge, and there were just enough holes that decent human beings couldn't sentence you to death without being 100% sure. I understand that. I am extremely disappointed, though. Rest assure, you will meet your judgment one day. God will never let you hurt precious baby Caylee again. He will make sure you serve your time. Until then, I hope you never have any friends or family and never experience true love or happiness again. You are the last person on Earth who deserves it.

May your dreams be haunted,

Aimee

Full Metal Jacket

It is official. My sweet baby girl has 8 feet of teeth for 6 foot of mouth. As a matter of fact, she will be fitted for a retainer as soon as her 7 year molars come in a bit further, so that they can begin to expand her pallet. I am glad that they are getting started early, because I think waiting will cause more pain later, although, I hear it's not that comfortable any time.As for Myer's grill, he's still having some troubles. He now has 8 teeth and 3 molars, but that fourth one is a booger! His gums are so swollen and you can feel the tooth right beneath the surface and he chews on EVERYTHING, but the darn thing won't push through. That makes for a grumpy baby boy sometimes. However, when he is not hurting these days, he is practicing his vocabulary. By 17 months, Kailyn was speaking in sentences, so I've been worried that maybe Myer wasn't going to speak at all. Can you get through life grunting and pointing? I think when you're the baby, you might be able to get by with it. Joe and I have really been trying to say what he wants and communicate with him more, rather than jump and run when he grunts at us ;) He now says the obvious Dada and Mama (his specialties for a while), dog, pa-pa (pacifier), my, and go. He also says something for Kailyn, but it sounds different from time to time, so I don't want to misquote him.

I have BIG NEWS! We traded the old family wagon for a sleek sedan! Don't get me wrong, I did like my pacifica, but the gas mileage wasn't great and we figured that since we didn't really NEED a third seat, why pay to haul it around? So we got a Ford Taurus. Believe me, I know what you're thinking, I used to have one of the older models. A sage green one. Talk about grocery getter. But not this baby. It's got tons of room and still looks sporty! I AM IN LOVE!

Happy 4th of July and thank you to all those who serve or have served our country and protected our freedom!

Better Late?

We had a pretty busy day yesterday, so I didn't take the time to blog. What a loser. Had I been on top of my game, I would have blogged Saturday and been prepared for Sunday! However, that was definitely not the case. So today, a day late (and perpetually a dollar short), I pay homage to the fabulous Father's in my life!

My Dad ;)

My Step-Dad ;)My Hubby ;)Kailyn's Dad ;)Happy Father's Day to all the Fantastic Father's out there!

A Month Later

To blog, or not to blog, that is the question. I really wish I had funny stuff or amazing adventures or anything interesting at all to write about, but I just don't.

We had a busy week last week getting ready for Kailyn's Dance Production with Shapes Dance & Acro. It was a fantastic show with tons of talented kids! Other than the fact that the BMS auditorium was 8000 degrees, it was a perfect night! My mom had bought some battery powered fans at Wal-Mart that saved our rears! On our way home from the recital, Kailyn asked me if she could have some chocolate ice cream when we got home. She'd done a great job, so I really couldn't tell her no, but it was well after 9pm, so I told her she could just have a little. After she scarfed that down, I tossed her in the tub to wash off all her makeup and glitter. I made the mistake of leaving the glitter on overnight 2 years ago, and with her eczema, she broke out in a rash everywhere the glitter touched! However, she had 3 sequin tops this year that scratched her up horribly on her underarms, so bathtime was a bit of a challenge. She had herself billigerently worked up and crying, so no matter how gentle I was being trying to help her wash the glitter off, she still yelled. Finally we got her out and covered her upper arms in neosporin! We got the kids put to bed close to 10:00pm, but Joe had to go to work at 12:00am to work the Relay for Life Event at MHS, so he stayed up. About 30 minutes after Kailyn layed down, she came in to my room and said her tummy felt funny. Being Mom of the Year, I told her she probably just needed to settle down from all that tumbling and being worked up in the tub, and just to lay down and rest. She had asked if she could sleep with me when she got out of the bath, and I had told her no, so I kind of figured it was just an excuse to try to get in bed with me. I'd say 15 minutes later, she said she felt like she was going to throw up, so we went to sit in the bathroom. We waited a bit and finally I asked if she wanted to try and lay down in my bed. Of course she said yes, but said we should "probably get a bowl or something because she didn't want to throw up in my bed". We went downstairs to get a bowl and stopped in the living room to tell Joe that she wasn't feeling well, when I heard her gag. I turned to look at her right when she grabbed the bowl and hurled like none other. Chocolate ice cream sucks. The good news is, after she threw up in the bowl and I rinsed it out, (as Joe was gagging and spraying air freshener and apologizing to Kailyn for thinking that the bathroom stunk) I asked her if she felt better and she said, "A lot better, I think it was just something I ate. It kept coming out in chunks of ice cream, I could feel it in my cheeks". Gross. So I made her a pallet on the floor in my room and she slept like a champ! Myer, not so much, but he's getting his bottom molars and it's not really working out very well. But after I gave him a 40 oz of tylenol, he slept like a champ too! ;)

Sunday we had our annual photo session with the ever-so-talented Kathy McCloy! We went to a few places, with our fingers and toes crossed that it wouldn't start pouring down rain. The good news is that it never rained, and the bad news is that Myer acts like a turd anytime someone gets out a camera. Kathy does amazing things with her camera, though, so I'm sure she at least got something out of the little turkey.....;)

Kailyn has Vacation Bible School all this week from 5pm-8:30pm and then an Orthodontist appointment Friday morning. Then she goes back to her dad's for her second 2-week session on Father's Day. Sheesh, my baby girl is SO BUSY! I love that she loves to be active and involved, though, I am very blessed to have healthy, happy children!

Hooray for a 4 day weekend! However, setting the alarm clock last night and having to get out of my bed at a specified time this morning was a little rough. I definitely got lots accomplished over the long weekend and did some major lounging too. I mean, honestly, what am I going to do without a nap today? I also survived week #1 of Kailyn being gone.....barely. She sent this message Saturday:That's right, she is toothless! No yummy corn on the cob for my baby girl for a while :) I promised her I could cut it off! It seems that Myer gets more teeth every time Kailyn loses one. Right now he is working on some top molars. Those things are boogers! He's had kind of a hard time with them :(

I finished Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, and it was FANTASTIC! I can't wait to watch the movie. (Not that having my "Edward" in it will help at all and I LOVE Reese Witherspoon) I wasn't really sure what to read next, so I went to the "Recommended For You" section at the Kindle Store. I was slightly intrigued by a book called These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf, so I downloaded it. Let me just tell you, it is good! It is very well written and in a manner that you don't want to put it down. Each chapter is written from a different character's point of view and gives you so many different sides to the story. Heather Gudenkauf has another book The Weight of Silence, that has somewhat of a similar storyline to the one I'm reading now. I'm downloading it next! Recently I read a couple of books by Pam Lewis, as well, and I wasn't sure how I felt about them at first, but they both ended up being pretty good. I've got a list of books going now that I'm going to try out. Maybe a couple of Sara Gruen's other books and an author named Carol Cassella, who is said to write similarly to Jodi Picoult. I know I should probably be doing something more productive, like working out, when I put the kids to bed, but I really consider that my "me" time and would much rather read! Since I got my Kindle for Christmas I've read 10 books. These Things Hidden is number 11. Only one of them was a flop and took me a really long time to read. I finished it, but it was terrible. I do not recommend The False Friend by Myla Goldberg.Well, it's only a 4 day week, so I'd better get my rear in gear! Have a great week!