Valentine's Day St. Patricks Day

Wrote on 4/27/2013 My grandpa's birthday is valentines day. He has been through so much the last few months. His surgery in December was not successful. Because of that he had daily radiation therapy for I don't even remember how long but it was like 2 months. He recently spent 4 nights in the hospital with kidney failure caused from nit not being able to keep anything down and medications dehydrating him. He was just starting to feel better after that so he went to a friends house he opened his friend's trunk and bees few at  him he fell, his face is scratched up along with a hand and foot. His doctor said that with the issues he has had recently he should for go any more treatment.  He had already decided that he did not want to do any more.

(4/29/13)Allyson came to me night (Wednesday) before bad one night crying my nose. She had struck something up it. Ty took her to the ER we need to remember to just go to Mary Bridge with the kids for now on. They tried and tried and couldn't get it out. We had no idea what it was. They got us in with an ear, nose, and throat doctor the next morning. She tried and tried and couldn't get it. We decided she needed to be sedated. They scheduled an operating room on Monday. I decided it was the tip of a color wonder market she had bit off. We got there at 6am for pre op stuff. They took her back in a wagon at 8am at 8:20 the doctor came out with the culprit. It was the tip of the marker and a small hair band. We went to hold her in post op. She was awake and screaming. She had to be awake for 30 minutes before we could leave so we left by 9am. I have now reviewed all the bills, the 20 she was in the OR cost $10,000...WOW. We will end up paying under $600.
You would never know the little girl in this picture had been in the ER for 3 hours the night before and in the doctor's office all morning getting her nose picked at.

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Brennan is 2 months old

we moved into our own place again. We got a place just over a mile down the road from my family. It has a large garage for Ty's car projects. He has 3 cars taken apart in it.

Brennan Kade Pictures story to come soon

 

Brennan Kade Cummings is here. (Read about how I almost didn't make it to the Hospital and how Ty got there an hour late here)

First Bath

exactly 7lbs

Happy Daddy

ready to go home

 

Brennan 1.5 days old Allyson 4 days old

They are crazy about each other Allyson has a cookie in her mouth

 

Neighbor boy Brandon came to visit his future football buddy

1 Week old

Brennan Kade

Late Wednesday (1/16) night I felt so uncomfortable. Around midnight I started to feel light contractions. I emailed Ty that was the only way I could contact him at work. He had been checking at least every hour since 37 weeks, I told him I thought this could be it and I would let him now by 12:30 he never replied. I still wasn’t sure then so I said I would let him know at 1am. My contractions we only 30 seconds but getting closer together. Ty never replied, at 1:30 I woke my grandma up and emailed one of Ty's co-workers asking him to tell Ty I was going to the hospital. He replied about 25 minutes later saying he told him. It was a very cold and icy night my grandma drove so slow. I checked in at the ER at 1:59. I turned down a wheel chair and walked to the birth center. Bad idea, the escort walked so fast. I put on a gown in the triage room and went 3 steps to the bath room during the 3 steps back to the room I felt a pop. My water broke I was feeling constant pain and was fully dilated and wanting to push. The nurses seemed very upset with how fast things were going they were very stern and told me I could not push yet. I was also to far along to have an epidural. They moved me to a delivery room and got a doctor to come right in. I pushed and pushed. Stopped a few time to say "I can't do it" and "It hurts" funny right? :) My poor grandma was holding my hand the entire time. I was suffering from a terrible cold so I had to have oxygen. Brennan was born at 2:25am. Less than 3 hours for labor and less than 30 minutes at the hospital. That was an experience. Ty got to the hospital around 3am, he was surprised to walk in to the room and find me holding our baby boy. They made me take a drug test because he came so fast. We got to go home on Friday. 
Brennan Kade Cummings1/17/2012 7 pounds 19 inches long

"Bah! Humbug!"?

"Bah! Humbug!"?

Not me!

 Our home is not feeling very Christmas like. My grandma has admitted that it is because my grandpa is scheduled to have thoracic surgery on December 21 and be in the Hospital for a week. Many family members and friends have died around Christmas including her father and step father and that makes it so much worse for her.

I deal with things with denial. It has always worked great for me. So what I would like to do is get all into Christmas, decorate like crazy and enjoy this wonderful time of year. 

Today I made one of those red and green paper chains and strung it in front of a window. Then later my Grandma made the mistake of telling me all her Christmas decor is in the extra bedroom and not out in the shed like I thought. It took me 3 minutes to find the beautiful Nativity set she has. I quickly put it on top of a book shelf where little hands can not reach. Sadly Joesph had lost his foot and he is in the hospital right now. 

When I was asking where there was glue for Joesph she told me if I am getting stuff out she is throwing it out the door. That is really what she does with stuff. I really do not think she would throw baby Jesus out. She really does love to throw things away. 

All of my Christmas decor is in storage and I am not digging through that to get it out right now. So hopefully we will be able to move before Christmas and I can do my own decorating.

Happy 17th Birthday Kitty

I got this pretty kitty for Christmas 17 years ago. She has used her 9 lives a few times over. I think she is losing/lost her hearing and sight but seams to be doing well for a 17 year old cat. Not sure she will make it through the winter but who knows...

Did you notice I just called her/him kitty?

This cat has had many names... sizzel, kitty, top cat are the ones that come to mind. He/She? no one remembers if she is a boy or girl since she got fixed but I have noticed her spraying like a boy outside. We just refer to her as a she. The last few years she has been known as kitty or top.

Her nine lives... She was ran over by a car and had a cast over her hips for a while. You can still feel a weird spot on the bone. She also had some big apses on her chest that had to be drained and stitched it was gross. She has came in beat up from many fights. Sometimes gone for days and return like nothing had happened especially when my brother was visiting. I am not sure what her problem is with him.

She has always been a loner or just independent. She is a light weight, I am not sure how much she weighs but probably around 5lbs. A few years ago late summer and fall of 2009 she would be gone for a week back for a day or day for 2 for months. One day I saw her in the neighbors yard. They had gone to Europe for a few months and had a young girl house sitting. This cat had taken to her and was staying with her. After the family came back and the girl left the cat came home. I had already replaced her with my pumpkin Buddy though but they get along ok and she stayed with my grand parents when we moved and Buddy came with us. 

All of these pictures are from the lasts 5 years 

(she really likes Ty)

Not happy that I was packing

Is it Winter yet?

Who is ready for winter? :)

My blog is.

I am great about keeping up with the seasons on the design of my blog :)

I am so ready for cold weather and snow! Ok maybe I am really not... my dog is alone outside since her big warm companion had to be put down last spring so I have to figure out what to do with her. (but maybe she got rabies from that opossum she had her mouth running around at midnight then I wont have to worry about her)

Then there is Ty's commute, winter driving to Everett sucks (but there is a big chance he will be cutting his commute in half by getting a transfer to Renton very soon)!!!

And the baby coming anytime in the next 6 weeks maybe later...

Oh but I love snow and cold weather so much :) Ok I am excited for winter and Christmas time!

update

It has been to long since I posted on here.

Some updates
Allyson had a check up last week and finally weighs more than 20lbs. 20lbs 7oz that is.


At 31 weeks the little boy moves like crazy at night. I have gained 19lbs. I am sure the next 9 or less weeks will go by faster than I want. My doctor said to expect a 36 week ultrasound to see how big he his.


My grandpa's tumer shrank in half and the doctors are planning on doing surgery next month. Things aee looking good for now. The first 2 chemo treatments did not make him very sick but he has been very sick with the last 2.


I hate the idea of renting but we need a place sooner than we can close on a house. So... we are looking for a house to rent. It is not much fun.