Multiple Steps Closer!

We have been working on walking for the longest time.  He was doing so good until he got sick; then we went backwards.  However, at church on Sunday Landon and I went up to the stage afterwards to see Kurtis.  Landon played on the drums for awhile and then all of a sudden he decided to walk from the back of the stage to the front without any help!!  He had a pair of drumsticks in his hand for extra balance support!  Of course I knew if I got my camera out he'd stop so I just enjoyed the moment.  I later caught him walking a shorter distance. We're getting closer!  

Happy Birthday!

Happy 30th Birthday to our friend Abby!

On Saturday evening we headed to Miletta Vista Winery in St. Paul to celebrate Abby's 30th birthday.  Landon and his friend Monroe stayed at home with my brother and sister-in-law.  Kurtis and I had an amazing time hanging out with our friends.  We never go out so this was a treat for us.  Afterwards we headed to the Elsbury's house in Doniphan for a night of playing horse races.  Definitely a good time!  

Mother's Day!

 For Mother's Day this year we met my entire mom's side of the family and some of Carissa's family at Harmon Park in Kearney for a family picnic. We ordered chicken and then brought various side dishes to go along with it.  It was nice to spend the day with family and just relax.  Then of course Kurtis took me to Target afterwards!  Can't go to Kearney without stopping at Target.  

Being a mommy is the best thing in the world!  

Landon loved playing at the park.  We all took turns chasing him around.   

Seriously!

Getting a call at school from the 911 dispatcher saying a police officer is on the line for me is not what you want to hear…Around 2:55 I was getting my kids ready to go home and Gail called down saying I had a phone call then the next thing I knew my principal was walking into my room to cover my class.  I picked it up and on the other end was the 911 dispatcher transferring me to the officer.  My heart seriously stopped and fell to the bottom of my stomach.  My first reaction was car accident…Landon, Kurtis...  I was so worried.  It took them forever to transfer me so I yelled in to one of my kids to grab my cell phone so I could see if anyone tried to call me so I at least had an idea.  When the officer finally got on the phone he asked if I lived at our address, so then my next thought was oh no my house is on fire.  Nope…come to find out two 15 year olds were caught trespassing on our property. Seriously shouldn't they be in school?  One I guess was hiding behind our trash can on the look out while the other was supposedly in our back yard.  My neighbor knew they looked suspicious and called them in.  Luckily they didn't take anything, but still…. after our last incident this is just icing on the cake!  We did press chargers so hopefully they will learn their lesson that it's not ok to be messing around.  Guess we'll need to do some talking to see what our plans are for our future in this house.  

15 months!

Landon is already 15 months and it is so hard to believe.  Just seems liked he turned a year just the other day.  I always run into people and they ask how old he is and I have to stop and think for a second.  Landon is turning into such a little boy.  It just seemed like he changed overnight.

Here are some of the fun things he is doing right now…

* Bear crawling…we haven't mastered the walking business yet.  He'll walk with us holding his hand and he'll walk between two people if they are close together, but I think he is on his own schedule for walking by himself.

* He absolutely loves playing outside!  He will play and play outside as long as we let him.  When I go pick him up from daycare he screams bloody murder because he doesn't want to leave. I always carry him out kicking and screaming. We ended up buying him a swing set, so I can't wait for it to arrive. I have a feeling we'll be out there constantly this summer!

* He is a pro at climbing stairs and going back down.  No matter where we are he always ends up finding the stairs.  They could keep him entertained for hours.

* A few of his favorite words are: puppy, ball, truck, car, milk, up, look, Landon, Scott, papa, and uh oh.  Not too many yet but we'll get there.  He does know what a lot of words mean though.

* Every now and then he'll let us know when he is ready for bed.  He'll grab his blankie and binky and head for the stairs.  One night he even pointed up stairs, we took him up, laid him down and he was out.

* He finally has learned how to play catch and throw the ball.  This is one of his new favorite activities.

* He loves being tickled!
   He loves bananas!
   He loves flirting with everyone he sees!
   He loves puppies!  I think he will be glad when Wally returns home from his puppy vacation in Kansas.
   He still loves music!  He loves watching daddy play the drums at church and anytime he hears music he  
   starts bobbing to the beat!  Musical toys are his favorite!

We head to the doctor in a couple weeks so we'll see how big our big boy really is!

Answers

Today I headed to the ENT specialist to discuss the cyst the radiologist found on my MRI last week.  When I first got there Dr. Nabity pulled me to the back to show me my MRI scans.  He showed me the two sinus chambers and how they should look and how the one looked with the cyst. The cyst had completely taken over my one chamber; so it's pretty large. We discussed the two types of cysts.  It could have either been filled with water or mucus; however, after looking in my nose he thought mine was full of mucus due to slight drainage he could see. He did show me how it was pushing against an eye nerve which was possibly causing the dizziness and blurred vision.  He was surprised that I was a very healthy individual that has not had a huge history of allergies or sinus infections.  I did ask what caused it and he said with my case it was just per luck.  Joy!  My biggest concern was how it was going to be treated.  The Dr. wants to start with a steroid and an antibiotic to try to shrink it.  He said if it is working my headaches should start to disappear.  They only bad news is the side effects of the medicine but I guess that comes with all medicines.  It is better though then the next alternate which would be full blown surgery.  I will take the medication for 1 month then head back for a CT Scan to see the status of the cyst.  We will then decide the next step!

More news...

Well, I have been holding off until I got my test results back and now their back.  I went to the doctor last Monday because I have been really under the weather lately, horrible headaches that last from the moment I wake up until the moment I go to bed, dizziness, blurred vision, tiredness, loss of appetite and the list goes on. The doctor and I discussed some possibilities including depression, stress, hormone unbalance, etc; however, she wanted me to have an MRI to rule out a few things.  I ended up getting a MRI Thursday night and the test results came back clear.  No brain tumor or masses; which is a relief. However, I do have a cyst behind my eye in my sinuses.  The nurse who called me gave me no information on the size, treatment, etc.  However, I am headed to see an ENT doctor this Thursday afternoon to get more details.  Hopefully the treatment will be simple and it will cause these horrible headaches to go away because they keep getting worse each day and I'm tired of feeling like this.  After that we'll see how I start feeling and then what the next step will be.