David & Amy

David here again. Not much to say other than to watch this video. What a great story of inspiration, it makes you realized that you've got it pretty good and have no room to complain.

Hi all. Like I mentioned before David and I went out Friday night and had a fabulous time. It was great to get a break and look and each other and say oh yea, this is why we got married; we are best friends! Anyway, we went to see Fireproof the new Kirk Cameron movie. http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/ If you are married, we think it is a "must-see" with your spouse. It is great! It's a great Christian film without a single swear word and real look at marriages and true principles. David and I and the completely packed theater really enjoyed it. So, there is our plug, go support a movie with good values that teaches a really good message.

One last thing: Kylie started Nursery today and had a terrific time. I think she will be really happy with kids her own age instead of being carried around with us to the adult classes.

Ok, one more thing--we have the windows open right now and it is so great to have the nice crisp air filling our house. I love the feel of fall and the scent in the air. hmmmm--love it!

Well, on Monday Kylie celebrated her 18 months of life. (Yay, she gets to start Nursery this Sunday!) She celebrated by spending the entire day at the doctors office/hospital for tests. It was scheduled earlier--don't panic kiddos! Anyway they took a good hard look at her kidney and it's function and then topped it off by a 3 hour clinic appointment. Well, I actually didn't attend any of the testing because Emily found it to be the perfect timing to get bronchitis. So, Emily had to get to the doctor for antiboitics, Kylie had to get to the hospital for an ultrasound and VCUG and I am only "Super Mom" in the stories. Well, my mom and sister were in Tulsa and David's parents were busy too, so David didn't go to work on Monday.

David headed off to the hospital with Kylie and I took Dallin and Emily to the pediatrician's office. One Z-pack and albuterol for the nebulizer and we headed home, dropped Dallin off at a friends, and headed for the Medical Center. There we got the news we'd been dreading. Kylie has had 4 UTI's in her short 18 months and the reflux she has on her one kidney has not improved, so we are going to have one more test to look for scarring on the kidney. If it is bad or if she has one more UTI, we are heading for the OR (operating room).

Kylie had surgery when she was 2.5 weeks old and a whoopping 4+ pounds. She almost died. They told us she was going to die, she got so ill from the surgery. I am a skiddish person by nature and the thought of having to put her under again terrifies me. It won't be for a few more months and it should only be day surgery, but I am still terrified and pray she will be ok.

On to other things. Kylie has been having a bunch of appointments--4 to 5 a week with therapies. This week 2 of her therapists got sick and one had a conference, so we only have one appointment this week. As much as I am grateful for the therapy, it has been a nice week. Plus David and I are heading out for a date night tonight. Pappadeaux and a movie. It has been a long time and I am grateful--thanks Amber!!!

One last tidbit, with the econmony in the toliet, The Home Depot has lowered their price of Behr paint by $6/can. I even have convinced David to take a couple of days off and in a couple of weeks we are going to be painting crazies! I just love changing room colors and all of our walls are white. I am so excited. Hey David, I posted about it so you can't back out now!!

I have a coworker with a website where he sells shirts, http://www.hotpokershirts.com/. I've never been too interested, since I am not a poker player, but his newest shirt is great. I bought one for Amy, which she proudly wore last Thursday. She got tons of compliments when walking Emily to school, and Emily's teacher even asked to buy one! Being huge Napoleon Dynamite fans, put together with being fans of Sarah Palin, this is perfect. I think her awesome performance at the debate can be attributed, at least partly, to Amy's shirt. She helped create the karma that Palin needed. Being the new kid on the block, Palin sure held her own. Not the experience or depth of Biden, but that's what's so great about her. She's not bogged down by decades in Washington. On the other hand, the experience she does have is actually substantive- unlike Obama. The fact that he won the nomination is a sad commentary on things. A rookie with no executive experience whatsoever, he basically throws candy into the crowd and wins the popularity contest, like in high school. Remember how you decided who to vote for for student council? It was whoever you had a crush on, or who threw the best candy into the crowd. Kind of like Obama- he's inspiring, so we'll just ignore the dozens of skeletons in his closet. What really puzzles me, is that McCain is about as liberal as they come for Republicans. Obama is as far left as can be (proven by his votes, not my opinion), and McCain is practically a Democrat he's so centrist. People say they are sick of partisanship, well McCain is your man. Why do you think the Republicans had such a revolt over him winning the nomination? Because he's not conservative! Painting him as a right wing extremist is ridiculous. He's the lesser of two evils, to be sure, but he's no true conservative. But at least we know he won't tax our economy into another depression, he'll nominate judges to protect the unborn, and he doesn't think America is what's wrong with this world.

Whew! Nice to get that off my chest. And now we return you to Amy's normal blog entries about crazy things the kids do. I bet she never lets me post on this blog again...

Today Kylie started Speech Therapy. Finally. They came for the evaluation in July and her first appointment was today. Go ECI. I just love government run programs. Anyway, we had PT this morning and while Dallin and I were having lunch I was trying to explain to him that Kylie had yet one more therapy session today. I explained that she can't talk or eat right so a man was coming over to help her learn how. While I was in the middle of telling Dallin all the things Kylie can't do, he interrupted me and said, "But Mommy, she can laugh!"
Yes, my sweet son, she can laugh and thank you for changing my perspective. I can learn a lot from a really rebellious three-year-old.