I have had one of “those” weeks! The kind of weeks where everything starts out sunshine and roses and before I know it I am getting knocked around. It is one of those weeks where I had to work hard to hold on to my self esteem and while continuing to keep control of...Keep Reading Here »
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Ack! I Have been Diagnosed with a New Syndrome & 10 Things Tuesday
I can tell it is going to be one of those weeks when I it is only Tuesday and already I have no idea what day it is. Mr Wall Nut informs me that I am suffering from PDSTS.Keep Reading Here »
The Nut House Family Portrait
And by family portrait, I mean all of the kids, I spend my time behind the camera. I took several hundred photos of the kids just before Christmas. Most of them were very much our family in their true form, odd faces, children running all over the place, crying, laughing, spinning, jumping, playing, forgetting...Keep Reading Here »
Working on the Addition, Working Out & Working on Mended Little Hearts Website
After opening up our addition in June of last year, we took a break from the constant work. It was getting to be too much physically, emotionally and financially. It was nice to take some time off, but now it is getting to the point where it is getting annoying that it is still...Keep Reading Here »
10 Reasons Why I am Not a Fan of Daylight Savings Time
I am not a fan of Daylight Savings Time. I think if we left time alone to do it’s thing, the way it does most of the time, we would have plenty of daylight and it is not really something that needs saving. There are several reasons why I am not a fan, and...Keep Reading Here »
Dance Baby Dance!
We finally got the new Just Dance 2 last weekend. We’ve been having a great time playing Wii and the kids have been playing Wii Fit with me, but most of the active games that we have are 1 player. With Wii Fit, we have to take turns playing. I love the Mario Cart...Keep Reading Here »
Things My Kids Destroy {2} The Playroom
My 4 boys and 1 baby girl play hard. They also destroy out house as they do so. This is the second installment in a series I call Things My Kids Destroy. They don’t waste any time destroying the things we build. Our new addition is no exception.Keep Reading Here »
10 Things Tuesday
You might remember last year I used to join the Magnolia Queen and her 10 Things Tuesdays. It was one of my favorite blog hops, mostly because I love making lists But it was also a quick and simple way to organize my week and by sharing it with everyone, it helped me to...Keep Reading Here »
Dinner Menu Plan for the Week
I have been meaning to get back into menu planning for the week. I hate those nights when I realized it is a half hour to dinner and I have no idea what to make. I have been organizing my kitchen and pantry for the past couple of months…and yes that is really how...Keep Reading Here »
Get Fit with Wii Fit with New Game! Get Ready to Dance!
OK, so I have absolutely nothing to post about. It is obvious that between Owee & Honey Nut getting sick, being exhausted from no real sleep for several nights and my running out of Zoloft there was no time or energy for working out. Those two babies are still fairly sick. They both have...Keep Reading Here »
Thankful Thursday
It is a very happy and blessed Thursday Y’all! I am so very Thankful for the overwhelming support and prayers sent to Owain this past week! I can’t even begin to tell you all how much it means to us! We went to UVa this afternoon for a follow up with peds cardiology. It...Keep Reading Here »
Happy to Be Home? Maybe. Full of Anxiety? Sure.
We are so grateful to everyone who has been praying for Owain and for all of your wonderful words of encouragement and support. *I was just getting ready to read over this post and check for random errors when Honey Nut woke up coughing, gagging and pulling for air. Fabulous. I spent about 20...Keep Reading Here »
Owee Had an Amazing Turnaround Last Night!
Your prayers have been heard! Owain was having a difficult time yesterday, but everything started going really bad after his 3pm Xopenex treatement. Instead of helping his breathing, it made it worse. So we stopped giving it to him. He has had Xopenex before, so I don’t know why he had such a bad...Keep Reading Here »
Things Are Not Looking Good for Owain
And I am getting frustrated. Last night the ER doc thought he had an ear infection, but the doctor on call came in and said no ear infection. His pediatrician came in this morning and said that at least one ear was infected and the other one was red and swollen. That explains the...Keep Reading Here »
Sitting in the ER with Owain
Sitting in the ER, again, wishing we weren’t here. The nurses are getting to know us. I recognize them, they recognize us. One of Owain’s ER nurses from last month told me she thinks about him often and has added him to her prayer list. So.Darn.Sweet. One of his nurses tonight was up working...Keep Reading Here »
Honey Nut
Honey Nut is the Latest and Last Addition to the Family. She is our 5th Little Nut and our 1st and only Little Girl. She spends her days pretty much running after her brothers and pretending she can talk. She has no trouble being heard around here and loves her big brothers as much as they love her. Right now it is pretty much her job to just hang out and be cute.
Wee Nut
Owain is my 3 year old, my Little Heart Kid & my Hero. He is Double Inlet, Single Ventricle with Pulmonary Atresia and Malpositioned Great Arteries. He has had 3 out of 3 Open Heart surgeries needed to “fix” his heart. The Heart is an amazing thing and I never know what to expect. He also has asthma and we are doing our best to manage that. He finally had his last surgery on June 24th 2011.
Wee Nut and Honey Nut have become a pair of serious partners in crime. The two of them together can cause more trouble than the older three. They keep me on my toes!
Owain is our Miracle Baby. You can read his Congenital Heart Defect Story from the very beginning if you click on his picture.
E Nut
E Nut is 8 and wicked crazy! He is my fearless child and spent much of his life thinking if he could just jump high enough he could fly. If I let him, he would play Wii all day long, that is IF I let him. He has no trouble waking up before 6am and made me a morning person when I never thought I would be. He recently lost his first tooth and FINALLY feels like a Big Kid. E Nut and Wing Nut are the Big Kids around here and while they fight like enemies, they love like brothers.
Thank you for praying!
After his Fontan on June 24th he went home after 6 days! Now we are back in the hospital waiting for fluid to stop draining from around his right lung.
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Little Nut Nut
Little Nut Nut is my 5 year old boy genius and totally freaks me out with the things he can do. What type of child learns to read at 3 years old?!? He is his Big Brothers shadow and wants to do what ever they do. He doesn't have any trouble letting everyone around here know what he thinks, has no inner voice and talks non-stop all day long. If he thinks it, he says it. He says things like "I love life" and "I am made of Awesome" and always makes me smile, even when I don't want to.
Wing Nut
My Wing Nut, 10 years old, is my first born and is a Lego Fanatic. He talks in his sleep about "interesting number combinations" and insists that he is going to work for Lego when he grows up. From the moment he gets the current issue of Lego magazine in the mail, he anticipates the arrival of the next one. He has crazy mood swings, has recently been diagnosed with ADHD but I am not so sure that is correct. He is considered Failure to Thrive and I struggle everyday to get him to gain weight, he keeps getting taller, but not gaining any weight. I think if we can figure out why he his Failure to Thrive, his ADHD will go away.
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