having a special child.

you know one thing I hate to hear is bless your heart or i'm so sorry..when i tell them what goes on with emma..it just erks me..kids on the other hand have been awsome. they are starting to notice her ear now.. so it makes for unusual conversations..like where did her ear go..I just told her god kept and shell get a new one in a couple years. then another lil boys came up and said aaaaaaaaa look at her lil ear its so cute.. can i hold her..I didnt let him hold her..but it was so sweet..I just wish adults would ask questions instead of staring..im gonna find a bib for emma takes a pic it last longer. or do you think your stares will cure me..

Life

So first off I lost my super women cape..I have been a sack think I need to go back to zoloft..or I hate driving or something. take nic to school then go 20 minutes to another town and either drop her off and come back 2 hours later or do therapies this is 4 days a week. plus nick was doing horse therapy for a month. which he really enjoyed thought he was the king..of riding.. he has been a handful.. I forgot to get his meds appt on thurs. so fri they dont do those appts so we were with out meds for like 5 days it was HORRIBLE..it was like watching someone come down off happy pills or something.. I really thought he lost his mind one morning we were at the car place getting my car fixed.. he was nuts.. came out of the bathroom with what appeared to be his tshirt and under wear.. I really went into a life before my eyes kind of moment..then quickly what the heck r thinking nick put your freakin pants on..he had his pants pulled all the way up so i couldnt see them..so my life has been fun..it was emmbarrasing and hillarious.
growing up I always thought when i have kids they are going to mind me, when I have kids i will loose all the weight..hmmm guess life is showing me know..
emma is doing great..still really no talking just her usuall yea..I wait for it but it doesnt come. I find it ironic that my favorite books of all time was hellen keller i read them all the time.. now i have a child like her in ways..
so we are getting ready to set up and plan for next year..school for emma.. I have to choose between two schools one with more money and a title or one with a very small class and a great teacher.. its going to be so hard to go to 2 schools. its going to be so hard to turn my life over to someone else. the what ifs will they feed her properly will they put her on the toilet..i'm gonna freak out when the time comes... shes not been doing so well in her walker she jsut wants to sit in it. if she wants to walk she wants you to be holding under her arms..princess..we had fun at halloween loved the pics of the kids..actually got to be a family day for us.. well emma has ear tube surgery on wed and an abr hearing test while shes sleepin. so pray it goes ok..

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emanuel syndrome sucks..

emma got her report where the do the what age she acts like in this and that.. She was basically from 6 months to 9 months. she did have a 1 month it was in communication. I wish she could just talk to me..I miss baby babble..although Nick does make up for her in the speech dept.. lol..i'm pretty ok with her disablilty. I dont grieve it to much when I see other lil girls its like i'm numb to it. but theres times I do get sad. other than that she is loving school..she has a lil girlfriend at school who is disabled also, they always pair them together they both dont talk but will smile at each other.. they have a rice box full of rice they always play intogether..well anyways.. her mom bought emma a lil neckalce. its a best friend necklace and they each were one. I thought it was just the sweetest thing ever to do. If she would have caught me on the right day I totally would have cried.. So on my behalf. my social anxiety seems to be getting worse. dont know whats that all about. I have alot to say but some how it only comes out in my head and I just am silenced. I know it must seem awkward, hopefully people jsut think im shy not rude..

Nick is doing good he has started horse therapy. of course he loves and thinks hes the best rider in the world..plus he's getting a lil conceited its really hillarious. he got a hair cut yesterday and picked a celebrities and now he thinks he looks like the guy..funny..other than that not much..still dreaming of an extreme home makeover..lol..and an alone vacation..

our vacation

Thank you to camp new hope for giving us a great vacation something we could not have afforded with out your help. you are awsome.





So are vacation was so awsome.. I cant wait till the year is up to do it again. The boys tubed down the river over and over they fished, we got to swim in the river, thats really the only hing i got to do . I could have done more but I feel I play with emma best when it comes to the both of us. not to mean to him he is a great dad. but I just am more fun for her and I figured nick wanted daddy anyways. We got to drive a bob cat everywhere which was fun emma loved the that. My favorite part was the 5 bedroom 3 bath house. No toys everywhere, equiptment.. we live in a 2 bedroom duplex, so we are lacking on the room. so now my dream of being a homeowner is even worse now. so now we have to really file bankruptsy. It was great to see my family even if I am a cow..I didnt want to go home being so big but its life I guess..

emma is still doing really well with her swim therapy its so cute..shes got so much personality for such a quite child. and shes gonna have to join tvs anonomouse{how ever you spell that} she has really regressed alot on eating but with her feeding therapy is actually trialing peanut butter..which is great but i cant bring myself to try it. it just seems dangerous. Her chair got approved just waiting for it to come i'm very excited shes never had anything new. shes a second hand gal. weve realized lately that she loves her bed..she will not fall asleep almost at all now. but you put her in her bed and she rolls right over grabs her bars and passes out its the cutest thing ever..so next i'm gonna try for a new bed again. of course after we fight the potty chair..fight fight bla..

ps my friend michelle is still fighting her health issues, shes has yet to be taken care of properly by a doct, with her cancer. she was getting ready to have a hysterectomy and now shes pregnant with twins, but one them have passed on. so if you could pray for her. she is in a really tough spot. pray for healing and strength.. I love you michelle ..i'm so sorry all this is happening to you. I wish I could be there for you..

going out of town..woohoo

well im kind of excited to be going out of town.. not so excited about the 7 hour drive to get there. we are going to nc,wv and va..ow thats alot of traveling.. we are getting a totally free vacation. These 2 brothers have a big ole cabin on the lake an let people with special needs kids stay there totally free THEY EVEN BUY YOUR FOOD.. how awsome is that..even more awsome for me is they cook one meal a day for you..WHAT jj does not cook so we have to go out to eat..so im excited..

its a 5 bedroom cabin on the lake it is fat people, fishing, swimming, deer, bobcats what no thanks on that one.. but we will have fun.. it has been 2 years and 4 months since ive seen my parents. and about 3 since weve seen all the families..so were happy..im not to happy about going home big as a house..but owell shit happens..

so say a prayer for us for safe travels..for emma not to get sick like i think she is starting to..and pray we do not here are we there yet 1 million times..lol.. so dont miss me too much..if there is someone out there that reads this..later.. did i mention its for almost a week..haaaaahaaa attached are some pics of were we going so beatiful..

nicks genetics are back...

Well I got nicks genetics test back and all is well with most of it.. but unfortunatly he does have a balanced translocation like me.. Can I just say I am so sad. I always dreamed of having kids, doing the normal adolesant things that they do, girlfriends boyfriends heartbreaks. now I may not even get grandchildren. I feel like a bad egg.. Why did this happen to me.. Dont get me wrong I LOVE MY KIDS MORE THAN MY LIFE.. but couldnt this have just skipped him. why can he just have a happy normal life. You know we dont have family not really everyone lives away. So one fear we have is who will take care of our children, especially emma will this fall to nick if he is old enough, now will nick have children or children like emma..doesnt he have enough to worry about than to have this now..so my moto for the day...BLA BLA BLA....PS SORRY FOR THE CUS WORDS BUT i NEEDED IT..

the meaning of emanuel

I thought this was neat..because as you all know emma has emanuel syndrome.

E•man•u•el


Pronunciation: (i-man'yOO-ul), [key]
—n.
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is with us.”

I love the meaning of names.

Emma means whole, universal.

So heres my point of view. emma who has lots of problems, maybe because she is a lil broken, maybe..since god is with us, she is whole..this is emma..she is supposed be.. did that make sence.. emma also is a form of emanuelle. I think that is neat since i had no clue she had emanuel syndrome.. Its like a lil circle.. ok.. yea I have my crazy brain on today..

emma's new swing

PS CAME BACK TO UPDATE BEEN 3 DAYS AND SHE STILL LOVES IT THIS THING IS AMAZING





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bound by chains

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So this post is kind of in reference to so you think you can dance..They did a dance tonight that reminds me of my life. the couple was chained together with a chain. GOOD GOD.. this week I feel I have 3 attached to me. I seriously need a break, a breather alone time and not in the middle of the night..
I LOVE LOVE MY FAMILY. but good golley they are clingey.. alot of people have family an friends around. its mainly us 4. we are bound, by love, stress. I live for them.. but I really just need a break..emma loves so you think you can dance.. If I hold her up she will dance like a crazy women its so cute.. I would get it on video but mommy so is not gonna be in it..I think this week i'm gonna take a break from everything. Im just not feeling well..My back hurts,my head I keep getting dizzy spells and IM REALLY FREAKIN STRESSED. So now I will go back to my lovely chained life..and hope the stress will go away soon.. maybe being lazy this week will do me some good. who knows maybe a miracle will happen and my hubby will let me go to the movies by myself..ha ha...seriously people if I'm gone for 1 hour..the world as they know has come to an end..

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