Mad

Owen lately has had the hardest time controlling his temper. When he gets mad he changes in the blink of an eye. He doesn't know how to properly express his anger either. He jumps up and down stomps his feet against anything that he can, pounds his fists on the floor, and spats whatever rude thing that comes to his mind. He threatens to do many different things, which I know he really won't do, but the fact that he says them scares me.

This particular moment it was past bedtime and he was supposed to be in bed; I told him that I wasn't going to talk to him because he was supposed to be sleeping and I wasn't going to get anywhere with him while he was in one of his fits, so I walked away. I went and got ready for bed and he sat outside the bathroom door screaming and banging on the door and I did my best to ignore him. I took my sweet time. I was secretly hoping that he'd fall asleep and stop his fit, but it went on for the longest time.

I finally decided that I couldn't stay in the bathroom all night and it had finally quieted down. I opened the door and walked into the hallway towards our bedroom and I finally saw where he had gone. I was hoping that he would have gone back downstairs to his room and fallen asleep in his bed, but there he was on the couch. He was asleep, just not in his bed. His anger had finally got the best of him and tied him out. Which I knew it would.

We have talked to him many time about anger and emotions and how to properly express them, but in the heat of the moment all that goes out the window. I hope and pray that he gets somewhat control over his anger before he starts school.

Ear update

It's been a few days and his ear is still purple. The skinned portion of his ear, is getting better, but the bruise is still pretty big and still there. He will also touch his ear and say ouch all the time. I kiss it better for him and he happily walks away till next time.

Rocking the baby

The the new baby in the Bodily family, our kids have gone crazy. They love him and want to badly take him home with them. They want to help out in any way they could. 

This particular time, William wanted to help put him to sleep. He sat there and rocked him back and forth for quite a while. He was so proud of himself. He had a huge smile on his face when he was finally asleep.

1st birthday party

Owen was invited to his very first friend birthday party. He was so excited. He was even more excited that it was a super hero party. He got to wear his batman jacket and everything. He couldn't wait to go inside and be a part of the fun.

After I picked him up he had so much to say. They made a town for the good guys to save, they had coloring pages of all their super heroes, they made masks, they even had a pinata. On top of all that they had pizza, cake, and ice cream. He had so much fun.

Ear

I'm not exactly sure what William was doing, but he was playing in the front room and the next thing I know, he comes running in my room screaming bloody murder. Some how he was playing around the coffee table and the table won. His ear took the brunt of the action and looked pretty gruesome. I couldn't believe how quickly it started to turn purple. He was not happy either. I tried to sooth and calm him down and even tried to use the ice pack. Not much would make him feel any better. Poor little guy.

Late birthday card

After her birthday dinner, Gabbi thought the birthday celebrations were done. She was happily surprised when she got a visit from Great Grandma and Grandpa Hall. She was even more surprised when they gave her a homemade birthday card with a little bit of money in it. Now we can call the birthday celebrations complete.

8 year old check-up

With Gabbi turning 8, that means another check-up and as always she passed with flying colors. Her Doctor didn't have any concerns. I sadly did. 

We have been dealing with Gabbi and poopy accidents for almost three years now. Half the time she doesn't know that she's doing it (well at least that's what she says) and the other half she will deliberately poop in her panties so she doesn't have to stop playing. One time she actually said that she didn't want to put down the toy she was paying with because she was afraid that someone else would take the toy she had. Ben is a lot more patient with it then I am. After many years I am just fed up with it.

Last year at her check-up her Doctor gave us a few things to work on. They worked for a little bit, then she went back to her old ways. The thing that makes this situation so sad is that Gabbi is now realizing that others have noticed when she has her "accidents". Owen will hold nothing back to let her know he can smell the mess and even some pf the kids at school have said a few things to her, but despite what they all say she hasn't changed. 

Ben has done some research on what this could possibly be and he has a few ideas, but most of them require medical help. So at her check-up we asked her Doctor for some referrals if we decided to go that way. He happily gave us a referral and we decided to have a sit down with Gabbi.

While we sat down with her we informed her of what might have to happen. When we were done talking She did not want us to make that call, so we decided to try it one more time. We made a chart to track her progress and every time she ended the day with clean underwear she got a star. Once she went 7 days with clean underwear she gets to draw a prize from the cup. She even got to pick some of the prizes in hopes that this would really motivate her ( a date night with mom and dad, a redbox rental, trip to fiiz, painting nails, trip to the toy store, etc).  We even made a journal to make every time she went poop in the toilet to make sure that if they asked for a journal to track when she had bowl movements we'd already have that ready to go. 

She has till the end of the school year, we'll see what happens and if we really have to make that call.

Gabriella Sagez

Height:  3 ft 10.4 in  4%

Weight:  53 lb 12.6 oz  38%

Birthday dinner

As tradition Gabbi got to choose where she wanted to go to dinner for her birthday. She was sad that we weren't all there, because Dad is in Texas, but she was still excited to go out. 

She choose to go to Jade Buffet. I think deep down inside she really missed having Ben there because it's his favorite place to eat and Chinese is his favorite type of food. She even took me by surprise when she said she wanted to have some octopus. Ben convinced them to try it the last time we were there and she said she liked it. Apparently she really did, because she had a rather large piece. 

Even without Ben there we were able to have some fun and the kids enjoyed their dinner.

Family birthday dinner

After church we headed to Nana and Papa's, Jeff and Tiffany were in charge, but we were having it at Moms.

Gabbi asked for biscuits and gravy and she was so excited. She ate it up. Then for dessert she asked for root beer floats. She was lucky to get floats of many flavors.

After dinner the kids went outside to play while we stayed inside to visit and when it was time we called them in for presents and dessert. 

She was spoiled. She asked for a My Life party and that's exactly what she got. 

Jeff, Tiffany, and their kids got her two play sets. One was a picnic play set and the other was a gardening play set.

Jenny, Brian, and their kids got her a camping set; equipped with a tent and everything.

Then from Ben and I got her a hair salon and beauty parlor set.

Then last but not least she got a birthday card from her adoptive grandma, Bro. Ferrin. She read the card out loud and was excited to tell everyone who he was and special he is to her.

Once she was done with all the presents, we cleared the table and got ready for dessert. The kids loved the many options of soda to add to their vanilla ice cream.

Nap on the pew

Some days I fight and plead for William to take a nap and then I get days where he randomly will fall asleep all on his own. This time was at church. I'm not sure what tired him out so much, but he sleep through the entire meeting. I didn't want to wake him, he looked so peaceful.

Selfies

Owen is happy to claim that he has a second Mom. She doesn't have any boys, so she is also happy to claim them. 

On Sunday he will generally sit with her and her family. Even William follows around.

This particular Sunday he took my phone with him and they had a little bit of fun.

Even her daughter got in the fun with William.

Sagez get together

The Sagez get together was at our house this time and I just wanted to make it simple. We just did Papa Murphy's Pizza for dinner with some drinks. We also had a store bought cake for dessert. See what I mean by simple.

We ate dinner and after the dinner the kids all went downstairs to play while we played a few games ourselves. We played buzz word for the longest time. It was a lot of fun. So funny to see Ben's grandma and uncle play some of the games we play. It was a lot of fun.

After we had finished the games we called the kids upstairs so Gabbi could open a few presents. 

From her cousins she got some colorful bubbles and a turtle that goes with the mouse she got for Christmas. I'm not sure what its called, but she was really excited about it. 

Then she opened a gift from Owen and William. It was a couple outfits for her dolls and some shoes to match.

Then last but not least, Nelson and Deann had a special gift for her. It was a porcelain doll. Gabbi had never seen one before, she had no idea what it was. Deann told her all about the doll and how special it was.

After we were done with presents, it was getting late. We quickly pulled out the cake and then everyone headed home.

Afternoon nap

While Gabbi was off having fun, the boys and I got ready for the Sagez get together that night. We had a few errands to run and when we got home the boys both went into the front room. When I came back in I was surprised to see the boys both passed out on the couch. I didn't think errands were that demanding, but I guess it was more demanding then I thought.

Birthday breakfast

Nana and Papa like to do something special for the kids for their birthday. It generally includes a sleepover. This was the first time one of our kids have had a birthday sleepover and Gabbi was super excited. She couldn't wait.

Her birthday special was a shopping trip with Nana. Nana started her special day with a fun breakfast. She make her french toast with strawberries. She even put a candle on it and let her blow it out.

After her special breakfast, they got ready and headed out on their shopping trip. They were on the look out for some shorts for the summer.

When she was dropped off she was very happy to show me the bag full of fun that they found on their shopping trip. She got a Doll and me dress (an outfit for each you and your doll), three pairs of Bermuda shorts, and two cute t-shirts. She even had enough left over for a fun coloring activity book. It was like the other one she got, where you get to design clothes for a doll. She had even already colored a few.

School Carnival

After dropping Gabbi off we headed back to the school for the school carnival fundraiser. I gave Gabbi her options and she choose to have her sleepover with Nana, so the boys and I went alone. Well I guess you can't say alone because we went with Brandon and Christy as well as Shantelle and Tyrel. 

They had to move it inside because the wind was going crazy and to have half of the stuff they had outside would have been crazy to have it outside. 

We went and picked up our tickets and then headed to the bouncy houses that were set up in the gym. The kids spent a lot of time there. At first it was a ticket for every time they went down, but they changed it. Now it was just a ticket for how ever long they wanted to play.

Owen had a blast playing on each one. William on the other hand had a hard time getting up. I don't know if it scared him or if he really just didn't want to. It took a little prodding, but he finally went down once. That one trip down was enough for him, he was done. Owen played till I had to drag him out.

We then ventured to the 2nd grade hall. In this hall they bad a bean bag toss and ring the bottle to stand it up. Owen did surprisingly well on the bean bag toss, William was so close that he of course did a great job. It was fun to watch them try.

They each got a prize for their efforts too. Owen picked out a Frisbee and William picked two finger lights. Which he wore for proudly.

The bottle game was not as easy as the bean bag toss. Standing in line watching other kids try didn't give us a vote of confidence either. Owen tried his hardest and he came close, but that bottle just would not stand up. He got a treat for trying though.

We then headed to the first grade hall where they had a relay race going. 2 kids battled each other in a row of different obstacles. Owen and William challenged each other. It was back and forth as to who was ahead, but when it came down to it, Owen won. Both the boys got a medal for a job well done.

We then headed to the third grade hall. They had pin the nose on Olaf, water ring toss, and an angry bird game. The kids had a lot of fun with Olaf, but I was not willing to wait in the line for the angry birds. Everyone else did, so we went off to find other adventures.

They had two outdoor areas with games. The first outdoor area had a Frisbee toss and and a ring toss. Both the boys did a killer job at the Frisbee toss. They both made each Frisbee they tossed through the hoop.

The ring toss, not so much. They cheated a little, but at least they had fun with it.

The other outdoor area had a ball toss and a basketball shoot. I was very surprised when William made one of the balls he threw in a colored circle. Owen was so upset that his brother did better then him.

On the other hand Owen did a great job with the basketball shoot. He made every shot. William had no interest in it and he was fine with that. Tossed one ball and he was done.

It was a crazy crowded event and I was very glad that it was over. I was ready to ditch the crowd. At least the boy had fun.

Gifts from school

Before going in to spend the night with Nana, Gabbi wanted to show me the things she got at school. 

First she told me how happy she was that all her classmates loved the popsicle treat she brought for her birthday treat. 

Then she pulled the items out of her back pack that she got at school that day. First is was a book from the PTA. Then she pulled out a Happy Birthday certificate from The Cat in the Hat. After that she pulled out a book that her class had made. Within its pages were pictures and notes from her classmates wishing her a happy birthday.

Last but not least, she pulled out a rubber ducky that her teacher had given her.

I want to go see...

Driving home from school, we had to take a detour to go drop Gabbi off at my Mom's. On the way we had to pass by Brandon and Christina's street. William started to excitedly yell "Brandon, Brandon." When he realized that we weren't turning down their street he started to cry and scream. He was so upset at me for not turning. I just couldn't help but laugh.

Holding the new baby

With all the excitement of Brandon and Christy's new baby, the kids couldn't wait to hold him. They of course had to have some help. but they were all so elated and excited when they got their turn.

Even William, wanted to get in on the action and tried his best to get in a turn while Gabbi and Owen where holding him. He was just as happy as they were to get a turn.