Another one is 4!!!

Tomorrow My first little boy will be 4 years old at 5:58pm. Does not seem like it has been that long since having him in my arms for the first time. Crazy to think I have another one who has passed this mile stone. For his birthday we took him to Red Robbin and they gave him a Sunday for his birthday. Perfect for him with no wheat!!! He was so excited and did not want to share at all LOL. Then tomorrow he will have (wheat free) cookies at school and get to open his birthday pres. from us. His party is on Sat. and it will be a pirate dress up party! He is so excited to put on that Jack Sparrow outfit and have fun with all his friends. Should be a great time. I am making foam swards for all his friends, everyone gets eye patches, balloons and a pirate compass! Cant wait to see everyone playing and having a great time!

Fears...

at 21 weeks
double the size at 26 weeks

Ok so as everyone knows last month I had lots of pain with my pregnancy. I pulled a muscle and just could not get over it no matter how hard I tried. I finally after 3 weeks was able to be up and back to normal with my kids. Which was so nice and They where so glad that Mommy was better and ready for the day again. Tryon was happy to because I could help out around the house and starting to get back to normal.

Well this last week I went in for my apt. expecting the normal of hear the baby then off to take my two test. The glucose test and the rogam shot....While at the doctors he listens to my baby and sounds great then he measures me...at 32 weeks. WHAT I was only 25 weeks and 4 days! He looked at me kind of funny but that was it. Said well that would be why I was having so much pain this last month because he jumped from being on time to 6 weeks early. Crazy....Did not think nothing of it other than he better watch me so I don't get to big.

Then this week read about a women who just delivered a 14 lb baby!!! OMG right! Well started reading about it and it was my story so far and the doc did not think the baby was going to be big even though she was measuring so far a head from about 5 months on. I am so worried this is going to happen to me. I have been induced with all 3 of mine the first two a week early and they where 8lbs 2oz and 8lbs 7oz. My last one was induced 2 weeks early and was 8lb 2oz. I have never had gestational diabetes either. Every one of them was measuring about 3 weeks ahead of term. SO with my past 3 it really scares me that this is happening. The other thing someones said is that there could still be a twin in there hiding very well...possible I know I have read where women give birth thinking it is one and surprise there is another one. I am worried that either one will happen the 2nd would be better than a 14 lb baby that is for sure! I don't know what to think and my poor body hurts from this sudden growth spurt this little guy had. My back is killing me and people about drop dead when I say that I am due in June! LOL not that every pregnancy they have not said "wow your big" or "are you sure its not twins" but this time I got "Sweetie you are so cute..any day now?" me "no not til June" her " Oh my sweetie I hope it comes early you look like you could pop. Good luck" Yeah not fun to hear but I know I am big too and now it is confirmed he is too. I have been praying for no more than a 9 lb baby please even if it is 2 no more than 9 lbs LOL. I know God will take care of me and if things get to bad surely the doc will induce if it get too bad. I am worried about bed rest for the first time during the pregnancy! This would not be a good thing for my other 3 who get worried now if I say " oh hold on mommy is hurting" they don't want me to be stuck on the couch again.

Please pray that this works out...he changes my due date if thing stay like this or orders a sonogram to see what is going on in there. Just makes me laugh because Sandler was normal during the last sonogram and now he is just huge. I know its not the weight because I have only put on about 8 lbs all together!!! Yeah not much at all for 26 weeks. Crazy baby in there LOL. I cant wait to see what happens next. Pray my body will take care and keep him in til he is viable too.

4 hours of work

As we start working to home school only house next year I am making plans to really start now so that it is not such a shock to us with a new baby and new way of life for Paisley/all of us. We where taking the kids out of mother's day out because we ran into big money problems this year and really cant afford the $320 a month payments for it. Wow right it was either keep my new car or pay for school....the car won! We went to school today to say bye to our friends and pick there stuff up and while telling Keyton's teachers that we just cant do it and we maybe moving around the end of the month to the start of April. Oh yes that's right Tryon's new job offer is in Abilene so we maybe moving back if he gets the job. We should know this week sometime. Anyways the director of the school over heard me and told me it was no problem to let them stay this month or as long as we needed to help out...FREE of charge. WOW I am blown away and as soon as Paisley heard that she said "Mom bring me my lunch Bye" and walked right into class. I tried to say no its ok but she would not take no for an answer! Made me cry because she said that they are not ready to say good bye to my kids and that it was fine and we are good in the money department. Wow I really did not think people with big hearts still worked in the real world. My heart is over joyed and the kids are so excited to stay for a few more weeks.
Anyways Back to home school.... Because I was thinking Mother's Day Out was over I spent the weekend and most of last night getting together a months worth of Preschool ready for the kids. With no work books to go off of like next year it was a little longer than I thought. LOL We are still going to home school and Mother's Day out for now and then if we move it will be only Home school til the fall when Keyton and Brezlyn (maybe if it works out) will go to Mother's day out in Abilene. I am so excited to start the experiments, games and more that i have found to go along with what we are learning! I went to the library today to get the books to go along with it too for circle time. This is going to be so much fun and I am glad we are starting before Little Sandler gets here in a few months! That way it wont be so much new on my plate when Fall Kindergarten gets here. Kids are excited to and the Art is going to be fun. I did find out how easy it is to convert thing into all three levels...My teacher side has been reawaken and ready for this. This is just what I needed to get going and all my teacher training is going to come in handy!!! I already have something made from school projects so that will help me out too. If you come to our house it will be filled with education and fun! Can't wait to start in the am with our first day of school. :) Hope the kids love it too.

Praying for the right road

Well I have a lot of things on my mind tonight....2 or 3 weeks ago Dad told us almost joking that there was an opening at the Mr. Gattie's in Abilene. We blew it off thinking it was just silly and went on. Monday night my dad called Tryon 2 times which is not the normal. The message said that the pay would be a great increase to what we are making at Rosa's and the owner (friend of the family) really wants Tryon. A good christian/family man to run the store in Abilene and was asking my dad and mom so much about Tryon they had to tell us everything. We talked almost all night about the things it would mean to move back and if it was worth it. Today I made a pros and cons list for moving. What we would be giving up and gaining in the proses. The money increase is amazing and as long as we still live with in our means could do so much for our family expecaly with another one on the way. It could also open the door to another baby in the future. Tryon talked with the owner today and is going to talk with him again in the morning about this. He is in Abilene right now and was busy when Tryon got off and had time to talk with him. He had some questions about hours etc. that he is looking into for him. We started just to see what houses are out there to rent to also help curve our chocie. Needless to say my mind is going crazy with everything and it would be a fast move if it happens. I know we could really use the increase in pay and it would help our family out so much. Help us get out of dept and on the right path. It is hard to leave again but if this is where God leads our family than we will go. I am ready to know just so I can start the process of going through things/getting rid of things/packing up yet again. Pray for our family and this chocies we are making. Help the door to open or for another one to open instead.

Pleading for Prayers

Last night I got some bad news from my cousin that is just so heavy on my heart today. She is the one who has the 7yr. daughter with acute sickle cell leukiemia. Last night she tells me that her daughter has had blood in her urin and in her stool over this weekend, her levels are super low much lower than they should be right now, and she is not gaining the weight she needs to be. They are flying in 4 specailest to look at her this week and run test after test to see what they can do for her and to find out why she had this sudden drop in levels and the blood. It is so bad that they are skipping the normal radiation/chemo thing and going strait to looking for bone marrow for her. It is not looking good right now at all. I know God can do wonderfully amazing things but my heart is just so heavy with this news. I cant imagine being her mother right now and having to really face the death issue already after just a year of fighting. Please pray she can have just a little longer with her daughter or healing completely. It has been so hard to watch and to be here for her just breaks my heart when she is crying on the phone with me because she does not want the kids to see it. I know she is doing the best she can to keep it together and I just wish I could help more than I can. Still pulls on those strings with me and Brezlyn's first 3 months of life and I know that is why she calls me more because to a point I understand more than anyone. Life is hard and I am so glad that she was able to enjoy Christmas this year with out feeling sick. It was good to see her almost back to her normal little self. Please pray for her and her family. Thanks

Number 4 is...

Well today was the big day...the day we found out what little Number 4 is!! We gave the kids a gift with gender clothes in it for the baby when it comes home and that is how we told them. Then we took these pics for the family to tell everyone. We are so very blessed.

Baby

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4

is.....

Yes its true

Sandler Holden Condra

at 21 weeks prego!

We are an even family now LOL. Everyone is so so excited but Keyton is just over the moon. Everytime we say "hey your having a brother" he screams "YEAH...NO MORE SISTERS" It is so sweet and cant believe it. Sandler was not shy about showing it off and made sure we saw it about 5 or more times. He did not ever show us his little face but we did get to see all his organs, arms, legs, and everything looked good. He is a little mover and it is just so great to know it is a he...the first name would have been the same if he was a girl but nice to know! Love this little guy so much and cant wait to hold him in the next 4 months or so. Hoping he grows stronger and bigger every day. We are truely blessed!

well Allergy is worse

Well As you all know Keyton is really allergic to wheat/gluten and msg. While he had the flu this week I pulled out some hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works (which all their products have wheat in it). I was using it and then caught Keyton using it....Needless to say his hands, arms, mouth, and legs broke out in a rash. We where worried it was the meds because he has never had a problem with touching wheat products just ingesting them. Well he has no more rash after 2 days of benadryl and he is still on his other meds too. So that would mean that he is not intolerant to touch which would explain the play dough too. I am so sad for him but I am so glad we know now. Glad we can stop this early and keep him safe but it makes me so sad that he is getting worse and makes me wonder if he is going to be so bad that it would kill him in a few mins. I am scared for him every day. Another big reason we are homeschooling and not sending him to elementary school. Kids just dont understand what it does to him and teachers have so many kids to watch to really watch him.

One really neat thing for my little guy and for people like us....The Blue Wiggle Anthony has a son who is highly (scary) allergic to peanuts. Now Anthony is trying to make people and kids aware of the dangers of allergies and trying to get more doctors to prescribe the Epi-pen to more kids who are like his son and Keyton. They are even making a song for kids who listen to the Wiggles to understand that you have to ask before you feed your friends and make sure you keep your self safe from allergies. I really love this and for anyone with kids like Keyton understand how much this means to us parents. Keyton heard the song and loved that the song was all about people like him. I love it and I hope it works and people see how scary allergies can be.