WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOHOOOO!!!!!!
Well, we finally had our appt at the ENT today. Things went very well, they tested her hearing again and the doc examined her.
Then, he showed us the results of her hearing test. He showed us the benchmark, and every one of her scores were well above the benchmark. He said that he wasn’t sure why they said she failed the test. He said that she could have had a little bit of a cold, or the fact that one of her eardrums is a little less sensitive could have thrown them off.
I am SSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO relieved!!!! I am so glad that I listened to my mom gut!!! I had been praying and praying that I was overreacting and nothing was wrong or They would be able to fix whatever it was right there in the office. Thank you, Lord!!!!!
So, I have learned two things from this.
1. Trust your mom gut. Your pediatrician is NOT always right. If we had done as they advised, E would be in therapy for no reason.
2. Don’t have your kid’s hearing tested at school.
Relief is abundant at the Wiles’ house tonight!!!
Thanks so much for all the thoughts and prayers. Now I know the kid is just ignoring me. ;)

It finally happened! Elizabeth lost her first tooth!

It’s been loose since before Christmas. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. Then at dinner on Saturday, she showed me how she could lay it down flat with her tongue. Well, it was coming out that night. Long story short, after screaming, whaling, and gnashing of teeth (hahaha), the tooth was out. Now, if you know Elizabeth, you know that it was DRAMA!!! I have heard women scream less birthing children. HAHAHAHA She looks so sweet with that little gap in her mouth! I really thought I would cry, but I didn’t. Memaw actually pulled it, and I scrubbed a hole in the floor while she did it (I clean when I’m stressed). Amy cried when she saw the hole in E’s mouth. The Tooth Fairy came that night. We were able to convince her that it would be ok to leave the tooth in her glasses case rather than under her pillow. I know that we normally don’t so stuff like that—Santa, Easter Bunny, and the like, and I think she’s on to me about the Tooth Fairy, but I figured what could it hurt? She has another loose one….. I find it amusing that the first tooth she lost was the first one she got. Baby teeth are SO TINY!!!
In other news, Amy is progressing nicely in the potty training department! I have not forced the issue by any means, I believe wholeheartedly in child led potty training, but she wants to go, so we go. She is averaging using the potty 3-4 times a day. I think that is just fine at 26 months old!!! Of course, she still wears diapers, b/c if she is busy she will wet them, but she will occasionally come and tell us PEEPEE or POTTY!!! You can tell when she’s sitting there and about to go b/c she gets this big grin on her face. We may actually get to STOP buying diapers in the near future. Jason and I are really making an effort to cut back expenses, maybe she’s just doing her part.

A big weekend at the Wiles’ house!!!

A big weekend at the Wiles’ house!!!
For the past few weeks, Amy has been getting into Elizabeth’s bed every night when we say it’s time for bed. One night, she even went so far as to tell me that Izzy could sleep in her bed. So, we decided to try the big switch. We converted her crib to a toddler bed. Friday night, we switched it over. We left all the parts out, just in case we had to switch it back at 3am. Once she saw it, she was ready to go to bed at 6pm! We convinced her to eat dinner first, and then we would go to bed. We’ve been calling it the “Big girl bed’, but she just calls it her “girl bed”. So cute!
She is hot stuff in that bed. She has done SO WELL!!! Never getting out of it! It’s funny to notice how she sleeps in it..before she would sleep plastered to the side of the crib. Now, she sleeps all sprawled out in the middle of the bed. My little baby is really growing up!!!

On another note, we are in the process of trying to find out why Elizabeth can’t hear. I had her hearing tested at school a while back, and she failed part of the test. Since we finally have real insurance on the girls again, we are trying to get it checked out. I called the ped. And they wanted to send her right to therapy. I disagree. So, long story short, we are waiting on a call from the ENT dr to make an appt. I called a friend of a friend at the school for the deaf here in Jackson, and she recommended that we just go to the ENT, b/c Elizabeth would end up there anyway. Of course, she can’t diagnose her without seeing her (the deaf school lady), but she said it sounded very reasonable that she had a wax build up, or even fluid on her inner ear. Of course, if the child needs therapy, we will get therapy for her. But, at this point, I really feel that’s premature. Anyhow, just say a prayer that we can get in soon and get this resolved, and of course that the problem can be fixed either in the office or with medication, and that it will not require surgery or anything else.
I just now got a call from the ENT—we go on Feb 26. I feel relived already; we’re going to be fine!!!!! Keep praying!!!

This morning, Amy and I had an amusing conversation in the car after we dropped Elizabeth off at school.
A-“Oh, no Mommy! Where Izzy go?”
K-“I don’t know Amy, where did Izzy go?”
A-“To ‘cool.”
K-“Yes, to school. When you get bigger, you can go to school, too!”
A-“No.”
That was it. Just flat no. Ok, so it was funny to me. ;)

Happy Holidays

We had a good holiday. I don’t have my camera, but I’ll try to put up some pics later. The girls both seemed to really enjoy their presents. E’s big one was a Leapster, and Amy got a trike. Both seemed to suit them.
Amy has been talking her head off lately. Yesterday, I told her no about something, and she said, “Oh, man, Mommy!!!” I’m not sure when I graduated from Mama to Mommy, but I’m ok with it. ;) She has also been eating us out of house and home! Three meals a day! Now, getting Amy to eat three meals a WEEK is normally a big deal, so three a day is amazing. Man, when I picked her up this morning, I noticed it, too! I know that kid has gained some weight. At this rate, she might hit 25 lbs by spring! Since she only gained 3 lbs last year, I’m ok with it!
Elizabeth seems to really be enjoying her time off from school. Today is the first day that I have worked since Christmas, so she and I have had a lot of time together. She has really been a big help with the Christmas cooking and cleaning. I’ve even been able to get her to ride her bike a bit since Amy got one. Thankfully, the weather has been very nice and we have been able to spend a lot of time outside.
We did have a rough time yesterday. The girls and I were riding bikes in the driveway, and Bobby the dog was out. Well, a truck rounded the corner and next thing I know, my dog is behind hurled out from behind it. Yep, some idiot ran over my dog. In front of my kids. He never even stopped, just kept on driving. Thankfully, some neighbors came out b/c of all the commotion and took the girls inside for me. Bobby was able to run back to his pen, where he calmed down enough for me to check him out. His from leg was cut pretty bad. Later, I went to check on him and he couldn’t stand. I just knew his leg was broken. When Jason got home, he took him to the vet, and thankfully he was just beat up pretty bad. The vet gave him two shots, and he was pretty loopy by the time he got back home. Bobby, not Jason. HAHAHAH The girls haven’t said much about it, other than Elizabeth asking if the man in the red truck went to Jail. When I said no, she said he should. Out of the mouths of babes, eh? I wouldn’t be near as mad if he had stopped and said “I’m sorry.” Know what I mean?
At any rate, what concerns me the most about this is the KIDS that live on our street. Would he have stopped if it had been one of them? I have decided that Elizabeth is no longer allowed to check the mail, and I was paranoid about even letting them in the driveway yesterday afternoon. It’s a shame to have to be like that b/c of some people, know what I mean.
Ok, on to happier topics. We are going to Lambert’s tomorrow!! I am quite excited. I hope you all have a happy New Year and a great 2009!!!!

Weekend before Chirstmas

Well, this was a busy weekend for us! The HRG Christmas Party was Friday night. I think it went well; everyone seemed to have a good time. We had good food, and everyone enjoyed being with each other. We were even able to get a few pics of all the agents; I’m going to use them in the ad for this week. I only have to make one half-page ad, not my normal 4-5 full pages!! Yeah for Kathey! But, since I’ll be out next week, I have to make all of those ads this week. Oh well, there’s nothing else going on around here today!

Elizabeth spent the night with Memaw and Papaw on Friday. Amy and I went to Save a Lot and WalMart on Saturday morning before things got wild. She has learned how to SCREECH!!! And decided to do it all over both stores. YAH!!! At one point I said, “Amy, if you don’t’ hush, I’m going to spank you!” So, in grand two year old style, she muted her screech to an “aah, aah, aah”. It would be so much easier to discipline that child if she wasn’t so darn cute!!! She has also discovered that she will fit in the Sam's Cooler bag, and I had to carry her out to the car in it so we could go out. I wish I had a pic of her sticking her head out of it, quite cute.

Elizabeth came home shortly after we got back, and the girls played for a while. Then, we took Amy back to Memaw and Papaw’s so that we could go to the church and practice for the play. We got everything set up, and had a good dress rehearsal. After we picked Amy up, we went to Jackson for a while, I had a Target gift card and wanted to get my KITCHEN AIDE STAND MIXER and needed a few more things to finish out my shopping list for Christmas Dinner. But, let’s talk about my mixer for a minute. I have wanted one for a WHILE. But, they are not cheap. I knew the one I wanted, and that was the one I was going to have. So, I did some research, and they were about the same price at WM and Target. Since I had a gift card that would pay for roughly half of it at Target, the decision was made!!! It is SOOO nice!! I have already used it 3 or 4 times, and I have had it less than 48 hours. Jason laughed at me b/c I have been talking to it. Is it so wrong to fall head over heels in love with a kitchen appliance? MERRY CHRISTMAS TO KATHEY!!! I know I should not have bought it, I know I should have used the gift card for diapers or something practical like that, but I WANTED it...so I BOUGHT IT!!!

We had church yesterday morning. I had nursery for the first time in a while. That’s pretty odd, for a while I had it literally every other week. I don’t mind nursery once in a while, but every other week is a bit much. I think that if you have a child in the nursery, you should work in the nursery. For the most part, that’s what happens, but there are those… ;) Anyhow, I’ve decided that when Amy turns four and goes to Children’s Church, my nursery days are over for a while.
Last night was the big performance. The kids sang before it. Elizabeth did such a good job. It’s amazing to see how much she has come out of her shell in the past year. A year ago, she would have cried at the thought of even going on the stage, and last night she was up there singing like no body’s business. I was a bit proud.

Our play went very well. Jason was the main character, a guy who has lost his faith, Chas was a woman who had a rough year that God saw her through, Hunter was a guy handing out food to the homeless, and I was a thief and a homeless person. I started off with two lines in this play, and by the end, I had two roles. I really think it went well; we had a lot of compliments.

Well, I guess I should get to work now. I’ve been typing and eating breakfast all morning, and I just dropped the breakfast down my shirt. Maybe God it telling me to get back to work???

TN Tornado

So, I haven't written anything about Amy on here yet. Rest assured, she is every bit as amusing as her sister, just not quite as verbal.
One of Amy's main joys in life is doing her impression of a tornado. My mother used to say that I could destroy a room in 15 seconds flat. Well, this child has taken that ability and amplified it. My house is not nasty, but to say it's "clean" would be a stretch. We prefer the "lived in look", and Amy does her best to contribute to that. She also LOVES to throw things away. This would be a good thing, but she likes to throw everything away. Just the other day, she got a portable Aquadoodle for her birthday (GREAT toy, by the way. Both the kids love it). Then, we couldn't find the pen. I asked Amy where it was. "Oh, NO!! Throw away!!!"
Ok, no problem. Then I open the trash, breathe, and am reminded that I have a two year old.

We bought more Aquadoodle pens. :)