Well its 12:25am where i am right now, so an official MERRY CHRISTMAS! to everyone :)Tis the morning of christmas and all through my house, not a creature is stirring, except perhaps the cat... the stockings are placed on the table with care, in hopes that a fire place might one day be there!
I hope everybody has a wonderful day, take care and i hope Santa has been kind to everyone!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
A friend and i headed off to the local mall in the pouring rain yesterday evening with the intention of doing some last minute Christmas shopping.
As we drove along headed towards a roundabout we noticed a gold coloured ford exiting rather quickly on the other side of the road, suddenly the car skidded on the wet surface and then the back tyres slid out before completely losing control .
I watched the scene in apparent slow motion as the car spun off the road, became momentarily air-born and clipped a tree seemingly tearing the whole left hand side panels, windows and doors from its body, a huge branch from the tree fell crashing onto its roof as it disappeared down the embankment and out of sight.
Oh my god!
I grabbed my bag fumbling for the phone and calling 000, a monotone voice picked up and enquired calmly, “police, fire or ambulance?” um.. . we hadn’t even come to a full stop yet and the car was totally out of view. “Police” i managed to stammer, and probably an ambulance – hang on i don’t know yet.
We dived out of the car and straight down the muddy embankment to the remains of the gold ford, a young bloke quickly got out, and apart from a few little glass cuts, he looked surprisingly unhurt. He then helped another man from the passenger side, the passenger stumbled awkwardly and fell to the ground before sitting up and looking very shocked “what happened?” he asked.
Thankfully the man didn’t have any obvious injuries apart from a few minor cuts, shock and his wobbly legs, but after i quizzed him about pain in his leg he said he had just recently had an operation which is why he had stumbled.
While we waited for the police and ambulance to arrive the young men had a seemingly heated discussion in a foreign language and the young driver seemed very nervous pacing around and muttering, he was very worried about what his mother would say as it was her car he was driving –
I tried to tell him that she would get over it as long as they were ok that was the important thing. I noticed later that they said to the police that the other bloke was driving so i have a feeling he probably didn’t have a current licence or something...
A fire truck arrived before the police did – i am SURE i didn’t ask for a fire truck in my panic phone call, - but, i suppose it never hurts to get a look at some nice firemen! Plus they checked that the car wasn’t about to explode and gave basic first aid for the men. As they were doing this a tow truck happened by, “someone need a tow?” the bloke asked with a grin on his face that said “ ooh how lucky i am to stumble upon a job like this”.
Both the men were very lucky to escape with just cuts and bruises, unfortunately though, the ford didn’t make it.
After the police took a statement from us and we managed to squeeze the large tarago people mover we were driving out from behind the police car, ambulance, tow truck and fire truck we were free to go and continue our shopping trip. Take #2.
As we drove along headed towards a roundabout we noticed a gold coloured ford exiting rather quickly on the other side of the road, suddenly the car skidded on the wet surface and then the back tyres slid out before completely losing control .
I watched the scene in apparent slow motion as the car spun off the road, became momentarily air-born and clipped a tree seemingly tearing the whole left hand side panels, windows and doors from its body, a huge branch from the tree fell crashing onto its roof as it disappeared down the embankment and out of sight.
Oh my god!
I grabbed my bag fumbling for the phone and calling 000, a monotone voice picked up and enquired calmly, “police, fire or ambulance?” um.. . we hadn’t even come to a full stop yet and the car was totally out of view. “Police” i managed to stammer, and probably an ambulance – hang on i don’t know yet.
We dived out of the car and straight down the muddy embankment to the remains of the gold ford, a young bloke quickly got out, and apart from a few little glass cuts, he looked surprisingly unhurt. He then helped another man from the passenger side, the passenger stumbled awkwardly and fell to the ground before sitting up and looking very shocked “what happened?” he asked.
Thankfully the man didn’t have any obvious injuries apart from a few minor cuts, shock and his wobbly legs, but after i quizzed him about pain in his leg he said he had just recently had an operation which is why he had stumbled.
While we waited for the police and ambulance to arrive the young men had a seemingly heated discussion in a foreign language and the young driver seemed very nervous pacing around and muttering, he was very worried about what his mother would say as it was her car he was driving –
I tried to tell him that she would get over it as long as they were ok that was the important thing. I noticed later that they said to the police that the other bloke was driving so i have a feeling he probably didn’t have a current licence or something...
A fire truck arrived before the police did – i am SURE i didn’t ask for a fire truck in my panic phone call, - but, i suppose it never hurts to get a look at some nice firemen! Plus they checked that the car wasn’t about to explode and gave basic first aid for the men. As they were doing this a tow truck happened by, “someone need a tow?” the bloke asked with a grin on his face that said “ ooh how lucky i am to stumble upon a job like this”.
Both the men were very lucky to escape with just cuts and bruises, unfortunately though, the ford didn’t make it.
After the police took a statement from us and we managed to squeeze the large tarago people mover we were driving out from behind the police car, ambulance, tow truck and fire truck we were free to go and continue our shopping trip. Take #2.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
I am not...
FIVE THINGS I AM NOT.
1. Graceful, LOL i must steal this one from Nancy as i am probably the clumsiest person i have ever known. Liam unfortunatly has inherited this trait from me and when ever he trips over thin air or knocks several things over at once, people comment that he is just like me!
2. Brave. Well it depends in what instance - i like to think that i wouldnt hesitate to run into a burning building to save a small child or tackle an armed robber but i appear to be physically unable to stand up for myself or my children with words - i managed to completely divide my husbands family just by being alive (but thats another story) and when it came to a confrontation i ran to my room and cried like a small child. I am sensitive and get hurt easily.
3. A good judge of character - I am a bit WS-y myself in terms of socialisation - i tend to trust anybody, no matter what their situation without hesitation until they burn me, unfortunatly this has resulted in being burnt a few times! Holger is quite the opposite and he tends to trust nobody until proven otherwise - i think its probably good as we ground each other!
4. Quiet, LOL - i talk WAY to much and this often results in me putting my foot in it, i seem unable to stop myself speaking sometimes and i spend the next few hours kicking ,myself thinking "shut up Katie, just SHUT UP!"
5. A thrill seeker,
I hate things that make me turn upside down, round in circles etc, Bumper cars are about as adventurous as i get!
1. Graceful, LOL i must steal this one from Nancy as i am probably the clumsiest person i have ever known. Liam unfortunatly has inherited this trait from me and when ever he trips over thin air or knocks several things over at once, people comment that he is just like me!
2. Brave. Well it depends in what instance - i like to think that i wouldnt hesitate to run into a burning building to save a small child or tackle an armed robber but i appear to be physically unable to stand up for myself or my children with words - i managed to completely divide my husbands family just by being alive (but thats another story) and when it came to a confrontation i ran to my room and cried like a small child. I am sensitive and get hurt easily.
3. A good judge of character - I am a bit WS-y myself in terms of socialisation - i tend to trust anybody, no matter what their situation without hesitation until they burn me, unfortunatly this has resulted in being burnt a few times! Holger is quite the opposite and he tends to trust nobody until proven otherwise - i think its probably good as we ground each other!
4. Quiet, LOL - i talk WAY to much and this often results in me putting my foot in it, i seem unable to stop myself speaking sometimes and i spend the next few hours kicking ,myself thinking "shut up Katie, just SHUT UP!"
5. A thrill seeker,
I hate things that make me turn upside down, round in circles etc, Bumper cars are about as adventurous as i get!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
D Day.
Today was supposed to be D day. Diagnosis Day. Well in my head anyways. I am one of those people that gets told something will be in 'about a month' and i cling to the day exactly in a month and expect what ever it is to happen either that very day or before it. You can imagine my dissapointment when my due date with Lachie came and went by an entire week!
It just suddenly hit me. Its the 19th of December, as in 6 days until Christmas 8 days until my birthday and 13 days until 2008. Whoa, somebody slow down for a minute and tell me where the hell this year has gone?
I have been so focused on this day for the last 30 days that although i am aware of the impending holiday season i have been living in a fog of either not really caring or just living purely on auto pilot. Every single thing i have done since the 19th of November has been a far away thought, i have been a real Grinch, snapping at the kids, not achieving anything, being ready to cry at any given moment and being totally numb at the same time. It is ridiculous that a number should hold so much meaning to me, really i should be clinging to the word 'About' or nothing at all.
So another "due date" comes and goes, this time not for a long awaited baby, but more a long awaited fate of a baby.
I almost crashed my car twice today - both times my fault and both times because i simply wasnt paying attention. I am so physically worn out i think i could sleep right through Christmas and well into the New Year. But i cant. Its not fair on the children, its not fair on my husband. I am so pre occupied on 'needing' to know, that i cant think about anything else until i do. I know it doesnt change anything, i know it certainly wont change Jaiden, but i cant help it.
I want to start the New Year fresh and with a clear outlook on the future, i want to be able to go to Jaidens new teachers armed with as much information i can be that will help them help my son.
I was listening to him sing his current favourite song "Black bird" by the beatles today and was in awe of how this little boy could sing lyrics with such precision and perfect tone, yet could not always answer questions about his name, gender and age correctly.
I got told off by an grandmother at Liams school concert about letting Jaiden suck his thumb as it would ruin his teeth - i just wanted to scream at her that this was the very LEAST of my worries right now and if all that he needed in his life was braces on his teeth he could suck his thumb till he was 40 for all i care.
When Jaiden removed his thumb and the old women said in a sharp tone "See - look at his teeth, they are already ruined, that damage will take a lot of money to fix!" I just wanted to hit her. Instead i muttered something about his tooth problems being related to something completely different and when a few minutes later i got a death stare complete with hands on hips when Jai fell to the ground sobbing over nothing in particular i just stated bluntly "Look, he has special needs ok. lets leave it at that" and stormed off fuming and wishing i could have just told her to look up WS and call me if she has any questions. I am hopeless at standing up for myself, that is a New Years resolution of mine - if i cant stand up for myself then i need to at least stand up for the kids.
It just suddenly hit me. Its the 19th of December, as in 6 days until Christmas 8 days until my birthday and 13 days until 2008. Whoa, somebody slow down for a minute and tell me where the hell this year has gone?
I have been so focused on this day for the last 30 days that although i am aware of the impending holiday season i have been living in a fog of either not really caring or just living purely on auto pilot. Every single thing i have done since the 19th of November has been a far away thought, i have been a real Grinch, snapping at the kids, not achieving anything, being ready to cry at any given moment and being totally numb at the same time. It is ridiculous that a number should hold so much meaning to me, really i should be clinging to the word 'About' or nothing at all.
So another "due date" comes and goes, this time not for a long awaited baby, but more a long awaited fate of a baby.
I almost crashed my car twice today - both times my fault and both times because i simply wasnt paying attention. I am so physically worn out i think i could sleep right through Christmas and well into the New Year. But i cant. Its not fair on the children, its not fair on my husband. I am so pre occupied on 'needing' to know, that i cant think about anything else until i do. I know it doesnt change anything, i know it certainly wont change Jaiden, but i cant help it.
I want to start the New Year fresh and with a clear outlook on the future, i want to be able to go to Jaidens new teachers armed with as much information i can be that will help them help my son.
I was listening to him sing his current favourite song "Black bird" by the beatles today and was in awe of how this little boy could sing lyrics with such precision and perfect tone, yet could not always answer questions about his name, gender and age correctly.
I got told off by an grandmother at Liams school concert about letting Jaiden suck his thumb as it would ruin his teeth - i just wanted to scream at her that this was the very LEAST of my worries right now and if all that he needed in his life was braces on his teeth he could suck his thumb till he was 40 for all i care.
When Jaiden removed his thumb and the old women said in a sharp tone "See - look at his teeth, they are already ruined, that damage will take a lot of money to fix!" I just wanted to hit her. Instead i muttered something about his tooth problems being related to something completely different and when a few minutes later i got a death stare complete with hands on hips when Jai fell to the ground sobbing over nothing in particular i just stated bluntly "Look, he has special needs ok. lets leave it at that" and stormed off fuming and wishing i could have just told her to look up WS and call me if she has any questions. I am hopeless at standing up for myself, that is a New Years resolution of mine - if i cant stand up for myself then i need to at least stand up for the kids.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Goodbye EIU
It was Jaidens last day of EIU for the year and Christmas party yesterday.
Jaiden, Lachie, Lorelai and i arrived with the kidlets all very excited about the prospect of Santa coming to visit after a special Christmas morning tea, as we walked through the gates i saw an upset looking Jenny dissapear into the classroom and some of the parents milling around having a serious looking discussion, another parent was inside the class room talking to one of our local heads of the Education department with tears in her eyes. I sent the kids off to play wondering what on earth had happened. When i joined the serious looking discussion i found out that this lady from the department had rocked up this morning on the kids Last day and announced that they will be closing Gilmore EIU and that our kids will be split up next year between two other schools. Jenny will be sent to teach another group of children in a different area entirely and apparently everyone will just have to adapt as there is nothing they can do.
Everyone was upset and outraged about this as we had all been gaurenteed places and same teachers (you guys all know the importance of routine) and to find out now.. Even poor Jenny had no idea it was coming.
Jenny carried out the session really well considering and the kids had a great time eating, playing pass the parcel and overdosing on lollies. Santa arrived and it seems must have found the fountain of youth as he appeared to be 20 something he proceeded to give all the children presents (more lollies). It was quite amusing when he asked one little boys name and he replied "Liam" Santa says "Oh really? Thats my... um my friend... Mr Clauses friends name! Um HO HO HO.. heres your present." Amongst fits of laughter from the parents, so Santas real name is LIAM not Nicholas! At least if he had to stuff up it was the right group of kids to do it with!
There were some tearful very final goodbyes to the teachers more from the parents than the kids, we all credit our kids overwhelming improvements to the wonderful teaching skills of Jenny and Cathy, the great support they have offered to all of us and the genuine love they have shown our children over the year and they will be greatly missed. We all promised to stay in touch and organized to have a get together on the first day of the school term next year 4th February at a local kids centre. So next year its off to Bonython EIU as well as Big Pre-school for us, and Liam will be in Kindy, oh time flys!
Sunday, December 9, 2007
My day and Running Away
No, not me - even though id be lying if i said i hadnt contemplated it before.
Today was one of those Run Away days for Jaiden.
The child simply has no concept of danger and cars and he does whatever he thinks is funny at the time.
On Lorelai weeks, due to lack of car space when we drop off and pick up Liam from school we have to walk. We live very close to the school - 500meters at the most, but i always dread walking because of Jaidens unpredictable nature. The daily walk consists of Lorelai and Liam wanting to do a running race to this little Hut Shaped House thingo (its actually a toilet block on the edge of an oval)Now everyday they insist on racing there and of course Jaiden has to join in too, Lorelai and Liam are much faster than Jai so they run ahead and Jai takes off after them with his funny little head bobbling arm-waving side to side knee-sticks-out run....then halfway there Jaiden flops to the ground in a screaming rage because Lorelai and Liam are faster than him and i have to drag him for the next few meters before he gets distracted from his crying, gets to his feet and continues his funny little run the rest of the way to the house shaped toilet block. Once they reach their destination they all lie along the concrete bench and pretend to sleep till Lachie(in the stroller) and i catch up to them where i spend the next few minutes negotiating with them to hold onto the stroller and not keep racing because i know that if Jai chucks another Tanty he run and we will be getting too close to the road - damn that boy is fast.
Today is no different to any of the others, but today i dont seem to have the stamina for it - i have been in a fairly flatline mood of late and havnt had any major 'downs' in a few weeks - by the way for me these days thats some kind of record!
So walking TO school followed the usual pattern except the added swearing from me when we got back home and realised that i still had Liams school bag attatched to the stroller. So into the car we piled and we ducked passed his school to drop it off on the way to Jaidens school.
Lorelai was picking on Jai for something and he started to get quite agitated and she topped it off for him when we reached the school carpark by saying "this isnt your school Jaiden" so of course Jai starts bawling and yelling "IS MY SCHOOL, IT IS MY SCHOOL AND MY JENNY" to Lorelai and she kept taunting "no its not" in a sing song voice - i ended up snapping at Lorelai telling her not to be mean to Jaiden and she started bawling and yelling at me "Im not mean, im a nice person, im not a mean person!!" Then im trying to explain that SHE isnt mean what she said was. So i ended up dragging a screaming Jaiden, a sobbing lorelai and a stinky Lachie through the EIU pre-school gates and recieved a rather bemused look from the teachers!
Once i had disposed of child #2 i took #3 and #4 to my sisters to play with her daughter for awhile and got a change for Lachie and headed back for Jai.
On the bright side Jais teacher has figured out a way to scam some extra free pre-school hours out of our local government so that going to EIU next year doesnt take hours out of his 'regular preschool' time. YAY!
On the way to get Liam from his school this afternoon Lorelai noticed Jai's unique running style for the seemingly first time and said "why is Jaiden running like that? He looks funny!" so after i told her everyone runs differently and this is just how Jai does it she proceeded to run behind him trying to copy it all the way to the toilet block - It was very funny to watch!
After we collected Liam and were walking out the preschool gate Jai and Liam got out and the gate slammed in front of me before i could negotiate the stroller through it. Jaiden thought this was hilarious and immediatly took the oppertunity to run off as fast as possible looking backwards and heading towards a road. So im there screaming at Jai to STOP! and trying to open the top lock while little children are pushing through me trying to get to the gate first - Jai dissapears around the corner with Liam in hot persuit, and another mother came to the rescue sweeping up all the kids in my way and opening the gate for me in one action - I must have looked odd - running full pelt with this stroller screaming "JAIDEN STOP!! COME BACK HERE!!!" i ended up leaving the stroller and Lachie to their own devices and bolting after Jai finally catching him just before he ran onto the main street. UGHHHH!!!!!!!!!
I had him in a death grip the whole way home. I have been really trying to avoid it but im going to have to get one of those safety harness and lead contraptions for kids or im going to end up with a heart attack or worse - a flat child.
Well, tonight im going out for dinner with a womens group i am a part of - i actually attend only once in a blue moon but hey, im still invited to the dinner and tonight I need it!
Today was one of those Run Away days for Jaiden.
The child simply has no concept of danger and cars and he does whatever he thinks is funny at the time.
On Lorelai weeks, due to lack of car space when we drop off and pick up Liam from school we have to walk. We live very close to the school - 500meters at the most, but i always dread walking because of Jaidens unpredictable nature. The daily walk consists of Lorelai and Liam wanting to do a running race to this little Hut Shaped House thingo (its actually a toilet block on the edge of an oval)Now everyday they insist on racing there and of course Jaiden has to join in too, Lorelai and Liam are much faster than Jai so they run ahead and Jai takes off after them with his funny little head bobbling arm-waving side to side knee-sticks-out run....then halfway there Jaiden flops to the ground in a screaming rage because Lorelai and Liam are faster than him and i have to drag him for the next few meters before he gets distracted from his crying, gets to his feet and continues his funny little run the rest of the way to the house shaped toilet block. Once they reach their destination they all lie along the concrete bench and pretend to sleep till Lachie(in the stroller) and i catch up to them where i spend the next few minutes negotiating with them to hold onto the stroller and not keep racing because i know that if Jai chucks another Tanty he run and we will be getting too close to the road - damn that boy is fast.
Today is no different to any of the others, but today i dont seem to have the stamina for it - i have been in a fairly flatline mood of late and havnt had any major 'downs' in a few weeks - by the way for me these days thats some kind of record!
So walking TO school followed the usual pattern except the added swearing from me when we got back home and realised that i still had Liams school bag attatched to the stroller. So into the car we piled and we ducked passed his school to drop it off on the way to Jaidens school.
Lorelai was picking on Jai for something and he started to get quite agitated and she topped it off for him when we reached the school carpark by saying "this isnt your school Jaiden" so of course Jai starts bawling and yelling "IS MY SCHOOL, IT IS MY SCHOOL AND MY JENNY" to Lorelai and she kept taunting "no its not" in a sing song voice - i ended up snapping at Lorelai telling her not to be mean to Jaiden and she started bawling and yelling at me "Im not mean, im a nice person, im not a mean person!!" Then im trying to explain that SHE isnt mean what she said was. So i ended up dragging a screaming Jaiden, a sobbing lorelai and a stinky Lachie through the EIU pre-school gates and recieved a rather bemused look from the teachers!
Once i had disposed of child #2 i took #3 and #4 to my sisters to play with her daughter for awhile and got a change for Lachie and headed back for Jai.
On the bright side Jais teacher has figured out a way to scam some extra free pre-school hours out of our local government so that going to EIU next year doesnt take hours out of his 'regular preschool' time. YAY!
On the way to get Liam from his school this afternoon Lorelai noticed Jai's unique running style for the seemingly first time and said "why is Jaiden running like that? He looks funny!" so after i told her everyone runs differently and this is just how Jai does it she proceeded to run behind him trying to copy it all the way to the toilet block - It was very funny to watch!
After we collected Liam and were walking out the preschool gate Jai and Liam got out and the gate slammed in front of me before i could negotiate the stroller through it. Jaiden thought this was hilarious and immediatly took the oppertunity to run off as fast as possible looking backwards and heading towards a road. So im there screaming at Jai to STOP! and trying to open the top lock while little children are pushing through me trying to get to the gate first - Jai dissapears around the corner with Liam in hot persuit, and another mother came to the rescue sweeping up all the kids in my way and opening the gate for me in one action - I must have looked odd - running full pelt with this stroller screaming "JAIDEN STOP!! COME BACK HERE!!!" i ended up leaving the stroller and Lachie to their own devices and bolting after Jai finally catching him just before he ran onto the main street. UGHHHH!!!!!!!!!
I had him in a death grip the whole way home. I have been really trying to avoid it but im going to have to get one of those safety harness and lead contraptions for kids or im going to end up with a heart attack or worse - a flat child.
Well, tonight im going out for dinner with a womens group i am a part of - i actually attend only once in a blue moon but hey, im still invited to the dinner and tonight I need it!
Christmas Singing :)
Well, my husbands mother (Oma to the kids) gets the children involved in our local Austrian Clubs Christmas Singing group every year (MIL is actually German but she hangs around the Austrians for some reason! LOL)
Anyways, the concert was on Saaturday and the kiddies were SOOOO cute dressed up in their Liederhousen(sp?) i just had to show them off!
The whole night i had old Austrians speaking to me in a foreign language and smiling at the children "tre kinder? ya?" um... Yeah they are all mine - when they figured out i only speak English they would say "Oh so beautiful, i didnt know they make Liederhousen that small!" LOL
There was a lady ther who had the most beautiful voice and did a fantastic solo in "Oh Holy Night" - i love that song.
It was a really lovely night!
SINGING WITH THE CHOIR
LIAM
Jaiden
Lachie
Anyways, the concert was on Saaturday and the kiddies were SOOOO cute dressed up in their Liederhousen(sp?) i just had to show them off!
The whole night i had old Austrians speaking to me in a foreign language and smiling at the children "tre kinder? ya?" um... Yeah they are all mine - when they figured out i only speak English they would say "Oh so beautiful, i didnt know they make Liederhousen that small!" LOL
There was a lady ther who had the most beautiful voice and did a fantastic solo in "Oh Holy Night" - i love that song.
It was a really lovely night!
SINGING WITH THE CHOIR
LIAM
Jaiden
Lachie
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Frog Cake
Here is the little man and his cake :)
He had a great party, he got a spider man costume that you can sort of see in the picture, which he hasnt taken off since!
Um.. cant think of what else to write - im having a bad memory week and cant remember what happened at all, obviously nothing bad! LOL
Went to the Neuro Technician lady for a few tests re my own odd medical problems and have discovered i am NOT having seizures (didnt think so anyway) and that i DO have Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and that she is worried i may have MS and that i have to go and pester my GP for a proper referal so they can do an MRI - Yippee...
I think i will wait until i have JJ sorted out - since the GPs around here think im nutso already, asking for a referal for an MRI and Neuro consult is just going to lable me with Munchhousens or however you spell that!
Bloody doctors... mutter mutter...
N E ways still waiting for FISH .... about 3 weeks....
I am having days of thinking i am totally wrong and days when i am absolutely positive. I have decided that 22q just doesnt fit and the Williamsy-ness of him is undeniable - My mother agrees with me and Holger is just a bundle of nerves and currently blaming himself thinking that if it is 22q then he prob has it (a fair percentage of cases are passed down) because he has 1 kidney, dislexia and strabismis. Now the poor bugger thinks his wife might have MS, the world is against him and is even more stressed...Sigh
You know the strange thing? I dont really care if i do have it. Is that weird? Ive had a good life and as long as i can do my best for the kids, im happy - besides there are drugs that slow its progression considerably so it would be ages before i would become a burden.
19 days till christmas. I WILL get the tree out today!
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