Glad I did things my way

So I just got off the phone with the lady from the school. The school has decided that since Adrianna is making some progress the last few weeks in class that they are not going to test her! Needless to say I let the lady know that I decided to do testing outside of the school. I then asked that if the people testing decided that she does need extra help then the school has to do something right????----the answer I got was no. HUH-I am so sick of this! Her therapist and psychiatrist told me that if these tests come back and say that she has PDD-NOS then she has to get the extra help at school-they have no choice but according to this lady they have to take the testing into consideration but if they still think it doesn't effect her at school they will not give her the extra help and just because she may have PDD-NOS she doesn't automatically get that help! I have a feeling I have a HUGE fight on my hands so please keep praying for her and us in this!

EDIS came out today to let me know that Kiersten doesn't qualify for their program! That I am happy about-that means there is nothing wrong with her. The only reason I went along with there testing is because her doctor suggested it just to make sure things are ok with her since her seizures and they are She tested average on everything. She only got on score that was kind of low-but still normal-and that was because she just flat out told them that she didn't want to do what she asked! It is good to know that she isn't behind on anything-now if we could just get her to be a little nicer.

I think that is all that is new! I will update later! Hope everyone has a great day!
Stacy

Great Weekend!

What a weekend! We have had BEAUTIFUL weather! Saturday we all went out shopping and thanks to Jody got some great deals on clothes for the kids! While at the PX/BX I ended up walking past the garden section and ended up getting some flower seeds and stuff for the front yard! Wasn't planned but it was neat to get the stuff! Saturday night we went to some friends house for dinner and poker. It was another fun night.

Today beautiful day again! After church we came home and started on the front yard! The ground was so hard but we got it dug up and seeds planted! We also stopped at Lowes and got a rose bush and some fence to go around the garden! Hopefully the seeds grow and we get a beautiful garden but we will see! If the flowers don't grow maybe I will just go and buy ones that are already bloomed and plant those!

Here are some pictures of the weekend! Hope everyone else enjoyed their weekend as well!
Stacy

New update from the day!

Ok so we went to her appointment this morning and it lasted two hours! I am very drained from the day-sorry I didn't get on here earlier with the update! They started her testing today. There were a lot of questions asked of her and me! We both were tired when we were done-not sure how she was able to do anything at school after because she was tired. She has to go back on the 11th for two hours of testing and then on the 20th for two more hours of testing. Also on the 20th as soon as the testing is done we have a 1/2 hour appointment with the psychiatrist at that office which I think is when we will get the results but not sure. Please be praying that Tricare approves all of this. They are putting in the paperwork for approval but she told me that sometimes Tricare wants part of the testing to go through the school and we all know how that has been going so I think they are going to add that into the paperwork because they really want to be able to do all the testing. I think this is going to be a very tiring process for Dri but I know she will do her best and hopefully this will give us some answers at the end of the process! The people there are very nice that we have met so far so I think it is a good thing we got sent there! Thanks for the prayers so far and I will keep you all updated!

We have done nothing but run today! After I took Adrianna to her appointment I took her to school and then got the girls! Then we went to McDonalds and off to get some hair dye for Adrianna! She loves pink strikes in her hair and it comes out as you wash it so I am fine with it. She is a little diva now-lol! We came home and then got the kids from school after which we needed to go and get Jon from work. I really didn't expect to be sitting in a traffic jam so to say in our own housing area for 42 minutes! They were searching every car as they left housing. That was frustrating because then I was 40 minutes late picking up Jon but he was fine with it and just worked out more! When we came back so we could get changed and do the grocery shopping we asked the MP's at the gate why they were searching the cars and I guess there was an attempted kidnapping. As annoying as it was sitting there that whole time it is awesome to know that they go to great lengths to keep us and our kids safe! Then we repeated the whole-no talking or going anywhere to or with strangers with the kids! This hit too close to home and I wanted to make sure they really understood this!!!

After grocery shopping and working out we came home and Adrianna and I went upstairs to do her hair and I think it turned out so cute! I will post some pictures tomorrow! I am upset though because I took some really cute pictures of the girls today outside and when I was uploading them to the computer I lost the first 12 pics because the program stopped working and I always have them remove the pics from my camera as they upload. The majority of them were really cute ones of Kiersten. Now they are not on the camera or the computer so I am mad!

Anyway, I am so so tired so I am heading to bed! Have a great night and weekend everyone!
Stacy

Maybe we are finally getting somewhere

So you all know the trouble we have been having with the school and getting Adrianna tested through the TEACCH program for the PDD-NOS. I don't remember if I put on here that the school called me last week to tell me that they will make the decision this week on weither or not they will test Adrianna, and if they feel that it is not effecting her school work they won't-not to mention the fact that they let their contract lapse with the TEACCH program so she still would have to wait the 18 months to be tested!!! Well, I did put a call in to the doctor and she sent a referral to a doctor that can test her! I got the letter in the mail last night and made the call this morning to get her the appointment! Imagine my surprise when she said well we happen to have an available appointment for tomorrow morning at 8:30. That sure beats 18 months!!! I just am blown away that we are getting this done so fast! Not sure if they are doing the actual testing tomorrow or if it is just the paperwork but I am happy to get her in and being this close to figuring out if this is what is causing her to have all her problems! Please be praying for her appoitnment tomorrow and that she will do ok with this testing. I will update everyone after her appointment!

The girls are driving me crazy again...

Every single time I put them down for a nap in their room they think that it is their job to pull all of their clothes out of their dresser! They are driving me nuts! I am taking a trip to Walmart later and buying child stuff to stop this because I have enough to do without having to pick up the same clothes every day!!!

So I have been using my camera! I LOVE it! I am so excited to have a new camera-now if I could just get my kids to cooperate a little so I can get pictures of them! This weekend is supposed to be so nice so I am going to take them outside and get some pictures of them!

SO yesterday let me just say was COLD!!! Not only was it cold but we were without electricity for 3 1/2 hours which made it also cold inside. Around 11 the school sent out a message to all the parents that if we wanted we could go and take more clothes to our children or we could bring them home! I decided to take more clothes to them because they could of come home and froze here but feel behind in school or freeze at school and learn something! Michael wasn't too happy with that but oh well!

Ok-so here are a few of the pictures I have taken of the girls with my new camera! In some the kids have messy hair-sorry-it was the end of the day and I don't stop to do the hair at that point! In other pictures you can see how cold the girls were in the house yesterday because of their noses. Right after I took those pictures I went and put sweaters on the girls!!! Enjoy and have a great day!
Stacy

Frustrated!!!

I am going to make this quick! I am so FRUSTRATED! I have been working out at Curves for almost a month now! Last time I joined I lost a lot of weight working out there! I have GAINED three pounds! Not LOST but GAINED! WHAT SENSE DOES THAT MAKE! I am so upset about this! It gets upsetting when I am trying so hard to lose this weight and am not making any progress! Anyway-I just had to vent!
Stacy

March Already

Let's just say I can't believe that it is March already! I also can't believe that in just 12 days Justice will be 6 years old! That is just crazy to me! This morning I am going to be cleaning the house! We started in on the garage last night trying to finally get that all cleaned out! We had the house done and the stuff we left in the garage we really don't use so we just left it there! I decided yesterday that I really would like to use the garage for something other than storage like I don't know-putting the van in it!!!

We had a pretty good weekend! We did our poker night at Lanna's and that was fun as usual! This weekend it is at our house so that will be good-if I could just figure out what I am going to make! Lanna had the ideas of tacos and have everyone bring their favorite topping! Maybe we will do that but it kind of seems a little messy when there are 9 kids involved!!!

Not much else to report! Justice did have a great week last week except for Friday but I am not counting that against him since he did get up at 4:40am! Adrianna has her therapy appointment today and her psychology appointment tomorrow so I am going to tell them what the school and doctor said! I am sure they will not be happy with the school-just like me!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and I will post more later!
Stacy