Seven

Seven years ago today Matt took me in for a scheduled c-section. She came into the world six weeks early weighing five pounds four ounces. She gave us a scare with a PDA that would not close on it's own, and spent a week in the NICU. Precious K-rock, you are an amazing little girl. Happy Birthday Baby!!!

Conflicted

So I taped Oprah's show with Jenny McCarthy from earlier this week. I had a few minutes while rocking Mav today to sit down and watch it. I have to say, I am very disturbed by the show. It was all about Autism. I am conflicted on what I think about this subject. Jenny did share her theory on why she thinks Autism is on such a rise, Immunizations. I don't really know what to think of this. It is scary to think that I could be doing something that could be harmful to my children. What are your thoughts on this?

Per Request

So my friend Hannah has been giving me a hard time about not posting, so per her request I will try to catch up and be better about posts. A lot has been going on the last couple of weeks. Karson had her cast removed last week and has been doing well without it, until this weekend. Her elbow and shoulder are looking weird again and I will be taking her to the doctor tomorrow for a recheck. Hopefully it is just swollen. We celebrated Kinley's birthday on Friday with a party at pump it up. It was mass chaos and so much fun. She had a Hannah Montana cake which she absolutely loved. And you know it is not a party with the Trent family unless someone gets hurt. Maddox knocked heads with his friend Sam Coit and woke up the next morning with a black eye, his first shiner. After the party was over, we picked up pizza and the girls each had a friend spend the night. Their first official girly sleepover. All in all a great weekend!! Giddy up for another busy week!!

Boy Humor

maddox- mom do you want a power ranger cake for your birthday?

me- sure buddy

maddox- I'm going to make you one with a waffle, syrup, and sprinkles

me- that sounds great!!

maddox- how old are you right now?

me- 29

maddox- how old are you on your birthday?

me- 30

maddox- that's a lot of numbers mom

me- i know buddy

I love little boy humor!!!

So since school has started back I am in the routine of dropping off, picking up, dropping off, picking up you get the picture. My car is a restaurant, changing station, shopping basket. It is packed out with backpacks, car seats, leftover french fries, and sippie cups. I don't think it will ever be clean again, and that is really starting to be okay with me. Gotta let the control issues go sometimes Right?

I have volunteered to help out with the school carnival and am starting to see that it is going to be a lot of work, fun, but a lot. The kids seem to be back in the swing of things which is good because I don't know that I could have handled many more after school/need a nap meltdowns. Kinley turns SEVEN on the nineteenth of this month. That makes me crazy. Really is it hard for me to believe that seven years have passed by so quickly. My seven year old first grader, hard to get my head around. She is an extraordinary girl, a leader by nature, brilliant, strong!!! She demands our attention which is good because sometimes with everything going on with Karson she gets overlooked. She definitely makes me smile and I am very proud to be her mama.