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Valentines day! I'm not one of those that hate it nor HAVE to have it. I'm neutral. Mike and I know we love eachother and know it and don't need a day to express that specifically...but we still like to use it as one! :) I've been working all day and still here. I have an hour and a half left to go! We are going to dinner and a movie. He wanted a plant for VD. So...a plant he gets! He knows he is getting it too! Let me let you in on the plant ordeal. He has this plant...for some reason he is this total plant lover...anyway, he has this plant that he had when he was with his first wife Deanna. It's never bothered me, but I LOVE to tease him about it. I'm not that kind of person...we have things that they had when they were married all over. Not a biggie to me...anyway...so this plant is what get's all the grunt of it. I really just am not big into plants and it's really not a very pretty one. So, a few weeks ago we were playing the newly wed game with some friends and a question came up that was for Mike and I had to write my answer down and he had to guess what I put. So...the question was "what is one thing in your house right now that your wife wishes you would get rid of." Knowing that I love everything Mike has...he had no idea...until he really thought about it. I thought for sure he wouldn't guess what I put. He then had to say what he thought I put down...and guess what he said? "PLANT!" So, my turn to show what I wrote, "THE EX PLANT." Is what I put down. We explained to everyone and they laughed. So, he told me for VD that all he wanted was a new one! LOL. So like I said...then a plant he shall have! :) We are going to go to Chin Wah tonight for dinner when I finally get off this dang 12 hour shift! Anthony and Erica are joining us. How sweet is it that my nephew volunteered to babysit so we could go out?? Love him!!!
So Remington's surgery! We had the pre surg consultation on Friday. He doesn't have a SUPRA UMBILICAL HERNIA like we were told before. It's actually called an EPI GASTRIC HERNIA. So instead of his intestines poking through it's his stomache. I will post what the internet says...
(I have CUT and PASTED from the online thingy... :)

It has been determined that you have an EPIGASTRIC HERNIA (photo). Because of your current symptoms and/or findings, and the potential for persistent pain or complications arising from the presence of this hernia, surgical repair has been recommended. An Epigastric Hernia occurs due to a weakness, gap or opening in the muscles or tendons of the upper abdominal wall, on a line between the breast bone and the navel or umbilicus. This results in a bulge of intra-abdominal contents and/or pain or discomfort. This pain and discomfort is the result of nerves and tissue in this area being irritated or stretched as the surrounding tissue is also stretched. If these hernias enlarge, intestine may become trapped within the hernia leading to intestinal blockage or damage (Strangulation or Incarceration). This is considered a surgical emergency.

Crazy huh? The dr told me that the only thing we have to watch for is if it get's bigger between now and surgery and if Remington starts screaming in agony and non stop severe pain!! So hopefully that does NOT happen! His surgery is scheduled for April 21st. It's crazy...they don't even tell you a time. They call you the day before to let you know when it will be that day, so I'm keeping that day wide open. They do a FREE surgery tour at Primary Childrens. So the kids get to get into scrubs and tour the O.R. and the hospital and watch a video and play with toy surgery instruments and stuff. I'm excited for that, so is Remy. They say it's routine and easy but being a mom...I'm still worried. They say the dangerous part is the anesthesia for kids. I work in a hospital and have seen bad things go wrong with anesthesia...so maybe I'm just being over worried. I know things will work out... I'm just glad we will get it taken care of before anything happens in an emergency kind of way.

So, I am supposed to start this Friday coming up (20th) I'm hoping, of course, that I don't! I looked at a due date calculator and if I am prego, according to the date of my last menstrual period I would be due OCTOBER 30th! MY BDAY! That would be the BEST bday present ever!!!
Well...better get a few last things done before I have to leave. Still about an hour and 15 before I get to leave this place!

Working weekends is such a drag! Especially Sunday's! It's just so slow. No surgery's except for emergency one's. The E.R. is usually pretty quiet too since people aren't usually out and about getting hurt and all. So...I'm just sitting here surfing the net and I have run out of things to look for and at.
So dance class Wednesday night's is so much fun. I love dancing. The dance we are learning now is pretty hard and VERY fast. The moves we do are like on half beats. So it's really fast. I'm so glad that Julie is in that class with me. I know a couple of girls there from high school but other then that I don't know anyone. But they ALL know eachother. So...it's been a little hard getting myself comfy, but the dancing is really what I want to do. I found out that the non stop dancing we do for an hour burns like 430 calories! Crazy huh? So that's nice. See...I'm so bored I don't even know what to write about...I'm talking about dancing calories!
Mike is at his parents right now celebrating his mom's bday. I wish so bad I could be there. :( I hate missing family things. He just texted me and told me he feels naked without me there. :) I love that man.
We are going to be bringing his boys here in July. He plans on leaving on the 3rd of July and bringing them back on July 4th and keeping them for 1-2 weeks. Depending on what we can do for days off. I'm pretty excited. We had so much fun last time we came but it was harder to keep them entertained all day inside the house cause it was winter. This time with summer we can do ton's more outdoor things. Like swimming and hiking and the park and stuff. I want to take them to the zoo and maybe even to lagoon. I just want to do so much with them. I never thought myself to be a step mom, but I really think it's cool. All I want is for them to like me. :) Mike's ex wife Deanna told me that If she could pick a step mom for her boys it would be me...so that made me feel good. Mike misses them so much every day. I can't imagine what any person goes through when they can't see their kids very much. I can't wait for the day they are both over the age of 8 and they can fly here with connecting flights on there own. We will see them much more often then. It's pretty pricey to go there or have Mike go get them and bring them back. Remington is WAY excited. He always talks about his step brothers. And McHailee was so little last time they were here...but we have pics of them and she knows which one is Mikey and which one is Camden. And she talks to them on the phone so it's cute. When Remington prays at night, he usually says "and please let my step brothers Mikey and Camden come to see us" or "please bless Mikey and Camden that they are sleeping good". It's so cute. Hopefully by then we will have a car that seat's enough. Last time they were here my Emmie and Dave let us borrow their NEW truck! Now that is friendship and trust! I love you guys!
Emmie's baby shower went great! Everything turned out better then I thought it would. I always get so nervous. She loved it though. And way more people showed up then she thought would, that's always nice. She got all kinds of stuff for MaryJane. SO CUTE!
Anyway...guess I better go tidy up the pharmacy...I'm off at 7:00 ish...only one more stinkin' hour. Then back tomorrow at 7 am. YEAH! :)

So when Reminton was about a year and a half old I had to take him to the hospital for him violantly throwing up for 3 days and not getting better. They did an x-ray of his belly because when the ER doc felt his belly he said it felt bloated...too bloated. So the x-ray showed a bunch of bubbles in his tummy and diagnosed it and treated it with medicine and he was better a day later. BUT...they also found in the x-ray a "supra umbilicle hernia." The dr said it's normal, especially in boys. He said it should just go away but if it doesn't by the age of 2 then I should get it checked again. Well, when he was 2 I checked it as best I could but I didn't feel anything and he never complained of tummy pain or anything so I left it alone. When he was getting ready to go to kindergarten he had a check up that they require. Remington's pediatrician was feeling his tummy...just checking him out...and found the hernia. It had not gone away. The Dr said that usually they go away by 2 but it doesn't seem to be bothering him or hurting him so let's give it more time to go away. So I had no concern. Then he told me that the only time to be concerned is if it's poking out when he is standing or sitting normal. I guess I need to explain how you could see it then. Ok...so you know when you are laying down and when you go to sit up your belly muscles flex? Well...when Remington would lay down he looked normal, but when sitting up while using his belly muscles, he would have this little bump poke out just above his belly button. Now that little bump is poking out with out flexing. So...time to be concerned. I called and they told me to bring him in. I made an appt for him Tuesday. I have a feeling we will be doing an x-ray. Remington heard me talking to the dr about surgery and he started freaking out. I explained to him that this dr appt is to see what we need to do. I told him IF he had to have surgery we would talk about it and I promised him he would be ok. He seemed to be ok and hasn't mentioned it since. I figure if he does have to go to surgery, I will take him to Primary childrens. They have like a class you can take your child to before surgery so they can learn all about it and play with all the things they will use and stuff like that. Meet the Dr and learn stuff. I'm hoping he won't need it, but I'd also rather get it out now then have it cause problems later. So I will keep you updated on that.
So, still no baby yet. I started taking CLOMID. It's a fertility pill. I'm taking the lowest dose...just to see how it works. I also have to test my ovulation. I am ovulating...so thats a good sign. Hopefully this will help the process out. It's weird to think that if we would have gotten pregnant back when we started trying...I could have a new born by now! :) But I know things will happen when they should.
I am throwing Emmie a shower this Saturday. I'm so excited! Chocolate fountains and PINK stuff! YEAH! I got her the cutest stuff for a present. Shopping for girls is so fun...but it gets scary cause you ALWAYS want to buy stuff. When I'm at the store I always seem to want to get McHailee clothes and shoes more then Remington. With Remington it's always like games and stuff cause that's what we do together.
I've been thinking that with this next baby...I want to keep the sex of the baby secret. Like I don't want to know. Cause I have both boys and a girl...so...it might be kinda fun. Although, if it's a boy, I'm kinda screwed. I have NO boy things. I kept nothing of Remingtons... #1 because I never wanted any more kids and #2 cause I had no way of taking all his stuff anyway with all the moving I did. My mother in law says she thinks that if it is a boy, I should have a shower. But I'd feel kinda stupid. People thinking..."umm...she already has kids, why is she having a shower??" I just don't want people to think they have to buy stuff for me after I have kids. I don't know...ya know? I guess we will see how things go.
I will write more later. I'm pretty proud of myself for writing 2 days in a row! :)

slacker

Yep....that's me. SLACKER! I seem to say that every time I write on here...cause I never write on here! All my friends are so good about getting on and writing. Me...not so much. Which is probably why I have 3 or 4 journals that start out with me writing religiously for a week...then I skip a couple days, then it's like a few weeks, then nothing. I've got to work on that!
I started a diet a week and 2 days ago. Lost 6 lbs in the first week. I basically just have to keep myself at 1200 calories or less per day and keep it healthy by eating 6 times a day. Which means small portions. Did I say small? Yes small. It's not as hard as I thought it would be. I'm really not a snacky person during the day. I get pretty busy so it's easy to not snack. It's at night when Mikey and I are snuggled watching movies...that's when the snacky feeling comes up! Luckily, Mikey is the one who started the diet thing. He is actually doing NUTRISYSTEM. They send him food and all the rules about his eating and exercising. He is doing so good. So far in 2 weeks he has lost 10 lbs. But I can see his weight loss already. And his clothes are fitting looser. I'm very proud of him! So I will TRY to keep up to date on this thing to let you all know of my progress.
Dang it...got busy at work. Have to write again tomorrow! :)