Weekend

It has been a long week and I am excited to get the weekend started.
Michael is helping one of his brother's move to McAllen TX. tomorrow and I am going to try and take the kids to the pool so that they can get out of the house.
I have personally not been able to get out of the house very much, but I am looking forward to taking the kids to the pool and try and get some sun myself.
We are planning date night for next weekend so that should be fun as well.

Hoping to be feeling better soon. I have an appointment to see the doctor on the 4th and I am looking forward to what they have to say. Still waiting to hear anything about my appointment with the urologist, so we will have to wait and see with that one. I will keep you all posted when I find out.

I am also looking forward to trying to get the kids pictures taken before school starts and I am too busy to do them. I will post those as well when I get them done.

Hope that this weekend isn't too crazy!

Flashback Friday

This is an old picture of my daughter and I at a church function.

Andrew is Potty Training

Ok, so here it goes!
Andrew was being really quite the other day when we had company over, so I got nervous. Well I called out for him and this is what he came out of his room dressed in.Andrew in his BIG BOY underwear

I started crying cause its then that I knew that he was ready to start training. I have been wanting this for a while now and actually think that its past due(he's 3 almost 4). They all have to grow up sometime. I guess that its his time!

Using the potty that we bought him; he's kinda scared of the BIG POTTY!

(and here is where I caught him actually going all all his own. With no help)

Ok I know that this is going to be black male when he gets older, but I am just so proud of him.
I honestly started crying when he went all by himself.
He is my last child; I can not have anymore. So this to me means that he is growing up.

Tv Series

I haven't been able to get out much so my days have really only consisted of cleaning and chillin' at home.

Meaning I have been able to catch up on my Jericho Series.
Now I am looking into the Jeremiah Series!

I Love Him So Much

This will be my first of hopefully many
"Walk's down Memory Lane".This is Michael and I when we went to one of our first dances together. We had just started dating and going to the same church. We went out to the Water Gardens here in our area to take pictures and then we headed out to eat at a local fancy restaurant.These are a few "Happy Couple" pictures!
Michael and I out at a local church function. Singles Retreat!This is a picture of Michael and I; we had stayed up all night and decided to go to the local park and swing on the swings. We look so tired!!!
This is Michael and I a few days after we got married.
June 2003

Nothing really too new

I have been having a so so day.
I have been in allot of pain, but thankfully I have pain meds to keep me somewhat sain.
I don't know when I will feel better, but I do know that in the time being that I am doing OK.
Anyways;
in other news, the kids played outside today and got worn out.
I am making chicken and rice for dinner while watching Jericho season 1 on Netflix.

Michael got his XBox 360 with all the gadgets and doodad's.
We might be having a Halo3 party here at the house on Saturday; so that should be fun.
I get to make all kinds of goodies and sweets. Making all these things kinda makes me feel better.
I'm just glad that I am able to have people over and not be a couch potato.

Munoz Family July 2009

Another Appointment and whats to come

Went in today as well to the Dr. and had some blood work done and of course the annoying urine sample that had to be done as well.
I am waiting to find out what all is going on and what I am going to be put through to get these issues dealt with.

In all honesty I have to admit that I am scared that they are going to tell me my worst fear.
I am being checked for numerous things.
Cancer, Cysts, I mean you name it...
All in all; I know that I am going to be OK in the long run, but it would be nice to know something now.
Not knowing if I have cancer or if I need treatment is hard, but I am dealing with it the best that I know how, and that's just living day to day... What else is there that I can do?
I am not going to sit here in self pity and drown myself in tears.
I still have a family that I have to take care of.

I should know something soon.
The Dr's say that they are still waiting to get paperwork back from the Dr's in Ky for when I was treated there.
Who knew that something so minute would turn into something that is such a big deal?

I will not know really much of anything until September maybe October about EVERYTHING.
I am just looking forward to finding out and then dealing with it and going on with living my life as normal as I can.

I love my babies!

Serenity and Andrew chillin' in the back seat of the car.

Today's Dr's Appointment

Today I had my first of many Dr's appointments that I will be having over the next few months.
I have been battling kidney stones since I found out that we were having Serenity. That's 5 years for those that don't know.
Well while we were in Ky. I was diagnosed that I have a kidney stone that is blocking the passage to my bladder. I was put in the ER and had to have a surgery that consisted of inserting a stint into my uterine tube. The stint is there so that the uterine tube can be opened and the stone can eventually pass on its own.
Well when they went to put the stint in I had allot of infection in my left kidney that caused them to postpone the surgery until all the infection is gone.

Well today I found out that not all the infection has disappeared and I will have to wait a little while longer to have the procedure that I need done to remove the stone.
The Dr's are planning on doing a procedure where they break up the stone with sonic waves.
I know sounds odd enough, but I am hoping that it works when the time comes for it to happen.

I am still in allot of pain, but I am thankful that I have the medication that I need.
Also I am thankful that I have a wonderful husband that takes care of me when I need it as well.
He rubs my back and my feet and he gets me the things that I need when I can not handle it on my own.

I just want to tell you all thank you for your prayers. They are greatly appreciated and I covet them very much.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY THAT I WILL BE HEALED AND THAT THIS WILL NOT TAKE LONG TO BE DEALT WITH.
Thank you!

Looking Forward to the Weekend

I can honestly say that I am so ready for the weekend.
It has been a long week and I am ready to call it quits and get some relaxing tine in.
The kids have been bugging me to take them swimming again and I think that I am going to go and buy a pool for them.
Its sad to say, but the pool where we live will probably NEVER be fixed.
I am going to ask the manager of the apartment complex if I can just set it up in the yard here by my front door, because they need something to play in besides the sprinkler.
Hopefully the answer will be yes. Worse case scenario is that I will have to empty it everyday and prop it up against the building.
Most likely what I would be doing anyways.

I broke down yesterday!
I bought my hubby an XBox 360...
some of you are probably thinking that I am behind the times; well I guess that I am.
I am glad that I waited though because we found a great deal and we got it all at a good price.
I like it as well because there are games that me and the kiddo's can play as well.
In all honesty though I am not a big video game player!

This weekend should be fun, if all goes as planned and I am able to relax. The hubby will be home for the weekend as well.
Looking forward to it!

Will post some pics of the kiddo's later!

Wordless Wednesday

Its Not the FLU....

Andrew is better.

He is on his way home from the hospital and the news is that he does not have the Flu.

Thank the Lord!

He does sadly have a viral infection that the Dr's. say needs to run its course and that he will be just fine.

So hopefully with plenty of fluids and some Motrin; he will be back to his normal self very soon.

Yay!

Andrew's Sick...My Poor Baby

Andrew is under the weather tonight.

He had spent the night at grandma's last night and came home today with a slight fever.

Well I put him in a Luke warm bath and then gave him some Tylenol and when he got out he vomited it all up.

Well the next best thing that I thought of was to give him some Phenergan from the last time that he was sick and he was actually able to keep that down.

He fell asleep shortly after that, but woke up an hour later crying and screaming.

I took his temperature again and it was 103.9 so I panicked.

All I could think of is that it was too high for me to just give him Tylenol again or try Motrin.

So my husband took him to the ER and they are still there.

They have given him Tylenol again and they are running a test to be sure that he doesn't have the Flu because he had the runny nose when he got there as well which he didn't seem to have when he was at home.

Hopefully we will find out for sure what it is and we can get on top of it to help him to feel better and help to keep us and others from catching it.

I will be sure to keep everyone posted about all this as I can,

Andrew and His Diego Bike

This would be Andrew riding HIS new bike.

We had went to a birthday party at a park a while back and accidentally left his trike there when it started pouring down rain.

Grandma found this Diego one at a Garage Sale.

He loves it!

The Kiddo's playing in the water

Serenity coming down the slide
Andrew playing in the sprinkler

He loves playing in the water

Kids do the darndest things; Serenitydrinking the water from the sprinkler

Serenity spraying Andrew with the Sprinkler

Going Swimming

Heading to the Aransas Pass Aquatic Center!

Taking the kids to go swimming!

The kids are super excited.

I am just glad to be getting out of the house.

Its going to be fun. I will try to post pictures when we get back.

Random Happening's

I had an awesome birthday yesterday!

I am excited to get to go to the Aransas Pass Aquatic Center tomorrow and be able to chill with Michelle and her family!

It has been a while really since I have been able to go anywhere or do anything that allows me to be comfortable or feel at least somewhat normal.

These Kidney Stones have been somewhat bothersome the past few weeks. I am to the point of wanting to rip this stent out myself, which I could; but don't want to cause any further damage to myself in the process.

I am in the process of looking for the right Doctor that will do the procedure that is needed to break up the stone inside my kidney and then the stent can do its job to help pass the pieces through so that they can pass on there own.

Other than that there is really nothing much going on in our lives other than getting the necessities that are needed for the kids to go to school.

Serenity is excited to get back to school and learn even more. We are in the process of learning to read and she is doing really well.

I am excited for school to start as well and to be able to get the much needed time that I need to spend time with Andrew.

This year will be a little more difficult but much more fun!

We are HOME...

We are finally home from Ky. and I have to say that it feels so good to be home. It has been so long and I have missed my animal babies so much.

KieLynn went nuts when we got home and we had to go get the cats from Mike's mom's house and bring them home. They seemed a little ticked off that we were gone so long and that they had to stay at Mike's mom's house for that period of time.

Its just good all around to be home and to be able to sit in peace and the privacy of my own home.

There is definitely "No Place Like Home!"

On our way home for real...

So we are finally headed home to Texas from Kentucky.

I have to say that I am excited to get home yet I am sad to leave my family and friends behind.

I have been through allot the last month and I am glad to be going home.

When I had decided to go to Kentucky to visit; it was mainly to have a small vacation and surprise Becky by showing up at her Baby Shower...

Well I surprised her all right. It was so much fun and really great to see everyone that I hadn't seen in years.

I was also surprised in my own way to learn that I had kidney stones that were infecting my body and were so bad to the point that I needed surgery. The Dr's. had to go in and put a stint in and when they went to try and get the kidney stone out they realized that I had allot of infection and were unable to follow with removing the kidney stone.

I ended up with pneumonia as well and stayed even longer in the hospital than planned.

Needless to say I have been through Hell and back the past month or so.

I am ready to be home and be able to get these issues taken care of and be able to just relax the way that you can when you are in your own home.

I am very thankful to Becky and everyone who helped me when I was going through this rough time battling kidney stones.

I love you all and I cant wait to see you again.

By the way!

Baby Ruth is due any day now!!!!

I am so excited.