Update On Matt Man

 Mattix had a hard time with eating and breathing for quite a while, for those of you who don't know. It was so awful and scary the first year of his life! He would aspirate when he was eating so badly that he would turn blue and pass out. It freaked me out!! I am a pretty tough girl, and have had a fair share of scary experiences throughout my life. Especially with how sick he was when he was first born. We weren't sure he was going to make it through the first month of his life, so I had to be level headed and not panic or stress to much about things. Anyways, it would totally freak me out when Mattix ate! Ugh. The doctors couldn't figure it out despite the tests, blood work and swallow studies that were done.
 He has improved with eating quite a bit, but he still has some breathing issues. He also drools like a mad man. It's insane and not normal. I looked into a speech therapist to see if Matti could be helped. He got tested and didn't really qualify for speech, but the therapist saw how much he drooled and is seeing him. I'm so excited! She is so nice and helpful and Mattix likes her a lot, too. She said that she looked at his old swallow studies and there were notes about his pallet not working correctly. She recommended we see a Ear Nose and Throat specialist to see if something is structurally wrong or if his tonsils are too big and is what is causing the drooling. It is such a relief to feel like we might know what the problem is and how to help him. Before this, the specialists just said it was a mystery and we were SOL. So that's that! It's been kind of traumatizing to deal with his health problems and to not know what the heck is going on. I am a happy and hopeful mama!
 Here is an older picture of my little man. He is such a stud!

Grocery Shopping Adventures

 This little girl said a few funny things today and I want to write them down.  Mattix is sick so I needed to get some medicine from the grocery store. I usually go grocery shopping with Greg because my kids are busy and young and it's hard to shop by myself. I'm just kind of wimpy in that aspect. Greg left at 730 this morning and won't be back home until around one tomorrow morning. I usually have some interesting stories after going grocery shopping with my kids and I don't want to forget this trip! 

 While we were shopping Brynn got a little fussy. V stood up in the cart, lifted up her shirt and shouted," Mom! The baby needs milk from here! Hurry!" Of course we were in the middle of quite a few people. Most people didn't seem to notice or care, but I did get a couple disapproving looks. 

 A few minutes later someone asked me if  ALL those kids were mine. I replied "Why yes! They sure are". She said a few things under her breath before saying that I was a baby myself. V then said, "No! Mom not a baby. She is 17!"  I laughed, said they kept me on my toes, and walked away.

 By the time we were ready to check out my kids were loud and ready to be done shopping. The guy behind us in line was pretty annoyed. V sees the razors and asks, "what's that?" I told her they were razors and she asked what they did. I told her they cut hair and she said,"Oh ya! What you use to cut da hair on your ga-gina!"  I could have died. I didn't even look at the guy behind me after that. What a day.

  

 Brynn has diarrhea and while I was changing her diaper v told me there were pickles. I asked her who had pickles and she toldme brynn did in her diaper. 

 I could keep going but my kids want to go to bed. Ha! Them being tired is one positive thing that can happen when they are sick ;)