Yesterday three of my four kids needed to visit the doctor. Clover was sick, Sunny was stuffy and is having skin issues, and Zoie ran out of Flovent and has some strange looking moles on her back and chest and is just having too many appear lately. I called the doctors office directly in the morning and asked for an appointment with my doctor for the three kids at the same time....she said, "No Problem" and I had my appointment set at 3:45pm that same day.
We arrived at the office at the appointed time and parked right outside the entrance door and walked right in and up to the check in window and announced our arrival. We sat in the waiting room for about five minutes before the friendly nurse Angie beckoned us back to our adorable professionally painted 'choo-choo train' themed room with a train as the patient bed. She took all three of the kids vitals, gave stickers to each including Dalton who was just there for moral support, and then stepped out telling us that Dr. Moore (our pediatrician of choice) would be with us shortly.
Dr. Moore arrived clean, courteous, full of energy, and immediately asked me what was going on while standing face to face with me and made eye contact the entire time. After seeing the number of moles on Zoie's body he said it was worth a visit to the dermatologist and gave me a referral and gave me a years worth of Flovent refills. With Sunny he comforted her by talking quietly to her during the assessment and then gently rotated her head to check her ears... nothing to worry about with her and her skin is nothing more than some over active oil glands. With Clover there was no flu but there is an ear infection. He wrote me a prescription with the council to fill it if I want. I can wait a few days to see if it clears up on its own or fill it now, whatever I want.
After the appointment we drove three hundred feet to the pharmacy's drive up window and put in our order for the meds, picked it up thirty minutes later (during that time I dropped the kids off at home because their dad was now home and went and picked up a pizza for dinner) and then went home and cooked the pizza for dinner.
You might be asking yourself "yeah...so...what's the big deal!" and I will tell you that things just do not work like this in the military. From getting a same day appointment WITH my pediatrician to the quick and courteous service, to getting the referral with out being the residents guinea pig first. I loved it...being civilian is a GREAT thing!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Aaah Civilian Life
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Binky Connoisseur
At two years old Clover is an EXPERT at the pacifier and we are honored to have her lending us her expertise with the batch of newborn Binky's that are now littering our house. Lets watch the master at work.....
The three tone...
The blue upside down butterfly...
Pretty in pink...
St. Paddy's green...
And her favorite the double decker!
Sunny is very lucky to have a big sister making sure these things work properly. And maybe one day Sunny will get to use them herself!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Flea Market
Today we woke up and were ready to do something fun. No one was sick and the baby is on some sort of a schedule, so we decided to go to my favorite store in IF, the Mini Bazaar (the cutest and best permanent boutique ever), the IF Museum to see the Egyptian displays, lunch at a restaurant, and then the Flea Market.
The Bazaar was great. The Museum even better than expected and we ran into some of our good friends and the kids got to play together in the kid area, the restaurant really hit the spot, and then there was the Flea Market...
Yes I know that Flea Markets are....well....flea markets, but...
I have been looking around for some good fashion jewelry places and the market was refered to me. Each booth had their jewelry out but it was pretty bad. Most of it looked like they had just combined beads from several necklaces they had found around the house and put them on chains they found out in the gutters. Well one of these booths had some magnet things that my kids liked to hold. The lady at the booth decided that my older kids shouldn't be touching them so announced for all to hear, "Don't drop them!" I quickly look up and saw that she was making eye contact with me and the next second my eyes darted to my children who where standing like statues holding the cheep magnates. I then asked my children to put them down. Dalton said "She said not to drop them not put them down." I told him that what she meant was for them to put them down...this totally confused him. Anyway I put the cheep magnets back into their boxes and we were just leaving the booth when this Kooky, no social skills woman said to my children "Make sure you put everything back!" Stevey and I looked at each other with rolling eyes and I assured the lady that they had put everything back and actually I put it all back for them. She then said that I wouldn't believe how many parents miss it when their children "forget" to put things down. Oh thank you for accusing my children of being thief's. Her comment REALLY bugged me so I did the first thing that came to my mind. I grabbed my first child had her put her arms out, spread her legs, and patted her down from head to ankles and did the same with my son. Once I had accomplished the task I assured the lady that they were all clean and clear to go it that was OK with her. I didn't bother to wait for her response.
Mother-Of -The Year award is in the mail coming to my house!
Anyway, once we got home we spent the rest of the afternoon riding our bikes (in 30 degree weather), visiting friends, having snowball fights, and riding our neighbors 4-wheeler....it was a great day.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Sunny's Blessing Day
What a great weekend! Today was Sunny's highly anticipated blessing day and we had several family members come up from Utah to celebrate the day with us.
Sunny in her blessing dress that I bought for her nine years ago.
A classic dress for our classic beauty.
I love it when the babies are blessed because it gives us an opportunity to get a glimpse of who these precious little ones are and can be. Many wonderful things were mentioned about Sunny today, but there is one thing I wanted to share in particular. She was told (or we her parents were forewarned) that there will come a time when she will be faced with the decision of getting married or serving a mission. It will be her decision for both choices are righteous.....that was a little unexpected! I asked Stevey afterwards if he happened to know what the guy looked like so we can an eye out for him, but that part wasn't revealed to him!
Mom and daughter.
The cousins; Heather and Michelle with Clover, Dalton, and Zoie.
Vadah (Stevey's step mom), Larry (his dad), Teri (Kim's oldest sister), Stevey, Fred and Sally (Kim's parents). We had just sat down for our celebration feast...BBQ pork ribs, shredded cheese potato's, and homemade cream corn. This has been my most favorite meal as a kid growing up and I thought it the perfect time to share it with my children and extended family....it was the perfect meal to finish our perfect weekend.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Happy Birthday Clover
Truth Be Known
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
DING, She's done!
Sunny Laken Conder decided to join our family on February 7, 2008 weighing in at 8lb 5oz and 20 and a half inches long! My water broke at 7:30am and she was delivered at 11:30am. We love her so much and are thrilled to have her a part of our family.
She has dark hair like Zoie did...
and several battle wounds like Dalton....she'll fit right in!
