Just don't know....

I know that at this moment there are a lot of unneeded worries. Symptoms that could be anything. But the biggest concern to me is the more then a month spotting everyday. My period has been all kinds of crazy since June of 2012. Regulated for a few months and then nothing. Last real period I had was nearly a year ago I think and at that point I thought I was losing way to much blood.

But come Monday morning I am going to call and set up an appointment. Pray that all comes back normal and that dreaded C word is not even a possibility. It scares the ever living crap out of me. But if it does I got this and God is with me. I dont know if anyone actually reads this but if you do and you happen to be on facebook just dont say anything. 

A series?

First and foremost, if you don't want to read this or anything that I write then don't. But please do not read and criticize or "dog" me and my beliefs. Just like people say that they want to educate and spread information, that is exactly what I am doing from my point.

So I have things that mean a lot to me. After being attacked and told I was wrong on more then one occasion because I am not a doctor, I have decided that I am going to write about the things that mean a lot to me. I have reputable sites, and yes the posts will be from my side (except on some topics). So the topics that I want to write on are:

- Circumcision
- Breastfeeding/ formula
- Bed sharing, co-sleeping and CIO
- Car seat safety!!!!
- Baby wearing
- Vaccinations
- Home births, hospital or birth center births
- Doulas and midwives


If I think of anything else I will update this list. I plan on posting one a week so that it will give me time to get the information that I want to provide and also write it out. 

update update update....

So a little update on how life is going here with the Honeycutt's. We will start with Jeremy; he is working and sleeping and eating and spending time with us. Not much has changed on that end. Shiana is doing awesome in school still. Excelling in all course, but not a fan of math. Keylan is wild and crazy as ever, lol. He is growing and learning new things everyday and he tries to do as much for himself as possible. My life. I started working as a seamstress about a month ago. I love my job, work 7-3:30 and making pretty decent money. I finally got our essential oils ordered and very excited to get them in and start using them. Hoping that we will have our own place soon so of course like any wife/mom I am planning all parts. From the kids room to laundry room to outside, lol. I have also been thinking and looking for phlebotomy courses to take online. I still would like to have a career in the medical field and sticking people sounds like fun. Haha, it does sound fun, but I would like to help out in this area and a plus is that all the injections that I have given people I have not had one negative comment from anyone, and those were real, actual patients. So hopefully I can figure something out along those lines and make it to my career and make good money with decent hours. 

Plans

Something that I have been a huge advocate for since before Keylan was born is car seat safety. I feel like I have seen just about everything with car seats and have heard all the excuses that I can hear. I am always willing to help a parent, grandparent, friend, or any one that transports children. When Shiana was born I was not educated and I am so thankful and blessed that nothing ever happened to her in the car. I did everything wrong; straps to loose, buckle on her belly, jackets on under straps, and the worst is forward facing her at 8 months old. I found a awesome group of women that I have learned so much from and from there I have researched and learned even more on my own. I can give advice and tell why not to do something from experience, but people always ask "Why should I listen to you? You do not have any credentials to tell me what I am doing is wrong".  So now I want to take my teaching to the next level. I am looking at getting CPST certified. There is a course that is going to be close to me and I am trying to make plans to attend. After finishing the course I will be certified and can then answer "Well I am certified in child passenger safety" and plan to have cards made to give out if they ask for one. If I can have just one infant or child protected that is all that matters to me.

What's to come in 2014

So 2013 is over and on to 2014. This year the kids will be turning, 4, 7 and 14. I will be turning 26 and my loving husband will be the big 3-0. I have decided that I am going to make goals to work on a little everyday, but I do have at least one big thing that I would LOVE to have happen this year. I want us to be able to have a home of our own. We have been trying to work on that but with the holidays and trying to get the paperwork for the Army advantage fund rolling it has been a hassle. But on to our goals for this year:

- Start going to church more regularly, and grow my relationship with God
- Yell less at the kids
- Grow as a wife and a mother, because both my husband and my kids are always changing and so I must grow with them.
- Be more fun and not so serious about everything. My babies are only babies for so long and then I will be uncool.
- I want to start eating healthier
- and work on losing a little weight and being more active.

So these are all very easy and simple, but they will all take "work" to fulfill them throughout the year. 

LIfe

So life has been, I guess to say hectic. I am finally getting more substitute jobs, which is AWESOME because that means more money to catch up and pay bills and also start buying Christmas presents.

We had a parent teacher conference with Shiana's teacher last week and she is doing absolutely awesome in everything. She is way ahead in all subjects in class and doing things that her teacher said she has seen very very few students do at her age level. I am one super happy momma and she is so bright. But she has also been having some "health" issues. She has been complaining about things far away being blurry and having a hard time seeing the board, so we are trying to get her eyes checked. And betting that most likely she will be needing glasses.

She also had a knot on her throat that swelled up last weekend and continued to for a few days. I took her to the ER and they said it was a cyst on her thyroid. She was then referred to an ENT, that appointment was on Friday. We went in, and since I was paying out of pocket we had several things taken care of. First, of course, was her throat. She was diagnosed with a thyroglossal duct cyst (Thyroglossal Duct Cyst). At this moment since we do not have insurance, he said that we are ok. But when it kicks in and it is not swollen and angry he wants and ultrasound to check it all out and then surgery to remove the cyst. Next, was her nose. She has been having frequent nosebleeds so he checked and she has/had a large "juicy" blood vessel on the side that bleeds so he cauterized it and we are hoping that helps. Last he checked her throat and asked if she snored a lot. She does so I said yes and he then told me that her tonsils are enlarged and that also means that her adenoids are enlarged too. He said that he would like to have them taken out, after insurance is in and after the cyst surgery is finished. So we have a busy few months when insurance is back.

Keylan....what can I say about my crazy little boy? lol. He is 3 and a half years old now, fully potty trained which is awesome! He still is not so crazy about meat, loves him some fruits though. He has also started sleeping through the night now, which also is nice. With all the weather change though his asthma has been acting up so he has been coughing a lot.

Daisy Scouts Ideas

I have already been looking at ideas for this year:

Badges:
I would love to be able to get the badge book and pick a few "big" ones out to do this year and be able to talk to my Asst. Leader about what she thinks. And of course I want all the girls, or at least the ones that will bridge to Brownies, to complete their daisy patches. The daisy patches will most likely take all year, but I have a lot of good ideas that we can use to get them. 

Meetings:
I am going to get a tri-fold poster board and put our Kaper chart in the middle, thinking flower pots with flowers. On the left side I am going to put the Girl Scout Pledge. And on the right the Girl Scout Law. Each law will be the color of its petal and then below it I am going to put a space where as we complete each we will complete it on there too.

I also have some crafts planned for each holiday. Then at the end of the year I will plan a bridging ceremony, but definitely not going to stress about for a while. I have found some awesome sources and blogs that I will reference when I write about my ideas from them. But right now I am in the pre-planning and waiting for books and to get started, but I at least know that I have an AL that is excited about this year as I am.