My Dad

My sister started a page on her blog to keep the family updated on Dad. What a great way to keep everyone informed and not have to repeat the story 50 million times 200 times a day! So thank you TINA! www.rileybreen.com (Bill Carfaro Updates!) I was not going to blog about same thing, then I realized that the blog is my way to get out my emotions. I think I am going to need my blog to tell it my way, from my mind and emotions.

So for those of you that do not know what is going on ...

My dad has not been feeling well for a while. He was in the process of trying to get health insurance before he when to see a Doctor. In the mean time he was only getting sicker. He was finally taken to the ER by his neighbor on Saturday April 10th. Dad was convinced that his heart was failing. Heart disease runs in our family. After a few tests the heart checked out great! But he was diagnosed with liver and pancreatic cancer. According to the Drs in South Carolina it is untreatable. When dad is not looped up on Morphine, he sounds great!

Today Tina is on a mission to talk to the Dr's herself, get some answers and then have his records sent to Sloan Kettering for a second opinion. We have a lot a head of us...

Tina and I are planning a trip to see him as soon as we get some more answers. This trip might be as early as Friday. We just don't know yet! I will continue to write to keep you all updated on his life.

Right now Uncle Clem is with him and has been since he went into the hospital. Cousin Joanne went to see him today and cousins Jennifer and Mario are planning a trip down. Thank you everyone for your support! Pray hard... He needs it!

Blizzard 2010

Due to illness we really did not get to play for as long as we would have liked! But we did have a little fun! Enjoy our pics!

Sick Maddie...sick kids

I have to just post about my Maddie. I am writing this because I am truely worried, but I am just going to sit back and wait another day or two before I start to freak on doctors!

All of the kids have been sick most of the winter. Basically colds that come and go! No big deal! But lately we have been a bit worried. Maddie has had a fever for 5 days now. She does nothing but sleep. She does not eat. She has lost 3 lbs so far. She is still drinking and peeing.

All of the kids keep bouncing pink eye back and forth to eachother! So now, we line them all up (including Jeff) 2 times a day and torture them for 3 seconds. Maddies eyes are so red she can barely open them. Personally I don't think she still has the pink eye. If she is still red in the morning I am calling the Dr again. All of this really worries me and I am hoping this all clears up by itself. Today we took Maddie for a second opinion and they sent her for blood work. Needless to say that was tramatic, but she survived! Now we just wait 3 days for the results! 3 LONG DAYS!

Tyler also has pink eye and a double ear infection. So he is on an antiobiotic and has a super diaper rash from the affects of it! Poor kid!

Savannah is just getting the pink eye meds to aviod a breakout again! Trying to keep all of this straight is hard, but I think this is the first time I am going to give my kids ALL of the script without a drop left in the bottle. I hope this all helps! Thanks for listening to me. Pray for Maddie's health.

Why boys are so different than girls!!

OK, so I write knowing that I do not have any followers anymore because I do not write enough anymore. And for this I am so sorry. I have to admit that it took me about 10 tries to even get my login info correct. Well, sometimes there are things I just want to document because I want to remember it. So, if you do read, please comment so I know you are still there... waiting for me to be inspired!!

Anyhow, so people often ask me, so are boys different than girls. And my answer is YES! OMG.. so very very different. Both of my girls get into things, not like Tyler. So just the other day he discovered that the register for the heat duct was not secured to the floor. He took it off and examined the insides for a while before he decided to explore. Now, I was watching him and repeatedly taking it away from him, putting it back on and telling him NO!. He followed with a laugh and going right back in there. He began to dig as deep as he could to find what ever he could. He was pulling out dog food, dust, bugs, and many more disgusting things! It was so bad that I had to clean the duct with Lysol and vacuum it out. He worked so hard at it that he had marks on his forehead from pressing his head on the floor. (The pink around his mouth is lollipop, that too was placed in the duct.) Please view these pics and laugh. Now, I have to say I was laughing at his determination, but that was only because he was alone. If the girls would have been in the mix, I think I would have lost it.

Now tonight was funny, because he showed Savannah his trick and she was devastated. She put the cover back on and sat on it. Telling him NO NO NO... He was pissed to say the least that she was telling him no. He kept telling her "bouncy ball" so I think he put a ball in there and we could not find it! UT OH

He has also found the cover on the bottom of my fridge. He rips it off and uses it like a weapon. I am going to have to clean the inch of dust off the coils under the fridge soon! Ugg...

Enjoy the pics!

December 4th

DAY 2 of Christmas

Christmas Lists

Ok, so I know (as always) I am early on this. But there seems to be so many wants over here. So I thought I would just start to write them down.

MADDIE
Sesame Place Season Pass
Rescue Pets Swim to Me Puppy
Littlest Pet Shops (Both of the girls only have a handful of pets, they would like something to play with them as well as some more pets!)
Something to store Littlest Pet shops in. LPS sells a box that looks like a tackle box. But we have also seen LPS tin lunch box at Five Below that would work as well.
Songebob Sponges(http://www.spongetechs.com/SpongeBob-Soap-Filled-Bath-Sponge-p/410008.htm)
Spongebob Tag Reader Book
New leapster games
Leapster battery charger
Zhu Zhu Pet accessories! (who is up for this challenge?)
Wii Dance revolution (disney)
lego's
a globe
My first disney Princess doll - Cinderella
Clothes for Bitty baby or bitty twins (american girl)
Anything crafty.. she needs stuff to do while ty and Savannah nap!


SAVANNAH
Sesame Place Season Pass
Littlest Pet Shops
Zhu Zhu pet accessories
Anything Mickey Mouse Club house (Santa is bringing Mickeys Express Train)
Candy Land Castle Game
My First Disney Princess doll - I have to ask her again which one.
Outfits for Bitty baby or bitty twins (american girl)

TYLER
SOME ONE HELP ME... what does a 1.5 year old boy play with?
plastic play animals


JEFF
Sesame Place Season Pass
Wii Games (he is perfectly happy with used games as well from game Stop)
Game Stop Gift Certificates
Sketchers Gift Card
new wine glasses for red wine

NIKKI
Sesame Place Season Pass (bigbird)
Wii Fit
And Wii Fit games
Chi Flat Iron, or something just as good. (If you know Amanda K. please talk to her ... she mentioned she can get them at Wholesale!)
Clinique Acne Foaming facewash
William Sonoma Automatic Soap dispensor
Ipod touch
A watch .. I love Fossil (some I like are.. jr9761 analog blue dial, es2076 analog pink dial)
Sketchers gift card

A HOUSE CLEANER! LOL...
Or an organizer.... LOL