Halloween Spooktacular Night

The zoo here in town has this great halloween bash several of the nights before Halloween. They have characters there like Geoffrey the giraffe and the Jacksonville jaguar, candy stations and the whole place is lit up with pumpkins and cool lights. At some of the stations they give out various glow in the dark items, masks, blinking pins, it was all pretty cool. It started at 6:30 and so I thought leaving by 6:10 would be great, especially since we were forecast for thunderstorms and Georgia and Florida were still playing in a huge SEC matchup here in Jax. That wonderful theory ended as we saw the police lights in the distance and the large line of cars waiting to get into the parking lot! All in all it wasn't too bad and we were through the gates by 6:35. I felt like I was at DisneyWorld in July. Once we got through the front area where people were confused on where to go we were fine. The kids had a blast and they enlist lots of people (all dressed in great costumes), there were singers everywhere, free chocolate milk-who couldn't get enough of that?, bouncy houses and slides and my personal favorite-funnel cakes! We were even lucky enough to find Savannah's binky that she dropped in the bouncy house area-kudos to Tristan to looking around the chocolate milk stand. So we exited with 4 glow in the dark necklaces, 3 glowing bouncy balls, 2 flashing pumpkins, 7 stick masks, popcorn, candy, and a lot of smiles so I guess I would chalk it to being a success. Jaesen, they had loads of fog machines! Another thing that happened this past week was that Tristan earned his first badge and belt loop for cub scouts, he did a great job and we are on our way to earning more good stuff too. Today we had soccer-in the pouring rain. Tristan was first and they got soaked, well we all did, because I am the mom who has to be there watching and of course that means we are all there watching. Poor Jack was huddled under a blanket trying to eat a soggy sausage biscuit, Savannah was soaked because she kept ducking out from her cover in the stroller and I was trying to juggle her, the food, an umbrella and watch Tristan. I must have been fairly comical as the McDonald's bag tore from being so wet, my coffee cup was mostly full of water and the water was dripping off the umbrella down my backside. Tristan did score 3 goals so it was worth it. And so that brings to a close another week in the Yerger house, next week is Halloween, wish me luck!!!

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

Well today was the day I had been promising the kids. We made it to the corn maze and pumpkin patch. I really had forgotten what it was like to take children to an open area where they can run. Without alternate adult supervision (i.e.-Jaesen!) I found myself to be in a constant race. I still haven't figured out what exactly I was racing but it involved children, tractors, mazes, cow trains, pumpkins and corn. I did get to sit down exactly twice, and once was even on a nice swing that they had in the middle of the farm. I could sort of keep one eye on Jack in the corn pool, and one eye on Tristan on the pedal cars and Savannah and I just sat and sat and sat, swinging in the shade. The other time involved a little cow train which I literally had to squeeze myself into and to get out, Tristan had to hold Savannah so I could unwedge myself from Bessie! Savannah loved the hay, she touched it, sat in it, tasted it, and examined it. She even picked out some pumpkins for herself. All in all it was a pretty good day but I was sure glad when we left. And just think next year Savannah will be running around too!

We have a crawler!

Well that girl is finally mobile. Everyday she is getting quicker on her hands and knees and has even sat and contemplated those stairs lately. Had to take Tristan to the ER the other night as he was bit by 4 fire ants and had a horrible allergic reaction to it. His ears almost swelled shut, his back was one giant hive, you couldn't even distinguish between them. Once he complained of his neck hurting we were off to the ER, didn't want to mess with that. He is fine though, on some steroids now. I finished up the last of my tests in the hard 2 1/2 weeks and so far have passed everything. We head to the hospital for our first clinical on Thursday, should be fun. I am really looking forward to it. Love to all of you. Stacy

Learning how to upload video

Okay so I hope this works, it's a cute video of Tristan making Savannah laugh.

My Little Koala Bear

Well I had to try Savannah's Halloween costume on and she looked so cute that I had to take a picture. I realized I may never get her all the way in it again as she can't stand the headpiece, but she makes a cute roly poly koala bear. The week is again flying by, in the next 12 days I have 4 tests, a quiz, two huge case studies to complete and a simulation of the big techniques before we head to clinicals (I.V. insertion and piggyback, foley catheter, different types of injections, nasogastric tubes, central line care and the list goes on and on). I can't wait until another two weeks from now. We had Savannah's 9 month well baby yesterday and she is still battling with ear infections, they actually now think that she has had the same infection for about 3 1/2 months now and it just isn't really going away. So we have been referred to ENT for further review and possible talks about ear tubes. The doctor looked at me though and said, "You do realize that your child is the size of an 18 month to 2 year old?" I wanted to say, really, no kidding, I never realized that she dwarfed kids her own age and could probably suffocate them if she accidentally sat on them! But she is tall for her age too so it's not just the buddha rolls on her. Although she does have a lot in common with the Great Buddha in Kamakura, maybe we will post a picture of that for comparison. It has been raining a lot down here in Florida and so we headed out to an indoor play area where they have the inflatable bounce houses and slides. It was a lot of fun for the kids and Savannah even got in on the action riding around in a Cozy Coupe Car. The only problem was she kept falling through the bottom. Fortunately, she is such a good sport about everything. Heard from Jaesen he is doing well and promising some pictures of his latest adventure, a week camping trip out in the bush. Or something along those lines. So keep tuned for the update. Well it's off to study time for me, take care, until next time.