RAISING JOEY

Joey and I got in an accident today…

Thankfully we’re ok, but spent most of the day in the ER. It was just me and Joey in the car. I was at a stop sign waiting to get on the highway when a guy came up behind me and rear ended me at about 25mph.

We went by ambulance to Yale. I was a little sore but I really wanted Joey’s neck checked out.

Thankfully, both of our x-rays came out ok and they even did a CT Scan on Joey (which they had to sedate him for) but everything is ok and he’s back to his good old self. Me on the other hand, I’m getting sore and it seems to be getting worse, so I’m off to bed in hopes that I’ll feel better in the morning.

I’m proud to say

I drive with it proud on the back of my van!

Tires!

Wow, talk about having a guardian angel today… I went to go get the oil changed in my van for the first time since I bought it a few months back. Joey and I walked around the mall while it was getting done and the guy was so nice and called my cell phone to let me know he was finished.

I walk back into the place and he says, “Did you know that your tires need replaced?” And I said, “yeah, but I want to hold off until this fall that way they’re better for the winter.” He went on to let me know even if I didn’t get them replaced at their store that they need to be done asap because my front passenger tire had a chunk missing out of it and would likely blow in the next couple weeks if not sooner. He gave me an estimate and I left. I went to another place to get another estimate and see what that place said. The guy said the same thing that the tire was very dangerous. So needless to say, $450 later, I have 4 new tires but it was worth it!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re snowed/ iced in here so we won’t be doing anything special for the next couple days. On a better note, I picked up my new/ used van yesterday!! It’s a 2004 Dodge (can’t remember what) but we got such a deal on it not to mention it only has 45,000 miles on it! I’ll post a picture of it as soon as the weather permits!

weekend update

Saturday morning, Patrick and I went to test drive the van we’ve been looking at. It drives like a top! I’m so excited, I just hope this one works out better than the last one we looked at. The guy who is selling it is going to let me take it to our mechanic to look over to make sure there’s no major problems hiding under the hood. As long as it checks out ok, I’m going to have a new/ used van!

Saturday afternoon, Joey’s Aunt Maureen, and I went and bought Joey a new car seat. He hasn’t completely outgrown his infant car seat, but since he’s getting his helmet off on Tuesday and they warned us that his car seat that he has would put more pressure on the back of his head and might help his head to regress back to being flat easier. So, after making a trip to BJ’s then to Babies R Us, then BACK to BJ’s, I chose a car seat that adjusts from 5 lbs, to 80 lbs. And even in the infant setting, his head doesn’t seem to have as much pressure on the back of it.

Today was spent going to noon mass then spending the rest of the day cleaning and doing things that I’ve been wanting to get done. Unfortunately, I ran out of time! There was so much more I could have gotten done today, but hopefully I can get most of the things done this week.

I still can’t believe Tuesday is the last day with Joey’s helmet! The last 13 weeks have gone by so quick! Tomorrow I’m actually going to let Joey have his helmet off for intervals so he can start getting used to not wearing it. He had it off for about 45 minutes this evening and didn’t seem to be too happy to have it off, especially when he hit his head on a toy. It’ll take a little adjustment getting used to it being off for good.

Tomorrow I need to go back to Babies R Us. Today Joey used a medium flow nipple on his bottle rather than a slow flow for the first time and did good. No choking, so we’re going to try medium flow for now on. Mostly because his slow flows are wearing out and he needs to use the ones more for his age.

I just checked my bloglines and realized that I’ve not read many of my favorite blogs all weekend and I’m getting too sleepy to read them tonight, so I’ll save that for tomorrow morning during Joey’s first nap of the day to catch up with all my favorites and try to read a couple new blogs too!

ears, homesick, vans & helmet update!

Patrick and I noticed this morning that Joey didn’t seem to be hearing as good as he had been for the past couple weeks since his surgery, so I called his doctor this morning and took him in. Sure enough, his little ear canals were already filling with wax again! So his Doc did as good of a job as he could cleaning them out. And he does actually seem to be hearing a little better now.

Yesterday I was sitting here at the computer and started getting homesick, well I’ve been homesick, but I was sitting here thinking about it so I decided it was time to plan another trip home. So, I’m flying out the 26th and coming home February 4. It’s about time I go home. I haven’t been home since October and I miss my family. I just saw my parents, but I really miss my brother, sister in law and my cousin, well I miss everyone! I can’t wait!!!

Today I went and looked at another van. The other one we looked at ended up having a leak in the transmission and the guy wasn’t willing to pay the full amount to have it fixed so it’s his loss. But it’s good that we didn’t buy that one. It was a 1997 and today the one I looked at was a 2002 and only $1000 more! And come to find out the guy who’s selling it is a friend of a friend and is going through a divorce and needs to pay of the loan. So we’re going to talk to him in the next couple days. Cross your fingers this one works out!

Less than a week and counting left with Joey’s helmet! And I can’t wait! Well a broad range of topics talked about tonight but I think I got everyone caught up on the latest!

New Doc

Tomorrow I’m taking Joey to meet Dr. Bob for the first time. He’s a genetic doctor who specializes in Down syndrome out at the University of Connecticut health center. I’m interested to see what all he has to say but then I also have a feeling he’s going to be telling me the same things I’ve already heard and read about. We met Dr. Bob when I was pregnant with Joey at the Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress’s convention almost 2 years ago, and he was such a nice man. I love learned new things and I’m hoping me can teach me more! Not to mention that all the other parents here in CT absolutely LOVE Dr. Bob. I’ll be sure to give you guys an update after our appointment!

In other news, Patrick and I are going tonight to look at a van. I stopped and looked at it the other day and fell in love with it, well didn’t fall in love with it, but it’s really nice. The only thing is that it’s a 1997, but it only has 99,000 miles on it and the inside and out are both in excellent condition. It’s a Dodge Caravan and a deep red color. And for the price that they have on it, it’s possibly worth buying. We’ll see. I want to see if it has a carfax report or anything so we can see the maintenance history of it. Cross your fingers it’s a good one, I could really use a new/used car!!!