Q&A #103

Question regarding Kellsey? Will you keep your adoption blog public or will you make it private? Why do some families make it private? I don't know what I will do if you make it private since I'm addicted to your blog!
We will probably go private, but we will try to find a way for everyone who wants to read to be able to. The reason families go private is so they can talk freely about what is going on while they are gone. They can talk about the good and vent about the bad. If they are frustrated about red tape, they can yell about it (and you all know how I feel about red tape! LOL). If you're public, you really have to be careful what you say... if a court official from over there happened to stumble on your blog while you were THERE, in the process of adopting, and you're not happy with their system for whatever reason, it could really mess things up. Also, it's just a personal security issue of not letting people know EXACTLY where you are. I want to be able to share freely with you all as it happens. I'll try to figure out a way to keep you all connected when the time comes! :)

YAY! That is so awesome! Is that your house? You have a great kitchen!
That would be my mom's house. They said they needed a big laundry room and well, I don't have one! (I mean I have a laundry room, just not a big one.) But yes, she has a GREAT kitchen and a great laundry room! And a great HOUSE! LOL

Did they give you a bunch of the Bounce Bars to keep? I have never heard of them, gonna have to check the stores, how do you like them?
They gave us a couple. I have opened one and touched one and I've stuck it and unstuck it to the drum of the dryer about 50 times (seriously) but I haven't actually USED it yet... no reason why, I just keep forgetting! LOL They are out in our stores now. I've seen them at Target, so they should be out everywhere. They smell REALLY good and feel like a bar of soap.

Loved it, I cringed when you wiped a face with a shirt, knowing how hard it is to get that out LOL. Great job!
Yeah, they told me to do that! LOL All the stains came out though... thanks to my mom! haha

That's really cool, Renee!!! Is that commercial going to be played everywhere?
Nope, just on Lifetime during Army Wives... not sure when it's supposed to air on TV.

That's awesome! You guys did great! I can't believe you kept this a secret!
LOL I'm REALLY good at keeping secrets!!! ;)

What happened to her old glasses?
Well... I have a few different answers for this.
1. They don't stay up very well on the (non-existent) bridge of her nose. She was constantly looking OVER the glasses and not through them, thus defeating the purpose of the glasses.
2. They're (almost) too small for her face so we'd have to get new ones soon anyway.
3. They're a slightly different prescription he said (not really sure why since it's for the same exact thing).
4. Every time I put those stupid glasses on her, something bad happens. Stupid, I know, and totally irrational, but STILL! LOL
5. (And most important to Kennedy) They're NOT pink! LOL

Did you go with Specs4Us? Micah's new glasses fit much better than his old ones did...
No... So, the ones we WERE going to go with were Fisher Price frames... it was these, but in pink:
BUT I got a call today and they're on back order until October, so now we're going with different ones... I have to take her in to try them on to see if they fit right on her nose.

Hope all goes well on Friday! And hope the glasses make it okay...don't get lost...smashed in some way or another....are they insured?
Nope! The frames have a one year warranty. *sigh* The lenses are covered by insurance. Should be interesting!

I have been so out of touch. What surgery is Kennedy having? Praying it all goes smooth.
Thanks! Just new ear tubes and an ABR. We're hoping it will correct her mild hearing loss!

Will be praying for y'all on Friday. Will Frank get to be there or will he have to work?
Thanks!!! Frank will be home with Keeghan for a bit and then he has to go to work. This is pretty routine though, I'm sure Kennedy will do great! :)

Is that the song she will be singing? If so...I have DVDs with it on it...and an audio tape too I think! I can run it by!
Yes it is! We have it on CD though, they emailed it to us and Frank burned it. Thanks so much though! :)

Hi. I keep up with your blog and this one about Kennedy starting school is especially interesting to me ... because it seems she is completely potty trained! Our son is not and is also starting Kindy. Any advice??
Kennedy is potty trained during the day, but she is still in pull ups at night. She wakes up dry about 75% of the time, but I haven't gotten brave enough to keep her in panties at night yet (because of the other 25%! HA!). She's been potty trained since she was about 4 1/2.
I really DON'T have much advice. I stink at potty training, really. (You'll see that next week when I try to start potty training Keeghan.) She was just ready. We rewarded A LOT. She is a kid that LOVES verbal praise (Kassidy could have cared less when she was potty training lol). Kennedy will still tell ME "good job" when I go to the bathroom (which is not embarrassing AT ALL when we're out in public! LOL). We really just overdid it on verbal praise with her! I mean we all like jumped up and down with excitement EVERY time she peed at the beginning (it got old QUICK but she loved it).
You just have to find what works for your son. For Kassidy it was bribery... we told her we couldn't afford to take her to Disneyland unless we stopped buying diapers (I have no shame!) and she was potty trained, just like that, day and night (which drove me NUTS because we had been trying for MONTHS and she had NO delays! LOL).
You can read some of Kennedy's potty training adventures here. You'll notice the dates are kind of all over the place. We started to potty train after she was done with chemo and then she was diagnosed with her AAI and so we had to stop and picked up again after her halo was off, so excuse the lapse in dates, but maybe it will help. I know the key thing is consistency!!!! Good luck!!!