Happy Halloween!

Today we experienced Matthew's First Halloween! David unfortunately had to work so Matthew and I headed to my mom's church for their "Heroes Unmasked" Fall Festival. It was fun but very hot! Again.. I am not understanding where in the world did the fall season go for Florida. As much as I like the heat, I do miss the change of season when the trees turn from green to a bright orange or red.. well here its all green and still feels like summer. My poor baby looked adorable in his costume but he was SO hot. He only lasted maybe half hour with it on and then I changed him! I know he will never remember his first Halloween but I will and I think it was a great one! He looked so cute and did very well despite the heat. He did not fuss or cry, he just kept staring at everything around him! I will post photos tomorrow I just wanted to blog before October is over! I can't believe we are heading into November.. before we know it, it will be Christmas! Yikes.. Well it has been a busy day and I am exhausted so off to bed I go! Look for photos sometime tomorrow!

The Doctor..

Well I have been cleared to return to work. The doctor said everything looked good. There will be some pain for a few more weeks so he said to take Tylenol. He also said my appetite will be returning in a few weeks. Hopefully everything will be fine with my stomach from now on. So I return to work tomorrow. I am happy and yet sad. Although I have been in pain I have enjoyed spending my days being with Matthew and getting to play with him. As much as I love teaching I am looking at some other options for work, for next year. So I have been praying and will continue praying about that.. in the meantime I will return to work tomorrow and hopefully enjoy every minute of it! Hopefully the substitute didn't leave a mess this time.. the last sub that was in my classroom not only left a HUGE mess on my desk but she also ate my personal snacks!! HOW RUDE.. who does that??? Anywho I am hoping I see a better outcome tomorrow.. in other great news the weather here has finally turned into fall! Okay so it may not be as cool as the northern regions of our country but its great weather for Florida!

Ups and Downs...

Well it has been a very busy month! First things first.. Matthew is 4 months old almost 5. I can't believe it! He is growing so fast. He is now 16lbs! He has learned how to turn over so slowly he has become mobile. He doesn't crawl but he scoots his body like a little worm to move around! The UPS guy just delivered his Halloween costume.. not that he is going trick o treating but I am pretty sure we are taking him to my mom's church for their fall festival/hallelujah night thing they have! He will be so cute!

David is doing well. He went to 2 interviews this past week for Assistant Manager. We will see what happens. We are praying that God opens the right door for him!

Unfortunately we have had some downs.. just when I thought my stomach issues were over they weren't. Last Sunday night I went to bed great and then in a matter of minutes my stomach starting hurting and it would not go away. I could not even lay on my back or walk straight. I had to go back to the emergency room and they kept me waiting until David asked for the nurse to give me some painkillers. Once they did I felt better because I couldn't feel anything but after the catscan they saw that my gallbladder was inflamed so they decided to do surgery to remove it. They did that afternoon and now I am one less body part.

I missed school for a whole week and I tried going back on Monday but it just didn't work out so they sent me home. The principal said to stay home until I saw the doctor on Wednesday.So we will see what he says. I am looking forward to feeling better and not visiting the hospital again until my next child is born!(it will be awhile!)

Well I should get going but I hope to post again soon!

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Catching Up...

It has been a while since I have blogged. Life has just been crazy busy! School has finally started for me and I am so EXHAUSTED! I have 21 kindergartners (YIKES!) WE are all hoping and praying that the county will provide us with a new teacher so we can have smaller classes like we are supposed to. So we will see. David, Matthew and I have somewhat got adjusted to our routine in the mornings. I get up at 4:50 am (unless I start snoozing!) and start getting ready, I get Matthew's diaper bag and morning bottle ready for David to feed him at 6am. I make sure that diaper bag is by the door so David doesn't forget when he takes Matthew to Leah's (which is Matthew's childcare). He forgot to take the bag yesterday and had to come back home to get it! The days that David is off Matthew stays with him. It's funny that once Matthew is up in the morning for his first feeding he will not go back to sleep for David but he will for me! He knows Daddy will be play with him and Mommy needs more sleep! Today he actually slept in which was wonderful since both David and I were exhausted!

Matthew is doing great! I can't believe this coming week he will be 4 months old. Time does go by fast. He is getting so big! He is getting really close to rolling over. He gets half way and then rolls back instead! He loves being on his tummy and has great neck control! He laughs and reaches for things. And he is extremely wiggly and squirmy when you try to change his diaper! Overall he is great baby. Not very fussy unless he is hungry or tired. We are just amazed at how big he is and how fast time has gone by!

Vacation and ER

This past week we went on vacation to Georgia to visit Heather and her family. It was the first time that they would meet Matthew and Matthew would meet all of them. It was also the first time David and I would meet our niece Isabella. We had a wonderful time! It was great to see all the cousins together. Isabella is adorable with her big blue eyes and Ramsey Michael was full of questions! He is a very smart little boy! Matthew seemed to enjoy it all! He did really good on the drive up there and back. He even did great at the hotel.. which I was worried about thinking he would get fussy but he didn't! He even had his first time in the pool! It was great. We lathered him up really good with sunscreen and he had his onesie, hat and borrowed swimming trunks from Ramsey Michael. He looked so cute and seemed to really like it! He did grow tired of it once he got hungry so he ate and took a nap! WE took some photos of the cousins together so that was good. It was funny trying to get all of them to look at the camera at the same time! Overall we had a a great trip and can't wait to visit again!

On the way home, however, my chest started hurting. We thought it was just gas and it got better once we got home. But around 9pm it started hurting again.. and it just got worse. SO bad that I finally gave in and told David to take me to the hospital. SO he bundled up Matthew and we drove to the ER here in Zephyrhills.. what a disgusting hospital.. needless to say I will not be considering this hospital to have my next baby in.. We will drive across town again to deliver the next one!! Anyways, we got there at around 11:30 and left there at 5:30am.. thank goodness Matthew slept through the whole thing.. except when he woke up to change the diaper but other than that he was sleeping. As for me they gave me an EKG and the heart is fine. They took blood and that was fine... they did a chest X-ray and they found that the lining of my lung is inflamed... usually a bacteria, pneumonia or a virus can cause it but I have neither.. so the doctor said that sometime it just happens.. there really is no explanation. But she gave me tons of medicines to take to take the inflammation down and no salt, caffeine or chocolate for the next 3 days. I have to go see the doctor again for a check up so I will be doing that sometime soon. I feel fine now.. it doesn't hurt as much as it did before. I can breathe without hurting so the meds must be working. So there is our vacation and ER story!

Nothing is ever quite normal in the Deffenbaugh household..!

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So big!

Well Matthew had his 2 month old appointment this past Friday! He did really well considering he got 3 shots one being orally. That one he did not mind so much it was the other two he had an issue with. However he did really well and took it like a champ.. later on he got a bit fussy but he calmed down. He is getting so big. He now weighs 13lbs, and is 25 in long! Big baby! He loves to coo and smile, and he absolutely LOVES to talk to his little animal friends on his swing mobile. Its adorable! As soon as we can get a video I will post it up!

As for the rest of us.. David is doing well, working hard and adjusting to changes since Altell people have moved into the store, me I am starting to get ready for school to start up so I have been making different materials and also I have visited my new classroom which lacks major storage! It also has an ocean theme which I am not too fond of.. but have to live with THIS year... I'll have to be very creative! And Sadie well right now she is snoring away! WE are all looking forward to Thursday when we head out of town and visit Heather and her family in Georgia! It will be fun to see Matthew with his cousins. This will be the first time they all meet! We can't wait! I will be posting photos of our trip when we return!

2 months old...

I can't believe he is 2 months old already!

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