Well then...

So no Hirschsprung's. Yay. But, since then, we have had issues and we had to be admitted for him to be cleaned out. Not to get overly detailed, but the barium from the test in May? Yeah, it finally came out. But hey, nothing to be concerned about. Right. I'm working on my plan on where to go to see a different specialist. Might be Cinci if we can get a release. Otherwise, we might look into other states.

Anyway. I have been able to review some fun stuff lately. 😃 of note is a remote controlled Truggy. Truck and Joe have had some fun playing with it. They tried to go off road with it in our yard, but it didn't do too well. Of course, our yard is not optimal, but had they been able to drive it from the front to back, oh man! They have been playing in the drive. T loves that it is "faster than even me!" And he tries to chase it. That is when he lets DaDdy have a turn. I like that it's something they can play with together. Not that our other toys aren't able to be played together, but this seems to be a perfect father/son activity.

Truck discovered YouTube videos a few months back. Oh. My. Goodness. He loves watching surprise egg videos and blind bag videos. And today? (I took the videos away for a few weeks) He is watching reviews that tell what ages the toys are for. Great. "Mommy! I can get that! It's for 1 and up!" I am in trouble. I don't mind toys, I like things that can have more than one use. You know,maybe educational if we can. We use cars for many things-colors, counting, shapes. But mystery eggs? So far all I've learned is that he doesn't have all of the Paw Patrol pop-up characters. Oy.

Well, I'm done rambling for now. I apologize for the lack of posts. Just been trying to get everything straight. Hopefully more updates and reviews will be coming soon! 

Yet another brief update

So the biopsy is scheduled for Thursday. I really wish that they could find out while they were doing the biopsy and then do the surgery. Poor boy is not going to like this. Hopefully we know soon and can get the whole thing over with. It would be nice to have him "fixed" and who knows, maybe he'll start growing!

T is definitely a threenager and is trying our patience. He refuses to listen, or will purposely do something he knows he's not supposed to and then apologize. Somebody please tell me this is a phase. He used to listen and behave when we were out in public. Not so much now. I can only take away toys so many times before it becomes ineffective. He remembers why the toys were taken away-he tells our visitors what he did to have them taken away-and yet, he still does the same actions. I really hope this is a phase. (did I mention that?)

I'm pretty sure the mail lady thinks I'm nuts. I receive packages almost everyday now from Amazon. I can't help it that I get cool things to review, and then I need to also purchase necessities like diapers and my peach drink! ;) I received another selfie stick this week. It's nice to be able to compare them. This one has piece that protects the phone, AND it comes with a bluetooth remote! I have to say that I really like the remote feature. T does too. He had me hold the selfie stick and then he went nuts pressing the button on the remote. The actual design of the selfie stick is pretty much the same, but the fact that this came with a remote made it better. I am keeping this one in my bag for when we're out and about so I can try it out a little more. It also came with a small tripod. It says it can be used for phones, but I'm not sure. I know my small point and shoot camera will work in it, so that's cool. 

Today I received a portable aromatherapy diffuser. I have started using essential oils here and there, and the original diffuser I bought back in November broke. The thing cost lots of money and it didn't even last 2 months! I was ticked. So, I was happy to receive the one today to try out. It is a smaller diffuser, uses just a small amount of water, but can be run with a phone charger (if you have the right kind of phone-I found my kindle charger would work), batteries, or the power adapter that was included. I plugged this in right after putting C to bed and it ran for about 2.5 hours. It has a nice LED light that changes colors-so it worked kind of like a nightlight for awhile. When it ran out, it shut itself off. No noises. Just shut itself off. I like that. I'm thinking this might be my solution to diffusing. It's easy to relocate from room to room, I don't have to worry about spilling a ton of water, and it looks nice too! Yay! And on that note, I diffused some lavender, so my room is smelling nice and calming, so I think I'll go to bed. Night everyone!

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Getting in touch with my "roots"

You might notice from time to time that I will be sharing product reviews on here. I'm not turning this blog into a review blog, per se, but I have started to receive products to share reviews for, and I need an outlet. Plus, it makes me feel in touch with that degree I earned 17 years ago. (Holy cow-it's been 17 years?!) 

Today I finally got to try out one of the many products I've received, a Selfie Stick by Everyday Selfie.  This wasn't something that I really needed, but I thought, what the heck, it might be useful someday. I am trying to be in pictures with the boys, so I thought maybe this would be the answer. So far, it is working! I decided to try it out while J was busy trying to deal with Pizza Gate '15 (seriously, how hard is it to make a chicken, bacon, ranch pizza with pepperoni?!) and I was alone with the boys. There weren't many instructions with it, so I had to wing it. I really liked the bluetooth feature once I was able to pair it up with my phone. The button to turn it on an off on the stick, on the other hand, is bound to cause some broken nails if your nails aren't strong or long enough. Once we got the camera installed on the stick, we started taking pictures. It was really easy! If you want to see a final product, I have one on my Instagram page. Just request to be my friend! While I probably wouldn't pay full price, or even much more than a couple of bucks, this really did make getting pictures of me with the boys easier. I'm curious to see what it's like outside this summer when we use it. (**Please note, I received this item at a discounted price in order to provide an honest, unbiased review. The opinions contained are my own. **)

So that's my update for today. Not a whole lot, not exciting. It happens. We've just been trying to survive these last few days. C had his shots last week and is just now starting to act like his normal happy self. It's rough-especially since he seems to have allergies too and the pollen count is not helping. Last night J had to work. (Update-they found the missing drive and the files from his work. Turns out they forgot to map the drive after they rebooted the system!) I hope everyone had a decent Mother's Day. I know it can be hard for some, myself included.