SPCA contacted

SPCA of Titusville contacted me regarding a litter of 9 Sheppard mix puppies that needed a foster home until they are old enough to get shots and neutered/Spayed. Puppies are estimated at 7 weeks by the vet and 5 weeks by the owner who brought them in. 3 are female and 3 are male.  What I love about this the most is I get to love them take care of them and Andrew (13) my son is my biggest helper.  These puppies after having them home now for 4 hours were very scared and a little timid, hence may not of had had a lot of human contact. I will post pictures soon-they really are precious. Andrew and I made them a bed in my oversized bathtub-(no baths for a while). My friend Lynn came over and helped watch them as they ran around the yard slow at first and then it was the funniest thing-one by one they crashed-went to sleep . My friend Melanie also came by and fell in love with them too. I need to come up with names for them all but want to see their personalities first.  Ben (12)my son, even helped get them all outside tonight.  They are all pretty tired now and tomorrow they will get baths. I have them snuggled in for the night.  PLEASE SPAY/NEUTER your pets-we have spring right around the corner and PREVENTION of STRAY PETS is at its highest. PLEASE Support your local Animal Shelters and the ASPCA

I wanted to send an update since it has been a while since I have been on here.  Holidays went good. Glenn and Tami- Scott's brother and his wife and their 2 children came to visit.  We had so much fun while they were here. We were sorry to see them leave.
I am working 5 nights a week and I stay pretty busy, not much free time.  I have been at my job now for over 6 months and it has been really difficult keeping up with Andrew and Benjamin's schedules.  I am really trying to get the Day shift so I can be with the kids more.  Scott is still at the same job but he is applying closer to home, wish us luck.  If his new job has better benefits maybe I can go to Part Time.  Our Benefits now are Cigna and it has been the best for Ben's G-tube supplies and the formula.   Rachel (Our Babysitter) had her Baby Boy last week-Liam. Congrats to Rachel and Geoff.  We had hired another babysitter Ariel and she had some personal issues so now we have hired Kaylee.  This has been difficult without Rachel here and the Regular routine for Benjamin. His routine changing has been up and down. his behaviors have been better but then he gets more fustrated when he cannot predict what is next.  So we have some work to do on this.  Pray for us for the next couple of months there are going to be changes in his routine. 
Andrew made it on the Silver Honor Roll-we are so proud of him and Soccer has started again.

November 03,1999-The Lord was Gracious

November 03, 1999 was an eventful day, there was the joy to me that I did not deliver on Halloween and that finally my BEN was coming into this world.  My pregnancy was uneventful and Healthy.  I found out that Ben was a Superbowl surprise-(yes it can happen during the Superbowl my friends) that is the first time Scott and I had taken time for ourselves at went away for the weekend.  Andrew was 9 months old at that time.  What a joy he was to our lives.  I had mixed feelings in the beginning of my pregnancy with Ben, Andrew was only 9 months old and I felt I had cheated him, and then there was a sense of Joy, wow another baby.  I suffered with Endometriosis for over 8 years prior to either pregnancies and was told I would not be able to have children.  I think they were wrong. (Lesson to myself-Doctors are not GOD and they cannot say Never.)  GOD had a plan for us, and boy was Ben a Gift from GOD in all aspects of his wellbeing. 

I was induced in the morning-my boys were too comfortable in my womb-I had to be induced with both boys. Due to some graphic and personally reasons I am not going through the day of Delivery.  I will say that my Uterus Ruptured (my uterus tore at the previous c-section scar) during Labor,  Ben was delivered via Emergency C-Section.  I had lost over 1/2 of my blood supply and Ben was very sick-He went to the Lord and the Lord was gracious enough to give him back to us.  Benjamin spent 9 days in ICU and I spent that time recovering myself.  We were so happy this baby was a fighter-He was so stubborn and refused to keep his breathing tube in-he pulled it out himself the next day.  The Emotions of the next 2 weeks was unbearable for a Mom & Dad, is he going to live or die.  He was very sick from Birth.  I think we all know now that he survived and boy did he survive.  9 out of 10 babies die at birth from Uterine Ruptures and the 1% who survive Birth can die within the 1st 2 years of complications.  People wonder how do you survive something like that, I often wondered that myself but GOD had plans for Ben & I and our family. Ben was not released from the Hospital right away, as for a mother that is so HARD-going home without your BABY.  I cried and cried I did not want to leave him there.  Our family is a strong unit, we did not know the future of our baby but we knew one thing-we had to do one day at a time and sometimes it was minutes at a time......

Be Educated Now-(BEN)

Welcome to my new Blogg-I hope that my Experiences will help you, when you feel like there is nowhere else to turn or are at your witts end.  I am a Mother of 2 Boys-12 year old and a 10 year old  with 13 diagnosis', including Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum-PDD-Pervasive Development Disorder, Seizures. It is not always easy to keep up with him and his needs.  There are times I get so overwhelmed and the let the Stress get to me.  This happened about a month ago.  I was having a really tough time, I quit my job to stay at home due to Ben's Behavior, I kept getting called at work to come home, and I was missing time at my job.  I am staying home right now and it is summer time.  I need to remind myself everyday that it is a new day and life is not always predictble as well as my son.  My oldest son is such a good kid and sometimes I know it is hard on him.  We try to spend as much time with him as possible.