Ashtyn's Secret Garden: 10/23/11

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Daisys New Pets

So,Daisy has been begging for a crab for months....Well,since she first saw the Little Mermaid,she fell in love with Sebastian and carried around a little plastic crab for months.Then she fell in love with Mr.Crabs from Spongebob (yes,I know that is a horrible show and I do not permit my kids to watch it,however others do not feel the same way I do so on rare occasion they see it at Grandmas).Last night in the middle of this blizzard we took the girls to Petco and let them pick 2 hermit crabs.They are pretty cool and Daisy is in heaven!(these r google images but almost identical to ours)

Old Man Winter is Here Full Force!

   Old Man Winter is here with full force vengeance!
   Last night we got about 6-8 inches of snow dumped upon us.It was exteremly beautiful and yet a little concerning for the reality of the harsh winter we are likely to experience.
    Nick is at work and me and the girls are in our pjs relaxing.I have some cleaning to do and the girls want to watch a movie,so I guess the cleaning can wait for now while I make a steaming cup of Russian tea and sit down to enjoy my little ones.The housework will be here for the rest of my life but my kids will grow up and spread their wings one day,until then I want to know I have spent every moment possible enjoying them and not worrying about trivial things such as dishes and laundry.

A Little About Me

Thanks for taking the time to stop by to see what is going on in our world today!

First of all I am so blessed to be the single parent of the two most beautiful little girls in the world.My oldest,Daisy is 6 1/2 and my baby Lilly just turned 5.

Daisy was born premature at 27 weeks weighing in at a whopping 1lb 15 oz when she went inat 8 days old for heart surgery,we spent a total of nearly 17 weeks in the hospital between us when she was born,she still has a few residual medical issues including severe GERD,Chronic Lung Disease,Asthma,Bronchial Pulmonary Dispalsia,and she struggles with significant behavior issues .All in all she has done wonderfully thru it all and has come thru it all with a wonderful,happy,bubbly personality.She is definitely the life of the party!

Lilly has struggled with undiagnosed medical issues since birth,she has been hospitalized twice with no explantion for her issues.She has quit breathing requiring CPR until medical personell arrived.She has received both speech and occupational therapy and is deveolpmentally delayed,she has a severe Sensory Processing Disorder,along with significant Anxiety issues.She has been unofficially diagnosed by her pediatrician with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,a sleep disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Autism or a related disorder such as Pervasive Development Disorder or Aspergers.Every day with Lilly presents a new challenge,she has tremendous behavior issues and screams nonstop for hours on end.It is always so hard to know what is the right thing to do to make her happy because she often seems so miserable for no reason.However thru it all she is the light of my life and I could not enjoy life without her beautiful face and complex personality to help me thru every day.

I can honestly say I love our life and there isn't anything I would change,my kids are amazing and the light of my life, without them I would be nothing.

I am a stay-at-home mother and homemaker.I love to be at home with my children,I love to cook and clean my house,I have a small patio garden for the first time this year and Im very excited to see how it does.In exchange for dance lessons for my oldest I do all the costume sewing for a local dance theater.

I love to sew and create things for my kids and family and always have new ideas :) please feel free to browse or follow, feel free to message me if you have questions or would like to get to know me better :)

Girls

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Daisys New Pets

Old Man Winter is Here Full Force!