Happy Birthday Shannon!

I posted this picture of me and my sister last year for her birthday. I couldn't resit doing it again this year. I love this photo of us. I'm still wondering who cut my sisters bangs though.

Growing up, my sister and I were as opposite as night and day. She was always my older sister. I know that probably sounds stupid, but she was older and she for sure played the roll.

One of my mom's favorite stories to tell is about when we were little and we were outside at my grandparents farm. We were laying on a blanket and Shannon would say, "There is an airplane Kerrie Anne, can you say airplane? There is Papa John's pick up Kerrie Anne, can you say pick up? There's some cows Kerrie Anne, can you say cow?" I was much to young to say anything, but that didn't keep Shannon from being the big sister and showing me the ropes.

I don't think I'll ever forget my 5th grade year at school. Shannon is 2 years older than I am, so 5th grade was the first year that she and I went to different schools. Not only was she starting Jr. High, but I was starting a new school that neither of us had ever been to. She'd always been my go-to person; the person that showed me the ropes. Now I was alone and scared. Of coarse, everything turned out ok, but it's something that I'll never forget.

Then came the day when I was in 7th grade. Seventh grade in TX was much different than seventh grade here in SD. Here we have middle school; there we had Jr. High. It was a big difference. By the time I was in 7th, Shannon was in 9th which is your last year of Jr. High. She already had friends and was established. I was just a tadpole in a large pond. As the year went on, Shannon and her friends took me under their wings. I'm not sure they wanted to do it, but they did. I'm SO glad I didn't have to go through that alone.

Growing up, she and I didn't get along all that great. Opposites don't always attract. It wasn't until we went our separate ways that we decided that the other wasn't that bad. Now she has her own family and I have mine. Our friendship is one of girlfriends and from time to time, sisters. No matter how many times I've said that I'm going to disown her, I'd be lost with out her.

I know you'll read this, so I'll type this directly to you. Happy Birthday! Chance made us Sisters, hearts made us friends. I hope you have a wonderful day today. I love you.

Do you hear that?

(I thought I posted this earlier. For some reason, blogger isn't my friend today.)

Right now it's 10:10am in the Meyer house. All I hear are my fingers hitting the keys as I type and Caillou playing on the TV. Jack is taking his morning nap, Justin is washing the van and Claire is watching TV.

So, do you hear that?

It's 10:11am at the Meyer house and I don't hear "Mom, _____ just hit me."

It's 10:12am at the Meyer house and I don't hear "Mom, ______ won't give me what ______'s having."

It's 10:12am at the Meyer house and I don't hear "Mom, ______ has my toy."

It's 10:13am at the Meyer house and I don't hear "Mom, can we have McDonald's for lunch?"

It's 10:13am at the Meyer house and I don't hear "Waaaaaaaaaah" from ANYONE.

It's 10:14am at the Meyer house and the person making the most noise is me.


Right now I kind of miss it, but in the long run I think it's going to be ok. Acutally I think it will be just fine.

Video blog

In his words

My view

Nathan starting school has been quite an experience. Thursday was the open house for the elementary school kids. I was able to take off work from 10 until noon so that Justin and I could take Nathan to the open house together. We also planned to surprise Nathan by taking him out for lunch where ever he wanted to go. I met Justin and Natey at his school. Nathan was pretty excited. Dawson was just finishing up as we were getting there.

Nathan had a good time meeting his teacher. Here he is with Mrs. Waba.

He was asked to unload his backpack and then find his seat.

After checking out where he'll hang his coat and backpack, we informed Nathan that we were taking him out to lunch. He was so excited that it was his choice. We were on our way. As if there were any other choice in town, right? Without a doubt, McDonald's was his choice. He had a good time playing.Nathan was so happy. He thought that lunch by himself was a very special treat. It was very special.
The night before school, Thursday night, we tried to get Nathan in bed at 9. His normal bed time is 9:30. If you ask him he says it's 9:33. My goal was to have him sleeping by 9:30. We didn't quite make our goal, but we were very close.

That night I kept wondering when I would start to become nervous. When would I start my meltdown? I don't remember what time I went to bed, but I didn't last long in there. Have you ever heard of RLS? Well, I have it. I was tired and ready for bed, but my legs were hurting and jumping all over. I got up and took some Ibuprofen and didn't get to bed until after 2:30am. I set my alarm to get up at 7:15am. Not the nights sleep I'd planned on. Anyway, we got up, got ready and were off.

By the time we got to school, it wasn't long before Nathan had to line up and go inside with his teacher. Not a tear was shed. We both did very well. :)

Being at home while Nathan was at school was very strange for me. Claire got to watch anything she wanted to on TV. She didn't seem to be phased one way or another.

I took Claire and Jack with me to pick Nathan up from school. It was exciting to see him coming out of the school. I have more to say on the subject, but I'll save it for the video blog.

Nathan had a good first day of school. I couldn't have asked for more.

New Slide Show

THIS JUST IN.....

Literally!It's Jack's first tooth!!!!

The talk

Last night Nathan and I had a talk. We went over things like when you should tell your teacher something and when it's just tattling. We talked about what to do if someone comes up to you and offers you candy, to see a puppy, or anything of the sort. We talked about the fact that absolutely nobody is to touch your private nor are you to touch theirs. We talked about the fact that if someone is going to pick him up, even if they know your name, you are NOT to go with them unless I've told you differently.

It was a lot of stuff in a short amount of time.

Me: Is there anything you don't understand?
Nathan: Yes. (He looked very perplexed.)
Me: Ok, lets talk about it. What don't you understand?

(are you ready for this?)

Nathan: Spanish!

Another Normal test

I got a call from the doctor yesterday about 2pm. The nurse said that Jack's EEG was normal. I would have been shocked had it been anything other than normal. So where do we go from here? Dr. Henry is going to call the Pediatric Neurologist to see if we need to do anything else and to see if she has any idea of what's going on.

Jack's doing much better at sitting up, as you saw yesterday. He couldn't have been happier with himself, could he? I don't think so. He's more willing to feed himself with his left hand, but he doesn't always hit the mark. It's hard to know if he's actually doing better or if we want it so bad that we're taking anything and running with it. I've noticed that he still leans to his left from time to time and that he also supports his left side more than his right. Do you suppose it feels different to him? I often wonder if it does.

The EEG test was quite interesting. I had a hard time keeping Jack awake on the way to SF. He actually fell asleep for probably 2 minutes because I was failing at my task. Finally I had to take him out of his car seat. If you don't know me, this was a HUGE deal to me. I DO NOT like for my kids to be out of their car seats. It was the only way to keep him awake though. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

We got checked in and were taken to where the test would be held. It was very interesting. They measured his head and marked on him with a black sharpie. All I could think of was his pictures that he'll have taken today. Lordy! They marked him up and stuck electrodes all over. Justin thought he counted 18 of them. Each electrode had a colored wire. After getting the electrodes where they were supposed to be, they wrapped Jack's whole head in gauze. Jack wasn't a huge fan of that. The good part is that he went right to sleep. They wanted to watch him fall asleep, sleeping, and waking up. They let him sleep for 30 minutes. When that was done, they had him look at a strobe light. After that the test was over. It didn't take long at all.

Today we'll have another session with PT/OT. Then I have a few people coming to the Underground (if you don't understand that, please don't ask) ;) and also 9 month pictures for Jack.

Tomorrow is the big day. Thanks to my co-worker, April, I get to go with Justin to take Nathan to meet his teacher and see his school. I'm quite excited, actually.

Anywho, that's all for now. I'm out!

Ladies and Gentlemen

We have a sitter!!!!!!

Video blog

Little Ears

A week or so ago Nathan got a new roommate, Jack! After Jack out grew his bassinet he started sleeping in his car seat. He slept through the night there and it seemed to help with his acid reflux. After finding Jack one morning half in his car seat and half out of his car seat, we figured it was time to put him in his crib.

Nathan was very excited that Jack would be moving to his room. I'm not sure if it was as fun that Jack would be his new roommate as the fact that Nathan would get to sleep on the living room floor until Jack grew accustom to his new surroundings. Nathan is much like any other child in that he doesn't want to miss a minute of things that are going on. If we're up until 11pm, Nathan feels as though he should be too.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. I know Nathan is a miniature tape recorder, closely listening to what goes on in our house, but for some reason I choose to think that Nathan won't understand what I'm saying or maybe won't be interested in half of it. I was proven wrong by this conversation:

Nathan: (While putting Nathan to bed Wednesday night after Jack's MRI) Mommy, do you have to stay up all night with Jack tonight?
Me: No. When we had Jack at the doctor today, they said we didn't have to do that anymore. He only has to miss his morning nap. That test isn't until Monday anyway.
Nathan: Oh, well that's great! Keeping him up would be hard for you and hard for Jack.
Me: Yeah, now we don't have to worry about it. Thanks for asking about it though.
Nathan: Sure.

While it was very sweet of Nathan to worry about his brother, I felt bad that he might have also been burdened with the information.

Yesterday after picking the kids up from daycare, I said "Nathan, the doctor called and Jack's test was good." Nathan said "That's great news mom!" I felt like I needed to give him that information. I didn't want to keep his mind worrying needlessly. He seemed genuinely concerned and happy about the test results. He's such a special boy. Do I REALLY have to send him off to school to be corrupted by other kids who might not be as sensitive as he is? REALLY do I?

The MRI was normal!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK GOODNESS!!!!!!!

(Unfortunately it doesn't answer why, but I'm taking NORMAL and running with it!!)

Waiting

The test yesterday went off without a hitch. We're waiting for the results today. The trauma doctor that saw him yesterday said that he's wondering if Jack had a stroke when he was in-utero. Oh, for some reason they took us to the trauma unit for prep and recovery. I don't have a clue why. The doctor was very nice. The nurses were WONDERFUL.

I must have caused a bit of confusion I think. Jack didn't have to be sleep deprived for his MRI yesterday. Actually, that's not completely true. It wasn't a part of the plan that we knew anyway. They did want him sleepy so that the sedation would last for him. It's the next test, the EEG, that they gave us that crazy sleep schedule. When I called them to see if they were on crack, they gave us different directions. They said we had to keep him up until 1am, then he could sleep from 1am to 5am, and then he would need to stay awake until test time. They acted as if this were so much better.

Justin and I couldn't figure out how on earth we were going to accomplish this task. We'd decided that he would stay up with Jack until 1am and I would get up with him at 5. However, Nurse Pam took care of that for us yesterday. She said we didn't have to do that at all. We need to keep him up a little later than normal on Sunday night and let him sleep until between 7:30 and 8 Monday morning. Then all we have to do is skip his morning nap. That's MUCH better than before.

So, now we wait - something I'm not fond of. I will post the results when I get them today. Feel free to check back. Thanks for all your e-mails, phone calls, and text messages yesterday. Keep your fingers crossed for good news.

PT/OT

Today was our first real therapy session with PT/OT. The appointment was at 9:30. Jack was very tired and didn't cooperate very well with them. They thought he did well, but I think they would say that no matter what.

At our meeting, they only wanted to give Jack services twice a month. Twice a month? Won't he fall farther behind if we only do this twice a month? I asked that they come once a week. Speech will start coming after school starts.

I'll be glad when the testing is done and we can move on. The EEG is not going to be much fun. Oh, let me clarify the tests for you. The MRI of his brain will be done to see if there is any kind of abnormality in his brain. It will show if there is a brain bleed, Cerebral Palsy or Milroy's disease. The EEG will show if Jack has been having seizures or not. For this test, Jack has to be sleep deprived. They told me to put him to bed at 10pm the night before the test, wake him up at 3am and not let him sleep after that until he has the test. I'm going to call them today to see if they were possibly smoking crack when they gave the nurse the prep directions. There is no way that I'm going to be able to keep Jack awake for 9 hours, one of them being in the van for the almost hour trip to Sioux Falls. He'll be sedated for the MRI tomorrow.

I have about a million things that I need to get done today. Tomorrow will be a long day. Jack has to be at the hospital at 12:30. The scan doesn't start until 2:15. I don't know how long it will last, but I'll have Justin by my side so that will help. I'll try to update tomorrow evening. Until then..........

....and the doctor said

I planned to update this earlier today but wasn't able to get to it. Here we go....

In reference to the MRI, Dr. Henry said that they would be looking for a brain bleed or Cerebral Palsy. He said wanted to know if I'd been sick during my pregnancy with Jack, sick like with a virus. It seems to me that I had a cold at one time, but I'd have to look back in my blog to check for sure. Anyway, he said that something like that could have caused a brain bleed in Jack. I know what you're probably thinking, why on earth would he tell me this, right? I'm just the opposite - I want to know information like this.

My Aunt, who is a nurse, wanted me to make sure that the doctor remembered that Milroy's disease runs in Justin's family. When I was pregnant with Jack (I think it was with Jack - I've been pregnant a lot ) we had genetic counseling. We learned at that time that Milroy's (Lymphedema ) could attach itself to any organ. Dr. Henry hadn't thought of that, so thank you Jenni for thinking of that for us.

He asked if Jack's had any seizures. Uh, no - I would have called the doctor 2 seconds after he was done - don't kid yourself. He asked if he was having silent seizures. I don't believe he's having any kind of seizures. Dr. Henry wants Jack to have an EEG just to make sure. That's scheduled for next Monday.

I brought some fruit puffs so that Dr. Henry could watch Jack pick one up with his right hand and then one with his left hand. He seemed to be quite surprised. With his right hand, Jack picked up the puff and put it directly in his mouth. With his left hand, Jack struggled to pick it up. When he finally got it in his hand, he held it for a bit before trying to get it to his mouth. More times than not his misses his mark when using his left hand.

I told Dr. Henry that many times Jack will have his right hand flat while the left hand is clinched in a fist. He saw it for himself a few times as well. He said it wasn't normal for a baby of Jack's age to do that.

Remember the bell story? Dr. Henry isn't so sure that Jack hears very well out of his left ear. He said there was nothing that could be done right now for him, so we'll just leave it as is. He showed me some things to try with him to see if he's hearing or not. It seems to be a bit of a 'back burner' type thing, which is fine. His main concern is his left side and the fact that Jack isn't sitting up by himself. However, he is getting better at that too. We've noticed that when Jack is sitting by himself, he falls to the left. I know that's probably of no surprise, but I thought I'd say it.

As for waving or holding his arms out to be held, Dr. Henry said that Jack falls into the 20th percentile - which is low, but with help that can be fixed.

I'm sure I've left something out, however, I made a video blog so that I wouldn't have to type all of this, but our computer is slow and wouldn't load it to youtube. Now it's 10:30pm and I'm too tired to care. The kids are all in bed and I'm heading there too. Tomorrow morning is our first session with PT/OT.

Thanks to everyone who checked in today. It's very much appreciated.

Video blog

Momma called the doctor

Today was kinda sucky. I was having a huge self conflict. I wanted to call Dr. Henry's office to tell him about the crappy scores Jack got, but on the other hand I thought I should give Jack a chance to prove himself.

I started thinking back to the tests that he didn't do so great at. One of them that I couldn't get over was when they rang a bell and Jack acted as if he didn't hear it. I asked the lady if she thought he could hear and she said "Yes. I've seen him respond to his name." The sucky part is that they really didn't answer any questions for me, like the most important one - WHY? Why didn't he look at that bell? Why is he having such a hard time feeding himself? Why doesn't the left side of his body work as well as the right? Why isn't he able to sit up by himself at the age of 9 months? WHY?

Yesterday at the meeting, the lady representing Speech was holding Jack. We were talking about the bell test and how he didn't respond. Jack's body was facing her but his head was looking to his left. The lady whistled like a bird. It got Natey's attention in the other room, but Jack, who need I remind you is sitting in her lap, acted as if it didn't happen. She whistled again. Nothing. She said "Jack" and he turned his head. What in the hell does that mean? Someone just tell me for crying out loud!

My friend Linda came down to see how I was doing after lunch. I told her about my internal struggle. She suggested that I call Dr. Henry if nothing else but to make myself feel better. Finally I caved. His nurse called me back at about 4:30. I told her that Jack favored the right side and I told her about the bell test. She said something and I wasn't sure if she was talking to me or not. When I said "What?" she said "Dr. Henry is standing right here and I'm writing what you say. He wants an MRI done immediately." She tried to schedule it for tomorrow (Friday), but there was some glitch. Dr. Henry wants to see Jack Monday morning and then he'd like for him to have the MRI. They were going to call and set something up for us.

Normally I work the mid-8 shift on Monday, but I won't be doing that this week which probably means no video blog. Maybe there will be one, only a different day - who knows. I didn't ask the nurse what they would be looking for with an MRI - I didn't have the courage.

I got off the phone and started to cry. WHY? Can someone just tell me why? Why does this have to be happening? Why does it have to be so scary? Why have we been through this twice when others have never had anything like this? Why do people tell me everything will be ok when there IS no guarantee? WHY?

For my birthday I got some of these. Justin told me when we were dating that I wouldn't see many of these in my life. He was wrong. He buys them for me more than even he thought he would I'm sure. He gets them for me when I least expect it - although I never expect it. He told me not to afterall.

My mom and step dad came to take us all out for supper. We had a good time. We didn't tell the kids that they were coming, so they were surprised. I wish I could have captured it on camera, but it didn't work out that way. Their faces were funny though. They love to play with their Grandma's and Papa's I tell you! Our visits are never long enough. Now that Nathan will be starting school and I'll be starting a new job (November), we'll be able to have visits on the weekends like other normal people. (Did I just call myself normal? Say it ain't so!)

Check out this super cute picture of Mom and Roger with Jack. First of all, check out the mohawk on Jack. I can not get that thing under control. Check out that smile for crying out loud! He's such a happy baby. He's so easy to love.

How cute is this, right? Oh my goodness! I know they won't always love each other this much, but for now it just melts my heart (until Claire whacks Nathan - she 'tan't' help it you know).

The big meeting

Ok, so before I start, I want to point out that I'm pissed. I also blocked comments because I don't want any. I don't want to hear you say 'it will be ok' and 'everything will work out'. I know both of these things to be true, however, for right now I'm pissed.

I allowed myself to think that Jack was 'better' than he actually was. I allowed myself to accept comments from people like 'see, he's doing this' or 'well he's not doing that anymore'.

Here is how to read the scores below. Scores between 85 and 115 are considered to be in the average range. Scores falling below 77 are considered significant for educational planning purposes and may indicate a need for early intervention services.

Adaptive: Standard Score - 100

• Self-Care: Age Equivalent - 8 months

Personal-Social: Standard Score - 70

• Adult Interaction: Age Equivalent - 1 month
• Self-Concept and Social Role: Age Equivalent - 0 months

Communication: Standard Score - 67

• Receptive: Age Equivalent - 3 months
• Expressive: Age Equivalent - 2 months

Motor: Standard Score - 59

• Gross Motor: Age Equivalent - 4 months
• Fine Motor: Age Equivalent - 0 months

Cognitive: Standard Score - 61

• Attention and Memory: Age Equivalent - 3 months
• Perception and Concepts: Age Equivalent - 0 months
  

Here is his list of weaknesses:
(What is written in this color is what I think about this weakness)

• Feeding himself bite-sized pieces of food (He's started to do this more. The strange thing is that more often than not, he puts his head down to the food, and not the food up to his mouth.)


• Drinks from a cup with assistance (Not even close to doing this one)


• Shows a desire to be picked up for held by familiar people (Normally babies will put their hands out so that you'll pick them up. Jack doesn't do this.)


• Explores adult facial features (He only does this when he's tired.)


• Expresses emotions (He does this and I'm not sure why this is on here.)


• Shows awareness of his hands and feet (He is very aware of his feet. He's aware of his hands for the most part too. It's just strange when he's trying to feed himself is all.)


• Responds to his name (He does this now, but wouldn't during the eval.)


• Babbles


• Repeats one or more single-Syllable consonant-vowel sounds in close succession


• Brings hands together at the midline (He does this if offered a toy, but not on his own.)


• Moves his arms when a toy is in sight (He doesn't do it for a toy, but he does it for people.)


• Rolls over (He does this now too.)


• Intentionally secures a nearby object while on his stomach (He's got to really want it to go and get it. He doesn't do this very much.)


• Sits without assistance for at least 5 seconds


• Retrieves a small object


• Transfers an object from one hand to the other (He sometimes does this.)


• Attends to a game of peekaboo (He laughs, but doesn't play along.)


• Feels and explores objects (He doesn't feel them. They usually go directly to his mouth.)


• Physically explores or investigates his surroundings

Here is a list of his strengths:

• Sucks with smooth, coordinated movements while drinking and holding his bottle


• Eats semisolid food when it's placed in his mouth


• Looks at adults face


• Responds physically when held


• Shows awareness of other people


• Smiles or vocalizes in response to adult attention


• Enjoys frolic play


• Responds to a voice outside his field of vision


• Attends to someone speaking to him


• Maintains an upright posture at adults shoulder without assistance


• Lifts and turns his head from side to side while lying on his stomach


• Holds and puts an object into his mouth


• Turns his eyes toward light


• Responds to physical contact and tactile stimulation


• Visually explores the environment

So, where do we go from here, right? He'll have therapy once a week for a while. They offered it to me twice a month, but I'm not comfortable with that due to his 'scores'. I don't want to be missing anything. I want to make sure that the left side of his body is getting stronger. They will call to set something up starting next week or the following week. He will have OT, PT and Speech. They'll either come to our house or they will go to Pam's house - depending on how well our schedules fit with one another.

I didn't block the comments because I don't appreciate what you have to say, I just need time to be mad. Tomorrow is a new day - it will be a better today. But for today? Well, today sucks.

The bully

Nathan: Mom! Claire hit me in the face!
Me: Claire, stop hitting Nathan in the face.

A few minutes later......

Nathan: MOM! Claire hit me in the face again!
Me: Claire. CLAIRE! Look at me. DO NOT hit Nathan in the face again or you'll stand in the corner.
Claire: Ohhhtay

A few minutes later......

Nathan: MOM! She DID it again!
Me: Claire! Be nice to your brother!
Claire: I TAN'T!!

Video blog

Speaking of concerts.....

Have you seen the footage of the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert? First of all, someone pulls off Tim's ring. I found the footage on YouTube. I think he's blaming the wrong woman. Check out the woman in green just behind and to the right of the woman he's accusing. Watch it a couple of times if you have to. After she grabs Tim's hand it looks as though she tries to get his attention. That poor woman that he's accusing has no idea what he's even talking about. I saw it on CMT Insider yesterday. After this cuts out, he called security on the woman that he's accused. I wonder what happened next.

As if that wasn't bad enough, someone grabbed his private and Faith Hill yells at them. Don't get me wrong, she has a valid complaint, but if you're on the stage and you walk over to the crowd - wouldn't you kinda know that might happen? HEAR ME - it doesn't make it right, but if you don't want it to happen, put the crowd farther away or don't go so close to them.

I thought the footage at CMT was better. You can watch it here as well.

Concert Review

We had so much fun! My friend Linda is crazy - good crazy. She's all about fun. She had wonderful, funny stories that kept Tracy and I laughing all the way to Omaha. Neither Tracy or Linda know each other very well. Tracy probably feel as though she knows Linda because of all the stories I tell her about Linda. Same with Linda; she probably feels as though she knows Tracy as much as I talk about her.

We left town around 10:30ish in the AM on Saturday. We made it to North Sioux City where we decided to eat at Subway. We pulled into the motel at about 2 that afternoon, checked in, found our room and cracked open the beer. We had a good time sitting in the room doing nothing but kicking back. We were going to go to the mall, but none of us seemed to find the ambition. It was a good idea and all of us were game, but we never got that far.

After we got ready, we went to eat at Rick's Boathouse Cafe. It was packed! I think on a normal night the food would have been better, but due to the fact that this place is right behind the Qwest Center, there were TONS of people around. The atmosphere of this place was pretty cool. It's right on the water. The service wasn't wonderful, but our waiter probably had 20 tables to keep track of, so we were somewhat forgiving.

We got to the concert and found our seats. I almost started crying. They were horrible. I took some test shots so I'd know how to take pictures once the show started. The stage was farther to the left of this picture.

I lightened the picture so you could see just how far it was. Check out all the people though. It's because he's great! :)

Here is a picture of the Wreckers. I must have been pretty zoomed in.

(Check out the chick with the knee high boots - and dress! What was she thinkin'?)

We were so far up and back that the sound was distorted. It was hard to understand what they were saying. I was STEAMING. The more I watched, the more I knew I COULD NOT stay in these seats. I took this video of them which doesn't sound horrible, but I also somewhat know the song. When they were talking to the crowd, we had no idea what they were saying.

I don't know how much you know about this group, but I think it was announced on Thursday or Friday prior to the concert that they broke up. They will be on tour through September and then go their separate ways. Nice!

So while they were playing music that we couldn't understand, we hatched a plan. Now, let me just say that I was so happy to be with my BFF's who could see in my face that these seats weren't working for me. Lucky for me they are quite a bit like me and were willing to take matters into their own hands. We decided to go as quickly as we could to our 'new' seats and act like we own the joint. We did just that. We sat there hoping that nobody would be the wiser and would just let us be. We called Amanda to see if we could figure out where she was sitting, but it was so loud that I couldn't hear her talking.

By looking at the first crowd picture I posted, you can see our new seats. Lucky for all of us I'm pretty crafty on the computer. HA!!!

Now, here is a look at our old seats from our new seats. :)

I know the quality of the picture is sucky, but that really isn't the point. :) The only 'bad' thing about our new seats was that the camera that was used to put Keith on the big screen was right in our line of sight. It was minor for me. I didn't care. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the concert.

Three, three, three Keith's in one. :)

Jammin' with the band.
(Can you see the sign on the right? It says 'Sex on legs'. What the heck does that mean???)How cool is this? I couldn't hear where he said the drum line was from, but can you imagine telling your friends "Yeah, I played a concert with Keith Urban this summer. What did you do?" Awesome!I love this picture - less that camera. Nevertheless - LOVE IT!

I'll end this post with the rest of the video I have from the concert. We had a blast!

Stupid Boy

Making Memories of Us (I think he means me) HA!!

I Told You So / The drum line

The end of Somebody Like You

Swimming lesson finale

Nathan has PASSED swimming lessons!!! YEA! I am SO proud of him!!! At the end of his lesson today, he and Dawson decided to jump off the diving board. I can't wait to hear all about it! Lucky for me, Tracy caught it on video. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

WAY TO GO BIG BOY!!!!!

I interrupt this week filled of Keith Urban concert news to bring you something big.
BIG!
Last night Nathan learned to blow bubbles with gum. It was a huge deal! I wouldn't interrupt a week full of Keith Urban concert news if it wasn't.

So....

After seeing how excited we were during our video blog and watching the video I made, are you kinda wondering what it might be like to go to a Keith Urban concert?

Are you?

Well, lucky for you I brought some of it home ~ just for you.


Yeah, he's THAT good!!