mood disorder

Tomorrow Asher goes to be tested to see if he has a mood disorder on top of his sensory integration disorder. I'm pretty sure he will be diagnosed w/something. I currently have no intentions of putting him on any medication. The psychologist or psychiatrist (not sure which nor the difference between either of them) that he's going to see also isn't big on perscribing meds which is good w/me. I'm hoping that whatever it is, we can try to teach him how to deal w/it w/out meds. I think theres a lot of kids out there that are diagnosed and put on meds that really just need a good spanking and some rules/guildlines. I'd like to teach Asher how to self-regulate as much as possible so that he doesn't have to be med reliant for the rest of his life. Obviously, if we feel he needs them, we'll put him on them, but putting him on meds isn't my goal. I just want to know everything he's dealing w/so we can be understanding, and help him be a happier, healthier person!

pink hair

Ok, so I've always liked experimenting w/my hair. Before I would color and cut my hair, chop if all off if I felt like it. But, Brian likes my hair long, so I've been keeping it longer for him. Well, I've always wanted to play w/more colors, but when working, you have to be a little more careful as to what you do. So since I'm not working and won't be working for a while, I thought what better time to experiment than now? So, I went pink :)
on my way to color my hair

ta-da!

the eye

Well, the surgery is done, and all went well according to his doctor. She said the main muscle they had to work on really couldn't be called muscle. She said it was as thin as tissue paper so it made things a little more difficult, but she's still pretty confident. We go back next wednesday to get his eye looked at. Right now he's pretty much sleeping, but who can blame him. Having been up since 3:45am this morning, sleeping is really all I have on my mind too :P Of course, we all know I couldn't go w/out taking pictures, so here you go:
waiting to be hauled away

FINALLY got him called back down


no he's not looking at you, his eye doesn't close

looks like he got beat up, right?

J's eye surgery

It's the day before surgery. I got the call this afternoon that he has to check in 6:30am which means we need to leave here aroun 4:30am. His surgery is scheduled for 7:30am and is supposed to take an hr and 45mins. They say it's supposed to be 2hrs for recovery, but you never know. I'm just praying that everything goes smoothly and correctly the first time around. It will be an early rise and a long day....keep us and the medical staff in your prayers!

Halloween/Thanksgiving

I realized that I didn't post anything from Halloween nor Thanksgiving. So, here are some pictures from those two events:

Halloween
















Thanksgiving w/Brian