A DAY IN OUR FAMILY LIFE

Am i looking forward to the school holidays ending?
So far the last couple of days, i have not felt this way believe it or not. I awoke this morning with a headache after making some perculated coffee for hubby & i after drinking a cup it appeared to have made it worse, so after overdosing on some asprin, i am now able to type away to my hearts content, adding to my blogger.

I have come to the conclusion that packing away toys and having to constantly nag the kids to pack away, its not worth the headache. My house is littered with toys and as long as my kitchen is tidy and clean, my floors vacumed i dont care anymore. I have even come to the conclusion it is easier to vacuum around the toys than clean them up because they are all pulled out again within 5 minutes.

The children have a toy room which is my computer room also, yet the toys dont seem to live very long in this room.

Hubby and i have been teaching the kids some french words (hubby speaks some french as his family comes from Mauritious and i have picked it up along the way)
One Jordan has picked up very well is caca-fess, which in slang terms politely means "pooh pooh bum", he says this sometimes when he has a smelly behind. Nicolas likes to say mondur which means "my god" Jasons parents will be proud when they hear this. Chloe dobs them in telling me muuuummmmy Nicolas and Jordan are saying those rude words again!

Jason has had to have 2 days off work because the other night he decided to do some dance moves along with karate kicks and kicked his big toe into the corner of the wall and sliced it open. Ha ya - YOUCH! and is unable to wear his work boots at the moment. Nicolas told me in a gross kind of manner that if daddy wasn't careful maggots might grow out of it. I think he was trying to say "if he gets gangrene in his foot". This photo to the right is of Jordan and one of our favourites. I cannot get over how handsome he looks. I think you all have to agree why poppy calls him his little French Prince. I have to also admit that genes have played a wonderful part in our childrens good looks, not meaning to sound bias or anything.

Well yesterday we all took a trip to the doctors. The surgery was packed with only 3 doctors working and this is a medical centre! What started off having quite children turned into an animal farm. Nicolas and Chloe started to run around screaming with laughter, all this time Jordan making his errr noises at a 100 decibals, people looking and staring and squinting at the sound. After telling Nicolas and Chloe to be quiet and sit down, Jordan had made his way into the x-ray department through the receptionists desk, only realising after, when a doctor brought him back out to the waiting area.

Jordan then decided he had waited enough and proceeded to scream and carry on, pulling blinds up, knocking someone in the head with them. I am glad this guy was fine about it after i apologised. Jason decided to take him for a walk outside and when they came back Jordan would not settle. I decided to get a book for him to read to me, and this kept him quiet for 10 minutes, though his attention span was everywhere, he did extremely well, considering i had to keep re-directing him to his book. By now we had waited for 1 hour and had about 6 people in front of us, Nicolas and Chloe winging they were thirsty and hungry, well it was lunchtime.

I think the recepionists decided to put us next on the list, because by now Jordan was carrying on so much, we did get a few looks from people who had been waiting a lot longer than we had, Oh well i thought it was either that or they would have to put up with Jordans screaming and let their health slowly decline!
A lot of people do look at Jordan as though he is just a naughty child because he looks so normal, yet if there was more awareness about Autism, a lot more people would be able to pick up that there infact, is something wrong with our son.

Well i finally found out why my weight is always up and down, it has nothing to do with what i eat because in general i do eat quite healthy, mind you i used to be a size 8 when i met Jason, and when i started gaining weight, i had by then, surgery for a number of things when i was diagnosed with PCOS.

I have suffered from Poly Cystic ovaries for years, along with a underactive thyroid which i take meds for, though my dose has to be increased. My blood results showed i have high levels of insulin caused by my PCOS, even though i have cut down my carb intake, the doctor told me no matter how much i excercise or diet, it will be 10 times harder to loose the weight. The medication i was on before for 2 months only showed i had lost 3 kilos, yet most people will loose 8-10 kilos by now.

He has now suggested i have gastric banding surgery done by keyhole, which will also help the amount of insulin released into my blood which then turns to fat cells and the amount of food i eat. He explained that PCOS sufferers have a slow metabolism, thus making you more hungry. I dont understand that bit because i dont eat any more than the average person. I have had my gall bladder taken out and i know drinking white wine doesnt help either.

I will now have to go on a waiting list for about a year with private health insurance and he feels this will be the answer to my weight loss.
Fingers crossed. Tomorrow i will have another blood test to check my glucose levels etc. I am so glad hubby was with me because this gave him a better understanding of why my weight is up and down after years of trying to explain this to him.
Sorry to blab on about myself, after all this blog is meant to be about Jordan and our other 2 children.