The Month of March

March was a wonderful month for our family. We had friends and family visit us for Carl's baptism. Carl was baptised on March 13th. It was wonderful. My brother and his family came from St. Louis and our dear friends, the Stempinski's and Susette Fletcher, came from Arizona. I feel so blessed to have family and friends that made the sacrifice and were so willing to be there for Carl's special day. Carl was very excited.

We had a great weekend. Bernard, John, and Brian stayed up late on Saturday playing games, not quite meeting Bernard's all night goal.

Susette also stayed with us for a week before the baptism and then, the Stempinski's stayed with us for a week afterwards. We had a great time. As it was the Stempinski's spring break, we took a few days off work and went sightseeing with them. We had such a great time.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all my family and friends.
We hope that you had a great and relaxing day!

The Rodgers

My excuses for being a slacker!

So, I have not written in a while because: life has not stopped, I have been sick, and I can't write about work. My life basically consists of Brian, Carl (including piano), Cub scouts, and work. Between those things, I just don't seem to have energy for anything else. I am seriously considering making this a closed-invite only so I can say what I want and not worry about the wrong person reading it. Did I reveal too much already? (by the way, I love my job!)
Cub scouts is going great: the Blue and Gold banquet was great and the Pinewood Derby is only two weeks away. I also only made two mistakes on re-charting!
One day, I will have time and energy to do all I need to do.

Thank you for your prayers!

Thank you so much for your prayers and support for my sister-in-law. We is doing so much better. Nikki is now off the ventilator and will be moved out of ICU very soon. We know that Heavenly Father has heard our prayers and blessed Nikki with healing. We are so grateful.
Thank you.

Prayers for my Family

My family is really in need of prayers right now. On Monday, my younger sister text us with news that my sister-in-law Nikki was in the hospital on a ventilator in ICU. Nikki and my brother, Victor contracted the H1N1 virus while on a family cruise. The virus has attacked her lungs and she is unable to breathe by herself. Although this week has very slowly brought good news, there has been more bad news. My niece came down with the flu and strep, and Victor also came down with bronchitis. My brother and his family in St. Louis also now have the H1N1 virus as well. At Victor and Brian's urging, Carl and I got vaccinated at the local health care center.
Please pray for my family, especially Nikki right now. We are unable to visit her due to my health problems. I have already had a terrible case of bronchitis as well. this is my way of doing something as I feel so helpless right now. My family is sick and I am unable to do anything, except this. Please help my family.

Carl's baby teeth

So I don't think I wrote about this before. Most children begin to loose their baby teeth in Kindergarten and first grade. Carl kept waiting for his teeth to begin to fall out. I kept telling him, don't get your hopes up, your teeth came in so late that they will fall out late.

Carl got his wish. He lost his first tooth right before the end of first grade.

Now that Carl is in second grade, he finally lost one more tooth. We were concerned because the permanent tooth was coming in without the baby tooth falling out first. I finally was able to pull it out on Friday (right before Carl got strep throat; good thing I was my hands all the time). Carl is so excited to finally loss his baby teeth.

My Summer

So Brian had a great summer in Scotland. Carl and I also went to St. Louis for just over one week while he was in Scotland. I was going to blog about the great times we were having, but then I thought, I am putting the fact that we we both very far from home on a public blog. Even when I came home, I was have some health problems. (Remember, I have Ulcerative Colitis). At the beginning of summer, I was having problems, so my doctor put me on a strict low residue diet and a new medicine. I did not respond to the medicine well, so they put me on a different version of the same medicine with pepcid so I could tolerate it better. My energy levels were terrible and I could not get back on a regular diet.
In July, Carl and I went with Brian to Atlanta for three days (Math I testing conference). Carl and I had a great time at the hotel, mostly swimming in the pool. Poor Carl, I just did not have the energy to do much of anything. (Oh, great news, we sold our house on the east side of Athens!! Mom and Sarah moved in with Victoria.) We did get the chance to take Carl to Six Flags over Georgia after Brian finished working. Carl loved it and can't wait to go back. It was expensive, but we really had a great time. We also went to a Braves game.
So I finally went back to the doctor in August and he agreed to do a colonoscopy and endoscopy to figure out what was going on with me. Good news, my UC was down graded from moderate severe to mild. Bad news, the new medicine caused gastritis (a swelling of the lining of the stomach). The new medicine is working great, but stomach cannot tolerate it. So the doctor put me on prilosec. And it is working. I now take medicine five times a day, but I can eat normal, my energy level is up and I feel great. I can go to work and come home and cook dinner.
It feel great to feel healthy again.
Well, except for the fact that Carl and I are home sick today!! Carl has strep throat and I have bronchitis! We are both doing great and feeling better. We came down sick at the same time on Saturday. Brian took us to the local urgent care center and we are both on antibiotics. My mom picked both the worst and best time to come and visit. I am so grateful for her help, but this was suppose to be a vacation for her!
So that is the very long and short of our summer.
We are looking forward to the second part of the Scotland exchange. They are coming in one week!