The Angels Game

What a fun Friday night for the boys! 

Uncle Robert always spoils them with great seats every year since he works for AM830 Angels radio, but this will be the last season since he just left the radio station to start his own company and we wish him the best! 

It was packed as Seattle was in town. Little Landon loves the games. He watches them at home so he knows what's going on. He cheers, he knows the players, he throws his A up on big plays... He's a fan! 

Daniel loves going to the games too. Any chance he gets to go to Angels stadium, he jumps. His bg was great during the game. They made basal changes on his pump Thursday so he suffered a bg38 at school before school got out. That's a scary number. But, he stayed unhooked from his pump for two hours. Sometimes his body bottoms out for no reason. Last night during the game bg84. Beautiful number and he said he felt fine. He was able to enjoy the game without snacks or juice. 

Landon says #2 #7 lol for #27 Trout. Sissy's most favorite player in the entire world. I'm sure she'd get a good giggle. He talks to people around us in the other seats and makes them giggle. He's such a people person. Daniel is shy compared to Landon. My boys have two different personalities, but when it comes to articulating sentences, Landon at 3 can have a conversation with adults. It's funny. Many people made complements about him last night. 

It is nearly impossible to get a picture with this little guy when he is having fun. He just doesn't want to. He will tell you no Mommy, no more pictures. But, he gets jealous if I'm taking pictures with Daniel... So he came right over and interrupted my pictures with Daniel. Boys and their jealousy always works lol 

He loved the fireworks from the home run made by CJ Cron. He was standing and dancing. In fact, he was dancing at every song that was played. 

It was humid! Thank goodness it was a night game. I didn't even bother with make-up. Ponytail and tank top is how I ended up all night. Boys were sweating. I felt horrible. It never cooled off. But, they were having fun so they didn't care. 

Angels Win! 

We start our walk out and my husband and I stop at the Angels store for the boys. Of course, the tshirt is out of sizes by the end of the night. It was getting late anyways so we head out the front gate and we watched Angels Live as my husband likes to listen to Tim Salmon, an ex Angels player. So, as he is watching and his birthday just passed, he says I'd really like an autograph I said ok. I'll get it go over there with Landon and enjoy the show. 

Here I am with Tim Salmon :) I got the Angels hat signed and I asked for a picture too and he said "a picture too" and giggled as he waited for Daniel to take our picture. I told him thank you. He said your welcome sweetheart lol. I look up at my hubby who was laughing. Daniel even said Mommy your the only one he talked to and signed an autograph and took a real picture and waited with, WOW! lol Daniel says it helps to be beautiful mommy people were just looking because he was only walking with you. Hee hee and that was our night. 

We ended it with ice cream sundaes for the boys, lucky for Daniel his bg64 so he got a treat and headed home as we giggled about Mommy's adventures with the Big Fish! 

Time spent with our younger daughter

The boys got to enjoy some quality time with Lailani and had a blast. We spent a few weekends between Bolsa Chica beach, Knotts Berry Farm, or Grandmas house, they played, they laughed, they acted like children their age and shared their younger 3 year old brother. It was perfect. 

They were perfect and shared the responsibility. They get along very well. It's such a nice blessing. It's a great visit to get all of them together. They just play, enjoy the day, share their younger brother, and spend some time together getting caught up on life. Daniel is a great mellow older brother and Lailani is a polite girl who acts her age. It's a nice time when they are all together. 

My sweet boys always spending time with mommy. Lailani got to spend time swimming with her dad in the water. It's nice that our blended family knows how to share each other. The children understand how to share their love with other parents as well as other siblings. It's a beautiful thing. 

My husband's pride and joy. His younger two children. It's nice to see them get to know each other. She deserves all we can give her. Landon loves her. He gets excited to play with her. 

We spent the next weekend at Knotts Berry Farm since she said she had never been there. Off to the amusement park we went... 

We hit Ghostown first. Landon didn't want to take pictures of course. We made leather bracelets of each of them. And headed to our first rides. 

Into the mineshaft we headed. She sat with Landon most of the day. We may have a blended family, but somehow we make it work. 

Getting robbed on the train and Landon says Daddy has all the money. Smart kid. 

My pilot! The big kids went to ride roller coasters so he could only ride the camp snoopy rides. Landon didn't complain. We met for dinner. Then headed home. 

Of course, while we were waiting for our food Landon wanted to take a picture with the wood carved Grizzly Bear. He's such a silly boy, but I love his innocence and imagination so much. 

I had to stop for pastries on our way out. The bakery in Ghostown is so good. Eclair for me, kids always pick a cookie, Lailani has expensive taste she picked chocolate covered strawberries. 

She knows what's good. After our desserts we made the long walk back to the car. 

Landon and I took one last picture as we watched the character show. We had to say goodbye to Charlie Brown and the gang. 

And of course, they always want to go swimming at Grandma's. Her pool is used for grandkids hahahaha. Well, I know when I had a pool, it was never used by me. It was the kids. If not, it was just a nice hole of water lol. 

We have had some amazing weekends with football and spending time with our  family. Raising a blended family is not the easiest, but with time and love the kids will grow up knowing they are loved. 

Football stays in the Winning!

Where do I begin... I took a break from posting. I needed some personal time to just focus on us, my boys, the new school schedule, and just get myself together for the new school season. When I've got so much going on sometimes you just need a break. So, to my followers, I apologize for the lengthy delay in my posts. 

Daniel has now began Jr. High and is having an amazing time. The freedom his insulin pump has given him makes his days more convenient. However, adjustments are often being made. He takes his missed bolus before football, but it still cause his bg to run high. Then he will run low. With adjustments, he's now on the reverse end and running low bg more often than usual. Bg39-50 more often than we like. Not a good scenario for our son either way. Too high or too low. He has never been the child with perfect numbers for longer than three days. His body seems to like to sit at bg200. 

With that, he's doing great in Jr. high. Grades are up, he loves it, studies late, football practice gets out at 8:30pm... That isn't the choice I prefer, but as long as he's not suffering in school I can deal with it. 

These boys work hard at practices. I'm proud to see their dedication. They deserve all the recognition they get. 

Upland Chargers are an awesome team. 

Yesterday we played LaVerne/SanDimas Trojans. The two cities combined and it was a tough game for the boys. Usually the boys blow out their opponents. The last 4 games were Upland on the board and they've only given up one touchdown thus far this season. 

Yesterday was a tough game. The first half Upland just couldn't catch the passes in the end zone or rush for enough yards. The first half ended at 0-6 Upland down. Daniel bg316, he was crying, coach was yelling he missed the catch for the touchdown, he got his insulin, refocused and came back like Troy Polamalu in the second half. The crowd was cheering. Everyone was yelling! He was amazing. He caused fumbles, caused incomplete passes, stopped runs. #32 was on Fire! 

He was having an amazing second half! Coaches were so proud. Parents were screaming. I'm always proud, but this was his moment to be proud of himself. He said he could hear the crowd screaming. How exciting! 

Hubby and I enjoying the game. The stands were full. We found seats towards the bottom so little Landon could play. The weather wasn't too warm in the shade and thank GOD it was a 5pm game. Watching Daniel play is the greatest part of my weekend. It brings me so much joy. He is truly an awesome player. He's athletic and he perseveres in everything he sets his mind too. Type 1 diabetes is just an obstacle. 

At the end of the game he was crying and so emotional. Everyone wanted a picture with him. His coaches kept saying good game. His teammates, their parents, strangers, all said #32 your a beast! He was so emotional he ran over to stepdad and wanted a hug. 

It doesn't take much to be a great parent. It just takes time and love. Daniel is blessed to have someone step up to be a dad when he needs it most. They share guy moments I as a female don't understand, but I appreciate my hubby for being there. Daniel trust him and I won't question that bond. He's becoming a teenager. 

Upland won last night 7-6 and remain undefeated. Go Chargers! BOOM! 

Busy Weeks

I haven't found much time to give to my blog. It's been a very demanding schedule for our family. Daniel has had five day a week football practices for over a month and our weekends we try to connect as a family. It's been very strenuous on Daniel's body adjusting to the routine. 

Monitoring his blood sugars with the amount of conditioning, weather conditions, plus the uncontrollable nature of the disease itself at a moments notice. We've gone from bg391 to a sudden drop of bg31 in less than an hour. I thank God that he wasn't passed out on the field and we didn't need to call 911, he wasn't having a seizure, and we didn't need to use a Glucagon injection through his thigh to save his life. 

He loves the sport and is having an amazing season as usual. He's suffered many bumps, lumps, bruises, but he's not giving up. That's dedication. He removes his pump during contact. His inset always seems to fall off, detach, come loose and I have to do a site change more often. Even with bloody elbows that drip and ooze blood, he says he's fine. A true boy! 

The new school year has started. He's in accelerated classes and an AVID student. Life is busy. His schedule alone keeps me on my toes. My calendar is full. 

Then you add our toddler and his schedule now, well all I can say is I am glad I redecorated and simplified my home. Less dusting, less things to tidy up, simple and clean for this busy family. I am not home enough now with all my activities for the boys to have all the extras. Plus, they say change is good. I'm devoting my extra time to my toddler. I have lots of activities we've done that I want to share, but I'd like to keep them private for the moment. My toddler is precious to my heart. 

I wouldn't give up my mommy duties for the world. So here's to a great football season, happy blood sugars, and a great school year! I'll be posting all about Daniel and how he's doing pumping and football. Experiencing Jr. High and the independence that comes with not being monitored like he was in elementary school. He's enjoying it so far. He was always more mature and hated going to the office every few hours. The pump gives him much more freedom. I have to trust him, and of all my children he's my most responsible.