Monday, March 17, 2008

Congratulations!!!

It's wedding season!!! This weekend Tom's cousin (and my dear friend) JeVonne is getting married!!! Yippee! WE are so happy for her and can't wait!

Last night my little brother, Chris, called me and guess what???? Yup...getting married!!! Yeah Christian! I'm so excited for him! Amy is SUCH a great girl and I know she'll be a great sister-in-law! So our family will be heading to Vegas in May for the wedding! Congrats Chris & Amy!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

It's Sunday afternoon. We didn't go to church today due to the number of runny noses and coughs in our family right now. Tom left for Utah this morning and now we are bored out of our minds! Sundays can be really long.
So what is new? Well, we are still totally up in the air about what we are going to be doing in the future. Staying here? moving to Utah? Starting our own? Joining a practice? Right now we are looking seriously at starting our own practice. So if that be the case, I need some help. Please!!?!!
We need a name. The location we are looking at is in Hayden, Idaho (about 5 minutes from our house). If anyone has heard of a cool pediatric dental name, please share. We are thinking of:

Hayden Pediatric Dental

Dr. Dance
Pediatric Dentistry

Dr. Dance
Dentistry for Children

We will need a big sign with our "name" on it. There are other pediatric dentists we've heard of with names such as "kiDDS Dental", "Little Smiles" (his old job), "The Children's Village". If we could come up with something catchy, that would be great too. We are blessed with a memorable last name so that is why we thought of using it in the title.

Who knows? As we are racking our brain trying to come up with a "name" (because every loan application we've filled out we've left the "business name" blank so far), I kindof want to just get a moving truck lined up and hit the road back to Utah where a busy job is right around the corner. I told Tom to figure it out when he is in Utah this week. If he wants to move back, we'll just go for it. If he thinks Hayden is the place for us, then we're here to stay. I have come to the realization in my mind that I'll be happy wherever we call "home". There are so many advantages to both places, and as I weigh them all out in my mind (and on paper), I've realized I just can't take the emotional stress of deciding any longer and I'm leaving it up to my husband.
Of course I say this today but tomorrow I'll be on the phone crying to Tom we have to do "this" or "that".

Can you tell I'm a wreck lately? I know I'll look back on it all and laugh (or not), but right now it's just plain old hard.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

did you know?

So I always get those pamphlets at the doctors office and never really read them. Well, when the doctor told me yesterday that Jane had RSV I decided I'd read up on it and I'm glad I did. Some of it the doctor warned me about, and some of it I was surprised to know. SO, I thought I'd inform blog readers out there a little about RSV.

RSV infects almost all children at least once before they are 2. Most of the time, they just exprience cold-like symptoms.

Preterm infants & young children with medical conditions are at increased risk for developing serious infection (about 500 kids die each year).

RSV is highly contagious. The virus can live for several hours on surfaces like countertops, tables, playpens, and unwashed hands.

It is spread by direct or close physical contact with a person or contaminated surface.

Prevention? Wash hands, keep away from sick people (duh), keep away from crowded areas like shopping malls, keep away from smoke (tobacco), immunize against influenza (!)

OK. I'm done. I've never had a baby with this so I didn't know much. Now I know more. More than anything, I realize it's not that big of a deal if they get it (unless they begin wheezing) and it's totally normal. But it still STINKS!! So get out the lysol, ladies. Disinfect, disinfect, disinfect!

Jane is fine. She's got a nasty old cough and runny nose. She had 1 HOrriBLE day...screaming pretty much all day long and just miserable...but now she's back to her happy, but sick, self. But now I can't go anywhere b/c the doctor told me as long as she has ANY symptoms, she is contagious.

Monday, March 10, 2008

what am I thinking...getting on to blog? the kids are in bed and I should get a moment of peace.
of course not.
jane just started crying.
poor girl.
took her to the doctor today.
RSV.
lucky me.
i'll be in for a few weeks.
gotta run!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

After my last depressing post I decided I needed to go and take some pictures of my kids and post them. After all, they are what make life fun and crazy and bring true happiness! And I was really smiling when I posted these pictures...I know I'm biased but my baby is just so dang cute! She makes me smile all day long!
Here is a picture of Jane in her favorite new chair. One of the few new things I got for Jane.
So Jane is so bald...not an ounce more hair than she had at birth. Oh well...bald is beautiful, right? I found this picture of Cameron at about 5 1/2 months...so Jane in a month...and realized Jane will never have the locks Cam did! Braden wants to hold her ALL the time!!!
Here's my handsome 6-year-old! Isn't he a cute kid!




Monday, March 3, 2008

Fun times?

So lately when I get on my blog I ask myself, Why did I name it "fun times in the lives of..."? Because lately I've been thinking it needs to be renamed, "Scary times in the lives of..." or "What's next for the lives of...". Yes, the Dance's are going through a time of change. I haven't blogged lately b/c it's pretty much consumed my thoughts and I didn't want to write when we are so uncertain as to what we are doing. Basically we are going through a job change. Most dental friends reading this will probably relate. We needed to have a DSAW (the dental wives club) lecture about what to do when you finish school, take a job, work for a few months, and it doesn't work out. So pretty much we "are seeking other opportunities". Or in other words, things were still slow and Tom's future partner decided he didn't want a partner. We were really okay with everything...it all made sense...we told ourselves it would all be okay, but then a few days later when it really hits, so does the freak outs! So what are our options now, you may ask? Well, in 2 1/2 weeks we are job-less. Tom has a job opportunity to work for a guy in Spokane Valley, about 25 minutes from here. It's not full-time, but enough to pay the bills and hold us over till we figure out what we will be doing more permanantly. We may start our own thing (I know, crazy, huh?) or buy out an existing. Fun times? not really. But that's okay, we'll figure it out soon...we have to!

Rollerskating

So Lizzy and I decided to take the kids rollerskating the other day when we had company. The kids had a blast. Cameron ate the floor a million times but got right back up and sprinted off! Anyways, as we were getting ready I decided to grab my rollerblades in the garage...save a few bucks on rentals. So i grab them out of a cupboard out there and notice it kindof stinks in there. I turn over my rollerblades and shake them thinking, "I hope there is nothing dead in there." Nothing comes out. I walk to the car and think to myself, "I'm going to do that one more time, just in case." So i open it up wider and give it a good shake. Well, my instincts were right...out comes a dried up mouse. I scream and throw the rollerblade. Then I run to the car, tell Tom to have it cleaned up when I get home, and decide to rent skates. I guess they lasted 9 years, those good old rollerblades of mine! Can I ever wear them again? Never! I shiver at the thought of putting them on and feeling something in there. If I hadn't done the second shake, I would have.