Summertime

Well the Hidi household just celebrated Noah's 6th birthday! Wow! Where have the years gone? We just got back from our family vacation. This year we went to Savannah and Tybee Island. Not to far from home but far enough. Things are crazy at our house like always. Its been a while since I posted so here are a few updates.....Daddy is busy working like always and so am I. Noah just had his birthday and we are getting ready for the birthday party coming up next weekend. He will be starting first grade in a month. Alexander had tubes put in his ears a month ago and his speech has improved tremendously. He is taking private OT therapy every week. We love our OT therapist. She really works with Alexander in all areas. He will go back to special needs preschool in a month as well. He will pick up his speech and physical therapy. We took a break this summer. We have worked with him ourselves along with our OT therapist. The tubes were the best thing ever for Alexander. He is really starting to talk a lot and repeats everything he hears. Not sure why no one ever mentioned tubes to us before but thank god for the OT who did. He is becoming quite the talker. We always dreamed of it....some dreams do come true. Katherine Grace...what can be said about her...she is a daddy's girl and spoiled rotten to the core. She wants what she wants...when she wants it...no excuses from anyone...if daddy tells her no it is like her heart has been broken into thousands of pieces. She is busy walking and into everything. She wants to do whatever her older brothers are doing. What else is there to say but that we are taking each day as it comes and cherishing every moment....life is good

long and emotional day

We went to court today. Don't really want to get into the specifics because its personal. Its weird how something you worked so hard at for so long can be over just like that. Well I guess its not really over but I don't really know what the correct term is to use. Its a relief in some ways to have some kind of arrangement or some term to call what we are now. Its very sad in other ways. I never thought we would be here in this place. How did we get here? Why are we here? Where did it all go wrong?

Noah is busy with school. He is learning lots of new things and learning what it is like to have homework. He has been sick this past week. He went to his first fall festival this past weekend. He had lots of fun!

Alexander is busy with therapy. He is learning new words and busy practicing his new words. He had fun at Noah's fall festival. He loves to help with his sister. He brings wipes and diapers. Always has to blow bubbles on her tummy at diaper changing.

Katherine is trying to walk. She moves along the couch and goes from the couch to the coffee table. She pulls up on everything.

It is crazy like always in the Hidi household!

I love fall!

Fall is one of my favorite seasons! I love the leaves turning colors, taking the kids to the pumpkin patch and the realization that the holidays are fast approaching. Noah is doing very well at school. He is getting use to having homework. He is looking forward to his fall festival. He is dealing with a lot right now. I wish I could take all his hurt and pain away. I asked Andi today...how did we do this to our kids? how did we get here?....the million dollar questions. I have been praying a lot about finding the strength to keep things as normal as possible and the wisdom to have some good answers when Noah asks those tough questions. Alexander is doing GREAT! Words are coming much easier now. He is constantly expanding his vocabulary. Each new words makes me swell with pride. His personality is really starting to show. He is so loving, laid back and full of life! I am believing more and more each day that school will do wonders for him. He still loves "bear". Andi and I made him a build bear when he was little. He goes no where without "bear". When he momentarily forgets where "bear" is, he starts yelling "bear" "bear". Almost like he thinks "bear" is going to say "here i am". He loves "bear". But if you take the bear's shirt off....he will not go near his bear. Which I find very interesting. Katherine is into EVERYTHING and has a HORRIBLE TEMPER. She cut 4 teeth in the last 2 days and she has a little cold. She has not been in the best of moods but add that temper to it and she is a MESS! She wants what she wants when she wants it and no questions ask. I have been extremely busy with keeping the house picked up, washing, running all the errands, taking care of the kids and work. Work has slowed down a lot. Hoping the economy turns around soon. I work for Wachovia. Need I say more. Everyone has seen the news! So things are crazy at work. I am working hard at staying on good terms with Andi for the kids sake and well we were together for six years so I do still care about him. I am trying to move on with my life and make new dreams and plans. Trying to figure out things and how I am going to manage on my own with three kids. I am exhausted physically and emotionally. My family doesn't really live close and my friends have their own families. My in-laws don't really live close either. We moved to this town to be in the middle of both our families. Thinking it wasn't such a good idea now that I am alone with 3 small children but I am trying to make the best of it. I will say that my friends, my family and my in-laws have been great. They have all been very supportive and helped in so many ways. They take time to call and check on us, call and just chat with me, invite us over for dinner, or invite us over and go doing something with kids and let me rest. We will survive this. Whatever the future holds the Hidi Family will survive and be stronger.

5 months later

Wow. I haven't been on this blog in forever. So much has happened. I will start with the youngest of the family. Katherine is almost 8 months old. She is crawling everywhere and starting to pull up on the furniture. She is such a joy. She follows the boys everywhere and laughs and squeals. Alexander is continuing his physical, speech and occupational therapy. He finally said mama and daddy. Then he started saying nana, papa, and gjyshi. He can now say head, ear, nose, sister, and brother. YAY!!!! He is finishing up with the Babies Can't Wait program over the next few months and then will start in the public school system in their special needs preschool. I think it will do wonders for his social skills. Noah started Kindergarten in August. He loves it! He has learned so much. He is learning what sounds all the letters make, how to write the letters (upper and lower), and about his senses. He loves going to specials (computer lab, art, p.e.). He loves going to the library and checking out books. The kids are growing and changing every day. I am still working at the bank. Business is slow due to the economy. I have been sick with kidney stones and a kidney infection. They found a large mass on my liver that I have to have checked out. Let's pray it is nothing serious. I am exhausted from raising three kids alone. Andi recently moved out. We are going through a legal separation. It's the hardest thing I have ever been through. It's hard when you love someone so much and you wake up one day all alone and all the dreams and plans you had made with this person are gone. Katherine and Alexander don't really understand what is going on but Noah does. He asks questions and they are hard to answer because I am not even sure of the answers. My family and Andi's family have all really been there for me through all of this. I don't know what the future holds for Andi and me but I am trying to stay on good terms with him for the kids sake. It is hard when sometimes I get so angry at him for walking away from us. I do feel better about the fact that I have finally forgiven him for all the past mistakes and realized all the past mistakes I have made. The mistakes that are being made right now is another issue all together. I hope that one day I can also get past those mistakes as well. It hurts to love someone but have to let go of it all.

I can't believe its April!

Its been a hectic around the Hidi household. Last Sunday night, Alexander had the stomach virus and threw up all in his bed. Then he gave it to Noah. Noah threw up all in his bed last Monday night. Noah had to stay out of school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Last Tuesday, I was sick with the stomach virus. On Wednesday, I had to register Noah for Kindergarten. I can't believe my little boy is going to Kindergarten. N and P came to stay with the kids while I went to register Noah. I was hoping that the boys didn't give the stomach virus to N and P. When Katherine was born, Noah gave N the flu and she was sick for over a month. The kids had fun with N and P. They miss them. (N and P are my grandparents) Wednesday evening Nana and Gjyshi came over with Moma and E. The boys were excited to play with cousin E. They all ate dinner together. On Friday, the kids and I went to see Andi inducted into the honor society at his college. YAY! So proud! It was a bad idea to take the kids. Alexander could not sit still. Finally, I had to stand outside the auditorium and look through the door. I guess the important thing was that I was there! Of course, I tried to take pictures but the battery was dead in my camera. We went to Nana and Gjyshi's after that. The kids stayed there while Andi and I went to Aiko to have sushi. I LOVE SUSHI!!!!! Aiko has happy hour from 5:30 to 7:30. Where their sushi is really cheap (2-5). We ate 5 different kinds for 25.00. That is a deal! We had to go pick up X so that him and Andi could go to work. Saturday I took Andi to school and then came back so Alexander could have occupational therapy. It was an interesting first session. Once Andi got out of school we ate lunch at Moe's. Then we decided to go the World of Coca Cola. It was so much fun. They have moved to a new building. It was hard to navigate through all the road closures in Atlanta. They are still trying to repair the damage from the tornado that ripped through the heart of the city. Noah loved the World of Coca Cola. Alexander liked the video. Both of the boys liked trying all the different kinds of drinks from all over the world. Some of them are good but call me old fashion or what I still love my Diet Coke! After we had seen everything, it was time to go. On the way out everyone gets a coke in a glass bottle. So now we have 5 Coca Cola's in glass bottles for souvenirs. On Sunday, we did nothing. We stayed in our pajamas all day. Sometimes its nice to do nothing. Noah is on Spring Break this week. Andi accidentally woke Noah up this morning for school. Glad I woke up to remind him that it was Spring Break! Today was full of washing clothes. What an exciting way to start my week off!

Weekend

Well I had a fabulous weekend. It was our anniversary. My lovely husband took me to lunch, then for an hour massage, pedicures and then finally a very nice dinner. It was time for the gift. I have been wanting a dog so bad. He took me to the pet store but they didn't have the puppy I wanted. We came home and got ready and went to Leopard Lounge to hear our friend X play. Finally, we went to the Waffle House at midnight! LOL! We made it back home around 1ish and we got to sleep in until 11:30 in the morning! Then we had to get up and go get our kids. We did stop for lunch on the way. We had a great weekend and we went 24 hours without any kids. We are still looking for a puppy. I really want a Yorkie Poo or a Miniature Dachshund.