I've been doing a lot of research lately for a new celebrity baby shower section I am adding the website and wow...I can just say I am glad I am not a celebrity!!!
1. Their lives are a little too crazy for my taste. Half the stories I read were a little too much information for me. Talk about their whole lives being public. If I were ever rich I would be happy not to be a celebrity, so I could enjoy the money without all the baggage that comes with it!
2. I've seen quite a few paparazzi videos where the photographers are taking pictures (inches from their faces). They can't even move without being bombarded by cameras and flashes. They can't even drive down the street at a normal speed because of the paparazzi camera guys covering the street. Now I understand why they need bodyguards around them at all times.
But with all of the rich and famous stuff..their baby showers are pretty normal. Yeah they have some fancy touches like expensive catering, hotels and event planners...but they still use themes, they still get diaper cakes, they still play the normal games.
I will happily take my normal life with my 2 cute kids and my husband over all of that!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Our Bi-lingual Son
I was at Artic Circle the other day and a little girl was playing with Connor. Well, he was talking to her and she didn't know what he was saying so she asked him if he was speaking Spanish.
I was laughing so hard! Of course, he could not answer her because he didn't know what she was saying either. She was really confused because he would speak some english words in between the gibberish.
She eventually gave up from asking her question. Kids are so funny!
I was laughing so hard! Of course, he could not answer her because he didn't know what she was saying either. She was really confused because he would speak some english words in between the gibberish.
She eventually gave up from asking her question. Kids are so funny!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Silver State Closes It's Doors
If you heard it in the news, yes it's true. Randy confirmed it to me this morning. Silver State Helicopters, the school in which Randy was trained in, has closed it's doors. They have filed Ch. 7 bankruptcy and there are rumors of embellzement by Jerry Airola, the CEO. They have schools all over the country and an article I just read stated that all schools have been closed.
This is a major blow to us, since Randy only has a little over 200 hours. He has been waiting patiently for a teaching position with the school, but I guess that is not going to happen now. He also has an open student loan with them that they had not refunded his portion back on. Approximately $7000-8000 that they owe him that he will need to pay back to the banks on top of his student loan.
Here are some stories about it in the news...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/news/2008/feb/04/airola-powers-down-helicopter-company/
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/02/04/daily15.html
This is a major blow to us, since Randy only has a little over 200 hours. He has been waiting patiently for a teaching position with the school, but I guess that is not going to happen now. He also has an open student loan with them that they had not refunded his portion back on. Approximately $7000-8000 that they owe him that he will need to pay back to the banks on top of his student loan.
Here are some stories about it in the news...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/news/2008/feb/04/airola-powers-down-helicopter-company/
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/02/04/daily15.html
Saturday, February 2, 2008
It's A Celebration!!!
Yesterday was the testing for an Autism Research Study we signed up to see if Connor had autism. We've had such a hard time with his language delays and comprehension of explaining why?? Why he can't get what he wants, why he is in trouble. The language barrier is the hardest part, but the comprehension is one of the signs of autism. So I wanted to get him tested to see if we were dealing with something bigger beyond language. An official autism test costs from $700-1300 and has a 1 1/2 year waiting list. But since they were doing a study at the UofU, there was no charge for the testing.
Just getting to the clinic was a huge challenge for me. We had somewhat of a blizzard, which prevented my mom coming to watch Kyler for me. So I was scrambling for someone to watch him and then trying to get through the immense traffic and storms to get there. They had one therapist testing Connor and another interviewing me and both were videotaped.
Both of them concluded half way into the testing, that Connor did not meet the criteria for the study because he was so social. I guess one of the major characteristics that autism children have is that they are not very social. His therapist was surprised at how well he watched her to see her reactions and kept checking back with her to make sure she was paying attention to what he was doing. They both agreed that since his language was such a big obstacle right now that it was difficult to be 100% certain he doesn't have it, and if he does, he is an extremely high functioning person with it. And if after he gains his language skills, I still want him checked for it, that it was ok to do so.
Something else interesting that I found out was that there are a good amount of high functioning people with autism that don't realize they even have it. They have awkward social skills but are brilliant in the career they focus on. So it is more related to social skills than I.Q.
They do think he needs all the speech therapy he can get right now, but since we don't have insurance it will be very expensive unless I can find a better way to do it.
Anyways, that was my story on the study, and last night we had a little "celebration" since our minds are now put to rest on the autism worries. And what did we do, one of our favorites...pizza and a movie from redbox.
Connor is a sweet and funny little boy. Here he is doing something he loves to do, helping me cook. (I find he eats better when he helps cook)Works like a charm! :)
Just getting to the clinic was a huge challenge for me. We had somewhat of a blizzard, which prevented my mom coming to watch Kyler for me. So I was scrambling for someone to watch him and then trying to get through the immense traffic and storms to get there. They had one therapist testing Connor and another interviewing me and both were videotaped.
Both of them concluded half way into the testing, that Connor did not meet the criteria for the study because he was so social. I guess one of the major characteristics that autism children have is that they are not very social. His therapist was surprised at how well he watched her to see her reactions and kept checking back with her to make sure she was paying attention to what he was doing. They both agreed that since his language was such a big obstacle right now that it was difficult to be 100% certain he doesn't have it, and if he does, he is an extremely high functioning person with it. And if after he gains his language skills, I still want him checked for it, that it was ok to do so.
Something else interesting that I found out was that there are a good amount of high functioning people with autism that don't realize they even have it. They have awkward social skills but are brilliant in the career they focus on. So it is more related to social skills than I.Q.
They do think he needs all the speech therapy he can get right now, but since we don't have insurance it will be very expensive unless I can find a better way to do it.
Anyways, that was my story on the study, and last night we had a little "celebration" since our minds are now put to rest on the autism worries. And what did we do, one of our favorites...pizza and a movie from redbox.
Connor is a sweet and funny little boy. Here he is doing something he loves to do, helping me cook. (I find he eats better when he helps cook)Works like a charm! :)
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