Schmidt Family blog http://family.kentuckystudio.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:58:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 39 pounds might as well be the weight of the world. http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/04/26/39-pounds-might-as-well-be-the-weight-of-the-world/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/04/26/39-pounds-might-as-well-be-the-weight-of-the-world/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:58:52 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12180

You know that moment when you are in the middle of a conversation and people are just chatting, mostly mommies, and then someone says it.  That statement that is a very honest statement, not in any way a dig at you, but it hits you right in the heart.  It’s the moment when you are forced to face how abnormal your life is and how truly NOT healthy your child is.  That minute when the tears come without permission.  Yeah.  I am there.  Someone was talking on a mommy board I am a member of and poof… someone was asking what size their child was and the mom responds with “39 inches and 39 lbs, she’s 2 and a good size girl… we buy a 2 because the shirt is a 2/3 combo”.  Seeing that number 39…………………. I nearly swallowed my own tongue.  At that very minute it was so obvious to me……… it literally took my breath and then the tears came.  Ky is 39 pounds.  39 pounds might as well be the weight of the world right now.  Since we pulled the full time g-tube feeds she has steadily been losing weight.  I am a little freaked out because I know where it CAN land us.  Been there.. more than once.  I don’t want to go back there.. desperately and honestly if the only thing it takes is this stupid tube for the rest of her life then so be it.  The tube is not that bad.  The button is not that bad.  They are comfortable.  Reliable.  They reassure me that no matter what we CAN feed her and keep her alive even if she cannot do that for herself.  But today… a very innocent comment tore at my heart in ways I cannot explain.  And it HURT.   a lot.Recent Comments:

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/04/26/39-pounds-might-as-well-be-the-weight-of-the-world/feed/ 0 Because I suck at blogging… CONGRATS Dr. Joe! http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/04/17/because-i-suck-at-blogging-congrats-dr-joe/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/04/17/because-i-suck-at-blogging-congrats-dr-joe/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:20:43 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12176 I went through a period where I was ANTI blogging… for so many reasons that I care NOT to get into but … I missed the opportunity to CONGRATULATE our very own Dr. Joe (Iocono) on his appointment as the CHIEF of Pediatric Surgery at Kentucky Children’s Hospital!  Here is the excerpt from the article:

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 30, 2010) − Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Dr. Joseph Iocono, UK HealthCare chief of the division of pediatric surgery and director of UK’s Pediatric Trauma Program, to the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services (KBEMS).

“I hope to become an asset to the KBEMS to help with caring for our children by being an advocate for our EMS colleagues to have the correct training, resources and support from the pediatric medical and surgical community,” said Dr. Iocono.

Dr. Iocono joins James C. Duke, of Beaver Dam; Michael E. Gribbin, of Lexington; Michael E. Poynter, of Lexington; and Joe Bradshaw, of Barbourville, on the KBEMS. Their terms expire Sept. 19, 2014.

“KBEMS can improve care in the critical period immediately following an injury before arriving at a hospital for care, especially in rural communities,” Dr. Iocono said.  ”It is my hope that I can bring my experiences as the director of pediatric trauma at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital to the board and assist in making vital improvements.”

The main purpose of the KBEMS is to certify first responders, emergency medical technicians, and to license paramedics and ambulance services, and to provide the best possible emergency medical services for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

“We are very proud of Dr. Iocono’s dedication to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and emergency medicine, and his willingness and passion to serve the state for the betterment and health of Kentuckians,” said Dr. Jay Zwischenberger, UK HealthCare surgeon-in-chief and director of the UK Transplant Center.

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We always knew he was great… glad that he is getting the recognition he deserves!  Even before he was “the Chief” he was #1 in our eyes!  Super proud of him!  We know he will be amazing and continue to provide Kentucky’s children with the awesome care that they deserve!  Congrats Joe!

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/04/17/because-i-suck-at-blogging-congrats-dr-joe/feed/ 0 Whole again. http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/03/12/whole-again/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/03/12/whole-again/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:33:50 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12174 As many of you may or may not remember, on top of having had a child born with life threatening medical issues that we still fight today, in the year 2008 our family’s very livelihood was threatened.  I was pretty proud of us.  We had married young, been through ALL this with Kyleigh and we were GREAT.  Right?  Wrong.  We were tired, scared, stressed out to the max.  Each of us thought that WE were doing 110% yet the other was only doing well… nothing.  We were both wrong.  We have come to find that in the abnormal life we lead, with a chronically ill child, two healthy kids, a full time job for Troy, me running our own small business… we live the life of at least 3-4 people.  There is never a dull moment and our lives require that we EACH do 200%.  There is no such thing as 50/50 in our house.  Coming to that realization was a process that almost cost us our marriage.  We almost became that statistic (80%(or more) of marriages who have a special needs child, end in divorce).

At some point, I stopped being my husband’s best friend and he stopped being mine.  We found comfort in different places.  For me, I found purpose in fighting for my daughter’s life.  I threw myself into her issues, her complications, her medications, her daily cares, research on her issues, finding doctors, emails, phone calls, trips to state after state, hospital after hospital to find someone, anyone, who could “fix” her.  When what I desperately wanted, was for the upheaval that started with her birth, to be over.  I wanted my “normal” back.  I wanted my house with the white picket fence, two cars in the garage and a dog.  I wanted something that was not meant to be for us and for a long time I felt that my life wasn’t worth the effort.  It wasn’t worth working on and fighting for because everything was a mess.  I was a mess, my kid was a mess… deep down I knew my marriage was too.

It’s been three years since that fateful day in 2008 when his paramour, someone I trusted with my life, my home, my children, stood at the bottom of my staircase and told me how “sorry” she was all the while continuing the very act that would threaten to tear my life and marriage to shreds.  How dare she?  I have never in all my life felt such blind rage and as I flew out the door past her without harming her, I know that God’s grace and PEACE was covering me.  I may have looked like a hot mess but the simple fact that I did not rip every stringy hair from her scalp at that very moment… THAT was a miracle.

I am sure she still reads this blog.  I know she does because she keeps popping up in our lives.  In unexpected places, she purposely puts her self in situations that could cause “chance” meetings with my husband and my kids.  But the funny thing is.  My husband stood not more than 10 feet from her a few months ago and had NO IDEA who she was.  I knew… I could feel her.  She offends my spirit in ways I cannot express.  It is like a veritable fire that churns in my soul and I know.  I know when she is in the same STORE even.  How?  I don’t know.  Some, I guess, would call it intuition.  Me… I think it is a prompting of the holy spirit.  A protection for me even.  This girl ( I hate to even call her that because in my book she ranks as less than human…) came into our lives at a time when I had lost myself.  If I had been to my normal wits I would have kicked her out of our lives very quickly.  She offended me to the very core of my beliefs and I should have known that it would lead us nowhere fast.

Three years later I find myself talking with other women.  Women who end up in the same position, the same exact place where I stood in fall 2008.  I hear them rehash their stories and in the blink of an eye I feel it.  I feel their pain, their grief, their anger.  Once you have FELT it, it is something that you will never forget.  It never strays far from you.  I had someone ask me recently… how is it 3 years later?  She also is going through the affair discovery and she seemed disheartened to hear me say that 3 years later.  It is NOT over.  It will never BE over.  It is a part of us.  A part of our history now.  Although it is a dark chapter I refuse to remain quiet.  I refuse to be swept under the rug.  Because me, I am one of the FEW that chose a path less traveled.  I chose to fight for my marriage, for my husband, for my best friend.  I chose to NOT be a statistic.  I make no mistake that it is only by the grace of God that our marriage is being restored.  At the same time, I could have walked away.  Biblically, I had the right to do so.  But in one single moment, in a quiet conversation with my Heavenly Father, I believe, plain as day, He asked me what I wanted… and before my mind could REASON it out and choose an answer… my heart answered – Troy.  (my husband).

The process has not been easy and it will never be.  But marriage was not meant to be easy.  It was meant to be rewarding and THAT our marriage very much is.  Where are we today?  3 years later… we are whole again.  We have a new marriage, with new boundaries.  We talk about EVERYTHING.  We don’t yell as often as we used.  We are slower to anger with each other.  We are patient, kind to each other.  We laugh together, we cry together, we ENJOY each other.  We are best friends again.  Our love is real and true.  It is not proud, it is not self-seeking, we try really hard to keep NO record of wrongs.  It has born MANY things and has believed for ALL things good.  We, are in a place, where we are not only closer to each other but to our Heavenly Father both individually and as a couple and of THAT single fact we are pretty proud.  We took an impossible situation and managed to find a way, a path, that God offered to us and we followed it.  I believe that He will offer it to every failing marriage if ONLY you will SEEK HIM first.  Far too many people are quick to go to “counseling” when they have direct access to the WONDERFUL Counselor with a single prayer.

We… have a new marriage.  The marriage that we knew for 8 years… that marriage… ended in an affair.  But today, we have a NEW, better even, life and love that can only come from having endured what we have.  It is a special gift only for those who choose this path less traveled.  It is a miracle that only those who have BEEN THERE can understand and appreciate.  It would have been easier for me to walk away and say “I’m Done.. he’s lost his mind.”  People would have supported me, cheered me on even.  I feel the glares and stares and whispering from those who have only heard rumors of this horrendous “thing” that happened to us, and I meet their stares with strength and courage.  I will not be ashamed.  I did not choose this.  I was not the CAUSE of this affair and I will take no credit for it.  I take credit for the fact that we, together, allowed our marriage to get to the breaking point, but even then, he had no right to do what he did.  This is NOT a reflection of me, and if you are out there reading because you find yourself in a similar situation, it is NOT a reflection of you either.  It has nothing to do with how you look, or cook, or how nice you are or are not.  No one has the right to dishonor and violate you in this way.  BUT there is hope.  You CAN forgive.  You will never forget but those tinges of nausea that used to come each time he walked out the door… they will fade.  You will find yourself in a place that is ok again… good even and you will learn that you CAN live this way.  That this will not consume you nor will it defeat you.  It will not steal your joy or your faith because those are not things based on a marriage or any earthly person.  Those come only from your relationship with God our Father.

People often ask me, if I see the paramour again what will I say to her… I have thought about it many times and actually I wrote her a very soul cleansing letter shortly after the whole thing ended.  I said all I wanted to say then.  I have no real desire to say anything to her other than “I win.”  At one point during the “terrible time” as I call it, I had a conversation with her and I told her.  If it came to the point when he (my husband) had to choose, between she and I.. she would lose and end up heartbroken.  That he would ALWAYS come home to me…. because he was made for me, destined FOR ME, for our family, our life, our children.  THIS time and THIS life is ours to share together.  I believe in soul mates and I fail to believe that God would allow one to get off the hook that easily.  I told her in that conversation that eventually, even if it was not now, I would win if for no other reason than the fact that I, am the daughter of a King.  A princess… I have a birthright that leads my path.  I have been given PROMISES that are YES and AMEN.  And I have a Heavenly Father who will FIGHT for me.  He gave His only son to DIE for me already… why now… in this most terrible time would HE abandon me?  The answer is He wouldn’t.  Ever.  It’s a bit like a fairytale where the main characters live happily ever after, long after the villain is gone.  So in truth… those are the only words that I would ever even utter to her… “I win.”  Because honestly she’s not worth much more wasting of my breath.  Because this whole thing was never about HER.  It was about ME and MY husband and our vows.  Our commitments and promises.  The words we spoke on our wedding day when we promised each other “from now until forever.”  I have never and will never break that promise.Recent Comments:

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/03/12/whole-again/feed/ 4 Kyleigh turned 5!!! http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/kyleigh-turned-5/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/kyleigh-turned-5/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:30:44 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12165 On July 13th… Ky turned 5… she wanted an ICE CREAM CAKE, Cupcake.  I think she asked for it because she thought it didn’t exist.  She likes to think up the craziest things to ask for but HAH!  I foiled her!  I found them … at Coldstone!

She got an ipod touch (mostly because we wanted her to be able to take it with her to the hospital in the winter, but she decided it needing “WASHING” a few days later and ruined it.  I managed to get a new one – thank goodness I bought that warranty but we ended up re-gifting it to Ross this Christmas… shhhh… don’t tell her… she never even noticed.. obviously she is not hurting for STUFF!)Recent Comments:

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/kyleigh-turned-5/feed/ 0 A place somewhere near Heaven http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/a-place-somewhere-near-heaven/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/a-place-somewhere-near-heaven/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:24:35 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12152 We were again blessed enough to travel back to Negril, Jamaica (for the third time in as many years) to photograph a beautiful couple on the island!  I don’t know how we are lucky enough but we continue to be blessed by these couples with their friendship.

This time we were at Sandal’s Negril.  We like it there too… but needed WAY more bug spray that I packed!  YIKES!!!  Still longing to go back to our Couples Swept Away haven again soon!

No matter where you go in Negril, you can’t go wrong… unless it’s the Treehouse… DON’T go there!  LOL

Jamaica always has the best sunsets… how could you not?  You’re in Jamaica!

A walk down the shore line in the early morning to claim our beach chairs:

A view of our favorite spot :)

The view from our breakfast table:

We even tried Sea Kayaking… no no… there will be no images from that!  LOL  I am glad to say that I have DONE IT… not sure I would do it again!  LOL  Either way… it was a nice break from the BUSY time in the summer… we were glad to leave and glad to come home!Recent Comments:

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Troy and I traveled a bit for ourselves too!  Troy is GREAT at finding tickets to small venues.  He found us tickets to Matthew West at the Billy Graham training Center in North Carolina.  We stayed at the Shepherd’s Inn on the property… there were so many hiking trails and it was so serene… no wonder Rev. Graham went there often!  See the mountain just behind the Inn?

The Chapel at the Training Center… GORGEOUS!

And of course Matthew West… The room we were in only held 200 and we were on the FRONT ROW!!! I was literally close enough for him to spit on me!  Luckily he did not.  I also had the privilege of meeting on of the subjects of a song he wrote for the “Story of your life” album… she sat next to me!  Awesome time!

And yes we got to meet him too! :)

And then decided to take the scenic route home… still undecided if that was a good idea or not!

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/beyond-measure/feed/ 0 Blessed. http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/blessed/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/blessed/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:04:07 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12117 Wow… yes its been so long since I blogged… sorry I have been remiss but honestly… we have been too blessed to blog!  Funny right?  Our summer and fall wedding seasons were, without the help of my Heavenly Father, overwhelming!  We were blessed on SO many fronts I don’t know where to even begin.  I apologize that this post will have 1.1 million photos and be so long you may need a coffee break… but I am trying to condense months into one!

Summer was amazing… the kids grew up so much, swam like crazy… ALL the time… Owen and Ross each learned to ride their bikes.  Owen went to LEGO camp, Kyleigh went to dance camp, Mom and Dad went to TWO destination weddings, one in Negril, one on Anna Maria Island.  We traveled, and ate out more than was appropriate and my back side is still paying the consequences!  It’s the age old quandary… either you have money, and no time to spend it, or not enough money and more time than you need!  LOL  I cannot complain though… I prayed that God would bless us and our business and allow us to be a blessing and He did and hopefully it WAS!

We learned that Ross’ Kindergarten teacher (our favorite teacher EVER) was leaving the school… so we hosted a goodbye / pool party for her!

We welcomed a new family member… no.. NOT a baby… there will be no more of those unless they don’t speak English and were left on a doorstep.  This is Buddy the Pugglebull.  So ugly he’s cute right?

Kyleigh turned 5 years old in July!!! (WOW!  I cannot begin to believe its been 5 years!)  She is such a big girl now!:

Fall came without warning and took us by storm!  Another busy season for our business came with a TWO weddings in our family and our kids acting as part of the bridal party for one!  :)  Proud mama again there!  There was lots of fun to be had as the boys went back to school:

We chose NOT to send Kyleigh to school knowing that she was scheduled for a life altering surgery in January.  There was no sense to put her in school and then turn around and yank her back out. So she is spending one more year hanging out here at home with mom!

Kyleigh was invited to be the Grand Marshall of the Run to Remember – 9/11 Run to benefit the Kentucky Children’s Hospital:

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2012/01/03/blessed/feed/ 1 UK Wellies on Zulily.com! http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/07/12/uk-wellies-on-zulily-com/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/07/12/uk-wellies-on-zulily-com/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:23:35 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12110 I was making my rounds through some bargain clothing sites where I buy most of Ky’s clothes and shoes and poof… on the front page were THESE:

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I mean really… have you ever seen anything so cute?!  If bought into the whole Wellies trend I would SO snag these right up.  Unfortunately I love the way wellies look… just not on me!  Someone out there I am SURE has a cute little frame that makes rocking Wellies easy!!  :)   Head on over to Zulily.com and pick up a pair for only $29!!!!!!   Also be sure to list Amber Schmidt as your referrer because I can receive credit to buy more super cute stuff for Kyleigh!!!Recent Comments:

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/07/12/uk-wellies-on-zulily-com/feed/ 2 Kyleigh’s dance recital http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/06/24/kyleighs-dance-recital/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/06/24/kyleighs-dance-recital/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:15:25 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12093

Yes… so she can’t ride horses or go cliff diving but the girl CAN DANCE!!!!!!  Her hypermobility in her lower limbs actually make her PERFECTLY built to be a dancer :)   Mommy is of course, extra happy about that!  I mean really if you are going to have a bunch of junk wrong with your body, the one time it is advantageous you have to be happy about it!  Back in May she performed her first dance recital on the stage of the Lexington Opera House.  She was amazing!  I cried… of course.  We wondered if we would ever get to see days like that and every single one that we GET … makes us appreciate every single second!

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]]> http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/06/24/kyleighs-dance-recital/feed/ 2 Awards Day … the boys cleaned up!! http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/06/18/awards-day-the-boys-cleaned-up/ http://family.kentuckystudio.com/2011/06/18/awards-day-the-boys-cleaned-up/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:32:29 +0000 Amber http://family.kentuckystudio.com/?p=12066 WHO the kid is in the background who kept jumping in the pics?  I dunno… but every time I turned around there she was!  LOL

Between Owen and Ross they cleaned up TEN awards at their end of school awards day!  I am SOOO incredibly proud!  Here are a few pics of the boys receiving their awards.  Ross has come SUCH A long way this year… I am always proud of Owen and his natural talent and “smarts” but Ross is something extra special!

Ross and his teaching assistant Ms. Werhle… :)   Pics of Ross and his teacher to come at our “End of School Party” They are some great ones!

Owen and his first grade teacher Mrs. Hedge.  He will miss her a LOT next year!

Ross accepting the MOST IMPROVED READER award from the Principal.

Ross was SO proud of himself!  As well he should be!

The ceremony was a little long and tested Ky’s patience!  But she made it through thank God!!!

Excited for our bubbies!

Owen accepting the “ART” award for all of the first grade!

Owen with the “Exemplary Student” Award for NO reprimands the entire year!!!!!!! (brings a tear to my eye… that was always an award I took home!)

Owen receiving the SCIENCE Award :)   *beginning to see a pattern here?  By this point the principal was laughing*

Owen made sure to pose for the camera!  LOL

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