We had a great Christmas with my family - even though we had to sacrifice a deer to get there. We arrived on Christmas day and after our very eventful morning we were excited to just get to the house, sit and relax and enjoy Christmas day with the family. The girls got spoiled by loving grandparents and great grandparents with presents and lots of love!! It's a good thing I spared some extra luggage room for the trip home!
Our vacation gets better though...We took pictures, played games, ate lots of good food, we made Ginger Bread Houses, we went bowling, we caught a mouse in the house (very funny story)...we took Claire to the emergency room...YEP! You read that correctly - Claire spiked a fever of 102 and since the threshold for infants is 100.4 - we were a little nervous and decided to take her to the ER in Colorado. The whole week, Claire had been going down hill. She had a cough, stuffed/running nose and eye boogers and then came the fever and since the fever kept going up we took her in. She had blood drawn, a urine test and a chest X-Ray. The results of all the tests were negative for whatever could have been wrong, but to help keep her hydrated, they gave her an IV for fluids. On the last night we were there, she was finally able to sleep through the night without going into a coughing frenzy.
Evelyn on the other hand - was a super star. Her antibiotic really took effect and she was back to her normal self a day after we arrived! She was having so much fun playing with her cousins and getting some quality time with her Grandma and Paco (grandpa).
As fun and eventful as our Christmas vacation was...we will never forget this year. Lets recap our adventure - It all started with Evelyn getting Pneumonia, we hit a deer damaging our family vehicle, mommy gets sick with an ear infection and sinus infection, Gordon gets a bloody nose due to cabin pressure, we all suffer ear pain on the plane with cabin pressure, we take Claire to the ER while we are out of state and not sure if our insurance will cover it...I am just glad we didn't lose our luggage at the rate we were going! Yes, this Christmas will always be remembered!!
Today, we are home and laundry is almost done. My girls are regaining their health and strength. I am just as miserably sick as before I left and have another DR appointment tomorrow morning. Gordon is trying to maintain his health and fighting a head cold, but we are all so excited because tomorrow we close on our house!! We will soon be homeowners again and we can't wait. We are packing up the room tonight and tomorrow we get the keys to our new house! We're having a slumber party!!!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
So this is Christmas...
Let me just start by saying, "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
Ok, now I feel better. I just have to write down the events that occurred today in our attempt to make it home for Christmas. I don't know how we survived the day, but the Lord was with us the WHOLE time!!
It all started at 5:00am this morning. The alarm was going off and I was fighting the strong urge to ignore it and fall back asleep, but we had a plane to catch so I had to get up and going. From my previous post you will remember that we are trying to recouperate from Evelyn having Pneumonia and an ear infection and myself having a serious sinus infection and ear infection as well...so you can imagine the amount of sleep we are all going on since last Thursday!! Anyways, we get everyone ready and loaded in the car and my father-in-law drove us in our van to the airport.
We were on the main stretch of highway before the airport terminals and we see 2 deer jump across the road right in front of us and we all say "Man, that was close!!" Then about a second later another deer jumped out in front our moving vehicle that was going 45 mph and WHAM SMACK HIT POW CABOOM...we hit the deer. It jolted the van pretty good and scared Evelyn into tears, but thankfully we are all ok and we didn't spin out or anything. The deer, however, we watched it helicopter away across the other side of the road and into the ditch. There was nothing we could have done to avoid hitting it because it came out of no where.
When we pulled up into the terminal, we got out and our jaws just dropped at how much damage was done to the van from a little ol' deer! It was covered in deer hair/fur and it was crunched and the headlight was broken and the hood was smashed and dented in and it was smoking. OH DEAR! (no pun intended). Well, we had a flight to catch so calling the police or my insurance agent was not a priority at the moment - we were just praying that my father-n-law would be able to drive it home safely - which he did. So we hit a deer - that is just the beginning...
...We board our flight - on time - and we had smooth sailing for about an hour. Evelyn was watching her favorite movie, Mary Poppins, on the DVD player and then she started to squirm in her seat. I thought she was just being silly so I ignore her. Well, she gets more and more fidgety so I pick her up to put her back in her seat and she is soaking wet! She is on an antibiotic that has a side effect of diahreah - yuck! She wet through her pants and onto her silky - not good! So I change her and thankfully (I was proud of myself that I packed an extra outfit for her) and we are good to go, right? Wrong...as the pilot begins to bring the plane down the altitude change was so strong that instantly ALL of our ears were in extreme pain. Since Evelyn and I both have ear infections, it was extremly painful and she imediatly goes into an unconsolable fit. So my ears are ready to explode in my head and I am struggling with Evelyn who is flailing and whailing and screaming and kicking and scratching and...doing everything in her power to be put down and I am doing everything in my power to contain her since we are landing and we have to stay confined and belted in our seats!!
For those of you who have traveled by plane, you know that when a plane begins to desend it doesn't take 5 minutes or 10 minutes or 15 minutes...it's a gradual desent over about 25-30 minutes!! So imagine this struggle for that long. Not to mention that Gordon and I had to be seperated by an isle because the plane doesn't have enough oxygen masks for ticketed passengers and infants in laps. So Gordon is across the isle from me and as I look to him for encouragement or help during this struggle -even though he is holding Claire and I know he really can't help me - I look to him and low and behold he's got a bloody nose and he is trying to stop his nose from bleeding all over the place while holding Claire!!! Could this morning get any worse???
I had to just laugh. We hit a deer, our van is broken, Evelyn messes her outfit and blanket on the plane, our ears are bursting from the pressure and Gordon has a nose bleed. Really? Really.
We finally land in Denver and were greeted by anxious grandparents who are so excited to have us and we are SO excited to finally start enjoying Christmas with our family!
phew!
Ok, now I feel better. I just have to write down the events that occurred today in our attempt to make it home for Christmas. I don't know how we survived the day, but the Lord was with us the WHOLE time!!
It all started at 5:00am this morning. The alarm was going off and I was fighting the strong urge to ignore it and fall back asleep, but we had a plane to catch so I had to get up and going. From my previous post you will remember that we are trying to recouperate from Evelyn having Pneumonia and an ear infection and myself having a serious sinus infection and ear infection as well...so you can imagine the amount of sleep we are all going on since last Thursday!! Anyways, we get everyone ready and loaded in the car and my father-in-law drove us in our van to the airport.
We were on the main stretch of highway before the airport terminals and we see 2 deer jump across the road right in front of us and we all say "Man, that was close!!" Then about a second later another deer jumped out in front our moving vehicle that was going 45 mph and WHAM SMACK HIT POW CABOOM...we hit the deer. It jolted the van pretty good and scared Evelyn into tears, but thankfully we are all ok and we didn't spin out or anything. The deer, however, we watched it helicopter away across the other side of the road and into the ditch. There was nothing we could have done to avoid hitting it because it came out of no where.
When we pulled up into the terminal, we got out and our jaws just dropped at how much damage was done to the van from a little ol' deer! It was covered in deer hair/fur and it was crunched and the headlight was broken and the hood was smashed and dented in and it was smoking. OH DEAR! (no pun intended). Well, we had a flight to catch so calling the police or my insurance agent was not a priority at the moment - we were just praying that my father-n-law would be able to drive it home safely - which he did. So we hit a deer - that is just the beginning...
...We board our flight - on time - and we had smooth sailing for about an hour. Evelyn was watching her favorite movie, Mary Poppins, on the DVD player and then she started to squirm in her seat. I thought she was just being silly so I ignore her. Well, she gets more and more fidgety so I pick her up to put her back in her seat and she is soaking wet! She is on an antibiotic that has a side effect of diahreah - yuck! She wet through her pants and onto her silky - not good! So I change her and thankfully (I was proud of myself that I packed an extra outfit for her) and we are good to go, right? Wrong...as the pilot begins to bring the plane down the altitude change was so strong that instantly ALL of our ears were in extreme pain. Since Evelyn and I both have ear infections, it was extremly painful and she imediatly goes into an unconsolable fit. So my ears are ready to explode in my head and I am struggling with Evelyn who is flailing and whailing and screaming and kicking and scratching and...doing everything in her power to be put down and I am doing everything in my power to contain her since we are landing and we have to stay confined and belted in our seats!!
For those of you who have traveled by plane, you know that when a plane begins to desend it doesn't take 5 minutes or 10 minutes or 15 minutes...it's a gradual desent over about 25-30 minutes!! So imagine this struggle for that long. Not to mention that Gordon and I had to be seperated by an isle because the plane doesn't have enough oxygen masks for ticketed passengers and infants in laps. So Gordon is across the isle from me and as I look to him for encouragement or help during this struggle -even though he is holding Claire and I know he really can't help me - I look to him and low and behold he's got a bloody nose and he is trying to stop his nose from bleeding all over the place while holding Claire!!! Could this morning get any worse???
I had to just laugh. We hit a deer, our van is broken, Evelyn messes her outfit and blanket on the plane, our ears are bursting from the pressure and Gordon has a nose bleed. Really? Really.
We finally land in Denver and were greeted by anxious grandparents who are so excited to have us and we are SO excited to finally start enjoying Christmas with our family!
phew!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Christmas Vacation....OR NOT!!
Last Thursday Evelyn got sick in the car - throw up sick! YUCK! It was totally out of the blue and right after she threw up she was fine ... running around and playing and laughing. So I think she is fine and dandy - WRONG!!! She threw up again Friday morning in MY bed. I usually bring her in bed with me to snuggle before we actually get up for the day, so we were snuggling and she felt warm and feverish, but I didn't think anything of it. Then she threw up all over my down comforter and down pillows and sheets and it soaked through to the mattress! GROSS!
So I call her pediatritian and get an appointment first thing Friday morning. The Dr checked her out and listened to her lungs and looked in her ears and did all that fun stuff and the Dr decided she just had a tummy virus and gave me instruction to keep fluids in her and make sure she gets lots of rest.
Well, the rest of the weekend turned into a nightmare! Evelyn kept getting sicker and sicker! She became unconsolable - which is not like her, we can normally calm her down by holding her and comforting her - but not this time. She would just cry and be miserable and she would want to be held and then when we would try to hold her she would change her mind and didn't want us to touch her. It was pretty hard to try to take care of her and sad that she was so pathetically sick.
She started to cough and have a major runny nose and her fever never went away. All weekend long we were calling the after hours nurse for help and advice on what we can give our little girl who isn't 2 years old yet and barely weighs 22 lbs. so none of the cold medicine or anything can be given to her. We were told to give her Motrin and Tylenol every 3 hours rotating between the two drugs. Well, Sunday night came and she threw up yet again and her cough and fever were just as bad!
We made another appointment to see the pediatritian on Monday and we saw a different Dr who when checking her said that Evelyn has Pneumonia with an ear infection, a fever and a tummy bug! WHAT?!
It's four days until Christmas and not to mention we were supposed to be traveling to Denver to have Christmas at home with my family this year on TUESDAY!! We had a tough decision to make. We were set on still traveling Tuesday morning until Evelyn threw up yet again on Monday night. We could torture Evelyn through airports and long plane rides while she is deathly ill or cancel the trip and stay at home for her to recover...we decided to delay our trip. We have rescheduled our flight to leave Christmas Day morning - assuming Evelyn improves.
Today she FINALLY broke her fever - sort of, she is still a little warm - but better. She ate some scraps of a sandwich for lunch and she nibbled on some food off our plates for dinner. She was almost happy this evening and we saw glimpses of our funny little girl so we know she is on the mend. We hope and pray that she is better by Christmas day so that we can travel home for Christmas.
PS...
I am now sick too.
So I call her pediatritian and get an appointment first thing Friday morning. The Dr checked her out and listened to her lungs and looked in her ears and did all that fun stuff and the Dr decided she just had a tummy virus and gave me instruction to keep fluids in her and make sure she gets lots of rest.
Well, the rest of the weekend turned into a nightmare! Evelyn kept getting sicker and sicker! She became unconsolable - which is not like her, we can normally calm her down by holding her and comforting her - but not this time. She would just cry and be miserable and she would want to be held and then when we would try to hold her she would change her mind and didn't want us to touch her. It was pretty hard to try to take care of her and sad that she was so pathetically sick.
She started to cough and have a major runny nose and her fever never went away. All weekend long we were calling the after hours nurse for help and advice on what we can give our little girl who isn't 2 years old yet and barely weighs 22 lbs. so none of the cold medicine or anything can be given to her. We were told to give her Motrin and Tylenol every 3 hours rotating between the two drugs. Well, Sunday night came and she threw up yet again and her cough and fever were just as bad!
We made another appointment to see the pediatritian on Monday and we saw a different Dr who when checking her said that Evelyn has Pneumonia with an ear infection, a fever and a tummy bug! WHAT?!
It's four days until Christmas and not to mention we were supposed to be traveling to Denver to have Christmas at home with my family this year on TUESDAY!! We had a tough decision to make. We were set on still traveling Tuesday morning until Evelyn threw up yet again on Monday night. We could torture Evelyn through airports and long plane rides while she is deathly ill or cancel the trip and stay at home for her to recover...we decided to delay our trip. We have rescheduled our flight to leave Christmas Day morning - assuming Evelyn improves.
Today she FINALLY broke her fever - sort of, she is still a little warm - but better. She ate some scraps of a sandwich for lunch and she nibbled on some food off our plates for dinner. She was almost happy this evening and we saw glimpses of our funny little girl so we know she is on the mend. We hope and pray that she is better by Christmas day so that we can travel home for Christmas.
PS...
I am now sick too.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Work Humor...
Gordon was sent a Christmas package at work from one of his suppliers today and he called me about it and I thought it was the funniest thing so I have to post about it...
His supplier gave him a bag of marshmellows with a note attached that read:
His supplier gave him a bag of marshmellows with a note attached that read:
Santa checked his list and then checked it twice,
He found out that you haven’t been very nice.
Since coal is so expensive here is the scoop,
This year you’re getting
Snowman poop!
Merry Christmas!
He found out that you haven’t been very nice.
Since coal is so expensive here is the scoop,
This year you’re getting
Snowman poop!
Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Santa
We went to our Ward Christmas party and we had a special visitor in a red suit - Santa Clause! Evelyn was cheering for him along with ALL of the other children and we got in line to sit on Santa's lap. Unfortunately, when it was Evelyn's turn she went from happy and excited to the death grip on daddy and was not happy to see Santa so up close and personal. So we empravised...daddy sat on Santa's lap and Evelyn sat on daddy's lap.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
I AM SO EXCITED I PEED MY PANTS!!
I just got word from the hubby that we are set to close on the house December 31st! That's like in 20 days! We will be with my family in Denver for Christmas for a week and then when we get back...it's moving time!!!! I can't tell you how excited we are to move into our new house! We are definitely having a party to celebrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, December 8, 2008
1 Month Old
I am a week late posting these, but here is Claire at 1 month. During the little photo session she managed to "cooo" and give me a smile! We love her!
House Pictures!!
We went to our house on Sunday and it is looking fabulous! The landscaping is finished and it looks great - we are very pleased! We took pictures of the outside and the inside. Enjoy the slide show!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Paco comes to town!
My dad's work has him traveling to the east coast often which is a treat for us since we don't live near each other. He recently came to town for one night and he treated us to dinner and then we went back to his hotel room where he wrestled with Evelyn on the hotel bed and snuggled with Claire. It is so fun to see Evelyn play with her grandpa. Evelyn is learning so many new words...she can say "Grwamma" - for Grandma, but for some reason when says Grandpa, it comes out "Paco". Here's some pics of Evelyn and Claire with their Paco.
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