LOOOOOOOOOOONG Night

Brion got to go home from the hospital yesterday! That was about the only good thing that happened. Chad started feeling crappy and Lola has had a cough that won't stop - so does everyone else at the sitters. Around 2:30 am, Chad is shaking uncontrollably and coughing like crazy and Lola has woken herself up from coughing, and coughing, and coughing. I felt bad for Chad, but he doesn't let me help him when he is sick, so I moved onto Lola, who I couldn't get to stop. I took her to Good Night Pediatrics to see what they could do. It was that or wait until today to try and battle the long wait at an Urgent Care or the ER, and since I was already up, we went. We only had one person in front of us so we didn't wait long. The nurse said that she was running a little fever - 100.3 and then went to take her Oxygen count that she had trouble reading because Lola was CRYING! I was trying to comfort her, singing and all, but when she threw her piggy on the ground, the nurse was just mean and was like, "No look what you did, you don't have your animal anymore." Not, "Oh, let's stop and try to call her down and then get a count again". She was just really mean. If you are a nurse to young children, you should know how to try and comfort them, not just be mean to them.
So we were shooed into a room to see the doctor who has the nerve to come in and ask me why Lola is so grouchy. Are you kidding me? Duh, she is sick and can't get any rest so she is crabby and crying, plus she doesn't really like doctors because she is so used to them poking and prodding her, she doesn't know any better. Plus, I was there to find out what was wrong with her, not vice versa. Anyway, I said that she was tired at the beginning of me telling him that she wouldn't stop coughing and he says that we all are it is 3:30 in the morning. Ok, whatever. He says that they are going to do a breathing treatment and then he would write a prescription for some antibiotics.
For the mommies that do breathing treatments for their children, you know how hard this is. They are supposed to wear a mask that is connected to a machine that makes LOUD noise. Scary. Especially for a little baby. I had to hold her with one arm, restricting her hands from moving the mask away from her face, the other hand was forced to smash the mask upto her face and move with her face when she did. She cried through the entire thing and it was aweful. No one helped me and I felt like the worlds worst mommy. One of the hardest things I have had to do.
We then went and picked up her medicine and headed home around 5:30 this morning, where thankfully she went right back to sleep until now! She is still coughing like crazy, but at least she was able to rest.

Kyan's Visit to the Hospital

Kyan (and bear) went to visit Grandpa B last night! Because Brion has such a high risk of getting sick or infection, Kyan (and bear) had to wear a mask! Kyan delivered his cards that he made at Rennie's for his grandpa, was able to say the Pledge of Allegiance, and sing America the Beautiful to help cheer him up! We are not sure how long Brion has to stay in the hospital, but it was a nice change for him to see Kyan and we are hoping that it made him feel a little bit better!

Lola's Party at the Park!

Kyan and I trying to help Lola blow out her candles!

The kids playing with Lola's new toy from grandma and grandpa Moffitt and the Durhams!

Baby Avery

JayLo playing together!

The birthday girl!

Sassy pants Jayla

Camden and Lola looking at a book - Lola had a hard time sharing her books and was always trying to take whatever Camden had! She is used to getting everything that she wants from her brother always handing it over! Camden wasn't so willing!

I love these last two pictures with Lola and my mama! Grandma and Grandpa let us host the party at their condo, well, the park by their condo! Less cleaning up for me to do!

Thanks so much to everyone that was able to swing by on Sunday to help Lola celebrate her birthday! She was also sent well wishes by those that couldn't make it!

A Wedding...Valentine's Day Style

This wedding was LOOOOOOOONG overdue, and because of that, I don't think that it could have been more beautiful! It was so nice to be able to attend Todd and Heather Kelley's special day, and I got to spend a nice evening alone with my husband, as my parents played babysitter! Thanks so much mom and dad for watching our little munchkins!
Heather was able to give Todd the book of pictures that I took of her for him, every time I was around Todd that evening he couldn't stop thanking me! I was so flattered and excited that he loved them so much! Couldn't have been too hard, Heather is such a beautiful person both inside and out! Whats not to love?

Love how handsome Chad looks in his pink tie!

Candis and I - don't get to spend much time with her these days, life has us busy, so it was nice to be able to spend the evening with her! NEED this more often!

Jayla's Birthday Party and Book

The girls together at the birthday party!

Kyan kept himself busy at the party playing croquet with the other older kiddos!

Love Jayla's birthday girl face in this one!

Daddy decided to give Lola a chocolate covered pretzel. When she started to get it all over his clothes, he made me take it away! Needless to say, Lola was very upset!


This is the book that I made for Jayla from Lola, it may not be meaningful right now to her or Lola, but one day I hope that they can both look back on it and smile and appreciate their friendship! I was crying as I was making it, crying when I was finished making it, crying when Susie opened it for Jayla! Not only was it a book for Jay, it was a book for Susie and some of the quotes are meant just as much for her as they are for Jay.

You see, Susie has always been "Chad's friend", she was always the girl that got to hang with the boys that I was always jealous of, that I could not hang out with them, but she could! Don't get me wrong, she has been my friend too, but I would just say a friend. Throughout our pregnancies together and our daughters growing up this first year, I feel like they have brought us so much closer together and I can trust Susie with anything! So yes, this book is for you too Sue, thank you for being a best friend to me! I feel like you are "my friend" now, not the other way around. I value our friendship and I hope that one day our girls will be able to do the same thing!

Happy 1st Birthday Lola!!!

Oh, my baby is 1! Can't believe how time flies! I can remember heading into the hospital with extremely painful contractions just a year ago and now she is already a year old! It is so fun to have a little girl in my world and it keeps it even in the family with my two video game playing boys!



Lola...
...is a jabber jaw and talks non stop, especially on the ride to Rennie's in the morning! She always has something to say!
...is crawling like a mad women and can get to where she wants to go way too quick, and she is standing and holding on to everything and walking around all of our furniture! She will be walking in no time, although I am not in any sort of hurry for that!
...started on whole milk last night and it must have filled her belly really good, because I had to wake her up this morning after 7 so that I could go to work. Usually it is the opposite, we have to wake Kyan up, one of Lola's favorite things to do as she gives her brother so little love smacks to get him to wake up, but today, Kyan and I woke her up by singing "happy birthday" to her!
...is wanting less and less to do with her bottle and loves to drink out of a straw! She has her own little Munchkin brand sippy cups that she loves ice water in! I am going to try to start the milk in it and work on getting rid of the bottle all together!
...LOVES her big brother, Kyan keeps her busy at night so that I can get some treadmill time in! She follows him around the house like a little puppy dog, it is so cute! I love watching the two of them grow together!
...is a mama's girl, although she is becoming quite fond of her daddy these days! She loves watching him play video games with Kyan and will try to help him out with the computer game!
...is DRAMA, but we love her anyway!!!
...has a best friend whose birthday is today too! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAYLA! Lots of love and kisses are being sent your way! Love that our girls get to grow together!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOLA!!!

Still Infected

I just got the mommy gut feeling that the antibiotics hadn't worked from the last post that I had made about her ears and called the doc yesterday to see if she could be seen. She has her one year check up on Friday, but Friday is a long ways away when it comes to babies and their ears. We got Lola in after school and sure enough, her right ear is still infected. So a new set of antibiotics was given (the same thing happened at her last ear infection in November I think, Amoxicillan didn't work so they had to give her Omnicef to get rid of the infection). She has an appointment with the specialist on Monday the 16th to see what is going on with her ears and to see about tubes. Honestly, I want them to do tubes so that this whole ear infection thing goes away. Seems like Lola ALWAYS has one and then I feel like a bad mom that my kid is always sick.
I will keep everyone posted as to how that appointment goes when we know!