My Big Girl!!

Sierra started kindergarten this week! Part of me cannot believe she is that big, and another part of me cannot believe she is that little! She is so excited, there was not a stich of fear in her, only excitement. How would that be?

I asked her if it was as good as Preschool, and she replied "even better" and I asked her if she liked her new teacher as much as her beloved preschool teacher, and she said "even more" I could not be happier.

We made a back to school cake for Sierra & one for Halie because she desperatley needs to be included in whatever Sierra is doing.

I think Halie is the only one who is not happy that Sierra is going to school. Halie is insanley jealous, to the point of being pissed off! She starts a singing class next week, and man is she ever excited. Today after we dropped Sierra off Halie tried playing by herself and then said "Mom, my queese (may I please) go to my singing class now?"

Cabin Funnies

This past weekend we split our family up and Duaine went to Moab with his friends and I took the little girls to the cabin with mom & dad. The first night we were there Sierra set us all up some cups to spit in after we used her special new mouthwash. Well it is dark in there, and there were a lot of cups so somehow dad (papa) accidentally grabbed Sierra's already used cup full of used mouthwash, filled it with water and drank it. Yum!!!

The next day the girls were riding on the tractor with Papa while mom & I stained doors. We heard the beginnings of a fight between my girls and sat listening to how Papa would react, finally he said "Haven't you two ever heard of sharing?" It was great! Great to hear him get flustered, and great that it wasn't me playing referee.

It was really a fun weekend, but I think that maybe Papa had a few more girls than he could handle!!

Lazy Days of Summer!

Wow! Our summer has been anything but lazy! I am actually beninning to think that "lazy" was a typo, and what they really meant to write was "crazy!"

Here are some things we've been doing to keep our days crazy - not lazy!

Swimming lessons for Sierra

Catching a movie at the drive-in

Playing at the Cabin

A Snake at the cabin
Improvisational Theater Camp for Mandaline

Building a fort at Snowbird

24th of July with our cousins

Halie, Kelly & Sierra watching fireworks

Halie & Autumn - AKA Double Trouble

A Long Day!

Yesterday was a very long day.

I hadn't paid much attention to the cough Halie started Sunday afternoon until it kept both of us up most of the night. By about 4 am I'd resolved to take her to the Dr in the morning. She was restless & taking short labored breaths. The first appointment I could get was at 11 am, and Halie was a wreck I had to hold her all morning and she repeatedly asked me for more Tylenol. Poor baby must have felt rotten.

We got to the Dr's and the nurse said her oxygen was at 91. Halie fell asleep while waiting for the Dr to come in (which made it very easy to examine her) but by that time her oxygen had dipped to 87. So they gave her a breathing treatment, and checked again in about 20 mins. By that time her oxygen was bouncing between 88 & 90. Which, by the way I was thinking was pretty good, I mean that is still a B or B+ right? Wrong, apparently if it stayed below 90 they wanted to transport her by ambulance so that they could give her oxygen. The NP told me that if I drive straight to the ER that she should have enough oxygen reserve and would be ok, but I had to drive right there.

I did stop for diapers and to tell Troy what was going on (he was cleaning my carpets). Then we headed to Primary Children's. My mom met us there and took Sierra, and Duaine came as soon as he could too. They hooked her to a machine to monitor her Oxygen, gave her another breathing treatment, talked about pneumonia, X rayed her lungs, gave her a steroid to help her breathe, & finally came back with a diagnosis of Reactive Airway Disease, or more simply Asthma as a reaction to a virus.

She got an inhaler with a spacer that she calls "my puffer" a grundle of stickers, and a sippy cup that may cost more than my car, and she can no longer participate in the Olympics this year because of the steroids they gave her!

When we got there she was a lifeless little snuggler, and by the time we left she was growling at all the nurses. It pretty much scared us to death. Asthma I can deal with, but the possibility of my baby having to go in an ambulance because she does not have enough oxygen was a little much.

All in all it was a long day, but a happy ending.

Welcome Me

I have wanted to start a blog for a while now... I started a myspace and was going to blog because I love reading other people's blogs, but I never blog. Then Katie sent me the link to her blog, and it is so much fun to read. Then came Aimee and Jenny's blogs, and even though I typically see them once a week I still loved reading their blogs. But the final one that made me decide to do this was Melissa's. I saw all the cute pics, and the fun family stories, and I thought "this is it, I have to do something like this" So here is my attempt. I am not sure what I am hoping to accomplish here, but I think it is going to be fun.
So Welcome Me!!!