This is the most snow we got all winter and we got it 2 weeks ago...Morghan had a blast playing in it and although our snowman looks pretty pathetic it was fun making it. Everything was melted by the end of the day but at least Morghan got to wear her snow suit more than once this year!!
My parents are always having senior moments! You know, forgetting where they parked the car, where their keys are, forgetting what day of the week it is etc...So I was in Delta a couple of weeks ago and I was packing to leave. Morghan was sitting up on the couch with her cousins so I thought it would be a great picture opportunity. My dad was lying on the couch so I thought he could do it for me while I packed. The conversation goes:
Me:"Hey dad, Will you go take a picture of the kids with my camera?"
Dad: "Linds, I don't want to I don't even know how to use the camera."
Me: "Dad, seriously it's not that hard."
Dad: "Fine, what do I do."
Me: "It's real easy, just hold the camera out at the kids and hold this button down."
So he leaves and comes back...
Dad: "Okay, I took 3 pictures, How did they turn out?"
THIS IS WHAT I FOUND!!! (He had the camera turned backwards and took pictures of himself the whole time not even realizing it) BIG DORK!!!!
The pics aren't significant to anything just wanted to put some on..
So I slipped away for a month or so and many of you found me and started yelling at me...So I'm back! Hmmm truthfully not much has been going on. Since my last post I took Morghan to a specialist in Colorado to get a full check up. All of her blood work finally came back normal but still waiting on some tests to figure out why she gaining weight. I will say since taking the milk away she has tripled her eating, so I might just be summed up to a good old case of Lactose Intolerance. She is now up to a whopping 24.5 lbs. She is oficially a Princess. She will no longer wear pants, she can only wear dresses cuz princesses wear dresses. So this has been fun in the cold weather. Sometimes she looks like a little orphan with her dresses over her clothes, but it makes her happy and limits the fit throwing. We are doing good. We FINALLY started our house and things are going really fast on it. It's all framed and we should be in by May. WooHoo. I don't know if any of you have experienced building a house with a person that is horribly color blind but let me tell you IT IS NOT FUN. If me and Nate survive this house thing without me pulling out his eyeballs it will be a miracle.This is the first time in Me and Nates marriage where we have had to live in a Condo and let me tell ya we do not like it. I'm still NOT pregnant..Don't really know what our next step is. I have another appointment with my Dr. in April and hopefully he will have more suggestions. I really truly hope that Morghan will have a little sibling. She is such a nurturing person and loves acting like she is a big sister. I hope this isn't all that God has planned for us. Other than that we are all good. I will posts pics of our house once the outside is done. I will posts pics of my pregnancy test once it is positive :) I'm ready for spring and the hot weather...So toodaloo for now.
From This......
To This......Back to her sweet little self, dressing up of course!
After 2 long weeks of Pneumonia, Morghan went to the doctor today and her chest x-ray was finally clear. She still has a cough, which they say can last up to four more weeks but she is doing much better. I'm so proud of how well she handled it all.For everything that she went through she rarely complained. She got to the point where she was tired of all the medicine that we had to give her so she would spit it out as fast as we would put it in. She also hated wearing the oxygen so we had to tape it on her which made her cry because the tape would hurt to pull off. Also, we had her completely potty trained prior to the hospitalization which that went down the drain because we had to keep her in diapers, so we are back to potty training again. We survived it though I realized I'm not as tough as I thought I was. I was a complete basket case through this all and as much as I tried not to let Morgy see me cry or be worried there were times when I would look at her and couldn't help but cry. She truly is my world, and although I knew that before this little nightmare, something like this truly puts your love for your child in perspective. Although her pneumonia is gone we are not completely out of the woods. The doctors are concerned with how little Morghan is. She hasn't gained much weight over the past year and the doctor's are concerned that she might have something going on with her insides, but they first want me to take her milk away thinking it might be a lactose intolerance issue. If that's not the case we are off to a GI specialist. I will keep y'all informed. Thanks for all your comments, means a lot!!!
First off, let me start by saying Morgy is bound to give me a heart attack and she is only 2. This past week I experienced the worst week of my entire live. Never before have I been so scared, sad, confused, anxious, worried, sleep deprived and helpless all at once. The worst thing imaginable, I now have expierenced and that is watching your child be so horribly sick, lying in hospital bed being poked to death with needles, struggling to breathe, and you sitting there watching with no way of helping.
So last Monday night, Morghan woke up in the middle of the night and said mommy I don't feel good. I went in and checked her and she had a slight fever and a little runny nose. I gave her some Tylenol and she fell back asleep. I took her to Day Care on Tuesday because I had a Dr's appointment out of town, while at my Dr's appt. the lady called and said Morghan was miserable and had a fever, so Nate went and picked her up. I still was just thinking she had a horrible cold and was treating her with Tylenol and Motrin and kept her Humidifier on. Wednesday was no different, but a little worse, she layed on the couch all day (which is very unusual for her) I called every doctor to get her in but no one could get me in. So, Wednesday night she was coughing really bad, I went in to check on her and she was struggling to breathe. Her respirations were 70 breathes per minute (normal 12-20) her temp was 104.0, and she was not really responding to me. I ran downstairs and grabbed my nursing bag so I could check her oxygen saturation, which was 72% (normal for toddler is 95%-100%). So I ran in and told Nate we were going the the ER. At 3:00 in the morning we scooped her out of bed and away we went. Morghan's vitals had gotten worse by the time we got there and they immediately starting running every test possible. They checked her for RSV,strep, Flu all which were negative. They poked her 5 times and finally got an IV in her to bring her fever down. Finally after a chest xray they found that she had Pneumonia in both lobes and surrounding her sternum. They immediately started antibiotics on her and admitted her to the hospital. Wednesday,Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday were pure hell. I think Morghan had a total of 10 sticks for IV Starts, 4 blood draws, 3 chest xrays, 3 nasal swabs, 2 mouth swabs. She was woke up every 2 hours for breathing treatments and vital checks. She struggled to breathe and cried all the time to go home. Although her Pneumonia was getting better her symptoms weren't. We walked her for the first time on Saturday night and she was so weak she would fall over. All she kept saying was "I want to go home mommy. Those people hurt me."Sunday afternoon, they decided they would let her go, only on oxygen and breahing treatments at home. They also left her IV in because she is not drinking so I would have to give her IV fluids if she continues to not drink. She is still only at 85-89% on her oxygen intake. She continues with two antibotics,pain meds, cough medicine and breathing treatments every 4 hours. We had a checkup today and the Pneumonia is still there but is definately getting better. The doctor is just very concerned about keeping her hydrated. I have to take her in tomorrow and if she's lost a pound he is admitting us again for fear of dehydration. I haven't slept in 5 days, and within those 5 days all I've done is cry. I seriously feel for those parents who have chronically ill kids who have to sit in hospitals day in and day out and be so helpless. I take for granted the fact that Morghan has been such a healthy child. I would never wish upon anyone what we have gone through this week. Thank goodness for my amazing parents who came down and helped and sat in the hospital room day in and day out with us, my mom would cook and bring us dinners and in between go home and walk our dogs. Truly, I don't know what I would have done without the love and support of my family and friends through this hard time. We are not out of the woods yet but Morghan played for the first time tonight so I think things are looking good.
We took Morghan up to Brian Head for her first skiing adventure. She did really well, she actually liked it a lot but didn't understand why she had to wait in line to get on the lift so she got very inpatient real fast. Nate stayed with her and Matt stayed with Kadence so me and Carrie went and did a couple runs. We took the girls home and Matt and Nate stayed and skied the afternoon. 
Matt and Kadence coming down!
Here comes Morgy!
Yay she made it!
The girls out tubing in the back yard!
We went to Cedar City for New Years this year to spend time with Nate's brother and family. It has become a tradition that we spend New Year's with them along with another couple Skeet and Candy. We always have such a good time. This year we spent a huge majority of the night playing the Wii. It was a lot of the fun, the guys got into some pretty heated tennis matches. Most of the night we just sit around and laugh. It's always great. Thanks Carrie!!!
We had a very nice Christmas this year. We ended up just staying home because I had to be the nurse on call for the Holiday! It was okay though because we did not want to haul all the presants all over the state. Morghan must have been a very good girl because Santa was very good to her. She was a lot of fun and was wound up all day. I suprised Nate with a road bike that he has wanted for a long time so I was actually very excited about seeing his reaction. We just had a lazy day playing with all the new toys. It was great!
