Constant Sickness Is How We Do It!

Wow... I suck at keeping up with this blogging thing. I don't even know why, seriously it's not that hard, it's just that when I'm on the computer now a days I would much rather be on Facebook (I know I'm lame.) I don't even look at other people blogs anymore, and wont feel bad if everyone has given up on mine.

Well on to the story of my life these last couple of months...

I HATE LOGAN! Okay I don't really know if it is Logan or if it my apartment or if we are just going to be this way forever but my family has been sick ALL FREAKING YEAR! Seriously I'm not kidding here. There has been so many problems I don't even know where to begin... so I'll do it bullet style in no real order and I'll probably leave a bunch of things out but you'll get the idea at least.

* KayBrees throat closed completely and she had to have emergency surgery to get her tonsils and adenoids out.

* Daimen picked up the Rotavirus somewhere, lost close to 15 pounds, and looked like a starving child from Ethiopia.

* Kaia had something that resembled RSV but they could figure out what it was (a recurring trend).

* I got some nasty nasty sinus infections, and would have been happy if my throbbing head would have just exploded.

* We went through about 400 bottles of children Tylenol and Motrin just trying to stop the fevers that our kids would magically get for weeks at a time.

* Speaking of fever... Kaia got one that lasted two and a half weeks and yet again they didn't know what had caused it.

* Daimen is always sick... if you see him on the play ground and he's hacking up a lung just know that he isn't contagious. If he get allergies or a little runny nose he's down and out with his asthma.

* I got some seriously awesome strep throat! It was my first experience... and it was RAD! Don't worry though I went to the gym everyday and worked right through it. :)

* Poor little Kaia Bean has been so sick lately (lately means for the last two months) with some 'unknown' sickness. She has been throwing up everything that she ate or drank, kinda like Daimen's Rota Virus, but it has lasted freakin 2 months! She lost a pound which for her his half her dang body mass. Anyway long story short, we had to spend a couple of days in the hospital this week giving her an IV and doing some ultrasounds of her tummy that showed she has a virus that is attacking her intestines which stopped everything from her tummy to her bowels from working at all... she was in a lot of pain. It's so sad! She isn't better, the doctors don't know how she got it but they are pretty certain that she will be readmitted into the hospital. SO for now we can only feed her one ounce of formula and 3 ounces of Pedialyte... she is STARVING! I hope that her body can fight this off. I hate to see her so hungry all the time. Oh and on top off all that she has one awesome ear infection and because she has been on 4 rounds of antibiotics she has the sorest little bum I have ever seen, she cant even sit on it.

After trying to get the IV in 5 times they called down to the NICU and asked if one of their nurses could do it. She did, the first try. Poor Kaia was just so sad, after they got it in I was able to hold her. The first thing she did was put a death grip to my shirt and then fell right asleep.

They had to tape her whole arm up to her elbow on this little board so that she couldn't bend it. She also tried to bite the IV and rip it out of her own hand but after they taped it she couldn't so she just gave up.

Her taped up IV hand. She got pretty good at only using her left hand to grab things and to play with her toys.

Feeling pretty good now that they took off all the millions of wires attached to her tummy and feet. She was at least able to crawl around on the bed and play for a little while without strangling herself. Keeping her on a hospital bed for almost 48 hours was probably the worst part. She wanted to get down and play so bad so she just cried and cried.

But then we figured out we could play peek-a-boo through the hole in the side of the bed. She thought that was pretty cool and it got us through a couple of hours!
KayBree was pretty sad when Kaia wasn't home and almost cried when she first saw her. Kaia was pretty happy to see the kids too. Coming home was so nice for me and even for Kaia, she just wanted to get down and crawl around and play with her toys.

Here's hoping we stay at home for a while and not have anymore hospital stays.

P.S. Kaia Bean is 9 Months Old TODAY!!!!

Half-Birthdays and Such...

It's been such a long time since I updated the blog and to say that a lot has happened would be a gross understatement... So I will give you a somewhat short recap of the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010.

First off... Batman and Master Chief came to my house to play with playdough.

Second... KayBree turned Seven in November so we had to throw her a last minute fairy princess party where they even made and decorated their own fairy wings.

Third... Daimen dyed his hair black... okay so I did, but he asked me to. I thought he looked pretty dang cute too.

Fourth... Daimen is a little Ninja two days a week. Do you see that look? He means business, and yes his hair is dyed once again only this time it is red/orange like his best friend Will.

Fifth... We had a family birthday party for KayBree at the Treehouse museum in Ogden. It was a hit even with the adults and children too old or too cool to dress up.

KayBree tracing a dinosaur with Grandpa.

Daimen looking dang cute with his black hair trying to pull out the sword in the stone.

We had an awesome rodeo cowboy....

And some milking lessons from Grandpa, he was not satisfied unless they had the proper milking technique.

Another little handsome cowboy...

Sixth... Being silly with mom, trying to get a picture with all three kiddos by yourself is a challenge.

Seventh... There was a lot of sleeping and cuddling with our little Wild Thing baby...

Eighth... Some bonding time with Dad playing the Xbox 360.

Ninth... Watching some scary movies as a family. Tinfoil hats so the aliens couldn't read their thoughts... or eat their brains like soup.

Tenth.... There was a happy half-birthday to be celebrated, complete with tiny half-birthday cake which was devoured immediately.

The Doctor told me I could give her pretty much anything to fatten her up... I think this will do the trick.

She couldn't seem to get the amount desired in her mouth but she sure tried her hardest.

Happy Half-Birthday little Kaia Bean.

You are much loved and your cheeks are never in want of kisses. You brighten the day of everyone who sees your silly little toothless smile and hears your high pitched raptor scream. You are our sunshine, little Bean. We love you!

Snowtime Fun & Pretty Dresses

My sister bought this red dress for KayBree when she was born. It's Premie and Kaia is 4 months old in this picture... sad.