Not Again!!!!

Yep, it happened again.  Noah was in the hospital for three days/two nights last week.  With what?  Pneumonia, yep nothing but the breathing troubles for that kid.  If you ask me, he has asthma.  But, I am just the mom and they don't like to officially diagnose anyone with asthma until they are two.  So, we wait. 

Fortunately Noah is back to himself and breathing easy.  I do think he gets a little winded more quickly than before but other than that he is doing great.  They have decided to put him on a preventative medicine twice a day to hopefully keep us from making any more return trips to the hospital. Let's pray it works!  Let's also pray that we don't have to make any trips to the hospital for a LONG LONG time.  We have been there WAY TOO MUCH lately!!!

Just when I am about to lose it...

Every night just when I am about to lose it they finally fall asleep and I sneak in to make sure that each toe is covered.  This is when I am content and when all is right in my little world and I say a quick prayer to thank my Heavenly Father for my most treasured blessings. 

They look so peaceful and angelic that sometimes I think "man, I could have ten of them!"  Then they wake up and we do it all over again. :)

 

Get Out Of There!!!!

Noah is at that age where he is just naturally curious about EVERYTHING!!!!!  This is where I found him just the other day.

Nice!  We have since had to tape the door shut with masking tape which usually deters him long enough for me to get to him first. 

Here he is just being his normal silly self (notice that he is posing for this first one...what a funny guy, he doesn't really look like this too much.).  Man do I love this little boy!

Just Eating Dinner

The other night while eating dinner I choked on a piece of chicken.  Do not be alarmed, it caused me no real breathing difficulty but it was indeed, most definitely STUCK!!!  So stuck in fact that I could  get nothing past it.  No water, food, or even my own saliva wouldn't go past it.  As a result I began to vomit (spit up really) every few minutes because my spit would build up behind it to the point that it would trigger my gag reflex and I would spit it all up.  The process would repeat it self over and over and over again.  All my attempts to remedy the chicken failed and I was left with no good option.  I called the  nurse line for my insurance and after a quick laugh she encouraged me to go to the ER.  This is NOT something I wanted to do.  How embarrassing....I just didn't want to go to the ER.  I simply hoped that time would cure the problem.  So, I waited and waited, and spit up and waited some more.  Finally around 11pm, I decided that I had no alternative and that probably soon I would need to eat and drink again so I drove myself to the ER.   After spending almost five hours there.  They determined that I had indeed gotten a piece of something STUCK in my esophagus. 

Since, the hospital here is tiny I was sent about an hour away to a hospital better equipped to quickly deal with my dilemma.  The new hospital moved quickly and soon I was asleep in out patient surgery for a quick procedure to remove that darn piece of chicken.  I returned home to my sweet babies who had been busy making me get will cards and such.  Here are just a few of the sweet things they made for me to help me feel better. 

Thanks guys, these made all the difference!

The Cost of a Shower

What is a shower worth?  I am not quite sure it is worth this!

Noah was busy while I was trying to take a five minute shower.  Showers may have just become a luxury I  very literally can't afford!

Hoseback Riding

Noah decided to take up a new sport....horseback riding.  At least Logan was cooperative.

When Zhu Zhu Pets Attack!

On the bottom of each zhu zhu pet is a warning to keep away from hair.  Well, they mean it!  Sydney learned this lesson the hard way.  She came screaming to me telling me that "it won't stop, it won't stop."  Sadly, the only solution was to cut it out of her hair.  Thankfully, it wasn't too big of a chunk of hair.  So, be forewarned. Those zhu zhu pets can get you, especially if you are a little girl!

"I did it myself"

We went to a baptism the other day and Sydney came out of the bathroom and told me she was ready to go.  I asked her who had done her hair and she responded with "I did it myself."  I just had to smile at my little girl who is growing up way too fast!  She even decided to put on her "play" makeup and add an accessorizing scarf!  Way to go babe, you look beautiful!

All Put Away

...Or mostly put away.  Here are some pictures of the  house with most of our stuff put away and some pictures and such up. 

The mud room/computer/laundry/storage room:

The dining room:

The front door and hallway:

The children's part of the living room:

 Fireplace & bookcase in Living Room:

 Living room - looking at entry to dining room and down the hallway to bedrooms:

 Noah's room:

 Sydney & Logan's room:

 Kitchen - looking into Living Room:

 Above Sydney's bed (these have since been pulled off and scattered around - man, those stickers just don't last long!)

 Above Logan's bed:



By the way, those wall stickers were super cheap.  Logan's and Noah's were both at the dollar store and Sydney's was on 90% off at Target.  So, if they get pulled down I won't hyperventilate. :)

Sick Baby!

March 6th & 7th were long days for us.  Noah has had some breathing trouble (I think it is asthma made worse by allergies) in the past and it seems that moving to Louisiana has exacerbated the problem.  Saturday, March 5th Noah was not sleeping well (he is normally a good sleeper) and was up several times during the night.  I couldn't figure out why and thought that maybe he was just getting a new tooth or something.  However, Sunday morning I could tell that he wasn't breathing super great.  He seemed a little labored and I gave him a breathing treatment.  We decided to keep him home from church just in case he was getting a cold or something.

You need to understand that having a little breathing trouble is fairly common for Noah and at this point we thought it would just pass like usual.  However, by the time I got back from church (Noah stayed home with Heath) it was obvious that he needed to be seen.  Since we hadn't established a new doctor yet and since it was Sunday we headed off to the ER.  Much to my surprise they admitted him!  He had a touch of bronchitis and was still pretty labored after several breathing treatments and steroids.  So, he and I spent the night.  Luckily, he was doing much better the next day and we were able to come home.  I didn't have the camera and so I didn't get any pictures of him but he was pretty darn cute in his tiny green hospital gown!