Saturday, August 07, 2010
Kaelyn's First Tooth
Kaelyn lost her first tooth tonight. It was a bit traumatic, but we got it out. Jacob was so funny. He was trying so hard to be a good big brother and help out. He told Kaelyn that losing teeth is like throwing up. Once you get it all out, then you feel all better. We all broke out laughing. It really helped Kaelyn feel better. Not long after that we got the tooth out. She cried a little bit, but the throw up comment was still rolling around and she started to laugh. It was great.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Crazy!
I can't believe my last post was in August and here we are in the middle of November! With going back to work and school and the kids going back to school, I don't know where that time went.
We are all doing great. Kaelyn is healthy besides normal colds and ear infections. Her liver is still doing amazing and her AFP is still in the normal range. She is loving first grade. Jacob has been doing amazing also. He having a great time in fourth grade and still loves to read. He has been placed in the fifth grade math class, our little smarty pants. I love that he loves school and learning. I hope we can keep that passion alive through out high school and beyond.
My sister, Amanda, just had a baby through an amazing birth mother. Little Emma Rose was born on November 13th. She is 6 weeks early only weighing 3 lbs 7 oz, so we are all watching and waiting anxiously while she is in the NICU. I can't wait to hold the little miracle girl! I am so happy for my sister and her husband. They are the most wonderful people you could ever know. They have been waiting for over two years for this blessing, and here it is. A little different and more difficult than they imagined, but oh so worth it.
Other than this excitment, our life has been pretty 'normal', if I dare say that word. Yeah for normal!
Love you all,
Angie
We are all doing great. Kaelyn is healthy besides normal colds and ear infections. Her liver is still doing amazing and her AFP is still in the normal range. She is loving first grade. Jacob has been doing amazing also. He having a great time in fourth grade and still loves to read. He has been placed in the fifth grade math class, our little smarty pants. I love that he loves school and learning. I hope we can keep that passion alive through out high school and beyond.
My sister, Amanda, just had a baby through an amazing birth mother. Little Emma Rose was born on November 13th. She is 6 weeks early only weighing 3 lbs 7 oz, so we are all watching and waiting anxiously while she is in the NICU. I can't wait to hold the little miracle girl! I am so happy for my sister and her husband. They are the most wonderful people you could ever know. They have been waiting for over two years for this blessing, and here it is. A little different and more difficult than they imagined, but oh so worth it.
Other than this excitment, our life has been pretty 'normal', if I dare say that word. Yeah for normal!
Love you all,
Angie
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Busy summer
I can't believe that it is already August! The kids start school in two weeks (and so do I :P). We have had quite a fun, active summer. We have been camping, gone to Lagoon (the local Amusement park), been swimming a few times and so much more! Jacob went to Robotics camp a few weeks ago and loved it. He is my little engineer that is for sure. He really loves building and programming things. He wants to be a rocket scientist and a veterinarian when he grows up! Who knows, maybe someday we will need a rocket scientist veterinarian. His 9th birthday is in two weeks...can you believe that! He is very excited.
Kaelyn has been doing pretty well also. She has played and played and played. It will be an interesting transition into 1st grade. Full-time school can be a downer in the play department! I will let you know how it goes in a few weeks. Liver wise, she is doing amazing. No problems. I haven't been able to say that, in well....never!
I just started a new job two weeks ago. It has been really hard on me to leave the kids and go work. I didn't think it would affect me this much, but I really miss them. I guess I thought they would miss me too, but not the case. I come home and they say hi mom, and then go back to what they were doing. What did I expect? Them to run up to me and kiss and hug me until I turned blue and never let go? Yup...I guess I did. But I will adjust....this is one step closer to me being a nurse and it is well worth my aching heart. This job will pay for all of my nursing school and supplies, and I get priority registration into the nursing program when I get my prereq's done. One more year, and then I will be an official nursing student, two years after that, I will be an RN. Dreams are hard work!
I will update after school starts in a few weeks. Both kids in full time school...what a milestone!
Kaelyn has been doing pretty well also. She has played and played and played. It will be an interesting transition into 1st grade. Full-time school can be a downer in the play department! I will let you know how it goes in a few weeks. Liver wise, she is doing amazing. No problems. I haven't been able to say that, in well....never!
I just started a new job two weeks ago. It has been really hard on me to leave the kids and go work. I didn't think it would affect me this much, but I really miss them. I guess I thought they would miss me too, but not the case. I come home and they say hi mom, and then go back to what they were doing. What did I expect? Them to run up to me and kiss and hug me until I turned blue and never let go? Yup...I guess I did. But I will adjust....this is one step closer to me being a nurse and it is well worth my aching heart. This job will pay for all of my nursing school and supplies, and I get priority registration into the nursing program when I get my prereq's done. One more year, and then I will be an official nursing student, two years after that, I will be an RN. Dreams are hard work!
I will update after school starts in a few weeks. Both kids in full time school...what a milestone!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Uggg...
I know it has been over a month since my last entry. Uggg...There is a lot to catch up on. I am going to start from after Kaelyn's birthday, since that was my last post.
The kids are both out of school! Summer break, yeah! Kaelyn made it back to school in time for the last two weeks. She was able to do the chicken dance at the dance festival. That is the one thing she kept saying while in the hospital that she didn't want to miss. She was a very cute chicken dancer. Jacob did La Cucaracha (spelling?). He was a handsome Latino dancer! I think all of the girls wanted to be his partner...who wouldn't with his cuteness (he would die if he read this!). Kaelyn was able to graduate from kindergarten with her class. It was a very cute program...and I definitely teared up multiple times. She is in the class of 2021. Weird! I saw that at her graduation and it blew me away.
Last week both of the kids went to a week long camp. It is a camp for cancer kids and their siblings, called Camp Hobe. I couldn't believe that Kaelyn was old enough to spend 5 days and 4 nights without me! I had a much harder time than she did. She was VERY excited. Jacob couldn't wait either, he had gone last year and was chomping at the bit to go again this summer. They both had the times of their lives, even though it rained every day. I guess the momma has to let go some time. I really missed them both. But Wade and I did have some fun of our own. We decided it was high time for some couple time. We went out to Wendover and had a free night stay at one of the hotels there. We are not big gamblers, but we found plenty of things to do. We went to a movie, and had the theatre all to ourselves. We also went to check out the old WWII airbase that is there and ate at our Fav hamburger joint. It was really nice to have to quality time with the love of my life. By the time Friday came around though, I was ready to have the kids back. The house was WAY to quiet without them. Though I did clean more in the two days I home by myself than I have in a long time!
The only downer from Camp was what happened this week. On monday we received an email from the camp director that a couple of kids at camp had come down with the H1N1 virus (swine flu) shortly after returning home, meaning they were contagious up at camp. And then that evening, Kaelyn came down with a fever, cough and stomach pain. Man we had been trying so hard to avoid this one. I called her docs on tuesday morning and they quickly put her on Tamiflu, the anti-viral that is quite effective against this flu. I was very worried, not only for Kaelyn but for the whole family. Fortunately we caught it withing the first 48 hours and she seems to be getting better. Actually, she is running around the house playing like a monkey this morning. So, no worries. The rest of us are still healthy also. Wade and I did go around the neighborhood on Tuesday and tell eveyone what was going on. Kaelyn and Jacob had played with all of the kids n the neighborhood a lot over the weekend. I hope we didn't scare anyone too much, but we wanted them to be informed. I would feel horrible if one of the kids got sick and the family didn't now that they had be exposed. It is best if you can catch this virus in the first 48 hours. Anyway, we haven't had a single door bell or knock on the door in three days. I think they are all a little scared. Hopefully that is a good thing. We should off quarantine in a few days. Crazy week.
Well, now you are all caught up. We really are doing well. The roller coaster rolls on! Check out the flikr account, I have put up a bunch of photos.
Love to you all,
Angie
The kids are both out of school! Summer break, yeah! Kaelyn made it back to school in time for the last two weeks. She was able to do the chicken dance at the dance festival. That is the one thing she kept saying while in the hospital that she didn't want to miss. She was a very cute chicken dancer. Jacob did La Cucaracha (spelling?). He was a handsome Latino dancer! I think all of the girls wanted to be his partner...who wouldn't with his cuteness (he would die if he read this!). Kaelyn was able to graduate from kindergarten with her class. It was a very cute program...and I definitely teared up multiple times. She is in the class of 2021. Weird! I saw that at her graduation and it blew me away.
Last week both of the kids went to a week long camp. It is a camp for cancer kids and their siblings, called Camp Hobe. I couldn't believe that Kaelyn was old enough to spend 5 days and 4 nights without me! I had a much harder time than she did. She was VERY excited. Jacob couldn't wait either, he had gone last year and was chomping at the bit to go again this summer. They both had the times of their lives, even though it rained every day. I guess the momma has to let go some time. I really missed them both. But Wade and I did have some fun of our own. We decided it was high time for some couple time. We went out to Wendover and had a free night stay at one of the hotels there. We are not big gamblers, but we found plenty of things to do. We went to a movie, and had the theatre all to ourselves. We also went to check out the old WWII airbase that is there and ate at our Fav hamburger joint. It was really nice to have to quality time with the love of my life. By the time Friday came around though, I was ready to have the kids back. The house was WAY to quiet without them. Though I did clean more in the two days I home by myself than I have in a long time!
The only downer from Camp was what happened this week. On monday we received an email from the camp director that a couple of kids at camp had come down with the H1N1 virus (swine flu) shortly after returning home, meaning they were contagious up at camp. And then that evening, Kaelyn came down with a fever, cough and stomach pain. Man we had been trying so hard to avoid this one. I called her docs on tuesday morning and they quickly put her on Tamiflu, the anti-viral that is quite effective against this flu. I was very worried, not only for Kaelyn but for the whole family. Fortunately we caught it withing the first 48 hours and she seems to be getting better. Actually, she is running around the house playing like a monkey this morning. So, no worries. The rest of us are still healthy also. Wade and I did go around the neighborhood on Tuesday and tell eveyone what was going on. Kaelyn and Jacob had played with all of the kids n the neighborhood a lot over the weekend. I hope we didn't scare anyone too much, but we wanted them to be informed. I would feel horrible if one of the kids got sick and the family didn't now that they had be exposed. It is best if you can catch this virus in the first 48 hours. Anyway, we haven't had a single door bell or knock on the door in three days. I think they are all a little scared. Hopefully that is a good thing. We should off quarantine in a few days. Crazy week.
Well, now you are all caught up. We really are doing well. The roller coaster rolls on! Check out the flikr account, I have put up a bunch of photos.
Love to you all,
Angie
Monday, May 11, 2009
Kaelyn is 6!
Today is Kaelyn's 6th birthday! She is so excited. She came into my room this morning at 6:30 am and asked if it was her "real" birthday. When I said yes, she jumped for joy saying now I am really 6 years old! I can't believe that my little baby girl is really 6. It is miraculously amazing! 5 years ago on this date we were told she only had a 30% chance of surviving to her second birthday. Look where we are today! I thank God every day for that girl and her spunk. What a wonderful day for a party!
As far as liver issues go, she is doing great. Her labs are beautifully normal. She went back to school today and had a wonderful time. She doesn't even seem to be a bit tired. That may be due to birthday adrenaline, but I will take it!
Lots of love to you all,
Angie
As far as liver issues go, she is doing great. Her labs are beautifully normal. She went back to school today and had a wonderful time. She doesn't even seem to be a bit tired. That may be due to birthday adrenaline, but I will take it!
Lots of love to you all,
Angie
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