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Welp lets update ya....

2011-11-03T11:21:00.000-07:00

The pictures didn't upload in the right order but oh well! So first we had Sariah's birthday at the end of August. And we had a great BBQ this year. And of course I did all the prep work and Dwayne and his Brother Shawn took all the credit standing at the grill. LOL Sariah is now old enough to love babies and so she got a shopping cart for her babies with a bathtub and a doctor kit. She got Pajama's and coloring books. She got bubbles and a play camera. She had a great time. And of course I asked my mom to do the cake and she out did her self again. She made a cute princess crown cake with cupcakes. It was so good. Thanks to everyone who came.
And then it was time for school to start. I took some pics of Isaiah but of course I left my camera at home when I went to Micah's school. So those are on my phone which I don't know how to upload to the computer. But Isaiah insisted on wearing his new yellow shirt with his yellow backpack. He loves school this year. He is in a self contained class with only 6 kids from k-2nd grade. He also goes into the Gen Ed class a couple times a week. His teacher says he's the best kid in the class ( poor teacher!!) this year so far. He is really smart when you can get him to focus for a min. He goes all day which is great. And then Micah is in 2nd grade and he goes to a different school than Isaiah. So it's a little hard this year with different days off, but it's OK. He had a little bit of a rough start. He would blurt out answers and read when the teacher is talking. But we have worked with his teacher, who is wonderful by the way. And we have come up with some god solutions to help him, and he's making progress.

And then we had Halloween last week. The boys both wanted to be Ninja Turtles. My mom helped me make the costumes for them. The were very excited this year. And then Sariah was a "Baterina". She looked so cute and when we went Trick or Treating she would walk right up to the houses and in her very little voice she would say "Trick or Treat". She is getting old enough to understand Holidays now which is so cute. But dangerous because she is circling things in the Toys R us catalogue. She has a pretty big list for Christmas.

Other than that the only new thing is that we are waiting a year to apply to med school. Dwayne needs to get his GPA up from when Isaiah was born and in the hospital. So he's taking classes this semester and next and summer. And then next fall we will start applying. It was a little bit of a downer to hear form his Pre-med advisor he needed to get that up. But I know the lord has a plan for us. So we are trying to be patient as one by one our neighbors move out because they are done with school. But at least we have one neighbor who is applying at the same time. It always helps to have a friend doing the same thing at the same time. So that's what been up with us lately.
Happy Fall!!!

2011-07-01T13:47:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated in a while, oops!!! But here are some of the most recent things that have been going on in our crazy lives. Micah had his Art Celebration at school right before school got out for the Summer. He painted two pictures one was trees and the other one was a praying mantis that he gave to his Grandma for Mothers day. She hung it in her kitchen so next time you are over please take a look. And then he lost his two top front teeth within a week of each other. So he talks with a lisp right now. Can't believe my little boy has finished 1st grade and is moving on to 2nd grade. But I do love having an older child to kind of watch out for his brother and sister.

Things new with Isaiah, He finished Preschool and Ensign Elm. He had a little graduation party for the parents, They had a slide show and gave out diplomas. He will miss that school so much he had the best teachers! Nest year he will go to Emerson Elm for Kindergarten. He will be in Special Ed still but it's what is best for him right now. And then the pic with the stickers, well he did that without me asking but some days I wish he could tape his mouth. He gets on phrase in his head and repeats it over and over again. But I love how sweet he is to his sister!!

And then Sariah she is getting cutter and cutter every day. She can talk really well so she tells you what she likes and doesn't like. She is a bit sassy right now she loves to tell us NO!! She copies what her brothers do hence the pic with her reading the Toys r us add that came this week in the mail. She is too funny sometimes. And then Grandma bought her that cute purple dress and she insisted on wearing it two days in a row. I'm sure she would wear it every day if I would let her. She is getting to be so much like me it's scary. She love shoes and clothes of course and just got her first barbie at Mc Donalds. I love having a little girl!

And Dwayne is still studying for the MCAT. And then will apply to Med school in the Fall. I am still the secretary in the Relief Society which keeps me pretty busy and I have anew found love for reading. Just finished Some one knows my name. And it was a great book!! Looking forward to a fun filled rest of summer and maybe a vaca or two after Dwayne's test and the end of July. So there is our little update! Have a fun 4th :)

2011-05-16T12:03:00.000-07:00

Well so much has been on my mind this last week. I hear things about others that make me sad inside!! I hear things about marriage that make me wonder why are you even married if you allow your self and your spouse to do things like that. It makes me want to to cry for them. In this last General Conference there was a talk by Richard G. Scott about The Eternal Blessings of Marriage. It talks about how important it is to have faith in your spouse and never speak unkind words to them. It also talks about keeping your covenants you made with the lord when you were married. And even if you weren't married in the temple you should still hold respect for your marriage. You shouldn't do things to put your marriage in jeopardy!

It really struck me when he talked about his son passing away and how he and his wife were comforted in knowing they would see him in the next life. And that made me wonder, Are we really doing all we can to get back to our Father in Heaven? And are we doing all we can to preserve our marriage? I was recently talking with a friend and she told me that in her first marriage she was asked by her souse to do things no one should ever have to do , not even in a marriage. And that she was miserable having to put up with this. And I say at what point do you say to your self that no marriage can make it with these things getting in our way?

We know that pornography is bad but why would we let it in to our marriage? Marriage is most sacred to the Lord. And what we do in our marriage effects the rest of our lives. I firmly believe that it effects our professions, our friendships, and the way we parent our children. Some times I wonder if we wouldn't let our children watch it because of profanity or nudity why would we let ourselves watch it.

It hurts my heart to know that some of the best people I know have let the adversary get in to their marriage and potentially wreck that sacred bond between husband and wife. I would hope that sooner rather than later they will understand why it's so important to not let Satan dictate your marriage because it will only lead to unhappiness in every aspect of your life. I love all my friends and only want the best for all of you!!

What's new...

2011-03-03T18:56:00.000-08:00

Well what is new you might ask I got a new camera for Valentines. And as soon as I figure out how to hook it up to the computer I will post new pics!! So Dwayne registered for the MCAT! It's in June and he will be sending out Med school applications in April and May. So we could start next Fall :) It's becoming a reality that we might be moving out of state but our first choice is Utah. And then Isaiah is getting evaluated for medication next week. Which is good for all parties involved!! And then Sariah has been getting so big and she is talking so much. I love to listen to her and her little voice. And who knew she loves shoes!! I wonder where she got that? And shopping for her shoes is so fun because they are so small! We are getting cabin fever with all this crazy weather we are having. We had a few good days to play outside but nit all the snow had melted so with that comes muddy shoes and clothes. But anything to get out some energy. Especially Isaiah!!

I'm thinking about going back to school and doing some online classes this Summer or Fall. I can get all my general ed classes done and then when Sariah starts school I can take my major classes. Still haven't decided if I'm going to finish up music or do something else. I really like Child Life or Nursing. I love that when we go to the hospital they have such wonderful people who explain things to Isaiah so he can understand them better, and they play so well with the sick kids. And I love the nurses there too. I would love to work in a children's hospital some day! But we'll see I first have to do Math, yuck! I sucked at Math so I might have to have Dwayne tutor me. He is so good at math it's ridiculous. Any way something to think about but I have lots of time.

So that's what's going on in our busy house right now. Just waiting for things to get moving and for the warmer weather!!

New Beginings

2011-02-01T17:07:00.000-08:00

This being my first post of the new year I thought I would share with you some goals that we as a family have made for the year. In our ward this year we are trying really hard to accomplish the ward goals. They are have 52 Family Home evenings. This has been much easier with Dwayne working days and having one class in the morning and one after work and being home in time for Family night. the next goal is to read the Book of Mormon as a family. Dwayne had a great idea of reading the Joseph Smith History first. And this has really helped us to be more interested in reading. It helps to know how the Book of Mormon came about. And how the gospel was restored. The next one is to have 6 missionary experiences this year. And we already have one in the works. Our neighbors from India have let the ward missionaries in to their house. And then last week before we left for church they asked if they could join us next week for church. We have stated planting the seed with them by just helping them get adjusted to Utah, and help them get things they need for their apartment. And now they want to know more about our church. Also visit the temple 12 times in the year. We didn't get to the temple in January but we have set aside a day every month to go to the temple. And I know it will help strengthen our family if Dwayne and I visit the temple every month. And I will start going with the Relief Society in the mornings on Sat. or doing Sealings with the ward once a month. And then we need to read the New Testament as a couple or individually. We are in the Marriage and family relations class right now but in a few weeks we will be back in Gospel Doctrine so we can catch up on our reading.
We are excited to so these things because we know if we do them it will make our family that much stronger!!

Also there have been a lot of changes for us this new year. Dwayne got a new job working in Customer Service for the University Hospital. And it works nicely around school he works 9-3:30 m-f so he can have a class in the morning and one at night and lab on Tue nights. He is also taking MCAT prep course on Sat mornings. He is super busy but he has more time to spend with the family now.

As for me I just got a new calling in our ward. I'm the Secretary in the Relief Society. This calling is a calling that will force me to get organized. I have to make all the appointments for the Presidency visits. Make agendas for our meetings, and get the Visiting teaching reports to the stake every month. I also have to take roll every Sunday. Lots to do but I'm sure once I get the hang of it it will not be so hard.

Micah is doing well in school. After Christmas we told him we did not want to hear again from his teacher that he was getting up in class and talking to other kids during math time. We did not tell his teacher what we expected. But the first day back she sent home a note saying Micah did a great job at listening today. We were so proud. He is getting done with his math fast still but he now reads quietly instead of talking.

Isaiah is doing well in school. His teacher said he is the "leader' when they have free choice time. The other kids love to follow him and do what he is doing. But on the other hand when they are having a structured time like circle time, if he hears the tiniest noise he gets distracted very easily. Also he left the water running in our bathroom last weekend after stuffing a pencil, toothbrush and some toilet paper in the drain. We had quite a flood to clean up. So we have decided that now is the time to put him on medication. After talking with his teacher and the therapists we all feel like we want to see what the effects will be before we decide where to place him for Kindergarten. if he does well he will go into a mainstream class if not he will continue in Special Ed.

And Sariah is almost 18 mo. time flies so fast. My baby isn't a baby anymore. She has started going to Nursery at church and she loves it. We have been blessed all of our kids loved it. She is starting to talk more and make some animal sounds which is super cute. And she has a little attitude which is not so cute! She loves going over to Grandma's and playing and being spoiled. She loves shoes and playing with her babies.

So we have a lot of new things this year but are excited for what the new year brings!

Service and Such

2010-12-06T13:15:00.000-08:00

So this time of year is usually a time when most people think of doing service for others. We usually wait until the holiday's to think about what we could do to help our family, friends, and neighbors. But why do we do that? Why can't it be an all year thing. With my current calling in my church as compassionate service leader over pregnancy's I have the wonderful opportunity to make this and all year event. I get the phone calls from the ladies who are pregnant and heaven forbid have a problem or complication and I get to help assist them in getting what they need. This last week I had two. One of my neighbors who is 7 mo preggo was in a car accident! And while she didn't sustain any serious injury to her or the baby she did have some contractions on the day of the accident and then was just stiff for a while. And then another girl due the same day as the other one fractured her foot. And so it was hard for her to get up and around. So I got to call people to line up dinner for them for a few days. I love helping others and I love getting others involved.
And then I had two ladies who had babies in November. And I get the wonderful opportunity of bringing the first dinner when they arrive home from the hospital. I love this because I get the first peak at the baby's!! That's why I love this calling. But it extends even farther than just the church. My new neighbors across the hall from me are from India and they are expecting their first baby! And I thought well why couldn't I use my resources to help them also. So I have put out the word to help get some baby items for them as well. And we plan on helping them with meals when they get home from the hospital. The other thing we have been able to help them with is driving them to the store when they need a ride. The husband is taking driving lessons now but in the mean time we help out when we can. We have introduced them to the DI to get things like a T.V.

And all of this gets me thinking why I wasn't doing it before it became a "calling". I mean I don't think of it as a chore now because I find pleasure in helping others, but why wasn't I thinking of others before like this. And I realized it was because I was so wrapped up in my own life. I would dread getting the e-mails about someone needing dinner. I would delete it before even reading it. I would think it was so hard to plan a meal and then walk it the 50 feet or so to my neighbor's house. But now I think of it as Ok I'm making chicken in my crock pot so I'll just add a few more chicken breasts so I case I need a dinner for some one it's already there. And I heard a great thing at church yesterday. When your grocery shopping buy one can for you and one for your neighbor just in case you find some one who might need extra food. And why not, why couldn't you do that. If you are not able maybe your the one needing the extra food then think of other ways to serve. I also pass along clothes that my boys wear out to others who may not be able afford new clothes. I mean why not give perfectly good clothes to those who need it.

And I want you to know this is not a post to say how great I am at helping others. It is my way of hoping to inspire you to get out there and find ways to serve. And not just at Christmas time. People need help all year and if you have the resources you should get out there and help!! Even if it's a small effort of just saying Hi to some one new and making a new friend, or listening to a friend. Everyone is capable of helping someone!! You will never feel better about yourself then when you forget yourself and think of others! Now I encourage you to go out and find ways to help others and then post in on my comments section we can all use a little inspiration form you all!

To medicate or not to medicate

2010-11-14T19:44:00.000-08:00

I haven't updated in a few weeks because it's just been so crazy around our house!! So Isaiah got his casts on and only had to wear them for two weeks instead of three. his range of motion in his heels was much improved after two weeks. So now we just wait for his night splints to come in. Not sure how long he'll have to wear them but we will see if the help also. And the newest thing with Isaiah is that his school has said they have done all they can for him at this point. He was going to a special therapeutic pre-school to help him with peer interaction and his ADHD. Well now he plays well with the other kids and gets along with them which is great! But on the other hand his teacher has said that they have done all they can to help him with his ADHD but they feel as though it might be out of Isaiah's control. That he might now be able to just work on it by himself. They want us to talk to the phychiatrist at the school again about putting him on some medication. The problem we have with that is the psychiatrist only gave us one option that she recommends. And I would like to know more options before I say yes to medication for him. So in talking with the occupational therapist she suggests that we have him seen by a Nurophycologist first. She said they might have some other things we could try before jumping into medication right away. So we'll see if we can get in soon for that.

So on that note he will start at a different school in January. He will go to Ensign Elementary to special needs pre-school. And this class will have speech and occupational therapy in the class room.We will see if this is enough to stop going to private therapy. We love the therapists he has now but would love not to have to drive out to Sandy 3 times a week. And also today was our primary program and of course he wouldn't be Isaiah if he didn't march around clapping and yelling the songs. And while is highly entertaining for the rest of the parents we are just hurting inside because we don't know what to do right now to help him pay attention better. Sometimes I just want to cry inside knowing that my son is "different". I mean I see the way other 4 yr olds act and then I see Isaiah who can't stay focused on one thing for more than 30 seconds. And he makes silly faces all the time and sings to himself while he's rolling around on the floor. I love him to death and I think that's why it's so hard to watch him go through this stage in life so "different" from all the other kids. I wish he came with a handbook so I could know what to do at every stage in life. But part of being a parent is to learn with your child and help them find their way in life by guiding them in the right direction. I'm his mom and it's my responsibility to make sure he has everything he needs. And even though at times it seem overwhelming, I'm very happy when things go right and something for Isaiah is improved. He is so much better that he was when we started this whole process when he was 16 mo. old and he couldn't walk or talk.

Other new things are that Sariah is talking now. She can say uh-oh and mommy and daddy. And the rest is alsdflkj laskdfj woeiru mxcnbm. But none the less it is the cutest thing. And she is just running around all over the place! And Micah's football season came to and end last week. They improved a lot over the season. He still has one more year of flag football before he can play contact with pads but he's doing great! And it's fun to watch Dwayne in his element coaching the team!
And thanks to every one for the great birthday wishes yesterday!! This was the year for jewelry. I got some great purple necklaces and bracelets! And Isaiah helped Dwayne make me a cake, and it was edible! So that's what's new around here. Thanks again for reading my blog everyone!!

Like a Champ

2010-10-19T12:32:00.000-07:00

Today was Isaiah's appointment to get the botox injections in his calf's. And I was kinda nervous for him because I didn't know what to expect. But as usual Isaiah was so good. They cam in and explained what would happen and then they called for a music therapist to come in to "distract" him while they did the injections. They first sprayed his calf with this stuff the called "Snowman", which is cold and I think it helps numb the area little. He looked for a min when the first spray came and then he went back to singing with the therapist. And he didn't flinch a bit. He was so brave. And when he was done the doctor said,"I can't believe how good he did." And I told her that last time he was in the hospital he slept through the blood draws every morning. He has a high tolerance for pain. And when it was done he was up and running. And as I said in my earlier post he will start the serial casting next week to help pull his Achilles muscle down so hopefully he won't walk up on his toes anymore. But if the botox doesn't work we have to wait three months to do it a gain and if that doesn't work we have to way the decision of doing surgery to correct the problem.
But for now he's doing fine. I'm sad he has to get his casts on right before Halloween but we had to do it now before the snow comes and he can't get the casts wet. Thanks for all the support of our friends and family. I know it's not always easy to keep helping when he has so many things going on. But we love you for it!! And one side note we had lots of fun in St.George last week for fall break. I told Dwayne we had to go before we have to hibernate for the winter here in Utah. Which isn't really true because we have therapy twice a week some time three times. But you know what I mean. Sometimes you just need a recharge with a change of scenery when you have so much going on at home.

Update on Isaiah

2010-09-21T13:30:00.001-07:00

This is a post about Isaiah so I went with yellow, his color. So we had the appointment with the physical medicine doctor today and now he is getting a brain MRI tomorrow. This will help see why his leg muscles are so tight. And then in October we will get the botox and the casting done. So again never a dull moment with Isaiah. The other day Isaiah said to me,"Where is my calender?" He knows my pocket book is mostly so I know where I'm taking Isaiah that day. So glad I have good friends that I live by that are able to watch Sariah for me, she is a pill lately and doesn't like to just sit in the stroller for his appointments any more. I think she's getting more teeth at the moment because she is a leaky faucet! I'll be so glad if they all come in together. It is sheer torture some times when she won't stop crying. But I know it's short lived until those teeth come in. So that's the update on Isaiah. Please keep him in your prayers as he will be sedated for this MRI tomorrow.

New happenings

2010-09-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

Well I still can't find my camera so for the time being my post will be picture less. So another year of school has started for everyone but me and Sariah. Dwayne is doing two classes with labs this fall, and it is hard not to have him around as much. He is super busy and he works every weekend, so we don't see much except in passing to eat a quick meal. Micah started first grade this year and he couldn't be happier. The second week of school was hard for him the teacher called and said he was acting up in class. I was sick and so Dwayne just happened to be home and was able to go to his class. Micah was shocked to see him. But after talking to Micah Dwayne found out that Micah would finish his math faster than everyone and then bug his friends to talk to him in class. And that he was reading on a 3rd grade level so the books in class were to easy for him. So we told the teacher to challenge him in class. She asked if we wanted to move him up a grade but we decided to keep him right where he is with kids his age for now. We will see how the rest of this tri goes and then see if we need to in fact move him up.

And then there is Isaiah he's still going to the Children's Center for pre-school and behavior therapy. He is liking being the only one who didn't "graduate" to kindergarten this summer, so he is the oldest kid in the class.The newest thing with him these days is that we had a physical therapy evaluation last month to see if we could correct his walking on his toes. And the therapist measured his Achilles and said that his heal muscle is not stretched out enough. That is why he walks on the toes and balls of his feet. Now I thought to my self another thing we need to tackle with him, oh great!! So this is what she said we do for that. First she sends all her patients who walk on their toes to the physiology clinic at Primary's to get an evaluation of their body as a whole. How all the parts work in conjunction with each other. And if the doctor feel in necessary they will inject his heals with botox, yes botox. That strengthen the muscle, as they can stretch out he heal. This is done with a series of casts that each last a week for three weeks followed by night splints to hold the heal in place and lots of physical therapy. Pros of the casts: It will help his heals so he can walk better, he won't trip over everything, and he will stand up straighter. Cons of the casts: You can't shower for a week so I have to sponge bathe him. You can't get sand or water in them and Isaiah loves both, and it might be hard for him to sleep with those on. In the end it all comes down to the fact that we have to do it now before it becomes a problem we can't correct. And they said there is a chance that this won't work or it's already not correctable with the casts and then it would be surgery. And we of course don't want that outcome but we will do what we have to to help him. So the evaluation is next week so we'll see what happens. It is so hard to watch you kid in pain or be helpless when they have to have surgery even to know that the pain is short lived for a better outcome. But it's more hard to watch your son sit out of playing with his friends because he can't keep up or he can't ride the bike fast enough. And I want so badly for him to feel like he's accepted by the other kids. He said to me the other day I used to like Eli but now Jamie is my best and only friend because she understands me. And as cute as that is it brakes my heart that he knows that he's different and other kids can see that about him. He amazes me every day how smart he is and how resilient he is to what others say about him.

And for Sariah we just celebrated her 1st birthday!! I can't believe my baby is one all ready. She got a walker toy that she loves to take outside and just cruise around with. She can take about 5 steps on her own right now so I'm confident that she'll start walking on no time. And her new favorite thing is to climb onto Isaiah's bed and play. And if you just look at her on there she giggles up a storm. It's the cutest thing ever! She is such a good little girl except that she on;y naps for about 1-2 hrs a day at the most. But I can't complain to much she does sleep through the night.

And as for me I just got a new calling in my ward. It's sort of compassionate service oriented but I guess you could just call me the Pregnancy Coordinator. I get the fun calling of making sure all the pregnant ladies in the ward are taken care of.( meals, help with cleaning, babysitting, ect.) We have at the moment 11 preggos in our ward and I'm sure that number is climbing. And with the mommies in school of hubbies in school. They need more help. And we have a lot who get really sick similar to me which is why I have this calling. I can sympathize with the best of them. Are you taking Zofran? If not I have and it works wonders for that all day sickness. So it's kind of fun because I can think of all the things that would have been nice while I was preggo and pass it to these mommies. On the flip side I also get to tackle the hard task of discussing infertility and depression that can go along with this. I have never had a miscarriage but I know that is is very common. More common than we think. I have several good friends who have gone through this and I can't even begin to imagine what that must have been like. And so I need to make sure that if that happens in the ward these families have the support they need. Because we are a student ward a lot are not from Utah or have family close by. And they need that support of a ward family through their difficult time. I'm sure I will learn a lot through this calling. I'm excited to dive right in and get started!!

So that's what is new with us right now. If you made it this far in my post thanks for sticking with me as I had a lot to update on. I think now that life is sort of settled down some what, I won't go that long between posts again.

We are still out here

2010-07-25T20:22:00.000-07:00

Just to let you all know we are still out here. I lost my camera momentarily I'm sure it will turn up soon. So I don't have any pictures of our day at Lagoon, or Micah's birthday party to post yet. But we are alive and well right now. Life is full of excitement and today I could have sold my boys for all the messes they made that I had to clean up. But life goes on I'm sure this week will bring a whole new set of challenges my way. Look out life here I come!!

Once again this post is all about Isaiah

2010-06-12T20:53:00.000-07:00

So I'm posting about Isaiah once again because it's never a dull moment with him. This last week on Wednesday I went to get my hair done and Dwayne called me and said that Isaiah had thrown up. I didn't think much of it because he does that from time to time and he just get up and goes right after it. But this time when I got home he was laying on the couch looking so sick. He threw up two times on the couch because he couldn't make it to the bathroom quick enough. And then I got him a bucket and he just kept on throwing up every five min. So I immediately called the pediatrician on call. And to no surprise the doctor was of no help. He kept rambling on about watching him for 24 hrs and making sure he doesn't get dehydrated. And then when I told him about Isaiah's liver condition and that he had had a Kasi done. He didn't know what a Kasi was. So after wasting 5 min of my life I hung up and called Primary children's hospital. I talked to the Liver doctor on call and he said just come to the ER right now. I knew there was something wrong and I knew that we were going to go to the hospital. So we went in and he was still throwing up every five min so the gave him Zofran( wonder drug) to help him stop throwing up and it helped he stopped. Then the took some blood and put in an IV to give him fluids. The nurse doing the IV asked me to hold his other arm and his legs while she poked him and she asked him to look at me, but he didn't want to he just watched her. And he didn't flinch or cry. He is so brave. Then they sent us upstairs when his room was ready.

When we got upstairs they told us that he did have a liver infection called Cholangistis. He's had this before but it has been two years. So they hooked up an antibiotic to his Iv. And then about an hour later he started itching on his head. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. But the nurse knew exactly what was wrong. She said it's Red mans. Which is a reaction not an allergic reaction where your face turns red and then your head itched really bad. So they had to stop the antibiotic and give him some bendryl before they could finish it. Meanwhile he was crying really hard because they wouldn't let him eat or drink anything. But once the Benedryl kicked in he was fine and went to sleep. By this time it was 3 in the morning. So I left to go home, take a shower and get some clean clothes. And then I went back to the hospital to get 2 hrs of sleep.

They came in at 6 am to draw some more blood from Isaiah and they asked me if they should wake him up and I said no. And he slept through the blood draw. I hat needles but they don't phase him. So they made us stay in the hospital for 48 hrs to make sure all his blood tests were negative. But Isaiah was back to being Isaiah. He was eating good and all he wanted to do was go to the play room all day. Then Isaiah got diarrhea. And the doctor said he could have a virus on top of the Liver infection. When he gets a liver infection his immune system goes down so he is susceptible to catching things easier. So they gave us some medicine to help the diarrhea. And then they sent us home on Friday night. So he came home with two antibiotics and we have to follow up with the Liver doc in 2 weeks.

There is never a dull moment with Isaiah. I was just freaking out about the fact that we could get his OT and ST(previous post) on the same day which means I have to take him to Sandy 2 mornings a week instead of one. And then this happens. Like I said before he hadn't been in the hospital for 2 yrs until this week. Having Isaiah with all his special needs is defiantly a test of my patience and faith. Dwayne gave Isaiah a fathers blessing right before we left for the hospital which is why I think he did so well this time. And I know Heavenly Father was blessing me because I don't know how I made it on so little sleep.

While we were in the hospital Dwayne took over the house. He was so good with Sariah and Micah. And our wonderful neighbors brought in dinner and helped Dwayne when he had to go to class. My mom also came over in the midst of catering my Aunts wedding to help out when needed. We are so grateful to all who stepped in to help!! Thank you form the bottom of our hearts! So now Isaiah is home and doing better. And this is just another bump in the road that we got over with Isaiah. Every day with him is a new challenge but I know I was picked to be his mom and I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm so glad he's my son!! I'm sorry for the long post but I figure this way everyone will know what happened and I won't have to tell it over and over again. Thanks to everyone's prayers I know they helped!!

BT, ST, OT and many more

2010-05-25T20:29:00.000-07:00

BT, ST, OT??? What does this all mean you ask?? These are the abbreviations for the different therapies that Isaiah goes to. BT stands for behavioral therapy. That is to help with the ADHD. We talk about things that might help simplify his life to reduce the number of outbursts and help him stay focused on more things. ST is speech therapy which is helping him with the sounds he can't make right now with his mouth. His favorite color in Isaiah's language is yeyo (yellow). And it's dama to him instead of grandma. And then there is OT which is occupational therapy which is to help him with his fine and gross motor skills. He has a hard time dressing him self everything is backwards. And eating is a challenge, he can't hold his utensils very well. He also has a hard time writing, which isn't a real big concern because he has another year of preschool but if it continues then it will need to be addressed more seriously. And we wanted to work on his clumsiness but the OT therapist wanted his vision checked first. So today we went to a Developmental Optometrist to have his depth perception tested and he is indeed far sided. That explains a lot! He spill s everything on the table and he runs in to things. And that's because he couldn't judge how far away things really were. So the answer to that problem is glasses. So he was fitted for them and he should have them in two weeks or so. I wasn't really surprised at this point. I mean I know that there is always something more with Isaiah. You can never go to an appointment and leave with out something new to grasp about him.

But on the flip side things could be worse! I heard about a little boy this week who is 5 and has the same liver disease that Isaiah has. But his condition is worse. His liver didn't heal itself after surgery it just made things worse. His hart had to over compensate for the liver which in turn caused a hols in his heart. And then he got an enlarged spleen. So now he is in need a of a living donor to donate part of their liver right away. So they had this benefit concert tonight to raise money for all his medical bills and I thought what a great way for us to help someone else out there more deserving than us. And yes people it's hard to think there are such people but there are!! So I talked to the boys about giving some of their money in their piggy banks to this little boy who is sick. And Isaiah with his sweet spirit said he can have it all!! Micah was hesitant at first. And I had to explain to him if that were Isaiah we would want people to help us out. So he agreed to one dollar. But Isaiah still insisted on all of his money going to this little boy. And then on our way out to the car I told my neighbor what we were doing and she dug into her purse and gave us all her cash which was five dollars. I mean how generous. She had no idea who this kid was she just did it because! We didn't make it up there to the benefit due to car troubles (explained in following paragraphs) but we are going to the bank first thing tomorrow to put the money in the account set up for this little boy. It's amazing how much this means to Isaiah. When I explained to him this little boy has the same Liver problems you do, and that he was very sick and need money to pay for the doctors to fix him he was more than willing to give his $20.47.

So yes my car died on the way to the benefit! I have had so much trouble with my car lately. It stalled on me a while a go and when I took it in they said they couldn't find anything wrong with it on the diagnostic test. So it didn't happen again after that for a while. So when we got ready to go to St.George two weeks ago, I had my mechanic look at it and check the A/C also. And he said it was fine. So in St.George I only had one time it stalled and then it was fine. But when I got home it stalled a lot. So I took it in again and they said the diagnostic showed nothing,but my fuel filter needed to be replaced. And then I was fin until today, and I was on the freeway and it died two times. So then I turned around and took side streets home and it was fine. So mow I have to take it to the dealership to see what's wrong with it. Ughhhhh!!! I really hope they find whats wrong and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Because if it does I might as well get a new car, right?? No, we can't afford that with all that goes on with Isaiah but, then I need my car to get Isaiah to all of his appointments. I really wish we could go down to one car but we can't. Dwayne's car wont fit all the kids, and he works nights so he can't take the bus or Trax to work. It doesn't run late enough for him at night. Sometimes life isn't what you expected but you just roll with it. My house won't be clean all the time, Sariah won't have a nap schedule except for riding in the car to and from appointments for Isaiah. And Life is chaotic right now. I guess now after my little pitty party, I'm saying I need help finding a good deal on a new car(pref, mini van). I need one that has low miles and doesn't need work done. And needs to be between $2,000-$10,000. If you can help me post a comment or e-mail me. Oh and if you know anyone who wants a 2001 BMW 325. Black 4 door. Let me know I really want to unload Dwayne's car. It just isn't practical for us right now. I know this is a long post, but if you read my blog thank you for listening when I just need to vent!!

Girls night out

2010-04-28T20:46:00.000-07:00

Tonight I had a girls night out for my friend Jamie's birthday!! And when the girls and I get together we talk about everything under the sun and I mean everything. We have the best time talking and laughing! I just love it when Melisa confronts random strangers or I get Fetus poster. So tonight was another great GNO, and I have to thank my girls for a wonderful night! I really needed to get out of the house for a while. And then I saw this really funny video on my cousin's blog and I had to steal it because this reminds me of what it's like when my girls get together, but the best part is it's guys doing the dishing! Be prepared to laugh hard and possibly pee your pants a bit!

My Gift from God

2010-04-08T18:38:00.000-07:00

This is Isaiah at his 3rd birthday and with his Gampa (Great grandpa his buddy)
I'm posting in Yeyyow (yellow) as Isaiah calls it because this post is another post all about my little boy and best buddy, Isaiah! If I don't stress it enough he is my favorite little boy. I mean yes I love all my kids, but Isaiah holds a special place in my heart. Most people would look at all the things that Isaiah has as problems. But I do not. I look at him as a gift from God! I believe that children who are born with birth defects or special needs were hand picked form God! They were so special to God that he knew they could withstand these obstacles in life. He is so special that sometimes I just can't help it but give him the biggest hug and kiss and thank God that I was picked as his mother in his earthly life!! I am currently looking for ideas of things to do with Isaiah over the summer when school is out and he no longer has that structure in his every day activities. And as I'm doing research I came upon this website about how to home school children with ADHD. And I read this part on there that made me think that is exactly how I feel about Isaiah and I had to share it with you.

You will undoubtedly come in contact with others who do not see your child as a "gift". I know that many other moms watch with horror as I calmly extract my child from the top of the refrigerator upon which he has climbed. They grow weary as he shares with me the 3 millionth thought which just flashed into his head. They even comment that they could never handle a child with the energy level of my son while I harbor the belief that they also think I should just make him "straighten up!"

Others have responded that I seem to hold the reigns of discipline too tightly. I do indeed keep "a shorter leash" with this child, for I know that there is a line of excitement where, once crossed, he will act on any impulse immediately, without concern for consequences or dangers. So to these parents of calm, compliant children, I do seem to respond too quickly to what appears to be a very minor infraction. But I know what comes later, if things aren't kept in check now.

So I have learned to smile politely when their well meaning comments are sometimes way off base. I have learned that my child is special. I really believe that my son is destined for something wonderful...something that would be impossible for those calmer, regular-energy level children. I can think of several occupations where boundless energy would be an incredible asset. I delight in the fast pace of his thought. I am even jealous of his tireless enthusiasm for life and wonder what more I could accomplish if I were so blessed. And I am most especially delighted that I am able to help him reign in and shape this gift of boundless energy. Carol Barnier

I mean it's almost like she read my brain!! She just said everything I've ever wanted to say to the parents who give me dirty looks in the grocery store or at the park. You don't know what things are going on with that child so who are you to judge the parents!!!!!!!!! For us we want Isaiah to feel as "normal" as possible if there is such a thing as normal. As we go to our family therapy I feel that we are making progress with him slooooowly but surely. Kids with ADHD thrive on consistency so we try not to change things too often. We work on one thing at a time until he feels comfortable with that and then try something else. I am confident that this will help him learn the things he needs to thrive in school. And it helps me as a parent know how to make the home environment best for him to thrive in.

I love Isaiah with all my heart and I wouldn't change him for anything in the world. He is my buddy and I couldn't ask for a better son!!!

My little boy

2010-03-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

Today I had to take Micah to the dentist to get some cavities filled. I took him on Monday and they made him take Versed ( a sedative) and laughing gas but it just made him hyper and the couldn't fill the cavities. So today they out him under for the procedure. When they first out the mask on him and he was a bit restless but hen 30 seconds later he was out. It took about 45 min to fill the cavities and then when I went in to see him he was crying and he was hysterical. But that's to be expected. I brought him home and I had to carry him in from the car. And if you know where I live you know that the parking lot is not near my apartment so lugging a 51 lb kid was really hard for me. He has been laying on the couch for a while but I think he is feeling better because he is up and whats to eat more than just yogurt. When I was little I don't remember it being this nice, when I had cavities filled you sat in the chair and you sat still and you just had to buck up even if it hurt. Now a days they want you sedated or under so you don't feel it. I'm just glad that we3 have insurance to pay for all this!! When I was explaining to Micah last night about the fact that they would give him medicine to make him sleepy Isaiah came to me and said " When are you going to give me medicine to make me sleepy? Why can't I have the sleepy medicine?" I said because you don't have cavities. He doesn't know that he's been under more than his fair share. But he does really well when it comes to needles and medical things. I think he's use to it. I hope Micah is well enough to go to school tomorrow. I know it's hard to stay home even though you are in a little bit of pain. My little boy is not so little anymore he's so big!!

Baby girls is 6mo. already

2010-03-10T09:30:00.000-08:00

So at the end of February Sariah turned 6 mo. And so now she is eating solid foods, which I'm not sure why they call them solids because they are so liquefied that you could drink them. But anwho she is eating rice cereal and oatmeal now and some fruits and veggies, and we've yet to find one she doesn't like. Hopefully she will be a good eater like the boys! I took her to the doctor yesterday and these are her stats: weight 14.0 even which is 9% for her age, height 26 in 51% and head is 16.5 in 30%. So she is on the small side but that's o.k. She will just be our littlest one. When Micah was 6mo. he was 21 lbs and he need to go in an upright car seat. The doctor said Sariah could be in an infant seat past her 1st birthday. Sariah is now putting every thing in her mouth and she screams very loud and high pitch. She loves playing with Micah he can make her laugh so hard. As for Isaiah she can only take so much of him he loves her so much that he's a little to rough with her some times, bless his heart! And as for progress with Isaiah and his behavior therapy for his ADHD this week we are working on making it easier for him to clean up his toys without whining and rolling around on the floor. She suggested that we put like toys in bins and only have out about three bins at a time in the room and out the rest up and rotate them every couple of months. And to separate Micah's toy's from Isaiah's. And label Isaiah's bins with pictures so he knows where to put everything. She said kids with ADHD look at a mess of toys and they get overwhelmed and don't know where to begin so it's easier to just not do it. And so we have to consistent in making him clean up his elmo's or his farm animals. We are just working on one thing every two weeks to help him get more focused at home.Micah is now working on counting by fives and tens at school. Math is going really well for him as well as reading. He reads to us every night before bed. And he has a tooth coming in behind his baby teeth so hopefully he will loose the baby tooth soon so they don't have to pull it. I can't believe that my little boy is getting so big! So that's about it for the kids right now, healthy and happy is always good!!

As for Dwayne and I we had Stake Conference last week and we sent the boys to church with my mom so I could sing in the Stake choir and so we could listen this time. 2 hrs is a long time for little kids to sit still especially Isaiah! So it was good we went because most of the talks were about how to make things work even though your in school and you live in the University Village. Funny how most of our Stake presidency and high council lived in the Village while going to school, so they knew what we were going through. And then we heard this one talk from a guy who shared a story that just shows me that what ever I get thrown in my life there are people who have things that re more challenging and they make some how. He said that when he met his wife she had always wanted to adopt children so she started and adoption fund. So after they got married they decided that they would adopt their first child. And so they had enough money to do that from her fund. Then when the little girl was about 1 1/2 they decided to try for one of their own and they got pregnant. The had another little girl. They had always been saving money really well and they said if they ever had the opportunity to adopt siblings they would. So when there second baby was just four months they received a call from the adoption agency telling them that the birth mom for their first daughter was about to deliver a boy and wanted them to adopt him. They looked in their savings account and saw that the had just enough money to cover the legal fees for the adoption. So a week later they brought home a baby boy. So now they have a 2 yr old girl a 7 mo old baby girl and a 3 mo old baby boy. But some how they make it work. And they couldn't be happier about the way their family turned out. I guess the lord was on their side. Because they did all they could and then they relied on the lord he blessed them with the funds to adopt two beautiful children. It really makes me realize that I need to do all I can and the lord will bless me. Even when I think I can't handle it, which is often with my kids!!! Life works different for everyone. I know some of you out there are wondering how come I don't have kids, why can't I get pregnant, why does my kid have problems??? But I feel like you have to trust in the lord and it may not come the way you want or when you want, but the lord knows what's best for you. And if you don't believe in God then what ever it is you believe or don't believe in know that when you do all you can things will work out!!

I'm not sure if it's good news or bad

2010-02-20T17:27:00.000-08:00

So I took Isaiah to this place called the Children's Center a couple of weeks ago. They have Psychologist and therapists to help children and they have a therapeutic preschool. So they asked me to fill out a bunch of different questionnaires. And they wanted Dwayne and his teacher to fill some out as well. I thought this is so tedious and I couldn't figure out why I was answering the same questions over and over again. But this last Thursday I went in to meet with the psychologist and talk about the results of the questionnaires and get her input on how to best help Isaiah. He has a hard time sitting still for any amount of time, and he just goes from one thing to the next so fast. He also has a hard time with not getting his way, he would wine all day until you give in. And yes lots of kids have these same behaviors but not to this extreme. And we were getting worn out trying to find ways to deal with Isaiah's behavior. And so after talking with the psychologist she has made the decision that he does have ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder). This should come as no shock to anyone who has spent more than 30 seconds with him! People who watch him for an hour or two say the are worn out just cleaning up one mess after the other that he has created. So now our plan is to attend family therapy with him to work on ways to help expand his attention and help him focus better. And to also help him with the whining. The psychologist feels that he can stay in the school he's in and that the help he receives is good for now. And that the therapy will help supplement what help he gets at school.She offered us to talk to a psychiatrist also but I want to do all we can before we just give in to giving him meds. His ADHD is not severe so I'm confident we can do it without meds. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not. I mean on the one hand we know what is wrong and now we can get the help we need to help Isaiah and on the other hand I don't like putting kids in categories that might make them feel stupid. I want Isaiah to have the same opportunities as other children even though he's a little different. When you have kids you hope that they will all be healthy and happy but when one is different you just want the best for them. So for now we work on a plan to help Isaiah and hope that he will respond to the help. I can definitely say life with Isaiah there is never a dull moment!!!

School days

2010-02-16T11:58:00.000-08:00

These are some of the most recent photos of Sariah. She has the cutest smile and she coo's all of the time. She is mostly a good baby. I can't believe that she sill be 6mo old next week.
The other morning I woke up and Micah had been up for a while and wrote us this letter it was so cute! I love you because you (he forgot make) breakfast everyday. He is so sweet!!
And this is Micah's first school project. He was assigned to make a poster with three facts about the President William H Taft. He did all the writing and he was so proud. He is a good little student when he puts his mind to it!!

Things at our house have been a little crazy Isaiah was home last week with a cold and Micah had three early days last week and he had yesterday and today off of school. I'll be so glad when both boys go back to school and I can get back to my routine!

New childresn clothes website

2010-01-29T11:32:00.000-08:00

I found this new website via my friend and I want to pass it on to all of you. Use this link so get a free account you must have the code to sign up. They have such cute baby and kids clothes as really good prices!! https://www.theminisocial.com/myaccount.php?invitation=39757
Happy Shopping!!

What's new

2010-01-20T13:29:00.000-08:00

Well Life has a funny way of showing you what is necessary to move ahead in life. Dwayne has now realized what he needs to do make his career goals a reality! He now gets up and goes to school early to study and studies in between classes. And when he comes home at night he gets ready for bed and actually comes to bed instead of watching movies till 2 or 3 in the morning. It had made such a difference. Now he doesn't do homework on Sunday's and we have more time to spend together as a family. It really makes life easier that he can actually go somewhere with out the "BACKPACK"!LOL He used to be attached to that thing even if we were going to dinner he would bring it. Now we can enjoy his company with the family. We just also just celebrated Isiah's 4th birthday. He got the fire truck he wanted and a fun fishing game. We also got him a new back pack for school. Which wasn't easy because they don't carry kids back packs with cool characters or anything like that when it's not back to school season. I of course forgot my camera when he opened presents and did cake but it was low key. And then when the earthquake in Haiti hit that was very sensitive subject for our family. Dwayne served his mission in the Port-of Prince Haiti mission. And he lost a lot of people he taught on his mission. He is registered with a group called Healing Hands for Haiti as a translator for Doctors who go to Haiti to provide medical help. And he wishes he could go right now but because of school he can't take time off. But he hopes to be going back this August or September. Even though he had a tough mission I know that Haiti holds a special place in his heart! They were a very poor country to begin with and this tragedy just makes it worse. It will take years to get that country functioning again. So our year started out with a bang but I hope things calm down soon.

Christmas 2009

2010-01-05T18:11:00.000-08:00

These are pics from Christmas morning.This is Isaiah with his batar(guitar). He loves music so much!
This is Micah with Bakugan. He's is getting so big now and all he wanted were things from cartoons!
Isaiah got a bunch of plastic food for his Elmo restaurant.
They got some playdough tools for Grandma's house so they don't have to use every cooking utensil grandma has.
They got Thomas the train and Bob the Builder movies.

And this is Baby girl in her cute Christmas dress. She wore it on Christmas eve when we went to a Christmas non-denominational program. And she got lots of toys she can put in her mouth. And all the kids got clothes and socks of course! My mom was able to spend Christmas eve at our house and spend the night so she could watch the kids open there presents on Christmas morning! We love having her come to our house every year! We are so great full for the wonderful Holiday season and the family we were able to spend time with!!

Winter fun

2010-01-05T18:06:00.000-08:00

The boys had a fun Saturday out in the snow with Daddy! I came out just long enough to take some pics. They made a snow man but I didn't capture it before Micah decided to tackle it to the ground!

December 2009

2010-01-05T18:01:00.000-08:00

These are some pics of Micah's Kindergarten Holiday program. They were all cute little reindeer. Micah wasn't paying attention because be was looking at me taking his picture. I shouldn't have waved to him, but I wanted him to know I was there.

New things in the Madry home

2009-12-08T15:52:00.000-08:00

New things are happening at our home! The boys got new snow coats and pants! For all you hatters of snow this is what you have to look forward to when you have kids. Today the boys wore there snow gear to school and they loved it! We have this big hill right outside our door and the kids can't until Saturday when Dwayne takes them sledding! And baby girl is holding her head up better, and she loves playing on her tummy now! She is almost four months old now. Time flies but I'm cherishing every moment of her life so far! Kids grow up so fast. And Dwayne is almost done with this semester, he has two finals next week. And then everyone has two weeks off of school for the break! This will be a good time for the boys to hang out with daddy while he's off to.

New blog

2009-11-28T20:52:00.000-08:00

Check out my other blog at www.annasfattofitblog.blogspot.com!!

New outlook

2009-11-19T22:32:00.000-08:00

If you read my blog yesterday you know that I posted something about one of my friends. And you also know that most of what I said was very judgemental! I think yesterday's post was a result of my emotions getting the best of me. Of course I was upset at the situation but it's between me and her and I really shouldn't have posted about it on the blog! But I do appreciate everyone who responded to the post. It shows me who really cares about me and who has my best interest at heart. There may be things I don't know about my friend that cause her to be the way she is and it's none of my business! All I can do is be the best friend I know how to, and help others where I can. And if I can't help then I just need to be polite about it. I'm not the kind of person who would go out of their way to make someone else feel bad. It's not in my nature. I have always been one to want to share what I have with others regardless. And so I agree I need to set boundaries with people so I don't get taken advantage of. But who am I to judge some one elses actions, they are their actions not mine. What ever happens as a result of those actions is their business, not mine. I've been trying to work on several personal goals this week, how to lose the baby weight, how to be more frugal, and the number one is how to be less judgemental. I know at times we all say negative things about other peoples lives but really is our place to say that, I think NO! We have to put our self in their position and say to ourselves would we want someone talking like that about us. No we want people to say the positive about us! So on that note I want you all to know that I'm great full for the friends and family I have who are always there to help me when I need it and provide me with good advice. And I encourage you all to look for the good in people. It's amazing how that little simple thing can make you feel so much better inside!

Just for Fun!!

2009-11-13T11:05:00.000-08:00

Today I just couldn't resist taking her picture!! I bought these cute tights and boots yesterday to go with this cute dress I had. And so I had to document the cuteness of the purple and pink!! And then of course Isaiah insisted I take his picture as well, but I don't mind he has the biggest cutest smile ever!!! Micah is at school right now but he doesn't like getting his picture taken very often. I can't believe that baby is tow mon. old and she weighs 10lbs and she's 23 1/2 inches long. Right now she looks like Micah when he was a baby. It will be interesting to see if she changes her look or if she'll look like him always.

Halloween

2009-11-05T20:32:00.000-08:00

This year Halloween was very hectic for us. On the Wednesday before Halloween we went to our ward party/chili cook off. And that is the only time I got a picture of Micah in his costume because the next day Micah came down with the flu. His temperature was very high and he had to go to my mom's the next day so he wouldn't get the other kids sick. Then on Friday we went with my aunt and uncle and their kids to Red Butte gardens for their Halloween in the garden thing. And Isaiah had a great time!! That same night Dwayne came home early from work( shocker I know!!) because he too was feeling sick. So I thought great now I have to juggle between caring for Dwayne and going to my mom's to check on Micah. So on Saturday Isaiah, baby and me went trick or treating around our apartments for a little while. Then we took some of the candy over to Micah so he wouldn't feel left out. On Sunday I took Isaiah and the baby to church with me and it was fine. And then that night I had to take Dwayne to the Instacare because he was feeling worse. Monday morning I was fine I was just cleaning up around the house and then about 11 am it hit me like a ton of bricks!! I got dizzy I was throwing up I was just so sick all of the sudden! So then I had the flu as well. So now it was like ok who can get out of bed to feed that baby and will she get sick. Thank goodness Dwayne and I got on Tamiflu to shorten our flu and Isaiah got on it to prevent him from getting it. And baby didn't get it! But this week has been crazy! One min I feel good and I get up to do something and then BAM I'm back to feeling like crap!!! I think I'm nearing the end of my flu but Dwayne and Micah are still coughing. I just hope this doesn't last much longer. It's hard for me to take care of the kids when I'm down and Momma's can't afford to be sick!!! Let's just say I'm getting my flu shot on Saturday and I hope I don't get the flu again this season!!

2009-10-12T15:01:00.000-07:00

We had Sariah's blessing yesterday, and it was great!! We are so lucky yo have such good family and friends. These are pictures of my cousins with her, and Great grandpa. Thanks to all who came. We love you!!!

2009-10-01T14:06:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos of baby girl at 4 weeks or a month old!! It's so fun to dress her up everyday!! I love having a girl!

Sariah Bell Madry

2009-09-03T09:32:00.000-07:00

Baby girl is here!! She arrived on Tuesday August 25 2009 at 1:58 pm. She is such a good baby! We love having her in our family!!!

2009-07-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

I'm doing this post in red in honor of my hubby!! I'm so proud he got his degree in the mail this weekend! I can't believe we have achieved this step in life, even though we have a lot more to go! We have been waiting quite a while for this to get here, and now we can frame it and put it up in our house!!! It's exciting to say that my husband is a college grad now. And to know that al least he has this degree if he needed to to he could use it to get a good job. But I'm also excited because this just means he's one step closer to Med school!!! Just want to say again I'm so proud of the hard work and dedication my husband put into getting his degree!! I love you!!

Baby oh baby

2009-07-10T07:52:00.000-07:00

These are some of the things we have ready for the baby so far. I had to get the car seat and stroller this week because it was the last one at Target. And of course it is a shade of purple with a hint of pink! And then these are some of the clothes I have gotten so far. My friends and family know me so well, most of it is purple!!! It's so fun to organize her stuff! I can't wait until we get her crib and the crib bedding my mom is making, purple and green of course. I can't believe I only have six maybe seven weeks left! June went so fast and July is going even faster, so she will be here before we know it!! I'm excited to see who she will look like and what kind of hair she will have, but on the other hand I will be nervous that I will have three kids to handle! But I have heard going from two to three is easier than going from one to two. We will soon see if that holds true!! And lets just pray that this delivery goes as smooth as the last one, five hours and it was done! Thanks again to all who have given me baby stuff, I love it!! And to all my friends who have given me advice about girls, lord knows I need it all I know is little boys right now!

Long time no write

2009-06-25T20:01:00.000-07:00

It's been a while but in my defense we just moved and we couldn't get our internet to work right until this week. So we moved two weeks ago into student housing at the U and it's not bad. I like that we have lots of neighbors who are in me pre med and med school. They are giving Dwayne the advice he needs to get into med school. It's also nice to have lots of kids the boys ages to play with. And most of them will be in school with them next year. We are also trying to get things ready for the baby, we only have about 2 mo. left! My friends threw me a surprise shower last night and it was great! I love my fetus poster from Jenny and all the cute girl clothes. I can't wait to dress her up! It's starting to set in that we are going to have a girl and that we are going to be outnumbered soon. Right now Dwayne has Micah who loves everything Dwayne does(ie. movies ,sports). And I have Isaiah who loves to just chill with me and cuddle in my bed and watch reality t.v. I think I will always have a special bond with him because of the time I spent with him in the hospital and taking care of him when he was sick. But having a girl will be so different, I will need more time to get out of the house in the morning because I will have to do her hair and make sure she looks just right. With the boys you just make sure they have on clothes that are clean and shoes. They don't require so much primping time if any. Now I just need to get the crib and the car seat. I have to buy new ones because the crib we used fro the boys we got from a friend and it was broken by the time Isaiah grew out of it and our car seat we lent to my friend and she got in an accident with it. So darn I have to buy new ones for the girl! If you can't tell by my blog I love the color purple so I'm sure most of her things will be purple until she can decide on a favorite color of her own! But who doesn't love purple the color of royalty. I will post some pics of our new place when we get things put away and pictures hung up.

Fun stuff

2009-04-24T19:57:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to Cabelas with our friends to see all the fun stuff they have to offer. We saw the huge fish tanks, Micah loved that part! And then we saw all the huge stuffed animals. What a sight! They had so many the kids were on sensory overload! Then we had lunch in their grill. Who knew you could have a whole afternoon just spent inside Cabelas!!! Then we also spent an afternoon riding trax with grandpa. We went downtown to meet grandma for lunch. The best part was that grandma works in the Key bank building right by the city creek project. So we got to see all the "diggers" as Micha and Isaiah call them. Micha insisted that I get a picture of the conveour belt that carries the dirt from one spot to another. And we saw all the big trucks and cranes. The boys loved seeing all this. And I loved that it didn't cost much to have a fun afternoon out. We probably won't do much of that anymore seeing as how I'm getting bigger and slower as the weeks go by and it's harder to keep up with these boys. They have so much energy!

Drum roll please.......

2009-03-30T13:37:00.000-07:00

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO HAPPY AND EXCITED!
HER DUE DATE IS AUGUST 31ST BUT IT'S OK IF SHE COMES EARLY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS! I HAVE THREE BOYS STARTING IN AUGUST.
THANKS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO SENT GIRL VIBES MY WAY!

I need

2009-03-04T09:51:00.000-08:00

I got this from Melisa's blog. You google (your name) needs and then you post the top ten things.

Anna needs... Content

Anna needs... to be excused from class today

Anna needs ... to find a toilet ( I do I'm preggers)

Anna needs... more coffee

Anna needs... whatever sense of humor works for her ( I can always use a good laugh)

Anna needs... all the support she can get now ( yes I do!!)

Anna needs...a loving home

Anna needs... her own smiley

Anna needs...verification

Anna needs...you ( I do need you)

This is very random I know but kind of fun to see the results! Please do it and add it to your blog so I can see!!!

The stress of my pregnancy

2009-02-27T17:46:00.000-08:00

I know, I know I've been a slacker but I have good reason why I haven't posted in a long time. Lets start at the begining! I was sick with the whole pregnency thing and I told you all that I had the Iv same as the last two times, but this time came with it a whole lot of other complications. So I have hyperemisis and I'm like nausus all day I can kind of deal with that. But this time when I got my pic line I got an infetion in my arm. It turned out to be a staff infection. Well it was the weekend when this happened in the ER so I had to wait until the next Tuesday to get a new one. When I went to radiology I was like this is great because I was in and out. It didin't take long at all like last time. But I wasn't sure if I could drive my self home so I called my mom to come pick me up at the hospital. But she had to go get my kids first from my mother in laws so I had to wait a while. But while I'm waiting I start to itch really bad on my feet. And I had been having allergic reactions to tape and other adhesives so I thought thats what it was from. And I had had an allergic reaction to one of the antibiotics I was taking. So I just told my self well I'm not that far from home I'll just drive myself. So as I'm driving the itch is getting worse and I'm ripping off my boots and my sock just so I can itch my feet. And of course I'm yelling at the traffic because I'm hitting all the red lights and people are driving slow in front of me. But when I get home I immediatly run myself an oatmeal bath so I can calm the itch but when I take off my clothes I notice I have hives all over my body and my face is turning red! So I'm in the bath freaking out because I don't know whats happeneing. And I'm on the phone trying to call my neighbor to see if she can take me to the hospital again, but she wasn't home. So I get out of the bath and I'm rubbing gold bond all over my body as fast as I can and realize that it's not five yet so I might still catch my OB if I call right now. So I do and the nurse says slow down tell me what going on. I tell her about the hives and she says are you having a hard time breathing, and I say well I try to swallow and I can't and my throat is really dry! She tells me to hold on for a sec and it was like 5 seconds she come s back on and says OK the doctor said you need to hang up and call 911. I said ok bye. I've never called 911 so I was still freaking out. But I called them and told them what was going on and they sent out and ambulance followed by a fire truck . I'm not sure why so much but there must have been at least 8 emt and firefighters in my kitchen helping me. They carried me out on the streacher and took me back to St. Marks. When I got there the doctor told me I probably was allergic to the other antibiotic I was taking. So that was just a scary event in and of itself not to mention that I was pregnant so that complicated everything. So I was admitted to the hospital and then it took a day to figure out what other anitbiotic they could give me being pregnant. And then my OB wanted to monitor me to make sure I didn't react to that one also. Because just with this pregnacy alone I found out that I'm allergic to two antibiotics, Latex, adhesives (tape) and so you just never know what else it going to make me break out and itch! Ok so now I'm able to eat a little ie. dry toast, cottage cheese, soda crakers and water. When I was done with two weeks of Iv antibiotics I was able to get my pic line out. But I still have all these areas on my arms where I have rashes and scars from rashes where I had adhesives. So what is the moral of this story, If it's a boy or a girl I'm done!!! I will have three kids and only three kids because I will never go through this again!!! I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!!!! So now I hope I can just focus on the hyperemisis but anything could happen. I now see my OB every two weeks instead of every month just to make sure nothing else goes wrong!!! So if it seems like I was dead and you didn't hear from me thats because I felt like I was dying and I was just in bed all day every day!! So ladies who have "normal pregnacies" I don't ever want to hear you complain about morning sickness or heart burn again!!(j/K) ? Thast;s my drama for the month I hope you all enjoyed the story of my life!!

Ughhhhhhhh

2009-01-24T11:57:00.000-08:00

Well I have to update you all on my health status now. I did have a peripheral IV placed two week ago. So that was sad to me I really thought this pregnancy would be different. And then yesterday when the nurse came to change my IV I had some weird reaction and I started throwing up really bad and then I had stomach pains and I couldn't get off the bathroom floor. The nurse said she thinks I might have hyperventilated after all the throwing up. So then she called my doctor and he said he wanted me to go over the the hospital and get a pic lined placed. And that was another night mare. They tried to put it in the dame spot as last time in my left arm so I could use my right arm better. But when they tried to get it in the vein was to close to the nerve so it was hurting way bad. Sot he had to numb up my other arm and try there. They managed to get it in and just as they were getting done I started to feel like I couldn't breathe and then I started to hyperventilate again. the nurse had to run in and hook up the oxygen thing on my finger and start taking my blood pressure. It was the worst thing ever. So then I get home and both arms hurt so I could lay on my side I had to lay on my back to take a nap. And now I have all these marks all over my arms because when they were putting in the IV's my veins are small and I was dehydrated from not eating or drinking so they had to poke me at least six times each to get one started. And then when they would draw my blood they would have to use three veins because my blood would come out because I get really cold when I'm sick. So this last two weeks have been Excuse me but HELL for me!!! This is really all my body can take and I'm seriously thinking this will be my last biological child. This time the Hyperemis is just too bad and when I have Micah and Isaiah to take care of it's just to hard. I hope it doesn't last long but who knows I feel worse this time around!! But at least the IV is now in my arm permanently so I don't have to get poked anymore. And I have use of my hands again. It suck to be confined to the house but I wouldn't want to go anywhere right now. When I feel good enough to go out I hook up with all you girls for some girl time or play dates again!! I'm not posting this to get sympathy I just wanted to let you know why it might have looked as though I had dropped off the face of the earth! Love to you all!!!

2009-01-05T11:33:00.000-08:00

Suprise!!! We are expecting! We are so happy about this. And the best part is that I'm not sick like I was when I had the boys. So maybe its a girl! Cross your fingers. I mean another biy would be fine but it would be nice to have a little girl right now. We don't plan on having any more when Dwayne is in Law School. It's too risky that I might get as sick as I did before. But right now I feel fine other than heartburn. So it's a small post but we are very excited!!!

Christmas

2008-12-25T19:19:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year! It was very eventful watching the boys open their presents. Micah got more Lightning McQueen cars and a carrying case for them. He also got a race track and more geo trains. Isaiah got and Elmo restaurant and he got some plastic power tools. They were excited to show off what they got. Micah is afraid of sitting on Santa's lap and so when he open all his presents he said wow Santa is so smart how did he know what I wanted! But I think I got the best gift which was a camera from Dwayne, which I used to take all these pictures with!!! Isaiah as you can see is very photogenic and will say cheese to anyone with a camera in hand. We visited Dwayne's family this morning and then My family came over for dinner. They love seeing their cousins this time of year so they can compare toys. This year instead of my grandpa giving checks to everyone we decided to donate our money to a charity or organization in need. And this year we chose Isaiah's early intervention school. They are a non-profit organization and most of the family's who go there are paying off medical bills for their kids that have a handicap. So it's good to know that the money will go to help other family's in need! Hope all of you who read this had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!

Gingerbread houses

2008-12-13T13:07:00.000-08:00

On Thursday we went to Melisa's to make gingerbread houses. The kids were so excited. They were mostly eating the candy not making the house. But I managed to help Isaiah make his. But Micah did his own. It was lots of fun to do it with our good friends. Now if I can just keep them from eating them while they are on display at home that would be great! What a fun afternoon.

Temple and Christmas

2008-12-09T12:17:00.000-08:00

So this post is a little personal. Yesterday I had the opportunity to go and clean part of the Salt Lake Temple. I was nervous I had never done this before. My sister in law Ev who cleans at the Bountiful temple said you go in your church clothes and they will give you clothes to clean in. And she said you will have an amazing experience while you are cleaning. But that doesn't even begin to describe it. When we got there we got changed in to our cleaning clothes and then we broke up into teams and each team had a housekeeper with us to show us what to clean. Our housekeeper said it was going to be dirtier than usual because they hadn't cleaned since Saturday, but I'm telling you there was no dust anywhere. It was so clean in places where you would think dust would collect there was not a speck anywhere. And then when we were vacuuming it was hard to see where you had vacuumed all ready because there was nothing on the floor. The dirtiest place was the children's waiting room of course. If your ward ever has the opportunity to clean it some time I would highly recommend it. Just being there was amazing and then seeing things you don't normally get to see when you do a session was way awesome. I learned things I never knew about the temple. But it makes me have a greater love for it, and I just have this hunger to want to go back so much more now. I will definitely make it more of a priority to go there more often. And if you live in Utah you have probably more than one temple within a 40 mile radius so you have no excuses not to go. I felt the spirit so strong just in cleaning the temple. I can't wait to do it again.

On another note I'm so excited that my girlfriends from college are coming into town this month. Allyson lives in northern Idaho and Tanya lives in Vegas so it's going to be great to see them. And then all the girls from around Utah will get together with them. We had some crazy times at Snow but it was always fun with those girls. I love the holiday's when everyone comes into town. Now if I can just find the one thing that Micah must have for christmas I'll be done shopping for the kids. But then I have to shop for my big kid, Dwayne! He wants a remote control hummer that is like sixty bucks I said to him don't you want something more practical this year. But he said no I want that hummer. Ugghh!!! I still love this time of year and now that we finally have snow it looks like Christmas time!!!!

2008-11-29T11:33:00.000-08:00

I know I'm a little behind but I had to post about something that I'm thankful for. Yesterday morning I woke up with a bad toothache. It was so bad it made my whole face hurt up and down my neck and around my ear. So I called the dentist office and the receptionist said she would call the dentist to see if he could fix it that day or recommend an emergency dentist. When she called back she said he would be in his Provo office if I could get down there. So My sweet grandpa drove me all the way to Provo just to see him. And when we got there he took some xrays and said looks like you need a root canal. I was shocked!! So they numbed me up and went to work. They didn't get it all done that day, I still have to come back next week. But I was so grateful he happened to be in his office right when I called and was able to relieve most of the pain. The tooth it self is still sore but no pain anywhere else. Thank goodness!!! Just wanted to let you know I'm thankful for the dentist and my grandpa.

2008-11-24T11:36:00.000-08:00

I just took Isaiah to the Liver Doctor this morning, and when we go we have to have labs drawn before the appt. so they can have the results. So that takes an extra hour and half because they are always backed up. And then we arrive in the doctors office about 30 min before our appt. but have to wait and hour and half there because she's backed up as well. And then by the time we get in to the room it's almost two hours past our appt. time. And this is all so that the Physicians assistant can check him over, and the doctor can pop her head in and say.... He's a rockstar!!! In other words he's fine no changes this month. And we can go four months between appt. this time. What a sigh of relief. I always get nervous when appts. roll around you never know if they are going to send you home or send you into the hospital. It must be all the prayers in Isaiah's behalf that keep him healthy right now. That's one less worry this week. Now I can focus on Thanksgiving! Some of my extended family is not coming this year to my mom's so we have to make more of the sides our selves. We have no one to make the pies this year. I've never made pie before, how hard can it be?!? And then I have to make a birthday cake for my mother inlaws because we celebrate alot of fall birthdays. I think because my birthday is one of them I'll make red velvet cake. I Love it!!!! I hope all my friends and family who read this blog have a great Thanksgiving!!! We love you all!!!

2008-11-12T12:05:00.000-08:00

So as some of you know we are staying with my mom right now. And she has been redoing her kitchen, living room, and dining room. But it's almost done. It should be totally finished by next week. Yea!!! I can't wait because it looks so good and there is so much counter space now. And it's good for entertaining. So My little mommies group can finally come over. We were running out of places for our kids to play because it's cold out side now. But thanks to Melisa we have been at her house all the time. I can finally take some of the responsibility off of her shoulders and let my house get trashed by the kids. (j/k) And then Jamie and I won't have to drive so far haha! And to add to my birthday week my mom and I are going to the ballet for this seasons opening night tomorrow. We have season tickets this year. I keep asking Dwayne if he wants to go but you know how football players can be, he's said no so promptly!! Which is fine with me he can put the kids to bed and I can have a girls night out, doesn't bother me. And I'm so looking forward to this holiday season on of my closest friends Allyson is coming down from Idaho for three weeks so I get to see her and her family. I haven't seen them much because they live at the top part of Idaho and they don't get down here much, but her brother is getting married in December. I love seeing old friends, and new friends. I just love my friends. It really helps to be able to talk to other girls your age and not just your four year old all the time. Thanks again to all my wonderful friends!!!!

Birthday fun

2008-11-09T14:09:00.000-08:00

I thought I would post today in Purple because it is my favorite color and it being my birthday week this post is mostly about me and some other too of course.!!!J/K I say birthday week because you know how people always wish you an early b-day or a belated b-day and then you get gifts all week long. Well mine started yesterday. I went to a boutique in the morning with my mom and they had such cute stuff. I hit the jackpot!! I did by some gifts for other people. And then the whole fam went to Macaroni grill which I love. And then my mom and I went to Maceys.

They are having a huge sale, and I love there clothes. So My mom bought me some nice b-day gifts. Thanks Mom!!! Thanks to all my friends who have wished me a happy birthday all ready. So many of my friends and family have b-days in November. My good friend Allyson's b-day is tomorrow and my moms in on the 22nd. I think that's why I love fall so much! I can't believe I'm going to be 26 yes that's my real age! This last week I had the chance to get together with some girlfriends and chat about girl things and I love the fact that I'm able to do that. I'm glad I have such good friends around me. And I miss the ones who are not. But we do have our blogs to keep in touch.So Happy Birthday to everyone who's birthday in in November, what a great month!!!!

2008-11-05T15:45:00.000-08:00

So Melisa Tagged me so here goes...

8 Shows I watch

1. The Hills

2. Jon and Kate plus 8

3. 17 and counting

4.dr.90210

5. little people big world

6.Dog the bounty hunter

7.Tabitahs salon take over

8. Real housewives of Atlanta

8 resturants I love

1.Wingers duhh!

2. Johnny corrinos

3. sweet tomatoes

4. Lone star Steak house

5.Five guys burgers and fries

6. chillis

7. china grill

8.La puenta

8 things I did yesterday

1. Some laundry

2. went grocery shopping

3. made dinner

4. Voted yea BARACK!!!

5. Watched the election coverage

6. Made a doctors appointment

7. played with Micah

8. took a nap I needed it!!

8 thing I look forward to

1. Christmas

2. Dwayne getting into law school

3. getting a bigger car

4. getting a house

5. seeing old friends during the holidays

6. getting a family photo

7. Isaiah going to preschool

8. Playing in the snow with the boys!!

8 things I love about fall

1. My b-day!!!

2. My anniversary

3. Dwaynes b-day

4. The snow

5. Christmas music , it has begun!!

6. Family get togethers

7. My moms b-day

8. concerts

8 things on my wish list

1. A bigger car

2. New clothes

3. New boots

4. To see my sister again

5. Visit my family in Texas

6. Learn a new hobby

7. Finish school

8. Travel to any where out side the US.

I tagg Heather, Lynne,Melissa, Emily, Jennie, Erin

My little man

2008-11-03T15:34:00.000-08:00

This post is all about Isaiah. he's looks so big but he is behind in many ways. Today we had him tested by a speech language pathologist and she said that his vocabulary is missing alot of the consanants that most kids his age can say. Letters like d,p,b,m,t,h,and w. he mostly speeks using vowels so like doggie comes out oggie. And baby is ee. So this mean that when he is done with early intervention on his third birthday in January he will go right in to pre-school with the school district and have a speech therapist work with him on a daily basis. I 'm excited for him to start this new chapter in his life. But we might be sorry when he learns to talk because now he jabbers all the time, and we might not get him to shut up when he does learn. I have a song on my blog by Mark Shultz that is called " He's my Son" and if you have time to listen to it all the way through it explains how Dwayne and I felt when we had to take Isaiah to primary's the first time for his surgery and all the tests. It's one thing if you have life threatning illness but it's another to watch your child have one. If there is one thing I can tell you about it, it is that I gained a very strong testimony at that time and greater love for our savior. Without him we wouldn't have made it through the scariest time in our lives. Not to mention our friends and family( Melisa, Heather, Evelyn, Valerie, Missy, Karen,Grandma's and Grandpa) they stepped right up to take care of Micah when I needed to be at the hospital for two months. THANK YOU GUYS!!!! We are so lucky to have people around us who love us and we love them. We count our blessing now that he's been a year and six months without a hospital stay. And he's dormant on the Liver transplant list. Doctors are baffled that he turned around so quickly , but I know it was all the praying and fasting we did. Heavenly father wanted Isaiah on this earth for a reason greater than we know. It goes to show that he is always here for us no matter what and we can always call on him. He's our constant friend and companion. We may not be where we thought we would today but we know that the lord will see us through our hard times and help us on our path to where we want to be.

Life

2008-10-26T19:41:00.000-07:00

Well lately I've been contemplating weather there is ever a good time to have another baby! And I would like your opinion on this lets take a vote. Now or later??? Some of the cons are that we don't have our house yet, and Dwayne isn't in Law school yet, and I don;t like being on bed rest. And the pros are that Micah keeps asking for a sister, and that I will have all my kids close together. But every time I think of it I go back to the Iv's and the no eating for three months and the rapid weight loss. It's weird that my cousins are pregers right now because I have been thinking about this for a while!!! Please help let me know what you think!! On another note Halloween is coming up do you think I have Micahs costume done, No!!! I'm a slacker this year. October is just to busy for me!! I'm sure all you mom's out there are making great costumes for your kids and you are all ready done. But not me I'm not Martha Stewart like the rest of you!! We'll see what I come up with in the next two days!!

The Mess...

2008-10-07T18:27:00.000-07:00

Right now we are living with my mom and Grandpa. And while it's a little cramped for space we make it work, or at least we did until this week. They decided to rip out their Kitchen, living room and dining room. And so now we have a make shift kitchen in the basement with us. It's been noisy these last few days and so the kids don't nap well. And then today the electrician was here and the shut of the power for the afternoon. So I just stayed outside because I couldn't see downstairs. I know it will make the upstairs look better but they said it would be about six weeks to get it all done. And I'm already sick of eating out. But what can we do about it, nothing. But oh well thats o.k. we will get through it. I'm glad I have good friends who want to go out and eat with me.

So Sad but also happy

2008-09-09T12:15:00.000-07:00

Well I'm posting in Green this time becasue Micah love Green, and this post is about him. He started pre-school 4 this week. And I know he need sot grow up but why so fast!! He is again the biggest in his class. And there is another little african american boy in his class so he's not alone. When I find the cords to the camera I will post his pictures for the first day on here. It's har to believe he is four now. He loves school he couldn't wait to go back becasue Isaiah had school all summer, becasue he is in therapy school so they only had two weeks of in August. Now he goes four days a week so I get alonger break formn him but I still have Isaiah home with me on two of those days and he's very busy!! I run around the house saying don't touch that, put it down, and then I clean up all the messes he's made. I get a great work out from that. On another note Dwayne got a job at Franklin Covey. He works there in the mornings and at Apex at night. He loves working there. He's doing sales for them. We are still waitng on Law school. Dwayne really wants to go out of state still. And after I have seen how well many of my freinds have adjusted outside of the bubble I might actualy agree with Dwayne. It would be kind of fun to go out of state for a while and experience some culture as Dwayne puts it. We will just have to see what happens.

2008-08-17T23:59:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Erin!!!! You are about to enjoy the world of mommyhood! I mean sleepless nights, two a.m. feedings and all that. Oh, yea and knowing you created a life with god. That's important also. Well for all those how were wondering Dwayne did pick a job at Apex Alarms the only down side is that it's in Provo. But if he gets into Law school there at BYU then we could get a house down there. It would be nice to finally have a house. And be near alot of our friends who live in Utah county. And he's training with NY life to get his life insurance licenses. He wants to do that on the side. So I have to tell you all me drama from last sunday. I was sitting in Relief Society minding my own buisness when my mom(the primary pres.) comes in with Micah. I'm thinking to my self he's potty trained so what could they need. Well a little girl sitting in front of him in primary had some jewelry beads and she gave one to Micah, now mind you Micah is way over the put everything in your mouth stage so of course why not out it in his nose. Yes his nose, and it was stuck way up in the nasal cavity. So I had to take him to the ER. At first they tried a suction but that didn't work. And they tried using long tweezers but his nose was starting to swell around the bead. This was going on for about 45 min. Then the doctor started talking about some tool but they couldn't find it so they left the room for a while. Then they cam back with a catheter that was really small and he inserted it in his nose and blew up the balloon and just when he was going to give up and send us to Primary's for a more evasive approach the bead came out when he tugged on the catheter. He had threaded the bead in the end of it. When the nurse asked Micah why he did it he said he wanted to see if it fit up his nose. And when she asked what color it was he said so sure of him self, GREEN. And of course it was green and sparkly. So now I have in a specimen cup a green jewelry bead. Which I will use to embarrass him for the rest of his life , for causing that 2 hours of grief in my life. He cried so hard in the ER that I know he won't do that again!!! I guess the saying is right" Boys will be boys." It seams like I can't go a month without an ER visit. What a joy!!

2008-08-01T21:52:00.000-07:00

It's been a while but I'm still here. We were in the process of moving last week, ughh!! We moved in with my mom to save money for Dwayne to go to law school. It's and adjustment I will say that. I'm not used to having her tell me when to do things like clean the kitchen and do Laundry. But it's for the best. An update on my uncle he passed away last wednesday. It was hard for my family but I know he's in a better place now with my dad and my grandma. Thank to all who prayed for him. It meant alot. So anyho, now I have to focus on school coming up. I can't believe summer is almost over, I'm trying to get Micah into the pre-school around the corner from us instead of having to drive a mile to the other school. Not having any luck I guess the teacher is really good at this school so her class is full right now. It would really help because Isaiah will be going there in January so I don't want to have to drive to all these different schools. On a lighter note, Dwayne has been offered several job the trick is picking the right one. One of the jobs is working for an airlines doing marketing for them in this region so it would require travel Monday- Friday. But the pay is good so decisions decisions decisions. I guess we will pray about it to figure out what is best. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

2008-07-17T21:01:00.000-07:00

So today I received an e-mail form my aunt saying that my uncle was in the hospital on life support because he has bleeding on the brain. And I just received another one saying that the brain surgery didn't work. I feel like dejavu with my dad for years ago. When he had a brain aneurysm and his brain surgery didn't work either. That's when I had to decide to take him off life support. They are saying that my uncle has mangled blood vessels in his brain that we there from birth, I'm not sure if my dad did but it could be related. So it doesn't look good right now for him. So please keep Bernie Smith in your prayers. Not what I wanted to hear today but things happen for a reason only God knows. It's been a busy day so this is going to be a short one.

Friends

2008-07-14T12:18:00.000-07:00

So something really scary happened to good friend of mine this last week. It's something that when you find out about it you don't know how to react to it. But all I do know is if it happened to me I would want my closest friends around me. There are some things in this life that we just can't explain why, or why me. There are things that happen to good people and we just don't know why it would happen to them. But I know that they come into our lives to make us stronger. I mean this week could very well be the second worst time in my life second to Isaiahs surgery. Dwayne lost his job but thankfully he has interviews today with three places. And then I took Isaiah to see a child psychologist and he said that his speech problem could be genticaly related and he wants him seen by a genetisist and wants his head to have an MRI to see if there is anything wrong there. He said that he could have a child syndrome and all of his problems could be related. And if thats the case then we don't know when his speech will get better. Just what I needed. I know things happen for a reason, but so much at once!!! I guess the only way to get over it is to pray, I've spent alot of time on my knees this last month. But I know it's worth it in the end. As for my friend I hope she feel better soon, and that she remembers that Heavenly Father loves her as he loves me too!!!

2008-07-02T20:11:00.000-07:00

I usually post in purple of course but today I had to do Red because it is soooo HOT!!!! Our Swap cooler doesn't work and we haven't got our new AC that was promised a month ago by our landlord!!! Most people I've talked to say we shouldn't pay our rent if we don't get our AC this week. I think I'm with them. We should knock off a couple hundred for all the days that it's unbearable!! I can't keep up on my laundry because I don't want to run my dryer during the day. And it's way hot when I clean so I clean at night when the boys are asleep. But for real I mean I can't live much longer like this. And to top it of I saw ducks swimming in one of the pools here, not the one we use but who knows if they've been in our pool. So I think it's time to break down and get a community pool membership. I like ducks they are cute but I don't want to swim with them. Still trying to find something for Micah to do this summer. He gets a little sad when Isaiah gets to go to school and he doesn't. Still waiting for Dwaynes test score. Should be here end of this week finally.

2008-06-25T20:52:00.000-07:00

Heather tagged me so here goes,

8 things I'm passionate about
1. My hubby
2.My kids
3. The gospel
4.Mary Kay
5.Friends
6.Shopping
7. Ruby Red squirt
8. the color PURPLE!!!

8 songs I can listen to over and over again and never get sick of
1.Because of you( Reba and Kelly clarkston)
2.Ain't to proud to beg( the temptations)
3.Irreplaceable ( Beyonce)
4.Cowboy take me away( Dixie chicks)
5.If your not the one( Daniel Bettingfield)
6. Put your records on ( Corrine Baliey Rea)
7. I need you ( Tim and Faith)
8. Inside you heaven ( Carrie Underwood)

the past 8 books I've read
1.The Girls guide to Power and success ( Susan Wilson Solovic )
2.My dear Sisters ( Gordan B. Hinkley)
3.A hand guide to me Denzel Washington
4.Happily forever after ( Kim A Nelson)
5. Diet for dancers ( Robin D Chmelar and Sally S Fitt)
6.A womans reach ( Belle S. Spafford)
7. Sidney Porties auto biography
8. Beyond Morning sickness: Battling Hyperemesis Gravidarum( Ashli Forshee McCall)

8 things I say often
1. No!!
2. Get out of that!
3. If I get to three it's time out!
4. Saftey
5. k
6. Really
7. for real
8. get down!

8 things that attract me to a friend
1. Like me for me
2. Likes shopping!!!
3. Is a good listener
4. cares about me
5. Gives me advice
6. doesn't judge me
7. has good morals
8. like to have fun!!!

8 random things about me
1. I like law and order
2. I like country music
3. I'm a girly girl but I like camping
4. I like the country( ie Ephraim)
5 I like church music
6. I like to spend time with my mom
7. I read every fashion magazine even though I'm not up to date on the latest trends
8. I like to eat cottage cheese and oranges

8 things I want to do before I die
1. Join the Motab( ie the big choir)
2. Adopt kids from Haiti after I have five or six of my own
3. go on a mission with Dwayne
4. Own a horse
5. Get my Ba degree in Music
6. Record an album of church music
7. Meet Oprah
8. Travel

8 things I've learned this past year
1. Never take your family for granted
2. No one is a perfect mom, wife, buiseness woman, housekeeper.
3. Always put the lord first!!!
4. Cherish your friends and the time you have with them because you'll all go in different directions some day.
5. what ever life throws at you take it and run with it.
6. Be outgiong you never know when you'll meet some one that is just like you
7. Love life
8. don't covet what other people have or have accomplished in life love your life

People I tagg
Melisa
Lynne
Evelyn
Kristen

2008-06-25T20:36:00.000-07:00

Well things are kind of crazy right now in our lives. Dwayne just took his second Law school admissions test to see if he get a better score this time. And he has all of his apps done and ready to go to about 15 schools. We really want to go outside of Utah for a while. And if you haven't heard my soap box yet our Swamp cooler doesn't work in the day and we don't have our new ac yet. So by three o clock in the afternoon it's a swealtering 85 degrees in our house. I think I'm not going to pay our rent this next month if we don't get it fixed soon. It's so darn hottt!!!! On a good note I took Isaiah to the liver clinic on Monday and the doctor said he has no signs of any infection, but that his liver is still hard and big so if he doesn't get sick in the near future they will hold off on a liver transplant until he's about 10 years old. Thats good because little kids it's harder on there bodies to have transplants. So by then Dwayne should be a practicing attorney and we might actually be able to afford it. So I have a mac right now but I think Dwaynes going to get me a PC so I can upload photos! I'm also computer illiterate so bear with me it might take a while!! As an answer to Heathers question I got the bike trailer/jogging stroller on Amazon. But Micah doesn't fit well because he's so tall. It only tells you that the weight requirement is 50 lbs. But you don't have giant 4 year old either. Other than that I love it. It's a Schwin one thats red and black and it's easy to fold up and put in my trunk.

2008-05-30T20:39:00.000-07:00

Well Memorial day was kind of a downer if you were in Utah. We had crazy rain all day. But Dwayne and I did manage to sneak away and see Iron Man. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. And then today the kids and I went over to my moms and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in her outdoors fireplace. It was fun. And then Micah and grandma put up the tent and are sleeping out side, Isaiah changed his mind at the last minuet when I tried to leave. He is a mamma's boy. I think it's all the time I spent with him in the hospital. So I really wanted a new camera so I could post pictures on here, but Dwayne bought me a GPS. I mean I know how to get everywhere in Utah. It's Dwayne who can't get anywhere I said nice mothers day gift. It's more for him than me. He does that a lot, buys something for me when it's really for him. So no pictures yet. Soon I hope. I 'm glad our pool opened this last weekend now we can go swimming. And I just got a bike trailer/jogging stroller so I can jog with Robin now. Have a good weekend!!!!

2008-05-16T21:28:00.000-07:00

I have to let you all know something that was funny to me about Micah. I work at Wingers as a server right now and last night he told my mom," My mom works at wiskers and she gives people food." He can be so funny sometimes because he speaks with conviction, he's so matter of factly. I've been looking for beds for the boys. Isaiah is getting to big for the crib. And I want to get matching beds for their room. But I'm having a hard time finding them here in Utah. And most websites online don't deliver to Utah. And I'm not shopping at RC Willey again they are a rip of. If you have any suggestions let me know please. I want some with drawers on the bottom for extra storage.

2008-05-13T19:51:00.000-07:00

My dear friends I am now revamping my Mary Kay business. I want to be able to set my own hours and work from home. If you need some girl time or you just need a little free pampering call me anytime. I would love to show you some of our fabulous new products!!! I'm done working the J-O-B. Why work for someone else when you can work for yourself. I like that I can work as much or as little as I want and the girlfriends I made in Mary Kay rock!!! They are some of the classiest women I've met as well as fun to be around. I enjoy making other women feel beautiful!! At first when I started I was shy, but I've realized the greatness of this company and thats why I want everyone to know I love my business! And if you know any women who would enjoy a free makeover or pampering session let me know. I give great gifts to those who help me reach my goals in Mary Kay. My number is 801-674-2099

2008-05-12T19:37:00.000-07:00

I now know why it's been so cold this year in Utah. It was the coldest spell in 35 years. I'm so glad it's warming up. Micah only has two weeks left of school. And his teacher is trying to jam pack these last weeks. Last week they went on a field trip to the Aquarium, and when he came home he said there was a Nemo fish and a daddy Nemo fish and there was two Dorry fish. And this week they are going to Wheeler Farm. I know he will love that, he loves animals and riding the school bus. Every time I pick him up from school he asks me when do I get to ride the school bus? Now we can start to plan our family vacations for the summer. I want to go camping but Dwayne isn't really into the whole tent thing. But I think he'll do it for the boys. On New years this year my mom put up a tent in her basement for the boys to sleep in so now they love tents. And then we might also go to our condo in Mesquite. I love it there because you are right in the middle of St. George and Vegas. I would like to go farther but with gas prices going up it's crazy and our Jeep doesn't get very good gas mileage. Thats about it for now bye.

2008-05-07T12:58:00.000-07:00

Dwayne finally graduated from the University of Utah last week. Now all he needs to do is take the LSAT one more time. And then we will know where we are moving for Law school. I wish we were staying in Utah but the change might be good. I've never lived outside of Utah for longer than two weeks. Although Dwaynes talking about Detroit, ughhh. I don't want to live there with all the crime and it's so cold there. I looked online and there are no LDS Realtors in that area, that should tell us something. School is almost out for Micah. I'm going to be sad he needs something to do ,maybe swimming lessons. But Isaiahs speech therapy school goes all summer except for two weeks. We are planning a trip to Mesquite for the end of May. We need a family vacation, our last one to San Diego in February Dwayne couldn't come so he didn't get the joy of experiencing Micahs car sickness four times in one day making the trip form Vegas to LA a long day. We finally found that there is childrens Dramemene . That helped on the way back. Well I better stop writing an clean my house up while Isaiah is sleeping .

2008-04-13T15:37:00.001-07:00

Well it was good weekend. We accomplished lots. Dwayne got fitted for his suits for graduation. Now all I need to do is get invitations out. And plan the menu for his party. I also got rain boots for the boys they are soo cute. Micah has another T-Ball game tomorrow. I hope he doesn't cry this time. they let all the kids run for the ball, and if he doesn't get it he cries. He doesn't like competition. What can you do he's three. So glad the weather is nice now. I hope it stays this way!!! bye for now.

2008-04-08T16:05:00.000-07:00

Well o.k. this is new for me to blog. This week has been crazy, I have to teach relief society
this Sunday and I have no time type my lesson except after the kids go down at night. Which now is at 9:00 instead of 8:00 because they were getting up to early and not sleeping long enough. And also I'm still working on Speech with Isaiah our two year old. He has some speech delays because he was in the hospital for most of his first year with Liver problems. It frusterates me when I don't know what he wants but he does know a little bit of sign language so that helps I guess. When I figure out how to use our new mac I will post some pictures
of our family.