Happy Valentine's Day

Hope all got something nice from there kids and honey's. I don't know if I am getting something today or not. I work tonite so I won't see my daughter or husband. I seen them a little bit this morning. And took Kaylee to daycare. So I got to at least see her. So have a good rest of the day.

Your Candy Heart Says "Marry Me"

For you, love is serious business. You don't take dating lightly. And even if you haven't met the right person, getting married is something you expect to do soon. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a romantic picnic in the park Your flirting style: subtle and calculating What turns you off: short term flings Why you're hot: you're a hopeless romantic with each new relationship

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

Update

So I never really knew how much moms give up when it comes to there kids. With Kaylee being sick I guess I wasn't sleeping as good as I thought. Especially after we found out what she had. Friday she was 50% better. Saturday she was 50% better than Friday. Sunday, I woke up and went out to the living room it looked like a tornado went through it. Guess who was feeling 125% better. My living room is scattered with books and toys. Which is a good thing. I work this weekend. Friday nite when I got to work I didn't realize how exhausted I really was. I thought I was going to collapse when I got there. I wanted to go to work but I didn't. I needed to go to work that is for sure. So when people say their kids are their life, believe you me that is 100% true. I sacrificed my sleep and exhaustion to get her healthy. And I wouldn't do it any different next time too.

Horrible week

Monday:

Started off okay nothing out of the ordinary. I read blogs I know I have been terrible at posting and commenting. Read email. Now I need you all who read this to please go the the below link before reading the whole post. Got this email from a relative.

http://www.dearallofyou.com/sacredheart/sacredheartvideo.html

Made an awesome supper. Roast, carrots, potates, homeade buns. The works. My husband had a city council meeting that nite. Kaylee had a normal day. Played all day, got into everything she shouldn't be in. Mike got home about 10 to 6. I had just changed kaylee's pants and she started to not feel good. She started getting warm. Sat down to eat, Kaylee was shivering. So gave her some motrin. Sat in the recliner with her while mike ate. He got done and went to shower. I checked her temp. 100. Fifteen minutes later 101. Within 20 minutes she was that high already. Something told me we should head to SF to acute care.(which is 40 miles from us) Told mike that we shouldn't wait til morining. By this time she is moaning and grunt breathing. She does that when she gets really sick. So we get in the car stop at city hall to tell them Mike isn't going to be there. Get on the road. I call acute care to make sure they are open til 9. Then call my daycare gal(she seen us at city hall). Called a friend of ours cause her little guy was sick. Wondering what kind of symptoms he was having. Okay we get on the interstate. From our exit it goes Viborg, Fairview, Davis/Hurley, Canton, Worthing, Lennox/Parker, then tea exits then sioux falls. Okay the Vibrog exit I notice kaylee isn't moaning anymore. I look down, I know I was being very illegial by holding her, her eyes are in the back of her head. She is now seizing. I am rubbing her chest vigourously to get her to cry or make any noise to know she is breathing. NOTHING! I start giving her breaths, cause I am not seeing her take any. Mike is driving 109 and on the phone with Canton dispatch. I don't know how many breaths I gave her, finally I got her to make a faint moan. So from then til the Lennox/Parker exit I kept rubbing her vigourously to keep her making noise or crying. Cause as long as she was doing either I knew she was breathing. We met an ambulance at the Lennox/Parker exit. In the ER check her temp, 105.6. In an hour we went from 101 to 105 explains the febrile seizure. They did blood work, chest x-ray, influenza and RSV test. Everything came back normal. Watch her fever and follow up with your doctor in a couple of days. FRUSTRATING! Wed we went to the doctor. All the same tests done again. Chest x-ray showed pneumonia. Then yesterday they called and said she has RSV too. Antibiotics yah! Treatable is good. This is the first time in her life she has had an illness that was treatable with anitbiotics and not viral and it had to run it's course. Last nite she was miserable. Today feeling better. Mom and Dad are stressed beyond words. I know I kinda shortened it a bit, but you would be reading for hours if I put every little detail in. I think this gets the point across.

Now back to the link. I read that email that morning. Remember I said something was pushing me to take her to acute care and not wait. Well I now know it was the lord helping me up out of that recliner to tell my husband we are going. It was the lord sitting in the car with us, keeping me calm enough to not panic and give her breaths and to keep her crying. It was him who kept all that EMT training in the back of my mind, that helped get her to cry again, even though I really don't know how my brain functioned that whole 4 minutes from the time she started til the ambulance met us. But he knew he was there holding my hands making them do what they needed to do, he was the one making my mind think and do the things I was taught even though I don't know how. It was him. Monday nite was a nite I will never forget. You always hear people tell of experiences when they have felt the lords presence. I can now say I know what that feels like. And I will never forget it. I am now going to try and be the best christian I can be, cause the Lord has proven his love to me by helping me and loving me enough to make his presence known. I know it is late. But if you all who read this would please say a little prayer for my daughter that this illness get over quickly I would greatly appriciate it. I will update you as to how the weekend goes. Again thank you for all of you who prayer for her.

(Sorry if things aren't spelled right, spell check isn't working)

Daily Quote

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

- John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937)

Daily Quote

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

- Euripidies (484-406 BCE)


I am going to try to do a daily quote post. Maybe it will help me try to be a better poster. Since it has been 20 days since my last post. So hopefully it will work. I had a painful weekend. I kinda forgot how to walk Friday nite. I twisted my ankle on uneven sidewalk in front of our cafe. Well I started falling but kept walking trying to get myself upright. Ya did not happen. Instead of falling on my hands and knees I decided that I was going to do a belly flop on the cement. I had my left arm bent up under me. I felt something pop in my lower back. I was horrified, embarrassed to say the least. My friend was behind me carrying my daughter thank god for that. It took me a minute to try to get up. My husband came out to help me get up. We went into the cafe, my pant leg was wet from snow, but I couldn't figure out why the inside of my coat sleeve was all wet. I took off my coat and there was blood all over my arm. I had a hole in my elbow. So guess where we got to go. We went to acute care and got stitches that nite. After we got home my ankle started to hurt really bad. So I was a hurting unit all weekend. I will post some pics of my stitched up owey, as my daughter says every time she looks at my elbow. And maybe a little more detail. I have to get ready for work. SO anyways, PLEASE everyone be safe walking. I would hate to see somebody else to get hurt. It is not fun.

X-mas pics

 

To be or not to be?

To be or not to be that is the question. The subject to be or not to be pregnant. I had my wonderful annual about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I was talking to her about my headaches I get with my wonderful monthly friend. I am beginning to think they are hormonal, obviously if that is when I get them. Well I told her I don't want to go on any kind of birth control, cause I know people have said that will help alleviate them. My reasoning is this. It took us 3 years to get pregnant with our daughter. We did all the testing to make sure there wasn't anything wrong. I had a very emotional time those three years especially the last one. I was stressed out a good year of that trying, when my brothers were in Iraq. And I started to not like my job. Well I got a new job and my brothers came home. Still nothing. That is when I began to think I was going crazy. I had 2 people that got pregant that I had major issues with. The one was not fit to be parents and I still think that way now. I just couldn't understand why we couldn't have the chance to be parents. I ask the Lord almost daily why can't we show you that we could be good parents and raise our child to know you and follow you. Then the days would come every month when I would cry for 24-48 hrs straight and get mad at the wrong person. Emotionally I couldn't take it anymore. My husband thought it was all his fault and he wouldn't talk about it. I need to talk about it. I went to a doctors appointment in tears and told them I thought I was turning into a nut case. They said no you are right were you are suppose to be. I thought that was a nut case answer. I finally watched a baby story that changed my way of thinking. The couple were both married before. The husband had been told in his first marriage that he wouldn't be able to have kids because his count was so low. So when he got remarried they were okay with the fact that they would probably never have kids. The story was for their second child. I don't know why that made me relax but it did. I think it was maybe a month month and a half later that we were pregnant.

So I told my dr that that is why I don't want to go on birth control. Because when Kaylee turns two I want to either be pregnant or start trying. She look at me and said I don't think you should wait until she is two. I think that you should start trying now and if your not pregnant by april you need to call us. So I don't know if I should activelly try or just wait and see. I am ready but I would also like to loose some weight before I get pregnant again. So I am running circles in my mind. To be pregnant or not to be, that is the question.

Holiday Home Tour

Holiday Home Tour!
Heidi Jo is hosting a Holiday Home Tour Extravaganza go here: http://heidijowhatdoyouknow.blogspot.com/ to see more Holiday Homes.

Here is a tour of our home. I actually am a late decorator this year. I had to get rid of a baby swing before I could decorate. I don't have alot of room in my home. So on with the tour.


This is one of the stockings hung by the window.



Every year since we have been together my husband buys me a Pr*ecious Moments X-mas bulb, they all have little stands with the year on it. I do have two different ones from the same year. I bought the extra one.



I actually keep these out all year long with my Pr*ecious Moments wedding figurines, this is one of the bulbs and my sister in law got me the other figurine in that year for x-mas.


This is my generic Pr*ecious Moments nativity set. It isn't real Pr*ecious Moments but it will do until someone in my family finally gets what I ask for x-mas. I have been asking for 4 years now for a real pr*ecious moments nativity set. Someday or I will have to do it myself.


The tree is decorated with gold bulbs and pr*ecious moments ornaments. Can you tell I like Pr*ecious Moments.


Every year(since I moved out on my own) for my birthday my mom gets me the pr*ecious moments ornament for that year. It obviously has the year on it. This is 2007's ornament.


This one says our first x-mas together. She gave that to me the first year me and mike were together.


2006's ornament


And I think this was 2001.


I have one for every year since 2000. And then I have plastic ones I have bought along the way. So that is my tour, thanks for touring my home.

You Belong in Fall

Intelligent, introspective, and quite expressive at times... You appreciate the changes in color, climate, and mood that fall brings Whether you're carving wacky pumpkins or taking long drives, autumn is a favorite time of year for you

What Season Are You?

Late but here she is!

I know it is kinda past, but here she is. This is my niece, Gretchen Louise, that was born on my 30th b-day. This is the day she was born. 9lbs even. She is a sweetheart!

No your eyes are not deceiving you, I actually posted a pic with me in it. This is Gretchen and me.

Here is a pic of Kaylee and a puppy my mom sold on Sunday.


We went and visited the new family on Sunday. So here is a new pic of the baby!

ICE In Case of Emergency

I got this in an email and thought that this warrented a post! It is a very good idea I hope that nobody ever has to use it but if they do I hope me passing it along helped. Thanks for emailing it to me Kari.


We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its
memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers
belong to our closest family or friends.


If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people
attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call.
Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact
person in case of an emergency? Hence this 'ICE' (In Case of Emergency)
Campaign

The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during
emergency situations. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the
population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or
persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name 'ICE'
( In Case Of Emergency).

The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to
the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients,
but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it
would be a good idea if there were a nationally recognized name for this
purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and
hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply
dialing the number stored as 'ICE.'

For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.
A great idea that will make a difference!

Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our mobile
phones today.

Please forward this. It won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody
will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's
mind at rest .



ICE will speak for you when you are not able to speak for yourself.

Birthdays Birthdays and more Birthday's

Okay so you know that my mother in laws birthday was the 2nd. We went to spend the evening with her, when we got home there was a message on our answering machine. First I should tell you that we have been expecting 2 babys any day now. Our good friends were pregnant with there 3rd little boy. My brother and his girlfriend were pregnant with there 1st, unknown gender. I swore it was a boy. Okay so I knew that my brother and his girlfriend went into the hospital at 3am Friday morning. So back the the message. It was from Todd our good friend. They had there 3rd boy at 7:15 last nite. Awesome!!!! Well this morining my mom called at like 5 something, my brother is now the proud new daddy of a 9 pound baby.............can you guess.........is the suspense killing you.............was I right..............GIRL!!!!!!!!!! I about fell out of bed when I heard that. They had all boy clothes when I was at there house last. I was sure they knew and wasn't telling anyone. I am still in utter shock. I was so sure it was a boy. GIRL!!!!!!!!!

So now my husband shares his birthday with a friends little girl, my mother in law shares her birthday with our friends little boy, Kaylee my daughter shares her birthday with her uncle and now I share my birthday with my niece. COOOL!!!!

Halloween

I know I know 3 post on one day with minutes of each other. Sorry I had alot to share! So my mother-inlaws b-day is today and Yes you seen that right my 30th b-day is tomorrow. Yes I am not excited to turn 30. I will get over it though. I also might be sharing it with a new niece or nephew. If not born already and we just don't know. I know they are in the process. Anyways so here is our little pink poodle in the above pics. We hit maybe 5 houses is all. But that is okay. Now mommy wont' have temptation in the house! Hope everyone has a good weekend. Will post pics of party and new baby as soon as I get them.

Happy B-day Mommy!

Tomorrow is my mommy's b-day. I love my mommy sooooo much. She is going to be 30. Mommy will post pics after her surprise b-day party that got leaked and is not so much a surprise anymore.

Happy B-day MOMMY! I love you!!!!

Happy B-day GrammaM!

Today is GrammaM's b-day! I am gramma's girl as you can see! Happy B-day Gramma!

Love Kaylee

Pitures

Ignore the date on the pictures. It got changed on my camera. So it is not right.

? 9 months ago

So I think we all at work have figured out what everybody was doing 9 months ago. We had many of the pic below last nite at work. We were having a hard time keeping rooms open. For awhile we had no rooms. But that has been the last several months. Average month is 300 babies.






So now that I can barely keep my eyes open. I woke up Tues at 11 am and am now going to bed on Wed 7:30am... I always do that to myself though. I never sleep the first day that I work a nite shift. I work again tonite. Then off for a few days. If I start to make no sense at all ignore me!!!!!!! I am going to bed now. Have a good day.

The Mom Song

Did you know and update

So yesterday was my 2nd meeting. I was so not looking forward to it. I had a stressful week at work last week. We have been so busy. 200 and some babies is 20 some days can make a person busy. So needless to say I didn't eat quite right. Then this weekend we had a wedding. Which Kaylee got crabby at and was kinda stressing momma out. So needless to say I didn't pass on cake. Plus we were gone all weekend. Ate alot of fast food cause we weren't home. So last nite I was expecting to either stay the same or gain. The scale was so nice to me. I lost 4 pounds which is a good thing. Cause the last time I joined the 2nd meeting I gained. Which I think is the reason I quit so fast. I got extremely discouraged immediately. So this was a good start. I have been behaving the last few days. So that is my update. Hopefully next week is even better.

Below is an email I got today from my cousin. It makes me sick that she is making that much money. I would die just to get enough money to be debt free, buy 2 nice vehicles and a new house. That is all I want. Do you think she would give to a good charity (HaHa)!



Oprah Winfrey made $260,000,000 from June of 06 to June of 07. Yes, on a check that would be Two Hundred and Sixty Million Dollars. Here is a further breakdown of her 1 year earnings.

Oprah earned:
One Year = $260,000,000
Per Month = $21,666,667
Per Day = $712,328 (that's more than the NFL league minimum for an entire season)
Per Hour = $29,680 (that's roughly the average yearly income for an american individual)
Per Minute = $494.673 (roughly an average persons weekly wage)
Per Second = $8.24 (That's right. Everyt ime Oprah breathes in and then exhales,, she makes around $16.48 cents.)