Ok, so where did we leave off? I believe we're on Monday now, which was our original hopeful day of getting to go home! Well, this didn't happen. They decided that they wanted you on IV antibiotics rather than oral antibiotics so they scheduled to have a PICC line put in your arm.
And to go w/the theme of this little adventure, this did NOT go well! At about 12:30 they took you and I to the procedure room and then put you to sleep with this milky white medication, I don't remember the name of it but it wasn't general anesthisia. I then went back to our hospital room to wait for you. The nurse and doctor told me it'd be 1/2 hour to 1 hour and then they would be done. Well about 2 hours into it they called me and said they were unable to get the PICC line in your arm and asked if it was okay if they did a central line. (The difference between a PICC line and a Central line is basically placement I believe. A PICC line goes in through a vein that connects to the vein above your heart, such as through the arm or leg. A Central line goes directly into the vein near your heart.) I wasn't sure then what the difference was and asked a few questions then told them they should know best so go for it. This still took about another hour, they had trouble getting the Central line in as well. So finally! I was able to go back to the room to see you. You were a bit groggy but as soon as you were fully awake you just wanted a bottle and to play!
From this point on it became a bit harder for you to stay entertained, finally I just put a blanket down on the floor in your room so you could play down there with plenty of room to roam around. There wasn't much else that went on Monday, we were just anxious to get to go home Tuesday since so far all your blood cultures hadn't come back positive.
Well on Tuesday we were hoping to get to go home early afternoon. Well of course, this didn't happen. With your central line the hopsital was trying to get our insurance to approve Home IV Therapy. They had told me Monday there wouldn't be a problem and they'd be able to get the insurance to approve it. Well at about 5 Tuesday night they finally admitted they probably wouldn't get it approved and asked if we'd be willing to stay one more night while they continued to work with the insurance. I said NO, we want to go HOME! I let the gal know that they can call me with any questions and we can just come back to the hospital so you can get your antibiotic. She agreed to this so we started packing everything up and finally got home about 7 that night. It was such a relief to be home!
Well, for the next 3 weeks we made the trip to the hospital every day so you could get your antibiotic through your central line. They had a playroom so we usually just played in there. The antibiotic was Rocephin, it took a 1/2 hour to go through the IV, so we were usually at the hospital anywhere from 1 to 2 hours. This depended on who the nurse was that day. Our favorite was a nurse named Ellie who was always ready for us when we got there so it never took very long with her. Other nurses wouldn't order the medicine until we were there and it could take an hour just to get the medication up to our floor!
Well on August 9th it was finally the day to get your central line out! I had to work so Grammy took you to get your last does of antibiotic and your central line out. You did great with everything and then were free! We were super excited because during all this time we hadn't been able to go swimming. SO on Sat Aug 10th it was our Ward Swim Party so after 3 weeks of not being able to get real good and wet we had a fun pool party w/all of our Ward Friends :)
I'm so glad that even though there seemed to be a lot of complications during the hospital stay, we were able to get you feeling better and healthy again!
You are such a sweet angel and always so good-natured and I'm very glad this experience did not change your sweet spirit at all.
I love you, princess
Love Mommy :)
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Hospital Stay Part 2
So after getting you admitted to the hospital we learn that they are worried there might be more to your infection then meets the eye. They decide that because of how swollen your ankle is they want to get an X-Ray and an MRI to see if something more is going on. Well, while they worked out on all the scheduling you had quite a few visitors! Your neighbors the Sorens' came by, your Grammy and Papa, your Uncle Jared and Aunt Jill and Uncle Chris and cousin Kelson! You are a very loved little girl. :)
Well they did the X-ray in your room and then scheduled the MRI for the next morning. Well the Xray just showed swelling, which, hello, was already obvious. The MRI got pushed from 8:30 to 2:45 so your fasting had been for nothing, BUT since it was scheduled for not too much later all you could have were "clear" liquids, so you had some pedialyte, but that seemed to help your grumbly tummy some.
They finally took you down for your MRI, and since you're just a baby, needed to do some general Anesthesia to make sure you stayed still. WELL the MRI showed there was some fluid in your ankle, but the Dr.'s said they were sure it was just AROUND the joint, not IN the joint. However, just to be sure, they decided you needed an Ultrasound. SO that night we took you down to have an Ultrasound, which again showed a LOT of fluid in your ankle. The Dr.'s decided it was best to put you under anesthesia again to get a biopsy of the fluid. After this they said the liquid was cloudy, instead of clear, but didn't think it was anything too serious. The Dr. let us know the lab would get a reading on it (not really sure how all that works) and then would maybe have you have surgery in the morning if it needed drained.
(So MRI happened 7/18/13)
Well, we never heard anything that night so we went to sleep. At 6 the next morning a hospital transport gentleman came in to take you to surgery. I hadn't heard anything from the Dr. so I asked to speak with one before he took you away. A little bit later your nurse came in saying that the transport had come in because the surgery spot had been reserved, but that no orders had come from the Dr. yet. So we went back to sleep. (Actually, I don't think you woke up for any of this, so just I went back to sleep, haha)
WELL, maybe about 5 minutes later the nurse came back saying the Dr DID want to do surgery and so transport came back for you and we met with the Dr down in pre-op. He said they still weren't convinced it was a joint infection but they wanted to get your ankle drained just to be on the safe side. Your daddy came over to be with me while you were in surgery.
(Surgery happened 7/19/13)
After surgery the Dr met with us to let us know everything went well and you would be waking up soon.
We went in to see you and you were clutching your angel bear still groggy but I was so happy to get to see you!
Your Ankle Pre- Surgery
Well they did the X-ray in your room and then scheduled the MRI for the next morning. Well the Xray just showed swelling, which, hello, was already obvious. The MRI got pushed from 8:30 to 2:45 so your fasting had been for nothing, BUT since it was scheduled for not too much later all you could have were "clear" liquids, so you had some pedialyte, but that seemed to help your grumbly tummy some.
They finally took you down for your MRI, and since you're just a baby, needed to do some general Anesthesia to make sure you stayed still. WELL the MRI showed there was some fluid in your ankle, but the Dr.'s said they were sure it was just AROUND the joint, not IN the joint. However, just to be sure, they decided you needed an Ultrasound. SO that night we took you down to have an Ultrasound, which again showed a LOT of fluid in your ankle. The Dr.'s decided it was best to put you under anesthesia again to get a biopsy of the fluid. After this they said the liquid was cloudy, instead of clear, but didn't think it was anything too serious. The Dr. let us know the lab would get a reading on it (not really sure how all that works) and then would maybe have you have surgery in the morning if it needed drained.
(So MRI happened 7/18/13)
Well, we never heard anything that night so we went to sleep. At 6 the next morning a hospital transport gentleman came in to take you to surgery. I hadn't heard anything from the Dr. so I asked to speak with one before he took you away. A little bit later your nurse came in saying that the transport had come in because the surgery spot had been reserved, but that no orders had come from the Dr. yet. So we went back to sleep. (Actually, I don't think you woke up for any of this, so just I went back to sleep, haha)
WELL, maybe about 5 minutes later the nurse came back saying the Dr DID want to do surgery and so transport came back for you and we met with the Dr down in pre-op. He said they still weren't convinced it was a joint infection but they wanted to get your ankle drained just to be on the safe side. Your daddy came over to be with me while you were in surgery.
(Surgery happened 7/19/13)
After surgery the Dr met with us to let us know everything went well and you would be waking up soon.
We went in to see you and you were clutching your angel bear still groggy but I was so happy to get to see you!
Getting to see you right after surgery
So we got to go back to your room and there we stayed for a few more days. You started to feel much better on Sunday when your fever went away. I don't remember much from Saturday, so I suppose not much happened besides monitoring your progress. OH and your Grammi and Grumpy Siepert and Auntie Nicole came to see you!! You were in such a good mood when they stopped by, you played and did your new trick, which was nodding your head, and were just full of smiles and giggles!
Sunday was another day of just sitting around making sure you were doing okay. Your Uncle Jared and Grammy and Papa Parrish were frequent visitors. And of course your Grammi and Grumpy Siepert and Aunt Nicole came to see you again before having to go back home. (I don't have pictures of that now, they have the pictures on their phones/ipads)
Also on Sunday they removed your soft cast to take out the drain on your foot. At this point they did tell us that your joint was infected as well as your blood had been infected. They told us as soon as you went 48 hours with negative blood cultures we'd be able to go home, so we knew at that point that it wasn't going to be Monday like we were hoping.
Well, I guess there is going to be a part 3 because it seems like there's still so much to tell and I'm getting sleepy!
Love you Princess!!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Hospital Stay
Dear Jyzelle,
Well, my dear sweet baby girl the past week has not been so good to you. On Saturday July 13th we went up to Cascade so I could go White Water Rafting with your Aunt Kimberly an PaPa, you stayed at the campsite with Grammi Parrish. Well while I was on the river Grammi noticed you started to get a bit fussy and very clingy. When we got home that night you continued to be very clingy and fussy so we put you to bed early thinking you were just tired and maybe teething.
Well on Sunday you would do nothing but lay on my chest, which is VERY unusual for you. You love to play and move around and explore EVERYTHING! Well, as we were getting you ready for church I noticed that you wouldn't put your right foot down. Dad and I then started thinking back through the day and realized that anytime your foot got moved you would get upset and cry. We then noticed how much you were favoring it and that it was swollen and a little red.
We were going to try to go to Sacrament meeting anyway but you seemed to get worse so decided to take you to the Urgent Care instead. We weren't sure what had happened, I thought you might have twisted/sprained your ankle, your Grammi thought you had a bug bite from the lake that got infected. The PA at the Urgent Care had you get it X-rayed. The X-ray came back normal, but seeing you favor your right foot so much he wrapped it up anyway and told us to follow up with your Dr. on Monday.
Well after this we started noticing your fevers and so decided it must be an infection of some sort. We went to see your Dr. on Monday and she agreed about the infection and gave you the antibiotic Cephalexin and drew a line around the redness on your ankle so we could see if it got worse. We then went home and I just cuddled you all day and pretty much all day Tuesday as well. It was hard to see you not want to play or do anything, but I was glad that you wanted me to comfort you as best as I could.
On Wednesday July 17, 2013 we again followed up with your doctor. You still had a fever over 102 and the redness had moved down your foot. She suggested we go to the ER so they could run tests more quickly then she could there in the clinic.
When we got the ER they got your right back to a room, took a look at your ankle and took notice of your fever and went to work to get some blood work and get you on an IV. They got a poke in your hand and got the blood out but couldn't get your vein to open up (I think I'm remembering/saying that right) to have the IV go there so they tried your foot. Again they could not get your vein to cooperate so they then had another nurse come try. It still took some time but finally they got an IV in your hand and let me just say that was so hard to sit through to watch you cry so much. I might have cried a little too :(
They then decided to keep you for 24 hours so you can continue on the IV antibiotic and make sure you were getting better. (This didn't happen)
Well, I'll finish this later, there's still a lot to go.
I love you my princess!
Love, Mama
Well, my dear sweet baby girl the past week has not been so good to you. On Saturday July 13th we went up to Cascade so I could go White Water Rafting with your Aunt Kimberly an PaPa, you stayed at the campsite with Grammi Parrish. Well while I was on the river Grammi noticed you started to get a bit fussy and very clingy. When we got home that night you continued to be very clingy and fussy so we put you to bed early thinking you were just tired and maybe teething.
Well on Sunday you would do nothing but lay on my chest, which is VERY unusual for you. You love to play and move around and explore EVERYTHING! Well, as we were getting you ready for church I noticed that you wouldn't put your right foot down. Dad and I then started thinking back through the day and realized that anytime your foot got moved you would get upset and cry. We then noticed how much you were favoring it and that it was swollen and a little red.
We were going to try to go to Sacrament meeting anyway but you seemed to get worse so decided to take you to the Urgent Care instead. We weren't sure what had happened, I thought you might have twisted/sprained your ankle, your Grammi thought you had a bug bite from the lake that got infected. The PA at the Urgent Care had you get it X-rayed. The X-ray came back normal, but seeing you favor your right foot so much he wrapped it up anyway and told us to follow up with your Dr. on Monday.
Well after this we started noticing your fevers and so decided it must be an infection of some sort. We went to see your Dr. on Monday and she agreed about the infection and gave you the antibiotic Cephalexin and drew a line around the redness on your ankle so we could see if it got worse. We then went home and I just cuddled you all day and pretty much all day Tuesday as well. It was hard to see you not want to play or do anything, but I was glad that you wanted me to comfort you as best as I could.
On Wednesday July 17, 2013 we again followed up with your doctor. You still had a fever over 102 and the redness had moved down your foot. She suggested we go to the ER so they could run tests more quickly then she could there in the clinic.
When we got the ER they got your right back to a room, took a look at your ankle and took notice of your fever and went to work to get some blood work and get you on an IV. They got a poke in your hand and got the blood out but couldn't get your vein to open up (I think I'm remembering/saying that right) to have the IV go there so they tried your foot. Again they could not get your vein to cooperate so they then had another nurse come try. It still took some time but finally they got an IV in your hand and let me just say that was so hard to sit through to watch you cry so much. I might have cried a little too :(
Well, I'll finish this later, there's still a lot to go.
I love you my princess!
Love, Mama
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
On a roll
Dear Jyzelle,
You got to go camping for the first time this past weekend! After we woke up from our nap on Saturday Momma decided she wanted to go camping. So we made a quick lunch and started packing up the Jeep to head out on our adventure. Well, a while ago we lost our sleeping bags, and so for Momma's and Dada's birthday Grammi and Papa helped us get some new ones :)
We were going to go to Willow Creek but when we got there all of the camp sites were full, so we decided to keep on driving for a bit and see what we could find. Your dad had remembered seeing a meadow type area when him and your uncles had gone fishing so we were going to try and find that. Well before we got that far we found a spot that looked like it had a flat area to put up a tent and looked like it had some rocks around to make a fire pit.
We pulled over, I strapped you to me with the Moby Wrap and began finding rocks to put together a pit while Dad started chopping wood. After we got that all put together and the tin foils dinner cooking we started setting up the tent and the rest of camp.
There wasn't much else exciting going on besides a normal camping trip. You slept in my sleeping bag with me, and slept better than me too. haha.
After we got up (early, as it seems when camping it's impossible to sleep in) we had breakfast, got the jeep packed up then went on a little hike! (Sadly I don't have those pics, they're on Dada's phone). You fell asleep but it was still a lot of fun and a BEAUTIFUL view!
We made it back in time to get to church, but as Sacrament meeting went on I realized I did not pack your diaper bag right. Had a bottle but no formula, had 1 diaper but no wipes, had baby food but not spoon!! So we had to cut it short and head home.
On Monday we went SWIMMING!! I know I've said this before but you just love the water SOO much! We went with your Aunt Kimberly, cousins Abbigail and Brooklyn, and your friend from next door Lily! After about 1 1/2 hours of swimming you got tired so just laid your head down on Momma's arm and relaxed. It was so sweet to get to cuddle with you. Lily asked if you would cuddle with her and I said we could try, and you did for a minute or two!!
For dinner we had the missionaries over and served them Elk steaks, corn on the cob, and french fries. It's always fun to have the missionaries over :)
WELL, last night at about 3:45 you woke up fussing a bit but before I ever even got out of bed you had stopped and gone back to sleep. Then at about 6 you did the same thing. Well a little after 9 you finally woke up for good! While I was feeding you breakfast I remember thinking those 2 times you had woken up that you were probably teething, so I decided to check! And sure enough there on the bottom you have 2 teeth!! I'm so excited for you!! I love watching you grow and every new thing just makes me so excited for you!!!
I love you baby girl! My sweet Princess!
Love, Momma
Daddy putting you to sleep :)
Had your first ice cream cone!
And you discovered dirt...
So Happy to play with momma and Dada
Fell asleep drinking your bottle, but I wasn't quick enough to get a pic of it. Dada has some don't worry :)
First time in a tent you had to go exploring
Having some breakfast at the camp site :)
Ready to go on a hike!
So much fun swimming!! Whenever your feet are in the water you just kick and kick and kick!!
You always fall asleep holding on to your toys in the car seat. haha
Just a relaxing evening at home :)
You got to go camping for the first time this past weekend! After we woke up from our nap on Saturday Momma decided she wanted to go camping. So we made a quick lunch and started packing up the Jeep to head out on our adventure. Well, a while ago we lost our sleeping bags, and so for Momma's and Dada's birthday Grammi and Papa helped us get some new ones :)
We were going to go to Willow Creek but when we got there all of the camp sites were full, so we decided to keep on driving for a bit and see what we could find. Your dad had remembered seeing a meadow type area when him and your uncles had gone fishing so we were going to try and find that. Well before we got that far we found a spot that looked like it had a flat area to put up a tent and looked like it had some rocks around to make a fire pit.
We pulled over, I strapped you to me with the Moby Wrap and began finding rocks to put together a pit while Dad started chopping wood. After we got that all put together and the tin foils dinner cooking we started setting up the tent and the rest of camp.
There wasn't much else exciting going on besides a normal camping trip. You slept in my sleeping bag with me, and slept better than me too. haha.
After we got up (early, as it seems when camping it's impossible to sleep in) we had breakfast, got the jeep packed up then went on a little hike! (Sadly I don't have those pics, they're on Dada's phone). You fell asleep but it was still a lot of fun and a BEAUTIFUL view!
We made it back in time to get to church, but as Sacrament meeting went on I realized I did not pack your diaper bag right. Had a bottle but no formula, had 1 diaper but no wipes, had baby food but not spoon!! So we had to cut it short and head home.
On Monday we went SWIMMING!! I know I've said this before but you just love the water SOO much! We went with your Aunt Kimberly, cousins Abbigail and Brooklyn, and your friend from next door Lily! After about 1 1/2 hours of swimming you got tired so just laid your head down on Momma's arm and relaxed. It was so sweet to get to cuddle with you. Lily asked if you would cuddle with her and I said we could try, and you did for a minute or two!!
For dinner we had the missionaries over and served them Elk steaks, corn on the cob, and french fries. It's always fun to have the missionaries over :)
WELL, last night at about 3:45 you woke up fussing a bit but before I ever even got out of bed you had stopped and gone back to sleep. Then at about 6 you did the same thing. Well a little after 9 you finally woke up for good! While I was feeding you breakfast I remember thinking those 2 times you had woken up that you were probably teething, so I decided to check! And sure enough there on the bottom you have 2 teeth!! I'm so excited for you!! I love watching you grow and every new thing just makes me so excited for you!!!
I love you baby girl! My sweet Princess!
Love, Momma
Fell asleep drinking your bottle, but I wasn't quick enough to get a pic of it. Dada has some don't worry :)
Monday, June 3, 2013
Weekends are fun
Dear Jyzelle,
We had a good relaxing weekend! We got up early on Saturday, dad made Mama and him French toast, then went to go grocery shopping hoping to beat the crowds! When we went to get you out of bed you were holding all your binks as well as had one in your mouth! I hadn't even realized that many binks were in your crib! haha. Well, while we were at the store, we forgot it was the 1st of the month, and I think no matter what Wal-Mart will ALWAYS have hoards of crowds on the first of the month. 2 hours later we finally got home though!
We then came home and had a great 3 hour nap! I'm so glad you're such a good sleeper so when Mama and Dada want to have some down time you give us ample time to enjoy our own naps! After that your Mama worked hard making more baby food for you. I'm not sure why, but I just love making your food! I thought when I first started to do it back in April that it would just be a huge pain! I found however that knowing what I'm feeding you is what I picked out and got for you instead of just getting it all off the baby shelf makes me happy. I then finally put pictures of you up around the house and in our photo album!, Later PaPa and Uncle Richard came and installed our ceiling fan for us :)
SUNDAY was a GREAT day! You are now 7 months old!! You also decided to show off for Mama and Dada. You showed us that you can army crawl to get to whatever you want that's out of reach!(In fact I'm watching you do it right now for your tweety bird teether as I'm writing this :) ) You also showed us you can stay sitting up while reaching for a toy! You still can't sit up for long periods of time but you're getting better and better at the balance of it! Dada had a church meeting to go to so while he was gone we turned on some disney music and danced! You giggle and smile and just enjoy being tossed around and twirled. :)
At church you showed us that you can hold yourself in a standing position at the back of the bench. Especially when the lady behind us had a fun toy you wanted to play with. :) She was nice and let you take it from her. It was one of those ball toys that had all the, gosh I'm not even sure what to call them, strings? that are really stretchy when you pull them? You would go to grab it then pull your hand away unsure what to do with it. It's so fun to see you exploring new touches!
During Sunday School you were getting restless so I took you outside. You were SO fascinated by the trees and bushes. I picked you up so you could reach the tree and you loved touching the leaves. We then looked at the flowers and I helped you touch a petal. It was so soft! You pulled off one petal and kept looking at it in your hand and rubbing it between your fingers. If anyone ever forgets how beautiful this world is, all they need to do is watch a baby explore it and I don't know how they couldn't realize how amazing it is!
After we got home and had dinner we went to the park. Have I told you how much you LOVE the swings? You are so fun to watch. You laugh and smile and have yet to complain about how high or low you are going! One of our favorite games is to catch the swing when it comes up, count 1, 2, 3, and before we even let go you are laughing! It's all about the excitement of what is to come I suppose. :)
This morning I finally got out of bed a little after 9 and decided to go check on you before starting my workout. Well, you were awake, just holding your hand in front of you opening and closing it. Never heard a peep from you to know you were awake :) I just love what a good baby you are! I hope you continue to always be so sweet and fun to be around! I have no doubt that you won't be, but no matter what I will always love you!!
Here's to another great day together! :)
Love, Mama
We had a good relaxing weekend! We got up early on Saturday, dad made Mama and him French toast, then went to go grocery shopping hoping to beat the crowds! When we went to get you out of bed you were holding all your binks as well as had one in your mouth! I hadn't even realized that many binks were in your crib! haha. Well, while we were at the store, we forgot it was the 1st of the month, and I think no matter what Wal-Mart will ALWAYS have hoards of crowds on the first of the month. 2 hours later we finally got home though!
We then came home and had a great 3 hour nap! I'm so glad you're such a good sleeper so when Mama and Dada want to have some down time you give us ample time to enjoy our own naps! After that your Mama worked hard making more baby food for you. I'm not sure why, but I just love making your food! I thought when I first started to do it back in April that it would just be a huge pain! I found however that knowing what I'm feeding you is what I picked out and got for you instead of just getting it all off the baby shelf makes me happy. I then finally put pictures of you up around the house and in our photo album!, Later PaPa and Uncle Richard came and installed our ceiling fan for us :)
SUNDAY was a GREAT day! You are now 7 months old!! You also decided to show off for Mama and Dada. You showed us that you can army crawl to get to whatever you want that's out of reach!(In fact I'm watching you do it right now for your tweety bird teether as I'm writing this :) ) You also showed us you can stay sitting up while reaching for a toy! You still can't sit up for long periods of time but you're getting better and better at the balance of it! Dada had a church meeting to go to so while he was gone we turned on some disney music and danced! You giggle and smile and just enjoy being tossed around and twirled. :)
At church you showed us that you can hold yourself in a standing position at the back of the bench. Especially when the lady behind us had a fun toy you wanted to play with. :) She was nice and let you take it from her. It was one of those ball toys that had all the, gosh I'm not even sure what to call them, strings? that are really stretchy when you pull them? You would go to grab it then pull your hand away unsure what to do with it. It's so fun to see you exploring new touches!
During Sunday School you were getting restless so I took you outside. You were SO fascinated by the trees and bushes. I picked you up so you could reach the tree and you loved touching the leaves. We then looked at the flowers and I helped you touch a petal. It was so soft! You pulled off one petal and kept looking at it in your hand and rubbing it between your fingers. If anyone ever forgets how beautiful this world is, all they need to do is watch a baby explore it and I don't know how they couldn't realize how amazing it is!
After we got home and had dinner we went to the park. Have I told you how much you LOVE the swings? You are so fun to watch. You laugh and smile and have yet to complain about how high or low you are going! One of our favorite games is to catch the swing when it comes up, count 1, 2, 3, and before we even let go you are laughing! It's all about the excitement of what is to come I suppose. :)
This morning I finally got out of bed a little after 9 and decided to go check on you before starting my workout. Well, you were awake, just holding your hand in front of you opening and closing it. Never heard a peep from you to know you were awake :) I just love what a good baby you are! I hope you continue to always be so sweet and fun to be around! I have no doubt that you won't be, but no matter what I will always love you!!
Here's to another great day together! :)
Love, Mama
This is a baby picture of me, and you've been making somewhat the same face so I was trying to see how similar they really were :)
You LOVE water/bathtime!
Playing in your saucer :)
A work project Liz and I did for Relay for Life :)
You do NOT like to sleep on your back, so you found a way to get on your side, even while strapped in! I then of course had to cover you with a blanket so you didn't get cold :)
Playing under the bench at church
7 months old! Having fun at the park :)
Showing us how well you can stand while holding on to something :) (A few moments after taking the pic you did fall.)
Wouldn't even let go of your binks after Dada picked you up!
You are very good at reaching for things! After you got the spoon out I helped you get bites before you made a big mess :)
Monday, May 27, 2013
Memorial Day weekend
Dear Jyzelle,
You had your first Memorial Day Weekend! Because your momma works Thursday's and Friday's this didn't really start until Saturday. Your dada had left Thursday morning to spend the long weekend with his parents in Rexburg. This did not quite go as expected so he came home Saturday night! For us our Saturday was spent getting up about 7 to go watch your cousins' Cadance, Olivia, and Averielle while your Uncle Richard did one job before they left for Utah. We went to a few yard sales in their neighborhood and your cousins' loved it! They each found an item to get and just loved looking at everyone's stuff they were trying to sell. We didn't really find anything for you though.
We then went to spend some time with Grammi. She was helping your Aunt Kimberly and cousins Abbigail and Brooklyn get ready to go camping! You were asleep when we got to their house and momma left you in your car seat while you slept. Aunt Kim walked by and saw you were awake a little while later and Grammi and I joked that you need to learn to make some kind of noise to alert us to you waking up! You always get so excited when you see your extended family with lots of smiles and feet kicks :)
We didn't do much else Saturday, we went home and cleaned up a bit then took a nice long about 3 hour nap while we waited for your dada to finish his drive home. We then bought Jack Reacher to watch, put you to bed and that was that.
On Sunday we decided we needed to go do something adventurous! So we packed some hot links and snacks for a trip to Bald Mountain and headed out! It was about a 2 hour drive. Once we got to the mountain it was only 10 miles in, but driving those roads that takes about 30 to 45 minutes! At one point we were worried we weren't going to find it, but we did! You had so much fun seeing the outdoors, it was your first long outing with that type of environment. After we finished eating we heard thunder and saw some lightning. It was REALLY loud, but you did good and just looked around trying to figure out where the sound was coming from! After we felt the first raindrop we packed up the jeep and sat in there and watched as it HAILED! It was so loud! And in just a few moments the ground looked like it was covered in an inch or more of snow!
We made our way back down the mountain and about halfway down ran into your dad's friend Dean. We chatted with him for a bit and he just thought you were the cutest little thing! He held you for a bit but you kept kicking his radio equipment on his belt so I had to take you back.
Eventually we made it back home and just had a relaxing evening finishing our movie then going to bed.
On Monday you woke up and started playing with your rattle. I later joked to mom that it's a good thing you always have a rattle in bed with you so I know when you wake up, otherwise I might not ever know! We went to IHOP and met your Grammi, PaPa, and cousins and Aunt Kimberly there. You got to eat some eggs and pancake. You then tried a "Gogurt" for the first time and LOVED it! PaPa ordered you one of your very own and you gobbled it right up! Your dada then went to help PaPa tear out a wall in Grammi's and his house to open up the upstairs a lot more. We'll have to show you pictures of what it used to look like since you won't ever remember seeing it the way your momma grew up there! We then came home had a nap then went back for a BBQ later that evening.
It was a good fun full weekend and I enjoyed getting to spend all of it with you and your dada and family!
I love you princess, you're in bed sleeping peacefully now and we'll spend more time together tomorrow.
Love, Momma :)
You had your first Memorial Day Weekend! Because your momma works Thursday's and Friday's this didn't really start until Saturday. Your dada had left Thursday morning to spend the long weekend with his parents in Rexburg. This did not quite go as expected so he came home Saturday night! For us our Saturday was spent getting up about 7 to go watch your cousins' Cadance, Olivia, and Averielle while your Uncle Richard did one job before they left for Utah. We went to a few yard sales in their neighborhood and your cousins' loved it! They each found an item to get and just loved looking at everyone's stuff they were trying to sell. We didn't really find anything for you though.
We then went to spend some time with Grammi. She was helping your Aunt Kimberly and cousins Abbigail and Brooklyn get ready to go camping! You were asleep when we got to their house and momma left you in your car seat while you slept. Aunt Kim walked by and saw you were awake a little while later and Grammi and I joked that you need to learn to make some kind of noise to alert us to you waking up! You always get so excited when you see your extended family with lots of smiles and feet kicks :)
We didn't do much else Saturday, we went home and cleaned up a bit then took a nice long about 3 hour nap while we waited for your dada to finish his drive home. We then bought Jack Reacher to watch, put you to bed and that was that.
On Sunday we decided we needed to go do something adventurous! So we packed some hot links and snacks for a trip to Bald Mountain and headed out! It was about a 2 hour drive. Once we got to the mountain it was only 10 miles in, but driving those roads that takes about 30 to 45 minutes! At one point we were worried we weren't going to find it, but we did! You had so much fun seeing the outdoors, it was your first long outing with that type of environment. After we finished eating we heard thunder and saw some lightning. It was REALLY loud, but you did good and just looked around trying to figure out where the sound was coming from! After we felt the first raindrop we packed up the jeep and sat in there and watched as it HAILED! It was so loud! And in just a few moments the ground looked like it was covered in an inch or more of snow!
We made our way back down the mountain and about halfway down ran into your dad's friend Dean. We chatted with him for a bit and he just thought you were the cutest little thing! He held you for a bit but you kept kicking his radio equipment on his belt so I had to take you back.
Eventually we made it back home and just had a relaxing evening finishing our movie then going to bed.
On Monday you woke up and started playing with your rattle. I later joked to mom that it's a good thing you always have a rattle in bed with you so I know when you wake up, otherwise I might not ever know! We went to IHOP and met your Grammi, PaPa, and cousins and Aunt Kimberly there. You got to eat some eggs and pancake. You then tried a "Gogurt" for the first time and LOVED it! PaPa ordered you one of your very own and you gobbled it right up! Your dada then went to help PaPa tear out a wall in Grammi's and his house to open up the upstairs a lot more. We'll have to show you pictures of what it used to look like since you won't ever remember seeing it the way your momma grew up there! We then came home had a nap then went back for a BBQ later that evening.
It was a good fun full weekend and I enjoyed getting to spend all of it with you and your dada and family!
I love you princess, you're in bed sleeping peacefully now and we'll spend more time together tomorrow.
Love, Momma :)
Oh yes, you also discovered stuffed animals this weekend. You were a big fan :)
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