Quite a bit has happened since Lilly was born in September and she has changed so much! We have been really busy, not only with a new baby in the house, but we also moved, I had to have surgery, and then the holidays! It has been a nightmare! But, I will attempted to post updates on all accounts! First Lilly! She is such a sweet baby, that being said she is also very picky (I'm told that's a girl thing?) She is also a mama's girl, don't get me wrong she likes Dad and Grandpa is good too but that's about it. I have come to discover that she really likes her brother however! Whenever she hears his voice she looks for him and she loves to lie next to him on the floor while he plays. As far as growth is concerned, Lilly is getting big! She has just about doubled her birth weight and has grown several inches. She Loves to smile, I have even heard her laugh and squeal! She can roll over and hold her head up when she is up right! Shes so Strong (and strong willed)I have no doubt she will be crawling as soon as she is strong enough! She is truly a joy!
And we arrive at the next update. Where did we move? My parents recently bought a project, a cute little home in east Bakersfield. I fell in love with it right away! It reminded me of a doll house! Unfortunately it needed a lot of TLC!!! All of the windows had to be replaced as did all of the flooring. There was layer upon layer, decades worth of wall paper in just about every room! We all worked very hard! Especially my parents and Rick, day in day out to fix the house up so we could move into it! My Aunt Ellen (Gay) and Uncle Rowe were amazing!! They came down from Utah and layed all new flooring through out the whole house, they layed tile, painted, cleaned, and did so much more! I am so thankful to them for doing everything they did (they did a whole LOT!!) I am once again also very thankful for my parents for there love, help, generosity and so much more! I also want to thank my little sister Merrie for watching the kids so much during the madness!!
Shortly after we moved into the new house, and while we were still trying to unpack, get settled and paint the kitchen, I had an emergency. (Monday) I kept getting these awful pains in my stomach, back and chest. I scheduled a doctors appointment but it got so bad, I finally had to go to urgent care. (Tuesday) On my first trip to urgent care, the doctor was a moron! She ran a couple test, thought I had a kidney stone and sent me for an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed no kidney stones but it did show possibility of gal stones. Instead of addressing the possibility of gal stones she told me she still thought it was kidney stones. She gave me some vicodin and sent me home. (Wednesday) 36 hours later, still in pain and vicodin not helping. So I returned to urgent care. This time I had an amazing doctor! He right away knew what was wrong! He did an ultrasound himself to confirmed his suspicions, I had a mess of gal stones! But then he drooped the bomb. I needed to go to the hospital and have my gal badder removed asap. The Doctor hooked me to an IV and gave me meds through the IV for the pain, as we waited for a bed to open up at the hospital. My dad came by on his way home from work and he and Rick gave me a blessing. We only waited about 30 minuets for a bed, and then headed over to the hospital. I was very nervous! I had never been under the knife before. And I was upset I had to be away from my babies! (once again a special thanks to my parents, Rick's parents and Merrie for taking such wonderful care of my babies while I was in the hospital! And thanks to my wonderful husband who stayed with me the whole time!!!) Wednesday night I was admitted into the hospital, Thursday afternoon I had my surgery. They did not get all the stones out in the surgery and I was in a lot of pain when I woke up not only from the surgery but from the remaining stone(s) so the next day (Friday) I had to have a scope put down my throat to collect the remaining stone(s). I was really hoping I'd be able to go home Friday but no such luck (and I actually cried when they told me I had to stay another night!) Saturday afternoon I was finally discharged! We went to our house and found my parents there painting and working on the kitchen (there aren't enough thank yous in the world but here's another one!) I was so happy to see Matthew!! I missed him so much! Then we headed over to Rick's parents house to pick up Lilly. (another special thank you to Larry and Shelia for keeping a cranky 2 month old baby who was not used to being bottle fed!) It was so nice to finally be back home with my family!! (Update: One month later I am completely healed up)
Thanksgiving! This year Rick had Thanksgiving off for the first time in 3-4 years. We watched the Macy's parade, I cooked a turkey with all the fixings. We ate at our house in the late morning, then we went to my parents house late afternoon and ate again. We played games and made some new friends! It was a fun and relaxing holiday! Reflection: My family really has a lot to be thankful for this year! We added a new little baby to our family, and she truly is a sweet spirit! We love her so much! I am thankful for the men in my life, my sweet husband and my sweet sweet Matthew! I am truly thankful that Rick has a job during these economically trying times, and I am thankful that we have health insurance, in light of all that has happened recently! I am thankful for family and the love and support that they have shown us! I am especially thankful for my parents, for everything that they have done for us ( I couldn't even begin to list the things!!) They are truly the worlds best parents!! (And I am so lucky that they happen to be mine!!) And lastly and most importantly I am thankful for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ everything and everyone that has enriched my life has all come from them, and words cannot express my gratitude!
Halloween was not so fun this year! It fell right during the time that we had to move. I did at least make sure the kids had costumes (Matthew was a scarecrow and Lilly was a pumpkin) and Matthew got to do some trick-or-treating, but it was crazy and I'm glad it's over! Rick also had to work on Halloween so the last of the moving responsibilities fell on me. And I would just like to thank my parents and some very wonderful people from church, with out them (I can't think of the appropriate words to describe what things would have been like with out them, but lets just say it would have been VERY bad!) We did however get moved! And Matthew got to trick-or-treat!
And we arrive at the next update. Where did we move? My parents recently bought a project, a cute little home in east Bakersfield. I fell in love with it right away! It reminded me of a doll house! Unfortunately it needed a lot of TLC!!! All of the windows had to be replaced as did all of the flooring. There was layer upon layer, decades worth of wall paper in just about every room! We all worked very hard! Especially my parents and Rick, day in day out to fix the house up so we could move into it! My Aunt Ellen (Gay) and Uncle Rowe were amazing!! They came down from Utah and layed all new flooring through out the whole house, they layed tile, painted, cleaned, and did so much more! I am so thankful to them for doing everything they did (they did a whole LOT!!) I am once again also very thankful for my parents for there love, help, generosity and so much more! I also want to thank my little sister Merrie for watching the kids so much during the madness!!
Shortly after we moved into the new house, and while we were still trying to unpack, get settled and paint the kitchen, I had an emergency. (Monday) I kept getting these awful pains in my stomach, back and chest. I scheduled a doctors appointment but it got so bad, I finally had to go to urgent care. (Tuesday) On my first trip to urgent care, the doctor was a moron! She ran a couple test, thought I had a kidney stone and sent me for an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed no kidney stones but it did show possibility of gal stones. Instead of addressing the possibility of gal stones she told me she still thought it was kidney stones. She gave me some vicodin and sent me home. (Wednesday) 36 hours later, still in pain and vicodin not helping. So I returned to urgent care. This time I had an amazing doctor! He right away knew what was wrong! He did an ultrasound himself to confirmed his suspicions, I had a mess of gal stones! But then he drooped the bomb. I needed to go to the hospital and have my gal badder removed asap. The Doctor hooked me to an IV and gave me meds through the IV for the pain, as we waited for a bed to open up at the hospital. My dad came by on his way home from work and he and Rick gave me a blessing. We only waited about 30 minuets for a bed, and then headed over to the hospital. I was very nervous! I had never been under the knife before. And I was upset I had to be away from my babies! (once again a special thanks to my parents, Rick's parents and Merrie for taking such wonderful care of my babies while I was in the hospital! And thanks to my wonderful husband who stayed with me the whole time!!!) Wednesday night I was admitted into the hospital, Thursday afternoon I had my surgery. They did not get all the stones out in the surgery and I was in a lot of pain when I woke up not only from the surgery but from the remaining stone(s) so the next day (Friday) I had to have a scope put down my throat to collect the remaining stone(s). I was really hoping I'd be able to go home Friday but no such luck (and I actually cried when they told me I had to stay another night!) Saturday afternoon I was finally discharged! We went to our house and found my parents there painting and working on the kitchen (there aren't enough thank yous in the world but here's another one!) I was so happy to see Matthew!! I missed him so much! Then we headed over to Rick's parents house to pick up Lilly. (another special thank you to Larry and Shelia for keeping a cranky 2 month old baby who was not used to being bottle fed!) It was so nice to finally be back home with my family!! (Update: One month later I am completely healed up)
Thanksgiving! This year Rick had Thanksgiving off for the first time in 3-4 years. We watched the Macy's parade, I cooked a turkey with all the fixings. We ate at our house in the late morning, then we went to my parents house late afternoon and ate again. We played games and made some new friends! It was a fun and relaxing holiday! Reflection: My family really has a lot to be thankful for this year! We added a new little baby to our family, and she truly is a sweet spirit! We love her so much! I am thankful for the men in my life, my sweet husband and my sweet sweet Matthew! I am truly thankful that Rick has a job during these economically trying times, and I am thankful that we have health insurance, in light of all that has happened recently! I am thankful for family and the love and support that they have shown us! I am especially thankful for my parents, for everything that they have done for us ( I couldn't even begin to list the things!!) They are truly the worlds best parents!! (And I am so lucky that they happen to be mine!!) And lastly and most importantly I am thankful for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ everything and everyone that has enriched my life has all come from them, and words cannot express my gratitude!
Lastly, the month of December! My favorite month!! My dear sweet husband turned 27 during the first part of December! My not so little sister turned 17. Matthew is officially 2 and a half, and Lilly is 3 months old! I absolutely love this time of year! I remember how magical it was when I was a child! And now that I have children of my own I get to experience that magic again! I have really enjoyed watching Matthew discover Santa, and presents and all the fun that comes with this time of year! (I have tried explaining that it's Jesus' birthday but I'm not sure he quite gets it but he will eventually!) He recently told me that he wants Santa to bring him cars and trains, so I know he understands how that works! He loves our Christmas tree and the Christmas lights outside on the house! And his favorite movie right now is the Polar Express! I love seeing the magic of the season come alive! Well I am pretty much caught up now! There is one more week till Christmas so I will have something to post about very soon! Can't wait!!
