Sleeping Daddy=Hippo Neck

So, today for dinner we went to Jack-in-the-Box. James Micheal got a hungry hippo toy in his kids meal and was really excited to open it when he got home. Well, James crashed on the couch to take a nap, since his surgery he has been really tired. Well, I guess James Micheal thought it was the perfect time to see if his hippo could balance on daddy's neck, and well, it fit. I had to take some pics, James Micheal was super proud of himself. James Micheal sitting next to his creation,(he wanted me to take the pictures, he asked)
A disease called hippo neck.This form of disease manifested itself in a yellow colored raised bump, right below the chin.

Makayla in her Stander

Well, for those of you who don't know, Makayla has been making a lot of progress physically. She is almost standing up on her own with shoes on and is rolling around everywhere. The physical therapist fitted her for a stander about four weeks ago. It has made all the difference and is the main reason for all her progress. She will be fitted for splints in a couple of weeks, because they think she has weak ankles. The splints will help her stand alone. We are all hoping she is standing on her own by Christmas and walking by her birthday. Besides that, her speech pathologist thinks she is ready to do another swallow study at the end of December. She feels like Makayla might be ready for a thinner consistency of fluids. She hasn't aspirated since the hospital and has stopped tilting her neck back to drink which is a good sign she is learning to swallow correctly. We are so happy she is making such great progress. Here are some pictures of her in her stander. This contraption helps stabilize her legs so she can use her back and hips to pull her body up.

Trick-or-Treating

We all had a lot of fun taking James Micheal and Makayla trick-or-treating. James Micheal loved getting candy and would say he needed to get a piece of candy for Makayla and he would take two. He would then go put a piece into Makayla's bucket hooked to the stroller. Everytime a door would close, he would say, "I need to go to another one, and get more candy." It was so cute, and Makayla had fun in her stroller dressed up as a ladybug. James Micheal was a dragon. Here are some pictures of James Micheal and Makayla's stash of candy after two straight hours of trick-or-treating and them in their costumes.

Pumpkin Movie Night!

So ABC, aired It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, which is one of my favorite halloween movies. So we let James Micheal stay up late with us to watch it at eight. It was a lot of fun, we made pumpkin face cookies and ghost sugar cookies. We all sat down with a cup of egg nog and enjoyed the movie. James Micheal just kept laughing at Snoopy, it was really cute. He also helped me make the cookies, which was pretty easy considering they were pre-cut and pre-made, Thanks Pillsbury. Enjoy the pictures.

So, I have been tagged.. Thanks Melanie!!

So, gratefully, I have been tagged. In truth, I am not very grateful, and Melanie, I doubt it was very random my dear. Either way, here are 7 wierd things about me.

1. My nickname in high school was whale. Not because I was a whale mind you, but because my mouth is about the size of a whales. And the funny part is my husband gave me this nickname and he didnt even go to my high school. I told my friend that he called me that one time and then she proceeded to spread it around, and by the end of the day my teachers and classmates were calling me that. Who thought I would end up marrying the guy.

2.I really love Jelly Belly's. I went through a pear and Doctor Pepper Jelly Belly phase with this pregnancy. It lasted about 3 days, and I am sure I consumed over 300 Jelly Beans.

3. I love the smell of Gain Laundry Detergent. I usually go down the laundry soap isle every time I go to the store and just sit there and smell the box. The funny thing is, is I usually never use Gain Laundry Detergent.

4. I also love the smell of wet towlettes from McDonalds. Everyone who knows me,knows I spent two years of my life under the golden arches and really didn't like it very much. Whenever I would get stressed out I would smell a moist towellette. I know people think I am a freak, but I have something about my sense of smell.Sorry, I am a freak.

5. I used to want to be a speech pathologist when I went to BYU,and was planning on teaching deaf people how to talk. I was really good at sign language too. I had an ASL teacher come up to me one time when I was signing with my friend, cause she thought I was deaf, because I was signing so fast. When I told her I wasn't and it was my first year she was amazed. Ok, that is my only bragging one, I can't sign like that anymore either so don't ask me.

6. I love my husbands third pupil. I used to think if I ever had to go identify him in the morgue or something, I would always know who he was, because of his third pupil. Thats sounds really creepy now that I am reading back what I am typing but, anyways, moving on...

7. My final wierd fact, is...I really do not like being pregnant. I think I like it when I am not pregnant, and then when I am, I realize how much I hate it. I think my mind phases out all the preggo stuff as soon as I have the baby. Which probably isn't very good, cause I already almost have 3 kids, it scares me to think how many more I will have before I really start remembering.


And now I pass on my tag to my seven unsuspecting victims.
Laura Brinck
Trissa Divis
Camille English
Lateshia (sorry i dunno your last name)
Mikela Selbe
Tara Montoya
Hiliary Divis

FHE Pumpkin Fun!

So yesterday for Family Home Evening, we decided we had waited long enough to carve pumpkins. James Micheal got to pick out a little baby pumpkin that he got to color on with a crayon. James and I picked out a good medium sized one and decided to only carve one this year. James actually did most of the work. During Family Home Evening we enjoyed pumpkin cookies(yummy)and had a good lesson on being a child of God. We are trying to prepare James Micheal for the new baby, so he isn't too upset when Evan is born. He seems to realize something is going on, because he always touches my belly and looks at it. And he likes kissing the baby, which means he drools all over my tummy. But, hopefully the baby won't totally rattle him, January seems to be coming fast. Anyways, after lesson we watched dad carve the pumpkin and James Micheal and I colored in his coloring book and on his pumpkin. It was a great night, and Makayla enjoyed jumping in her jumper to church music playing in the living room. I definetly love the start of the holidays, I think Halloween really ushers in the fall season well. Enjoy the pictures!

Greenbluff Fun!!

Last Saturday, my mom, my brother, my nephew, and James and the kids, and me, all went to the Harvest House at Green Bluff. We all had a great time, and my mom had fun snapping pictures of her grandbabies. There was a cute pumpkin patch that James Micheal and Liam had a great time in. We also went on a Hay Ride, which was great and all the kids had fun. Makayla did suprisingly well for it being so busy and all oustide. We finished off the trip with pumpkin doughnuts,(only the best doughnuts ever made)and a trip to the Craft area. Thanks for capturing memories of our great fall festivities, mom.James Micheal looking handsome
Makayla looking like she is strangling James Micheal!
Pumpkin Fun
Pushing War
Fun on the Hay Ride!
Walking
Cuties with Pumpkins!
Playing Tag

James Micheal is SICK!

Man, just when I think Makayla is getting well after her pneumonia. James Micheal gets sick. Makayla finished her last dose of icky medicine Thursday night, and guess who got a fever, Thursday night... James Micheal. He has a terrible cough and it has been keeping him up at night, so I finally decided to take him to the doctor tomorrow. Poor little guy, just doesn't get a break. I am pretty sure he gave it to Makayla too, cause now her nose is running like a faucet, and I heard her cough this morning. And well, guess who else is getting it, me. I do not need this, poor Makayla just got done being sick and now James Micheal started and is spreading it around. Well, enough of my venting, hopefully it is just a cold and not bronchitis or somehing. Everyone, cross your fingers, I know I am.,

Funny Bits of James Micheal

Poor James Micheal hasn't been able to get a lot of time just for him since Makayla has been sick. Just so everyone knows Makayla is doing really well, and acting like herself again, sassy and sweet. But, this post is about our James Micheal. He does the funniest stuff. The other day, he tried to sit on his train box, which is only a cardboard box, and well, he fell right through. He couldn't get up so I helped him, only after I got a cute picture.
He also has red sheets on his bed, and every now and then he likes to take his pillowcase off and wrap it from his head to his toes, and walk around telling people he is a hot dog.
He also loves his cousin Liam, they are dancing around to the music playing on our keyboard. They are so cute together, when they aren't fighting. I just wanted to share these cute memories of our sweet boy. Enjoy!

Makayla is Home!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that Makayla is home now. After an ER trip that turned into a 4 night 5 day stay at the hospital, we are glad to be home. Well, they found out that the soar on her leg is not MRSA. They still aren't sure, they think she got an infection from her shots she recieved about 2 weeks ago. Either way, it is healing. The pneumonia turned out to be aspiration pneumonia. This means that the food and drink she had taken got into her lungs, instead of all going down to her stomach. They did a swallow study, and found that the only safe consistency to give her right now is pudding texture. She now has to have all of her liquids thickened and her foods pureed. They will begin to add speech therapy to her routine at the Guild School, which will include eating and drinking therapy. The doctor in the hospital wanted us to put a tube down her nose and into her stomach as a feeding tube, because she feels like this will be happening again. James and I prayed about it and felt like this wasn't the right decision right now. Considering, this is the first time this has happened since she has been alive. So, we will be doing the therapy and thickening of her liquids until they do another swallow test on her in 2 to 3 months. She does well with spoon feeding milk and is not coughing anymore, which is a great sign she isn't aspriating. James and I just wanted to thank our family and friends for all the help and prayers they have given the last few days. We are happy to have our little girl home, and she is happy to be aways from the people who just wouldn't leave her alone in the hospital.

Makayla's Hospital Stay

Well, Thursday morning Makayla was refusing to eat or drink and had a high fever. I felt like she needed to go to the hospital. I called James and we took her to the ER. We found out she had pneumonia and she was admitted to the hospital Thursday night. She was doing great on Friday and feeling a ton better. She was also eating and drinking like a little piggy. Friday afternoon, a weird rash started to form on her leg. The rash blistered and spread quite a bit on her thigh. They still don't know what it is. But, they have ruled it down to two things. It is either a serious allergic reaction to aluminium in her vaccines she had about a week and a half ago, or MRSA. We are hoping it is just a allergic reaction and her body didn't fight it off very well, since she has pneumonia. We will post more when we find out what it is and when she gets to come home from the hospital. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and support. Enjoy the pics. This is Makayla when she fell asleep on daddy last week, and then he fell asleep too. Oh, and then James Micheal wanted to get his picture taken, so he acted like he was sleeping too. My silly little boy.

Water Slide Fun!!

Here are some pictures of this summer. A little late I know. This is James Micheal and Liam enjoying the giant waterslide my parents got for them about a year ago. They actually enjoy it now. Thanks mom for the Pictures!!!

If you are wondering, yes, they are in underwear!


Maybe that is fun mixed with fear a little!

Who Needs a Paper Shredder?

So, my Makayla loves to rip any paper you give her. I was searching through the paper for grocery sales, when I left the room for a couple of minutes. When I came back, Makayla had ripped it to shreds. Luckily, it was a store we don't have in the area so it didn't matter. But, I would be out of luck if it was, because there was no evidence left of that being a food ad. We all had a good laugh. But, we really have to be careful because she has already ripped 3 hymn books at church. Whoops! Oh,and I forgot to post these cute picutres of Makayla in her jumper. She is such a cutie, well, when she isn't ripping things, that is.