Hospital time!

Little miss Evie had a fun-filled 2 night stay in the hospital Monday and Tuesday night. It all started the week before when she started running a fever. No big deal but then a rash developed along with some horrendous puffy, red eyes. I took her to the doctor that Friday after the fever didn't go away for a week. They gave me some antibiotics and told me to call if they didn't work by the time the weekend was over. It didn't, so I made an appt with my doctor for Monday. She examined her, made me take her to the lab and draw some blood and WAIT for the results to come in. After being there for 3 hrs (with all three kids by myself) I finally called Mikey and told him something weird was going on. He came right when the Dr came to let us know that after talking with a couple dr's they decided they should admit her to the hospital for possible Kawasaki's Disease which is life threatening if not treated. AH!

So we took her over there, by this time is was about 6pm, and they gave her an IV(sad!!) and then the Pediatric surgeon came to talk to us and examine her. He said since her temp wasn't over 101 anymore that he wanted to run some more tests before giving her the treatment since there are possible side effects that come with it. We did X-rays and some more exams and then they just wanted to monitor her until the next day. Her lab results were weird so they decided to do an Echocardio but the cardiologist could come until the next morning which meant another night in the hospital, yay! (not). She got more blood drawn Wednesday morning and the Echo done. Her heart looked good (kawasaki's affects the heart) so they said we could go home and would let us know how the blood tests they just took turned out. They came back looking like everything was going back to normal! And to come back next week to get her blood drawn just to make sure everything was back to normal.

We are so grateful she ok and SO grateful for everyone who helped us out those 3 stressful days. It was scary that she had a fever that long but we're so happy it wasn't Kawasaki's!

Santa Cruz, 10 yr reunion and first day of school

First day of school!

My friend and her son. They're in the same class!

Enjoying the Dole Whip

Evelyn was not into the rides. Poor thing.

We've had a lot of fun this past week. We went to Santa Cruz and ate a lot of food and played on the beach for a bit. The main thing that got us down there was that we found out that there was a Dole Whip stand on the boardwalk. I LOVE Dole Whip. It was one of my favorite things when I lived in Hawaii. Jocelyn had fun going on all the rides and playing on the beach. We also went to 6 flags but I forgot my camera. Jocelyn went on all the "big" roller coasters that her height allowed her to. I also had my 10yr reunion and it was fun catching up with old friends. Last but not least, Jocelyn started Kindergarten! What happened to my baby? There's no turning back now and I'm sad! I didn't think I would be but I am. Maybe I will hold her back! wah wah! I want her to be 18 months again. I must admit I was a little bit more sad packing up all my newborn clothes since there will be no more babies. I might have shed a couple tears :-( Where is the time going?

Happy 2nd Birthday Miss Evie!

The cake I made.

Evelyn wouldn't blow out her candles so Jocelyn had to help. Those trick candles threw her off and she had to concentrate really hard :-)

Sunday Evelyn turned 2!! We headed up to Mikey's grandparents house and my mom and grandparents met us there. Mikey's dad and sister Cat came too. We had a nice dinner, opened presents and ate lots of cake. Evelyn enjoyed opening all her presents and Jocelyn was such a sweetie helping her and never getting jealous at all. Evelyn loves carebears, running after her sister, cuddling, dancing and singing. She is such a sweet little thing, though, tantrums have been in the mix lately especially at bedtime. We love you so much and we're glad we didn't give you away when you were a horrible, colicky baby like we thought about doing :-)

Bro's fam!

I got to see my brother's family on Saturday. We had a fun relaxed day. We went to Katy's Kreek for lunch and then came back and took some rides on the golf cart and then went to the pool. It was my first time meeting Davis! He is so sweet and such a good baby.

Wow, is she already a month old? Crazy! I'm so happy we're both alive :-) She's been an easier baby so far except for the extreme gassiness which causes her to wake up more than should would at night. One huge factor is the Binky! My other two would not take one and now I know the wonderful world of plugging up your baby! We went up to my moms for the 4th of July and it was really fun to be with all my sisters. All the kids got along really well and we had a great bbq!

Welcom baby Rosslyn!

Rosslyn Estelle arrived on June 8th at 12:39am. It was so painful!! The epidural only numbed half my body and even that was weak. The lady didn't make it in time to come and fix it. I went from a 6 to a 10 in 8 minutes. When the nurse checked me and told me I was a six she said she'd come back in an hour or TWO and make sure the anesthesiologist would come. Darn it! Well, she came fast and all was well. I still didn't decide on the name until the next day. She's been a pretty good baby so far...Grandma Tony has held up her side of the bargain ;-)

This baby is due in a week!

I just love these girls!!!Jocelyn has been practicing for the new baby :-)

Jocelyn sang the healing incantation at the ward talent show. It was awesome. haha

This baby is due in a week and I am soooooo nervous. I don't know if I want three kids anymore! haha! Seriously! What was I thinking? I can barely handle two! I really just hope I have a healthy baby and Evelyn doesn't freak out :-) I still don't have a name set in stone. It's between Rosslyn (pronounced Rozlyn) as in Rosslyn, VA or Madelyn. I think I'm sticking with Estelle as the middle name.