Scrappin' Fun

Kristy got me interested in scrap-booking again this week and so I finally upgraded programs got some more 'supplies' and here's the semi finished product (I just realized I didn't date or anything on it).  What do you think?

A Revelation times 3

You know there are so many downsides of pregnancy and motherhood that sometimes you have to stop and wonder what was I thinking.  Then tonight all 3 of my kids made it so real for me.

Taylor she held my face up to hers and I kissed her cheek and she turned for me to do it on the other side and she just kept flipping her face until she stopped and snuggled my face.

Then Owen gave me big kisses all over my face before he went to bed and when I tucked him in he was just grinning and said 'I love you, Mom.'

Lily started crying in her sleep and I went in to check on her and she just hugged me and fell back to sleep just squeezing me.

That's why I do it.  In one night just stopping to be with each one of them for a few seconds.  I feel so blessed to be living this life.  I know people look at us and think . . . so many rude and just ridiculous things.  I hope that through it all even though I am exhausted and cranky, I love my life, I wouldn't change how close my kids came together, I wouldn't change the whirlwind romance of me and Chet.  I love it all!

And on a serious note. . .

I know I usually do pictures but I had to add my daily drama today.  Last Thursday while Chet was at work and I was getting ready for bed I heard an awful sound coming from the bedrooms.  It stopped and I thought it was nothing.  A minute passed by and I heard muffled screaming and I ran to the girls room because usually its them who wake up in the middle of the night.  It was Owen.  He was sitting in his bed and looked pale as a ghost and was saying breathe, breathe. I ran and picked him up mid-breath and it was like grabbing a skeleton because with each breath his ribs folded all the way back to his spine.

This of course had to happen while Chet was at work.  I called 911, hung, up called the doctor hung up called Chet and was freaking out and since he had no clue what was going on he said call the doctor and at this point I was thinking I don't want to have to deal with explaining to a doctor who was asleep what was going on so I called 911.  I live in Shelley, Idaho I know nothing happens in Shelley because I have never heard sirens or anything in the 2 years we have lived here.  The moment I told the operator my address the first responder was at my door.  I normally pretend I don't know someone if I know full well they have no clue who I am but when I am freaking out over my baby I do not have tact.  The first responder walks in and I know his mom and I said Travis I don't know whats going on he can't breathe.  Poor guy looked at me like say what?!?!? who are you?  He put oxygen on Owen and took his vitals when another man walks in and starts helping out.  I still have no clue why my son isn't breathing normally and the oxygen wasn't working.  Two more guys walk in (I tell you apparently there is no emergencies here)  So, I now have 4 men giving Owen oxygen, taking vitals, writing notes trying to figure out if he sounds better, which he did not so they put a steroid in a tube attached to the oxygen to relax his airway.  He was still coughing but because he wasn't screaming anymore he was sounding better but you could tell he was still trying way to hard to breathe.

At 1 o'clock in the morning I had to call over a friend to watch the girls so I could go with Owen to the hospital, on the way they gave him another breathing treatment to calm his airway.  He was finally looking better.  At the hospital they gave him a liquid steroid treatment and another oxygen treatment and he started playing with toys at the hospital.  It turns out the he was developing or had the croup and since we got him treated so well so fast he never had anymore symptoms.  The morning after you wouldn't have guessed that the night before he was struggling to even breathe, he was playing and running around like normal.  

Just a beautiful day in the neighborhood. . . .

Would you be mine . . . could you be mine?  Oh Mr. Rodgers you were a little slow and probably now-a-days kind of creepy but he did have a good song and could toss a shoe. Just kidding, today was a beautiful day and how did we spend it? Trying to get every outdoor project done before it decided to be ugly again and running what seemed like a thousand errands.  We did however squeeze in a little time for fun.  

Taylor is the only baby I've ever met the will sit in the grass no questions asked.

After Chet got the grass mowed for the first time this season and turned on the water Owen looked at me like it was Christmas and asked if he could run in the water.  Well, of course I did an hour of uninterrupted fun.  

Just chillin'

The kids love the camera and always want me to take pictures of them when we are just being lazy around the house.  Here are some cute ones.

My babies

The girls woke up from their nap yesterday way early and were playing so cute that I pulled out the camera.

If you know Lily this is how she looks at people when she likes them but doesn't want to admit it.

Taylor was growling at everyone yesterday, it was so cute.

It was so hard to get the girls to look at the same time.  And well we saw how the last time a girls shot went with Lily choking Taylor.  

Oops We're Back!!!

My mom informed me that according to my blog we are still basking in the California sun so I needed to do a itty bitty update!

We are back and once we got into the swing of things again I got strep throat and Owen has a sinus infection. It is sad when he is sick like this because he just lays there most of the day and when I make nap time and bedtime announcements he just gets up and goes to his room without any sort of protest.  I know that should be a mothers dream but it was a nice day out today so he should have been annoying me all day to go outside to jump and swing and play.

To back track we are home from Cali and we had a wonderful time.  And these were my FAVORITE pictures.

Easter Egg Hunt

We had an Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Porter's before Easter. Taylor enjoyed the Festivities with Kayla.

Owen Mastered the idea right quick and in a hurry.  He got out of the house early with his cousin Seth and they got to the eggs before everyone else.

Janessa helped Lily score some eggs but Lily wouldn't pose for any up close pictures. 

Bad Bad Blogger

I really do try to keep this updated but I fail a lot.  We have been having fun lately.  The weather here has been real insane so one day we get to go outside and play and the next we are stuck inside hoping the snow melts again.

Taylor is getting bigger and more fun.  She loves to move and she is SLOWLY getting into pushing herself forward with one big toe.  Although her methods may be primitive she gets around.  This was my favorite place to find her.

Lily thought it was way fun that Taylor was 'hiding' under the table.  She kept trying to get Taylor to follow her around the table.  

Lily actually came up to me and asked to have her picture taken.  Of course I jumped on the opportunity even though we had just woken up and her hair was insane, because look she SMILING!!! 

Cali!!!

We made it! Thank goodness we made it.  When we planned this trip we knew that the drive could be the worst part but we were very wrong.  Here's a little update on our weekend. . .

Saturday I got to attend my friend Karly's wedding while Chet and the kids played with Lauren and Jon's kids.  They had so much fun that while separated getting to the redeption Owen kept asking were Kevin and Mark were.  This statement is hilarious because their names are Gavin (close yes) and Miles (no tomato).  At the reception my poor kids lost it.  When I say lost it, this was their best/worst ever.  When your kids are screaming "I wanna go to bed!!!" "I wanna get spanked in the van!!!"  You know it is time to leave but I wanted to get a picture with my friends before we did.  And sadly the photo we got was very very bad and zoomed in oddly on only 3 people.  I hope the other picture we get later is better. 

When we finally got into the van we plugged my parents address into the GPS and it sad the arrival time was going to be 6:45 am.  I called my mom and told her this was the ABSOLUTE earliest we would arrive since of course with potty breaks and gas stops I was adding at least another hour onto the trip.  I drove the first part until I got tired and since with Chets schedule he is used to being up all night he took the last half of the trip.  We arrived at my parents house at 6:45 exactly.  Amazing! Our kids slept until 5:30 and the only bathroom breaks we had were at gas stops.  I hope and pray that the return goes as smoothly.

When we told the kids we were going to Grandma and Grandpas house we were concerned that they were going to be upset because they are used to Grandma and Grandpa Porter since they have only been to California once before.  They walked in were only confused for a moment and they understood.  Thank GOODNESS!!! Grandma is Lily's new best friend.  She likes to sit on Grandma's lap and Mom can't help her with anything she says NO I DO IT!!! and then goes to Grandma to get help.  The funniest meeting of all was when 10 month old Katelynn stood next to 2 year old Lily and Katelynn is up past her chin. Katelynn is going to be one TALL girl.

Lily does now have a fat lip for family pictures.  She was sitting on the bench swing and her cousin Max was standing behind it as it swong and the jolt of him standing there when it swung back bumped lily off the swing and she bit her lip.  It was so sad Max was so excited to see his cousins and within the first few minutes he 'hurt' (it was an accident) one of them. He was soooo sad.  If only she were a clean eater we wouldn't have any problems with it but daddy keeps wiping her face and getting the lip.

I will post later and get some pictures up!