Random Happenings

Well, here we are less than a month after I started this blog, and I can't think of something to write about! So, today is random things that have happened during the last couple of weeks.

First of all, Kaylee is doing so much better. Thank you so much for all of your nice comments and well wishes. We really appreciate it. She's doing fine now, but the day after she came home from the ER she learned pretty quickly how to take advantage of the situation . . .

Yes, in my bed. I'm a sucker.

This week Kirk is out of town. He went to Chicago for a work training. So, that leaves just the two of us. Kaylee is so much fun! I wish I could stay home with her all the time.

Tuesday I took Kaylee with me to Blockbuster to look for a movie. As I was searching, she found an Ugly Betty movie:

She said: "Mom - LOOK! She has a necklace on her teeth and glasses on her eyes!" I thought, well, how else can you explain braces to a two-year-old? Now I know. :)

Tuesday night I was getting her bath ready and I told her to get undressed for the bath. She was being sarcastic to see what I would say and she said "I'm getting in with my clothes on." I just looked at her and said "ok. Go ahead." She had the most shocked look on her face and then she quickly put one foot in, looking at me for approval: I nodded. She kept going, ever so slowly, constantly looking, just waiting for me to say stop and the joke is over. Well, she got all the way in and then thought it was hilarious. :)

A couple of weeks ago Kirk and I went to the Diamondbacks game. It's fun to see them win and we had great seats, too! Thanks Mom and Dad for giving up your tickets! (My parents are die-hard Dbacks fans and they get tickets to many games at the beginning of the season. Sometimes they can't make it to a game and they graciously give them to their kids.) It was a great date night. :)

And there's our random happenings for the past two weeks. We have two birthday parties this weekend, so hopefully I'll have more to post after that. Both of the girls are turning three. Kaylee is so excited to go to a "big girl party!" It's all she is talking about until we go. I'm just not sure if she will understand why she has to sing and give presents to someone else. We'll see!

Life is unpredictable . . .

I love reading funny posts on blogs, especially when it involves kids. They can be so unpredictable and goofy! (My child is no exception.) So a few days ago I started thinking of something funny that I could post about Kaylee. I thought I would title it "so thankful" and do something like this:

I am so thankful for a daughter who knows what's important:

She loves to say her prayers and reminds us if we forget. She can't go to sleep without thanking Heavenly Father for the same million things each night. It is cute to listen to, though. :)

She also knows what's really important:

She doesn't quite know what to call these yet, and I'm avoiding telling her. Right now it's referred to as her chest. My mom thinks parents shouldn't sugar-coat the real name of body parts, but I'm not ready for her to embarrass me in public or at church when she will chose to use one of those words!

And that was going to be the end of my post. Then, we had one of those unpredictable moments last night and I knew what I was really thankful for:

This is my daughter, my-two-year old, in an ambulance. It is the last place a mother should ever be with her child. Kaylee is ok, but in a nutshell, here's what happened. She has been sick since Sunday. She woke up with a scratchy throat, a little coughing, and a small fever. She was breathing ok, but seemed she had to work to do it. We thought she was ok and we were sure it was something that would just need to run it's course. I slept by her for a couple of nights and Kirk gave her a blessing Monday night and she seemed better on Tuesday. Late Tuesday afternoon she was complaining of her throat hurting, so I decided to call her pediatrician. Once they heard her breathing over the phone they sent me to Urgent Care right away. We went there and they rushed her back and put her on a monitor. They took x-rays and thought it might be pneumonia. They gave her some breathing treatments and sent her by ambulance to the hospital. They told us she would probably have to stay overnight, but thank goodness she seemed to do well after another round of breathing treatments in the ER. We were finally able to go home around 11:00 pm. They diagnosed her with croup. She's had it before, but it wasn't near this bad.

Even though it wasn't an emergency, and the ambulance wasn't racing down the street flashing lights, it still scared me. I don't ever want to see my daughter like that again. On the bright side,
she is doing well today and getting back to her usual self. Now I can truly say that I know what I am thankful for!

Singing Fool

Kaylee absolutely loves to sing and learn new songs. Every time she goes to CiCi's house (my mom's) she comes back knowing a new song. Last week it was "Do as I'm doing." It's cute to listen to her because the words don't always sound right, and she leaves out words here and there. She was singing "Do as doing, flalow, flalow me . . " At least she tries her best! Lately, one of her favorites is "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes." She enjoys when I sing it fast to see if she can keep up.

This afternoon we had Kaylee's cousins, Mazie and Evie (my brother Steve's girls) come over to play for awhile. I decided to be adventurous and put them in the bath together. They had so much fun! I'll pretend and say I had fun cleaning up . . . :) The bubbles were supposed to cover up more - sorry, it's a little "Girls Gone Wild . . . Toddler style!"

Kaylee always loves being around these girls. Thanks, uncle Steve and aunt Teralyn for letting them come over and play. We had fun!