Weekend

We had a nice weekend at home. I was able to get pretty caught up on house work so that was nice. Kyle had been in Amarillo, TX and Harrison, AR for rodeo's since Tuesday. He made it home around 2:00 Saturday afternoon and was home the restl weekend. It was nice to have him home!!! He enjoyed being able to watch the Husker football game on TV Saturday.

Yesterday we got up and took the girls to Sunday School. It was the first time Bree got to go since she is now 2 years old!!! She was so excited with the idea of going, she thought she was going to go with Jenae to real school. She was putting her shoes on talking about Mrs. Devries (Jenae's teacher). I tried to explain to her we were going to Church not school :-) Sunday School did not go so well for her. She was fine while Jenae was in the classroom during the singing but once Jenae went to the older classroom she was not happy. Kyle went to check on her and found her crying so he took her out. She said to him "where did my sissy go?" We might wait awhile before we send her again!

In the afternoon Hope came over and took pictures of the girls with their ponies to use for Christmas card pictures. I thought it would be nice to get some photos before the ponies put on their winter coats. She got some good ones. I will try to post some of them another time.

Last night Aubree swallowed bath water and it went into her lungs she coughed so hard she threw up. I have always been worried about the dry drowning that can happen when you get water in the lungs. A small child can actually die 1-24 hours after getting water in their lungs. After her bath she ate her supper good then when I was reading her a bed time story she fell asleep which she never does. I did not think too much of it at first but when I went into check on her she was making funny sounds when she breathing. It was a real rattly sound coming from her chest. That really freaked me out. Before her bath she was fine. I tried to get her up and move around and she was really lethargic. (another sing of dry drowning) I took her temp it was 101.4. I was ready to take her to ER and Kyle thought I should at talk to someone before I took her in. I tried to call the hospital to at least visit with a nurse. I tried probably 6 times between 11-12:30 and no one picked up. I took that as my sign that I did not need to take her in. I tried to stay awake all night to make sure her breathing did not change. I dozed off a couple of times and woke up in a panic I was sure she was not breathing. Morning could not come soon enough. I watched the minutes go by on the clock. It is crazy how your mind can take control and obsess over something in the middle of the night.

I called the clinic and got into see Dr. W. at 9:00. He said her lungs sounded OK but did want her on an antibiotic since she has some sort of infection and with swallowing the bath water he did not want to take any chances that she would end up with pneumonia. Of course the rattly sound in her chest was gone when we where there.

Thankfully Kyle is home and can be with her today. He was able to get a few things done outside while I had her at the Doc but now he is house bound with her. She was upset when I left she said in her raspy voice with her bottom lip sticking out “don’t go mommy” It broke my heart to leave her.

So that was our weekend!!!

HOPE'S LITTLE PUMPKIN IS ON ITS WAY.....

We had Hope's baby shower at her house on Saturday. If you could not guess by the pictures it was a pumpkin themed baby shower. The weather was beautiful. Everything went as planned and it was a nice day. I have been planning the shower in my head for the last several month it was nice to finally have it hear so I can stop obsessing over it!

Hope ended up with a lot of nice gifts. They should be all set for baby to arrive!!! I gave her some advice to make sure to pack her bag for the hospital any time to just to be ready. I told her to take if from me packing while you are in labor is no fun!!! Jenae arrived almost 2 weeks early and my Sister, Danielle, had been telling me to get my bag packed....but I did not listen!

Yesterday I made more salsa. I am really starting to enjoy canning. It is a project but it is fun to have the end results!

The weather has really changed today. I think Fall arrived a day early! Kyle is working cattle today getting them ready to sell in a couple of weeks. I think some neighbors were planning to come over to help him. Hopefully Chip is just supervising...he seems to be doing well. He is going for a check up tomorrow. It is crazy it has been almost a month since the surgery. Time goes so fast!

Wednesday

Yesterday was a beautiful day! Jenae had a late start at school so it was nice to have her home for a couple of extra hours.
After we got Jenae sent off on the bus I had to help Kyle move some heifers from one pasture to another. It was the prefect morning to go for a ride. Aubree rode with Chip in the pickup for part of the time and she rode with me on Hippie for awhile. She was pretty tired and she was acting like she was going to fall asleep so I took her back to ride with Chip in the pickup. That made her mad and she cried until she fell asleep. She does not seem to mind having Jenae gone at school during the day!
In the afternoon I got caught up on laundry and worked on getting things ready for Hope's baby shower. The shower is a pumpkin theme. we picked over a 100 little pumpkins out of the garden and got them washed up and ready!

Big Weekend!

It was a very busy weekend. Saturday morning Aubree woke up at 5:45 and Jenae woke up at 5:50 and they were ready to start their day! So if they are ready I better be ready to start my day as well. We got somethings done around the house then we went over and did the chores at Chips place. I am hosting Hope's baby shower this weekend and I really needed to make a trip to Norfolk to pick up some things. I was planning to take the girls shopping with me but when they woke up so early I decided taking tired girls shopping was not going to be any fun for any of us! I ended up running them to my parents house for the day then I did my shopping. It is amazing how much shopping you can get done when you shop with out little helpers!!!!
I went back to my parents house that afternoon and spent the night. Jacque, Lacey and Riley were there and we had Danielle's boys for the night as well. Bed time was a little hectic but we eventually got there! Kyle was at a rodeo in Michigan Satuday afternoon and got to my parents house about 3:30 in the morning.
Sunday we got up and stated the day. We had a little birthday party for Aubree then we had Allyx's and Riley's Baptism. It was nice. It was the first time since Christmas that everyone in the family was together.

Labor Day Weekend!

Even a 3 day weekend was not long enough to get everything done that I wanted to! I feel like I ran from one project/event/activity to the next not sitting down all weekend long. Going back to work will actually be relaxing compared to the weekend!

Friday night we met my parents and siblings in Clearwater for supper to celebrate my parents 35th Wedding Anniversary. My sister Danielle made the comment to me that we really should have done something for their 25th Anniversary, she said ...but none of us were married then and did not know what an accomplishment it was to stay married that long!!! We had a nice time. It was a little crazy having 9 adults and 8 kids 5 and under for a sit down meal. All in all it went well. I actually had a lady follow me out of the restaurant and said "I wish my granddaughter could behave as good as your girls do" I said " you must not have been sitting to close to us" She said "I was sitting right behind you and your kids were very good" It was a nice complement anyway!!! We went to the park in Clearwater so the kids could play.

Saturday morning I went over and did the chores at Chip's place then Marilyn came over to my house to teach me how to make salsa. It was a fun project. We made 15 pint jars and 12 1/2 pint jars. Saturday evening we went back to do chores and then watch the Huskers at Chip and Marilyn's house. Jenae has no interest in watching football, but Aubree actually watched it some.

Sunday was mostly chores and miscellaneous house work. I took the girls over to ride their ponies. Aubree was having fun riding Cinnamon. She would say "ready....set....trot" Jenae was happy to be back in the saddle again. She seems to have lost some of her confidence in her riding since she started school and does not get to ride as much.

Monday Kyle made in home about 5:30 in the morning after being gone all weekend long. Chip sold some cattle on a Labor Day Sale. I was glad Kyle was home in time to load them out. Monday night we had Chip, Marilyn, Hope & Ben over to our house for supper to celebrate Aubree's 2nd Birthday. It was a really fun evening. It was the first time we had all been together since the hospital. Jenae and Aubree were entertaining. They love having company over and they love birthday parties. They always want to wear dresses. With all of the craziness of the past few weeks I did not do much as far as decorating. I usually at least have balloons. Jenae took it upon herself to decorate the house with Aubree's dolls. It was very sweet of her to make sure the house was decorated for Bree's birthday!