A couple more layouts.

Here is the layout I did for Angie's exchange. I put photos from Grammys tea party on it. The other layout is Holly's. I think they turned out well.

Count your many blessings.

Hailey went to school today. She is looking fine, and acting perfectly happy. To see her you wouldn't have ever had any idea she was in the hospital a couple of days ago. I'm so happy! It is so nice to get back home, eat dinner as a family, and fold laundry. Through this little scary experience, I have had a lot of quiet time to reflect. How blessed we are. We are really healthy, we have a house, clothes, two vehicles. We are so spoiled with temporal things. We have the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. I would be so lost without our faith. We went to a church meeting while we were at the hospital. I was so touched by the spirit that day. I was amazed looking around that room seeing the parents hang on to the Lord. A lot of people were crying, including me. I was so impressed that there was a branch there for the families, who so needed the Lords love at that time.

We're home!

We were able to leave the hospital yesterday morning. We arrived home at lunch time. Hailey still has a good day of sleeping to do to catch up on the sleep she lost. She'll be going back to school tomorrow. I'll post a photo as soon as I get one.

Hailey update.

Today Hailey can open her eye almost completely. She is bouncing off the walls like a happy 7 year old. She is really enjoying her royal treatment. She enjoys the slushies, room service and nurses care. She has just switched over to oral antibiotics instead of iv antibiotics. Hopefully we'll be headed home tomorrow. I'm not sue when she will be able to go back to school though. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I'll post a photo when we get home.

Hailey in the Hospital

Hailey had what we thought was pink eye on Thursday. Chris took her to the after hours clinic and they prescribed some eye drops and told us to keep her home from school.


This is what she looked like on Friday - we were giving her the eye drops and didn't think much more of it. On Saturday it had started swelling shut. Chris had to go help some people move and when he got back I needed to go to a baby shower. I took Audrey with me and Chris took Hailey and the rest of the kids to the after hours clinic. After waiting 1 1/2 - 2 hours the doctor came in looked at Hailey and said "whoah - um, you need to take her to the emergency room. Without even needing to really test anything I'd say she has Orbital Cellulitis. You should take her to Primary Children's." So... Chris called me (I was on my way back from the shower) and took the rest of the kids home and I took Hailey to the ER. Chris took the other kids to the park and they had pizza (it was a really warm "sunshiney" day) then they went home and Holly & Steve came over and helped him clean the house.


Meanwhile "back at the ranch" Hailey and I went to the ER, and waited for a while. Chris had given me his laptop so we watched some movies. Eventually they gave Hailey a CT scan and hooked her up to an IV so they could give her antibiotics. It looks like she has PERIorbital Cellulitis which is an infection in the areas in front of the socket and ir much better! The CT scan was to make sure the infection wasn't back behind the eye and going down the optic nerve to the brain - that can cause menengitis.

Tawnya and LeRoyne came and brought me some food and books plus Hailey's Teddy Bear. Chris and Steve came and brought me some essentials, plus my MP3 player and a fresh laptop with more movies.

As of this morning Hailey's eye is a bit better and we went to church at the hospital.

He's a strong handsome boy.

I got this shirt and tie set at walmart for $7 a few weeks ago. I can't find little boy ties. Do boys not wear ties. The only ties I've been able to find that fit him are the ones that come with the shirts. So if anyone finds boys ties anywhere please let me know. I think Max needs to start looking better at church. Not just a polo shirt and dark pants. Also a funny thing about this photo, he is crazy about flexing his muscles. He walks around all day saying he is strong and flexing for us. It is hilarious. Love ya Max.

Gifts from Hawaii

Grammy and Grandpa came home from a trip to Hawaii. They brought us lovely gifts. The kids were so excited. In fact Audrey and Hailey really really wanted to bring their leighs to school to show their classes. So I wrote a note to each of their teachers and asked if they could bring the items and write a report about Hawaii. The teachers said they could so we wrote reports and sent them to school with their new treasures. Thanks Grammy and Grandpa. We all learned a little more about Hawaii.

Layout exchange.

Here are some photos of a few of the layouts I received at LeRoyne's layout exchange. Mine was the slanted ribbon one. Kellenes was the bright colored one. Holly's was the Snow Fun one. Cami W. was the Adventure one. I'm excited to put photos on them. We received 4 more I just didn't take photos of them. I'll take photos when I put pictures on them.

Happy Valentine's day Chris (AKA Poopy).

Here is a Valentine that goes out to the love of my life. Chris, I love you. You work so hard to bring home the bacon, so I can stay home with the kids. You always put me and the kids first before you get to things you want to do. You mean the world to me. I'm so happy that we were able to be sealed in the temple for time and all eternity. I want to be with you, every day, forever. Hopefully in heaven I won't be so grouchy. :) Love you. The reason I didn't just email you this note is because I want the world to know what a wonderful, handsome husband I have. So they all can be jealous of me. :)

Audrey lost a tooth.

Now Audrey is catching up with Hailey, Hailey lost her first front tooth right before new years. Audrey lost hers on January 31st (Uncle Ryan's birthday). They seem to always to things together. All but the hair cut. Which I still haven't posted photos of. I'll see If I can post them next.

Here is a follow up of Kate's birthday. We made rice crispies to have instead of cake. Which we all liked much better than cake. Kate got a new outfit and a princess paper doll set. We didn't go out to dinner like usual, but she picked her dinner and I can't remember what we ate. Over all I think she had a pretty good birthday.

Happy Birthday Kate! Five on the fifth.

Today is Kate's 5th birthday. She is getting so big. I can't believe she is 5. She is so helpful, and she has her own style. We love to have Kate and Mommy time while Max and Ruth nap when Audrey and Hailey are at school. Today I think we'll fold laundry and pick up, so we can have a great family party tonight. She'll pick her favorite dinner and we'll make it together, she loves to help me cook. I love you Kate, happy birthday!

After!

Here are the girls with their hair out of the curlers. They look so pretty.

Before!

Kate had a couple of preschool friends over to have a girly day. We did their hair in curlers, and painted their fingernails and toenails. They watched movies and had lots of 4 year old girly fun.

Good hair day!

I did Audrey and Hailey's hair before school. Most of it is straight I just curled the bottom under. Then I took 6 or so sections and curled them. So it is straight and curly and it looks so cute. I also got these headbands for the girls for Christmas. I found them at the dollar store and I absolutely love them, they fit to their heads and don't snap in half like the hard plastic ones. Love the hair, what else can I say.

All I want for new years is my two front teeth?

For the last two months Hailey has been singing, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth." This whole time she had a loose tooth right in the front. I was sure she would loose it before Christmas and she would get to sing the song without her a front tooth. Right after Christmas but before new years, she lost the tooth, so I sang to her, "All I want for new years is my two front teeth." We all laughed and sang that song for a couple of days. So here she is playing in the snow with one tooth missing. Love you Hailey.

Look who fell asleep with a CHOCOLATE orange.

Ruth fell asleep watching a movie and I went to carry her up to her bed and found this. She was so mad when I put her half asleep in the bath to wash her off.

I think I'll wait on Dance.

I really want to do it, but there is just too much to do on Thursdays. So I think I'll wait a year. Grammy Bair had a good idea to save the $70 I'd be spending a month on Dance for a piano. Then when the time comes we can put the girls in piano.

Should I put the twins in Dance?

I'm debating back and forth with the idea of a dance class for Audrey and Hailey. I have a place my friend Tina takes her girls that sounds really nice. It's called Sunshine Generation they sing and dance and use the same 2 costumes a year. The teacher says she'll let the girls come try it out and see if they like it and she'll let me come watch and see what I think before I decide. Together it will be close to $70 a month for every Thursday. I did put the girls in a little cheer class with Heidi for 3 Thursdays, that they just loved. But if we did this we'd be committing to the end of the school year. Thursday's are our ward nights also so Chris has scouts at 5:30 and I have enrichment once a month at 7 or 6:30, but since I'm in charge, I need to go early and set up. Since the class is at 5:40 that might cause a problem. Should I wait a couple of years? I will put them in piano soon but not until they are better at reading. Probably next year when they are 8. Let me know what you think. I'm just trying to decide. I'm not sure we can afford it. What would we cut out to have that money? I know bills. I don't like to pay them anyway. :) Well I think it is a good idea but I just can't decide what I want to do. Also if they want to do it they would have to have their room clean every night and keep up on their homework. If they didn't I'd pull them out. I really think they would like it though. So post your comments and tell me your opinion.

I love School!

One of my friends posted how glorious her Monday was yesterday because she had her routine and school back. So I decided to post about that too. I had a great day yesterday Audrey and Hailey were up and ready for school at 7:10 ready to go see their friends and teachers again. Max, Ruth, Kate, and I watched movies and played. I had a good healthy lunch. The kids had hot dogs and toaster strudels for lunch. I got 4 loads of laundry clean and folded, the dishes unloaded and reloaded, unloaded and reloaded again. I got the counter in the kitchen all clean and a few dishes washed by hand. Then we topped it off with dinner and Family Home Evening at the Bairs. I'm sure everyone knows everything that Grammy Bair makes is wonderful. So over all we had a great day.

Today is great too, so far that is. We did get up late but hurried to get ready in time and sent the girls out the door to the bus. Kate got ready for her first day back to preschool. LeRoyne picked her up and off they went. Not long after that I got a call from a friend who needed me to watch her son who is a little bit younger than Max and Ruth (or at least he's a little bit shorter than they are). He's been here for a little over an hour. What fun they have had. Those 3 kids have been playing and playing and playing. They had a brief pause for lunch. But went right back at it again. Running from Ruth's to Max's room as super hero's saving each other for terrible fates. Soon it will be nap time and I'll be alone to clean (Kate is spending time at LeRoyne's house with her friend Paige). I hope everyone has a great day. I sure am.