This past Monday was our 8 year anniversary. How time flies. We had a wonderful day of me having a raging sore throat and falling asleep watching 24. As Matt said later, "How on earth can you sleep through this show?!!?" I was tired and sick. Luckily, it wasn't a total bummer. We were able to get away for a night the weekend before. That may be only the second or third time in six years that I have slept all night long without interruption! Thank you, thank you, mom and James for taking care of the kids! (We put mom on a plane back to Urugauy on Sunday).
On Saturday, when we came home, we started preparing for the Cousin Party. I invited all my cousins who live remotely nearby and we had dinner and played games and talked about all the fun we had as kids. Although not everyone could come, we had so much fun and we all want to do it again soon.
And the most exciting news....I now have a manny!! (Man + Nanny) You may recall my little brother who had to drop out of BYU because of his flag football injuries. After a couple surgeries and getting out of the hospital 3 days before Christmas, he is not quite healed enough for school this semester. So, he has moved in with us until he is healthy. I must say it is quite fun having him around. Although he can't do a whole lot yet, he is great with the dishes and can supervise the older kids if Austin isn't around. (he can't lift anything yet.) He will be here a few months. He has a doctor's appt. tomrrow, it will be good to hear what the DR. has to say about his progress, kind of give us an idea of how well he is doing.
On that same note, it was so fun to spend Christmas with my mom. Even though she had to come for scary reasons, we have been able to see her twice since September. But my dad and Michael and the missionaries all missed her a ton, so I think she is glad to be home. Thanks for all your help mom, with James and the kids and deep cleaning my house and doing all the jobs I never have time to do! I will have to keep it up. Thank goodness I now have a Manny! I am tryng to think of a theme song for him. ( All I can come up with is changing the words to the Fran Drescher Nanny theme song. )
It feels like life is finally settling down and we can get back into a routine now. Thank you everyone who helped us so much when we were spending everyday at the hospital. (before my mom came back). My brother Chris and I were listing all the blessings that we had noticed since James had been in the hospital and the list was truly amazing. Thank you thank you thank you for your love and prayers.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Why I haven't been blogging...
Hello and Happy Holidays!!! Just in case any of you have been wondering if I had completely abandoned blog life, the answer is no. We have had a crazy, busy, interesting few weeks. You may remember from an earlier post that my little brother had been in the hospital and had surgery a few weeks ago. It turned out to be a much bigger deal than we had anticipated. After surgery he just did not recover like he was supposed to and his body just refused to progress.
After three weeks of hospital stay and the Dr. suggesting that he still had several more to go, my mom made the long journey from Uruguay back here to Utah to be with him. She had come back in September when he had his first surgery, but we thought he needed her here again. I was sitting on his lovely hospital bed when she walked into his room. His entire face lit up in the biggest grin I have ever seen. It is true that moms have a magic touch. After being with her for only a few days, everything has changed! He is healing quickly and well and the doctors are optimistic that he will leave the hospital this weekend! He will have to wait a few weeks to see if he will be well enough to head back to BYU in January, but all is well!
Spending everyday for the last three + weeks at the hospital has been a really interesting experience. My awesome sister-in-law Mikel, babysit for me I don't know how many times. (It was very convenient that she lives practically next door to the hospital) Matt did ALL of our Christmas shopping online and I didn't have to think about it once. So many people have blessed our family during this time, with prayers, treats, meals, babysitting, calls, etc. and Jamison's favorite, visits!
My brother Chris and I were the ones with him most of the time and the other day we were talking about all the blessings we have recieved since Jamison has been in the hospital. It was trully an amazing list! So many amazing people have been faithful visitors and made it their mission to keep James' spirits up. We have all become closer as a family and I know that I personally have learned so much about my siblings and their strengths and great attitudes. I love my family! And just a little shout-out to my hubby who never complained ONCE about my being at the hospital so much. James would call late at night and ask me to come even if I had been there just a few hours before. Matt always said, Go, he needs you. Besides the Christmas shopping he also did the jobs around the house that I hate, like mopping the floor and forcing me to go to bed by 9pm. Not to mention getting Zack's homework done (by Zack, not Matt) and visiting James on his way home from work, rigging up webcams for James and my parents, bringing him all kinds of gadgets to keep him entertained....pretty much he is superman. I must say, though, that having my mom here has been fabulous. Now I only go to the hospital every other day and just stop by and say hi. It has been nice to get back into a routine with my little family and have some fun, other than eating donuts and onion rings (the best ones I have ever had) in the hospital cafeteria! We are looking forward to having Jamison here ASAP!!!
After three weeks of hospital stay and the Dr. suggesting that he still had several more to go, my mom made the long journey from Uruguay back here to Utah to be with him. She had come back in September when he had his first surgery, but we thought he needed her here again. I was sitting on his lovely hospital bed when she walked into his room. His entire face lit up in the biggest grin I have ever seen. It is true that moms have a magic touch. After being with her for only a few days, everything has changed! He is healing quickly and well and the doctors are optimistic that he will leave the hospital this weekend! He will have to wait a few weeks to see if he will be well enough to head back to BYU in January, but all is well!
Spending everyday for the last three + weeks at the hospital has been a really interesting experience. My awesome sister-in-law Mikel, babysit for me I don't know how many times. (It was very convenient that she lives practically next door to the hospital) Matt did ALL of our Christmas shopping online and I didn't have to think about it once. So many people have blessed our family during this time, with prayers, treats, meals, babysitting, calls, etc. and Jamison's favorite, visits!
My brother Chris and I were the ones with him most of the time and the other day we were talking about all the blessings we have recieved since Jamison has been in the hospital. It was trully an amazing list! So many amazing people have been faithful visitors and made it their mission to keep James' spirits up. We have all become closer as a family and I know that I personally have learned so much about my siblings and their strengths and great attitudes. I love my family! And just a little shout-out to my hubby who never complained ONCE about my being at the hospital so much. James would call late at night and ask me to come even if I had been there just a few hours before. Matt always said, Go, he needs you. Besides the Christmas shopping he also did the jobs around the house that I hate, like mopping the floor and forcing me to go to bed by 9pm. Not to mention getting Zack's homework done (by Zack, not Matt) and visiting James on his way home from work, rigging up webcams for James and my parents, bringing him all kinds of gadgets to keep him entertained....pretty much he is superman. I must say, though, that having my mom here has been fabulous. Now I only go to the hospital every other day and just stop by and say hi. It has been nice to get back into a routine with my little family and have some fun, other than eating donuts and onion rings (the best ones I have ever had) in the hospital cafeteria! We are looking forward to having Jamison here ASAP!!!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Time flies when you are having...drama
Wow, this last week has been crazy busy.
* My adorable little BYU freshman brother, Jamison, was hurt playing intermural football last Weds. night. He took a knee to the ribs and thought the wind was knocked out of him. He hobbled over to our brother Chris' apt. and fell asleep there. Early the next morning, like 2am, he awoke in agony and Chris took him to the emergency room. (Keep in mind, this is all on the poor kid's 18 bday). So when I got to the emergency room they said he had a lacerated spleen and he was bleeding internally, but that he could probably go home on Friday night, as long as everything was healing. Well, we spent the next couple of days taking turns entertaining him at the hospital. And between me, Matt, Chris and Tara and our cousin Eric, we were very entertaining in deed. I came on Friday to talk to the doctor about bringing him home and he was still in so so so much pain. A surgeon ordered another CAT scan and they found that a piece of his pancreas was detached and leaking enzymes into his stomach and attacking his other organs. Yikes. So they operated on Saturday morning and repaired his spleen and took out the messed up piece of his pancreas. He is recovering well, but he will still be hospitalized for a while because his entire digestive system is shut down right now so he can heal. It was pretty dramatic and poor guy has really been a trooper, despite the pain. Although he did get mad at us for cracking too many jokes becasue it hurts too bad to laugh. Thankfully, my mom was able to come up on Sunday and stay with him for a bit as he is healing. What a way to start your 18th year, huh?
* My adorable little BYU freshman brother, Jamison, was hurt playing intermural football last Weds. night. He took a knee to the ribs and thought the wind was knocked out of him. He hobbled over to our brother Chris' apt. and fell asleep there. Early the next morning, like 2am, he awoke in agony and Chris took him to the emergency room. (Keep in mind, this is all on the poor kid's 18 bday). So when I got to the emergency room they said he had a lacerated spleen and he was bleeding internally, but that he could probably go home on Friday night, as long as everything was healing. Well, we spent the next couple of days taking turns entertaining him at the hospital. And between me, Matt, Chris and Tara and our cousin Eric, we were very entertaining in deed. I came on Friday to talk to the doctor about bringing him home and he was still in so so so much pain. A surgeon ordered another CAT scan and they found that a piece of his pancreas was detached and leaking enzymes into his stomach and attacking his other organs. Yikes. So they operated on Saturday morning and repaired his spleen and took out the messed up piece of his pancreas. He is recovering well, but he will still be hospitalized for a while because his entire digestive system is shut down right now so he can heal. It was pretty dramatic and poor guy has really been a trooper, despite the pain. Although he did get mad at us for cracking too many jokes becasue it hurts too bad to laugh. Thankfully, my mom was able to come up on Sunday and stay with him for a bit as he is healing. What a way to start your 18th year, huh?
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