The Achenbach Family

2011-10-01T16:27:00.000-07:00

Tawni turned 15 yesterday and we had her party today. Well, we are STILL having her party. HAHA Kids like to stay late at her parties, they know how to have fun! :) All in all a good few days! I now have a WHOLE YEAR before her Sweet 16! I am so not old enough for her to be 15!!! :)

It's been a LOOONG time since I have been here!

2011-09-27T19:28:00.000-07:00

SO much has happened since I was last on here. I broke my ankle and tore the ligament last October when I stepped into a hole in a neighbor's yard, chasing after my kid's puppy. I was in a walking cast for about 2 months. During that time, Brian and I separated and he moved out on Halloween. I got a job at a day care, but due to the newness of my ankle injury, standing on my feet for 10 hours a day was not good for it. So when I went to a follow up appointment and was complaining that it was still hurting, he advised me to quit because it was probably not healing. So, I quit and got another job at a call center, which was a complete waste of time. After another appointment with my OS for my ankle, he gave me a pain patch to see if it helped alleviate my still excruciating pain.

That following Monday I had an accident and fell and hit my head when I was in the bathroom getting ready for work. I texted Brian (we are still split up at this time) and I guess it was a jumbled mess of words that he knew wasn't something I would do. Haylee was sitting at the top of the stairs and I fell down them twice. All this is told to me because I am really not remembering a whole lot of this. Haylee called Brian who was on his way to his home from work and he came over to see what was wrong. I lost my memory... about 3-5 years worth. As I was laying on the floor, I see this strange cat walk by and kind of freaked out. Haylee had to tell me it was my kitten. I'd had him for only a few weeks. So Brian decided to take me to the ER and I told him I needed to get Maddy up because I hadn't nursed her yet and he looked at me really strange and told me she would be fine and I refused to go until I had fed her. He forced me into the car, but not in a kidnapping sort of way, haha! But he finally got me to the hospital and I was in the ED for a good 8-9 hours while I had CT scans done and blood work and all that fun stuff. It was here that I met a most unpleasant woman. She was the crisis worker who basically told me that if I didn't get my memory back by that night, she'd have me committed. That really pissed Brian and my mom off, because I wasn't a danger to anyone, I just didn't remember anything. Tawni was 14 so she could cook and stuff. While I was at the hospital, it was told to me that Brian and I were broken up, I thought we were still together. To have your husband tell you that he wants out one time is bad enough,but twice was very difficult. I cried for the next two days. I looked at Brian's phone because it had a lot of pictures of the girls and WOW!!! It was really eerie to see them in my mind as little kids to actually seeing them as older. It was like looking into the future in a way.

I had to relearn very difficult things, like the passing of loved ones, surgeries I have had, stuff like that. Maddy was 5 and she kept asking me if I remembered her and I said no but that I was working on it. I had soooo many people ask me if I remembered them and when I said no, they'd get so mad! Like I didn't care about them to remember them. People tried putting false memories in my head, that I would find out later wasn't true. That really hurt. I gradually got my memory back around the end of January beginning of February. I can remember a lot but somethings I don't. During that time, I had to retrain at the call center, and quit right away. LOL I didn't learn one thing there. I was put on the phones and had to have help with EVERY SINGLE call. It wasn't that I couldn't retain information that I was taught, because I could. It was that the training was so disorganized that the trainer would start on one topic and in the middle of talking to us, start on a completely different topic. Several of us couldn't follow what he was saying. So they said that the next time I went in, they'd not help and I had to do take calls all on my own. I wasn't ready for that so I quit. There was no use in my helping callers when I would need help myself. I haven't worked since.

Brian and I lost our house and while we were split, he helped me get into a basement apt. At first I LOVED it! But the more I get to know my landlord the more I hate this place and her. She is going to get a nice little letter from me when we move in January telling her EXACTLY why she should NEVER be a landlord.

Brian and I got back together in February. It was very difficult for me adjusting to him being back, and it was like that for a long time. Things have definitely gotten better, but there are those few times that remind me of how things were and I never want to go back to that.

Tawni is almost 15 (on Friday) and now a Freshman in high school and is looking at getting her driver's permit soon. She has a boyfriend named Brandon who literally worships her, he treats her so well. He is a really great kid. She is doing fabulous in school.

Haylee is in 7th grade and turned 12 in May. She is also adjusting to junior high well. She is in the school play this fall and we are all so excited about that. She is in absolute AWE about how many more GORGEOUS guys there are now at school. :)

Maddy is now 6 and in 1st grade. She had to leave her last elementary school because when we moved she was no longer in the boundaries. Her new school is brand new this year and I am so not impressed. Granted, new schools are a little disorganized and I don't mind that. But the secretaries don't know anything and pick up/drop off zones are a mess to say the least. I have seen physical abuse already done by a teacher. Maddy is quite the spirited little girl. She is spoiled and she knows it... thanks Brian!! :) She is really hard to handle a lot of the time.

Brian is still driving truck and recently got a second job driving pizza again. He is a tired boy!

I recently went back to school (the reason he got a second job!) and I am LOVING it! I am going to be a Medical Assistant, and eventually I want to go onto be a Physician's Assistant in Pediatrics. I am so excited to be able to go back to school. Thanks Brian!!!!!!

We went to a family reunion in August to Idaho and I had so much fun! I met new family and we went river rafting. Even Maddy and Haylee went rafting. It was so fun, even when we had someone fall out in the rapids. Tawni didn't go, because she had a concert to go to and I was so sad to leave her home. She had a blast and I guess that is all that matters! Right? We are going to Wells, NV next weekend for Brian's 20th high school reunion. Are we really that old?

We got season passes to Lagoon for Christmas (Brian got me one too, since the girls lived with me). We have gone so many times this summer... at least 15. I can't wait to go to Frightmares.

I think that is about it. I really need to get into blogging again, just in case I lose my memory again! LOL

2010-09-07T18:24:00.000-07:00

Yay! I am back!!!!!! I don't have internet still but my AWESOME new phone gives me access to this website now!!!!!! I will update here and there to catch this back up. :)

2010-03-25T07:50:00.000-07:00

Maddy got her kindergarten immunizations on Monday. Four shots!! Last night I noticed her thigh was red and hot to the touch. I took her to the ED at Jordan Valley Medical Center and they said she has cellulitis. It's a skin infection right under the surface. She ended up getting an IV and she is on 2 different antiobiotics for 10 days. I feel so bad for her. She limps when she walks and hasn't been to preschool since Monday. :(

Maddy eating a popsicle... right after she had an IV put in. We are waiting for the meds right now.

The area of her leg that is affected.

Another pic.. before the doctor outlined it with ink.

Maddy cheesin for the cam. Ü

2010-03-09T20:20:00.000-08:00

Brian surprised me with tickets to see Boyz II Men in Wendover, and we went last Friday night. It was AWESOME!!!! I love them so much! Brian also surprised me with tickets to see them when we first started dating. The concert was good and I really enjoyed myself. There were a few girls a few rows in front of us that ruined our view by standing in our way the whole time. I think they were doing it to be snots.

My mom watched the girls while we were out of town and I am very unhappy with how things were handled there. Tawni and Haylee both have asthma. My mom said she only smokes outside. Well, Haylee texted me about 4 am on Saturday morning saying Tawni could not breathe. So I called her and told her to tell my mom. My mom has experience with kids with asthma, because my sister has it. So Tawni went to tell my mom and my mom brushed her off for 2 HOURS!!!!!! She told her to blow her nose and go to sleep. She didn't hear wheezing like my sister gets. So finally after Tawni started crying, (which she never does unless she is SERIOUSLY not feeling well) and Haylee saying Tawni couldn't even talk anymore cuz it hurt her chest too much, my mom finally decides to take her..... HOME!!! I told the girls she needs the ED and she finally decided to take her to the ED.... AFTER she goes DOWNSTAIRS to smoke a cigarette first. I am so mad that she needed a SMOKE BREAK all while my daughter can't breathe!! The doctor checked her O2 levels and they were good but he heard wheezing through his stethoscope when he listened to her lungs. He gave her a treatment and another inhaler. She is fine now, but it seems like I can't trust anyone with my kids. My mom feels bad, but the fact that she lied and said she only smokes outside now, and the fact that she had to smoke before taking Tawni to the ED.... well, I am not too happy.

Today was fashion disaster today at Tawni's school. I think she did good.....

Haylee went on a field trip today and her teacher texted me a picture of her rock climbing. Looks like she did great and she said it was not hard even with her acrylic nails on.

Maddy needed to go potty the other night and Haylee was in the bathroom and Maddy started pounding on the door saying, "Haylee let me in! I need to go potty!
I need to get the living crap outta me!" haha!!

I can tell my kitten Shiloh is not feeling good. For the last few days he has not been himself. I hope he feels better soon.

2010-02-20T13:34:00.000-08:00

Brian and I went to our second counseling session yesterday and it was decided that I am going to go to individual counseling and our marriage counseling will be put on hold. I don't want it to be put on hold, but I also think that going myself can be helpful for our marriage to work.

Still no job....

2010-02-16T21:01:00.000-08:00

We went to the fitness center tonight and Maddy dragged me to the theatre area, where she put on a cute play for me. She is my little actress... she could be a star!!

Tawni went rock climbing.

Tawni decided to try on her friends glasses. I thought they looked way cute on her... apparently she thought so too... she said she looks hot. haha

I didn't get any pics of Haylee. She went swimming and I had to stay in the play area with Maddy.... next time. Ü

Tomorrow I take Maddy to the doctor to see what to do next about the lump on both sides of her neck. She hates them. They don't bother her, she just wants them gone.

2010-02-15T23:14:00.000-08:00

Brian got me this for Valentine's Day. It is so dang cute!!

My dads friend gave these to me for Valentine's Day. On the petals she put I love you and Happy Valentine's Day in gold writing. So cute!

2010-02-14T00:40:00.000-08:00

We went to Iggy's for my sweet sisters birthday. It was awesome with everyone in the family there! Ü

After Maddy went and played with some bears. She didn't play too long. It was starting to rain.

OMGosh!!! I found a grey hair!!!!..... in Maddy's hair!!! She thinks its awesome!!! I don't. :( Way too young...

2010-02-11T15:55:00.001-08:00

I might already have another job. At my sisters work. Fresh Market on 33rd south and 9th east, or somewhere around there. LOL I will be working in the fuel center. It looks promising!! Ü

Still have my dang sore throat. The pain is manageable. Hurts to swollow but no fevers and such.

I pierced Haylee's ear in 2 places. It looks so pretty!

A couple of weeks ago we made our own picture frames. Here is how they turned out. Maddy had a BLAST making a mess! Haha! Even Tawni enjoyed it! She messed up and had to re-do hers. LOL Going to make rock magnets next.

My picture frame. I am going to put my kidlets picture in it.

Tawni's picture frame. She is going to put a picture of her and Evan in it.

Maddy's picture frame. She has her and her friends picture in it.

Haylee's picture frame. She put her and her friends picture in it.

I was browsing the web last night and found this next pic. If Brian and I get the chance to renew our vows, this is the cake I want.... is this so me or what??

2010-02-09T20:01:00.001-08:00

I took Haylee in to her doc yesterday to make sure her sore throat wasn't strep. We saw his partner, (who by the way looks like Matt Damon's twin), and the rapid test they did showed no strep. Thank goodness. But today I woke up with a very sore throat and there are white spots on my tonsils. UGH!!! I swear anyone mentions strep and I will get it. GET THESE TONSILS OUT NOWWWWW!!!! I will give it a few more days to see if my throat feels better. If not I will go in. I have 9 days from today to get treated before I am at risk for rheumatic fever.

2010-02-07T21:48:00.000-08:00

Tawni and I went back to the hospital to get her stitches taken out. She was so nervous. She did awesome though. She likes to write I LOVE EVAN on her hand and the doctor who looked at her hand says, You love Evan? Tawni smiled and said yeah. He says Do you think you will still love him in 20 years? Tawni said yeah. And he said good. That dives me some hope. Ü So after the tech came in and took out her stitches, when he left, he said, Good luck with Evan!! haha By far the best experience we EVER had a Pioneer Valley Hospital.

Before her stitches are out.

After they are taken out.

I got fired from my job. :( I am so upset. I got penalized for having to take Tawni to get stitches and for clocking in ONE minute early a few weeks ago. UGH. Me and my friends Stef and Katrina are going to go to the dept of workforce services on Tuesday. I hope Hope HOPE we can all find something together. How awesome would that be???

Haylee and Maddy are sick. I am taking Haylee in to the pediatrician tomorrow. She can barely talk, eat, swallow. I am concerned it is strep. Maddy just has a cold. Poor babies.

2010-01-29T16:50:00.000-08:00

As most of you know, I am a teeny tiny bit obsessed with hearts. My house is done is heart decor. Here are some pictures.

2010-01-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

Tawni's cut

Tawni's stitches

I got a call from Tawni while I was at work tonight and she had cut her hand open in the web... the area between the thumb and the pointer finger. I was able to go home early and I took her to the hospital where she got 2 stitches. She was so scared but did AWESOME!!!

2010-01-25T19:12:00.000-08:00

Tawni has bronchitis which is triggering her to have some asthmatic issues. :( She is on an antibiotic and a steroid. I guess her going up for adoption will be postponed until she is well again... Hehe... the only reason I typed that is she is reading this over my shoulder. HAHA ;)

Work is still great! We don't have any Christmas stuff anymore. We threw away all broken stuff and donated all the rest. I am so glad. It used to be just thrown away but being under new upper management they decided to donate. Everything went to 90% off and I got the cutest table centerpiece for $6, normally $60! I was eyeing it on Friday and was going to buy it when it was $12 but forgot and the next day I saw it was marked down to $6! I was so excited!! I will have to take a pic to post it on here. Ü

2010-01-25T18:35:00.000-08:00

My Aunt Pat passed away yesterday after a very short battle with cancer. I only found out about it in the last week of October. So to me it was a short battle. She is being cremated and half her ashes will be spread in California where she lived for several years until her death, and half will be buried here in Salt Lake where she used to live while I was growing up, and still has a lot of family.

I remember being at her house when she made fried wontons and I remember her buying me a cool watch that you could change the bands to match your outfit.

I hadn't talked to her in a few years.

RIP Aunt Pat!
07.30.52-01.24.10

2010-01-19T15:23:00.000-08:00

YAY!!! I get my baby niece on Friday!!!! She is going to sleepover. I am so EXCITED!!!!!!!!

2010-01-16T17:17:00.000-08:00

Maddy's blood work came back as good. :) Now it's probably a referral to an ENT next.

I hear my work is going to train me on the cash registers next week.... UGH!!!! Way sucky! I don't wanna!!!

Come to my store and see me! And buy some Christmas clearance! We have tons for 80% off EVERYTHING Christmas!! Still have so much stuff! :)

That's it for now!

Love and Hugs!!

2010-01-13T22:24:00.000-08:00

YAY!!!!! I am so happy that we have 3 new people at work. I hope they stay because it will be a lot easier at work with more people to help out. I had to help train one of them. One of the managers was fired for attendance. It's sad, everyone liked him.

I am not sure if I wrote about Maddy but about a month and a half ago, I noticed a lump on her neck. I took her in and we decided to watch it. It didn't go away so I took her in again, and it turned out she had an ear infection, sinus infection and a throat infection and was put on antibiotics. The antibiotics worked but the lump is still there. Her pediatrician thought it was a sign of localized infection. It's still there so he did blood work and a TB test which we have to get the TB test read on Friday. The blood work is checking her WBC which includes cancer... leukemia. I am certain it is not cancer or anything bad. her doc is pretty sure too. So if all the tests come back negative, she is going to be referred to an ENT to see what they think. Next is probably biopsy. Please pray that it goes away.

Loves and hugs!

2010-01-11T15:02:00.000-08:00

ARGH!! Stupid headache! Didn't get to go to the college today. Its a pretty bad one. Hoping now for Thursday. :(

2010-01-11T00:09:00.000-08:00

Headaches SUCK!!! Mine is really bad tonight.

I am hopefully going to the college tomorrow to get info on going back to school. Brian is coming with me so he can ask questions. I want to go when I drop Maddy off at school so she is not running around while we are finding stuff out.

Brian and I went on a lunch date today. I had a great time with him. I wish things were back to normal with us. It felt more like normal today. Not filled with tension. It was nice. We were supposed to see a movie too but he had to go to work earlier than normal so that will be something we will do at a later time.

Becoming a nurse I think will be awesome. Heck doing anything in the medical field will be something I will love to get into. I just feel like my life would not be complete if I was not in it one way or another. Is that weird??

2010-01-08T19:32:00.000-08:00

Nothing new to report. LOL Boring boring boring! Work is still going good. I am still enjoying it.

Tawni is going up for adoption..... she just now informed me that NEXT year, she will be 15! Why does she do that to me???? :)

Brian and I are doing better. Sometimes it seems like he is picking fights though and it makes me sad. I hope that's just my imagination.

He has a surprise for me and he won't tell me about it. He said he can't wait to see my face and the wait is killing him too. He said it is out of town and I will need to take a few days off from work but he will talk to my boss because he doesn't want me to know when it is. ARGH!!!

I pierced my upper ear again and I love it! :) haha
That is about it.

Take care... loves and hugs!!

2010-01-01T15:12:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that it is 2010 already!! Last decade was not the best. Here is to hoping this one will be way better!!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful 2010!!

Tomorrow is my 34th birthday. Cash gifts are accepted! HAHA Just kidding! Everyone says that I look to be in my late 20's than my mid- (GASP!!!) 30's. Okay let's not dwell on that anymore.

My sister and her boyfriend are taking me out tonight to dinner at my favorite restaurant... Dee's!! MMMMMM She is so good to me, I wish I had the extra money to do something nice to totally repay her for everything that sweet girl does for me and the kidlets.

Work has definitely slowed down and it is nice. It really sucks being pulled in 5 different directions all at once. We got our seasonal truck yesterday for Valentines Day, and if you know me at all, you know I have a fondness for anything sparkly pink and in the shape of a heart, so you can imagine how excited I was when I would open up a box to stock it and see something I absolutely HAD TO HAVE!! Once, my friend Mary, who was working on the same pile of boxes I was working on, actually had to tell me to breathe when I saw the CUTEST pink sparkly heart shaped wall decoration! HAHA I am so lame!

Maddy today asked me if I had eaten her when she was a baby, because that is how she thought she got into my tummy! haha This girl is seriously a DRAMA-QUEEN!!!! Brian told her how slly she was and she went into my room BAWLING at the yop of her lungs too! The threw herself onto my bed and would not let anyone console her..... I think its time we enroll this natural born actress into classes. I mean I can't retire on my salary. haha Just kidding. All I want is a Mercedes Benz convertible. ;)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!

***UPDATE*** My sister took me to Iggy's instead of Dee's. MMMMM! I have never been there before and I am sorry Dee's, but Iggy's is now my favorite!!

2009-12-26T21:04:00.000-08:00

I so can't believe that Christmas is over. This season went by so fast!! I am not ready for it to be over and will protest it by still playing Christmas music. :)

I hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Brian and I split up at the beginning of this month but got back together a few weeks ago. We are going to go back to counseling and really give it a good go. If it doesn't seem like things are improving after 3 or so months we will split for good.

My job is still going good. I was offered a supervisor position but will turn it down. Its a cashier job and I DO NOT want to cashier. It's like I love my position right now and I don't want to start to hate going to work, ya know? It will be a promotion obviously and about a 75 cent raise with more hours but to me it will just not be worth it.

Shiloh is getting HUGE!!! He is already 4 months old!! CRAZY!!! He is a fun little guy and he loves to snuggle. And play. And bite. And sratch. And attack our ankles as we walk by.

I know have been slacking on blogging. I have been so busy with the Christmas season that I really hae not had the time. I will get to more now that the busyness is going to wear off.

Hugs and loves!

2009-11-29T21:42:00.000-08:00

I trust everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving! I had to work that day and it was sooo fun and crazy busy! We were only open for 4 hours, and I am amazed at how busy we were at Michael's.

When I got home on Thanksgiving, Brian was about to leave to go to WalMart and get in line for a big screen TV. Just when I was dozing off at around 1:30 AM, he text me and said that I need to get down there now. So I got dressed again and went down and waited in line for him while he went shopping. He was first in line to get a TV, and he didn't want to lose his place so I sat for him. Luckily for me I know people that work there because Brian does, so I had company for the time I was there. :)

After I left WalMart I went home to get the girls so we could go get free snowglobes from JCPenney. I then dropped the kidlets at home and went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and then to my work. I didn't get to sleep til about 8:30 AM and was supposed to wake up an hour later to take the kids to the parade, but missed it. I woke up at 2 PM so I could be to work at 3. I have been so tired lately.

Things haven't changed with Brian and I. It's still the same. I wish things weren't this way. I miss him like CRAZY! See... I am getting teary-eyed just thinking about it. *sigh*

2009-11-19T14:11:00.001-08:00

I am going back to school!!! I am so excited. For now, it is to be a medical assistant, then later to be an RN. Brian and I are not doing well at all and so I want to be able to support our kids should he decide to leave. It's something that I have always wanted to do. Too bad it took something like this to get it going.

My job at Michael's is still good. I have made a lot of friends there. Yesterday, I was offered a permanent position there. YAY! Since I was only seasonal when I was hired, I was nervous they would let me go after the holidays. Apparently I am a good, hard, and fast worker. :) And apparently I talk too much when I am supposed to be working. LOL Some things you just can't help. ;)

2009-11-16T18:16:00.000-08:00

I feel so sad when the people I know and love and care for are having a hard time right now. You know who you are and I am praying. I love you.

I feel also that Brian and I are drifting apart. I feel like we are constantly fighting about the same stuff, and it is so tiring. It makes me sad. I wish we could just work through our issues and be happy again. Will that ever happen??

2009-11-12T15:43:00.000-08:00

I can just feel everything falling apart around me....

2009-11-04T18:53:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe that Halloween is already over. This year is totally flying by. Even more so now that I am working.
My job is great. I really like it.

My Uncle Gene passed away on Monday morning. His funeral is Thursday and Friday. He was a great man. He was my grandma's brother.

My sister Meagan had a baby yesterday. I am not sure of she still is right now, but this morning she was in NICU for pneumonia. She is adorable. I can't meet her until we get back from down south.

2009-10-20T11:22:00.000-07:00

I love Love LOVE this weather! It feels so fall-ish. My work has a TON of Christmas stuff out and I am going BONKERS!!! I love it!

Haylee has an appointment with her orthopedic surgeon today. I will update this entry later about that.

*UPDATE* Haylee's last appointment with her orthopedic surgeon was today. He said that she still needs to wear a brace when she does any physical activity, and today he included camping and hiking. I am in awe of Haylee. She is such a trooper. :)
He also said that her left leg would always be her weak leg, but she needs to watch out for the right knee too. He said there is a lot of fluid under her kneecap still and that it will take time for it to absorb.

Hopefully she won't have anymore problems with it, but I am not counting on that.

2009-10-16T16:44:00.000-07:00

HAYLEE IS DONE WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY!!!!!!! I am beyond excited! She is healing at a remarkable pace. Good job Haylee!

Work is definitely getting better, finally. I am relying on my knowledge of where things are instead of asking others where something is. :)

Shiloh is such a funny kitten. Still needy. The other day, he wanted to be held and I wasn't picking him up fast enough and he clawed his way up my leg and laid in my lap. LOL And NOW he is staring to cry at the door like Belle did when I shut him out of a room (*Bathroom*) when I am in there. What a high maintenance kitten!!

2009-10-13T15:46:00.000-07:00

Shiloh is a very clingy kitten. If I leave the room to do anything, he cries and cries until I come back. Then he is mad at me for leaving. But he doesn't stay mad for long. Belle, my cat I had for 11 years, would be mad for days. LOL But that was only if I left for more than a few hours. Shiloh sleeps on my pillow next to my face. I just love him so much already! He is an awesome little kitten.

Everything else is going good. Work, well, work is hard for me. Since I had surgery on my back, it was babied for a long time. Working is really hard on it, it's just not as healthy as it used to be. I think I may find a work at home job.

I love this cooler weather. Fall is in the air! *SIGH*

2009-10-11T11:10:00.000-07:00

I have been asking Brian a lot lately for a new kitten. I miss my Belle like CRAZY! I can't believe he has been gone for 2 years! So Brian told me that we would talk about it later. Well before we had a chance to talk, he brought home kitten food and litter and stuff to surprise me, SOOOO.....

Here is the new addition to our family. He is currently nameless as we can't think of any names yet. Isn't he just adorable???

***UPDATE*** We named him Shiloh.

2009-10-10T22:50:00.000-07:00

Wednesday Haylee had physical therapy again and I found out some interesting information. Knee caps that move around a lot are suseptible to dislocation. I showed her therapist my knee caps and she freaked out. Mine move around a lot too. In fact when I showed her, her words were, "OMGosh!!!!!!WOW!! So I am at risk. :( I guess it's a good thing I don't run. :)
Haylee is now walking around without her crutches!! YAY!!! I am so happy! She still uses them when we go out, but at home she is crutch free!
Work is going better, but I still wish that I already knew where everything is. I am good on the craft side of the store but on the scrapbook side... forget it. And it doesn't help that when I finally learn where something is, they move it!! I tell you they make us EARN our money! HAHA!
I was sent home yesterday because i had such a bad headache, that I was throwing up. I went to 7-11 to get some caffeine and some HUGE man asked me for the cookies in the backseat of my car!!!! He waited for me to come out of the store to ask me!! OMGosh! The nerve! HAHAHA
I started mystery shopping again, to earn extra money. Christmas is coming up!! YAY!! What a glorious thought. My favorite time of year!!! Ahhh.
I am so behind in my housework. It's so not funny! I am going to spend all day tomorrow doing it. Hopefully my kids will help. Most of the time, they don't.

2009-10-02T16:35:00.000-07:00

Oh I love this time of year! It's so crisp and perfect outside! I can't wait for the leaves to fall. I can't wait for Halloween, the smell of fall to come. *sigh* Love it love it love it!!! What it really means is that Christmas, my favorite time of year, is just around the corner!!!!

Haylee went to physical therapy this morning. She is doing really well. She has exercises to do to strengthen her inner quad muscles so the outter quad muscles aren't over doing it which will pull her knee cap out of place again. She has to keep her brace off for the most part and start using her injured leg when she walks now. Good thing she is not in pain anymore!! :) She is such a brave girl!

2009-09-30T16:12:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY TAWNI RAY!!! ♥♥♥♥♥We love you so much!! You are such a great daughter. I cannot wait to see what a beautiful woman you will grow up to be! ♥♥♥♥♥

2009-09-29T14:03:00.000-07:00

Haylee had her 2nd appointment today with the Orthopedic Surgeon. The good news is her swelling went way down. The injured knee is the one on the right. (her left knee)

The bad news? When the doctor looked at the x-rays that they took today they noticed that her other knee is at risk of dislocating too. Her knees are not aligned right and so now she has to wear braces on her knees whe she does any physical activity that will put stress on her knees. If she doesn't, both knees will probably dislocate. :( They can't do anything about it now because she is still growing, but when she is finished, she will most likely need surgery on them both. She starts physical therapy too. Three times a week for 3 weeks.
OMGosh!! When the doctor was moving her knee cap around, I saw a bulge moving around on the side of her knee.... I almost threw up. LOL

2009-09-27T18:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Tawni's birthday party. She turns 13 on Wednesday. :( Here are some pics.

Tawni's cake

Tawni and her friends

Look how thick the fosting is on the cake. YUCK!

Tawni blowing out her candles

Tawni and Jaysen

Pretty Haylee

Pretty Maddy

Cousin Allie in Maddy's car

Tawni and Florencia and Hannah.

Florencia and Hannah with Maddy

Florencia and Hannah with Maddy

Tawni with cake in her hair

2009-09-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

Haylee went back to school today. I told her that none of the kids would make fun of her for being on crutches. As soon as she walked in the door, (I went with her to carry her stuff), all the kids were HAYLEE! Haylee's back!! They were all so excited to see her! I told hr they would be, LOL! Next time she will listen to me. :)

OMGosh!! I just heard/read about some stupid teacher teaching her kids Obama Praise Songs, in which one lyric was taken from Jesus Loves The Little Children. I am beyond upset about this. Obama is going to ruin this country and he should not be praised for that!! UGH What is going to happen to this once great country???

2009-09-23T18:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Haylee had her appointment with the Orthopedic Surgeon. It was still so swollen. When the PA touched it she just started crying. They decided to try to drain some of the blood that was under her knee cap. They numbed her knee and took at syringe to it and pulled out about a half a cup of blood. They put her in a different brace, so she can start to move it a little. We go back next week to see if her knee is getting better. She gets x-rays then.

My job is totally KILLING my back. :( Today was my 3rd day. It wasn't so bad. In the last 2 days, I have walked about 10 hours. UGH. I am so tired and sore. I work tomorrow then have 2 days off. YAY!!

2009-09-21T06:50:00.000-07:00

I started my job yesterday. I hated it! I didn't know where anything was. All day I had people come up to me and ask where things were and if we carried this and that and i looked like an idiot I am sure when I said I wasn't sure, so let me ask my manager. I know after I learn where everything is, it will be much better. Before this, I knew where the Crayola aisle was, and that was it.
I think Brian is in for a RUDE awakening. He wanted me to get a job because he was always so tired. With my schedule varying the way it does, he is going to get even less sleep than he did before. Does he even realize that??

Haylee has her appt tomorrow with the OS. I hope it goes well.

2009-09-19T19:56:00.000-07:00

Tawni Ray

Tawni and Madalyn

Madalyn Paige

Princess Maddy

Princess Maddy

Maddy did my hair. She was so proud of it!

Maddy and Haylee

It must be hard work playing games on the computer!

Haylee Lyn

Tawni Ray

Maddy and Haylee in curlers

Angel Maddy

2009-09-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Maddy

Maddy wrote my name for the first time! AWWW

Werewolf Maddy

Sleepy Haylee

Mummy Tawni

Beautiful Haylee... I ♥ this picture!!

Beautiful Tawni

2009-09-19T08:51:00.000-07:00

Just an update on Haylee. She is doing well, no complaining. She is sleeping most of the time because of her pain medications. Brian came home yesterday with a Littlest Pet Shop toy which has a little pet in a cast on her leg. Isn't that just so perfect? Haylee collects LPS and so she was very pleased about her new additions. :)

2009-09-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

This has DEFINITELY not been a good summer for sweet Haylee. Last night she was running outside and somehow she fell. She totally dislocated her knee. Her kneecap was on the side of her knee instead of on top. Brian and a few neighbor guys, much to my dismay, decided that an ambulance wasn't needed and they tried to move her into Brian's truck so we could take her in, but the second they tried lifting her she screamed. So I called 911 and got an ambulance out here and the fire truck came too. They pumped her full of morphine so they could move her into the ambulance without her hurting too much. Brian, Maddy, and I followed in our car. We went to Jordan Valley Medical Center.

They did x-rays on her and saw that it was dislocated and gave her propofol (it's nickname is Milk of Amnesia, and thanks to Michael Jackson's death, has been in the news a lot lately) to knock her out so they could pop her knee cap into place again. She was a stubborn little girl and would not go to sleep. They gave her enough that would have knocked out a 210 pound man. Everytime the doctor would come in, she would wake up and cry, well, scream, when they even touched her knee. They thought they finally got it but didn't hear the distinct pop you hear when it goes back into place and she was still unconsolable when they touched it so they ordered more x-rays. Haylee then asked if they had done the procedure yet. LOL That stuff works!! They said that the 2nd set looked almost the same as the first set of x-rays even though Haylee said it felt a little better. But still hurts her too much.

Well, the doctors are very stumped on how she got this injury because he said it was a "career ending injury that a football player would get." He said that it was more likely that she would have broken a bone than to have this injury. He also said that ligaments and tendons were probably torn which is making it impossible for the knee cap to pop back into place. So, we have to see an Orthopedic Surgeon on Tuesday. She is in a leg immobilizer right now and on narcotic painkillers.

I really hope that hospital visits are not going to be the new norm. This is hard on Haylee. :(

Her swollen knee.

Her leg brace

After trying to pop her knee cap back in.

EMT's working on her leg before loading her onto the ambulance

I am pointing to where her knee cap is. It's on the side of her knee.

Before trying to pop her knee cap back in.

Haylee's IV Bruise

2009-09-15T08:00:00.001-07:00

Okay, I must say that Kanye West is the biggest scum to walk the Earth. 'Nuff said about him.

RIP, Mr. Patrick Swayze. I was a big fan and a lot of us will miss you.
My favorite movie of all time is The Outsiders, which he was in. Have you seen it??

I had my orientation yesterday at work, and it was 4 and a half hours long with the usual paperwork needing to be filled out. PLUS 6 or 7 videos. Oh man I hope that I can remember what they were about. LOL My first scheduled shift is Sunday. I am nervous.

2009-09-14T00:17:00.000-07:00

I start my job tomorrow. Well it's just orientation. I hope I like it. I think I will. :)

2009-09-12T01:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some random pics from 2009:

Tawni

Brian, Teri, and Maddy at Maddy's last day of preschool.

Maddy

Haylee and her "forever friend", Dennise.

Maddy

Our family at Hoover Dam in March 2009

2009-09-12T01:13:00.000-07:00

Haylee in the hospital in May.

Haylee's first day of school, 5th grade.

Tawni's first day of school, 7th grade.

Maddy's first day of school, 4 year old preschool.

2009-09-11T22:05:00.000-07:00

Maddy is the funniest little girl. She had some scissors and was trying so hard to cut in a penny. Poor girl thought there was chocolate in it. LOL She even asked me to help because the wrapper was too hard for her to get off. Haha!

2009-09-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

Surprise surprise!! Here I am again after quite a few months! I hope your summer was fabulous!

Right after my last post, Haylee turned 10. She is growing up so fast and getting more and more beautiful everyday. On May 28th, the day after her birthday, she had her last soccer game. She had been feeling poorly lately so she knew she wouldn't play, but she wanted to go to support her team and to get her trophy. When we arrived at the park, she took 3 steps into the parking lot, her lips turning blue, she complained that she couldn't breathe, so we skipped the game and opted for urgent care instead. When we got back to the room, she was still having difficulty breathing, and so they wanted to get her oxygen intake measured and it was in the very low 80's, which ideally, is in the 90's, so they gave her a breathing treatment and it did not help at all. They then put her on an oxygen mask and that didn't help much either. They did x-rays of her chest and found, as every doctor who has seen it, a very "impressive pneumonia". She was taken by ambulance to PCMC and was admitted for 5 days. During that time I managed to biff it in the hallway and hurt my knee, LOL! When she was admitted to Primary's, she was on 10 litres of oxygen a minute just to keep her comfortable. She went home on oxygen and was on it for about 2 and a half weeks just during the night when her levels would dip back into the mid 80's again. She was only on 1 litre of O2 a minute when we finally came home. We had to reschedule her birthday party, since she was at PCMC during the day it was supposed to happen. Poor girl, but she had a fun party.

A few days after Haylee was discharged I started feeling really weird and started having severe pain all over my body. I don't know what happened but I could hardly move without being in intense pain. Every single part of my body hurt so bad. I was having chest pain, and poor Brian thought I was having a heart attack, although I knew I was not, and he took me to the ED. They gave me my first shot of morphine and it knocked.me.out! I fell asleep watching Phinneas and Ferb on the Disney Channel and woke up mad at Brian asking him why he changed the channel, and he told me that, LOL, I had been asleep for about 4 hours! My heart was fine, like I knew it was, but really didn't know what was wrong with me, so they gave me muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatory pills and lortabs to help with the pain. It helped tremendously, and it also put me to sleep for about 20 hours a day. Thank GOD for Tawni. :) About 3 weeks later, the pain disappeared just as fast as it came. Weird. No problems with it since.

Maddy turned 4 on July 6th. :( She is my baby and it makes me so sad to see how fast she is growing! But it is NOTHING compared to the sad I feel when I think about Tawni being in JR HIGH!!!! AHHHHHH! How did this happen??? She turns 13 on the 30th of this month and I am not knowing how to handle this. She is a wonderful kid and we are very close, And I hope and pray it doesn't change. Anyway, Maddy is a very funny little girl. There is not one day that she doesn't have me in stitches! I love her soooo much!

At the end of July, My poor Haybee baby started getting ill again. Same symptoms as before so we made a trip up to Primary's in the middle of the night, bypassing the trip to another ED, because they would just have transferred her up here anyway. She woke up crying saying that she couldn't breathe. Tawni was sleeping at her friends house, so I had to take Maddy with me, which I never hope to have to do again. Haylee ended up being admitted again for 4 days. They did an x-ray again and compared it to her May x-ray when she had the "impressive pneumonia" and decided she had a viral infection that caused to have an asthma attack, which prior to this, she had never had. Her O2 was down in the low 80's again, but bounced back rather quickly. I hope this is not something we have to do every few months. When she was admitted this time she was on 6 litres a minute.

Brian ran off the road in his semi a few weeks ago, and thank GOD he wasn't hurt. He did say to me when he got home that he needs to cut back at WalMart and asked me to find a job. Today I was hired to work at Michael's in West Valley City (Come see me!!!)

As I mentioned before, Tawni started Jr High this year and at first she was so scared. It took her a few days to get the hang of opening her locker and she carried a map of the school with her for 2 weeks so she could be certain she wouldn't get lost. LOL She likes school as much as any other kid. Her boyfriend that I mentioned in a previous post broke up with her but 2 days later had another one. OY! When he found out her and her ex broke up he moved in quick. He said he needed to try before he missed his chance and someone else got her, LOL! He has liked her a long time. They were in elementary school together.

Haylee is in 5th grade and absolutely LOVES school. She just barely went back on track Tuesday and was itching to be back in school the whole time she was off track. Could a boy have anything to go with that???? Hmmmm...... :) When she was in the hospital this last time, the Dr and I talked about her HUGE tonsils and whether she should do a sleep study. She snores soooooo bad and sooooo loud that we wonder if it is hindering her in getting a good nights sleep. We think maybe a tonsillectomy is in order and her pediatrician is in agreement. We have a follow up on her asthma on Oct 2 so we will see about getting a referral to an ENT.

Maddy started 4 year old Preschool today. Yesterday she met her new teacher who is just a cute person. I have a feeling that Maddy will love her just as she did her last year teacher.

As for me, I am good. I have had a cold for about 3 weeks which is starting to get better,finally! In May when Haylee got sick I was sick also with a pneumonia and bronchitis. I lost my voice which was so hard trying to communicate with the people taking care of her in the hospital. My voice has mostly left again, which my eldest daughter thinks is funny. I have been having problems with my tonsils, I will spare you the yucky details about that but Brian and I think they need to come out. I wonder if Haylee and I get ours out at the same time, if we get a group discount! HAHA! I have taken it upon myself to write a few childrens books which I am planning on it being a series. I have a plan for a tween/teen book and a book for adults. We will have to see how that goes. :)

Brian and I are still together, we are taking it one day at a time. Things are going well. ;) I have gone with him to work 2 times this summer, once to Idaho and once to Wyoming. No more rides though until after Memorial Day 2010... company policy...BLAH!

I think that is the BIG news for us this summer. At a later time, I will update with pictures and more littler stories. Now that we have internet again, I can do that, ya know! ;)

I hope I haven't made any of you think I disappeared. No internet makes my blog quite boring, don't you think? You can still text me anytime, 801-205-4090. If you called me you probably would hear what I can only describe as a seal's bark coming from my mouth. So, yeah, text instead. Ü

Love and Hugs,
♥Teri♥

2009-05-24T19:55:00.000-07:00

Ugh.... out with the kidney stone...in with pneumonia.

2009-05-17T13:45:00.000-07:00

Maddy's last day of preschool is tomorrow and they are having a ceremony. I am so sad and happy at the same time. Tawni and Haylee are now off track so they can go watch.

My 15 year high school reunion is coming up next month. 15 YEARS?!?!?! I can feel the wrinkles forming on my face just thinking about that. AAAHHHHH!

Brian and I had a date on Friday. It was not the romantic date we were hoping for, but it was nice. We had the whole house to ourselves thanks to my awesome sister who took all of the kidlets for the night. We have another counseling session tomorrow. She is going to ask about our date, as it was an assignment I guess you could say.

Counseling is going okay. I am not sure Brian really likes going. We haven't really gotten into the heavy stuff yet, and I am not sure I want to. I know we have to to resolve our many issues but it's going to just be hard.

I think I may have passed my kidney stone and not have known it. I feel soooo much better and I am still on my antibiotics until this coming Thursday. These pills kick my butt. They make me so dang tired. I can't wait to stop taking them because I hate falling asleep 2 times in the day. It gets in the way of my productivity here. ;)

Work is still going good. I love it. It is so fun. It really is a cool place to work.

2009-05-12T15:54:00.000-07:00

UGH!! Kidney stones hurt... that is all I am saying about that!

Soccer is in full swing and Haylee's team is doing GREAT!! This is so exciting. She has never been on a winning team before. Tawni's team is still struggling. I hope they can get in one win before the end of the season.

Marriage counseling is going good. We have an assignment to go on a date Friday night. Now that is my kind of assignment. I hope we can get someone to take the kids all night. If not, oh well. It really is a bit sad that I am so emotional during our sessions. We have had 4 sessions and I cried at three. Blah! I can tell this is going to be emotionally taxing. For so long I have kept things inside and now they are coming to the surface and it's like I am experiencing things all over again.

I think I have decided to write a book. LOL My sister Jill convinced me to. About what yet, I don't know. I will keep you posted on that. Who knows if I ever get started on it though. LOL

2009-05-08T21:13:00.000-07:00

Up and down.... up and down. That pretty much sums up my life lately. Just when I think things are back on track, something happens and everything blows up again. Things are good again now, and let's hope things stay good. :)

I still miss facebook and all my friends on there. It's hard to not talk to them. I wish I had written down contact info or email addresses before I so hastily deleted my account.

I stopped taking my meds for my diabetes and high cholesterol... DON'T HATE ME!!.... I just couldn't take it anymore. I am such a baby, but every night I would wake up terrified and I don't know why. I would wake up shaking, and freaked out and absolutely terrified. It started when I took my meds, and stopped when I stopped taking my meds. I need to ask about different ones. I know I did BAD by stopping. But those night terrors were unbearable.

I am trying to get over the flu. I have been a sick since Wednesday. I didn't go to work today or yesterday. Plus the stress of a 2 day fight with Brian over the same initial thing didn't help anything.

Haylee has won 2 out of 3 soccer games. Tawni hasn't won yet. Hopefully she can win a game this season. But when the coach doesn't even show up for practice, well, it would be kind of hard to. UGH

Tawni has a new boyfriend. He is in 8th grade. They kissed for the 1st time today and it was his first kiss. Awwww.... NO WAIT!! I am not supposed to be thinking that is cute! She is tooo young! ;)

Haylee's 10th birthday party is coming up and you all can come if you want! It is May 30th at 2PM at my house... 2682 South Melville Drive (8040 W). I am sure we will be serving some sort of food whether it be pizza or hot dogs... I vote PIZZA! ;) I hope you can make it!

I hope you are all doing well. Until next time...

2009-05-02T00:56:00.000-07:00

It is now May 2nd, and these past 2 weeks have been VERY up and down. Brian and I have had major troubles in our marriage and due to that I have left facebook and myspace. Things happened that really never should have and Brian found out and we have broken up about 3 times in the last 2 weeks. Right now, we are back on. We are now in marriage counseling. I, as well as Brian, think it will be very beneficial for us. This is something we have needed for a LONG time. Hopefully it is not too late to help us. We decided to go with a Christian counseling service. I think that they would be more helpful to us in our situation and not be so quick to write us off and tell us to just go our separate ways. If by chance we DON'T make it, at least we can say we tried everything.

I started a job on April 13th at Tawni and Haylee's school being a playground aide. I ♥ it!! It is a blast! I am sure my mind will change once it gets very hot or very cold next winter. LOL I can bring Maddy with me and it's only about an hour and a half every day.

Maddy is going to be having her last day of preschool on May 18th. It seems like yesterday that she started. This school year seems to have just flown right by. She will be turning 4 in a few months!!!

Haylee and Tawni started outdoor soccer last weekend. I LOVE being a soccer mom! It is a BLAST!

I am going to go back to school to become a medical assistant, and then probably continue to become an RN. I am very excited. Going into the medical field is something I have always wanted to do so this is like my dream come true. Well, one of them at least. ;)

On Monday, I went and had blood work drawn to see how my liver is doing. I had my appointment today to get the results and I am very VERY happy to say that my liver is FINE!!!!! I do not need a biopsy! I cannot express enough how thankful for prayers that were said on my behalf. I appreciate them.

We have finally gotten most of Tawni's new room finished. We need to fix a few stuff , and put the last coat of primer on and then paint her walls. It has been a LONG progress and I am excited it is almost over.

I hope to keep remembering to update this at least weekly. I have been awful about it this last month. LOL

Oh and Tawni still has the same boyfriend she got 2 months ago! He has been in Texas for the last month and she misses him something fierce. He comes back home this weekend and she can't wait to see him. Isn't that sweet??

Since I am not on facebook or myspace anymore, you can still get a hold of me through email or my cell phone. My email is terilynachenbach@yahoo.com or terilynachenbach@comcast.net or princessmommyto3girls@gmail.com. My cell number is 801-205-4090. You can text me if you want. I ♥ to text! :)

2009-04-05T01:05:00.000-07:00

Wow! I can't believe it has been almost a month since I blogged... I guess we lead very boring lives. LOL

I signed Maddy up for Tumbling again on Tuesdays. She loves it. I am glad that she loves it. It gives me more time to rest from her. LOL Plus I get to watch firemen play basketball!!! ;) I also signed Tawni and Haylee up for Outdoor Soccer. I love watching them play. Tawni last year was starting to get good. I hope it all comes back to her. Haylee was getting to where she wouldn't be scared of the ball and it took a long time for that to happen.

Brian bought an older motorcycle a few weeks ago and has only been able to ride it a few times. Stupid Utah weather.

I got a very part time job at Tawni and Haylee's school. Last Wednesday I was checking out from volunteering and they offered it to me. I had no idea there was a position open. I am so excited to start. I figure that I will start next week or the week after sometime. The best thing is I can bring Maddy too. YAY me!

That is pretty much it.

Funny story that happened today:

Tawni recently started babysitting my friends kids. She was paid last night for the first time and her dad asked her to buy him dinner and she refused. He said, "Well, will you at least buy me an ice cream cone?" And she again refused. He said you should at least buy me an ice cream. She said you have money. And he said, "When I have money I buy you ice cream." I told Tawni that I agreed with Brian. She still refused and she told us to suck it up and be adults. LOL What a weird child.

2009-03-11T08:57:00.000-07:00

I can't believe March is almost half way over. Time is flying by so fast! Pretty soon Tawni is going to be in junior high! :( Okay let's not think about that just yet.... I have mascara on, LOL!

I have an appointment with a headache specialist. I hope they don't tell me to take meds. I HATE medications. I want to find out WHY I am getting headaches.

Maddy had her first tumbling class yesterday and SHE LOVED IT!!!! I was a little nervous to sign her up because at school when her class does singing and dancing, she just stands there. But yesterday she did fabulous! She really liked the trampoline and the stability ball. She was really funny to watch. She can't wait until next Tuesday.

Haylee is wanting to go to girls camp with Missionettes from our church and is needing to earn extra money. She is so excited to go but it's in Colorado. Can I handle her gone that long especially out of state? Especially since she will just only barely back from Mill Hollow. I think she will have a blast though.

Tawni has a boyfriend again. And this time it is someone who has liked her forever! They have been going out a week yesterday (8 PM yesterday in fact! LOL) She seems pleased that her boyfriend for a day streak is over. I think that was taking a hit on her self esteem. :(

Brian is trying to invent something and is stuck. I hope he figures it out because he is just not getting why it's not working. Let's hope he figures it out soon. :) In a few months, I will be able to go trucking with him again. I am so excited. I love going with him. Even though the last few times I went I was in extreme pain. This year I am anticipating on being good to go!

Speaking of which, last year was very upsetting to me when I went with Brian. The girls stayed at his moms house and were apparently not treated very well. So I ask... do you think leaving Haylee and Maddy with Tawni (who will be 13 in Sept and she is very mature for her age) overnight will be a good idea? I really don't want to leave them with my MIL again, and leaving them with my mom is not an option.

2009-02-23T20:53:00.000-08:00

Life is definitely on the upswing! Not too much to complain about. Spring is around the corner and the weather is starting to slowly warm back up.

I have a class tomorrow on diabetes. It's 3 hours long. I hope its not boring. LOL I have been to one before when I had GD with Maddy.

Much to the dismay of her father, Tawni will not be playing the violin next year in jr high. She is so good too. I hope she continues to play on her own because she really picked it up and her teacher said that she is one of her best students and she teaches at 8 different schools.

Maddy is going through a phase where she likes to moon people. LOL What am I going to do with her?

Haylee no longer has a boyfriend, and she doesn't seem to be sad by it. Not like Tawni gets. She still has a few years to really want to want one. Lets hope those years go by slow. ;) I can only handle one daughter liking boys right now.

2009-02-20T18:08:00.000-08:00

Larry H Miller died today from complications of diabetes. I am scared by this. I know how serious this disease is but somehow it never hit me until I was diagnosed. I was never a fan of his or anything he did (his sports, his car dealerships, etc...) but Utah has lost someone HUGE! He will be missed by many people.

2009-02-19T11:23:00.001-08:00

WE ARE POTTY TRAINED!!!! I am so excited! Maddy hasn't been in diapers for 2 weeks and she has only had a few accidents, and only one at night. We, especially her daddy, are so proud of her! Now if we can get her in her own bed! Suggestions are welcome! ;)

I FINALLY got the results back from my liver ultrasound. He said it looks fine. There are a few places that are a little fatty but that he isn't worried about it because everyones has a little bit of fat in theirs. So the next step is to lose weight (which exercising has been going good, not great, but good) and to have my liver levels checked again in May. I soooo hope that they go down again. I don't want to get a biopsy done.

Brian and I celebrated the 14th anniversary of our first date last night by having a little ice cream date while the girls were at church. It was nice. We don't get to be alone too often. He is a great man and even though we almost didn't make it, I wouldn't want to be with anyone else. *Awwwww*

Last night I let Tawni drive my car down the driveway so Maddy could drive her Princess Car that she got for Christmas. She did pretty good, which doesn't surprise me since she drives on her friends dads property when she sleeps over. She is seriously growing up so fast! :(

I am working on Spring Cleaning my house. It is taking a lot longer than I wanted to because the older two girls aren't helping out. Dang it. It'll get done though. And I will be so excited. I haven't felt the need to clean like this in a long time. LOL I wish I had a maid so I wouldn't need to feel the need...

This funny story is about Maddy.

I was sitting in the front room rocking in the glider. It was right after my back surgery I think. Maddy can up to me, pulled down her diaper and started spreading her butt cheeks apart and then together and then apart and together and started quacking at me. She was moving her bum like it was what was quacking. I swear that girl..... Brian loved it and told all his friends who thought that was hysterical. She is so weird.

2009-02-07T13:15:00.001-08:00

I had my appointment with the gastroenterologist yesterday and the bloodwork that I had done on January 30th all came back negative. There are a few things my doctor didn't test for, but apparently those things are very rare to get. Anyway, Monday, I am having an untrasound done on my liver. I hope things look good. The gastroenterologist is thinking maybe it's fatty tissue which is not a good thing. So I have to go back in May to see him again. In the meantime I have to get my diabetes under control and do something about my weight, (which I am!) and we will see then if my liver levels have come down, and if not, I have to get a biopsy done on my liver, which I DON'T want.

Last night was Maddy's first night with out a diaper or pull up on when she went to bed. I was very nervous since she does sleep with me, but the baby princess woke up dry. :) YAY!! Very exciting! And she even went poop in the potty for the first time, without being told to today. This is progressing very nicely. We have run out of pull ups and I am not sure if I should buy more.

I took Maddy to the doctor last night because of her fever. It got to almost 104, on a regular basis. I tried the alternating of motrin and tylenol but the motrin was the only thing that worked to keep it down. Boo. He said her ear looks to be on the border of infected, so he wrote me a prescription for her ear (she gets ear infections A LOT! Last time she had one it took 3 different antibiotics to get rid of it after learning she is now allergic to penicillin.) to fill just in case she get worse. This morning she woke up burning up and so far the motrin is doing its job. I hope this fever doesn't come back.

I am sorry I can't think of a story right now. Maddy was up late last night and I am exhausted! I want a nap! LOL

2009-02-05T23:20:00.000-08:00

I HATE cleaning. Why can't I have a maid?? Especially after I am sick. No one seems to like to help stay on top of things so I end up getting better to a MESSY house. GRRR

I am finally feeling better and I think I am now used to my meds that the side affects don't bother me anymore. Thank goodness! I have a baby that is battling a fever now and is throwing up. I hate when she is sick. :( I hope Mad feels better soon. If she is still sick I am taking her in tomorrow.

Tomorrow is my appt with the gastroenterologist. Wish me luck! :) I hope that he/she finds nothing wrong and that the test results that showed something was wrong was just a fluke or that it was nothing serious and my liver healed itself.

Our vacation to Vegas is now canceled. Because now we have more prescriptions and more supplies for me and def more doctor visits. The good news is we are going to Bear World in Idaho and going to get season passes to Lagoon this year. Way cheaper and still a lot of fun. And this time, I BETTER be able to bottle feed the baby bears. Do you hear that Brian???? :)

This funny story is about Haylee:

A few years ago we went to WalMart so Tawni could find some dressy black shoes and Haylee got into the nylon socks... the ones you can use when you try on the shoes. She put one on her hand and it looked like she had webbed fingers. She kept it on when we went to the dept that Brian works in and just when we weren't expecting it, she says, "Look at my hand MOM!! I can't believe you married your cousin and did this to me!!!" I was so embarrassed!! Then when were leaving I was giving Brian a good bye kiss and she said, "Mom stop kissing your cousin!"
Yeah, that story will have me chuckling for years!!

2009-02-03T03:15:00.000-08:00

I LOVE this blogging stuff! :)

I got a call today for the results on my blood work for my liver. The tests couldn't tell them anything, so Friday I have an appointment with a gastrointerologist. I am taking that as a good sign. I think that if it was a bad thing, it would have showed up in my blood work.

Maddy is still doing great potty training. She went to school today with no pullup on and her teacher said she did GREAT! I am so proud! Looks like we are going to have an ice cream date with Maddy soon.

I think I am FINALLY getting used to my new medications. I still hate them because I hate medicine of any kind, but I know I need to take these.

Brian has a friend at one of his jobs and he told Brian that the last few years I have cost him a lot of money so it is time for him to trade me in for a new model. LOL! That guy is going to get a serious butt-kicking when I see him again. He is a good guy and I know he was joking.

I know my last blogs were kind of downers, but that is what is going on in our life right now. It does feel good getting all of this out of me, though. Anyway, at the end of each blog, I am going to write something funny that my kids have said or done in the recent or long ago past. Just to end things on a good note. :)

When Tawni was a little girl, she had the Scooby Doo gang as her imaginary friends. One day she was outside playing and RUSHED in to go pee. She was about 5 or so when this happened. So she is running through my house doing the pee pee dance as she goes and finally makes it to the bathroom. After a few seconds she comes out of the bathroom crying hysterically holding herself so she doesn't pee in her pants, still doing the pee pee dance. I asked her what was the matter, why was she crying, and she said that Fred wouldn't get off the potty so she could go. LOL I think she is going to kill me when she sees I posted this story! I hope that story made you smile just as she makes me smile every day.

2009-02-01T14:45:00.000-08:00

We may be getting a baby turtle! I am so excited! We had a turtle but he died a few years ago. I think turtles are so fun! The one we are getting still needs to hatch. So it's going to be just a baby. The last one we had, I named him Pokey, but I am unsure of what to name this one. I am open to suggestions....and a turtlesitter if we get it before we go to Vegas in March. :) Maddy is going to LOVE it!!

Still doing great with the potty training. I can't wait until we don't have to buy anymore pull-ups. I told Maddy that me and her daddy will take her out on a special ice cream date and I will buy her more Disney Princess panties if she potty trains. LOL She is making a lot of change in doing this. We switched from quarters to nickles though. And she gets double for pooping in the toilet, which so far she hasn't done.

2009-01-30T20:51:00.000-08:00

I had a doctor appointment today to discuss the results and I do have diabetes and high cholesterol. It's official. I am on 3 meds now. Metformin, Simvastatin, and Lisinopril. Ugh, I soooo hate taking medication. :( The bad news... she was, as I am, very concerned with the results of what is going on with my liver. We don't know exactly what is going on with it, but something is. I went onto webmd.com last night and looked up what the tests mean and what I saw is NOT good. Sometimes I curse the internet! LOL She ordered more blood work done and they took 12 vials of blood! I am trying my hardest to not think about it. I hope I get results soon. But only if they are good. ;)

Maddy's potty training is going GREAT! No diaper/pull-ups today and not one accident!! Even with a nap!! I am so stinkin proud of my baby kidlet. She is doing great. I was wondering though if I maybe was holding her back because she is my baby and unfortunately my last so I was holding onto to her baby-ness longer than I should have. Thank goodness she doesn't seem to need counseling because of it! ;) No onto get her into her own bed......

2009-01-29T23:00:00.000-08:00

So I got my results back, and yes I have diabetes. That sucks, but it is something I have had before and also something I feel I can handle. I am calling my doctor tomorrow to make an appointment. I also had high cholesterol and that worries me more. But that was barely out of the normal range though.

Haylee went skiing Tuesday and didn't have the GREAT time I thought she would, but she said it was okay. She fell down which probably ruined it for her. At least she tried it. I am so proud of her.

I am trying to potty train Maddy. I hope that she is potty trained by March when we go to Vegas (YAHOO!!!!!). I have been giving her quarters every time she uses the potty and she is doing well, because she LOVES money. LOL She has had a hard time just going so I turn on the sink water and let it run and within seconds she is going pee! YAY!!! Tomorrow is a no diaper/pullup day, and I am excited to see how it goes. :) Anyway as I said, I give her a quarter and make a huge deal about her going potty on the toilet, thinking that would make her want to go, because what child doesn't love praise?? Earlier this evening, right when she finished going, I went to the bathroom and when I was done, she said "Good job, Mommy!", and gave ME a quarter! So cute!

My wonderful friend Shannon has inspired me to start working out, so I started yesterday. It's not easy, nor fun huffing and puffing when you have a sore throat but I did it. I walked on the tread mill and it KICKED MY BUTT! Which is good and bad I guess. LOL Soon I can walk and walk without feeling like I wanna die. I love walking so I am so excited to be able to get back into it. And without having to stop so often because of pelvic pain and because of my back.

It's almost soccer season again!! I ♥ being a soccer mom. Maddy is still too young to play where Tawni and Haylee play, but I am thinking maybe a tumbling class for her. And hopefully they have a night session so it wears her out!! LOL

2009-01-26T18:58:00.001-08:00

I am still waiting for my results. I got a call from the insurance people today saying I need to see my doc and once my levels are back to where they should be (??) I can re apply. I am wondering what the heck is going on in this body of mine. The weight drop has stopped at 17 pounds but I am not gaining anything back, which is really hard for me to do anyway because I don't eat much.

Haylee was supposed to go skiing for her 4th grade field trip today but it was postponed until tomorrow. She was disappointed but glad they are still going. She is sooooo excited. I am excited for her. She has literally been counting down the days for about 2 months.

I went and got some clothes for the girls this weekend and I am very pleased with what I got and how little I spent! JCPenney had a buy one get one free on all their clearance and we went to Plato's Closet, my new fave store and Tawni got a ton of jeans there. The sales people are so nice there, Maddy was getting into EVERYTHING, putting all these clothes that were way too big for her and they let her. They would tell her how cute she looked. Maddy had a blast. LOL

We went to Wendover NV over the weekend and I tell you, after the stress I was having lately, it was so nice to get away. Brian was going to take us to Vegas, but we decided to go in March when Tawni and Haylee are off track so they wouldn't miss school. I am soooo excited for that. I ♥ Vegas! It is my favorite place in the world..... so far! My kids love it, and can't wait to spend the day at Circus Circus.

I am hoping I get my results back soon. This waiting is KILLING me! (Not literally! :) )

2009-01-21T16:25:00.000-08:00

YEAH BABY!! I went to my dr appointment today and they did an ultrasound on my neck where the lump is and of my thyroid. The lump is benign and my thyroid looks perfect. So it's not that. BUT that doesn't change the fact that my life insurance application was denied. So I am thinking diabetes. :( Not the best thing to have, but compared to what I thought it might be (cancer) I am welcoming it as a possibility. I had Gestational Diabetes with Maddy so I know how to manage it with diet. And hopefully the extra weight will melt off like it started to with my GD. I am sooooo relieved right now, I am actually GIDDY! LOL
I am still waiting for my lab work from the company that did our physicals so I can go back to the doctor with those results to see what IS going on. My doctor mentioned that most likely it is liver problems, hepatitis or diabetes, because that is what they routinely test for in tests like that. I hope the company hurries and sends me my results.

2009-01-19T23:25:00.000-08:00

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2009-01-19T22:00:00.000-08:00

Well, I am a bit nervous. I have a doctor appointment Wednesday to get a lump checked out in my neck. Given my moms history with cancer, I am a bit on the freaking out side. Full-on panic mode! When I found it, about a month and a half ago, Brian and I decided to get life insurance just in case. We had our physicals and got blood work and stuff. And I found out I dropped 15 pounds since Thanksgiving. Well, my application came back as denied due to abnormal lab results, which sent me into a few days of crying off and on. So I am dreading Wednesday, but at the same time wanting to get it over with. I hope it is nothing serious, but I feel confident that if it is bad, it was caught WAY early.

Brian hasn't really said anything about it, so I have no idea what is going on in his mind. I know when he got the denial letter he didn't sound good when he called to tell me, and he came home from work early so he could be with me (AWWW), because he knows how stressed and worried I am. I really wish I wasn't so emotional about this. But I am. And I can't help it. But I am so thankful I have so many wonderful friends to get me through this. I haven't told my parents until there is something to say. No need to worry them, right?

So this blogging thing is great, I think I am going to like it. And I will post pics as soon as I know how. :)

2009-01-18T19:17:00.000-08:00

I am proud to say that I am now a blogger. Well, I am going to try to be, and my goal is to blog at least once a week. I hope you enjoy what goes on in our lives. :) Come back for updates!