My Little Preschooler

Kambree had her second day of Preschool today. I just thought she looked so cute, I had to take her picture.

This is the outfit mom would have chose for the first day had she not been over-ruled by the bossy 4 year old. At least it was a rainy day for her to wear it and not roast!

***SHOPPING***

wE hAd SuCh a bUsY sUmMeR!!

but because of that.... we didn't do any shopping for school clothes. I did a little on line (more for the younger kids).

Krisitan and I had a day planned for us to go together... but that was the week Kambree ended up at Primary's. She was a good sport about it, and has been wearing old clothes the first 2 weeks of school. (which really is no biggie, cuz it's not like her old clothes were old, with holes and dirty or anything) but still..... she is like her mother... and clothes are a big deal and oh so FUN! So we finally had a Saturday she and I could both GO!

KrIsTiAn invited AfToN and kArLeE to join us and we all had a great day.

We won't talk about how much money we spent.... (Cory reads this thing occasionally)

The Musketeers

Preschool started today. Kambree was so excited and ready for learning again. Ms. Nicole is one of her idols, and she was so ready to get back to seeing her regularly again. Kambree is a lucky girl to have great friends her age in our little community. (Mom's are very lucky too.... cuz then we get to organize Carpools! ahhhhh..... they make life easier! :D)

Maverick, Nicholas, Kambree, & Rachel

Kambree chose her outfit for today. It wasn't Mom's first choice but K was happy about it..... she loves her kitty shirt.

The little Mini Backpack..... I just love it! She won't get by with mini for much longer. I swear she grows like a weed. I turn my back, and she's another year older. My baby girl..... my last baby girl. We are almost out of toddler clothes..... Too big for naps (but mom gets away with "rest time")....... She sings Hannah Montana..... Not liking Dora much anymore.... Calls Grandma on the phone all by herself.... Thinks she's too big for a carseat (we're looking for a booster)..... Bosses Gage around, and takes his hand to go and "help" him...... but, ever since her hospital experience a couple of weeks ago.... she wants me to rock her before she goes to bed at night.... for that I am grateful. I wonder how much longer that will last........

Some Sweet Day...

...it was today. Congrats to my Sister and her Husband on the arrival of thier second child, a baby girl.

* Born: September 2, 2008

Time: 2:00 pm

Weight: 8lbs 10ozs

Length: 21 inches *

She will be named Kalli Jean. (Jean is a combination of both Ashley and Matt's mothers names.... Janeen and Arlene)

Kristian thought she was pretty cool.

This whole being an aunt thing is pretty awesome! Congrats guys! We are so happy for you!

Labor Day Camping...

We had other plans for this weekend.... We usually go to the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot Idaho this weekend, with my parents. (Just adults) but Mom & Dad decided not to go because my sister is due to have her baby any day, and they wanted to be close and not commit to anything and then with Kambree needing IV medications, we decided to take the family camping. Grandma Caroll and Grandpa Boyd came along, and we had so much fun. We decided to try out Clear Creek.... we hadn't been there for a few years. This is a popular camping weekend and there were plenty of campers that decided on Clear Creek too.

The kids totally loved playing in the water. It was really low, and slow, so it was nice to be able to just let them play! Gage was in heaven with his paper cup! Kassie had so much fun catching little fish with her paper cup.

Kambree trying to show off her muscles.... it looks more like she's trying to be a chicken to me!

Grandma and Gage sitting around the fire.

We had so much fun, despite the storm that rolled in Sunday afternoon.

Trigger

Mom and Dad bought a Shetland pony for the grand kids. They are so excited! He is really good natured and mellow. Kassie is learning to saddle him herself. His name is Trigger.

RIDE EM' COWGIRL! (in a skirt hiked up to your hips, leggings, and flip flops! .... your Dad would be so proud! :D)

Primary Children's #2

So we arrived BACK at Primary Children's Hospital around midnight Wednesday the 20th. Kambree was still fevering, and we repeated some blood work during the day, and they were really worried that the fluid around her kidney was abscessing, and that it would need to be drained. So they admitted her and was planning an early morning "real time CT" to drain the abscess and infection. But.... of course, as they monitored her all night, she never had a fever, so they changed plans in the morning on Thursday, and decided to watch her throughout the day. So we hung out, ate pink lemonade sour slushies (Kambree's favorite, and one of only two flavors they offered), watched too much of the Disney Channel (for Cory and I), did puzzles, colored, and played with play dough. She had a visit from her cousin Connor, and Aunt Ashley & Uncle Matt. (Cory and I were grateful, we were finally able to leave the room together, and eat together, rather than taking turns) It was a good day, as far as being in a hospital goes, and as you can see by the picture below..... Kambree was happy and feeling rather well.

They decided that without fevers, she might not have an abscess. They really didn't want to expose her to more radiation in doing a CT scan that wasn't necessary. (they figure one CT scan is equivalent to a year of radiation we naturally get from the environment) And while they had her there, they wanted to get a VCUG test. This test tells them if you have any reflux from the bladder to the kidney. (any urine that goes back up to the kidney, when it is not supposed to) They also wanted another U/S by a pediatric technician, since this was missed on her last one at Bear River Hospital, to see if they could detect the fluid around the kidney, and see if they felt it was abscessing. Then the plan was to place in a PICC line in her arm so she could go home and still be on IV antibiotics since these were working best for her. So to prepare her, and explain to her what would be happening to her, they brought in what they call a "Child Life Specialist" to explain everything to her. Her name was Holly, and she gave Kambree her own special hospital doll in a hospital gown to color and decorate herself.

She fell asleep during the U/S. It was a toasty warm room, with a warm mat to lay on, and a little back rub from the ultrasound wand, and she was having sweet dreams!

They decided she has mild reflux, which most likely she will grow out of, but will need to be on a prophylactic dose of an antibiotic for a year to keep her from getting another infection. The fluid around her kidney did not appear to be abscessing. Her PICC line was placed under sedation that they did right in her room..... which totally creeped me out, but I still didn't want to leave her. So I endured. Watching the monitors the whole time, counting her respiratory rate and pulse. All of these tests were done on Friday. My Birthday. My WORST Birthday ever. Not recommended...... EVER. Not just on your birthday, but on any day.... watching your baby cry and be tortured all day is Hell. I was on the verge of tears all day.... if any one person would have even asked me how I was doing, I most likely would have lost it. Especially when she had such a good couple of days before, and was feeling so much better. It's one thing to have them trying to find out what is wrong so they can get them feeling better, but when they are improving, and finally having good days, and seem to be on the mend, it was just so much worse to have them doing these tests. She lost her tolerance that day. She would no longer allow them to do the things they needed to, like vitals, administer meds, and such without a fight. She had HAD ENOUGH!! As you can see below, she was only too happy to leave come Saturday morning!

So far things are going well at home. She went to the Rodeo last night, and Church today. We do her IV meds at 12 and 6. That's 12 noon and midnight, and 6 am and pm. I will have to take pics of that.... she just carries around her little ball of medicine, with the line attached to her arm, and just keeps playing! So Cute!! She's on the mend!! Thanks for your prayers and words of support! We Love You!