Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Family Pics
We had family pictures done a couple of weeks ago. I was so excited to hang them in my house but, we sold our house and will be homeless in 3 weeks. We are so excited but really nervous to start all over again. Wish us luck. Enjoy the pics
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
6 Years
6 years ago on Saturday I watched my husband walk for the last time. I will never forget him running up the stairs and then running back down again to give me another kiss goodbye. I went shopping with my mom that day. I remember I was in buckle and I dropped the bags I was carrying and stopped dead. My mom asked me what was wrong and I said "somethings really wrong." In the pit of my stomach I knew it was Lonnie. About 45 min later I received a call from his brother. They had to haul him in the back of the truck through the desert, to the ambulance, and then he called me. He spent the next 4 months in the hospital. The first 3.5 weeks he was literally hanging on by a thread. It was almost daily he would code and all the doctors and nurses in the ICU would be running into his room. You know when your in the hospital and it comes over the intercom "code 2 in room" yep that was Lonnies room quite regularly. I prayed and prayed and prayed, seriously all day long everyday. I sat in the corner of his room and prayed. I told Heavenly Father I would deal with anything as long as he didn't take my husband. And here we are today.
I cant believe its been 6 years. I remember when we were in the hospital another quad came to talk to us. He was 3 years post injury. I remember thinking "3 years of living like this? That sounds hard". I know that sounds horrible but Im just being honest. Now we are 6 years out and I cant believe it.
I could go into great detail of how horrible those 4 months were but really I just want to talk about how wonderful life is. We have been so INCREDIBLY blessed in our life. We have amazing family and friends that have literally made our life possible.
Lonnie and I always talk about how life would be if the accident never happened. What kind of people would we be, what kind of parents would we be. I am not so sure we would be happier. I am grateful for this trial giving us a different perspective on life. It has made us see things so differently. Lots of things just dont matter any more. I am grateful for all of the blessing that have come into our lives because of this. Mostly I am grateful for how we have grown as a couple. We had an amazing relationship before the accident. So amazing that I would always worry some big trial was going to happen because our life was way to blissful(I know Im wierd). We didnt get sent to earth to not be tried. But, I could never describe the depth we have now.I cant believe its been 6 years. I remember when we were in the hospital another quad came to talk to us. He was 3 years post injury. I remember thinking "3 years of living like this? That sounds hard". I know that sounds horrible but Im just being honest. Now we are 6 years out and I cant believe it.
I could go into great detail of how horrible those 4 months were but really I just want to talk about how wonderful life is. We have been so INCREDIBLY blessed in our life. We have amazing family and friends that have literally made our life possible.
Our boys are already amazing little helpers to their dad. They always say "dads fingers don't work, broken." And yes you better believe they will NEVER ride motorcycles.
Our lives have definately been made possible to cope because of our family. Thank you guys for everything you have done and everything you still do. Words can never describe how grateful we are. We often question why we have been so blessed while so many suffer. Thank you to everyone from the bottom of our hearts. We love you all!
Our lives have definately been made possible to cope because of our family. Thank you guys for everything you have done and everything you still do. Words can never describe how grateful we are. We often question why we have been so blessed while so many suffer. Thank you to everyone from the bottom of our hearts. We love you all!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Thursday, October 8, 2009
To Blog or not to blog
As you can tell I have been quite the slacker at blogging. Life has been crazy and blogging is the last of my priorities. Plus, I mostly feel like not to many people read it. Not that Im complaining but, really is this whole blogging thing worth it? Not really sure, but here are a few pics of what we have been up to the last few months until I decide.
Josh has been why we are so busy. He has been having major health issues. For the past few months it seems like his as been at the doctors 1-2 times per week. Since he was about 1 year he has been screaming for 4-5 hours EVERY night saying his chest hurt. He also screamed all day long and wasnt eating. He kept loosing weight, at 21 months he was barley 21 pounds. The doctors at primary's tested him for reflux, celiacs, parasites, just about everything. Everything pretty much came back normal except he has a major milk allergy. So we took him totally off of anything dairy and it didnt help at all. The doctors at primarys told me there was nothing else they could do with him and to take him to a sleep doctor. Two different pediatricians told me the same thing. One actually told me he was having nightmares. Lets just say we no longer go to him.
After months of this I finally took him to a allergist. It turns out he is allergic to Wheat, processed sugar, msg, nutrasweet, corn, and peanuts. Since we have taken him off all of that he is a different baby. He has slept through the night since and he doesnt scream all day anymore. YAY! The diet is a bit of a challenge but, really it just takes getting used to. I actually feel blessed that we finally diagnosed it and it wasnt something worse. Just seeming him get to the point of screaming at the sight of a doctors office and going through so much testing, that was enough for me. The thought of having a sick child literally tears my heart out. So we now eat extremely healthy.
Other than that we are all doing pretty well. Lonnie has been staying so busy at work, which is such a HUGE blessing. We are so truly blessed.
The boys basically say everything now. They are saying about 3-4 word sentances. They know probably 10-15 letters, Josh can spell his name, they both know their colors and shapes. I cant believe how fast they are growing up. It doesnt seem like they should be doing all of these things but they are. They are getting more and more fun everyday. I am just waiting for the terrible twos. Secretly I am hoping that my children are special and they skip that stage.
Well, here you go. Be prepared for a picture overload!!
Taylor @ Gardner Village. They love pumpkins
Taylor @ Gardner Village
Josh; all sprawled out and relaxed on dad. They have recently figured out how to climb up on Lonnie. They also like to jump on his feet so his muscle spasm and it bounces them up and down.
Taylor; not so sure about that giant spider
As you can see my boys dont like to pose. They were both trying to escape.
The boys will no longer ride in their stroller. They have to walk every where. They other day at the zoo they literally walked the entire zoo. I was exhausted and they were still going strong. So the rule is, they have to hang on to dad. They do really well. Josh has gotten his toes ran over quite a few times but he just gets annoyed more than anything.
All the boys watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
At the zoo. Taylor is soaking Josh.
Their favorite form of transportation
Grandma and Taylor; Notice the cute baby giraffe
Notice the baby elephant. He was my personal favorite
The boys new scooters. They are amazing on them. It took them about five minutes and they were pumping away on them down the driveway.
Lonnies birthday. Since he cant unwrap presents I decided to wrap the boys in the presents. Sometimes I feel it to be pointless to wrap the presents and then unwrap them myself (no offense Lonnie, Love ya!!)
Taylor was so proud
Taylor just being crazy little Taylor!
Josh watching Mickey. I promise my kids dont watch TV all day. Just when I am getting Lonnie up and dressed in the morning they watch Mickey.
Josh has been why we are so busy. He has been having major health issues. For the past few months it seems like his as been at the doctors 1-2 times per week. Since he was about 1 year he has been screaming for 4-5 hours EVERY night saying his chest hurt. He also screamed all day long and wasnt eating. He kept loosing weight, at 21 months he was barley 21 pounds. The doctors at primary's tested him for reflux, celiacs, parasites, just about everything. Everything pretty much came back normal except he has a major milk allergy. So we took him totally off of anything dairy and it didnt help at all. The doctors at primarys told me there was nothing else they could do with him and to take him to a sleep doctor. Two different pediatricians told me the same thing. One actually told me he was having nightmares. Lets just say we no longer go to him.
After months of this I finally took him to a allergist. It turns out he is allergic to Wheat, processed sugar, msg, nutrasweet, corn, and peanuts. Since we have taken him off all of that he is a different baby. He has slept through the night since and he doesnt scream all day anymore. YAY! The diet is a bit of a challenge but, really it just takes getting used to. I actually feel blessed that we finally diagnosed it and it wasnt something worse. Just seeming him get to the point of screaming at the sight of a doctors office and going through so much testing, that was enough for me. The thought of having a sick child literally tears my heart out. So we now eat extremely healthy.
Other than that we are all doing pretty well. Lonnie has been staying so busy at work, which is such a HUGE blessing. We are so truly blessed.
The boys basically say everything now. They are saying about 3-4 word sentances. They know probably 10-15 letters, Josh can spell his name, they both know their colors and shapes. I cant believe how fast they are growing up. It doesnt seem like they should be doing all of these things but they are. They are getting more and more fun everyday. I am just waiting for the terrible twos. Secretly I am hoping that my children are special and they skip that stage.
Well, here you go. Be prepared for a picture overload!!
Taylor @ Gardner Village. They love pumpkins
Taylor @ Gardner Village
Josh; all sprawled out and relaxed on dad. They have recently figured out how to climb up on Lonnie. They also like to jump on his feet so his muscle spasm and it bounces them up and down.
Taylor; not so sure about that giant spider
As you can see my boys dont like to pose. They were both trying to escape.
The boys will no longer ride in their stroller. They have to walk every where. They other day at the zoo they literally walked the entire zoo. I was exhausted and they were still going strong. So the rule is, they have to hang on to dad. They do really well. Josh has gotten his toes ran over quite a few times but he just gets annoyed more than anything.
All the boys watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
At the zoo. Taylor is soaking Josh.
Their favorite form of transportation
Grandma and Taylor; Notice the cute baby giraffe
Notice the baby elephant. He was my personal favorite
The boys new scooters. They are amazing on them. It took them about five minutes and they were pumping away on them down the driveway.
Lonnies birthday. Since he cant unwrap presents I decided to wrap the boys in the presents. Sometimes I feel it to be pointless to wrap the presents and then unwrap them myself (no offense Lonnie, Love ya!!)
Taylor was so proud
Taylor just being crazy little Taylor!
Josh watching Mickey. I promise my kids dont watch TV all day. Just when I am getting Lonnie up and dressed in the morning they watch Mickey.
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