Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Family/Move
I wanted to post this picture of my family. Nathan and Spring moved away last week and so I think this will be the last big family picture for a long time. Will miss you guys, hope all works out at your new job and new home. LOVE YOU
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Make LEMONADE
I love this picture of Zachary and I. This was taken 4 weeks after I came home from ORH, our first time home at our house, and my first time really being about to hold Zachary for a long period of time. Also I finally got color back into my face-I looked almost human.
I hope all wasn't offended by my OH MY statement,BUT all that really know me, know that's my favorite thing to say.. Also I hope my last post wasn't to negative. The Olsen family we just laugh about it all, because year after year something ALWAYS happens. So now we laugh that there's always next year. An yes we try the best with these lemons situations we get - to make LEMONADE.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
It's That Time Of YEAR
Start out this post all I can say is OH MY HELL... Sorry if anyone is offended by that, but that is my favorite saying, WE ALL have those throw your hands up in the air can't believe it's happening OH MY HELL moments....
It's that time of year again.... It all seems to start the month of June. The last two now three Father's day have been not what you would think, in our family it's turning out that around Father's day is a CURSE for the Olsen family...
It all started June of 2006 the week of TJ's birthday- which is today. Brock had been sick for a few days and had a high fever, finally after 2 yes 2 visits to the ER they finally admitted Brock on the third ER visit- oh the ER visits all happened within a day and half of each other. SO YOU WOULD think that when a 1 1/2 year old has such a high fever and is so dehydrated and keeps throwing up that something is wrong. Finally Brock was admitted,Brock spent 5 days at ORH and Doc said that it was the flue BUT never did anything to back it up, never took blood or nothing, so then sent us home with Brock having a fever of 103-104.
After Brock spent the next 2 days so sick that he couldn't hold his head up and was turning a purple blue color we finally went to get a second opinion. The doctor at the other clinic didn't even look at his file, but sent us straight to Primary Children's. Walking into the hospital was the worst thing we went through. What we told is something you never can forget as a parent - for all of you that has lost a child or come close we understand what a horrible feeling it is. Brock was so sick and in such pain the nurse had to sedate him as soon as we entered the ER. Finally after what seemed like a million and one doctors coming in looking at Brock and all the whispers, they pulled in TJ and I, my parents and his parents and sat us down, that's when you know that it's bad REALLY BAD.
Kinda joking someone said OK doc just give it to us is Brock going to DIE. When the doctor answered YES and couldn't believe that Brock's heart hadn't given out on the drive to PH I lost it. The exact words from the doctor were I can't promise you'll leave this hospital with your child alive. It was the worst moment in our lives and yes time does seem to just stop, and so much goes through your mind, such horrible thoughts. Finally at 5:00 a.m the next morning after many tests they finally admitted us to medical floor because they weren't sure what was wrong.
TJ and I were so tired but were afraid to sleep in fear that we would lose Brock. The nurses brought in a adult size bed so that we could take turns holding Brock in the bed, we didn't want to let go.
Doctors ran every test they could think of. At one point they thought they were going to find some new disease they had never heard of, or find some massive bone tumor on his body, they just had no clue. One of the head doctors even sat in on a body scan which they don't do, but sat in because he was so sure they were going to find a massive tumor or something else and if so wanted to be able to catch it ASAP. There was one disease they thought it could be, that was Kawasaki's Disease, which only finding have only been in Asain children, and only a few cases in the US. Brock had A and C symptoms but not ABC so nothing added up or made sense to the doctors.
If you don't treat KSD in 10-14 days it becomes damaging and deadly, and will start to shut down your heart. The doctors finally decided that it was KSD even though Brock only had 75% of the symptoms they were feared that if in fact it was KSD that he had it for going on the 14Th day and that the 15Th day could be deadly. For a time they thought that maybe Brock wouldn't be able to even walk again, but to us it didn't matter, if he was alive that's all that matter.
When we finally left PH Brock at a 1 1/2 years old, only weighed 17 pounds. He had to learn how to feed himself again, to walk again, we started all over. It's been 2 years now and Brock is doing good, he goes back in 2 years to have another echo make sure there is no damage to his heart.
Brock at ORH-June of 2006
Then last June I was at such high risk being pregnant with Zachary and seeing my doctor 2-3 times a week. Finally decided to deliver Zachary 6 weeks early. Zachary was only an hour old when I noticed that he was crying funny, and from having a preemie baby before the way they cry is something you watch for to make sure they are breathing correctly when they cry. The nurses from the NICU came in, sure enough Zachary couldn't breath, so off he went for 8 days to the NICU.
This picture was when I was sick last summer and stayed at ORH for 25 days
Zachary only minutes old
The latest thing to happen is Brock is highly allergic to mosquito's, you can see how allergic he is. Thursday night TJ got home early so him and our neighbor Rich worked on their cars together while the boys sat in the stroller and watched. Brock was covered, but the mosquitoes I guess still found a way. Friday morning Brock woke up with one eye kinda swollen, but then later that day when he woke up from his hour and half nap THIS IS WHAT I SAW.
You can see that from the marks on his eye that was the doctors way of making sure it didn't grow anymore. So Friday night I called the doctor and thought it was bad enough we should head straight to the ER, because it was so bad that it could cause damage to his eye.... OH MY HELL is what I thought, and here we go again.
It's that time of year again.... It all seems to start the month of June. The last two now three Father's day have been not what you would think, in our family it's turning out that around Father's day is a CURSE for the Olsen family...
It all started June of 2006 the week of TJ's birthday- which is today. Brock had been sick for a few days and had a high fever, finally after 2 yes 2 visits to the ER they finally admitted Brock on the third ER visit- oh the ER visits all happened within a day and half of each other. SO YOU WOULD think that when a 1 1/2 year old has such a high fever and is so dehydrated and keeps throwing up that something is wrong. Finally Brock was admitted,Brock spent 5 days at ORH and Doc said that it was the flue BUT never did anything to back it up, never took blood or nothing, so then sent us home with Brock having a fever of 103-104.
After Brock spent the next 2 days so sick that he couldn't hold his head up and was turning a purple blue color we finally went to get a second opinion. The doctor at the other clinic didn't even look at his file, but sent us straight to Primary Children's. Walking into the hospital was the worst thing we went through. What we told is something you never can forget as a parent - for all of you that has lost a child or come close we understand what a horrible feeling it is. Brock was so sick and in such pain the nurse had to sedate him as soon as we entered the ER. Finally after what seemed like a million and one doctors coming in looking at Brock and all the whispers, they pulled in TJ and I, my parents and his parents and sat us down, that's when you know that it's bad REALLY BAD.
Kinda joking someone said OK doc just give it to us is Brock going to DIE. When the doctor answered YES and couldn't believe that Brock's heart hadn't given out on the drive to PH I lost it. The exact words from the doctor were I can't promise you'll leave this hospital with your child alive. It was the worst moment in our lives and yes time does seem to just stop, and so much goes through your mind, such horrible thoughts. Finally at 5:00 a.m the next morning after many tests they finally admitted us to medical floor because they weren't sure what was wrong.
TJ and I were so tired but were afraid to sleep in fear that we would lose Brock. The nurses brought in a adult size bed so that we could take turns holding Brock in the bed, we didn't want to let go.
Doctors ran every test they could think of. At one point they thought they were going to find some new disease they had never heard of, or find some massive bone tumor on his body, they just had no clue. One of the head doctors even sat in on a body scan which they don't do, but sat in because he was so sure they were going to find a massive tumor or something else and if so wanted to be able to catch it ASAP. There was one disease they thought it could be, that was Kawasaki's Disease, which only finding have only been in Asain children, and only a few cases in the US. Brock had A and C symptoms but not ABC so nothing added up or made sense to the doctors.
If you don't treat KSD in 10-14 days it becomes damaging and deadly, and will start to shut down your heart. The doctors finally decided that it was KSD even though Brock only had 75% of the symptoms they were feared that if in fact it was KSD that he had it for going on the 14Th day and that the 15Th day could be deadly. For a time they thought that maybe Brock wouldn't be able to even walk again, but to us it didn't matter, if he was alive that's all that matter.
When we finally left PH Brock at a 1 1/2 years old, only weighed 17 pounds. He had to learn how to feed himself again, to walk again, we started all over. It's been 2 years now and Brock is doing good, he goes back in 2 years to have another echo make sure there is no damage to his heart.
Brock at ORH-June of 2006
Then last June I was at such high risk being pregnant with Zachary and seeing my doctor 2-3 times a week. Finally decided to deliver Zachary 6 weeks early. Zachary was only an hour old when I noticed that he was crying funny, and from having a preemie baby before the way they cry is something you watch for to make sure they are breathing correctly when they cry. The nurses from the NICU came in, sure enough Zachary couldn't breath, so off he went for 8 days to the NICU.
This picture was when I was sick last summer and stayed at ORH for 25 days
Zachary only minutes old
The latest thing to happen is Brock is highly allergic to mosquito's, you can see how allergic he is. Thursday night TJ got home early so him and our neighbor Rich worked on their cars together while the boys sat in the stroller and watched. Brock was covered, but the mosquitoes I guess still found a way. Friday morning Brock woke up with one eye kinda swollen, but then later that day when he woke up from his hour and half nap THIS IS WHAT I SAW.
You can see that from the marks on his eye that was the doctors way of making sure it didn't grow anymore. So Friday night I called the doctor and thought it was bad enough we should head straight to the ER, because it was so bad that it could cause damage to his eye.... OH MY HELL is what I thought, and here we go again.
Last minute we didn't head to the ER but I did spend until 1:45 a.m at the doctors office. Today Brock's eye is still swollen but he is able to actually open it. Yesterday Brock kept telling everyone that he's a pirate, and that his eye wont open.
The last two birthdays and Father's Day Travis has spent in a hospital. Hopefully next year will be much better. Let me just say that even though this time of year REALLY seems to SUCK for our family, what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
DORKY SISTER and happy birthday
This is what Annie gets for being such a DORK!!
Few months ago we got a really nice new camera that takes pictures really fast one after another. So last week while in Morgan at the park my sisters thought it would be funny when I wasn't around to take my camera and take dorky pictures of each other.
Today is my wonderful friend Sarah's little boy Trey 2nd birthday, so I wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TREY!! I can't believe that he is two already. Sarah being the awesome friend she is let me be in the room when Trey was born. It was such a neat thing to experience and to share with someone that has been such a MAJOR part of my life for the last 15 years.. LOVE YOU SARAH and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREY.
Also CONGRATS to Sarah and Jeremy for the upcoming arrival of a baby girl. Sarah found out she's having a girl.... YIPPEE SKIPPY.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
YIPPY SKIPPEE!! So I've been going to lady fitness since April and I love it. Not always because the crazy old lady that comes and turns off all the fans in the middle of your workout, but other then that it's awesome. Few weeks ago I did a boot camp and couldn't walk up my stairs the rest of the day. My reason for being so happy today about Lady Fitness is because
...............I LOST ANOTHER PANT SIZE.............
I went shopping get some summer stuff and much to my EXCITEMENT I had to get another size smaller, and even with that the ones I got are a little big. ...YIPPY SKIPPEE... To everyone out there if I can do so can you. At first it was hard to learn how to eat better again and keep up with the exercise. It is so worth the pay off. I count calories, so it gives you little more freedom eat what you want, but by check out the calorie count before you put it in your mouth, sure makes you think twice if you want to eat it or not.
Posting about my weight is hard for me, most don't know that it's something I've always struggled with. Since after having kids and the weight gain from kids I went into hiding almost because I was afraid to see anyone. It's been a real struggle, from 9th grade until few years out of high school I struggled with eating disorders. In my eyes when I look in the mirror I think I should see me back at 90 pounds, but I've come to realize that isn't what I'll see and hope to never see that again. So I have been working on excepting myself for me a mom of two wonderful boys and not a 90 pound stick.
I ran into an old friend haven't seen in about 5 years and was embarrassed at first because I knew last time had seem me I was 90- 100 pounds and after about an hour or two feeling sorry for myself I realized I was doing it again, so WHO CARES what you look like as long as you like what you see in the mirror. I have worked really hard and it's really starting to pay off.
Monday, May 26, 2008
LONG POST
It's been a while since I last blogged and much has gone on since then. To be honest with everyone I haven't blogged in almost a month because I feel like my life has been well- TURNED UP SIDE DOWN, I have had a lot of things happen lately that I look back at my life and think how the HECK DID I GET HERE..... It seems that everyone is always blogging about what wonderful things are going on in their lives -well come on people things are not always as they seem. So to those of you that think this is negative then get real because LIFE ISN'T FAIR.....
So enough about what's not fair- what is fair is that... UMMMM I have the cutest kids EVER.
Let's start with Memorial Day.
Today was a fun day, the boys and I went with my parents and my crazy little sisters to Morgan. Every year we head to Morgan to put flowers at the graves. This is something that my family has done for years, I can even remember going with my grandpa Dickson/ Amos years ago before he passed away. After the Morgan Cemetery we always head to Porterville Cemetery. Today when we were at the cemeteries Annie kept saying what a creepy place cemeteries are and I had to disagree with her. I am the one that is scared of the dark and cemeteries but not those two cemeteries. I grew up going there and so I don't find them creepy at all. I was telling my sisters about years ago when I was on a date we went to the Porterville cemetery in the dark to watch a rain storm and they flipped out to think I would go to such a creepy place at night in the middle of nowhere.( What a bunch of sissy girls LOL...)
It was to bad that it rained because it would have been fun to take the boys on a hike to the M, which has been something we've done many times before on Memorial Day.
Another tradition you could say about Memorial Day is that we always go to Steph's which has some of the best food ever. When I was little we would walk from Grandpa's house over and get shakes and fries, they use to have these rootbeer float freeze that were wonderful and the best part about Steph's is the Grasshopper shakes, no one else makes them the same.
Another thing we always do is go the park which I realized today is called Riverside park, and in all my time I've spent in Morgan I never knew the parks name until today.
Zack on the swing - notice his red hair, that's what I get for having issues about red hair..
The first part of Memorial Day weekend we headed to Island Park to the cabin and these are some picture TJ took while there. Friday we went to Yellowstone and Brock had a blast. At first he was asleep but the first buffalo we saw he was awake and asking if he could pet it. That's Brock for ya!!
Bullwinkle outside the cabin just hanging out.
Mr. Crow wasn't afraid of anyone and was getting a little to close to Brock.
Bald Eagle- everyone that saw it said it was the biggest Bald Eagle they had seen.
So enough about what's not fair- what is fair is that... UMMMM I have the cutest kids EVER.
Let's start with Memorial Day.
Today was a fun day, the boys and I went with my parents and my crazy little sisters to Morgan. Every year we head to Morgan to put flowers at the graves. This is something that my family has done for years, I can even remember going with my grandpa Dickson/ Amos years ago before he passed away. After the Morgan Cemetery we always head to Porterville Cemetery. Today when we were at the cemeteries Annie kept saying what a creepy place cemeteries are and I had to disagree with her. I am the one that is scared of the dark and cemeteries but not those two cemeteries. I grew up going there and so I don't find them creepy at all. I was telling my sisters about years ago when I was on a date we went to the Porterville cemetery in the dark to watch a rain storm and they flipped out to think I would go to such a creepy place at night in the middle of nowhere.( What a bunch of sissy girls LOL...)
It was to bad that it rained because it would have been fun to take the boys on a hike to the M, which has been something we've done many times before on Memorial Day.
Another tradition you could say about Memorial Day is that we always go to Steph's which has some of the best food ever. When I was little we would walk from Grandpa's house over and get shakes and fries, they use to have these rootbeer float freeze that were wonderful and the best part about Steph's is the Grasshopper shakes, no one else makes them the same.
Another thing we always do is go the park which I realized today is called Riverside park, and in all my time I've spent in Morgan I never knew the parks name until today.
Zack on the swing - notice his red hair, that's what I get for having issues about red hair..
Brock swinging all by himself - what a BIG boy.
Mom and Zack on the swing - I go rained on minutes before so that's why my hair is out of control.
Couple Sunday's ago we had dinner at TJ's parents house, since it was warm we played outside and Zack had a blast playing on Brock's bike. Zack does just fine getting on and off the bike on his own.
The first part of Memorial Day weekend we headed to Island Park to the cabin and these are some picture TJ took while there. Friday we went to Yellowstone and Brock had a blast. At first he was asleep but the first buffalo we saw he was awake and asking if he could pet it. That's Brock for ya!!
Bullwinkle outside the cabin just hanging out.
Mr. Crow wasn't afraid of anyone and was getting a little to close to Brock.
Bald Eagle- everyone that saw it said it was the biggest Bald Eagle they had seen. Saturday, May 3, 2008
SPA DAY and a chocolate truffle
NEW - IMAGE -SPA.....today I went an got an hour massage. IT WAS WONDERFUL!! The lady doing the massage said you seem to have a lot of tension in your shoulders, I just laughed- if she only knew. The spa is in South Ogden and it was only $65 for an hour massage, if you have never gotten a massage that's an awesome price and it's so worth the money. I left feeling like a new person!! I then went to See's Candies in the mall and treated myself to a chocolate truffle-that was just as wonderful, and so worth the calories.
I love to scrapbook - the first book I ever did was of an old friend, which I gave to as a gift. Since then I can't stop scrapbooking. I am doing another blog of all my scrap ideas I've learned over the years. I am proud to say that I am the cheapest scrapbooker there is. I've spent next to nothing on my supplies all due to my creative ways of buying supplies. I can find you any good bargain on scrapbooking things. Example : one time I bought over $20 worth of stuff for $6-you just have to think it through. FEW EXAMPLES of what I've done.
People know I love doing this so when they don't want stuff anymore - this is what I get..
I love to scrapbook - the first book I ever did was of an old friend, which I gave to as a gift. Since then I can't stop scrapbooking. I am doing another blog of all my scrap ideas I've learned over the years. I am proud to say that I am the cheapest scrapbooker there is. I've spent next to nothing on my supplies all due to my creative ways of buying supplies. I can find you any good bargain on scrapbooking things. Example : one time I bought over $20 worth of stuff for $6-you just have to think it through. FEW EXAMPLES of what I've done.
People know I love doing this so when they don't want stuff anymore - this is what I get..
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