WHAT A SCARE WE HAD...(Part 5)

The night of Jersey's 2nd birthday, she started coughing and not sleeping that well. She had that "kitty-cat purring" sound kids make when they are congested and since my girls have had that many times, I really didn't think anything of it. Well, that night she had a super bad night and was up almost half of it. So Nathan and I decided that we would take her to the doctor the next day. So the next morning, Nathan drops Baylee off at school and he takes little Jers with him. Her school is about 25 minutes away and right around that time, {J} starts throwing up this green mucus and Nathan and Bay start freaking out. He drops Bay off (reassures her that Jersey will be perfectly fine) and then gets a feeling to take Jersey to the ER, which he was right by (coincidence?). While he is doing this, he is calling me and I'm not answering because I am with Ava and trying to make an appointment for Jersey.
Well, when I finally called him back, he tells me he is in the ER with Jersey and they are giving her breathing treatments and are about to put an IV in her. Of course, I start freaking out, thinking the worst and that I need to be with my sweet little baby Jers. I get me, Ava and the baby bag all ready and are in the car in like 10 minutes on our way to Banner Desert.
I get there and Jersey is totally pale and looks like she has lost like 5 pounds (she is already a little thing).
The doctors aren't quite sure what is wrong with her yet and are about to give her another breathing treatment and put the IV in her. My heart just about broke when they put the Iv in. {J} was so brave, much more brave than I thought she would be.
Later, we found out that she had DOUBLE PNEUMONIA!! Which means she had it in both of her lungs. the doctor said that they have been seeing a lot of this this season and that it can get really bad in a matter of hours. So, with out going into too much detail, {J} had to be on oxygen, given breathing treatments every 4 hours and was in the hospital for 2 days. Our lives were a whirl wind for awhile but she is doing much better now. Thanks goodness. It scared the heck out of me and I am just so thankful for doctors and nurses who do their job so well.

Here is Jersey with her oxygen tubes in. She was totally obsessed with her baby, blanket her daddy while at the hospital.



Poor little darlin...



This was Day 2: As you can see she is doing much better and even got her to smile.



{J} Had many visitors and got a few new presents while she was at the hospital. This is her sleeping in my moms arms. She just loves her "MY".



After she was discharged, she wanted her sunglasses and her "bayoon". As you can see, this little chica was ready to go home.

The Sun Shines on our Jersey...sho turned 2...(Part 4)

Jersey is 2! She is seriously such a fun little kid. I can't even believe that a little over 2 years ago I had no idea what it mean to literally have a baby. If I knew how crazy she was going to be...just kidding...I still would of had her. {J} has been a handful even from her early years. At the hospital, so many years ago, this little chica was trying to hold her head up the day after she way born! The Kelly Clarkson song, "Independent" comes to mind quite often when I think of Jers. She was rolling over at 2 1/2 months and crawling by 4. At 7 months she started gettin really dramatic because that is when she got her first tooth and started teething. Walking and talking all happend around 10 months of age and from that day on she was off and running. I look back now and think at how fast it all went. I just want everyone to know how much I love this little girl and how special she truly is.

Love ya Jersey-girl!

This was her "Birthday Outfit" and I can not tell you how much this little gal loves clothes and shoes and hair stuff and her bling, etc. She is a total girly-girl. I love it!



Could she be any cuter?? Seriously, I know I am a little biased but I just want to squeeze her little cheeks. It's too funny...ever since she was little, when I would take a picture I would say, "Smile and say cheese" then I would take it and say "Ohhhhhh". So now, this little chica says "Teeee, ohhhhh" and then wants to look at it. I love it, super cute. What can I say, it's always cuter when it's your own kid...grin.



After nap time we went to our beloved "Dollar Tree" and I let her pick out two babie and two balloons because she is two. I love her hair after her nappy-time. Always mussed up and very...all-over-the-place.



The balloon Center...need I say more?



{J} picking out her two "ba-yoons". She finally chose a purple star and a muti-colored one that said "Happy Birthday".



Her ghetto-style babies. As you can see they spare no expense at the dollar store...grin.



Later on that day we went over to my mom's house and played for a little bit. Then we headed over to a little place called Jamba Juice (our fav) and to Panda Expree. {J} loves Panda! This girl wolfs down like 4 bowls of this stuff!



I had a Pampered Chef team meeting but I got a parting picture before I left and gave her lots-o-luvies!



Again..Jersey is one of the loves in my life and I just can't even fathom life without her. No one can make me as crazy in the head as this girl can. On the flip-side of that, no one else can make me feel like a million bucks when she gives me a kiss, asks me "up tee" (up please) and asks for her "maaa-mmyy" (mommy).

Love you Ji-Ji.

And Better.... (Part 3)

Easter Weekend...

We got the girls matching dresses for Easter and I must say they all looked FABULOUS. I am a little biased though because, well, they are my girls...grin.

Baylee is super good with her little sisters. I know that they get into her stuff and cause havok in our lives sometimes and she even gets the shaft because Nathan and I are both tag-teaming the girls, but through it all, Bay is super sweet with her sister. They just love her to bits.











We had Easter Sunday lunch over at Melanie's house (Nathans mom). She is seriously one of the best cooks. We also have the best spread when ever we go to her house for a holiday. We let the girls do an Easter Egg hunt that we got on vidoe. Of course, {J} found one egg and then spent the rest of the time trying to get that one egg open to eat all the candy. I swear, that girl is a sugar-a-holic. Gee,I don't know where she gets that from...grin.

Melanie got the girls an Easter outfit so we just had to have a photo sesh out in the back yard.




Could life get any better...



Melanie has four boys and she had always prayed so hard for a little girl....now she has 5!! We always joke that her prayers were answered...only a little later than expected.



I really do have the best mother-in-law ever and the sweetest sister-in-law. Kirsten is so amazing, such a great mom and so beautiful.

It Just Got Better....(Part 2)

Since it was raining on the Saturday before Easter (crazy AZ weather) we went to my ward building and did our Easter Egg Hunt there in the primary room. This was before the big hunt...don't they all just look ready for action!





After "The Hunt" my parents paid for all the kids to go to Bounce U! It was a total blast as you can see. The kids had so much dang stinkin fun they didn't know what to do with themselves. I'll let you in on a little secret...the adults didn't have too crappy of a time either, grin. If you haven't been to Bounce U, you should know that they let the parents "watch" (play in my terms) their kids around al the bouncy stuff. You really do have just as much fun as the kids do. it's not that expensive and I am all about doing things cheap these days.



Jaime and I and our little baby girls.


Mom and I and our little baby girls...grin. Jersey wishes that my mom was her mom. Sometimes I really think that their relationship will come back to bit me in the booty. I can just imagine her saying..."I just can't talk to you right now, I need to talk with my granny...." Hmmm.....





I'm telling you...blast and a half!



Look it how happy Linz is...and Maddy too!



Mallory loves Ava (she is so sweet, how can you not) and she was so fabulous to hold her while I had my play time with Jersey.



Nathan loves to take pictures of me when I am SOOO not ready. This is the outcome of one of those moments. Lovely eh?



This is Jersey and too much fun. She was spent and so were Nathan and I. The whole day was such a freakin blast!!

It just got better from there with our fun Adult Date Night!

One Thing after Another....(Part one)

I swear, my life these last 3 weeks has literally been a roller coaster! I'll start with Easter weekend because it was way too much fun. My sister Jaime was in town and when she is town we all party like it's 1999 baby. I'll post a few pics of all the fun and amazing things we did while she was here:



















We went to Fountain Hills to see one of the biggest fountains in the United States. We had a blast as you can see.






















We then went on the Hole in the Rock Hike...which was very strenuous by the way. A whole .24 miles! It was fun and of course the kids enjoyed it. We ate lunch at the ramadas and let the kidlets play on the little playground. The best part of these two fun trips...they were FREE!




Jersey is very spoiled by everyone. Uncle Dane and Aunt Mal were swinging her up the mountain and she was laughing and giggling almost the whole way up.





Here is little miss {J} with her "My" . She is a total wack-o and thinks that my mom is her personal slave. Of course my mom also feeds into her every wish and demand so she isn't really helping the situation.




Me and my girls. Ava would be blissfully content if I just let her stay inthe bjorn ALL day long. She actually is much happier than she looks in this picture. {J} of course had to bring all her "stuff"...purse, baby, sunglasses, you know, all the essentials in life...grin.
I sweat Jaime is one of the prettiest gals I have ever see. She looks so cute in this pic with her and her little "lowgie".
This is Maddox, Lindsey's littlest. He looks like an angel but really he is a little stinker...grin.He and Jersey are little devils when they are together. Seriously, could he be any cuter?
Of course had to get one with the Gran and Pops of this crazy clan. My dad is holding baby Zoie and I just have to say that {J} would hardly let little {Z} out of her sight! She was majorly obsessed with her "baby". She seriously cried when they left, as well did I. But that is a story for later.

Jaime and {J} were also inseperable. Jersey loves here "mimi" so much and would just have to be by her all the time. They definitley have a bond.


I hardly ever get any pics with just Ava and I so I thought this one was especially cute because she was leaning her head on me. Gosh. I just love this little girl to pieces. Above is a pic in front of the "hole" in the Hole in the Rock Hike. Fitting huh! With all the kids we had we were lucky no one ended up at the bottom. Seriously.

Here is a pic of Dane and Mal (a.k.a Barbie and Ken...grin).

Then and a pic of Dane and Jersey. She just loves Uncle "Dean"!

Linz and Kell are camera ready at a moments notice.

There was this little pocket on the way up and these are all of our little kidlets. There are quite a few.

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Jersey's 1st Haircut

Jersey had her first haircut a few months ago and let me tell you, it was an adventure. You have to realize that I am constantly doing hair at my house and {J} is always seeing me put capes on people and doing this and that to their hair and she sees them sit on this amazing black chair (just my salon chair). {J} has had a love for this chair since she could crawl. So when I finally decided that it was time for a haircut, I thought she would LOVE to be like all of my other clients. So, I got all my stuff out: Cutting shears, spray bottle, round brush...and the dreaded blow dryer (I was going to give her a cute bow-out). Little did I know that she would fa-reak at the site of that thing. Apparently she is deathly afraid of my blow dryer. So she had a fit and did not want to sit in my fabulous chair and was bawlin big ol' tears. However, my ever-so-patient husband calmed her down ( i put the blow-dryer up and outta site) but she didn't want to sit in the chair. Instead we have her on this little tea set table chair where I had to sqat down to cut her hair. Awwww, these are the moments you will miss when they are all grown up...grin.
Well, other than that, the haircut went fabulous. Her hair is still growing in so many places and in the back she had these three long tails, so I evened up the back. Then in her bang area, she has so many lengths that giving her bangs was a must. Overall, it looked super cute after we were done. As you can see, this little gal gives me a run for my money. She is a wack-job, but we love her just the same.

Side note...{B} took all the pictures...what a little photographer in the making.