Easter Sneak Peek plus Todays Happenings

Well I know you are dying to know what my girls are wearing oh and Reid for Easter. So here is a little sneak peek of what will come on Sunday..

Here is our pictures after bath tonight.

Reid hanging on for dear life. He has been awake all day. He woke up this morning at 830 am and did not go back to sleep until 230 than slept for an hour than slept a total of 45 minutes until he crashed at 900 I am oping it means he is going to sleep alot tonight...PLEASE

Abby--her standard pose

Bella--Writing stories at her desk. She loves to write.

Reid's poop shooter appoinment....

We drove down last night to Little Rock and spent the night so we didn't have to get up early this morning and drive all the way. Which Reid was up from 330 till 5 anyways so technically we could have. Okay here is how our day went:
930 Arrive to GI clinic sign in...no one is in the waiting room and the other names that were on there fancy baord said Not Here and Reid's name said Waiting by it.. Great I thought we will be in and out in no time and than we can maybe do some shopping and get a great lunch (that is dairy free and soy free).
940: They cal us back and a team of three nurses take us in a room. One takes hima nd weighs and measures him the other one asks us 20 questions and the other prints off labels and writes information down. By the way Reid is now 11 lbs and 9 oz. I know small compared to some.
1000: Waiting
1030: waiting I had to pee so bad but I tought surely he will be in here any minute so I will just hold it, I've had to hold it this long before I am good.
1045: STILL WAITING and about to pee my pants
1050: I run to the bathroom......so much relief I can sit now
1100: Pam the nurse comes in and asks us 200 questions. And I of coarse had all my labs already printed off all the dates of all his symptoms when he had what done and how long it lasted. She looked at me and said it looks ike you have already diagnosed him yourself. With a big smile on my face I said well pretty much but we want to make sure. She examined him. She even stuck her finger up his poop shooter which I am supposed to tell everyone that he cried he did not giggle which was a huge relief to David. She teseted his poop for blood and it came back negative
1130: The DR FINALLY comes in takes a look at Reid, does a physical exam. Says it looks like you were right with the ilk and soy allergy but he is young so it wont show up on lab yet because he hasn't built up the histamines. But let us check his poop for blood for the next three weeks and if they stay negative without you eating dairy or soy we will go with that. If they come back positive for blood with me changing my diet that we have to go back and get a sigmoidoscopy and do more labs. So I am back to poop scooping.
1154: My cell phone rings.....who could it be....Bellview...Mrs. Chesnutt I have Isabella in my office and she just threw up in the hallway so we will need someone to come and get her......REALLY.Called my mom and she went and picked Bella up from school.

We got home from Little Rock and Bella was running around and wanting to go outside and play.

This week's updates

It has been crazy lately. I feel like almost everyday I am running in circles constantly chasing my own tail. I am hoping it will get better soon.

Bella: Is practicing for her checehetti exams for primary one. She did her 3 dance classes this week as well as helped Abby's teachers during her 2 classes. We are dancing fools in this house.

Abby: Well she is definitely keeping me on my toes. I love her for that.

Reid: Oh where do I even begin. I am now not eating dairy nor soy until we go and see the pediatric gastroenterology doctor on Monday in Little Rock. I am hoping for some answers very soon. At least he does smile. He is definitely in motion. He now can roll from back to stomach and stomach to back. No more leaving him on the bed.

We are also starting construction on our house next week. We are adding on upstairs a bedroom, bathroom and man room for David. I am so excited I get to redecorate the girls room. I sold there bed that I worked so hard and begged so hard for 3 years ago but I listed it on Craigslist and sold it almost immediately. Sad in a way but excited to start working on the girls big girl rooms. I found a chandelier for their room I can't wait to get. David said we needed a fan for resale...Are you kidding me resale. If we are adding on we are not reselling. I told him if we move we can buy a fan.

I forgot to mention the day after Reid got admitted to the hospital Bella got the Writing Award at school. She loves to write stories and we are so proud of her.

Spring Break

Okay Reid is homeand back to his normal screaming self. Thank goodness. We got out of the hospital on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who lifted up a prayer for my sweet baby boy.
We are on sping break right now not too eventful just keeping little man inside for awhile so not to expose him to anything else right now.
While we were in the ospital we were collecting poop for his stool studies at the clinic I know i is weird but we have got to get this done. He did have more positive stool for blood so we are keeping our appointment in Little Rock on April 6th to see the Pediactric GI doctor. Becasue when he had his CBC done he was anemic also. So just keep hom in your prayers for that appointment so we can figure out what is wrong with my sweet baby.
I am so glad to be back homewith my girls I missed them so very much while I was in the hospital with Reid. So much can happen in a week.
Also got some great news about Bella she is going to take Ballet Chechetti (sp) exams on April 18th. I amso excited for her and I know she is excited as well. I was not a ballerina but I am so glad my girls are. I love taking them to class and watching them, even if it takes 5 hours out of my week.

Reid Update

Okay most of you already know that my sweet little Reid is in the hospital so I thought I would share this last few days with you guys.
Thursday evening I noticed he was starting to get a little congested but just chalked it up to a cold. so we went about our normal routine(apparently sharing our germs like you teach your children to do)
Friday i went to work as planned and left Reid with my dad who said since Reid didn't feel good he was just going to hold him all day. he brought him to the hospital to nurse during the day and he was about the same AS the day before. I on the other hand felt horrible. I came home from work nursed the baby and took NyQuil. Reid was up most of the night screaming so I got very little sleep.
Saturday: the girls had a birthday party to go to so David dropped them off and i went to pick them up. I than am home and laid in the bed and did not get out all day. We had the humidifier going and a Vick's steamer.
Sunday: I got up for work I noticed Reid was working hard to breathe so I had my mom stay home from church with him. she brought him up here for one of the docs to look at him. we ordered some out patient lab he came back RSV positive but he looked okay so I was going to try and treat him at home......I get home from work at 730pm David had given him one breathing treatment and he said he thought he was doing better. I listened to him and decided to give him another treatment. After that I counted his respiration's and they were 78 OMG and retracting so I called the doctor and e was able to do a direct admit which pretty much means we got to bypass the ER.
we are still here he now has double pnuemonia we are hoping to get home by friday. Just keep us in your prayers. My girls are needing us home.

it has been awhile-Part 1

Okay sorry I have been gone for awhile. It has been a crazy month. I will start with our trip to Louisiana.

Me and the kids (Bella, Abby, Reid) went on a road trip with my parents to Louisiana. We went to see our family and we went to a parade. The girls had a blast they said the parades down there are soooo much more different than the ones we have in Rogers. More than they realize at this young age. LOL. I wonder what would happen if someone in Rogers lifted up there shirt and yelled "Throw me something mister" I think it would be the talk of the town. We surprised my grnadfather for his 85th birthday it was great. I need not say more. At times I thought to myself what in the world was I thinking traveling with 3 kids. But they were so good and just rolled with everything not too much complaining. The one big hic up we had was on the way down there we stoped in Mississippi to stay the night and my parents friends that went rented a hotel room. So we pulled up to this hotel/casino about 10:30 at night and there was a big sign that said no one under the age of 21 is allowed to stay on grounds....WHAT we had to drive away with 3 tired kids and find a new room. But if that was the worst that happened I can live with that. I will just post some pictures of our trip:

Friday Feb 20th:

The kids got to visit with Granny Red, Papa Ben and Lynsey. I will post about the rest of our trip tomorrow. I have a tad bit of ADD so I must move on to something else now. LOL

Happy Valentines To Me

This past week was a little on the crazy side. David was gone all week and poor Reid was not feeling so well. So needless to say I did not get much done. I had to wait til the last minute to do anything. Thursday night I was doing the girls Valentines and making their shirt that I had intended doing earlier but oh well. They turned out fabulous, but due to my camera being knocked off the counter by my oh so lovely Abby I am unable to post any pictures. We went to see if we could get the lens fixed and it is going to cost 150.00 dolars to fix it or 150.00 to buy a brand new one....BUT they don't have any in stock and won't get any until next week. Oh well.

I did however have a great valentines with David and the kids. Today David came home with my present...Yes it is a day late but I will forgive him since it was such a great gift. Thanks honey....I LOVE YOU

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