There's Something About Christmas

Innocence!?!?! Right...there really is something about Christmas isn't there?  Trevyn has been sleeping very well through the night now for about a month or longer.  Like 12-13 hours.  Now guess what?  Since I am blogging at 5:00 in the morning on Christmas Day, yes he woke up at 4:30.  I wish I could say that he was the first to wake up, but I believe Kyleigh Rae was awake at 2:30 and is still downstairs wondering what time it is.  I have my whole side of the family here including Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle Lance, Aunt Dawn, Nickole, Jacob, Macoy, Uncle Mitch, Aunt Kiley, and Uncle Lee.  Here in a few minutes I will probably go see who is ready to get up...but in the meantime, I really thought I would have to wake Trevyn up on his first Christmas, but apparently kids will be kids!!!

First Kiss

Kyleigh has what I would like to call a little crush on a boy at her school.  He is not in her class, he is in the other kindergarten teacher's class, but apparently they play together at recess.  About a month ago she told me that there was a kid she played with at recess named Cannon she said, "I think he's handsome!"  The handsome was drawn out.  I just had to laugh.  So for the next few weeks she talks about him and stuff but nothing too big.  So on Sunday Bailyn needed to go to the bathroom towards the end of sacrament meeting and I took her.  I saw Cannon in the hallway, realizing that he must meet in the ward before us.  I thought it was interesting and later that day I asked Kyleigh, "Guess who I seen today?"  She said, "Who?" I said, "Cannon."  She said, "Oh...he tried to kiss me on Friday!"  I was like what?!?! and she proceeded to tell me that he tried to kiss her, but she ran away because we can have friends, but we can't have kissing friends.  I told her that was right and that we don't kiss boys until we are at least 16!!!  She then said that if I see him again not to tell her...whatever that means!  Between you and I she really does have a little or maybe BIG crush on the boy!  So on Monday she came home from school and I asked her to go check the mail.  As she was walking out the door she told me, "Cannon kissed me today."  I again was like what!?!?  I asked her where and she pointed to her cheek.  I asked her what she did and she said she ran away and went and told the whistle lady.  Then she went and played with her other friends.  As I picked her up from school today, she was getting ready to get in the car and Cannon came up to her to show her something.  I asked her about it and she got all shy and embarrassed and didn't want to talk about him.  WOW!  I think I am going to have to watch this girl!

Christmas Lights

We went to the Ogden City Christmas lights on Monday night for Family Home Evening.  It could not have been a better night to go.  It really was not that cold...I have been to MUCH colder, and it was a lot of fun.  As you can see, Trev pooped out on us, but the girls loved every little shop and had to talk about every little detail.  They also had a place where you could mail your letters to Santa, so we dropped theirs off.  When we came home we had some yummy hot chocolate!  'Tis the season...

Tired...

Sunday morning we were getting ready for church and I put Trev in the swing.  He ended up falling asleep like this and I couldn't resist.  He is just so cute and I can't imagine that this is in any way shape or form...comfortable.  But you do what you gotta do!

Just DANCE

So we tried out a new game for the Wii called Just Dance.  The girls fell in love with it and I tell you what, Bailyn can move like I never knew a three year old could.  Uncle Lee brought it down and when he left the girls asked if we could play the dance game.  I told them it wasn't ours and they didn't believe me.  So they looked at our wii games and couldn't find it, but eventually we might have to get it.  They were both doing really well and were so cute at it.  It can give you a little work out too!  I must admit that my triceps were sore the next two days after playing!

Visiting Santa at the Mall

So we went to the mall to see Santa last week.  We took our own camera and the rules were one picture and we had to stand behind a taped line.  Anyway this was "THE" picture we took and surprisingly we were able to get all of the kids to look at us.  Poor Santa, Trevyn really liked his beard and kept pulling it.  It had to have hurt and so I finally took him away from Santa even though Santa said he was ok.  The girls asked for their Leapsters among other things, but we all had an enjoyable evening.

Dads and Donuts

The first Friday in December, Kyleigh's school did a Dads and donuts.  They went to school early and enjoyed eating donuts while Dad read to her.  We took this picture before they left for school.  They definitely enjoyed the donuts and the reason I can tell you this is because I volunteered in her class later that day.  I saw a cute little boy with something all over his face and thought it was cute.  Then I seen my daughter and she had stuff all over her face.  I am very particular about her making sure she washes her face before she leaves and couldn't believe how dirty it was.  Then I realized that she had donuts after she left the house and Daddy forgot to have her use her napkin!

Aseptic Encephalitis/Meningitis

Dad is officially home again.  He is doing much better.  I went and seen him at the hospital yesterday and had a very nice visit with him and my mom.  The doctors have diagnosed him with aseptic encephalitis/meningitis.  Basically they don't know what caused him to have the brain infection, but think it could possibly be the high intensity chemo that did it.  They are currently treating him with a high dose of antiviral medication for 14 days and then will decrease it back to the dose he was taking previously.  He does not have a need for oxygen anymore.  He is trying to eat better and is moving around.  He also had a scan of his heart done while he was in the hospital and it came back that everything looked well.  So he is back on the road to recovery!  I just want to let you know that if you want to leave a note for my Dad you can always post a comment here on my blog under the comments area and I will make sure he gets it or you can email my Mom at cindie238@yahoo.com.  Thanks for all the prayers and concern!

Christmas Tree

I usually wait until at least December 1st to put up our tree, but this year Joe had the 30th of November off in the evening and I wasn't sure when his next evening off would be so we decided to decorate for Christmas.  Bailyn helped put up the angel and we had a very enjoyable evening!

I'm feeding

Bailyn was following me around the house the other day and I asked her to do something.  I can't remember what it was, but she said to me that she couldn't because she was feeding.  I thought she said she couldn't because she was eating and then I realized that she was not eating and that she was trying to feed her baby.  I just cracked up.  So the other day I was doing dishes and she was sitting here and decided that she better put a blanket over her while she "fed."  I just think that she is so cute and funny.  She is going to be such a good mommy as she loves being a mommy already!

Training Wheels

This past summer we tried to teach Kyleigh Rae how to ride her bike without training wheels.  It was difficult and she never did get it before the weather turned, better luck next year!  Anyways, Trevyn started sitting up a few weeks ago, but would often have his hands on the ground to help him.  The first time that he sat up without his hands on the ground she said to me, "Mom look!  He doesn't need his training wheels anymore!"  I laughed out loud!

The Latest...

As hard as this is, Dad has been admitted to the hospital again.  He had a doctor appointment on Thursday and there his need for oxygen had increased, so they put him on a few liters.  They set him up with home health, but on the way home he started shaking and would not respond to my mom.  She turned around to go to the emergency room.  He did respond a little bit after she turned around.  In the emergency room a CT scan was done of his head and abdomen. Both of those came back clear.  He started to develop a fever and at this point decided it must be some type of infection and did a bunch of different cultures to try and figure out where the infection is and what to treat it with.  They admitted him back to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit to watch him and try to figure things out.  Today the doctors decided to do an MRI of the brain.  The results of this are that he has a brain infection, they just do not know what type.  So the next step was a spinal tap.  The results of this are not to be expected until Monday, but in the meantime they are treating him with everything they possibly can to start getting rid of the infection before the results come back.  This is definitely not what we hoped for...obviously, but we are all praying hard that this goes away and that he can get back to himself as soon as possible.  He was doing so well on Tuesday at home.  He was walking around, eating more, as well as drinking ensure, and even playing the Wii.  I don't understand why these things have to happen, but as always I am praying my heart out that everything turns out well and that he can be happy and healthy again.