Aunt Amy and the Cookie Lovers

{January 27, 2012}

After Church we went to the Schafers

The kids made chocolate chip cookies with Aunt Amy.

Both kids love to help in the kitchen wither its dinner or dessert.

We got into playing a board game that is an exciting strategy game.
Acquire.

Out to Eat with Three Littles

 {January 25, 2013}

Olive Garden

Gift card

In December and the last week in November 2012 Aaron worked oddles of overtime. When you are paid salary its not fun at all to work so much overtime. Especially when you just welcomed baby number three home and your wife is trying to learn how to take care of those two toddlers and a newborn. 

Well we survived. He did receive a couple of gift cards from work to go out to eat. Which was really nice. Today we decided to enjoy one of those cards. This is a real treat for us because it is very rare that we go out to eat, and when we do its not any place you have a waiter.

We ordered two main courses and shared with the kids. I loved my parmasan potato crusted chicken...I want more just thinking about it. The kids loved the breadsticks! It did take us a while to eat between taking Em to the bathroom twice and caring for Brinley.

Nicknames

Brinley Grace

Nicknames

Some of the nick names we have called her:

Brin (obvious, and most used)

Brinee

Gracee

Brinley Bear

Amazing Baby

Amazing Grace

Gracee goo

pumpkin

cutie pic

Sneezes

Can't Get Enough

More from 1-22-13

This girl sneezes quite often. She probably sneezed five time during our little photo shoot. I was able to capture her doing it. Too Cute... and some big eyes...

Lots more pics....

Nightmare

Nightmare

RSV

ER

Keeping it real...its not 100% cloud nine all the time.  No one likes to bulb syringe suction with saline  We have done a lot of it the past few weeks. 

Mid December when Brinley was 3 weeks old, the week after we took her out to church to Aurora's (Aaron's sister) Mission Homecoming, she got sick. Over two days, she went from sick to very sick,

Sunday afternoon we were at my parent's house. I was having to suction her often, sometimes every five minutes. I borrowed a stethoscope and listened to her lungs. She had bilateral wheezing and coarse lung sounds. She started having a really hard time breathing. She was breathing more shallow, her ribs were retracting. She was not nursing well and vomited an entire feeding, and she was spitting up which was unusual From all the mucus she so we ended up taking her to the only place open...the ER...after a chest X-Ray, blood test and swab for RSV...she was found positive for RSV and diagnosed with Bronchiolitis

According to Web Md : Bronchiolitis is an infection of the bronchioles, the small air passages in the lungs. It is common in young children and is the leading cause of serious lower respiratory illness in infants.

What causes bronchiolitis?

Bronchiolitis is usually caused by a virus, especially respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and frequently occurs in the late fall to early spring.

 ...even though RSV is viral, they gave her two shots... Decadron... and Rocephin...Rx for zyrtec and an Rx for deep nasal suctioning at the hospital by respiratory therapist...the ER doctor felt that because of my experience and ability to assess lungs we could go home...thankfully Brinley gradually got better over the next week.

We have been hobbits. We stayed inside for December and January no church included...Feburary 3rd I went back to work (PRN) 

Sadness

Almost two months old

{January 22, 2013}

2 months tomorrow

I can't believe how fast time goes when your little ones are babies.

We did a little photo shoot with her. She is wearing newborn clothes still. This outfit is one my mom bought Em to wear the day she got blessed. It was and still is one of my favorite outfits. The blanket she is laying on is Emsley's as well. Grandma Sheri made it.

Brinley has outrageous smiles. She is constantly kicking and moving her legs. She sticks out her tongue lots and moves her arms. She loves to grasp fingers. She loves to be held facing out and walking around. She still has quite a bit of hair and it is most thick and long on the top and the bottom back.

Feeding Ducks

{January 22, 2013}

FHE

Feeding the Ducks in the Dark

I told the kids today that if they were good helpers for FHE we could go feed the ducks. What I didn't know is that Aaron wouldn't get home until just after dark. Still wanting to keep my promise to the kids we ventured out to the park a few miles from home that has ducks after Aaron got home. Each kid was bundled up and off we went. We took some bread that I had been saving up. Each time we get a loaf of bread and no one wants the heel I would put that heel in a bag above the fridge. I had done this for a couple of months and had two bags.

The kids were excited when we arrived and so were the ducks and geese. I take it they have been fed a few times before. When we were walking up the path the ducks and geese started coming out of the water to greet us. We were surprised at this and the number of them. There were probably about twenty of them. They were really loud. The white one in the right lower corner seemed to be the leader or actually more a boss. It had a really loud honk and was greedy. It would fight the other ducks and geese for the bread. I have a feeling it may have been a little violent in the past because most of the other ducks and geese would just move out of the way if the "greedy duck" was going for a piece of bread.

The kids weren't quite sure what to do at first. James got a dry slice of bread from the bag and threw the whole slice. I showed them how to break off hunks and throw them. Emsley ended up dropping some because the ducks were trying to take it from her hand. So she tossed her piece and stood up. By the time the kids got down to the last few slices they were enjoying it. They would have threw another couple of loaves.

Sunday and Stories with Grandpa Ferrel

{January 20, 2013}

Sunday Afternoon Visit
with the Schafers

The kids had fun listening to Grandpa Ferrel tell stories.

Grandma Sheri Aaron and Brinley and Amy.