Phone Pictures 2012

I don't always have my high quality camera handy, but I ALWAYS have my phone close by.  I never get around to uploading them to the computer... till now!  Here's a longish look at our summer/fall 2012 as my phone saw it.

Hmm... wonder where Brogan got this idea. ;)

 Playing in the park in the Canyon.  

 I ditched the blond once again, and chopped my hair.  I think I'm sticking with dark...

 I got a pretty sweet tan this summer.....and rolled my ankle while messing around at VB practice... which required a trip to the ER for pain killers and X-Rays.  Too bad we had to pay all that money just to find out it was only a sprain!

 I got rid of my flower couch (given to us by Stewart's mom).  It was a bittersweet departure.

 We worked with Indy a little bit.  She wasn't the nicest thing, and even chased Stewart around the pasture once ;)

 Grandpa Jensen's antique stuff won big at the fair.  Best of Fair!

 GHS Volleyball put on a little carnival fundraiser.  Addison got to race a fish, and keep the contestant!

 ...and they played ALL the games.... 

Emmett finally got a much needed hair cut.  (Doesn't he look soooo young?!)

 We worked at Grandpa Jensen's house

 Stewart went to the United Dairymen's Conference to work the vendor booth for Vantage.  I was lucky enough to go with him.  I got to go shopping (KID FREE), eat awesome food, and share a hotel room for the night.  I enjoyed the little minni-vacation with him.

 Brogan... continues to make messes.  (BTW- I hadn't even yelled at him.  I just said "Brogan?!") That is Cetaphil lotion (everywhere).

 We did several paper plate painting projects.  (Brogan thinks he needs to be part of art ;)

 Addison is FULLY potty trained and only has accidents occasionally.  Brogan is aspiring to become potty trained.  He will tell me AFTER he's pottied in his diaper that he indeed, needs to go potty.  It's a good start though.  I'll take it.

 Addison- the little cowgirl was riding her horse, then suddenly jumped off and yelled, "I need to MILK MA HORSE!"  Then she started singing, "MILKIN, MILKIN, MILKIN!"

 We went to a pizza party at CSI.  (It was a big hype for these two because they got to test out their costumes)

 While working at Grandma & Grandpa Jensen's the kids found a HUGE caterpillar on the bridge.  It was FASCINATING!  The kids, JoAnna, and Grandma spent a good amount of time screaming, laughing, and crying while they looked, held, and repeatedly dropped the caterpillar.

We bought a piano!  I'm excited to be able to play again, and maybe even teach some piano lessons this fall!

Trip to the E.R.

(Okay- I'm back in catch up phase)

This is Brogan.  

Brogan is 100% BOY.

PROOF:

This happened last fall (September maybe??)  We were at Grandpa Funk's for our weekly Wednesday night dinner and he tripped over his giant sandals and smacked his eye right on the corner of his brick fireplace.  It swelled pretty quickly, and his pupils were a little goofy, so we decided to take him to the ER.  As soon as we got there Brogan forgot about his injury and began climbing all over EVERYTHING!  100% BOY!

First ER Trip!

We made our first trip to the Emergency Room last Thursday night. Addison had thrown up a couple of times earlier that day {I figured it was no big deal -she throws up quite frequently}. She had gone to bed just fine but woke up at about 12:30 screaming. She threw up a few more times, had a terrible fever {104 degrees}, and couldn't stop shaking. We decided we'd better take her to the hospital. When we got there she knew it was bad news. They decided to run the routine set of tests on her to try and figure out what was wrong. They took her temp {rectally} (which did not make her happy AT ALL), tried to insert a catheter {she's too big for an infant catheter... it didn't work}, took her blood, swabbed the back of her throat, and gave her a shot of strong medicine. The nurses were very nice, but some of them didn't have the steadiest of hands (especially the one who drew her blood). I felt so bad for my poor little girl as we held her down screaming, to try and find the problem. Her blood work came back normal and they weren't quite sure what was wrong. Addison was much better after the Dr gave her a Popsicle {which she chomped gone within seconds}, and the medicine started to kick in. By the time we left the ER she was showing her sad face to everyone, and even telling them all the sounds her favorite animals make. (She's such a little ham).

We took her to a routine follow up visit at the pediatrician's in Twin the next evening. Turns out Addison had "Fifth Disease". It's a viral infection that shows it's symptoms first {vomiting, diarrhea, fever, irritability}, then ends with a light little rash. {By now Addison had the light rash}. After the rash appears it meas she's no longer contagious. (Go figure that out of all the weeks I stay home day after day, this was the week I ventured out to lunch with my girl friends and ALL their kids!) So we've been taking it easy around here the past couple of days. Addison has not been feeling up to herself at all. She's only eaten a nibble on a cracker, here or there, but we've been trying to keep her drinking anything she'll take. She really has wanted to feel better. She'll walk around the house, find a pillow or blanket, and just crash on them for awhile.

Today however, Addison has seemed to return to {almost} completely normal! she woke up this morning and the first thing she signed was "food". I put her in her high chair {something she hasn't been letting me do} and she ate some gram crackers. She ran around all day with only a few small crashes, and she even took her regular afternoon nap. It makes me feel better knowing she is feeling better! {It sure is hard to watch your kid be so sick!}

As far as Brogan goes- at the hospital he was a champ! Slept through the WHOLE thing! He even stayed asleep when we got home and put him back into bed! {I sure love that little guy!} I am a little worried that he's not feeling so great now. He's not throwing up, no fever, and no signs of diarrhea, but yesterday and today he's been very fussy and REALLY needy to be held. {which is not like him at all}. I hope it's just a phase and hopefully he'll get over it quick! It's no fun to have sick kids!!!! {and we gotta bless him on Sunday!!!} :)