Static archive of a family blog, 2008–2017. This blog is no longer active.
family blog, 2008–2017
We met with the specialist yesterday and had another ultrasound for Olive's kidneys. Her kidney looks normal now which is a good thing. But they aren't going to test the reflux until she is a year old again. She'll stay on the antibiotics for now.…
Olive has stage 5 hydronephrosis on her left kidney caused by reflux. In other words, her bladder is leaking back up the ureteral into her kidney and stage 5 is the worst it can be categorize on a scale of 1 to 5. From my…
All of us are joyful for our new baby girl! (Haha, get it?) I finally made it to an induction. It made a very neat birthday. All 3 of our girls have a birthday on the first and a holiday. It was very weird being…
My mom would stand by the counter pulling chicken off the bone and cutting it into smaller pieces for later meals. I would stand next to her sneaking some. I watched her hands, always dry and usually cracked. She'd tell me how she had beautiful…
David: What are you going to call the baby? Mom: *Olive David: Olive?! That's a crazy name! Mom: Is R2 better? David: Yes He's been telling everyone we're going to name her, which according to David is a him, R2 as in R2D2. *No guarantee…
My sister Laura got her mission call to Arkansas! She leaves on February 27. I wanted to fly down to Houston to be there the first time she went to the temple. Not only was I blessed enough to go but my grandmother agreed to…
We enjoyed a quiet birthday for Patrick this year. We had a spy birthday party with just the family and Kyle. He read clues that lead him to his presents. Then on Monday we went up to Hill Air Force Museum. It was so much…
This pregnancy came as a shock....blah...blah...blah. You've heard it before. But I have been greatly blessed by 3 miracles this pregnancy that I just have to share. 1. I usually suffer from depression during and after pregnancy. I was prompted to fast that during my…
That's what David said before anyone opened a present this Christmas. And we all wondered what kind of present could be hiding in my belly. I had my ultrasound a week before Christmas. Chad and I closed our eyes while the technician checked out the…
Patrick played with the mighty Cheetahs. He came up with the name during the teams brainstorming and they all loved it. Patrick wasn't exactly the cheetah of the team but he did his best, had fun and enjoyed himself. It was a good first sport…