Having a Doc in the Family...

We have recently discovered what it will mean to have a doc in the family... Sickness... constant. Sickness.

When Chris was on his last rotation I mentioned that he had gotten an eye infection and an ear infection... etc. well, it wasn't long after that he brought all of those sicknesses home to us...plus every other sickness as well!... boo! My girls had everything that he had... and more.

Adyson started throwing up the day before we were supposed to leave to Colorado for Christmas and she hadn't kept anything down. When we got to Colorado Adyson just wasn't herself. All she wanted to do was sleep. It seemed fine for our 14 hour car ride but the next day was the same thing. She hadn't ate or drank anything for days and finally it got to the point where I couldn't keep her awake or wake her up when she fell asleep which really started to scare me. We headed to the ER and they couldn't believe how dehydrated she was. they immediately wanted to get an IV in her but she was so dehydrated all her veins were flat. We then spent the next 7 hours with her there trying to get an IV in her. they tried once in each hand, once in each arm, once in each foot they all failed. They then put in a catheter for a urine sample. Then FINALLY 5 people later and on the seventh try they got an IV started on my little baby. By the seventh try it took 4 people to hold her down and I was literally just praying out loud for the IV to go in and that was when i finally lost it and couldn't hold back the tears. It was not mine any of our idea of fun that's for sure. But in the end we were so glad that they finally got it started and they gave her 2 full bags of fluid. That night she was back to herself but it took the rest of the week still for her to be all better!

The good news is that they say that the family of a new doctor will get everything for about 2 years and then hardly ever get sick again... I hope it's true. :)

Single-Mom-Hood

This is my solution when I have 2 girls who want to swing and one swing available!

The last two weeks has been...long! Chris is on an away pediatric rotation in Prescott which means it's 1 against 2... all. day. long. He does get to come home for Saturday and Sunday thank heavens! Although thanks to his rotation being peds, last weekend he was terribly sick and on the couch most of the weekend. This week He has a terrible eye infection AND an ear infection!... sounds like fun!

Recently McKenna has completely stopped napping... even though she still desperately needs one.

Recently Adyson has gone down to just one nap... even though she still desperately needs 2!

This means they can quickly turn from their sweet loving selves to what I like to call, CRANK MONSTERS! With 2 crank monsters and 1 mom with little patience it just makes for long days! I keep praying for more patience! We are certainly trying to keep busy. I've been trying to finish up Christmas shopping and will purposely not get everything in one trip just so I can make another trip out on another day!

At the park...

Adyson was SO proud of herself! This is the first time she kept going up the stairs and down the slide by herself over and over! She also learned how to go down the stairs at Nana and Papa's house so she was very proud of that as well!

Adyson also recently discovered marshmallows... apparently she LOVES them! She loves to hold them in her mouth forever!

Then today happened. I was in the other room cleaning and I heard Adyson crying, which is not unusual when McKenna's around! So I went out there and McKenna (who was supposed to be sitting at the table doing her stamps) had completely stamped Adyson... I was mad. McKenna went to time out... but I got my camera!

I have one more week of single-mom-hood until Christmas break.... pray for me :)

Hohoho!

Before Thanksgiving we went to the mall. Right when we walked in, there was Santa! There was no one in line and the elves insisted we take the girls in to say hi to him! They were nervous once we were right up to Him but McKenna loosened up and made sure she asked for "princesses!" Since then she tells EVERYONE she meets that Santa is going to bring her princesses! Let's hope Santa doesn't lie because she is PLANNING on those Princesses! Adyson asked for Duckies by quacking when I asked her what toy she wants!

Today Santa was at our local Kid to kid for free! So since we like anything free we headed over!
I was THRILLED we got the classic picture with Adyson crying on Santa! Childhood just isn't complete without it!

Adyson didn't last long with Santa but here is McKenna again reminding Santa about the Princesses!...

And getting her candy cane!... She hated the candy cane but Adyson loved hers!

Tonight we had a lot of "Christmas Rain!" You know we live in AZ when the girls are absolutely fascinated with any precipitation!

The countdown continues to the best Christmas eva!!!! P.S... Adyson keeps going around saying "Hohoho!" Hahaha

Happy Thanksgiving!

Last Wednesday Chris finished his cardiology rotation by taking his test and as soon as he was done we hopped in the car for our 10 hour drive to Utah for a quick Thanksgiving!

Here we are all excited to be on our way!!!!...

The drive was freakishly easy and good! The girls did awesome and fell asleep at their bedtime and slept for the next 4 hours when we pulled in the driveway!!! Here's Adyson all "Comfy!"...

Thanksgiving morning we slept in and then that afternoon headed to Great Grandma and Grandpa Baum's for our turkey dinner!

Adyson... enjoying her pie!!! :)

Dinner was so yum and we loved seeing family! That night all of the girls went out for some black friday shopping! It was a blast and I loved it! I got great deals and McKenna's birthday is all bought for! :) I get such a high from getting a good deal! We went to Wal-mart at 9:30, Kohls, Target, and the mall! We were home by 3:30 and then Chris and his parents went out again at 5! LOVE IT!!!!

Later Friday we stopped by Shanna's for some sista/cousin time!

Friday night 4 of us went to see Breaking Dawn! It was.... interesting! It was fun to be able to go out to a movie though :)

Saturday we went to Cars 2 at the theatre but only Nana, Papa, and McKenna actually watched the movie! The babies weren't having it so the rest of us left and shopped! Then we went to the new South Joran Brick Oven and later played cards back at the house with some more fam!

Sunday we headed home and the drive was the opposite of the one going there!... pure... torture! But we survived and lived to tell about it! The worst part about the whole trip was definitely saying goodbye though... :( I never like that part!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! We had a blast!

Early Treeing!

We are going to head to Utah for Thanksgiving and when we get back Chris is heading to an away rotation so we decided to decorate our Christmas tree a little early!

The girls were SOOOO excited! Kids make Christmas so much more fun!!! Our tree is... well... rather pathetic. It's only as tall as McKenna and I just let the girls put everything where ever they'd like to! One day I'll have a super big Christmas tree... and maybe even a super big home to put it in :)

Here is McKenna and Adyson putting on their first ornaments!...

McKenna stayed in the same spot the entire time she was decorating. So it's rather cluttered! Hahaha... but she was and is just so proud of her little spot!

McKenna's "Spot!"...

She kept going over to it all night long... and as I am writing this... she just walked over to it! hahaha.

Adyson on the other hand only cared about one ornament... the one with all the jingle bells. She kept putting it on the tree then taking it off just so she could put it back on!

I LOVE the Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Mini-mes!

This is a pic of McKenna wanting to be little and Adyson wanting to be big! McKenna loves to eat in the high chair and Adyson loves to eat in McKenna's booster!

Dr. Phil (Should I be embarrassed I'm a fan??) always says "thee most important role model in a child's life is the same sex parent."

Lately I've realized how what I do really effects the girls because they COPY it! I feel like they are my "Mini Mes!" Kinda scary... uber cute... and lets hope that I'm not scarring them for life by creating bad habits!

Take for example Adyson...

• She literally follows me around all day long. Whatever I do... she also wants to do.
• We brush our teeth together!
• She LOVES to cook with me. She has to have her own spoon to stir stuff!
• Everyday she repeats something new that I say! She has said thank you for a while but today it was soooo clear!
• She loves to drink my drink and eat my food!
• She gets super excited to go to sleep.
• Another trait she has gotten from me... she gets super hangry. This is what Chris named my anger when I am hungry :) When Adyson wants to eat... she wants to eat RIGHT THEN!!! She goes over to her high chair and pushes it into the kitchen and will yell at me until I figure out what she wants!

McKenna...

• Lately her favorite thing to play is "Shopping!" Her favorite stores to shop at when she goes is "Tj Maxx, Wal Mart, the grocery store, the library, and Hobby Lobby!
• She is usually shopping for her party that she is planning! She then loves to throw a party!
• When I am making my cakes, she loves to help. She calls the fondant play dough.
• When she wakes up each morning she asks... "Where we going?" She then expects to know our schedule.
• She still LOVES television and would sit there all day long if I let her.
• She calls Adyson "Sweetheart" and "Booga Bear" ... which are the 2 things I call her!
• She constantly says... "Oh... it's so cute!"

I love them more than anything and I hope I can live up to what they need!!!!!

Here's Mc with the "Cake" she made. She was SOOOOOO proud of it! When Angel came over the next morning to run she HAD to show her!

And of course we had to sing happy birthday and blow out the candle...

Halloween Funness!

I'm pretty much in love with any holiday... it means I get to plan, party, have fun, and dress up my girls! Halloween this year was no exception! :)

Friday night we went to our ward Trunk or Treat! They did a great job! We ate soup and bread and then the girls got to play some games!...



They asked me to make some cakes for the "Best Trunk" prizes!... So as we walked around to trunk or treat I took special notice of who went all out to decorate their trunks!!!

Adyson's first Halloween walking to trick or treat! :)...

Saturday night Chris and I went to a Harry Potter themed party! I was... a general no name teacher :) and Chris was supposed to be Vuldemort... but everyone kept asking... "Who are you supposed to be!" Bahaha. We had a lot of fun though and it was our first time getting an actual teenaged babysitter! I felt so.... grown up!

Today was actual Halloween and we went up to Midwestern this afternoon for their office trick or treating and party! Chris started his 5th rotation today! Cardiology... so he didn't make it until the very end. Angel is a sweety and joined me :)

On the way over to the school I was practicing with McKenna on saying "Trick or Treat" loud enough. So we kept saying it over and over and all of a sudden Adyson just started saying

"Trick or Treat!".... CUTEST. THING. EVER! :)

Plus, she was always happy if she had a sucker in her hand. At the trunk or treating, she ate an entire sucker with the wrapper on! Hahaha

Right when they walked in the door they dumped out their buckets... including the bag of popcorn!

We were planning on trick or treating tonight but the girls were done! They were all partied out!

Happy Halloween! Let the Holidays begin :)