Doctor, Doctor, Give Me The News!

(Here we are taking a picture to send to Daddy of Brookie playing before her testing.)
We are back at it again Dr. visit after Dr. visit. Brookie has had 4 UTI and kidney infections since the middle of February. A year ago we found out she had reflux but that we had a 60% chance of it healing itself. Now almost a year later and continual infections the Dr.'s are pretty sure it has not fixed itself. So last week we went to Cardon Children's to have another VCUG done. (which is a horrible procedure especially for a young kiddo.) Went through all the prepping to find out that she has another UTI even after just getting off antibiotics just days before. So it was a No Go because of causing damage to the kidneys. All that crying and pain for nothing. I was in tears for Brookie by the time we left. After another antibiotic we will head down again for more testing and she will be somewhat sedated this time. SO Sad.

Max has been back and forth to the Dr. here lately for ear infections and looks like we are staring at getting tubes done right in the face. It has been ridiculous.

Reagan has been such a good baby and has not been sick, but today we will head to the Dr. for her. Fever, snot, and a nasty cough calls for someone to check her out and help us try to get back on to the road of recovery.

Easter and a Brithday!

Happy Easter Everyone! We have done the Easter baskets, Egg Hunting and just got back from church. I don't know that having the Easter bunny come before church really works all that well. Our church is at 11:00 which is prefect but the kids of course eat some candy in the morning and probably more than I realize, which made for a out of control time at church. Surprisingly it wasn't Max that was out of control, it was my over excited Brookie. I'm just glad we made it through and hopefully we all got a little something from church and the true meaning of Easter.

This is a special holiday for me. I love everything that it represents. Ever since my dad's passing I have looked at this day so much different. I'm so very grateful for my Savior and his continued love and patience with me. I am so thankful for my family and their love and patience for me, especially my goofiness.

Dad's Grave.

Friday the kids were out of school so we went to the cemetery to decorate Kamber and my dad's grave for Easter. I was a beautiful day and I was surprised at how many people were there. As the kids and I were putting flowers and balloons down another family came walking by saying to each other and pointing, "Hey that's the headstone we say last time." That's it!" We looked up realizing they were talking about our girls resting place. I like that people notice our Kamber, she is so very special! They continued on a couple rows back and proceeded to dig in the fresh ground of a grave to place some things they bought for their loved one who had recently passed. I guess it was for a Grandmother or Grandfather, someone older.

It was a good day on Friday and today has been good also. I have Love in my heart and a smile on my face.

Kamber's grave site for Easter and a close up of her headstone for those who have not seen it.

Last but certainly not least, it is Ethan's Birthday today! Happy Birthday Ethan I love you more than you'll ever know!

NO Babies on ME!

I have no kids hanging on me right now, I can't believe it. I better type fast and knock on some wood. Max is sleeping and so is Reagan, Brookie is in having quiet time. Whew that doesn't happen often.

Reagan is now 4 months old, which for me is going by so fast. She is such a good baby, we all are in love with her. Many people keep asking me who Reagan looks like, since she doesn't look like any of my other girls or shall we say any of our girls that you can see. Reagan is almost the exact cookie cut of Kamber at this age. They look so much alike and not only that but her growth stats are to the T of what Kamber was at this age and when she was born for that matter. None of my other kids were in the same percentile or had the same bone structure. This has been a beautiful blessing for us. When we knew we were having another girl all we kept hoping for is that she would look like Kamber. Her personality is more mellow. Kamber was a screaming no sleeping baby for a long time. It was really hard.
Anyways, life is crazy, but we are doing good. Soon Easter will be here and we will celebrate the life of Christ and remind ourselves how thankful we are for his sacrifice so that we can all live again and that we can have Eternal Families. I hear my baby crying, so that's all for now. Have a wonderful Easter!

Brookie

Today is Brookie's Birthday and she turns 4 yrs. old. Time has sure flown by and I can't believe how big and grown up she is getting. We had her birthday party on Saturday after conference with some family and friends. Brookie kind of gets a week long birthday celebration because of how her birthday falls this year. Since it is today it is hard to have people over with it being a school night so we did a little celebration with my family Saturday and then on Easter it is Ethan's birthday so we will be over at the Larsen's for that so we decided to celebrate Ethan and Brookie together with the Larsen's to since we will be there anyways because of Easter. Anyways it makes for a long week of celebrations!
Below are some pictures of the party for Brookie.


Pictures from today her actual special day. We love You Brookie!!!!