Yesterday was rough....

Poor ms Bug had such a rough day yesterday. And ms bugs mom...had a scary one! Kendyl woke up at about 4:30 and just cried. She had a week of this getting up at night thing, so I went in and rocked her, laid her back down and she just screamed some more. That was it, I was tired so off to bed with me she went. I felt her head and it seemed a little warm, but bad mom moment here I thought it was just because she was worked up and crying. She finally went to sleep, but Jase and I just layed there and stirred. I felt her head again and it was still warm so I checked it and my thermometer said 100.7. W gave her some tylenol and we all slept pretty good. The next "day" she was just miserable. She didn't get up and try to crawl off the bed, she didn't want to eat or drink anything. After all this I called the doc and the first nurse said to just watch her for a while but she would have another nurse call me back. She finally did and said try a popcicle and if she doesn't eat that then bring her in. Well she ate the popcicle just fine, but her fever wouldn't be touched and I just knew I needed to get her in. So we took off to the doctor. When we got there her Temperature was 103.4. (i really think my thermometer was broken!) I freaked and so did the nurse and doc. They checked her ears and her throat but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. They then needed a urine sample and the only way to do that is to use a catheder. That was So sad to watch her scream just to get some pee. The doc took it back and said it would be about 10 minutes. He was back within 2 minutes, and she definatley had a UTI. He gave her 500 mg of motrin, then some advil, and wrote a rx for a strong antibiotic. He then said asap we needed to get her down to Primary Childrens Medical Center for a Ultrasound on her kidneys. (soonest we can go is next week since they're booked and the holidays). Poor buggy was just dripping in sweat. Her hair literally looked like she was in the bath tub! I know she will be ok, because she will be in the best hands, but I am still pretty scared. She is too little and sweet to have anything wrong.

I am however so greatful this happened when it did. If we would have been in Kansas who knows if we could have gotten the help we needed. Plus there isn't a childrens hospital for HOURS!... now were about 10 minutes away. Im thankful Im by family that helped me get medicine and drinks for her when i didn't want to get her out in the freezing cold with her fever.

Her ultrasound is next week sometime. The referral lady is supposed to call me today and let me know.

Kendyl was a trooper though. All day she didn't forget to bark and every dog or animal with 4 legs. :)

Christmas wont be like this forever...

PSH, i wish this was my christmas tree, but this year, we don't have one. With us moving all the time we just don't have a place to store all our christmas decor. This year I so don't want to take Christmas for granted. We will be across the country for quite a few christmases to come. I am so excited to just "LAY LOW" this christmas and surround ourselves with those who mean the world to us...FAMILY! Who knows, This might even be our last "Cold" or "snowy" Christmas. Baby were gonna be livin in Florida and anything that would give us a "COLD" or "white christmas" is the cold ocean or the white sandy beaches. Don't get me wrong, I have dreamed of a christmas like this for my entire life so I am pretty stoked. I am just sad that its going to be completely different from here on out.

pictures finally

Here are some pictures of the bug. She is growing up so much!
The next 3 are some christmas ones of us just messing around.

these next couple are just very few of her 1st birthday party! Again thank you to EVERYONE who came and supported!

This next one is her 1 year old picture!

then we come to her halloween pictures! She was a very uncooperative lady bug! ps these fields are what surrounded us in Kansas for 30 + miles in all directions!

Kendyl Mac turns ONE!

So this is just a little late and I have no pictures since my camera is in Salt Lake and Im at my moms BUT..... Kendyl turned ONE!!!
She is just the best little girl and we love her so much. She is so smart and so wild! She has the best support from so many people and we thank EVERYONE so much for coming to her birthday party and for supporting her and us. It is so crazy to think about the great friends and family we have, especially when we miss so much of everybody elses stuff because of where we live. So seriously from the bottom of our hearts, Thank you!
Kendyl can't walk quite yet, even though I know she wants to so bad. She can hold our hand or the couch chair or table and walk. She knows what a doggie, cow, duck and sheep says. She can say thank you and uh-oooooh. She absolutely loves to dance. She can melt your heart with her smiles, hugs and kisses. She sleeps all night long and then takes a good 2-3 hour nap *most days. She loves graham crackers and refried beans. She loves drawers and cupboards, paper and anything that makes a mess.
She now weighs 18.7 pounds and is 28 inches long. This makes her 20 percentile in weight and 55th in height.
Well, I will post pictures of the sweet girl later!

were back!

We are moved across the street from this until The very end of December! I would take this over.....

This ANY DAY! This road below is Kansas. This is what we had to look at for 30 miles to the nearest ANYTHING! So here is our review of Kansas.

Kansas was flat and very desolate. We honestly didn't have anything living between us and 30 miles away except a few thousand cows and millions of dead corn stocks. When we made it to town (Garden City) it was made up of about 95% hispanics. This made for one good thing, an amazing mexican restaurant. The other 5% were modern day amish called the menonites. They also had a pretty good restaurant.

Our house was tucked in down a mile dirt road and surrounded by trees. It used to be an old cabin on a mini lake. The lake is totally dried up and the cabin is turned into a house. We had no grass and just dirt, dead trees, and half the population of flies. Everyday I would kill about 20 and Jase would come home and kill about 20 inside our house. That makes for an annoyance when they are buzzing ALL around us and on every piece of food we try to eat. Our house thankfully had satelite tv, but unfortunatley it had the worst phone service and no internet. We learned a lot from disney channel, The doctors, Ellen and E. We watched Kim Kardashian get married, AND divorced all from our humble abode.

Im sure people love Kansas. For me, its not my type of place I would ever want to even visit again. We are so thankful for the opportunity to go there, especially at what was going on in our lives. At the same time, were beyond thankful to be moved to utah and living across from temple square. Here is my chance for big city living!

kansas

I spent a week with who!?

CRAIG MORGAN

So at the ranch we have lots of special opportunities! Jases mom and I cook for the hunters and the guides during the hunts. This past week we had a special group come in. They were the sponsored hunters from Under Armour, young Blood AND we had a very special guest.... Craig Morgan. I say his name and nobody really knows who he is, well let me tell you!
He sings: That's what I love about Sunday, Almost Home, Redneck yacht Club!
We had so much fun with him. He is such a gentleman and called me mam all the time. For breakfast he doesn't eat a thing, besides 4-7 cups of coffee with "Creme Brulee" coffee mate. He has never in his life tried Salt Water taffy. Well this trip he tried it and single handily ate about 3 lbs. So we sent him home with his own 4 lb bag. I got to do his laundry and as pay he owes me a signed CD and his newest CD that is about to be cut. We were supposed to take pictures with him BUT he spent too long hunting and had to hurry and catch his plane. I don't even think he peed before he left.
So how does it feel spending a week with a celebrity? Honestly it felt kinda weird. My entire life I always have LOVED country music. I have always been so star struck. Here was my chance and I was so shy. Kendyl on the other hand was not. She stole his heart. He would walk in from hunting and instead of going to change he would go straight to Kendyl and play. Anyway, we hope we get him back next year and maybe I wont be as shy!