hospital stay

I guess that John wanted to give us all a good scare yesterday, lol. He went into work feeling just fine and then called me in severe pain later saying he couldn't breathe. I honestly thought it was just anxiety. John has panic attacks quite often. He hangs up and I text him about an hr. later to check on him. His dad immediately calls me and says that they are in the ER with him. His dad happened to be at his work since they have been working on his Cheville. His dad told me not to come up yet with the roads the way they were, and b/c he wanted to make sure it wasn't just anxiety as well. He also knew I would have to find someone to keep the boys. He calls me back as soon as they find out what it wrong, which is a collapsed lung. They put a chest tube in and have him sedated by the time I get the boys with my mom and dad drives me up there. Dad later went home & my parents were gracious by keeping the boys all afternoon & overnight so that I could stay the night at the hospital. Luckily it is healing really well and they were able to take the chest tube out at lunch today and send him home. He was so ready to be home. He now has a 50% chance of it collapsing again. We hope & pray that it doesn't. He goes back next week for a follow up and can't do any physical activity for at least 2 wks. Kylan is disappointed since we had to cancel our skiing trip this weekend, however, there is always next year. It is not like I could ski anyway & now with John not being able to, it was pointless for us to go, with the exception of the boys of course. Please continue to keep us in your prayers! God has blessed us so much still even in the circumstances!

Accomplished

Well with all of this snow lately we have gotten the nursery almost completed! YAY! We like a few minor things like a new curtain rod, new light switch plate, rug, and curtains to complete with zebra at the bottom. Also the bumper pad which may take awhile. I am also going to order Klaire's monogram to add above the crib. I am so excited to have it almost done! A HUGE thanks goes out to John for hanging the decal & my daddy for hanging her bow holder and name on the wall! I have also been able to work on a few orders that I am finishing up so that I can spend time with the boys before Miss Priss arrives. They are big orders & are taking longer than I anticipated. Hopefully with all of the snow that we woke up to, I can get a big portion done today! I almost forgot...John & I had a date night Saturday night, thanks to my daddy for keeping my boys. Gosh, I am starting to owe him BIG TIME! (LOVE YOU DADDY!) We, or shall I say, "I" wanted to go see "Dear John." John didn't care to see it, but was willing to for my sake, lol. We got there & it was sold out. UGH! I didn't really want to see anything else in case we still get a chance to see it before Klaire's arrival, so we opted to go eat Chinese instead. It was delicious! I hope we get to squeeze in one more date at least before the big day. If I go early then I only like about 5-8 wks. WOW!!!

A few projects down...more to go!

Mom got the dresser finished today for Klaire's room today. She also got half of the bedding done.The harder part (the bumper) comes next. I figure it will take her another week or two to get that finished. Her & dad are also in the middle of remodeling my grandmother's house, and helping my sister re-do her bathroom. We are so lucky to have parents that are skilled in those areas! She also got my bow holder finished. I got one frame done that I just added some ribbon, feathers, and bling to, just to give it some jazz. Hopefully, John will get the last wall painted tonight and we can at least start hanging a few things this week. It has helped being out of school for snow the last few days to get some things done. However, my house looks like a tornado hit it. I am trying to fit 2 boys in one room and go through old clothes & toys, which I now have scattered through out the entire house! Not to mention all the things that Klaire has already accumulated. YIKES, I need a bigger house, or less junk!

It's beginning to look a lot like.......

A NURSERY???? Well, maybe just maybe anyway. There is so much that I have changed from my "original" ideas. I did NOT want pink and brown at all. BUT, it seems to be what it has come down to for some reason. I would say actually tan too, not brown. It is suppose to have a pearl effect to it in Step 2. However, Step 1 has to be complete to start on Step 2. John was taking off the shelves in the room because I no longer want to use them, and did caused a TERRIBLE mess with the walls. SOOOOOO....he had to plaster those with several coats of sheetrock mud and sand them. So, needless to say, that wall is still a work in progress. The other brown wall is now complete for Step 1 and maybe we can start on Step 2 hopefully tomorrow. I also could not find the wall decal that I originally wanted, but did find another one that I have ordered. It should be here sometime this week. I am still waiting on the last bit of fabric for the bedding so that we can get started on it and finish the curtains. I still haven't decided about the wall that I wanted the stencil pattern all over. I am thinking now it may be too much. On the other hand, that was the whole reason I picked the pearl/metallic look for the tan wall. Oh the decisions!

Snow days...

Gosh it seems like forever since I have posted, but it has only been a week. Last Saturday night after we got home from eating with John's parents I started having contractions. They were about 4 minutes apart. I was scared that we were going to have to go to the hospital, but they finally went away. I had them off and on all day Saturday but talked with a nurse who works at my clinic. She felt that I was probably getting dehydrated. I don't drink nearly enough so I have been drinking water like crazy and resting as much as possible. It has really seemed to help, along with lots of prayers of course! I haven't had any since then except for an occasional one here and there. Braxton Hicks, which I never had with the boys that I can recall. Anyway, other than that, the rest of the week was normal, school and then working on orders. Thursday was the 100th day of school for us. Kylan was allowed to bring 100 of a certain item. He brought his Pokemon cards and was thrilled. I sent 100 calorie snacks for his class. We had fun in my class making fruit loop necklaces with 100 fruit loops, and trail mix with 10 different snacks so that each kid could have 100 pieces of trail mix to take home. We also did 100 excersies. Friday we were off for the big "winter storm." I have to admit that it snowed the most that it has in a long time! The boys had a blast! Andee came and played with them outside yesterday and then today they got a lid for a sled. Oh, we also got paint for Klaire's room today! Maybe we can paint tomorrow since church was cancelled. I have ordered a large decal for one wall, but haven't decided about the stencil on the other wall yet. It is not the same decal as the orginal one I liked, but I think I like this one better! We shall see!

work, work, work

Jace got into the donuts on the way home from town last night!




Not sure why I am cheesing so much!


In a short time Klaire will be in the mix too!




Gosh it seems as if I have been busy lately. When I am not at school I seem to be working on orders. Love having the ability, but think I may stop taking orders the first of March to concentrate on Klaire's arrival and some time with my boys. There are some simple things that I am still wanting to make for Klaire such as burp clothes, etc. and I haven't had time to do them with my other orders.

After my doc. appt. on Wednesday it was off to church. Thursday night a few of us girls from college got together one last time before we have our babies. Three out of the 4 of us, are preggo. I am 28 wks, almost 29. Stephanie is 32, and Lauren is 39 weeks. I am so glad we got to get together. The next time we get together we will all have our bundles of joy with us, which will be fun and interesting, ha! Missed you girls that didn't get to make it!

Today I have been working on orders all day. John went duck hunting this morning and then came home to entertain the boys, lol. Gatlin is with us this weekend so the boys are having a blast. I got tickled today looking at all of them on the couch. I am wondering where in the world Little Miss is going to fit, ha! Poor girl, I know how it feels to be outnumbered, so glad I am not the only girl now though. Tonight we are heading out to eat chinese with John's parents. YUMMY!

Doc. update

I went to the dr. this afternoon for my check-up. I have gained another 6 lbs., so now up to 25 lbs. so far with too long to go, lol! Klaire's heartbeat was 148 and my blood pressure was perfect. I go back in another 3 wks. and then will start my 2 wk. visits two times and then go to weekly. Let's just keep praying that this pregnancy continues to go well!
On another note, yesterday I got the sweetest package in the mail with a shirt that says, "Princess in Progress" on it! I wore it today and got so many compliments! Thanks Kristen! That was super sweet of you! It made my day!