Monday, February 9, 2009
Winter Blues
Well, it finally happened. I thought I was going to get in a wreck & die on my way to work! I hit the canyon at about 6:40. Normally it takes me about 20 minutes to get through Sardine. Not today. I could only go 20-25 mph & I was sliding all over the road. I called to get a sub & was going to turn around at Sherwood. Well, Sherwood had like 3 feet of snow in their driveway so I couldn't turn around there. I was hoping I'd make it up the hill on the south side of Dry Lake! I was going to turn around at the state sheds but their driveway was full too. I finally hit Brigham (the bridge where you can get off) & was able to turn around. It took me an hour to get to Brigham & back! I'm just glad I made it back in one piece. I'm also glad that this is the first time all winter that the roads have been that bad. What's sad is they said the plows had been out all night & you couldn't even tell! You've gotta love Utah in the winter!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
First Born Tag
Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself! Don't forget to tag me back! =) Let's see how much you remember!
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yep.
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yep.
3. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?
Soooo excited! It took 6 months!!
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
Never would do such a thing.
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
22
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Since we were planning & it had taken so long, I was doing pregnancy tests on the first day I thought I might be pregnant (went through a lot of tests!).
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
My husband
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Absolutely!
9. DUE DATE?
Feb. 27th
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
No but I got acid reflux at 5 months
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Potatoes!
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Trav said I was more pleasant when I was pregnant than when I wasn't!! I couldn't stand the sight of eggs or the smell of coffee though.
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
Female
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
At first. I really thought we'd have a boy first & had prepped myself for that.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
52!
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yep. My sister threw me one.
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
I knew she was going to give me a shower because she had asked me about doing one for me.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
I had the reflux which was super bad when it started because once it hit I couldn't eat for like 5 days because I totally felt like I was dying!
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Logan UT
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
28! I stalled at an 8 and had to have a pit drip started. Sam still runs on her dad's time table!
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Travis did. I think he was more anxious to get there than me & I was the one having contractions from 6 am - 5:30 pm!
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Travis, my mom, Cassidy
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
YES! The epidural is your friend! The epidural wore off though & it took an hour (and another round of blood draws) to figure out what was wrong! Finally the guy came & gave me a different kind of medicine through my epidural line.
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
8 lbs 11 oz (and she was 8 days early!)
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN?
Feb. 19th, 2003
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Samantha Kristine Bown (She was going to be Phebe Elizabeth Bown but my sister started calling her "Dweebie Phebe" when I was 7 or 8 months pregnant and it just went downhill from there!)
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
She'll be 6 in a week & a half
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yep.
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yep.
3. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?
Soooo excited! It took 6 months!!
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
Never would do such a thing.
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
22
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Since we were planning & it had taken so long, I was doing pregnancy tests on the first day I thought I might be pregnant (went through a lot of tests!).
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
My husband
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Absolutely!
9. DUE DATE?
Feb. 27th
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
No but I got acid reflux at 5 months
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Potatoes!
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Trav said I was more pleasant when I was pregnant than when I wasn't!! I couldn't stand the sight of eggs or the smell of coffee though.
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
Female
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
At first. I really thought we'd have a boy first & had prepped myself for that.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
52!
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yep. My sister threw me one.
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
I knew she was going to give me a shower because she had asked me about doing one for me.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
I had the reflux which was super bad when it started because once it hit I couldn't eat for like 5 days because I totally felt like I was dying!
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Logan UT
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
28! I stalled at an 8 and had to have a pit drip started. Sam still runs on her dad's time table!
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Travis did. I think he was more anxious to get there than me & I was the one having contractions from 6 am - 5:30 pm!
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Travis, my mom, Cassidy
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
YES! The epidural is your friend! The epidural wore off though & it took an hour (and another round of blood draws) to figure out what was wrong! Finally the guy came & gave me a different kind of medicine through my epidural line.
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
8 lbs 11 oz (and she was 8 days early!)
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN?
Feb. 19th, 2003
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Samantha Kristine Bown (She was going to be Phebe Elizabeth Bown but my sister started calling her "Dweebie Phebe" when I was 7 or 8 months pregnant and it just went downhill from there!)
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
She'll be 6 in a week & a half
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Halliburton
Travis got the job with Halliburton. He is leaving tonight (Sunday) for Rock Springs. He has about 5-6 weeks of training and then he will be working 2 weeks on and 1 week off. We are hoping that while he is training he will be able to come home on the weekends. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. He will be driving a truck on the oil field. My girlfriend that keeps the boys, her husband works there and he's putting in 100+ hours a week right now. Hope that will help us get caught up on everything we've managed to fall behind on! We just keep telling ourselves we can do it because we know it is for the short term and not for ever!
Travis took Samantha up to Beaver Mtn. today and gave her her first skiing lesson. I understand she did quite well. He said that by the end of the day they were playing follow the leader and she was the leader! She even went on the lift without any massive trauma! My children never cease to amaze me! I totally thought she'd wuss out!!
My sister, cousin & I are putting together a Relay for Life team in memory of our grandma. If you're a Maughan, email Melissa, Cass or I if you're interested in participating with us. Relay for Life will be held July 10th & 11th up on USU's Quad. I am really looking forward to this event.
I think that about covers all the "Big" news that has happened since my last blog. Well, I take that back. Nash's RSV is cleared up & he sounds really good. Caleb still has quite the rattle in his chest & I keep debating about whether or not to take him back into the dr. I think I keep putting it off b/c he's acting MUCH better and it doesn't seem to bother him too bad. Not to mention I'm terrified we'll end up back in the hospital!!
Have a great week!
Travis took Samantha up to Beaver Mtn. today and gave her her first skiing lesson. I understand she did quite well. He said that by the end of the day they were playing follow the leader and she was the leader! She even went on the lift without any massive trauma! My children never cease to amaze me! I totally thought she'd wuss out!!
My sister, cousin & I are putting together a Relay for Life team in memory of our grandma. If you're a Maughan, email Melissa, Cass or I if you're interested in participating with us. Relay for Life will be held July 10th & 11th up on USU's Quad. I am really looking forward to this event.
I think that about covers all the "Big" news that has happened since my last blog. Well, I take that back. Nash's RSV is cleared up & he sounds really good. Caleb still has quite the rattle in his chest & I keep debating about whether or not to take him back into the dr. I think I keep putting it off b/c he's acting MUCH better and it doesn't seem to bother him too bad. Not to mention I'm terrified we'll end up back in the hospital!!
Have a great week!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
I hate January!!
Let the games begin!!
My mom kept the boys on Thursday because I found out my girlfriend's little boy had pnemonia, right. Well, I called about lunch time to see how the boys were doing. Much to my dismay, my mom said that Caleb's cough was getting worse - really tight & wheezy and Nash couldn't quit coughing even though she'd given him RX Hydrocodone cough medicine. So, I left school right after it got out (I was supposed to stay and work with my newspaper kids & go to a meeting with the parent organization at 6:30). I got home about 4:30 and took both kids with me and went into town to visit Instacare. After nearly 2 hours (and MUCH frustration with NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY Nash) I was told both boys have a double ear infection AND RSV. ARRGGHH!! It's a good thing my sister owns her own nebulizer so that I could borrow it instead of rent one. Both boys are on antibiotics & liquid Albuterol in the nebulizer.
I had to take them back in today for a follow up with my pediatrician. Caleb's oxygen level was 96% so that was good. HOWEVER, the dr. at Instacare decided we should try Caleb on Augmentin since this is his 5th (YES FIFTH) ear infection since October. Why is this a problem? Augmentin has Penicillin in it which myself & Nash & Samantha are all allergic to. We get hives when we take Penicillin, so I also have to watch Caleb to see if he breaks out in hives from the Augmentin.
My Pediatrician was telling me what things to watch for to make sure Caleb isn't getting worse. He said that only about 50-60% of kids get RSV. Of those 50-60% only about 1% actually end up in the hospital. At this point he looks at me with a smile & says, "So that means you probably have a 90% chance of ending up there!" Like I told my girlfriend last night, I have GOT to quit having kids because they are costing me a fortune! He was kind enough to offer to put us up in the same room we spent time in last January when Nash had Rheumatic Fever!
Good times, right! Have a great weekend!
My mom kept the boys on Thursday because I found out my girlfriend's little boy had pnemonia, right. Well, I called about lunch time to see how the boys were doing. Much to my dismay, my mom said that Caleb's cough was getting worse - really tight & wheezy and Nash couldn't quit coughing even though she'd given him RX Hydrocodone cough medicine. So, I left school right after it got out (I was supposed to stay and work with my newspaper kids & go to a meeting with the parent organization at 6:30). I got home about 4:30 and took both kids with me and went into town to visit Instacare. After nearly 2 hours (and MUCH frustration with NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY Nash) I was told both boys have a double ear infection AND RSV. ARRGGHH!! It's a good thing my sister owns her own nebulizer so that I could borrow it instead of rent one. Both boys are on antibiotics & liquid Albuterol in the nebulizer.
I had to take them back in today for a follow up with my pediatrician. Caleb's oxygen level was 96% so that was good. HOWEVER, the dr. at Instacare decided we should try Caleb on Augmentin since this is his 5th (YES FIFTH) ear infection since October. Why is this a problem? Augmentin has Penicillin in it which myself & Nash & Samantha are all allergic to. We get hives when we take Penicillin, so I also have to watch Caleb to see if he breaks out in hives from the Augmentin.
My Pediatrician was telling me what things to watch for to make sure Caleb isn't getting worse. He said that only about 50-60% of kids get RSV. Of those 50-60% only about 1% actually end up in the hospital. At this point he looks at me with a smile & says, "So that means you probably have a 90% chance of ending up there!" Like I told my girlfriend last night, I have GOT to quit having kids because they are costing me a fortune! He was kind enough to offer to put us up in the same room we spent time in last January when Nash had Rheumatic Fever!
Good times, right! Have a great weekend!
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