How much crazier can life get !?!

Just when you think life is totally crazy, it gets worse! On Saturday we took Mike to the St. Alphonsus ER because one of his pressure sore is getting really bad. ( He has 3 pressure sores right now.) The bad one is about the size of a tennis ball and is 7 cm deep. We made a bed in the back of my car and drove him down. That was the first time he has been in my car! :) We sat in the ER for 6 hours and talked to about 5 doctors/nurses/residents. The ER was nuts! There are some pretty weird people out there! At about 1:30 am they finally took us upstairs. Once upstairs they got Mike all situated and I filled out MORE paperwork. We were finally left alone around 2:30 am.
We were told we would see a surgeon on sunday but nothing happened. Because it was the weekend nobody could do anything. Mike did get a MRI done. The MRI showed that the bone has been infected, which is bad. It slows down the healing process. On Monday we were suppose to see the surgeon in the morning but again nothing happened. We started throwing a stink because we were suppose to see a surgeon or at least the wound nurse, and as soon as we did that we saw the wound nurse and they were calling the surgeon. The wound nurse said his sore is a class 4 ulcer which is the worst class. So as of now he has not seen a surgeon. But we know he will have to have surgery to clean out the wound and if the sore is too big he will have to go to Salt Lake City so a plastic surgeon can put a skin graph over the top of the wound. He will be in the hopsital and possibly a rehab center for at least a week and a half or longer, most likely it will be longer.
Michael is doing fine. He is bored and tired of bed but he is keeping his spirits up. At least he has family around. I wish I could have stayed. It was so hard leaving him there. I'm not sure if I will end up going back. It all depends on what happens.

I want to send out a huge thanks to all the ward members up here who are helping us and supporting us! Thank you to the "secret cleaners" who snuck through an open window and cleaned my house. Thank you to Becky, Lindsay, and Camille for being willing to help with the kids. I think Hannah is going to have fun playing with your kids. Thank you Frances and Amy for coordinating help for me, and thanks in advance to Mona who is bringing Lori and I dinner tonight. All of you make the burden a lot lighter for me! I have really hard time accepting help from others but I appreciate all the help!

Only in Donnelly!!!

So I am sitting here at work updating my blog and all of a sudden I see a horse in my drive thru! Two local women (one I knew from the bank in Nampa) came to get a soda and they were on their horses. You know you live in the middle of nowhere when people ride their horses through the drive thru! LOL :)

Life has been sooooooo crazy! The Little Firefly has been slower ( we are in between seasons ) so in order to save on payroll I am working alot! I average 50 hours a week. The kids go play at Lisa's house most of the days. ( Thank you Lisa, you have been a life saver! ) Lori takes them to Lisa's on her way to work and picks them up after work and then on some days watching them until I get home from work a few hours later. ( Lori, you have been a life saver too!) I don't mind working but I miss my kids a lot! I know that they are in good hands but I know I am going to miss out on a lot of precious moments and milestones in their lives.
The other thing making life crazy is that Michael is stuck in bed with a pressure sore. It's a pretty bad one. He hasn't had one this bad for about 7 years and back then he had to stay in bed for a month and half. Lori and I both are working so nobody can be with him during the day. He is already getting bored and tired of being in bed! He hates watching tv but sleep and watch tv are the only things he can do at the moment. We are hoping and praying that this heals fast!

Finally, Gavin's Catching Up!

The day Gavin turned 7 months old (October 11th) Gavin started army crawling! Finally! All the babies older and younger are doing things he isn't. I know all babies are different but Gavin wasn't doing anything. He wasn't sitting up, crawling, or getting teeth. So when he started crawling I got really excited! So, two weeks later he is still just army crawling. He also does pushups which looks hilarious! He gets on his hands and toes and does pushups. He started doing it when I was teaching my lesson in Sunday school. All the teens started laughing!

Gavin has been pretty fussy the last week or so. I was checking for teeth and couldn't see or feel anything. But all of a sudden there were two teeth that broke through the surface! He hates it when I try to see them. He's getting so big! This picture is from a month ago but I thought it was cute and it was the first time we put him in the grass. (It's more like weeds) He wasn't so sure about it! :)

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Gavin- a little stunt man!

Jason and Lisa watched Gavin for me one night while I was at work and Jason discovered that Gavin will stand on his hand just like Emma does. It scares the crap out of Lisa when Jason does it to Emma but the babies love it! They just giggle while they are balancing on his hand.

My little helper in the kitchen

Hannah's new thing is to help me cook. She is always begging to help and then she climbs onto the bar whether I say she can help or not. This one time I was cooking Mike some eggs and she thought she would help. She grabbed an egg and decided to crack it. She freaked out because the egg was broken in her hands. She dropped it before I could grab the camera.

My kids are getting so big!!!

My kids are getting too big too fast! Hannah is growing up more and more each day! And Gavin, he looks like a little man in his sunday clothes! Hannah is demonstrating her camera taking skills. She loves to take pictures of mommy. This is Hannah's new fall dress. Hannah gets a fall dress every year. Usually its a burnt orange color but this year I liked the green better. She looks really cute in it! I just love fall colors!

My chubby boy!

Gavin is a little pig now! Everytime we are eating he is begging for food. He eats a ton of baby food and loves every kind. He's starting to get chubby cheeks. Okay, okay compared to other babies he isn't so chubby but for him it's chubby. He has the biggest pot belly and it is hilarious to see him naked with his belly hanging over his diaper!

Enjoy the simple things in life

My life can get really crazy. Between working alot, unpacking and organizing, and taking care of the kids I sometimes forget to enjoy the simple things in life. That's why I love my kids so much! They always enjoy the simple things and remind me to do the same thing. When I make Hannah a peanut butter sandwich I always make it with stawberry jam. I tried honey once a long time ago and she didn't seem to like it, so it's been jam ever since. So recently I gave her honey. She liked it and always wants it now. The thing that puts a smile on my face is that when I make her sandwich she asks for "Pooh's Jam". I LOVE IT! It's so cute and I always smile when she says it!