Sunday, November 30, 2008

Advent Conspiracy


This morning at church, Will and I saw a pretty cool video. It was saying how that every year Americans spend 450 billion dollars on Christmas presents and how it would only cost 10 billion to fix the worlds water crisis. That this Christmas, we can spend a little less on things we don't really need, we can make presents and let others know how much we care in other ways and help bring hope to those who are struggling to survive. I don't think twice when I am thirsty, I go to my fridge and pour myself a glass of cold, clean water. A lot of people don't have that luxury, yes, it is a luxury. If people in other countries don't have it, then it is a luxury. To find out more or how you can help, you can go to www.adventconspiracy.org.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Christmas Fun


Today we took the girls to a town called Highland Park. They had a place called the Gingerbread House. They got to decorate gingerbread men and take a picture with Frosty. They had a lot to fun, not to mention they got chocolate from this little candy store they had down there. It was a fun start to the holiday.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Thanksgiving ER Visit And A Morning Haircut


Thanksgiving ended up being interesting. I was stirring the potatoes, which the water for was just boiling, and I must have stirred too hard when they jumped out of the pot, spilling all over my hand!! I immediately put my hand under cold water but as soon as I would take it out, it felt like it was on fire!!! So, after that happening for 10 minutes and me crying (it hurt!!), we took me to the ER. The ended up putting cream on it and bandaging it up. And they sent us home with more so Will could do the dressing changes. But, after that we got to come home and eat, yummy!!!!!! Even my pumpkin pie rocked!!! Then this morning, I woke up to find large chunks of hair on my bathroom floor!!! Will said he asked Cassidy, the only one up at the time if she did it and she said no. Yeah right. So, I questioned her and of course, she admitted it and showed me where she took the chunks from. It looks horrible!!!! But, I am hoping it will blend in when I do it. Nonetheless, another exciting day in the Hall household!!!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!!


I love this holiday however, it has not been one without tears today. I just wish I was back home spending it with family. And thinking of my brother not being here to see it, makes it even worse. The pain still is not any better. Today though, I can truly say I am so thankful I had a brother as amazing as he was!!! The girls are really excited though. Cassidy was completely grossed out by the turkey guts, she screamed and ran. It didn't help that they fell out of the bag they come in :) But, the turkey is cooking right now and I will do the rest of all the good stuff later on, yummy!!!!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

My First Pumpkin Pie!!!


I have made tons of cakes and apple pies, even a pumpkin cheesecake, but I have never made a pumpkin pie from scratch. So, I decided this was the year to do it. Plus, Will cant really eat anything but he will be able to eat the filling of the pie at least :) It is baking in the oven, I am so excited!!! I cant wait to cook the rest of the food tomorrow, even though I wish I was back home with family....................

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

My Website!!!


I was searching around and decided to put together a website for my Arbonne business. You can see it at http://www.kaleenasarbonne.webs.com/ I am so excited and hope this gets me some more business!!!! Plus it is fun to keep up with, kind of like this one :)

Christmas Came Early


Normally we wait to put any Christmas stuff up until the day after Thanksgiving. However, between the snow yesterday and Cassidy having half days for the holiday, I got in the spirit and we put the tree up...and the stockings. Nothing else has been put up, the lights on the house will go up Friday (hopefully if I can get Will to do it) and maybe today I will decorate the rest inside :)

Monday, November 24, 2008

First Real Snow!!!!


We have had some flurries in the past month but nothing that really stuck to the ground but this morning Will got up to get more ice for his ice pack and came back up to tell me that it is snowing, and not just a little bit. So, I got all excited and jumped out of bed and sure enough, everything was white!!!! Our first real snow!!!! We didn't get that last year until December!!!! Cassidy was all excited too, she couldn't wait to wear her boots to school :) Now the only bad thing, Will never put up the Christmas lights. I told him he should do it a couple of weeks ago that way the day after Thanksgiving, we could turn them on. But he didn't and now there is snow, that is not going to be a fun job :)

Sunday, November 23, 2008

NKOTB :)


The American Music Awards are on tonight and we all sat down and were watching it together. Then, the New Kids On The Block came on!!! I felt like I was 8 years old again. They did some new stuff but also some old ones. It was so weird to be sitting here pregnant with 2 kids running around watching them on tv, so weird!!!!! I remember sitting in front of the tv with my sister and friends when I was little waiting for them to come on pay per view, and all the dolls we had, gosh I was a freak for them......Cassidy had this look on her face though "who the heck are these old guys?" Hahaha.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

When One Goes Down, It Seems We All Do!


So, Will is still the same. He is still taking the vicodin every 4 hours along with the amoxicillin. Then last night, Kendall woke up screaming with a 102 temperature. We gave her medicine but it came right back this morning. And, about 2 hours after we gave her the medicine, her temperature was still climbing. So, she has been out of sorts all day. And on top of it, I have blacked out 3 times today and actually passed out and fell hard one time. And I am exhausted, haha. It seems Cassidy is the only one so far that has had nothing happen, knock on wood. Good news is, Will was finally able to feel Hayley last night. She has been kicking me and moving around for a while but not where you can feel it on the outside. But, last night he finally felt her, and she gave him quite a show too, she kicked quite a bit :)

Friday, November 21, 2008

Update


It has been a little over 24 hours since Wills surgery and I am exhausted. Between the dog and Kendall and the complications with this pregnancy and then having Will down, I am tired!!! He is doing alright. He is still very sore and taking vicadin every 4 hours and amoxicillin 3 times a day. He has had some troubles drinking water today. He doesn't eat much obviously but he has to drink water to stay hydrated but this morning, he tried and it ended up coming out of his nose and then later on when he tried again, he started choking pretty bad. After that, he decided just to head up to bed. We don't have anything else going on today, thank goodness and our church friends have offered meals so that helps out a lot too!!!!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Will's Surgery


Will had his surgery this morning and everything went great. He is home right now, with come ice packs around his neck and on vicodin. He will be taking the vicodin every 4 hours for the next 2 days and then when needed after that. He is in soooo much pain though, I feel awful. And he keeps apologizing for not being able to take full care of us, hello, you had surgery buddy!!! He is such a great husband. Right now the house is quiet too for a change, both him and Kendall are sleeping, Cassidy is in school and Minnie is finally laying down too.....what am I supposed to do without chaos? Haha.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I Am Having Some Good Luck!!!!


I got a call from a lady working at the Navy Exchange today and she let me know that I had won a free Coach bag!!! I had entered a contest the other day while I was there and i won!!!! We went and picked it up today, it was normally worth $128!!!!! So, I now have 2 Coach bags, I feel like a lucky girl!!!

Monday, November 17, 2008

I Got My Baby Bag!!!


I officially own my Coach baby bag!!! Well, it is not considered a baby bag but it is big enough to be one, I am so excited!! And I actually got a different one than I had seen before, they had a newer one and Will thought it looked better so I got an even better one, Hayley's stuff will be carried in style :) On a whole other note, today marks the 2nd anniversary of when my friend lost her husband. It is crazy to think it has been 2 years already, it was such a horrible time but I am so glad to have her in my life, she is one of the best girlfriends I could ever have. RIP Jessiah!

Party Tonight!!


Tonight I am hosting a Coach party!!! I am so excited!!! I went to one a couple of weeks ago and found a big bag I want for a baby bag but it is $200. But, since I am hosting, I will get 25% of sales which means I get some money off it, and maybe free depending on what people buy. I am so excited!!! Everything else seems to be going good. I have been having a hard time trying to get Minnie to take her pill and that is pretty rough but the vet gave us some pointers and if that still doesn't work, we can bring her in and have them do it for us. We shall see.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

The Vet Called


The vet just called this morning and it looks like Minnie has to be put on meds for 10 days. She has a disease, they didn't give us the name of it, but I guess she got it from her brothers and sisters when born and it comes from their poop. Will is going to get it right now and thank God it is not expensive. Poor thing though, she really must not have been taken care of well in her old home if she was either eating or being around others poop!!!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Minnie


We took Minnie in to her first vet appointment tonight. She did really well. They gave her her first puppy shot and looked her over. She looks really good. She has had a small bald spot on her head since we got her, you really cant see it too well and they said it looks like a "battle wound" so obviously the house she was at before was not a good one. They also said it looks like she is mixed with something but cannot tell, she has so much lab in her. But everyone who worked there or came in said how adorable she was and fell in love :) They talked about puppy training and said the place next door did it so we went to see how much it would be, it didn't start until January and would run for 8 weeks so we cannot do it since we are moving. But, the lady who did the classes was there and wanted to come and see Minnie and I swear, besides the accent, she looked just like my maumaw!!! It was crazy!!!!!!

Surgery And The Dog


Will had his pre-op visit yesterday at the VA. He is still scheduled for next Thursday and he is going in at 6:30am. The doc described what they are going to do and it doesn't sound pleasant, not that any surgery is. They cut his soft palette and then take the excess tissue out of his neck and then they cauterize his tonsils. After all that, they sew his soft palette back together again. They said he will be in pain for about 10 days, they will send him home with pain meds and a numbing solution he can swish in his throat to help with the pain as well. And since he cannot eat for about 10 days (so the scabbing doesn't open), the poor guy doesn't get Thanksgiving dinner. So, we will have it twice this year :) Today we also have Minnie's first vet appointment. She is getting her shots and an exam, so I hope they can tell us if she is a full lab or mixed with something.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A New Baby Already?


Oh, it sure feels like the baby is here already!!!! Our new little puppy, who Cassidy has named Minnie Mouse, kept us up all night. She was whimpering quite a bit. I don't think she likes her small kennel we put her in, we are getting a bigger one today to see if that works. And she has tried to pee quite a bit in the house, little booger pees almost every hour!!!!! But she is cute and the girls are slowly getting used to her.

Monday, November 10, 2008

A New Puppy!!!!


I am so excited!!!!!! One of my friends here had a dog just dropped off on her doorstep last night. They rang the doorbell and when she opened it, there was a puppy in a box on her doorstep!!! She said they cannot keep it and so we are getting the puppy!!!! It is an 8 week old black lab mix, so cute!!!! I know that girl dogs get their periods and such, does anyone know when that happens? Poor Will cant even seem to get a boy dog, hehe, he is stuck with girls!!!!

Friday, November 7, 2008

Medical Update


So, I received a call from my doc yesterday saying that I needed to go to Evanston hospital out here to their maternal fetal medicine clinic. They said I needed a consultation for renal (kidneys) and diabetes imsipidus problems. So, we just got home. They did an ultrasound and Hayley looks great but I am not doing so well. They took some blood and are running tests. I will call the doc over at the hospital back on Monday afternoon and depending on what the results say, my doc here will need to do more as well. I am glad hat Hayley is fine but I would really like to start feeling better myself!!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Our Baby


We had our ultrasound today and it looks like we will be adding one more girl to the family. We were definitely hoping for a little boy but I love my girls so much and know this is going to be a wonderful addition to our family. We also have a name picked out, she will be Hayley Marie. She looked great too, healthy as can be......now if only mommy could get on track, haha.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

My Doctors Appointment


We had another doctors appointment today. They took awhile to find the heartbeat which scared me but they finally found it.....on my pelvic bone. The baby is sooooo low right now and I still have so long to go :( We discussed all the issues with my dehydration and they are now getting the records from the ER we were at and then talking to my doc to see what tests he wants to order, so I will hopefully hear by tomorrow. And, the even better news, we find out the sex tomorrow at 3:45!!!!!!!!! We cant wait!
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