My JEM

JEM doesn't make it onto the blog very often, but she is much a part of our lives. She is the sweetest and happiest baby ever. She has spent the night with us twice now to give her mom and dad a break.  These photos are from the ipad...KK had so much fun taking them! 

This picture is the morning after she last spent the night with us. 

This was on Sunday, she LOVES that slinky dog.  It's KK's, but he let her hang on to it.  She had a death grip on it as she fell asleep.

• She LOVES KK.  She lights up when she sees him.  She gets so excited when he's around that she shakes...not just a little shake, but heavily shakes
• She works at her own pace.  When KK was her age he was crawling all over the place.  She is content on just being held and sitting on the floor
• She LOVES to watch TV, just like her mother
• She flaps her arms like a bird when she's so excited...it's really cute
• She just cut her first two bottom teeth on Sunday
• She LOVES fruit

She's such a special spirit.  I am glad that she is a part of our family.  She is so precious and makes me want to have another one.  I just love her so much!

Erythema Infectiosum

Erythema infectiosum aka "Fifth Disease" is a viral illness caused from Parvovirus B19 which affects children ages 5-15. The child appears with a rash on their cheeks "slapped cheek" and spreads down their trunk and extremities. They are most contagious before the rash appears once the rash appears they are no longer contagious. So more than likely KK picked this up from school. He never acted sick or had a fever so he went to school and probably infected more kids. But this is what the rash looked like on him.

Colorful Backyard

I forgot about this, but in the middle of March our family spent some time drawing with chalk. It was fun and it was nice spending time with each other. One thing we did was we sat with our backs turned against each other and we drew a picture story. These are some of the pictures:

This is KK's picture story and below is what the story is

Mr H.'s Picture Story.  Zero decided to lay on it so it's a little smudged

This was my picture...I don't have a story

K's decided that it needed a person, so he drew one

He also decided that the clouds and sun needed arms and legs

Summer will be so much fun for KK because I am taking this summer off...no classes, just working occasionally.  We'll have to start thinking of things we want to do...I'm so excited!  Only 5 more weeks of classes to get through first!

Learning Experience

I've been somewhat absent for about a month from blogging.  Times are hard and school is tough.  Life is just busy there's no other way to describe it.  But I do want to blog about a learning experience KK had yesterday.

KK was having a VERY difficult time yesterday.  I picked him up from JM's after my test in peds and he was just really in an off mood.  I figured he was hungry, but before I could feed him I needed to get a perscription filled (that's another story), but once at home I made him some speghetti.  He was acting so helpless that I had to sit him on my lap and fed him the food.  He ate it all up and was very cuddly.  Once Mr H. came home we put on 'Despicable Me' and there's a part where it shows a shark in a floor and KK really wanted to have a floor like that and we posed the question, "what would we feed it!?"  I said we can feed it Zero and all of a sudden he got SO mad and upset at me and went to punch me in my face.  Mr H. grabbed his hand and very firmly pulled KK to look at him and equally firm told him that he doesn't do that to mommy.  It scared KK so badly that he started to wet himself and he cried that he was peeing his pants so Mr H. let him leave but said they were going to have a very serious conversation. 

Once KK was finished, he came back into the TV room and told Mr H. he was ready for the conversation [I was so proud of him acting like a big boy and being responsible for his actions].  Mr H. explained to him that he can't threaten or hit people because he doesn't like what they say.  And he has absolutely reason to do that to mommy.  Mr H. also told him that he needed to apologize to mommy and give me a big hug and KK told him, "Yes, sir!"  He came over to me crying and fell into my arms and said he was sorry.  I just held him and tried to calm him down.  He was very wound up.  KK asked me that if we fed Zero to the shark than wouldn't I miss her!?  Then he started crying hard again.  I explained to him that we love Zero and we would never feed her to the shark and that we were joking around...didn't he know we were joking!?  We're always joking around like that, but I think that he was just very overwhelmed.  I also apologized...I did not know he was going to get so upset cause we're always teasing.

Eventually he was able to calm down.  We decided as a family to go to the movies [Journey 2] but when we got to the theater we realized we didn't have the cash, the theater only accepts cash.  So we chose to go to the bowling alley that is right across the street.  We played 2 games and KK made a strike before either one of us did.  It was neat to see him arranging the bowling balls when they would come out of that bowling ball return machine.

Once home, the bedtime routine started.  After the bath I was lotioning him and I was talking to him about his privates and how no one should touch him there.  I explained to him there are some people, such as doctors, myself, Mimi who could touch to put on medicine but only with his permission.  Well, all of a sudden he started yelling at me again and getting really angry.  Mr H. grabbed him again and very sturnly reminded him of their conversation earlier.  KK started crying again.  I just chalked it up to him being tired, but Mr H. told me that it shouldn't matter if he's tired, he should not talk or act like that towards me. 

We headed to KK's room to read scriptures and say family prayers.  Before the prayer was finished KK was already asleep.  He was so tired.  I continued to lay with him for a while in his bed.  I love him so much.  I know that he can be a handful and there are going to be days where he really hurts my feelings.  But I am still going to love him.  I just hope that yesterday was a learning experince for KK...and myself.

I was tagged

THESE ARE THE RULES:
1. Post these rules
2. Post 11 random things about yourself
3. Answer the questions provided by the one who tagged you
4. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag
5. Tag 11 people

11 Random Things About Me!

This is really hard for me. I can’t think of random things that you guys don't already know about.
1. I lose my keys and phone EVERYDAY…ask Mr H. I can never find them. I never leave them in the same place so I look all over the house for them. Should I try and leave them in the same place every time? Sure, but I never will. I walk into the house and set my stuff down where ever and I never remember.
2. I graduate with my BSN (Bachelor Science of Nursing) April 27, 2013. This will be my second bachelor’s. My first is in Biology. I will continue with schooling, but I need to pay back most of my loans…which will take a while cause I have a ton to pay back.
3. As I fall asleep I rub my feet together...or sometimes if Mr H.'s feet are close I will rub his with my feet.
4. I cannot...I repeat CANNOT park in a straight line, I am always crooked. At least I can park within the line and also parallel park.
5. I know all the words to the movie 'The Neverending Story'. I am serious about knowing all the words.
6. I don't deal with whining very well. KK's not much of a whiner because that's my short fuse. The dog on the other hand hasn't learned that yet. I really can't stand whining...even just thinking about it as I type is making me mad!
7. When I was 5 I broke my upper palate (roof of my mouth) by falling out of a window face first into a cement patio. The oral surgeon was concerned about my permenant teeth but there was no harm done.
8. I am addicted to the Mormon Messages. I watch them whenever I have a few mins to spare
9. I have horribly bad dry skin and I have to lotion multiple times a day or else my skin feels very tight.
10. When I was 9 years old I was invited by my mom to see my baby sister be born. I remember everything about it. I am grateful for that opportunity because it gave me the drive to go into the medical field.
11. Prior to marriage I only dated one Mormon boy...Curtis Thomas! And I wish that I stayed in better contact when he came home from his mission.

Questions I was asked:

1. Who is a role model to you? I have many role models. There are many people in my life that I have learned from or who are examples to me. My mom is a big role model in my life. And like moms, she gets on my nerves too. But she is a wonderful person who loves her family. I developed my work habit and determination from my mother. She is the hardest worker I know. She works 2 jobs and sometimes goes to both each day. She hardly ever gets weekends off. She’s a very hard worker but she still seems to make time for her family. She is the best mom and I want to be as supportive to my children as she has been to me. Just like this week...I've been very stressed and upset with Mr H.'s migraines, school, my house being a mess, guilt from thinking I'm a bad mom, etc., my mom made it her mission to come to my home and clean it from top to bottom. I have not seen it this clean in a very long time. I love her for that!
2. What celebrity would you wish to never exist? Hmmm…that’s a good question. Let me think…let's just get rid of all of them...lol
3. What is your favorite candy bar? It really depends on my mood. I really don’t eat candy bars but when I do I really like ‘Charleston Chews’ and ‘Snickers’
4. 15 years into your marriage would you rather find out your spouse is cheating on you or is a closeted gay? Why? Neither! The cheating thing…been there done that. I would hope that if my spouse felt that he was homosexual that he would let me know before 15 years. I don’t care what the circumstance is but going through separation/divorce sucks. It’s very frustrating because the person you are separating is NOT the same person you married. It’s like the person you married is dead…their body is still alive but the person inside is no longer there. But that is a whole other discussion.
5. What is the coolest place you've ever been? On my honeymoon cruise. I need a repeat of that!
6. Dog or Cat person? Neither, I’m not really an animal person. I know that Mr H. and I have a dog and I love her, but there are times when she clearly reminds me that I’m not too much of an animal person. Like when she sniffs my butt...I FREAKIN HATE that! She just shoves her nose right between my cheeks when I bend down to grab something. She doesn't do it all of the time but when she does I get to angry.
7. What TV show can you not miss? I miss most of the shows on TV. If I really like watching it than I will pull up hulu. I like watching 20/20, Dateline, NIghtline, etc. I know...I'm very boring
8. Most favorite book? Why? ‘Harry Potter’ series. I will never ever get tired of the books. KK now wants me to start reading them to him. We're on the 1st book so far. I am so excited for that. He’s becoming a huge Potter fan as well.
9. If you had an unlimited amount of money but couldn't use it for anything charitable what would you do? Pay bills…Remember those student loans I was talking about? I would also want to build a house in the middle of no-where. I think Mr H. would want an airplane. KK’s college would be paid for. Paying for family college funds…is that charitable? There are many many many things I would do and not stress over with unlimited funds
10. What did you want to be when you were 5? I have no idea. When I was in 4th grade I wanted to be an OB/GYN
11. Be honest... how often do you check Facebook? More times than I should.

YOUR QUESTIONS

1. If you could have a "do-over" what would that be and why? Don't give me the "I wouldn't want to do anything over because it's gotten me to where I am today" answer...mkay!?
2. What lotion do you use?
3. What's a cause that you are passionate about?
4. What is one goal you are working towards this year?
5. What is something you wish you were better at?
6. What is something you are good at that others aren't?
7. What would your dream home look like inside and out? What do you want in it?
8. Detail your ultimate vacation as if money and time off weren't a factor.
9. Why do you blog?
10. Who was your favorite teacher growing up?
11. Favorite TV show growing up?

I tag anyone who reads this.