A Years Worth of Life

I cant believe that it has been over a year since i updated this thing. So much has happened in our family. We added a new addition. Nayson was born July 7th 2009. He is amazing and we all just love him to pieces.
Just like the other 3 my pregnancy was a rough one. I was so sick. This time though I told the Dr right away that I needed to have a PICC line put in or I would end up in the hospital and have to have one anyway. He listened and thank goodness!! I was able to bypass the hospital stay!! I was sick but happy to be home with my fam.
The no hospital stay didnt last long though. When I was about 51/2 months along I had a stroke. Yes, you read that right!! I had a stroke. I woke up from a nap one evening and felt funny. I tried to walk into the kitchen and was so dizzy and I was stumbling into the walls. I felt sick to my stomach and my head felt fuzzy. When I reached the kitchen my left leg had gone numb. I totally thought that the baby was on a nerve or something and that I wasnt feeling good because of the pregnancy. I went to a church meeting at a friends house. She lives across the street so as I walked over I realized I could hardly walk. I had to drag my left leg. Stephen made fun of me all night and told me to stop it and walk normal. Needless to say he now feels awful!!! The next morning I woke up and in the shower I was shaving my leg and was scared to death when I could not feel the razor on my leg. I imediately called my ob and got right in. When he saw me and asked my ?s about how I felt he said hang on and walked out of the room. He came back in on the phone with a neurlogist. I was rushed to the hospital at that point and put through what seemed like every test that you hear on all the tv shows. It took hours. Stephen who had been with me the whole time had to go home to get our kids that were getting off the bus. I was all alone and feeling silly that everyone was making such a big deal over this. I mean it was just the baby on my nerves right? Wrong!! As I sat there feeling like I just wanted to go home my ob came in and said that they finally knew what was wrong. He seemed very happy and up beat so I figured that I was gonna be able to go home and soak in a nice warm tub and try to wash all of this chaos away. Then he dropped the bomb. He told me that I had had a stroke!! I felt so completely all alone at that moment. I was shocked. I tried really hard to hold it together and not fall apart until he left. Just as he walked out a nurse walked in and she got to witness my break down. I called stephen and told him and he rushed back to the hospital.
I was subjected to more tests to find out why a 30 year old woman in pretty good health with no risk factors except familyl history would have a stroke. My neurologist (who is a pitbull) left no stone unturned. I ended up having a huge team of docters. I was also kind of a freak of sorts because I was brought up in medical meetings. I later found out from one of the nurses that everyone was advised that if I called for anything they were to run to my room to make sure I was okay. I was sent up to Salt Lake to a cardiovascular surgion. they ran some tests and it came back that I had a hole in my heart!! I had to have a procedure done to close the hole. Keep in mind that I am still preggers. They went through my femeral vein in my thigh and up to my heart and inserted a device to close it off. I was awake the whole time. They couldnt put me out because of the baby. It was so weird to feel something being inserted into my heart.
I recovered from that and started to work on my leg. It was so hard and a lot of work. But I can now able to walk with no sign that I even was impaired at one time. I am so thankful for all the prayers and love that I recieved during that time. I still have some things that I have to deal with because of the stroke but they are minor and I will take them over any of the alternatives any day!!!
Our family is happy and healthy now and are truely blessed!!! Life is amazing!! I sure dont take things like walking for granted anymore. Each day is precious never forget that. Things can change so quickly!!! May God bless you and your family!! We love y'all!!

MOMMY'S TIME OUT!!!

SO LAST MONTH DEBORAH AND HOPE CAME UP FOR A VISIT!! IT WAS SO AMAZING I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THAT I LIVED IT. WE RENTED A TEMPLE APARTMENT. WHICH FOR ALL YOU CALIFORNIA PEOPLE IT WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT THE APARTMENTS ARE LIKE IN LA. THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN APARTMENT WITH A BEDROOM AND KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM. IT WAS AWESOME. WE WERE ABLE TO SCRAPBOOK AND READ TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT. WE DIDNT EVEN HAVE TO CLEAN UP AFTER EACH TIME SO IT WAS ALWAYS READY WHEN WE WERE. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TIME OUT FOR ME WAS GOING TO LES MIS TWICE. THE CAST IS AMAZING!! TOTALLY LOVED IT!! OUR SEATS WERE FRONT ROW CENTER. HERE ARE SOME PICS...THERE WAS NOTHING IN FRONT OF US BUT STAGE!! TOTALLY COOL!!
UMMM....SO THIS IS MARIUS AND ONE OF MY FAVORITES!! I WAS TOTALLY STAR STRUCK AND COULD HARDLY TALK!! HIS VOICE WAS AMAZING!! I AM A NERD!!
EPONINE HAS SUCH A GREAT STORY. AND THE GIRL WHO PLAYED HER EMILY PERUCCA WAS INCREDIBLE!!
DEBORAH AND HER FAV!! JAVERT!! ALTHOUGH AS I AM TAKING THE PIC THE ACTOR IS TRYING TO SELL HIS CD TO HER. CHECK OUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
HOPE AND ALL THE GUYS!! JEAN VALJEAN, MR T (CANT SPELL HIS NAME) AND, JAVERT!! SHE WAS SO HAPPY!!

IT WAS A GREAT ITME THAT I WONT FORGET. I HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN SOMETIME!!

PICS OF THE BOYS

THESE ARE THE PICS FROM OUR KIDDIKANDID ORDEAL. THEY ARE SO HANDSOME!!

LES MIS AND OTHER COOL THINGS

EMALEE AND GREAT GRANDMA HUGHES. THEY SPENT THE DAY LIKE THIS!

BRAEDEN WITH FIANCE ADI AND DANIEL AT LES MIS

WHAT A CUTE COUPLE!! HE MUST LOVE ME VERY MUCH TO SIT THROUGH 3 HOURS OF TORTURE!!

STEPHEN'S MOM AND DAD AND DANIEL CAME TO VISIT FOR A WEEK. I LOVE IT WHEN FAMILY COMES. ITS LIKE A MINI VACATION FOR US TOO!! WHILE THEY WERE HERE WE WENT TO GO SEE LES MISERABLES. IT WAS AWESOME!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH ALONG WITH WICKED IT IS MY FAV. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH STEPHEN FOR SITTING THROUGH IT AND NOT COMPLAINING ONCE! HE IS NOT INTO THAT SORT OF THING AND TRIES TO STAY AS FAR AWAY AS HE CAN USUALLY.

THE FOURTH OF JULY WAS THE VERY NEXT DAY AND WE SPENT THAT AT THE BANGERTERS HOUSE AND HAD LOTS OF FUN. DID I MENTION I LOVE OUR FAMILY!! SHANE WAS A LITTLE SCARED OF THE FIREWORKS AND RIGHTFULLY SO. BRAEDEN AND STEPHEN WERE BEING CRAZY--LETS JUST SAY ITS A GOOD THING NO ONE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FROM BURNS. THEY ARE NUTS. WE GOT TO MEET BRAEDEN'S FUTURE WIFE, ADI. SHE IS ADORABLE AND THEY ARE VERY CUTE TOGETHER. WE WISH THEM HAPPINESS AND LOVE.

GRANDMA HUGHES JUST MOVED TO ST GEORGE AND WAS AT ALL THE FESTIVITIES. SHE WAS TAKEN WITH EMALEE AND THEY SPENT THE DAY RIDING AROUND IN HER WHEEL CHAIR. (SEE PICTURE ABOVE)

I WAS ABLE TO SPEND ONE OF THE DAYS WITH KAREN (STEPHEN'S MOM). IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE WENT TO CRAFT STORES AND TO THE YUMMY BREAD STORE.

EVERYONE LEFT YESTURDAY AFTER BEING HERE FOR A WEEK SO LIFE IS BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE A LIST AS LONG AS MY ARM OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. BETTER START NOW SO I CAN FINISH BEFORE BEDTIME : )

I AM A NERD!!

SO ITS "KUNG FU PANDA" NOT "KONG FU PANDA". OOPS!!!!! :)

DADDY WE WANT TO SEE KONG FU PANDA!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!

TODAY IS STEPHEN'S DAY OFF SO WE WENT OUT ON THE TOWN AS A FAMILY. FIRST WAS A HAIR CUT FOR SHANE (WE SAID A SAD GOODBYE TO THE MOHAWK TODAY) THEN PICTURES AT KIDDY KANDID FOR THE BOYS. THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE OF SORTS. IT TOOK SO LONG AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO CUSTOMER SERVICE. I STILL LOVE THE PLACE BUT DANG IT WAS BAD TODAY. WE HAD BRIBED THE KIDS WITH LUNCH IF THEY WERE GOOD, OF COURSE THEY WERE PERFECT ANGELS --LOL!! ON OUR WAY TO EAT THE KIDS ASKED IF WE COULD GO SEE KONG FU PANDA. AT ONE POINT THEY WERE CHANTING KONG FU PANDA! KONG FU PANDA!! STEPHEN WHO IS A SOFTY GAVE IN AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KONG FU PANDA. THE MOVIE WAS SO FUNNY. BUT MY FAVORITE PART OF IT WAS WATCHING MY KIDS FACES AS THEY REACTED TO WHAT WAS GOING ON AND ALSO THE TALK AFTERWARD. "SUCH AND SUCH WAS MY FAVORITE PART!" "I LOVE THAT ONE CHARACTER!" KIDS TOTALLY ROCK!! THEY ARE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW PLAYING KONG FU AND BEATING EACH OTHER UP. LOVE EM!! AS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY I THINK I FEEL A NAP COMING ON!!

PEACE OUT!!

PEACE OUT!!
EMALEE
LUCAS
SHANE

SO THIS BLOG THING IS GOING TO BE AN ADDICTION I CAN ALREADY TELL!! WELL, WE WERE GETTING READY TO GO TO THE POOL AND ALL THE KIDS WERE RUNNING AROUND FLASHIN THE PEACE SIGN AND YELLING, "PEACE OUT!" WHERE THEY GOT IT I HAVE NO IDEA BUT IT WAS OH SO CUTE. I LOVE MY KIDS. THEY ARE THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT!! LOL!!