Abigail update

We are home, we came home Thursday night and this weekend went well. She still has to have breathing treatments every 4 hours, we can't seem to pass that mark and yesterday we gave her one after 3 hours, but she sleeps through the night and is ok in the morning- probably because when she's sleeping she's not running around being her normal crazy self :)
Anyway, thank you all for your love and prayers we felt them with her quick recovery. Let's hope her new doctor will maintain this now so we don't have to go back to that horrible place.

Sad Pic

Here's a sad picture of Abigial getting worse after she had been getting better...

In the hospital AGAIN!!!

For those of you that follow our blog. Abigail is in the hospital again. We took her to the ER last night and they admitted her into the ICU. It's the same thing as last time, her lungs just aren't strong enough to clear it out so we're back to the confined room.
She's doing pretty good after a 4 hour and then 2 hour long breathing treatment as well as being on oxygen.
That's all for now we'll keep you updated as best as possible.
Merry Freakin Christmas!!

15 months

Abigail is 15 months today and growing so fast. I know 15 months isn't a big one but it is for her. She has learned (this week) to say up and thankyou and she knows how to plug her nose now, which is so cute to see. She's picked up on some new dance moves and she sings with the radio and her cartoons that she watches. We love her so much and feel so blessed to have her. It's sad how fast they grow but exciting at the same time.
Pictures will be posted soon and a dance video of her new moves, I promise.

Quick Update

Sorry for not providing an update sooner. Abigail is fine now. We had another scare last week and had to go back to the emergency room but she was not admitted. They sent us home with a breathing machine and she has to do treatments as needed. She hasn't received one for two days now so I think she's getting better. She may end up with asthma though, which isn't great but also isn't the end of the world. Thank you everyone for your prayers and happy thoughts for us during our time of need.

Hospital drama

Here are some pictures of Abigail at her recent hospital visit (mentioned below in the count your blessings post)
The picture of her hands is to show the size difference. We had a lot of trouble with the IV and this was the second attempt which failed. The IV came out of her vain and was pushing the fluids into her hand tissue. We caught it because I noticed that her fingers were turning purple and examined further to find that her hand was giant. We called it her elephant hand. In this picture the swelling has gone down a great deal already. Sorry for the quality they were taken with my cell phone.

Count your blessings

I am so thankful to everyone who prayed for our sweet Abigail during this trying time and I'm so thankful to my father in heaven for watching over her and for her recovery. For those of you who don't know on Friday evening Abigail started having trouble breathing so Derek and I took her to the ER. The doctor admitted her to the hospital and started treating her for pneumonia which is very scary considering how low her oxygen level got so quickly. (Note to all of you parents out there never hesitate always take them in when it's their breathing) The nurse said Abigail probably would have died that night had we not brought her in, so I'm so grateful that Derek and I listened to the promptings of the spirit this time. She's much better now and has her great personality back. The final diagnosis was viral pneumonia and a possible urinary tract infection (she had an infection somewhere but was already on antibiotics so they aren't 100% sure where it was, not the pneumonia because it was only viral) Either way she's much better and making a speedy recovery.
Thank you again to all who kept us in your prayers, we love you.

Come what may... and love it

I have realized why I don't go to the church book store that often (besides the fact that the one in Elk Grove closed and the only other one in Sacramento is so far away) but it's because I could easily walk out spending $1000 if I let myself. I love the artwork, they have the most amazing and beautiful pictures of Christ and the temple and this really nice one of the sacred grove. All beautiful!!! My most favorite and fitting for my life right now was a sign that read, "Come what may... and love it" I can only imagine the terrible things that the savior went through while on the earth and the great strength that he had to forgive everyone who inflicted them on him. I wish I had his strength and greater faith to love the things that come my way.

Disneyland

Sorry there is going to be a lot of posts and they are kind of out of order. Disneyland came first, then Abigail's birthday, then the first day of school. But what ever I did my best and at least they're on here for your viewing pleasure :)
Here we are after just entering CA adventure. From left to right Hailey (my sister she lives with us now, me, Abigail, and Derek)

We were tired of holding Abigail in this long line, so we let Hailey take a turn.

Me and Abby waiting to see Tinker Bell

Abigail and Ashlie watching the fireworks show. Abby loved it she was so amazed

Our sweet girl pooped half way through our day. She didn't sleep for long, but I was glad she slept at all.

1st day of school

As some of you may already know we have an addition to our family. My sister Hailey lives with us now and we are so happy to have her. She's been with us now for about 2 months and will hopefully be with us for a while. Anyway, she started school (the same school as my brother Jason) and here they are on the 1st day.
She was not down with all the picture taking... I'm guessing this is a look into the future when she'll be leaving for prom.

Our baby girl is 1

I can't believe it, but it's happened. Our sweet baby girl has turned 1 and it's a happy and sad day for us. She turned 1 on August 12th but we had a fun party for her at my parents house on the 15th. There was swimming, cake, and a lot of fun! We'd like to give a special thanks to Alisa for decorating the cake, it looked AMAZING! Overall it was a great day and I couldn't have wished for more. Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated this exciting day with us.


Abigail before the cake was destroyed, she wasn't sure about it and she doesn't like her hands to get dirty so she was very cautious.

Until she realized that there was cake under all the frosting. Thanks Grandpa for helping her out!

Everyone having fun in the pool and below the beautiful cake before we all ate it.

Watermelon must be her favorite

We went out to dinner the other night and gave Abigail some of her very own watermelon. She loved it. She got turned around a couple of times and when we tried to help her she would hold onto the watermelon for dear life and lean away from us.

Happy Birthday Derek!!!

ok so some of you have asked about the birthday back ground and yes it's because Derek's birthday is on Sunday June 7th.
Happy Birthday my love!

Camping pictures

As promised here are some pictures from our camping trip.

This is our family picture at the beach, it was freezing cold.

This is Abigail body surfing on grandpa at the beach. She is a pro so grandpa better watch out.

This is Abigail on the hike that Jason (our trail guide) took us on. It was in the camp ground and we walked all the way up to the observation deck. He showed us plants and taught us about animals. He's so smart, he could be a great park ranger some day.

AWESOME DESIGNS!!!!

Hey everyone, my sister started up a side business with the craft and artistic skills that she has and there is some pretty cool stuff. She makes jewelry with really beautiful beads (the pictures don't do great justice) and really awesome aprons (the aprons are not on the website yet, but you can check them out by looking at Alisa's blog, pierce family she got one for mothers day). And for those of you who don't know that Ashlie is a true artist, she is and she'll be posting her prints online to be purchased also. You'll have to check it out http://whistle-while-you-work.com/

9 month old pics

Here are the pictures that we took for 9 months old. We went to JC Penny's and they did a great job. We had better pictures of her smiling with the flower back ground, but the computer froze and we lost them. But these are still great, enjoy!

Camping with a 9 month old is lots of fun!!!

Ok so it wasn't so bad camping with Abigail, although there were lots of people who wanted to hold her. She slept with us in our big King air mattress because it was freezing cold and I was worried she wouldn't stay warm through the night. We were there for 3 nights Thursday to Saturday and 2 out of 3 was fantastic. Her top teeth finally decided to come in on the second night and with the way she was screaming I'm sure the whole camp ground thought we were stabbing her. Anyway, I'm a terrible mom and didn't take pictures, but others did so as soon as I get them I'll post them so you all can see how big she's getting.

9 months today!!!

Today was Abigail's 9 month check up and she did great. She had to get 1 shot and she didn't even cry, she just got really mad at the lady and then looked at her funny because she was singing the ABC's, but in a really goofy way. So anyway, the good stuff. Abigail weighs 21.1 lbs and is 30 inches long (I don't think this is right, the guy had to do it twice and the second time she had the wiggles), but she is really tall.
So that's all for right now, pictures will come later. We're getting them done this evening and I'll try to post them tomorrow.

Easter at Grandma's and Grandpa's

After church we headed over to my parents house for Easter dinner and it was a blast.

These are the eggs that didn't get used and Aunt Ashlie decided to give Abigail her very own ball pit, but with plastic eggs. She loved it. (sorry the picture is a little blurry)

Abigail loves the water so much, especially when she has such a super cute swim suit to wear. But unfortunately she hates the grass. We were trying to get a nice picture of her in her easter dress and she wouldn't stop freaking out. Plus she needed a nap. Maybe we can capture a great picture in her dress this weekend after church, but not on the grass :)

You can't see all of her teeth, but she has a third one coming in on the bottom right. That makes it a total of 3 teeth at 8 months.

I love this picture! Jason calls this his Jack Sparrow dive.

Baby's first Easter

Abigail turned 8 months on Easter and it has been the best 8 months ever. We feel so blessed everyday to have her in our family and can't imagine our lives without her. We love her so much, she such a happy baby.

She was so excited to see her fun toys in that Easter basket, it made me excited.

Shopping with Grandma

Alisa took Abigail shopping at Target on Friday to get some summer clothes. You've probably already seen this picture on Ashlie's facebook, this baby is all over it! You can tell she's not loved at all... ;)

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Just a quick update. Abigail is crawling now and she can move really fast, we have to watch her really carefully otherwise she will get into stuff...Like the cat food that she tried to eat on Saturday. She can wistle and make a funny elephant noise, thanks to her Auntie Ashlie. Anyway here she is in all green so no one can pinch her.

Snow!!!

We took Abigail to the snow on Monday and she loved it. It was snowing while we were there and she was trying to catch snow flakes with her mouth. I don't think she knew what she was doing, I think it's still all apart of 'everything goes into her mouth', but it's fun to pretend :) We forgot the real camera, so I took this with my phone. Hopefully it looks ok.

Fun at the park!!!

We took Abigail to the park because it was such a nice day and I'm not sure if she had fun, she was being such a serious girl.

Here she is on the swing getting started to go for the first time ever.

And here she is going. She seemed to like it ok

Abby and mommy

Daddy tried taking her down the slide and she didn't seem too sure about liking it or not.

Abigail and Ava

On Friday we hang out with Mike and Christy and Abigail and Ava played on the floor together. They are going to be good friends, hopefully :)

She can sit up! Well sort of...

This is Abigail doing her air swimming trying to get the cat, but now she's starting to get her knee up so she'll be crawling in no time.

Abigail works on perfecting her new skill everyday and she's getting so good at it. That's right it's sitting up. Here's a picture of her sitting all on her own, she even getting better at catching herself when she starts to fall.

Abigail has teeth!!

So on January 9th Abigail got her 1st tooth and the 2nd one came in that following Monday on her 5 month old birthday. We waited a little while to take a picture of them so that they could be seen much better but here they are, (she doesn't really like to show them).

Abigail gets Nala

After several attempts to get the cat she's almost mobile enough to do it on her own.

Baby's First Christmas

Christmas was really busy for us this year with the many families that we have. We had Christmas with my mom on the Monday before, sorry no pics. We went to Grammy's on Christmas Eve, again sorry no pics. We had Christmas at our house with our little family the morning of and then went over to my dad's for breakfast. Then we went over to Derek's parents for Christmas dinner. Here are some pics that we did take, enjoy!

She loved all of her presents and they all ended up in her mouth just like everything else.

This is the baby stroller that mommy and daddy got her for her dolly. The stroller is also a walker to help her when she starts walking

Santa brought Abigail her first doll and the character in the stocking is named Abby Cadabby from Seseme Street. Her new nick name is Abby Cadabby now. She was so excited to unwrap her gifts and there were a lot of them...