8 years ago
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Rachel, Rachel, Rachel
When we returned home from our trip to California, I hadn't unpacked everything, like the medicine bag. It was sitting on my bathroom counter waiting to be put away, when "Curious" Rachel started browsing through it. Ethan's epi pen was looking very interesting. So interesting that Rachel opened it up, pulled the plug and after 10 seconds of holding it, the needle shot through the back of her thumb through her fingernail. I walked in just after it happened and she had the most stunned face ever.
I think what happened next was that I pulled it out quick, wrapped a towel around it and then I ran quickly to tell Steve in a bunch of mumble jumbled words. He had no idea what I was talking about. He thought Rachel took the epi pen and gave herself a shot on purpose. It took a few minutes for us all to be able to breath.
I called poison control, and they said to take her the emergency room. Then I called ask-a-nurse and the nurse talked us through it calmly. He was telling me exactly what to say to Rachel as he heard her in the background, "Am I going to die, Am I going to die?" "Am I going to the hospital?" It didn't phase her physical body whatsoever, besides a little puncture wound. But she could not catch her breath or stop rolling her wide eyes to the back of her head as she was freaking out.
In the meantime, Steve called our in house nurse, Aunt Sarah. And was getting the same kind of response as I was on the other line.
Rachel is fine, just another "Dull Moment" in the Spendlove household.
This reminded me of another "Rachel, Rachel, Rachel Moment." I can't remember how old she was. But I was driving Steve's truck, a F150 Ford with the suicide doors. So I had Ethan in the front seat and the other three sitting in the back. Somehow, Rachel literally got all twisted up in her seatbelt. She kept saying she was stuck and that the belt kept getting tighter. I annoyingly told her to unbuckle it and rebuckle herself in. She couldn't do it. Then I asked Ethan to help her and he couldn't do it. So I pulled over and sure enough she was stuck. I had no idea how I was going to get her out without cutting the seatbelt.
Luckily, I happened to see a firetruck parked at the McDonalds across the street. So I went inside to ask for help getting my daughter out of her seatbelt. I think we had about 5 fireman come out to the truck, which totally freaked her out. They had to pick her up and spin her like a pinwheel, she went upside, to get her untangled. How does something like that happen?
I think what happened next was that I pulled it out quick, wrapped a towel around it and then I ran quickly to tell Steve in a bunch of mumble jumbled words. He had no idea what I was talking about. He thought Rachel took the epi pen and gave herself a shot on purpose. It took a few minutes for us all to be able to breath.
I called poison control, and they said to take her the emergency room. Then I called ask-a-nurse and the nurse talked us through it calmly. He was telling me exactly what to say to Rachel as he heard her in the background, "Am I going to die, Am I going to die?" "Am I going to the hospital?" It didn't phase her physical body whatsoever, besides a little puncture wound. But she could not catch her breath or stop rolling her wide eyes to the back of her head as she was freaking out.
In the meantime, Steve called our in house nurse, Aunt Sarah. And was getting the same kind of response as I was on the other line.
Rachel is fine, just another "Dull Moment" in the Spendlove household.
This reminded me of another "Rachel, Rachel, Rachel Moment." I can't remember how old she was. But I was driving Steve's truck, a F150 Ford with the suicide doors. So I had Ethan in the front seat and the other three sitting in the back. Somehow, Rachel literally got all twisted up in her seatbelt. She kept saying she was stuck and that the belt kept getting tighter. I annoyingly told her to unbuckle it and rebuckle herself in. She couldn't do it. Then I asked Ethan to help her and he couldn't do it. So I pulled over and sure enough she was stuck. I had no idea how I was going to get her out without cutting the seatbelt.
Luckily, I happened to see a firetruck parked at the McDonalds across the street. So I went inside to ask for help getting my daughter out of her seatbelt. I think we had about 5 fireman come out to the truck, which totally freaked her out. They had to pick her up and spin her like a pinwheel, she went upside, to get her untangled. How does something like that happen?
Kids Photo Shoot @ Aunt Janna's Parent's House
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One of the many things our kids did during their stay with Grandma and Grandpa Cannon and Uncle Darrin and Aunt Janna, was get there pictures taken. Janna took them to her mom's house and they dressed them all up and did all kinds of poses. Here are some that I scanned of copies she gave me. I am going to have fun using these missionary pictures throughout their young lives. This was actually a surprise for us when we got back. The kids were so excited that they had done something special for Mom and Dad and couldn't wait to show us.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
See What Our Garden has Produced!
It is actually Steve and the kid's garden. I hate to admit it but I hardly ever go out there. But I do love sending one of the kids out for a fresh tomato or red onion or whatever I need at the moment to cook with. Nice job family.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Our Week At A Glance! (last week of July)
As I was looking back on this week, I started to not feel as guilty. I am watching the "how many days left of summer" ticker and summer is really flying by. I was thinking this was a boring summer week for my kids with all the bonding/teasing that is going on around here, but we did some fun things and I can feel ok about my summer mom responsibilities. We did do a lot of cleaning out this week, so that really is not any fun and there is always room for that great "bonding" among my children as we clean house.
But we did pull out the big grocery bag of beads and got creative. Everyone spent hours making bracelets and necklaces, just to make them. It is fun to see each kids different styles.
Matthew's Creations - I think he was determined to use all of the beads.
We also got a new pet. Ethan bought himself a hermit crab. He actually spent some of his own money, that he has been saving for a year now. The crab still doesn't have a name, but it helps Ethan feel fulfilled or not so deprived, since we don't have a "real" pet.
You will also notice that I gave the boys a haircut. In the summer I usually shave their heads with a 2, even though Steve doesn't like it. Well, Ethan wanted it even shorter than that, but I wouldn't do it. So after I cut his hair, he decided to make it shorter as if you could get much shorter. He took the clippers and started with the point on his forehead. Needless to say, I had to do his whole head with a 1.
Ethan also celebrated his birthday a little early with his friends this week, but I will tell about that later.
And I took Rachel and Lauren in for their yearly checkup. They are doing fine, however we found out that Rachel had Strep. She probably stays the most healthy out of all our kids. She is consistant with her hand washing, but when she gets sick it is usually Strep. Lovely!
We were also able to spend a day at the pool. My friend, Cathy, let us use her pool pass so we got to go to the COOL pool not our boring pool. The boys spent most of their time jumping off the diving boards and the going down the slides. They mentioned some big boys that were jumping off the diving board that were swearing and were surprised that the lifeguard didn't do anything about it. Rachel made her way around to everything. I felt so bad for her not having a buddy, because I had to be with Lauren the whole time on the Froggy Slide, which she just loved. I would see Rachel sometimes swimming all by herself and told myself to make sure next time we bring a friend along for her.
Steve and I were also able to get a datenight this week. We had a free Friday night and a babysitter was found on the first phone call. We went out with some friends to this great Tai restaurant and after we stuffed ourselves we went to see the new Batman. It was a little long and probably pretty violent but I still thought it was a good movie.
We had planned on going to the beach this Saturday, but after mowing the lawn and having spent the day before at the pool, the kids weren't that excited about it. So, we decided to do something close to home and cool, since the temperature was 99. We had a blast. Ethan decided he didn't like bowling, only because he felt he wasn't good at it. Matthew just tried his hardest and had fun. Rachel held her own and was really proud of herself. Lauren was just cute as ever. Steve beat us all and had to make sure we all new his highest bowling score ever was a 210 and the most possible is a 300. I am not a bowler but had fun anyway. Here are some pictures to prove it.
So our week wasn't as boring as I thought it was.
PS. We just ordered a new camera and I am so excited to be able to post some better pictures.
But we did pull out the big grocery bag of beads and got creative. Everyone spent hours making bracelets and necklaces, just to make them. It is fun to see each kids different styles.
Matthew's Creations - I think he was determined to use all of the beads.
We also got a new pet. Ethan bought himself a hermit crab. He actually spent some of his own money, that he has been saving for a year now. The crab still doesn't have a name, but it helps Ethan feel fulfilled or not so deprived, since we don't have a "real" pet.
You will also notice that I gave the boys a haircut. In the summer I usually shave their heads with a 2, even though Steve doesn't like it. Well, Ethan wanted it even shorter than that, but I wouldn't do it. So after I cut his hair, he decided to make it shorter as if you could get much shorter. He took the clippers and started with the point on his forehead. Needless to say, I had to do his whole head with a 1.
Ethan also celebrated his birthday a little early with his friends this week, but I will tell about that later.
And I took Rachel and Lauren in for their yearly checkup. They are doing fine, however we found out that Rachel had Strep. She probably stays the most healthy out of all our kids. She is consistant with her hand washing, but when she gets sick it is usually Strep. Lovely!
We were also able to spend a day at the pool. My friend, Cathy, let us use her pool pass so we got to go to the COOL pool not our boring pool. The boys spent most of their time jumping off the diving boards and the going down the slides. They mentioned some big boys that were jumping off the diving board that were swearing and were surprised that the lifeguard didn't do anything about it. Rachel made her way around to everything. I felt so bad for her not having a buddy, because I had to be with Lauren the whole time on the Froggy Slide, which she just loved. I would see Rachel sometimes swimming all by herself and told myself to make sure next time we bring a friend along for her.
Steve and I were also able to get a datenight this week. We had a free Friday night and a babysitter was found on the first phone call. We went out with some friends to this great Tai restaurant and after we stuffed ourselves we went to see the new Batman. It was a little long and probably pretty violent but I still thought it was a good movie.
We had planned on going to the beach this Saturday, but after mowing the lawn and having spent the day before at the pool, the kids weren't that excited about it. So, we decided to do something close to home and cool, since the temperature was 99. We had a blast. Ethan decided he didn't like bowling, only because he felt he wasn't good at it. Matthew just tried his hardest and had fun. Rachel held her own and was really proud of herself. Lauren was just cute as ever. Steve beat us all and had to make sure we all new his highest bowling score ever was a 210 and the most possible is a 300. I am not a bowler but had fun anyway. Here are some pictures to prove it.
So our week wasn't as boring as I thought it was.
PS. We just ordered a new camera and I am so excited to be able to post some better pictures.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Happy 6th Birthday Cousin KaDee!
Does she look like a princess or what? We hope you get treated like a princess on your birthday KaDee. You derserve it, big sister. We love you lots.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Happy 14th Birthday Cousin Lindsay
Beautiful Lindsay
DareDevil Lindsay
Ghost Bride Lindsay
Isn't she beautiful? Watch out all you boys at the youth dances, here comes Lindsay. These pictures are the most recent I have of Lindsay as we were able to spend a couple of days with her at Scott & Kari's Lake House. While we were there, Lindsay played many roles. She jumped the most off the tallest cliff that any one of our crew would jump off. She tried on the dress of the Ghost Bride that the kids all found in the basement of the Lake House. She took very good care of Rachel and Lauren while we were there. And we want to wish her a Very Happy 14th Birthday!
DareDevil Lindsay
Ghost Bride Lindsay
Isn't she beautiful? Watch out all you boys at the youth dances, here comes Lindsay. These pictures are the most recent I have of Lindsay as we were able to spend a couple of days with her at Scott & Kari's Lake House. While we were there, Lindsay played many roles. She jumped the most off the tallest cliff that any one of our crew would jump off. She tried on the dress of the Ghost Bride that the kids all found in the basement of the Lake House. She took very good care of Rachel and Lauren while we were there. And we want to wish her a Very Happy 14th Birthday!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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