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Abby had her surgery last Friday (the 4th) and was recovering. My parents flew out Sunday morning for their trip to California.
(I am tired beyond belief so this will be short)

Day 1: Monday, Abby was still recovering and was beginning to have a lot of pain. She wasn't eating or drinking. Eventually...she became dehydrated. I had a final Monday night so after that I came home and we ended up going to the ER. (she started throwing up earlier in the day and had a few times). She got and IV and got liquids then we came home around midnight.

Day 2: Tuesday, luckly I didn't have any finals that day. We just spent it at home trying to recover and get Abby to eat and drink. I was also studying and writing a few papers for school due Wednesday. Abby had her follow up appointment and he said all was healing well.

Day 3: Wednesday, with all that was happening with Abby I felt bad sending her to a babysitter so her Dad came and stayed with her while I finished my finals. I left about 12:30 and was done by 4. Done with School!!!!! WoooHooo!! I think we stayed home to celebrate.

Day 4: Thursday, things were getting better. She was eating and drinking better.

Day 5: Friday. We were becoming stir crazy and wanted to get out of the house. We ran a few errands then went and saw The Frog Princess, which we LOVED, then went to dinner.

Since Wednesday Abby's ears have also been hurting (normal because the nerves are connected to throat) so she has been having to have her pain medicine every four hours or her ears and throat get bad.

Friday night around midnight it was time for her pain dose so I was getting it ready and heard her up, so I figured the pain woke her up and she was coming to get me. I begin to walk up the stairs and hear her throw up and I was not happy about that. I did not want her to get dehydrated again. I felt so bad. I turn the stairs and see Kaydee (our puppy) licking blood off the carpet and I walk into my room and see Abby knelt over the garbage with BLOOD everywhere!!! It was bright red and there was so much!! And it kept coming. She was vomiting blood! I FREAKED OUT!!!!! I ran to her and helped her finish then jumped in the car and spead to the ER. We walked right in and she went right back. She had blood all over her chin and her neck and her pj's. Long story short, we got admitted and were there till last night. They are thinking it was a scab (a big one) that came off. so. much. blood. It was one of the scariest moments of my life. While we were in the ER she fell back asleep and I sat there, Georgia Dalby and Morgan came and sat with me. My parents were gone. Scariest moment ever. She had blood everywhere! Oh my. Finally we went up to her room around 4am and got to sleep till about 7am when they came for blood work. The doctor came around 8am and said that there was no fresh blood but wanted to keep her to make sure she would eat and drink. We got to come home around 6:30 pm Saturday.

What a week. Finals. 2 ER visits and a hospital stay. All by ourselves.

I'm tired and glad I'm done with school. Abby has been out of school for I'm not sure how long. This has been on and off since mid October. I'm ready for her to feel better.

Mothers should never have to do this!!

Abby had her tonsillectomy today. Going in it was good! We were both calm. We got back there and she got weighed in and measured...

5 Years 9 Months
47lbs
45 1/2 inches

The nurse asked if I wanted her to have a sedative to help with the IV. Since the hospital and being sick so much she is not a fan of shots! (she has had quite a few lately!) so I asked Abby if she was nervous at all and she said yes and plus it was early so we went ahead and had a cherry sedative. Gave her a few minutes for that to start working then came back to get her hooked up to the IV. The nurse gave her a numbing shot then injected her IV. Took vitals and got hooked up on all her machines. After the nurse left, Grandma was able to come back and sit with us. Abby got SO goofy! With being tired and the sedative she was so silly!! We joked, laughed read a few books then they came to get her. I gave her a kiss and she was off. I waited in the waiting room and worked on some homework.

About 40 minutes later....the Doctor came out and gave me a report and everything went fine!
5 minutes after the Doctor left the nurse came and said I could go see her now....that's when it

ALL fell apart!...



I walked back there and a nurse was holding her with blankets and she still had her IV in (they wanted it in until right when we left, to have access if needed) so I came in and sat down and they handed her to me. She was SO so so so SAD and in SO much pain!! She was still really groggy from being under. She had a little blood out of her nose and the nurse said that's normal, since they take the adenoids out their nose. All Abby wanted to do was go home. She was still really out of it and could not sit still and just kept saying she wanted to go home. I tried to hold her still for a little while I talked to the nurse. She kept crying and she sounded SO bad! You could just tell she was in SO much pain. She sounded like she had a huge lump in her throat!! The nurse was talking about, if she throws up blood and stuff like that, its normal. Abby keeps squirming and crying then finally......I lost it!!! I felt SO sick! I asked the nurse if they had something to throw up in and it was coming!! I got so faint!!! I just felt the life sucked out of me!! I became white as a ghost and nauseous and dizzy!! The nurse ran and got the other nurse that was helping. One held Abby and the other layed the chair back and got a compress for me and I had to have some Sprite to. I was laying there with my eyes closed trying SO hard to stay there (mentally, not passing out!!!) I got so cold and sweaty! Finally the nurse had to go get oxygen for me! I was SO embarrassed!!! I felt like SUCH A HORRIBLE MOTHER! Here I am, supposed to be taking care of my child who is in so much pain and I freak out!!! It. was. awful. Finally after about 20 minutes I got composure and was ok. THEN....I started crying!!! These nurses must think I'm some sort of loony, unfit, horrible Mother!!! They did keep reassuring me this wasn't the first time and that they both have kids and know what it's like. NO mother should have to see their child in SO much pain!! NEVER!!!

So....finally I got it under control and was able to drive home. Got Abby home and got her pain medicine and shes doing MUCH better now. I still have a hard time dealing with it.
These past few months have been SO hard with her being sick so much. All the doctors visits and shots, and IVs and blood work and pain....I'm just glad it will all be over soon! I know this was the right thing to do and it will pass, but it is by far one of the hardest things I've had to do!

I did take a few pictures before, but they were with my phone, I think I can get them on the computer, but I'm not sure, I'll try.

Ooh La La!

He can play the piano and sing to me anytime!

I LOVE movies!

There are SO many GOOD movies out right now and SO many more coming in December!! I LOVE IT!

MY past month!

What a month!! MAN! With my Mom then Abby it has been a emotional roller coaster!! Well, luckily for me, I never got sick! BUT I did miss a lot of school while I was with Abby. And by a lot, that's an understatement! Thankfully, my professors have been very understanding (for the most part!). So that pretty much sums up my past month! School, homework, papers, tests, taking care of Abby, more homework a few more tests and a lot more school.
While Abby was in the hospital I luckily only missed one test that I can make up at the end of the semester which is in two weeks!
I am currently working on three papers that are due this week. Then this Friday Abby gets her tonsils out! I'm happy and sad about that. Happy because I know it will make her feel SO much better and sad because I know it hurts! She gets that done Friday, then on Sunday, my parents fly out to California for a week! THEN..Monday I have a final, Wednesday I have a final and Thursday is my make up test! This means I have to find a babysitter for these days but luckily it's only for about an hour. I just go and take my test, but the bad thing is I'm not sure how Abby is going to feel with just having her tonsils out. We'll see how that goes. I'm nervous about that, but praying it will work out.
That's about the jist of my life right now. Trying to make it through the next two weeks then it's Christmas Break!! I'M READY!! There have recently been some other things come into the mix of my life (first post) that I will be concerned about, but I have faith! The Lord is by my side!
I think that's about it! Just school! I have no social life let alone dating life. So nothing there. (I can't think of someone wanting to date me anyways!)
So, I probably won't post till schools out (DECEMBER 10TH-LAST TEST) but I will if something happens!!! Hope everyone is doing WONDERFULLY and had a great Thanksgiving!! I have SO much to be thankful for!! haha-and I'm thankful for all of it!

Let's see some updates!

So, I believe where I left off was when Abby was sick the FIRST time. (side note, my mom is doing just fine if not better!!!)
The next week after my Mom in the hospital and Abby in the ER, started good. The weekend before Abby was feeling better and everything seemed fine. Then on Tuesday night she started with a small fever again. All I could give her was Tylenol because she was going in for her surgery (tonsils removed) that Friday. But, by Wednesday it was back up in the 103-104's and she started throwing up again. I called the doctor right away and we went in Wednesday morning to see the nurse practitioner. On the way Abby had thrown up 4 times in that hour. Right before we left, in the car, in the waiting room then in the back room. I think it was an intern doctor or something that came in first to see her. Then she went and got the nurse practitioner and she checked her out then she said she thought that her actual doctor saw her. So, her doctor (who I love!) came in and checked her out and said that she felt she needed to go ahead and go to the hospital and get some liquids and find out what was going on. So, after throwing up another time in the parking lot, we were on our way to the hospital.
Once we got there we had to go and get checked in. All this time Abby was wearing a mask and the lady at registration asked if I would wear a mask so I did and our escort up to our room had a mask. We were walking through the hospital and everyone was looking at Abby and she got so many "ohhh, poor thing" she looked awful! She was pale as a ghost and had huge black circles under her eyes. It was so sad. We get up to our room and she was in isolation since they still didn't know what she had. There was a table right outside her door with gloves, masks, and gowns with two signs saying it was isolation and to beware! The nurses came in wearing all the gear and tried to get her set up but the masks keep fogging up so the said to just forget it! It was sweet. They had to do some blood work and get her IV set up. No fun. She was so strong! Such a trooper! I think I cried more than she did!! I hated seeing her in pain. She was so dehydrated the nurses had a hard time finding a vein in her hand, they said she was so dry they couldn't find anything so they finally had to do it in her arm. We got her changed and all the tests done and were just able to rest for a few minutes then the x-ray lady came in and wanted an x-ray of her chest to make sure it was clear. After that we were mostly able to rest. They gave her something for her tummy and her fever and we just waited. Wednesday was horrible! She didn't go to bed till midnight and once she would fall asleep her IV machine would start beeping! Loudly!! That would wake her up and it was hard for her to fall back asleep. I finally got her to sleep around four then the lab people came in at six! After they left she fell back to sleep around seven but her doctor came in to check on her at 7:30! Needless to say, there was not much sleeping that night. We were hoping to be able to go home on Thursday, but we weren't that lucky! We were there till Friday. Once she was on her third bag of fluids she was feeling much better! LONG story short, we were able to go home Friday and boy was it nice to go home. We still aren't sure what it was that she had. The first day she was there her white blood count was 34,000 (normal is between 6,000-9,000) then on Thursday it was down to 20,000 then on Friday it was 10,000 (close enough for us to come home).
I did take some pictures but these are when she was feeling better. On Friday morning when they came to do work they just did a finger prick so that's what the finger is (shes not flippin you off)
Overall, it was a long 3 days! Life didn't stop while she was there (that's the next post)! She is doing fine now. She is scheduled to have her tonsils out this Friday December 4th!! I am ready for that!! I'm ready for no more sickness!!











(in most of them she is watching T.V., that's all there was to do. They had over 300 kid's movies!! It was SO cool! She just picked the one she wanted and told them the number!!)
(Thursday night I had her take a shower, I thought it would help her feel better, that's why her hair is wet) (she had her own room with a really nice bathroom!)
I will talk more about my experience in the next post.


We tried to get her to name her IV, but I don't think she ever did.
She is back to her normal, happy self now!!!

I know...it's been a while.

I really have a lot to update on but I'm going to do it in separate posts, and this isn't going to be one. This is more my thoughts/journal entry. After this I will do updates so don't feel the need to read this one if you don't want to.

Why is Satan so strong? Or better yet, why do we allow him to have so much power? I guess it's us that lets him in and gives him strength. If I had one true wish, it would honestly be that everyone was happy and all their troubles would be gone. I try to make that wish come true for as many people as I can. I would give all I have to take their troubles away from them. Today I am finding out that my shoulder's are not as strong as I thought.
My one and only brother. "My brotha from anotha motha" as we like to say, is struggling with the thing that is most dear, his family. Marriage is hard. There is no way around that. It is a full time job. There are highs and lows but you can not let the lows over see the highs. I wish with all I had that I could just go out there and make things all better for them. I wish they could feel the burning testimony I have that families are sealed together! Families are...everything! This is why we exist is for families.
I kinda thought this post would be easy but it's not looking that way. I thought all the emotions and feelings and thoughts I have racing through my mind would come out. They aren't.
I love my family. All of them. I would do anything for them. If my shoulders are not strong enough-I will make them stronger. I have faith in my Father in Heaven and in my family.

when it rains, it pours!

What a week! It has been such an emotional, stressful, busy, crazy week!
It all started on Sunday when my dad came home from a boy scout activity he had been at for the weekend. He came home thinking he had gotten the flu. He was coughing, and had a fever and just didn't feel well.
On a side note, my Mom was scheduled to go into the hospital on Monday morning for a procedure. She didn't want a fuss about it so didn't tell anyone. She was supposed to be in the hospital 3-5 days after her Monday surgery and we had the whole week planed with her absence. Dad was going to take her Monday morning. I was going to take Abby to school and after she was going to go to her dads for a few days while my mom was in the hospital and I was at school. I was going to pick her up Wednesday night.
So...dad came home not feeling well. We had someone come over to assist my dad with a blessing for my mom and Abby wanted to stay awake for it so she could be with grandma and see grandpa since she hadn't seen him in a long time, so I let her. She gets her blessing and we are all feeling ready for this and prepared! My dad was going to take her to the hospital at 6am for her 6:30am appointment. I was awake doing homework and taking care of some other things till about 2am (i know, i don't sleep) and dad came in and asked if I could take her since he was sick. I thought that i could take her and get her all checked in and then rush home take Abby to school then come home for 2hrs finish my homework shower and then go get Abby then come home have her dad here and then i would go to school....that is not how it worked out.
I did take mom to the hospital (Monday i functioned on 3hrs of sleep) and I came home to get Abby ready for school but when she woke up she was complaining of a headache. I took her temp and it was 99.6. With all the flu stuff going on, I thought it would be best if she just stayed home. So we stayed home and as I was getting her ready to go to her dad's I get a call from my Mom around 9am (her surgery was scheduled for 8:30am). She told me that there wasn't going to be a surgery. While they were prepping her she went into a-phib (sp) her heart was pumping way to fast and with her anesthesia that would only get worse. SO, they cancelled it and told her that she would have to reschedule for six weeks out after meeting with a cardiologist. Mind you that all of her pre-surgery tests came back just fine.
SO...with no surgery we thought that she would be coming home Monday afternoon. So I called Abby's dad and said that she wouldn't have to go over there because my mom was coming home....little did we know she wouldn't come home till Wednesday evening!! .....I had a Monday class I could not miss because I had a test and my dad was sick so I asked a friend to watch her and when I picked her up she said her headache hurt worse and now her temp was up over 100. So i immediately called the doctor and made her an appointment for the next day (Tuesday). We stopped by her Dr's office Monday and I got my flu shot, Abby couldn't get it because of her fever.
Monday night it all fell apart! Her fever soared up to 104 and she was on ibuprofen all night and in the morning she started throwing up so we get to the doctors and sure enough...she has the flu! (the doctor said pretty sure h1n1). SO...we both (Abby and I) get notes to excuse us out of school for the rest of the week and we go home and get Abby her medicine and continue with the ibuprofen and Tylenol.
While this is happening to Abby...my Mom is still in the hospital and they cannot get her heart under control. They try her on a i.v. med and that helps but around midnight Monday she goes into a-phip again. So, they can't figure out whats wrong.
So...Tuesday we get home and I give Abby her medicine and she rests on the couch. She starts throwing up once every hour and I can't get her to drink anything and she hasn't gone potty all day. So, I call the doctor and she's concerned for dehydration so she tell us to go to the emergency room. So, Tuesday evening Abby and I head off to the emergency room and get her checked out. They took some blood and thankfully she was not dehydrated and they gave her a prescription (suppository) for her throwing up. We leave Tuesday night and go get that fill and get home and give her all her medicine and put her to bed.
Mom...is still in the hospital! I can't go and see her because of Abby. They finally found a little hole in a heart valve. They unhook her i.v. and give her some oral medicine and shes just fine till Tuesday night when again...she goes into a-phib!! So, the hook the i.v. up again and she can't come home!!
Wednesday, Abby is feeling better, still not good but better. Her medicine is really helping. Mom and her Dr. finally get everything under control enough to where she can come home until she makes her appointment to meet with her cardiologist.
Thursday...Mom's home and Abby is much better.

Long story!! Monday-Wednesday...hard days!!!
Everything is starting to get back to normal now.
(This is too long for me to proof read, so hopefully it's understandable)

Grrrr....

I have about one minute to vent then I have to get back to writing this paper that is due in a few hours!!!

I am TIRED of SCHOOL!! I feel like I have been going for ever and I am ready to be done! It is consuming my life!!! It is hurting my relationship with Abby! I'm ready to be a stay at home mom again and have her always love me. Not crying when I leave and being mad at me when I'm home because I'm always working on homework or getting ready to go to school!! I try and make time for her each day, but that is not working right now. Monday's and Wednesday's I see her for a few minutes in the morning and I'm not home till after she goes to bed. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday I'm doing homework! AAAAHHHH!!! I could just scream right now. She acts up because she's mad at me!!

I'm DONE!
(now it is 12:30 AM and I need to finish my rough draft due at 9:30Am)

Funny Story

..it's kind of funny and kind of sad!!
For those of you who don't know I am very particular about my laundry. I'm have my routine and process of the laundry and it's one of my favorite things to do!
The other night I put a load of darks in and started it as usual. I went in the living room and didn't hear anything unusual. It was late and I was tired so I went to bed before it was completely done. I woke up the next morning to go put them in the dryer and I opened the lid and found.......
THAT'S RIGHT!! a 3/4 empty bottle of bleach!!! I guess it had fallen in or something but I for the life of me cannot remember!!! So, the outcome....


those were a pair of my favorite BLACK pants! It's awful!!

Lesson Learned: if you do laundry when your tired, check your work!

FALL-is by far my FAVORITE season! I LOVE IT!! The colors, the smells the temperature the clothes you get to wear! This weekend we made homemade apple pie! Then in October we get to put our sweaters (hopefully) on and go to Huber's and pick pumpkins!! I LOVE IT!!

Announcement-
Drum Roll Please.............................................



I get to be an AUNT again!!! Yep, that's right!! Rachel is 7 weeks along and is due May 17th. I'm sure some of you are thinking, "Didn't they just have a baby?" Why yes they did. They will be 13 months apart. I have to say that I am SO excited!! Abby and I will be able to go out this time!!!

P.S. I have a pretty awesome mom!! I love her and all she does for Abby and I!! She's pretty cool! (just so you know)

It's time for a change!! I'm tired of who I've let myself become! I'm ready to be happy again! Expect great things from me!

What should I do?!?!

The thought of this terrifies me!!! It has taken SO long to get Abby's hair back to "normal" since our hair cutting incident and I'm afraid to cut her hair...but...I was looking at some pictures from last fall when it was not to short but shorter than it is now...what do you think?!?!? Should she get a new style or keep it long?!?!
Long?

OR

Short?

(I hate making decisions!!! Please HELP ME!!!)

Just some of my thoughts...

This is kind of a "wo is me" blog so don't feel you need to read on.

So, I have been thinking this weekend...I want to get married! I know it will happen when it is supposed to and all that stuff...but this weekend I've decided that I am impatient. I'm usually pretty good about it. Knowing I don't want to till I'm done with school and all that stuff, but today...I want it NOW! I've thought of people coming in and our of our lives and how some are sent for a reason. What if the man I'm supposed to marry has come into my life but I wasn't ready and now hes gone. I am very self conscious about my weight. I cannot see a guy looking at me and thinking "there is someone I'd like to get to know" because of my appearance. A while back I had something come to me, there is more to me than my weight but it's hard for me to realize that. So I guess my final thought is-what if he has come into my life and looked at me and moved on. I feel that's my fault. :( It's a huge worry of mine, daily. I guess I know what I need to do to not have that worry....

and the award for WORST blogger goes to...

MIRANDA HOFFMAN!!




I know, I've been horrible lately, but it has been super busy and tonight I actually have some time to sit down and write a few things.

I'm not sure where I left off so I'll start at summer school.

I decided to take a couple of summer classes. I took College Algebra and Managerial Accounting both in six weeks! It was INTENSE to say the least! We met three times a week for two hours each class then I would come home and spend at least three hours on homework or studying. The last four weeks of class I had a test each week and there was a lot of homework! I can't believe I survived but I did...and I passed both classes. Abby felt pretty neglected those six weeks so I decided we needed to take a mini vacation. My last final was on the 6th and we left that afternoon to go to Lexington for the weekend. It was a nice getaway where we could spend time together and not worry about school or life!

When we got back Abby started school! She started just last Thursday. She was very nervous but once she got in the door she was fine and is back to loving school. Her class is much larger this year and there is one more teacher added. We have also learned that there are many kids from church that are going to the Montessori school now!! I see a lot of potential to make new friends and I'm happy for her!
first day of school



I have two weeks off, one of them being last week, so only one left:( I have a million things to get done before school starts again for me. I was so busy during summer school I have a lot to catch up on. So, this past week I got a lot done and hope to accomplish the rest of things on my list this week.

That's really the latest with us. School, school, school!! Even thought summer school was CRAZY I kinda liked it! If I take both summer sessions next summer that will put me a semester closer to graduation!!!!!

It's been SO long since my blogging I forgot some of the most basics of things that have changed!!

Abby got a bike this summer!
(she picked it out ;))

I got my braces taken off! (no pics yet, but I'll try soon)

We got a puppy!!!
Her name is Kaydee and i LOVE her!! She's my baby! My mom keeps saying that she thought she was getting her for Abby, but it turns out it was for me ;)



I think that's the latest and the greatest...I will TRY and be MUCH better blogging than I have this summer!! It was a crazy summer and didn't last long enough!!!

On an side note.....it's my BIRTHDAY this Wednesday!!!!!!!!! Quarter of a Century old!!!! The BIG 25!!!! I can't believe it!!


Hope everyone is doing well!! Keep smiling!!!

What a (sick) week!

Ok...so I know I have a TON to update on but I'll start with this past week.


Last Wednesday night Abby started to have a little fever and had been complaining about her ear hurting. So i gave her some ibuprofen and she went to sleep. I decided the next morning to take her to the doctor. We get to the doctor and they check and sure enough an infection in her left ear and her tonsils were just a little swollen, but she said no strep throat. She had also been complaining of an upset stomach, but we just figured it was from drainage. So, she prescribes the antibiotic and we're on our way. Thursday and Friday were pretty normal sick days. Abby would lay on the couch and not do anything and I'd give her the ibuprofen for the fever. Abby went to her dad's house Friday night. Saturday he calls, she had been throwing up all day! So, is it because of her antibiotic or stomach flu?!? So, now what to do! It's fathers day weekend and I felt awful that she was sick, but she wanted to come home. So, I drive to Lagrange Saturday night at 10:30 pm, she had just thrown up again when I got there. We come home, it was a rough night. I call her doctor on Sunday morning, she gives her a different antibiotic and something for her stomach and if it's not better, I need to bring her in on Monday. Oh, also her fever was getting up in the 104's! I go get her new meds on Sunday and the one for her tummy....a suppository! (insert in the bum!) I felt awful for her!! But, I did it and her stomach was feeling better. I still couldn't get the fever under control. Up to 104.8 now! I had decided that if it didn't come down in the next few mins (after having her ibuprofen and a cold compress) we would have to go to the emergency room...luckily it came down. Sunday night was rough. About 3 hrs of sleep! Monday morning we go into the doctor. NOW, she has an infection in BOTH ears and STREP throat plus, the think MONO!!! This poor kid! So, while they were there they did a strep test, came back positive, and gave her a shot of antibiotic, in the hip (and the medicine burned while it was going in!) and they had to draw blood, for a mono test (both arms!) We go home and she feels awful!! She has to have her medicine every 4 hours or her stomach and fever get out of control! We get home and her fever was back up in 104's and was not going down this time so I called the doctor and she said if it hasn't gone down in 20 mins, to take her to the ER. I prayed SO hard that it would come down, It would be awful if we had to go to the ER! Luckily it did. Her shot made her feel better! And her mono test came back negative, but something was high so they want her to come back in 10 days to re-test to make sure everything is back to normal. (her blood work did show that she has had mono in the past! weird!) Needless to say, things are almost back to normal. She still is a little warm, but nothing to bad. I'm just glad she's feeling better!

I did it!

Well, I'm going to Seattle! Mike wanted to surprise me with a ticket to go out there and I didn't want them to do that so we decided to split a ticket! (plus I got a great price on my ticket!!) I'm going while Abby is in Utah with her dad. I'm flyin out on the 28th and I get back the 6th. I'm very excited! I told Mike that I would come out there but I did not want to go on any dates and I wasn't going to go to the singles ward! I was just coming to visit and spend time with them!! I get baby time!!! I'm so excited! It will be fun! I need to spend some time away.
I still haven't started work yet! I keep calling but my stuff isn't processed yet. But, it has been nice to have a week off from everything, I've been playing catch-up with a lot! It's amazing how much stuff there is to do in everyday life!

We Survived!

All is well in the Hoffman household. Everyone is home and settling back into a routine.

I am DONE with school!! (till fall) After I took that last final and sold books back (what I could sell back!) we had a party! It is so nice to be on summer break! Abby goes till the end of this month. She gets out on the 29th then goes to Utah on the 30th with her dad. She will be gone a week. It's hard when she is gone that long, but I know she will have an amazing time!!

This past month I've really been stressing about finding a job! With the economy and so many without jobs, I was SO worried I wouldn't be able to find one!! One day I ran into one of my old managers at Office Depot and we got to talking and I asked her if they were hiring and that in about a month I would need a job for the summer. She said "We would love to have you back!!!" I was SO glad to hear that!!! Such a HUGE blessing!! So we talked some more and she said to come by and let her know when so she can have a position for me! So I went in did all the paperwork and I start Wednesday!!! I am so thankful for that! It really makes me miss working! I love to work (more than school, lately) espically at the OD. There are so many great people there. Some have moved on (the general manager) but there are sill good friends there and I'm excited to go back!!!

So, thats the latest and greatest here. Working as much as I can this summer!! No big summer plans (yet) but we'll see!!

This Week...

Monday-Ethic's Final

Tuesday-Accounting Test

Wednesday-Final Speech, Final Ethics Project/Presentation

Thursday-Computer's Test (Dad goes to Seattle)
...all while being a mom ;)

Friday (if I make it that long)-PARTY!

Stress/Anxiety Level's-ABOVE AND BEYOND!!! :(

Baby Brooklynn

Mike had been up since 2:30 AM...that's why he looks so tired! (sorry for the red eye)




This one is my favorite! SO cute!

Abby's birthday celebration at school

Update...

What a month!
I was in the process of a post but had to save it and if I go back to it, it will be WAY too long!! So here is the condensed version.

Abby's Birthday!! It was fun, she got sick, but still had a good time.

Spring Break! We got to go to Lafayette for a few days and I thought Abby was over her sickness, little did I know, it was just beginning. I was dead sick all break and Abby was in recovery. So, we spent spring break at home, but still had a nice break.

School-is killing me! This is actually the reason I haven't been able to update. It seems like all my professors decided to save all our projects till the last three weeks of school!! I have got my two biggest speeches (worth the most points), ethics paper, ethics test and ethics group presentation, two accounting tests, and two computer tests all in the next two weeks!! I mean-come on!! It is extra hard because my Mom is in Seattle visiting the BABY!! Thats right!!

Baby Brooklynn is here!
Brooklynn Jade Tuckett
April 1, 2009 @ 1:52pm
7lbs 11oz
18 1/2 inches

Mom and baby are doing wonderfully!! The induced Rachel on April fools day @ 5am and shortly after, she was here!! She is so beautiful! I'll post pictures!

So, my Mom left this morning and will be gone till the 27th. Almost three weeks! I'm so glad shes out there, but she is greatly missed at home! (and its only the first day) My Dad flies out on the 16th till the 27th. It is just craziness-trying to get everything taken care of for Abby and school and life! But I did go to the temple before she left (I was really stressing about it!!) and I know everything will be just fine.

Well, Abby's asleep, so I need to get studying!

Hopefully I'll have a post after the 27th, that means I survived it all!

(Side note-I also get to spend Easter alone. Abby will be at her Dad's, Mom's in Seattle and Dad's on high council.) :(

Up the nose...

So, I think that most kids have to go thought the "object up the nose" phase, well Abby got hers out of the way this week. She is really into beading right now and I guess she thought she would see if it would fit, yep it did. After she put it UP there she went in to the bathroom and tried to blow it out and since that wasn't working she came into Grandma crying, terrified of how I would react, and told Grandma the story! So, Mom came in and told me, while Abby was crying, and we tried more blowing so nothing was working so I went to call the doctor and Mom got a flashlight and looked up and could see it, so we just had her blow a few more times, and it came out. So, luckily no trips to the doctors or to the ER. So, we've gotten the hair cutting and the object up the nose done with. I hope there aren't any more!!

Visiting Teaching

I don't know why but I just feel really good tonight. I was blessed with the wonderful opportunity to do service tonight. Monica Romney needed a babysitter tonight for Eli and Denise needed someone for Grayson and I jumped at the opportunity and I'm really not quite sure, I wasn't too excited. I had a blast tonight. Abby and Eli and Grayson had such a good time. Both Romney's were able to go out and celebrate Monica's birthday and it was just good for me. That sounds selfish and maybe it is but I'm so glad that I was able to do that. Things have been extremely hard right now for me, the hardest they've been in a while, and tonight I just forgot all those problems and had fun. Abby had someone to play with and it was just a good night. I really felt the spirit more than I have in a long time tonight and I'm so happy for that. So, I just wanted to post that. I love my calling as a visiting teacher. (I'm Monica's visiting teacher). We just got a new route and I'm loving getting to know each one of my ladies and how awesome they are!! It really has been an incredible blessing in my life and I'm thankful for it!!

I know I said I would do a post last night, but it got too late. This post can't be long because I'm working on a paper and a speech that are both due tomorrow, so hopefully tomorrow I will have time to do a real post! Things are going fine here. Really busy with school and taking care of Abby. Her birthday and spring break are this month! Excited about both, I'll need spring break to get me ready for April. That is going to be such a hard month!! With Mom and Dad both going to Seattle, it will be hard to figure out schedules for Abby and I with classes, mostly because it's finals!!! Can't really miss those, so we'll see how it all plays out. More about April tomorrow, I have to get back to work!!

Look at me!!

Being all creative!!

So, this month is Abby's Birthday!

I'll do a post later tonight...I promise!

I'm feeling...

WICKED!



That's right! I got to see Wicked and LOVED it! It is easily one of my new favorites! I'd put it up there with the Phantom and I LOVE the Phantom! It was incredible and yes I already own the soundtrack and really hope it becomes a movie! I'm not going to say anything about it because some of you may not have seen it but if you get the chance you HAVE TO GO! I will never watch the Wizard of Oz again with the same thoughts I used to have....I may not ever watch the Wizard of Oz again period. I'm totally in love again and its amazing!!

On another note....I miss Mike and I'm getting excited to be a aunt again soon and get baby time this summer!!!

(this is what you get for not wanting to have your picture taken with me! ;))


(that goober did NOT want to take his picture with me!! crazy...i know! you would not want to have their picture taken with that! ;))