28/365-Stitches out

 The stitches came out, with a little bit of pain/uncomfortableness, she is glad to be able to go swimming she said. Hope we never have to do that again. No Bueno!



27/365-Show me the MONEY!!

Ben was at some STL (store manager) meetings the other day and he came home with this little gift.

My first thought was, oh that is sweet they think now that Ben is STL he is making wads of cash that he needs a money clip.

Well yes he did get a pay raise but it also put us in a higher tax bracket (because of my little bits of income on top of the raise, anyway) so it was hard to truly feel what the raise really was. 

(he got this from a white elephant gift exchange, presents that STL's buy each other is interesting) 

I would like to thank them for giving me a gift that I will most likely re-gift in a white elephant gift exchange.

But until then if you would like to contribute to my money clip let me know it has a vacancy or two.

(side note: Ben has been bothered about my posts lately about him and such the pics the stories etc...I proposed to him that I thought he should blog maybe once a week, you know to tell "his side of the story") I think if you agree feel free to send him an little message on FB or a message at the bottom of the blog it will help me with my cause. Thanks~

26/365-A Day Off!

A day you can do whatever you want!!

25/365-hurry up and wait.

(waiting for the Doctor to come back, playing a game on my phone)

We went back to the doctor today, last night was ROUGH...he left the hospital yesterday with a 'barking cough' (most likely from the tube for his airway) they said just to watch it and make sure he doesn't get more 'wheezy' than he was.

Well about 3am he got a lot more wheezy, my word of the day "stridor" ish. None of my kids have ever had croup, but for you out there that have experienced that sound of a tight airway,   I was almost calling 911, I thought his airway was closing off.....SCARY!!

He doesn't have croup but does have an inflamed uvula and inflamed vocal chords. He was put on some steroids today that should help and the Doctor was awesome he works out of the practice that our beloved Dr. Lei works out of. We saw Dr. Greenberg, he is part time there and a part time Doctor in the emergency room at Primary's he took really good care of us today.

He made a few phone calls to the surgeon and that was cool because they knew each other so I felt good that both of them were making the decisions.

So hopefully a better night tonight, and hopefully a speedy recovery.

24/365-Good bye tonsils, we will not miss you!

Bauer had his tonsils and adenoids out today at a new hospital in Riverton, it is an extension of Primary Children's in Salt Lake. He did really well, we showed up at 8:30 got registered and taken up to the pre-op waiting area. They had a great selection of toys and cartoons to watch. He had his choice of flavor for the anesthesia and he chose cotton candy. They also let him choose if he wanted to walk back, or ride in a wagon. The wagon was much funner.

The procedure was only about 40 minutes and I was able to go back as he was just waking up. He has a barking cough his vocal chords are a little irritated and the Doctor said his did have strep again today and so he is on pain meds and a antibiotic. The Doctor also sent his right tonsil (the culprit in all of this) to a pathologist to make sure it is not cancerous because of its size and appearance. We should have the results in the next week or two the Doctor said it is not routine to send them to a pathologist he just wanted to double check why it was so big and never went back down in size.

A groggy Bauer, he just wanted to lay there any sleep, he finally perked up about an hour after and was able to drink and orange slushy.

As I type this he is eating a chocolate popsicle and watching cartoons.

 Love that kid.

23/365-telling a story

 This is the official picture of the project 365. He was so funny one day telling me this really scary story is what he said I luckily had my camera with me and he didn't mind me snapping pictures.

 Mr. Bauer is getting his tonsils out tomorrow, he doesn't really know it yet, we have talked about going to the Doctor and being able to open his mouth and say awwwee...I will update tomorrow as well as some pics. I am nervous for him going under anesthesia, but in the same breath I am glad he is getting them out.

Miss Alivia is doing better, she feels good other than this Frankenstein looking thing on her forehead.

This picture cracked me up she has been kind of grouchy to the point she got in trouble today before church of crying/whining/complaining.



22/365-Demanding

Last night I was complaining to Ben...."you are so boring, let's go do something fun, why don't we take the kids down to JCW's and get a shake?" ...Ben's response..."NO" why don't we go to a movie...."NO" you get my drift right.

A few minutes later the phone rings he says, it for you, so he just sits there and doesn't try and reach it down by his feet, so I hop up and grab it...

Caller ID says Target 8017565449.

So he calls the store back, there supposedly is a gas leak and they may have to evacuate the store, so we jump in the car I drop Ben off, I take the kids-yes to get a shake.

Next thing, the phone rings at 1137pm again Target, there was an alarm going off for a freezer.

Ben gets up out of bed heads down to Target he rolls back into bed at 4:30am. He had to call out technicians wait for them to get there, wait for them to fix the freezer...poor Ben what a night.

The life of Ben a demanding wife and a more demanding job.

(yes this post has nothing to do with my picture I am running out of ideas)