The Miller's Memories: January 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Back on the Bloggin' Block

Life has finally slowed down. Here's the real reason I'm back. It all starts with a nasty burn I got grabbing part of dinner out of the 375 degree oven. Instead of pulling out the bottom rack first, I just reached in to grab the pan. I felt the burning but it took longer for the nerves to reach my brain to say the I was burning the wrist. OUCH! Then last wed. my friend and I dropped our kids off at co-op and then went to get manicures and pedicures at a beauty school because its practically free and my friend is going through school and need hours. So remember that many lotions and creams were used on my hands, arms, face and chest. After that we pick up the kids and take them to Chuck e Cheese for a birthday party. As we are leaving, my sister in law gives me some homemade soaps that her cousin makes and sells. I was so excited. Thursday morning, I have co-op. Friday my parents take us to Burger King for lunch before we leave for our trip. In the car as we are driving to Salt Lake, Andrew throws up in his carseat. The throwing up does not stop until monday afternoon which means no food or fluids for almost 4 days. So I get to tend Andrew upstairs the whole trip so that nobody else gets sick. I missed the Farewells and visits with family. Saturday, I go to get in the shower and find myself itching like there is no tomorrow! Can't figure out why. I get really air headed sometimes because I never have health issues. Knock on wood. Now I'm itching hysterically, nonstop. Tuesday, I start vomiting. Yeah! Later that day I discover that my entire body is covered in scabs and red bumps. Don't grosse out. Here me out. I finally stop throwing up on Wednesday but Kylin wakes up with what has to be Pink Eye. Oh Yeah! I finally had to call a doctor friend and he thinks that I have had an allergic reaction to the soap I use wed. thurs. fri. and sat. night. He never saw me hes just going off my descriptions. We track down some eye drops for Kylin as she's on the up and up. Andrews in the clear but to add to the story, my niece that was at chuck e cheese with us was throwing up the same amount of time as Andrew. And my friends daughter had the runs and threw up one day. My sister in law also went to Burger King the same afternoon.

So what's your assessment: Did Andrew and my niece Janie get sick and Chuck e Cheese, Burger King? Is my Rash really related to the new soap, the facial?

Okay, so Friday morning I had had enough of the Benadryl 3 times a day, Pepcid 2 times a day, COLD Oatmeal baths 3 times a day and the CONSTANT itching. I had spent the whole night scratching and crying! Nathan took me to the ER and I became a Medical Mystery. The doctor really couldn't pinpoint the problem. So I was the lucky recipient of 1. a steroid shoot in my stomach 2. a culture of my burn 3. an IV where they drew 4 viles of blood. then gave me a dose of benadryl and something else through the IV and a liter fluids. I can only compare it to a prisoner being executed. Slowly my heart started to race faster and louder, it felt like my limbs were slowly going numb and then I proceeded to have the shakes. After all that, the doctor still couldn't really figure it out so I had to have an antibiotic through my IV. Drum Roll Please - the rash is most likely a reaction to using too much Neosporin on my burn. A burn that started out the with of an oven rack and now looks bigger than the milk jug lid. So I'm deep in treatments again for another 5-7 days. Yeah Me!

This all leads to why I'm Back on the Bloggin' Block. Benadryl is suppose to make you sleepy is what I hear. No, not me. I can stay awake for days straight. No joke I am living off of 2 to 3 hours of sleep a night for 4 days straight. If you have any advice PLEASE send it my way.

So I've condensed October and November to highlights.

Keep a look out for more Highlights in The Millers Memories:)

November

Gathered around as a Family to witness something that only happens every 4 years. Its fun having the kids old enough to spend time talking about the election and important issues. In our house, that Education!

That night, we witnessed History in the Making!

Firsts in History can only happen once so my kids can say they saw it on tv.

Daddy Daughter Dance

So fun. Of Course Jalyne got into character. Nathan on the other hand came straight from work and the blue neckerchief was all we could get him to wear. Watching you husband square dance with your daughter is pure joy!

Kylin's preschool field trip to Anderson Dairy.
This is one of my favorite field trips because not only is the tour so cool. They serve Cookies n Creme Ice cream at the end. This is the perfect place to take your kids in the summer. Its Free, and a nice retreat from the hot sun.

Jalyne's class reinacted the Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving

Self explanatory.

I don't know why I didn't take pictures during Thanksgiving Dinner. We host it every year. This year is was small with only 16 family members. It was perfect.

Friday, January 30, 2009

October

October means cool air, foliage, calming colors on the plants and trees, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, the thoughts of Halloween then Thanksgiving then Christmas, and costumes and parties and pumkin picking and planning and shopping ect. ect. ect.

This year was no different. So I really came to dislike halloween this year. I started the month telling the children that this year I was not going to buy costumes and so we should find ways to be creative and make costumes. Well.....

Taylor always goes the sports route, never the scary route and just goes and pick something out of his closet. Cool. Done.

Drew is too young to decide what he wants to be so I decided that he still fit his Racecar Driver costume that I found at Kid to Kid last year for like 5 bucks and still loves cars so Cool. Done.
Kylin, are you kidding me, first said that she wanted to be Mini Mouse. Already had the costume so I was felt relieved. When Ashlyn said she wanted to be the ever so popular and mainstream Hannah Monata. Cool. Done. Guess what, yeah Kylin had to be Hannah Montana too. And the story continues, I thought that 5 dollar wigs at Savers would be all I had to spend money on and then I could make their costumes. Well, I ended up spending 12 dollars at the store for leggings and so chuching - $22 on halloween. In my book, that is too much. And why did I think making their shirts would be fun? So as you can see Ashlyn was Hannah Montana all 4 times we had to dressup and Kylin was Hannah Montana twice and a Cat twice. As a women with 5 kids, I don't care what your wearing half the time lets just make it out the door with clothes and shoes on:)

Jalynes costume knew she had to be and Astronaut this year. Cool. Done. This was so fun, a friend that gave me this white jumper and we printed Nasa patches on line and the a friend ran them through her sticker machine. Free! The hat is a pumkin $1 painted white with nasa stickers and a costco milk jug strapped on her back as her oxygen tanks. She won the BEST HOMEMADE COSTUME AWARD at a party. Jalyne rocks with her free spirit! She thought this costume was the coolest thing:)

Before Halloween Night there's

Pumpkin Picking at Gilcrease. First with Kylins Preschool where she decided this was her pumpkin. Then because it was so much fun, with the whole fam.