Darth Vader

SO a couple of weeks ago I was awaken by my husband shaking me telling me, that Kamron, who had climbed into bed with us an hour or so earlier, was not breathing in his sleep. Kam would stop breathing and then all of the sudden start breathing again. Sometimes it was so long he would gasp to catch his breath. he also has always snored a lot, often sounding like DARTH VADER.

I got him into see doctor West that day and after looking over him the plan was to do a sleep test over two nights in order to observe his heart rate and his oxygen level, to meet with the ENT specialist about his "huge" tonsils and adenoids, and to put oxygen on him at night until all was resolved. SO a few days later we met with Dr. DOnaldson who stated that we needed to get his tonsils out so we scheduled the surgery for the 12th.

In the meantime we were trying to convince a 2 yr old to keep oxygen on his face and he had to sleep in our room to be monitored. Finally we found the ticket to keep the oxygen on his face.... telling him he had a mustache just like Papa Lish. It worked.WE had also gotten the test results back and they had recorded oxygen levels as low as 75. Seeing this the doctor suggested we may have to go see a Pulminologist at Primary Childrens in SLC. The pattern the oxygen levels were in suggested he may have regular sleep apnea as well as obstructive



Surgery came quickly and I was a little nervous, but everyone who I talked to raved about Dr. DOnaldson. The surgery took about an hour and when the Doctor came out to get me he said Kam was ok but the surgery hadn't gone at easy as he had anticipated
One of Kams tonsils started to bleed and the doctor had to put pressure on it for about 5-8 minutes until he could get it cauterized. He said his huge tonsils were even larger and reached farther into his throat than he thought. He also said his adenoids blocked about 75% of Kams airway in his nose. I soon got to meet back with my very upset little boy and snuggle with him all day. he had to stay the night so tehy could make sure his oxygen levels did not drop to low because of the swelling. the lowest level that was recorded was 96 :). We were suppose to be able to go home on Saturday morning but Kamron was refusing to eat and drink so he had to remain on the IV( I mean his meals consisted of a Popsicle, juice, and jello). Finally about 4pm on Saturday he started to turn around and we were released and got out of the hospital about 7pm. I am lucky to be able to take of work until Wednesday and to take care of him. He has been a bit whiny but all the cuddling has sure made up for it.



WE will probably still have to do another sleep test to make sure that was the only sleep apnea but I must say I am feeling good about it. Thanks to the power of priesthood blessings. Kam had lot of family that came to visit and lots of prayers said. Thank you!

HaLlOwEeN

It's pretty sad when you realize the last real post you posted was a Year ago! Where has my year gone????? Well I am trying to re-commit myself to blogging because quite frankly this is the only type of journaling I do and if not this....nothing! I hope to get a couple recap posts up of this last year... and attempt one new post per week!


This year for Halloween Kam dressed up as a vampire and practiced saying "I want to suck your blood" for a about a week. He Also kept saying "trick-or-treat". We took him too The Bish's Rv trick or treating, waited in line for about an hour and then went to Grandparents Lish house


Then to trunk or treat then off we went to Grandparents Joslins.

All in all he made out like a bandit! Now whenever he does something he deems reward-able, such as going potty, he tells us he needs a pumpkin treat!

Blessed

I felt inspired to write this tonight... I AM BLESSED!

I am blessed to have an amazing son who loves me so much, who makes me happy just to see him. He is filled with so much joy and happiness and has filled our lives up with so much happiness. I can not imagine my life ever without him. I love the giggles, I love his crazy moments when he is using a grilled cheese sandwich as a gun. I love the moments when he needs me to kiss and owie better, and then as though magic, the pain is gone. I love that every night and nearly every morning he wants to nuggle (snuggle) with me. I am so blessed that he is so interested in trying to say prayers. I am so blessed he has the opportunity to get to know both sets of grandparents. I am so grateful for his health,how smart he is, and sweet spirit!

I am so blessed to have such a loving, kind and patient husband. I am grateful that he is the calm to my storm, the whisper to my yell, and the half that makes my heart whole. I am grateful for his love, I am grateful for his patience. I am lucky that he works so hard to provide for his family. I am blessed that he is so handy and can fix just about anything. I am grateful that he is so in love with me. I am grateful for everything he does for me, and I am grateful he will be with me for eternity. I am so blessed to have a husband who loves to be a dad. What a great father he is! He LOVES Kamron. He gets down to his level and plays with him like they are best buds!

I am blessed to have a job, especially in today's economy

I am blessed to have had the opportunity to receive higher education

I am blessed with a great family,who will always love me

I am blessed to have the knowledge of the gospel. I know the church is true I know that the redeemer lives and that he died for me and all my brothers and sisters. I know that someday I will return to him and he will greet me with open arms and a warm smile. I am grateful for hose who share their testimonies so that mine may grow. I am grateful to those who set good examples to me, and probably don't even know I am watching. I know that with the plan of salvation everyone will have a chance to return to god. I love my heavenly father and I love that I am loved back regardless of all my imperfections. I am truly blessed to have this knowledge and to be able to go to the temple and to gain a greater knowledge and receive even more blessings.

The list could go on and on but the conclusion is the same, I am truly blessed!

Cancer

Well my Daddy was diagnosed with prostate cancer the last part of april/ 1st part of march, almost to the dya of my Mom's accident last year. The cancer is also in his hip and in his lower back. It's stage 4 and terminal. The doctors have given him hormon therapy and have given him surgery that should both slow the cancer and pro-long his life! The one doctor told him he has 18 months to 4 years.. and the actaul oncologist refuses to give a time frame and just wants to play it by ear! I am not going to lie, I really wasn't that suprised when I found out! Did it hurt, heck yes! I am sure my heart broke a little when my mom told me. But in all honesty I always thought my Dad would get cancer, I always thought it would be lung or mouth cancer from smoking.

My dad has chosen not to do Chemo and may or may not do some radation therapy depending on how the hormone therapy works out! My dad wishes to live as full as life as possible without the horrible side effects of modern medicine that would be very unlikely to cure him. I am trying to respect his wishes and not be slefish and tell him to fight, to fight for me, my son and my mom!!!

The first thing that ran across my mind was Kamron. Kamron LOVES his papa so much and at first all I wanted to do was protect him from the possible "future hurt". I immediatly puched that thought away and move on to I hope Kamron gets to know his papa as well as possible and gets to spend as much time with him as possible! I hope that in the next few months my dad's pain goes away or is at least lessened so he can be a bit more mobile. I want him to be able to get back down on the floor and sit and play with Kamron.

I am so sad that such a proud man has to be humbled with such a horrible diease. I hope that through all of this my father's heart may be softened so that when the time comes he will be willing to accept the gospel. I would love more that anything for that to happen in this life, but if not I pray it will happen in the next! I know that heavenly father will take care of it on the other side. I am so glad that if it comes to that, that my husband will be able to do the temple work for him!

I love my dady soo much and I hope that the next months and years are as great as the rest of his life, I hope that I can get closer to him and get to know him better. I hope that I am able to spend more time with him. Mostly I wish him comfort!

With all of this going on Garrett and I decided it was best that I change jobs so that Kamron wasn't such a burden on my mom, and also so we could spend more time as a family! So yesterday was my last day at Claires and tomorrow I will start back at Citifinancial!! I am excited to be able to do things as a family and to be able to tuck my little man in every night! It was a very hard decision to make with many pros and a few cons with each job. Garrett got two ne accounts at work and has been wokring like crazy! We dont see him much during the weekdays so it will be nice to be a fmaily on the weekends. I pray that I made the right decision for the right reason and the lord will continue to provide me with secure employement!

Kamron is getting so big, it is hard to believe he will be 2 in a few months!! He is talking pretty wel (when he wants to0) and is learning so quickly. He loves to talk about animals, and make animal noises, he loves his colors ( I think yellow is his fav, or at least to say), and he loves to sing. His favorite song is Twinkle Twinkle little star. It was my favorite when I was little too. My dad would sing it to me every day and let my sit on his lap and drive the car home from daycare! He loves to throw balls and to play on bikes and anything that had to do with cars! Kamron is such a ham and we love to be around him soooo much! We have a very busy summer planned and I hope to be much better about updating the blog!

Really, its been since Halloween??

It's official... I suck at updating the blog! I try to remember but It just takes so long sometimes. I will blab tonight and try and get some pics posted tomorrow... no promises!



I started my new job in Novemeber. I am the new Manager of Claires in the mall! I apparently just can't get away from the mall :(!! I was wisked away to Twin Falls for a week of trianing a day after I was offered the job! It was my first time being away from Kamron and man oh man was it hard on all of us!!! I was lucky to have a great trainer and I learned a ton while I was there! Then a week later I started in my store!! I love working for the company! I think that they are great and I love my uper management! Things were a little rocky with a few of my employees but they seemed to have melod out! I was thrown in in the busiest time of the year so I was just focused on what I do best, customer service, and now I feel like I am learning a ton more new stuff! I am very excited to be working, but on the other hand I hate being away from Kamron, and I know he feels the same!

A good friend was watching Kam for us and it was like a second home to him! He instantly acquired two brothers and two sisters!! However, She decided to return to school and we felt it nessicary to put Kam in a more permanant environment. We just didn"t want to have to move him around. So after some searching we decided to enroll him at a daycare facility. SO for we have been super pleased. He is adjusting very well. He has had some rough moments but he has only been there four times!! He is such a great kid!!

Thanksgiving was awesome! We were able to go to my sisters house and spend it with her family and all of our family. THere were a ton of people but it was great! She is so wonderful to have hosted it and to have delt with the aftermath!

Now Christmas! Christmas was great we spent Christmas eve with Garrett's family and christmas morning, then we went over to my parents house for Christmas day and evening! It was nice to spend time with both families. Kamron was spoiled rotten he got so many presents that by the end he didn't even want to open them, so I had to finish the job. :) Garrett and I went a little crazy this year and splurged on eachother, I bought him a snowblower and he got me a over the rang microwave that he and his dad installed late Christmas eve as a suprise for me CHristmas morning, I loved it!!!!

Our new year has been off to a great start!! WE are so busy with work but we try to spend all our free time as a family! My job has been stressfull the last couple weeks (just look at my zitty face and you'd know) but I am sure that It will be better!

Kamron is so tough for going to daycare, It breaks my heart every time I walk out of the daycare when I drop him off, but we really don't have any other choice! He is missed all day long! He is getting sooo stinkning big, it is bitter-sweet! I love him with my whole heart. I will doa post just on him in the next couple days... There is just so much that he is doing these days!

We have also had the opportunity to have Garrett's mother in town since Christmas. It has been so fun to get to know her better and to be able to hang out with her! She has also helped us out with the transitioning between daycares!! She always seems to be in town when she is needed most. I am thankful that she listens to the promptings and is there!! Kamron is slowly coming around to her and they have become quite good little buddies! Its great!!!

Well I guess that is a really brief overveiw about our last three months but its better than nothing!!

Trick or Treat

This year's Halloween was pretty exciting! We dressed Kam up as a pirate! We thought is was very fitting since he likes swords so much and since we went to Grand Cayman this fall! Kamron actually did better with his costume than I thought! He even left his bandanna and eye patch(around his forhead) on for longer than I ever expected! We took him trick-or-treating in old town with Brooke and her step kids! ! We were going to take him to the ward trunk or treat and majic show but we where all sick so we went and showed off our costume to Papa and Grandma Joslin and then headed home to hand out candy! We only had a few trick-or-treaters and so it was a pretty lax night! I made some crab legs for dinner and that was about the sum of it!I can't wait till next year! Now that Kam knows what to expect I am sure it will be hectic!

Oh and a few pictures from the first snow we had a few weeks back! Kamron's first real encounter with it!

Fall Funtime!!

We have had such a good fall! It has been so fun for us to enjoy it with Kamron! It is a whole new adventure for him! This last weekend my sister and her girls came down and we all got to hang out! We went out to this little pumkin patch that had a kids corn maze and some barn yard animals!! Kamron thought it was pretty cold despite how cold it was!

My sis and my nieces

After we finished with the pumpkin patch we went home and carved pumpkins, which were bought at the pumpkin patch O' Walmart, becuase the other were picked over and froze!! Kamron was not so interested so he spent about one minute and was done! WE still have a few more to carv from our garden so hopefully he'll think more of it later this week!

Thanks to our neighbors two huge trees when we came home from church on Sunday we were able to provide Kamron with his first leaf jumping (well throwing) experience! WE would throw him in and he would get completly covered!! He LOVED it! Then Garrett put him in the snow shovel and plowed through the leaves!! He was so mad when we took him inside but his hand and face were to cold to let him stay out!




Kamron Has taken quite the interest in basket ball! Unfortunatly we only have a small soccer ball at the time but that doesn't seem to bother him much!

Who knew that having children would make me like the cold months!! I can't wait for Halloween!!

Kamron also had his 15 month check up!

Stats: 24.8 lbs 55$%

31.5 inches 60%

Words:

Star

mom

Deliliah(our cat)

Dog

Don't

Dad

What's that

What's this

Hi

Please

Thank you

Papa

Juice

drink

Quack like a duck

growl like a bear

night night.......

Oh and one more thing I shut the front door then I have to use my butt to close it so it seals and now Kam thinks that's how your suppose to close everything!!! hehe