Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Deja Vu

So, I have pancreatitis again. Apparently, it is now considered Chronic Pancreatitis. It's terrible. Family and friends have been wonderful to take Sophie for us. Especially my mother in law, Virginia, who came over yesterday at 3am so Cory could take me to the ER and the Beorchia family who took her last night for a sleepover and still have her all day today. I'm very weak from not being able to eat and I'm very frustrated with my doctors. I was released yesterday with a referral to a GI doctor... who isn't able to see me until Jan 17. What am I supposed to do until then? My mom got me into a few doctors in Indiana... so Sophie and I are headed home early to get me taken care of. Its frustrating that I have to fly to Indiana to get the medical attention that I need, don't you think?
My mom and dad feel terrible for me... but they are not hiding their excitement that they get to see their little Sophie a week and a half early :) (even though my mom just left 10 days ago!) I've flown with Sophie about seven times (alone) but I've never flown with her while in pain. Cross your fingers and say a little prayer.
I'm going to miss my husband so much. He has been the best person during all my medical problems. He takes care of me, Sophie, and keeps the home spotless while I lay in bed feeling like a loser wife. I'm so lucky to be married to him.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Update

I haven't blogged lately. I've been really sick and in the hospital... and I just haven't felt the want to blog :) But, if you're dying for an update on the Clayburn Family, here goes...

Sophie stayed at my mom and dad's for a week in Indiana. I had 30 hours of clinicals to do this semester and I still needed 20 more come October. I missed my little bug so much, but I also got so much stuff done. The first night Cory and I went grocery shopping and kept saying, "this is so weird to not have her here!" In the middle of the night I would wake up thinking I could hear her talking. Cory said it happened to him a few times too. When my mom flew her back we were ecstatic to see her! She seemed like such a big girl after 8 days and she definitely packed on the pounds at grandmas! She came back a little chunk!

My mom stayed in town for about 5 days. It was great having her around. Cory and I just never get sick of her!

The day before Thanksgiving I started feeling pain where my gallbladder used to be. It was bearable for a while but then I was in excruciating pain. I called Cory at work and said, "you got to come home now and take me to the ER." He came so fast and called his mom to come watch Soph. I was so frantic that I started running around cleaning my house cause she was coming. It kind of reminded me of when I was pregnant :) We went to the hospital and found out I had pancreatitis. We planned on staying overnight and I figured I'd discharge Thursday or Friday at the latest. We called our dear friend Mireesa to have Sophie over for a sleepover so Cory could stay at the hospital with me. I was put on a liquid diet and poor Cory had Thanksgiving turkey dinner from the hospital cafeteria. Thursday night was pretty bad and I got very sick with the worst migraine. I have never had a migraine before... and let me tell you, they suck. Friday was probably the worst day I've ever had in my life. I'm not exaggerating. I was in terrible pain. I had two doctors assigned to me and neither one knew what to do. I had 3 CT scans, 2 MRI's, chest x-rays, an MRCP scan, a Lumbar Puncture (spinal tap), dozens of blood draws... I was tested for HIV, Hepatitis, Pancreatic Cancer, a brain aneurysm and a million other tests. It was a nightmare. My sweet husband just stayed by my side while nurses came in with masks and double gloved cause they thought I was contagious with something severe. After my terrible day on Friday my sweet dad bought my mom a plane ticket (from their Thanksgiving vacation in Florida) to come take care of me and help with Sophie. Cory and I were relieved to have her in town since Sophie was very sick as well. I was released on Monday and they said I had a severe virus that caused pancreatitis, pneumonia, and migraines. I went to get my prescription for the migraine medicine and the pharmacist said he's never seen a doctor prescribe that high of doses for the med and that he and no other pharmacist in Logan could fill the prescription! Geez. I had to wait for them to order it in. I was discharged at 12:15 and Sophie had a doctors appointment at 12:30 and we found out she had Adenovirus (yes, one word). Poor girl was puking everything she ate. She was so hungry and just cried and cried :( It broke my heart. She got put on an antibiotic and is doing much better now. I went for a follow up appointment on Wednesday and they told me I had a cyst in my cheek that needed to be removed and it was attributing to my headaches. So, I'm scheduling the procedure to be done.

SO... that's why I haven't blogged :) Hope you forgive me.

On the bright side, we leave to my mom and dad's in 20 days and will be staying for 10 days :) Little Miss Sophie will be 11 months old on the 8th. I can't even believe it.
Here's some snipets of what she's up to:
Words:
Mama
Dada
Hiiiii!
Whats that?
Woah!
Pee Eww! (while holding her nose)
Roll (rolling her hands for patty-cake)
Ya, ya, ya!
Peeboo (Peek-a-boo)

She's walking a few steps on her own without the help of anything but then she kneels down and crawls after 3 or 4 steps.

She's binky free (yahoo!) but is definitely a thumb sucker. This month I'm going to ween her off of bottles and start trying cow's milk with just a sippy cup. Wish me luck!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

3 more days...

I've been away from my sugar plum for 5 days. It's killing me! Especially when my mom sends me the cutest pictures and videos of her. It's worse when my mom calls on speaker phone and Sophie hears me and says, "Momma." Oh :( But she has learned so much while she has been there. She can do Patty Cake... she claps her hands and then knows how to do "roll it and roll it" and she circles her little hands. So cute!! Also, she can blow kisses. I must get a video of it asap!

Soph's Vocab:
Momma
Dad
Baby
Baba
Whastha

Let me explain the "whastha." When we were visiting, my mom kept saying to Sophie, "whats that?" anytime she had a toy or was looking at something. My mom would whisper it in her ear. Shortly after whenever my mom said it, Sophie would whisper whas-tha in attempt to copy my mom. She does it all the time now. It's hilarious.

I was worried Sophie would start walking while she was at my moms but luckily she hasn't. She has taken mini steps on her own and she's really close... standing on her own all the time or pushing toys... but still no walking.

My mom said she has become a bit of a picky eater this week (which is crazy news to me cause she used to eat everything in sight!). Her favorite thing to eat right now is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches :)

Anyway, I've gotten quite a lot done while Sophie has been gone. Not just my clinical hours, but also a lot done around the house. I decorated my laundry room, made a wreath, made blackout drapes for Sophie's window, made decorations and hats for Sophie's birthday party, cleaned, cleaned, and more cleaning, I've caught up on all the laundry, I've made yummy dinners, and Cory and I have had some fun dates together. We talk about Soph all the time and watch and rewatch all the video's my mom and sister send. Sometime's I wake up in the middle of the night and think I can hear her crying :( I can't wait to see her cute little bum on Wednesday!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Halloween Vacation!

It was so hard keeping this a secret for two months! But we finally made it to Indiana to surprise my dad for his 54th birthday. We had such a great trip and it went by so fast. Of course, we were definitely spoiled and my mom may or may not have done our laundry the whole time we were in town. The flight there went pretty well. Soph watched Shrek 3 on the way to Denver, played on her layover (while I was seriously ill), and then she slept for most the way to Indiana.

My mom got us from the airport and we went straight to dad's work to surprise him. He really was surprised! And he just loved playing with Soph. We surpirsed Auntie Brookie at work too. She was way surprised too! Then... we went to my mom's house and, if you know my mother at all, the house was completely decked out for Halloween (I can't believe I didn't get pictures!). Sophie just loved it. Cory and I had a wonderful room all ready for us and when my mom took us into the other bedroom... we found she had bought a new crib for Soph! I was so happy and it was so cute! I felt bad the poor girl would have to sleep in a pack n play for two weeks, but she was pleased as punch to have her own bed there!


Sophie minds me really well, which is wonderful. I never had to "baby proof" my house cause she knows what she can and can't touch. I was worried about going to my mom's, though because she has tons of Halloween decorations everywhere. However, Sophie did great! I few times I had to redirect her but she listens really well!

My mom and dad live on a 10 acre farm and had a huge Halloween party on Friday night. Complete with a haunted hay ride, pumpkin carving contest, cake walk, chili, cider, hot chocolate, my mothers famous scones... and a DJ! We cranked the music up and had a blast with people from their church, the neighbors, and coworkers. A month ago my mom got Soph a ladybug costume for Halloween. I wanted to have a theme for our little family so I told Cory I'd make him a leaf costume. He agreed... but I don't think he quite understood how amazing I'd make his costume! Haha. I made my ladybug outfit too... but I didn't even get a single picture of the wings I made! Boo! Oh well. Everyone commented on Cory's costume all night. It was a great hit. My mom's friends kept saying, "wow, he really loves her if he's wearing that." And it's true! He really does :)




Soph's Shoes...

Saturday the 30th was my dad's birthday. We made yummy pumpkin waffles with apple cider syrup. Delish! We opened his gifts... one of which was an in-ground basketball hoop :) We went out to dinner (to my favorite restaurant in Indy!) and then went and played games at Rascals. On our way home Cory, Brooke, and I picked up a Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. It was so good! (Can you tell my dad loves anything pumpkin??) I hope he had a great birthday cause we sure had a lot of fun! He is seriously the best dad ever. We are so lucky to have him.



Sunday didn't even feel like Halloween cause of the party on Friday night. We went to church and then vegged the rest of the day. Cory had a paper to write for school so my mom and I climbed in her bed and watched a scary movie on tv. Cory was Mr. Funny and snuck in Soph's room and scared us with her monitor :)






On Monday we got up early to go to The Children's Museum and found its closed on Mondays! So, we headed over to the zoo which was a great success. Soph walked all over and loved looking at all the animals. Except the sea lions. She did not like the sea lions. Monday night my mom made Cory's favorite dinner... which he even talked about how good it was on the plane ride home the next day :) Good work Dee!





Then, the worst part of the trip! Not just going home... but leaving my babe! Sophie is staying at Grandma and Grandpa's until next Wednesday so I can get my clinicals done for school. It's only Day 1 and I'm dying! Cory and I went grocery shopping tonight and I just didn't even know what to do with myself! My mom is updating me every hour with pictures and videos! This is going to be a long week! I miss my little peanut! And... I'm sure she'll be walking on her own by the time my mom flies back with her!

Here is Day 1 with Grandma:

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Fall Fun

What a crazy month it has been! Cory and I have 6 more weeks left in the semester. I hope it goes by fast!

Amongst all the chaos, I'm pretty proud to say that I've gotten Sophie's whole birthday planned :) I can't even wait! We're going to have a party in Indiana on Jan 1 and then a party in Logan on Jan 4. Then on her actual birthday Cory and I get her all to ourselves!

Also, I've done almost all of our Christmas shopping, gotten Cory's anniversary present, and the main gifts for Soph's birthday. Can you blame me? Christmas, our anniversary, and Sophie's birthday are all within 2 weeks of each other! I'd go broke if I waited until December to buy everything! It is so hard for me to not open Sophie's gifts! I just want her to start wearing the clothes and using the toys! But I'll refrain :)

Here's just a few things Soph is doing at 9 months:
-She's still on the move! Walking EVERYWHERE! As long as she's got something to hold on to, its her preferred method of travel.
-She says Mama, Dad (not dada), and Hiiiiiiii!
-Clapping and Waving hi and bye (this is when she says, Hiiiiii!)
I took her to the River Walk last week and every jogger that passed us she would clap and wave at them.
-She gives kisses and hugs.
-She loves Patty Cake and the Itsy Bitsy Spider
-She's completely done with baby food and eats anything we give her.
-She whispers when she see's our dog, Mherra.
-Her favorite foods are avocados and bananas.
-She's becoming a huge daddy's girl. She just adore's Cory.
-She's still sleeping about 13 hours a night. We put her down at 7 and she wakes up around 8ish.
-She can hold the bottle herself.
-We can put her in her bed awake with a bottle and she'll finish the bottle and fall asleep on her own. No fussing, no crying, just conks right out and rolls onto her belly.
-And lastly, she LOVES games. It's so cute cause she'll initiate them. I can't really explain it but there's a game she plays with Cory all the time. He'll be sitting there and she'll go hide behind something (like the recliner) she'll peak her head around the corner and when she see's Cory she takes off until he catches her. She squeals and laughs every time!

At Soph's last doctors appointment our pediatrician decided we try lactose-free milk for her. Well, we made the switch and so far its been helping Sophie. HOWEVER, the cost is ridiculous. Only Similac makes the kind we need and for a little can it's $15.Yes, $15. It lasts us 3 1/2 days! It's killing me. I went to Sam's on Friday and actually found them 6 cans for $60 so that makes it only $10 a can. Goodness gracious. Oh well, I'd spend every last dime on that little girl if I had to.

Here's what we've been up to...

We enjoyed the last warm day at the park and the zoo...



My nieces daughter turned one so we went to her birthday party...

She learned she loves refrigerator magnets...

She went to her first Aggie Football game and was the cutest cheerleader there!



We made over 60 cupcakes and delivered them to friends and family. (I made those spiderwebs by hand!)



We painted pumpkins. Soph was in charge of the paper towels...
Taking her job very seriously.

We went to American West Heritage Center and she rode her first horsey...We walked through the cornmaze



I'm super excited for her first Halloween this week. I'll be sure to post plenty of pictures from our church's party and taking her trick or treating.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Heaven Sent

Be prepared, I'm about to brag. A lot.

Miss Sophie is truly an angel. There really is something special about this little girl. I'm not exaggerating when I say I get stopped multiple times a day by people who tell me they can't even believe how happy she is. She is constantly smiling.

I have to tell these two stories...
A couple weeks ago we were in the grocery store and a little old grandpa came up to me and just said he couldn't believe how special Sophie was. He said he could tell she had a sweet spirit and he wished she could talk to him and tell him all about heaven... because he was so sure thats why she was smiling so much. He recited a cute little poem for her that I wish I would've written down! And then he reached in his coin purse and gave me a $1 coin and asked me to save it for her until she got old enough to spend it. So sweet :) He had me in tears in the store!

A few days later my mom called me after church crying. She said a lady in her ward (who she has only spoken to a few times) got up to bare her testimony. Her whole testimony was about Sophie! We hadn't been there in over 5 weeks! But, she said she was sitting in the congregation when we were visiting and saw Sophie. Sophie was just smiling at everyone around her. She said it made such a big impression on her. That Sophie was so happy, it was like she wanted to exclaim, "I am so happy to be here on earth!" There is much more she said (I'll have to ask my mom again) But basically, she said Sophie was an example to her and that after seeing Sophie she changed her perspective on life. She realized she just needed to be grateful she has this time to be on earth. I couldn't even believe it.

What a great little girl!

Also, (if that just wasn't enough for you to believe me) she has been teething for a couple weeks now- and unless you put your finger in her mouth to feel, you wouldn't even know. She's not fussy, whiny, or grumpy. No snotty nose, no sleepless nights, nothin'. Just a perfect little girl. I love my little peanut!



Cory and I feel honored just to have her in our lives. They say in heaven you choose your parents. I don't know how we got lucky enough for her to choose us.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Happy Fall!

Next week my baby will be 9 months old. However, I can't even process that right now... so I'll just move right along :)

Today we wanted to get out of the house and be outdoors. I know it isn't even October yet but we decided to go pick pumpkins at Paradise Valley Orchard. Sophie just loved the pumpkins on the ground. Everytime she spotted one, it was like it was the first one she's ever seen :) Complete with oooo's and squeals.


Here she is in the wagon

Then she decided maybe she'd lay down in the wagon...
She found her pumpkin...
She posed with the pumpkins...

And she modeled our family's pumpkins...
And then we did a photo shoot :)




I had to take her tights and shoes off cause it was so hot... 85 degrees! I swear, she's not an orphan!


Hmmm... is this edible?
I think I'll try and eat it...



She absolutely, without a doubt, HATED this. She clung to Cory's shirt the rest of the day.




Oh, I just love this picture :)



It was so much fun! And you can't beat $2 and pumpkin! Thats right, any pumpkin, any size, $2. We got 5 pumpkins for $10. My mother would probably buy the whole lot. If you know my mom, you know I'm not even kidding.

Happy Fall everyone! Only 10 more weeks left of the semester :)