Monday, May 25, 2009

I think I agree :)

Funny part? I don't use a comb, I use a pic :)




You Are a Comb



You are expressive and outgoing. You like to experiment with your personal style.

You are imaginative and very visual. You like to look good, and you're attracted to beauty.



You are creative and design oriented. You redecorate often, and you like to make yourself over.

You are inventive and extremely original. You do things differently just because it feels good.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Don't you just love spring?

I know I do :)
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And I love temper tantrums, especially when it's not my kid :)

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I really love that look that as a mom you know your kid is making when you're not facing them! Stay strong Stacie!

Friday, May 8, 2009

ummm... yup! It's Friday!


I need Coffee! (to the tune of 'I want candy') you know you're going to have this in your head all day!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

CRAZY!!!

Life has been absolutely insane. Getting Camryn back to normal, getting our lives back to normal, and completing all the things that were left behind in the rush of the last 6 weeks.
So let's see, Cam is doing well, for the most part, today was a bit draining for her and I am wondering if we are borderline of getting her meds upped again. Dan's company is doing layoffs again which always brings on the stress. The weather is getting nice so we have yardwork on the calendar again. On top of all of this? I have three interviews tomorow and another one on Thursday for a Revenue position! Talk about CRAZY stress! I love my job, I just want something that makes me use my brain (and my degree) a little more. Not to mention learning a different angle of the business would be pretty cool as well:) The only thing that I worry about is that I won't get it with all the medical emergencies that Camryn has had. What do you say to that? I can't plan the future, but I can promise you that I am worth it? Should be interesting!

Well I did manage to get a few cute pictures this weekend :)
I love how Camryn loves her uncle Collin :)


This was taken from the window of my FIL's condo, though close to the airport, this was from the 3rd floor :)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Another Shunt Revision

So Camryn was still having issues with her shunt and so we needed to go in for exploratory surgery to see why it wasn't working for her when it was clearly functioning. She needed a shunt with more sucking power, so last Friday we went in again to get it done, and wow what a difference. She recovered faster, she was ready to go much faster, and she stopped napping all day long! Some pictures to share :)
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Cam brought her bear, "PinkBerry" to the hospital to keep her company. He was made by one of Dan's co-workers, Cheryl and her daughters. It's her favorite "friend" to share the experience with.
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Imagine Cam's shock when she got out of the tub when running around the corner to this man.
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For all of you who donate to the Ronald McDonald house, Thank You, he really brightened her day :)

So since she is still doing well, hopefully this is our last surgery for quite some time!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

It's good to be home...

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Doesn't her face just say it all?

You know you're bored when...

When you start taking pictures of furniture because you like the color combos and think they're great inspiration for scrapbooking you don't have time to do...
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Another Hospital Stay :(

Since Camryn went unresponsive for 90 minutes the ER admitted her about 2 hours after her ambulance ride to St. Paul Children's. She just seemed drunk, never a good sign.
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After all the initial tests showed she wasn't having surgery that day,
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they finally let her eat :)
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Then it was upstairs for more tests...
including an EEG
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While we waiting for all those tests to come together, we went to one of the many playrooms the hospital has to offer.
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I like to call it the room with the view!
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I must admit, I love how she keeps her spirits up when she has to stay in bed for long periods of time.
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Hopefully the new setting will prevent us from having to go back soon :)

Monday's waiting experience...

For those of you who catch Camryn's updates on her site, you know that last monday we spent the whole afternoon at the Gillette's Clinic. OH.SO.FUN. Davin and Elli found a way to keep themselves busy, LOL

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Cam just wasn't herself and we later found out that her ventricles still hadn't come down :( But home we were sent to wait :(

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Pancake Breakfast at Easter

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This was one of my favorite passtimes as a kid. We did tons of fundraisers at church to raise money for all the youth activities that we wanted to participate in. We used to sit at the griddle, oven, frying pan making pancakes, bacon, and sausage. The younger ones made orange juice. This was the sole fundraiser that we were able to go to Atlanta for the youth gathering. It was a BLAST!

Well now we were able to go and help support the kids that are going in 2010. They weren't as good at serving as we were, nor did they catch on fast, but boy did they learn alot. Like the fact that my son takes pure advantage of "all you can eat" and two sausages are not enough for Elli, and for Mikayla, the more orange juice the better!!!

Glad this isn't more than once a year, there will be new kids to torture next year :)