Smart girl!

I have to tell you all this because it was hilarious! Today, Brylee (who is still in the hospital) was playing in her crib and got her hands on a stethescope. She picked it up, pulled up jer pajama top, and put the round sensor part on her chest. Just seconds later, she found the BBG (which stands for baby booger grabber- no joke!) and stuck it up her nose. Within minutes she had stuck her hand through the bars of the crib and grabbed her nebulizer tubing (for breathing treatments) off the nightstand and held it up under her nose. She then found a tendergrip (the stickers that keep her oxygen in place) on the floor and stuck it on her cheek. Within a 5 minute period Brylee had gone through the whole routine of her many required procedures and treatments! As funny as it was, a part of me was sad that this tiny little girl has been exposed to and knows so much. It's so unfair and I find it hard not to be bitter about her seemingly endless suffering. When I feel this way, I remind myself how lucky I am that ...

1) I have such a great husband who adores our baby as much as I do and is willing to take his turn sleeping at the hospital so I can go home and REALLY sleep!

2) I have an amazing family who is always willing to step up and watch my kids, haul them around, even sit at the hospital (my mom) with Brylee so I can check on my sick kid at home (Jace).

3) My dad works at the hospital and always visits me and brings me food!

4) Modern medicine!

5) A nice, clean, and friendly hospital nearby where the nurses all know and adore my baby and give her the best of care.

6) A pediatrician who is diligent in Brylee's care, honest with me, and takes no chances when it comes to her health.

7) Last, but not least, PRAYER- it's the only way the Robertson's survive!

Hospital, again...

Once again this is Brylee, standing up in her crib just beggin to get out. She had a runny nose on Friday, woke up from her nap with a fever on Saturday, continued fevering until Monday and finally hospitalized on Tuesday morning. She has par influenza 3, which is the same virus she had last year at this time and almost didn't survive. SO SCARY! She's got an IV in her wrist pumping her full of fluids and steroids for her lungs, and is hooked up to monitors and oxygen. This is so hard! They come in every 3+ hours to deep suction her, which means they put a small catheter up her nose and thread it down almost to her stomach and "suck" out all the mucus. Sorry to be so descriptive, but this is what it's like for her. She absolutely hates in and screams the entire time. She is so restless and hasn't at all lost her fiestiness, in spite of feeling so crappy. She wants to walk around and play, but has so many things hooked up to her she can't go too far. Anyway, in spite of all of this, she is a year older than last time and has built up more immunities to this particular virus so we don't expect to end up at Primary's this time. Our wonderful doctor is so on top of this and is pleased with her progress, which to us isn't even noticeable. We hope to be home sometime this weekend. In the meantime, I'm not above soliciting for prayers. This child needs to come home!

Who made Jesus?

With Jace lately, everything is "why did Jesus make...?". Spiders, snakes (basically the entire food chain), fire, blood (yes, blood. He refers to the heart as a machine or engine- therefore I told him that our blood is kind of like the gas- strange conversation!)- EVERYTHING! He asked me who made Jesus, I told him Heavenly Father, he said who made Heavenly Father (you can tell where this is going), I said His father and changed the subject -way too complicated for a 4 year old (and his mom!). Anyway, when he says the prayer on the food, he asks Heavenly Father to make his food "not hot", so when he's done with his prayer and his food is still hot, he complains "I asked Jesus to make it not hot and he didn't!". I'm always impressed that he understands that when we ask Heavenly Father to do something, he usually has Jesus do it!

One last thing- Jace LOVES skateboards and since we don't have one, he rides everyone elses whenever the opportunity arises. Tanner is one of those kind enough to share his skateboard when Jace is around. Well, Jace got it in his head that Tanner was going to sell his old skateboard to Jace because Tanner got a new one. The other day Jace was coloring something and I asked him who it was for. He said "Tanner" which was strange- he's never colored anything for Tanner before. I asked him what it was and he said "money". I asked him why he was making money and he told me that " Tanner said he would sell me his skateboard so I'm making him some money." SO FUNNY!

P.S. Kissin cousins

This is Trey kissing Brylee before Brylee became the agressor. Now she can't get enough lovin from Trey boy and follows him around, waiting for his attention. She just loves him, even though he closes the toy box on her head and body slams her to the floor! Kids are so forgiving! And check out her hair all stringy and sticking up. Now times that by 10 and you'll have Brylee in the morning. She has crazy bad hair! Maybe once she has more of it, she'll have a chance, but for now it's something you can't help but laugh at.

Kaleigh Grace

Here's our adorable little Kaleigh Grace in all her glory- or should I say her EAGLES uniform! Just FYI I was on the Eagles back when I was a youngin...those were the days...Anyway, this is Kaleigh after a long day at the ballpark, in which her team won once again. I'm amazed at how much they've improved in just a few weeks- herself included. So here we are at Logan's game (did I mention it was a LONG night!), where Logan's team wasn't so lucky- in fact they were quite the opposite, but we won't go there. In Logan's defense, they have him playing out in the field and he's got an amazing arm! The ball always goes right where it's supposed to. As for putting things where they're supposed to go, Brylee hasn't yet learned this lesson. You can't see all of this in the picture, but she's on the asphault just below the bleachers picking up sunflower seed shells- chewed up and spat out by other ballpark patrons- and putting them into her mouth. I stopped her when I noticed, but who knows how many she was able to sneak in there before I caught her in the act! While this is going on, I look over to see Jace at the playground climbing UP the slide, while dropping bark (Spanish Fork's idea of padding) on top of the poor kids that are playing on the sides. Of course he's not trying to be mean, he's just playing. That makes it OK, doesn't it? NOT! Good times!

Brylee

This is definitely poor quality photography (a phone pic again) but I haven't posted any pics of my kids lately and Brylee just happens to be the only one home with me today (sigh!). Once again she was caught being naughty and chewing on cords. That beautiful blue flooring you see in the background is in our rental home that, in spite of poor and dated flooring choices, we absolutely love! This house is about 1/3 the size of our new house, but it goes to show you that you can get used to anything. Not only that, but we don't always need as much as we think we need. It's a little too late for that as far as house size goes, but it's still a lesson learned. As far as Brylee's "naughtiness", let me just say you can't turn your head for a second! This child manages to find any and every pen in the house and has written on things such as new furniture, clothes, herself- you get the picture. She also can sense when the back door is just slightly ajar because she makes a mad dash for it! She's so much fun, but more of a handful than Jace ever was (which I tought was impossible!). Although she now walks, she still prefers crawling. Anyway, that's the latest- I'll post more phone pics of my other kids later!

My house!

It's been a while since I've blogged, so as I'm thinking what I can talk about, I'm drawing a blank! I never realized how uneventful our lives are, but I guess I should just enjoy this temporarily slow pace. My oldest kids are now in softball and baseball so we spend 3 nights a week at the ballpark and the other 2 days at practices. Brylee is walking FINALLY, but still choses to crawl a lot of the time because she's so freakin fast! I've never seen anything like it! This means that on game nights she is filthy! She crawls on the concrete and asphault at the ballpark as if it were a plush, shag carpet and she eats anything and everything in her path (old gum, candy, rocks, dirt- you name it). This means I spend as much time, if not more, chasing her than watching the games. It's still fun and reminds me of my days on the field. I LOVED summers at the ballpark as a player, and now as a spectator.

Anyway, as you see I've finally posted a picture. It's taken from a phone (still having real camera problems) and it's not clear, nor does it do our house justice, but it's all ya get! Since this picture, they've finished the framing, shingles (roof) and almost all the electrical. The plumbing should be done in a week, then they'll start on the siding and brick. I'm loving every minute of this, but unfortunately there are still MANY minutes left until we're done. I've bought several things for decorating purposes, as well as narrowed down my paint colors. The house is about 400 sq. ft. bigger than it was supposed to be, due to more usable space in the attic, so we're going to have a hard time staying within our budget, or should I say we ARE having a hard time staying within budget! Still, this is so much fun and hasn't even been a strain on our marriage, as I had been warned it would be. Jonathan and I are both so excited about this that he works on it every night without complaint, and I juggle kids day and night on my own with some complaint, but not much (I hope!). We're looking forward to August, when this will be done!

I had warned you all that there would be much detail about this process, so I'll just quickly tell you my favorite things about this house.

1- HUGE master bedroom with sitting area and lots of windows with awesome views!
2- 2 story family room with floor to ceiling windows and a second story balcony that raps around the entire room!
3- HUGE bonus room/theater above the garage- perfect for entertaining!
4-Both formal living and dining rooms - once again perfect for entertaining (we love to do this!).
5- Lots of nooks and cranies to decorate.
6- Angled ceilings on the second floor that give each room character.
7- Tons of windows- all with amazing views of the mountains, lake and valley.
8- Lots of storage!

There you have it! Are you so excited?!