Livvy baby

Olivia is six months now- crazy how time flies!! She is still our petite little girl. She's up to 15 pounds and 26 inches- she's got some height. But she's pretty skinny. We love her to death and we're so glad she came to our family. Her breathing is still yucky and it'll be interesting to see how the winter goes because any respiratory problems are double issues with her. Everyone else is enjoying the warm summer months. It's just a bit crazy around here

My little Man

I got Wyatts picture done for his third birthday

I can't believe how big he's gotten. 

He cracks me up everyday-love him to death!

Wyatt-3 years old

Bubba is 3!!!

Mr. Wyatt turned three last week!  I can't believe that my boy is already three.  He is such a handsome thing, but not so little anymore.  He is kinda short and pretty stocky, just imagine a miny wrestler...maybe someday...we'll have to see

We had family birthday dinner for him on the friday before his birthday cuz I had to work on his birthday and it was also Fathers Day that day.  Wyatt wanted donalds for dinner (McDonalds) so we made the grown up version, chicken skewers with an assortment of dips and fruit with dips and potato wedges with yummy creamy cheese sauce-it turned out to be rather delicious.  I made his cake and we decorated it with cars and "dirt" it turned out pretty good too.  I was rather quite surprised that I actually pulled it off.  Working like I have been has burned me out pretty good and it takes me all my days off just to recover so not much happens in the way of keeping house or doing much of anything else.  Someday I will have a job with normal waking human hours.

Wyatts most favorite-a sword and shield-he sleeps with them at the bottom of his bed everynight

Happy Birthday Dude!

Life

Well we are into the swing of things at the Hyde house.  I am working full time, or pretty close to it, Brad is working and the girls are almost done with another year of school and Wyatt is a crazy 2 year old boy and Olivia is still our petite little girl.  Livvy has turned out to be a pretty easy baby as long as we keep her meds in her.  It is amazing what happens to the sweet smiley baby when the meds wear off if we forget, so needless to say, we don't forget very often!

Emma and Maycee are so excited to be out of school for summer and are counting down the days.  They can't wait to go to the lake and the pool everyday(so they say...we will be spending a bit of time at each, but not sure its going to be everyday like they think!)

Wyatt is crazy!!!   Seriously I can't even begin to keep up with him.  He is talking more but there are many things that he just doesn't pronounce very well so you really have to pay attention to the context and situation to get what he is saying.  He still gets pretty frustrated but I've taught him the phrase, "show me" and so he says that when we can't get it and he will "show us" what it is he is trying to get or do.  He is the cutest thing ever with his freckles and platinum blonde hair, poor kids going to fry this summer!  Ya'll invest in coppertone cuz we'll be buying a ton and their stock should go up!!

Olivia weighed 12 pounds at her 4 month check up, which is still right where she's always been.  We've got her on a microlipid(fat) that is added to her higher calorie bottles and she still is just burning more than she can take in.  Her breathing is about the same, haven't noticed a change there yet.  She still struggles to breathe but it doesn't seem to bother her quite so much so either she's just gotten used to it or something. She loves loves the cradle swing and that is really the only place she sleeps really well.  So she spends her days there napping and then we try the crib for nighttime but she usually ends up back in the swing by morning.  Seriously that is the best $100 purchase I have ever made in my life.

Brad is working with Okland still.  He is on the Chemistry building addition at the U.  It is so nice to have his job in Salt Lake.  Close to home.  He started with Okland in the summer of 1999 right after he graduated and has been with them ever since minus about 9 months in 2001 and another 9 months or so in 2006.  So it will be 13 years this next month, and that's how long since we first met and we will celebrate 10 years of marriage in August too-its a little crazy to think about.

I am really liking my job at the hospital.  I love nursing, it is a good fit.  I am ok working where I'm at for now, but it is definitely short term and just a stepping stone to where I want to really be.  I am going to start my BSN in the fall through Western Governors University.  It is completly online program and it will help me be able to be more competitive in the job search and help me get to where I really want to be.  I am wanting to go into oncology nursing eventually so I need lots of extra educational certifications  and such so I am starting to work on them.  So hopefully in a year or so I can start looking around for oncology nursing positions.

Brad is also looking to getting his pilots license.  This is something he has wanted to do for a very long time but wasn't ever sure he could pass the medical exam because of his eyes so he never pursued it.  But I decided that he needed to be doing something that he wants to do so I researched it and I'm pretty sure with what I found out from the FAA  that he can pass the medical exam and be licensed so he is going to flight school in the fall as well.  I know he will really enjoy it and it will make him happy.  And he has another project that he is going to be starting on as well.  His dad has an old boat that is need of some major TLC so Brad is taking it and redoing it all and the girls are beyond excited that we will have a boat.  It will be fun for the summers for sure!

So we are busy to say the least, but I like it that way...

Yearly Pictures

I got some cute pictures of my girls for their birthdays and just because...

Olivia- 3 months old

Emma- 9 years old

Maycee - 7 years old

Happy Birthday Emma

Emma Leigh turned 9 this year!  I can't believe I have a 9 year old!  She is growing up to be such a beautiful young lady.  We are so proud to be her parents and she is one smart lady!  She is so responsible and I can call on her to help anytime and she always has a smile on her face-she is my sanity and I don't know what I'd do without her!  Love you tons girl!!!

Livvy Update

For those of you that care here is an update on how Miss Olivia is doing.  She was officially diagnosed with laryngomalacia by the ENT back in February (I think anyway, time is kinda running together).  Her labored breathing was making it pretty hard for her to eat and and breath and sleep, so she was working so hard to breath that she is burning more calories than she is able to take in.  So we talked to Occupational Therapists at Primary's and got some ideas on how to feed her to make her eat better, different holds and such.  We've talked to Dietary at Primary's and got some goals about what she should be taking in calorie wise.  She is only getting about 330 calories a day and should be getting almost 600 to gain what she needs to keep gaining weight like she should.  So we are looking at adjusting her formula concentration and added a fat supplement to her bottles.  And if she will continue to take in the same amount of fluid with the higher concentrated calories she should gain the weight, but there is the challenge-getting her to drink that same fluid,higher concentrated-babies tend not to like it concentrated like that.  We have also added another medication for her reflux in the hopes that if she is super comfortable in that regard she will continue to eat more.

If all of this doesn't work in the next couple of weeks then its a nasogastric tube and feedings at night for Olivia.  It's a good thing her mommy is a freakin kick a** nurse ;)  But we really don't want to have to do that cuz it can bring on all its own problems.  So we are hopeful that we can see some L-B's come on this skinny little girl of ours!