One Crazy Weekend!

I've had a crazy weekend and week! Here's how it went:

On Friday afternoon I started having some pains in my stomach and by evening they got really bad. So I called the doctor and talked to her and she said I might have acid reflux, but I ended up having to go to the hospital because it wasn't getting better, just worse. So we went to the ER and they gave me some medicine. It helped, but I was still having pains, so they did a cat scan on me. When they got the results they said I had swelling in my intestines so they wanted to keep me and I needed a colenoscopy to see what was wrong. Since it was a holiday weekend they said that I would probably have to wait tell Tuesday, but they weren't sure. This was at like 6 in the morning after being in the ER since 11 the night before. So they sent up stairs to wait for an indefinite amount of time and to be seen by some other doctors. Ryan had to go home to be with the girls, we had one of our friends come over, Joni and she had spent the night to watch our girls for us. So Ryan spent most of the day with the girls and I stayed in the hospital. Both of us didn't sleep at all the night I was in the ER, or the next day. Ryan had the girls and of coarse they didn't sleep at the same time, and I was in the hospital. Every time I would be almost asleep someone would come in to poke me again. I had 4 iv's put in (the first one was in for a few minutes then blew a vain, then the second one was in while I was in the ER. -They took it out because they were going to send me home then changed their minds- Then it took 2 tries again when I went to the 5th floor because they blew another vain. So I have 2 massive nasty bruises on one arm. It looks like Ryan's been beating me) and blood drawn at least 3-4 times. Plus I saw I think 3 different doctors and a ton of nurses. I had xrays a cat scan and eventually a colenoscopy. So I spent the whole day Saturday in the hospital. That evening they decided to let me go home, but I would have to come back on Tuesday for the colenoscopy. Well I hadn't eaten anything since Friday afternoon and in the hospital I couldn't even drink water. I only had this nasty drink I had to drink a cup every half hour 4 times before the cat scan and then on Sat. I had a nasty drink to clean out my colen. So the nurse came in to discharge me and told me I was on a clear liquid diet until Monday at midnight and then I was fasting until after the colenoscopy. I was so excited to be able to drink! I came home and had 2 full bowls of chicken broth. I was STARVING! Well luckily for me Sarah Hastings has had a colenoscopy before so she came over to talk to me about it. That really helped a lot.
Well Sunday morning I got up and was just ready to cry about every 2 minutes and my emotions were all over the place. So I called my mom and talked to her. The main reason I was so up set was because I couldn't eat, it was going to be 4 days I was supposed to not eat. Plus I was trying to nurse Emily. Obviously that wasn't going very well. I barely had enough for me. I felt like I was an anorexic or something, but I wasn't even loosing weight. Well my mom said to call the doctor, because I shouldn't have to go with out food for that long. There's no reason. Well guess what. She was right. I called the doctor and he was pretty upset. The nurse gave me the wrong instructions I was allowed to eat as soon as I was discharged! I wasn't supposed to start the clear liquid until Sunday at 4. Well I was SO excited and felt much better once I knew I could eat. So I had 5 hours that I could eat 3 of which I was in church. So I brought a bag full of food with me to church. Lol. I was putting honey on bread in relief society, but I didn't care. I could eat! Well Sunday went really well after that. I really enjoyed church. Kaitlyn turned 18 months that day so she had her first day of nursery! Yay!!! Oh, she LOVED it. After church when we came to pick her up she was so proud of herself. She was strutting down the hallway. And at home she was giggly all night. It was so cute!
Well Monday was Memorial Day. Our ward had a memorial day breakfast which was really nice. I thought, no big deal just eggs and pancakes, I won't miss eating too much. Wow, I was wrong. That food looked so good. They had eggs and pancakes and fresh fruit and all kinds of syrup that sounded sooo good. We stayed for a while socializing and eating, well I watched everyone eat. When we left we had to go pick up a prescription for the colonoscopy. I was supposed to start talking it at 5. Well I started to get worried that we wouldn't be able to fill it because it was a holiday. I was going to be so mad if I had sat through that whole breakfast not eating for nothing! We went to walmart, but they were closed so we went to the hospital pharmacy. When I saw that one was closed I wanted to cry. Luckily I didn't give up. I talked to the ER nurse and found out that 24 hour walgreens always have an open pharmacy. Thank you Walgreens! Ok so the thing about a colenoscopy, everyone I talked to who had had one said the worst part is the preparation. They were right. Starting at 5 on Monday night I had to drink a cup of this fluid every 10 min. There's a gallon you have to drink. That is A LOT to drink of anything. Plus it doesn't taste good. Luckily mine didn't taste as bad as everyone said it would. But still it was hard. Every time that timer went off I was like no, I don't want to. I felt like Dumbledore in Harry Potter 6. It took FOUR hours to drink that stuff. Plus what it does to you isn't the most exciting thing. It cleans out your colen- I'll just leave it at that. Well after the drink Ryan went to bed, but I stayed up to finish the chick flick I had rented to help me pass the time. When it was done Ryan was already asleep. Up until then I had been totally fine about the colenoscopy. I'm really good at denial. But I started to get nervous, so I had a hard time getting to sleep. I just wanted Ryan to cuddle me and make me feel all better, but he needed the sleep so I didn't wake him up. I probably should of. He would of helped me feel a lot better.
So Tuesday morning we dropped Kaitlyn off at Sara's and went back to the hospital. All morning I was nervous. Well at the hospital we had to wait for a while because they were backed up. I started to get even more nervous. Around nine (an hour later) they finally got to me. They took me in to the back and started my IV and telling me about the procedure. All the prep stuff. Well I got REALLY REALLY nervous, I think I was having a panic attack. The nurses kept asking me if I was ok. By the end there were 4 nurses in there. It took 2 of them to get the IV in me (3 small pokes, but luckily no blown veins this time). Well they were about to take me back but I asked if I could have a couple mins to calm down. I was seriously panicking by this time. Luckily I have the most wonderful husband in the world. I am so blessed that he is worthy to hold the priesthood. I asked him to give me a blessing and he did. I immediately felt calmer. So I went with the nurses to this very scary room with all sorts of machines (they said there were extra machines in there for other procedures) all by myself, Ryan couldn't come. But I was no longer scared. I felt very calm. What a wonderful father in heaven we have. I'm so glad he sent the comforter to be with me. It really helped. If I didn't have that, I don't know I wouldn't have been ok. Well the nurses were getting everything ready for the procedure, and then the nurse said she was putting in the medicine, had me roll over, and I don't remember a thing after that. I love medicine. They woke me up and brought me back in to Ryan. I really don't remember much of this. Ryan says I was really funny. I remember him laughing a lot and being confused because I didn't think I was being funny. Most of the rest of the day is a haze. I was out of it for a while. I know I went with Ryan to pick up Kaitlyn and I went inside, but I have no clue what I said. I called my mom and mother in law too, but I don't remember anything else. Well after I rested for a while we went to IHOP. Before the procedure I made Ryan promise we could go there afterwards once I could eat again. It was so yummy! I had stuffed french toast, so good. Oh yeah, I forgot. The colonoscopy went well, and I'm fine. No problems. Yay me. I think all the pain was from my either ulcer or acid reflex. The doctors gave me some medicine for that and I feel better. Only once or twice have I felt it since, and it was a lot less then before. So that was Tuesday.
On Wednesday we had already planed to go to Lancaster to find an apt. to live in we left Wednesday morning and got back Thursday afternoon. I'll finish that next time. I'm tired, it's late.

Pictures

Here is a cute picture of Grandma Dalton with her granddaughters:



This picture makes me laugh every time I see it. If you know Ryan and his dad you'll know why. Ryan always says to his dad, "Yes sir, Terry Dalton sir!" Well like father like daughter here Emily is saluting. Just like her dad.



Kaitlyn LOVES food and using utensils. Here's a picture of her digging in with 2 forks:

Kaitlyn's 1st princess party

So today 2 of my friends had a birthday party for their girls. It was so cute they invited everyone to come in princess dresses. I was so excited for this party so I got Kaitlyn and Emily in their most princessish dresses and I even put a necklace on Kaitlyn and a pretty clip in her hair. You can almost see it in this picture:


We got there a little late because Kaitlyn woke up from her nap and it was time to go. I still had to change both girls into dresses and change both diapers plus feed Kaitlyn. Well all went well except Kaitlyn refused to eat. -I know when does she EVER do that. So I thought no big deal I'll just bring some chicken nuggets with me. Well before we even got in the door she had already had a few throw herself on the floor fits. That wouldn't be such a big deal, I used to just ignore her, but now I'm carrying Emily too. Well we made it inside (Yay!) and all was well. The girls throwing the party did such a great job they had tons of cute little activities and balloons and even an art project. They also had made their own princess castle cake. It was a castle, like 3D not just a sheet cake. I wish I had a picture, it was so adorable. Oh also one just had a baby and the other just got back in town yesterday. Amazing. Well Kaitlyn LOVES balloons, so she refused to do any of the activities because she only wanted the balloons. Here's some pics.



The only problem, they were attached to chairs. So in her excitement to get them she got all tangled up and fell down more than once, a few times off the chair. When she's tired or hungry (in this case both) she is kinda like a drunk. All the sudden a little wobbly on her feet. So I was getting a little stressed, cause she wouldn't play with the other kids-and she kept getting hurt. Then they brought in the cake, and all she wanted was that. I was holding Emily trying to keep her away. The cakes were on a low table were she could reach and would have knocked them all down to the floor. So she threw a few fits on the floor again. This time I had to pick her up-while holding Emily and carry her out of the room. I don't know what I'm gonna do when there's more than 2! Well I have to say I've been really proud of myself. I have 2 now and I hadn't lost it once yet. Well I have to admit I was pretty upset, so we went to another room and I called Ryan. Luckily he was done studying and could come rescue me. While we waited I finally got Kaitlyn to eat and calm down, so when Ryan got there the only one crying was me. My poor husband. Well the rest of the party went well. Kaitlyn still refused to play with anyone, but they had had cake, so she sat at the table and ate cake the whole time. Oh well.
That was my afternoon but I have to say I had a great rest of the day. In the morning I went threw my closet and put up all the maternity clothes and figured out what fits now. I have all the rest ready to put in boxes. Project 1 of packing to move, completed yay! Then this evening was a bar-b-que at a friends house and that was nice.
Well I've been waiting for emotional break down #1, and it's past now. So, hopefully that's it. But seeing as we're moving it probably won't be the last.

Girls Night Out

This weekend and this week have been so great- tons of stuff going on. Unfortunately my camera was out of batteries, so no pictures. Sorry.
So this weekend I got to go to a Girls Night Out. I had so much fun! A bunch of girls got together and we went to dinner at On the Border. All the food looked so good, but because I'm nursing, I couldn't eat ANY of it. I ended up with a salad and guacamole and chips. Ahh the things we do for our kids! Even though I couldn't eat I had a GREAT time. It was really funny because I was on the end seat so half way down the table and at the other end I could see people talking but couldn't hear. The music in the restaurant was really loud, so there was probably 4-5 conversations all at once. lol, oh well. Afterwards we went to a hotel that my friend Courtney got a great deal on. We played games and talked and some of the girls even spent the night. I stayed tell almost 1am before I went home. I had Emily with me, but she's pretty easy right now, so it was a nice break. I wish we could just hang out like that at least once a month. Well that was Friday night, so I got to go out with out Kaitlyn. Then on Saturday Ryan and I decided to get PS2 (play station 2) and the dance dance revolution game. -ok well Ryan mentioned it once and then I decided we were gonna get it and kept asking until we got it. I know I'm going to get pay back once my kids can talk. I don't take the answer no. Anyway, we got it so I can have a way to exercise at home. That night I was so excited about it so we invited the Larsons to come over and play too. Then on Sunday I finally got the Regans to come over for dinner. They are this really cute family that sits next to us in church. They have 2 boys (ages 8 and 6 I think) that absolutely adore Kaitlyn and a cute little girl that's probably 3. We always tease each other that Kaitlyn's gonna marry one of the Regan boys, I would love that they are so cute and nice. We have invited them a couple of times, but they are pretty busy and then they were sick for about a month. The boys were so cute at church the middle boy, Mitchel was feeding Kaitlyn cheerios and laughing at everything she did and then both the boys took a turn holding Emily. These boys are so ready for a baby! They keep askin their mom about it too. Well they came over for dinner and 2 of the guys from our ward that have their wife and kids out of town, so we had a full house. I LOVE that. I love to have people come over and hang out, especially if they have kids that love my kids. It was so cute the boys got to play the dance game. I'm impressed at how quickly kids pick up on how to play these games. They did a really good job. So Sunday was a really good day, I also got to listen to a lot of sacrament because Kaitlyn ran to Courtney and wanted to stay with them almost the whole time. I actually got to sit next to my husband and listen to the speakers. I don't remember the last time I got to do that. Then on Monday I went to my friend Erica's house to watch the season finally of The Bachelor. It was a lot of fun. I hadn't seen any of the other shows, but it was just fun to be with all the girls. We had a great time, plus I got out with out BOTH my girls that was amazing. Then on Tuesday it was Girls Night Out a group I'm in charge of for my church. We were going to play games at the church. I was almost positive no one was going to show up, but a couple of hours before I got 2 phone calls of people that were going to come and wanted to go with me, so I was excited about it. Also I was proud of myself because I got a lot accomplished yesterday and I got a few minutes to relax and enjoy the evening before I went out with the girls. We got there and their ended up being 7 of us and we had a great time. Also I went out with no babies- do I have an amazing husband or what! It gets even better. This morning I was REALLY tired- it's been a crazy week already, so Ryan took both girls for me. I got to sleep in until 8:30! It was so nice. Kaitlyn had just gone sown for morning nap, but Emily needed to eat, so after I fed her I had a few hours to myself. I even got a shower with out Kaitlyn poking her head in or Emily screaming. That was SO nice. My little sister called and I got to talk to her for a while before the girls needed me. So we got up and got everyone dressed and went to play group. After play group is nap time again, so I get free time twice today. I can't believe it. Well that is mostly what's going on now. I'm going to try to keep updated better, but we'll see. Life is crazy with 2 babies, but I'm getting better at it.

Ryan's graduation

This past weekend Ryan graduated from Drake Law School!! I'm so proud of him. I can't believe it has already been 3 years. Time flies. Because Ryan was graduating we had a ton of family here. On Thursday Mom Dalton was joined by Dad Dalton and Ryan's brother Shawn and sister Mindy with her little boy Austin. Also Ryan's grandmother and his aunt Debbi came. I was so excited that so much of his family came up. All the girls went shopping Friday in the afternoon. I love going shopping with the girls, we had a ball. Kaitlyn and Emily had fun, until it was Kaitlyn's nap time. Lol, in a few years I'll be the one begging to go home for a nap. Well after we got home from the mall we got ready for the graduation. Ryan's mom got me 2 beautiful dresses so I'd have something to wear. One was white and blue, Drakes colors, so I decided to wear that one. I also had white and blue dresses for the girls so we all match. I know I just can't help it, 2 girls-twice the fun. I love dressing them in matching colors. Anyway then my family got here. Mom and Dad Wilson, my brothers Andrew, Jace, and Kurtis, and my sisters Jessica and Tiara. Ryan and I both have sisters that are newly weds and couldn't come- Katrina and Julia- we missed you and love you! We did a small photo shoot before graduation because we weren't going to bring Kaitlyn, and Ryan had to return the cap and gown. Here's some of us just before we left:


Well honestly, I thought graduation was kinda boring. I felt like a little kid at church, I couldn't sit still. But there were 2 great parts; 1st ofcoarse seeing Ryan walk across the stage and 2nd being the president of Drake. I didn't enjoy his speech but when he stood up to talk I almost laughed out loud. He was wearing a medalion of some sort that looked like a rappers bling. Mindy was sitting next to me so I turned to her and said he's bling blingin. So we laughed and got a picture of it to show the boys. Mindy told Shwan he got up there and sang My chains hang low. We got a good laugh out of that. Here's a picture of it.


Well afterwards we got some closeups of the proud grad, here are some of my favorites:




Afterwards we all went out and celebrated at Cheddars. It was very fun and I'm so glad that everyone could be there to help us celbrate.

That was Friday, and on Saturday we blessed Emily, but I'll post that next time.

So A LOT has happened since I last posted. The first weekend in May Ryan took me the girls and grandma Dalton to Lancaster Wisconsin to show us around. I hadn't been there yet, and he wanted me to see what it was like. He called the law firm (Day and Rhineke) he's going to be working for and told them we were coming up and we wanted to stop by the office so I could meet everyone. Well Craig Day offered to have us over for dinner and have his wife show us around town. They are so sweet. It's really nice because they are excited to have Ryan and are taking good care of us. So anyway we drove up on Saturday and just looked around. It is SO beautiful there. I do have to say that I was a little apprehensive at first, you pass a small town drive for 15 min with nothing and then there's another small town. I keept thinking this is so beautiful, but I'm moving to the middle of nowhere! What am I going to do? Then we got to Lancaster and while it is still small it is bigger than the other towns we were passing and it's 15 min. from a town that's a even a little bigger, so that was nice to see. On Sunday morning we went to the branch we will be attending. It is a SMALL branch, but they are SO excited that we are coming. It was nice to be so needed. I think we'll probably have lots of callings there and be very involved. The only hard part is the few families with kids are all from Dodgeville witch is probably an hour from where we are going to be living. And I think there are only 1 or 2 people from Lancaster. So we will pretty much be the only ones there. Oh well, it'll be hard but a good experience. Sunday night was the dinner at the Day's. Eric Rhyneke and one of his kids came too, so I got to meet both of Ryan's bosses. The dinner was so nice, I really like Mrs. Day. She was really nice. On Monday Mrs. Day gave us a tour of town. My favorite part was she took us to the elementary school and the principal gave us a tour. I REALLY like the school and the programs they have set up. That was one of the things I needed was a good school district. They will do a great job with my girls, and I loved how excited the principal was about his job and how much they do for the kids. I can't wait to have my girls go there. I think it will be a great place to grow up. On the tour we also saw this really pretty park with a pond that everyone fishes in, and she showed us a lot of houses. I love that the houses are nicely priced! It's exciting to think that haveing a house is not far away. Well nice and a little scary. I'm glad Ryan knows a lot about house buying, because I don't. Well anyway, the trip was nice. I'm glad Ryan took me up there, and I'm excited about it now. I even found out that Plattville the town 15 min. away has a walmart, so we won't have to drive to Debuke IA (45min away) everytime to go shopping.
The following weekend was Ryan's graduation, Emily's baby blessing, and mothers day. It's getting late so I'll post about that later.

Emily's birthday pictures

Here's the link to Emily's birth pictures. She looks so beautiful. I got her a cute dress to wear.
When you get there click on web nursery and fill in the questions. Emily's b-day is April 19 2007

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