What an Awesome Little Girl!

Well, today was a long day at Primary Children's. We met with a Neurologist this morning to talk about Bella's seizure. He wanted to start doing some more tests, so we began with an EEG scan-a test that records electrical messages by putting small electrodes on the head. We got to watch Bella's brain's electrical activity while she open and shut her eyes, blew on a pin wheel and took a nap. She was so good about the whole thing, laid very still and was so tired she fell asleep! Which is exactly what they wanted her to do so they could see her brain activity while she slept. Now we get to wait until tomorrow (Friday) to find out the results. If the doctor sees any "mis fires" in the brain's electrical activity it could mean that she has epilepsy and we will go back in for some MRI scans. If not, than great! We will only have to be concerned about this if she has another seizure. So, I will post the news tomorrow! Thanks for all your prayers. Here are some pictures of Bella with her "Princess Hat" on. After putting the electrodes all over her head they wrapped her head so they wouldn't come off. The Tech called it a princess hat, he was very cute with her and she got a new purple blankey for being so good. Dylan and Audrey were also with us and were great supporters. Way to go Bella! You were awesome today!

Scary Saturday

Ok, so today was one of the craziest days I've ever had and one of the scariest. It started off as any other Saturday. I got to sleep in a little bit before my kids woke me up wanting breakfast and cartoons. After taking care of their needs, I went to the gym to do my daily morning workout. I returned home, no problem, everything was fine...in fact the kids were dressed and playing nicely together, bonus! I thought while I was sweaty and stinky I would clean the bathrooms, so I began with the bathroom in our kitchen. Bella was playing silly with daddy, Dylan was upstairs and Audrey was taking a nap. Bella came to see me while I was cleaning and starting cleaning the toilet. She was being her silly self and making more of a mess than helping me, so I told her to go play. Next thing I know I hear thumping coming from nearby. I walked out of the bathroom looking for Bella and walked into the laundry room saying, "Bella, what are you doing?" To my complete shock she was laying flat on her back, it took me a sec to realize she was not responding to me and her eyes were rolled to the top of her head, her body was shaking. I quickly ran and grabbed her, yelled "Mike!" and began panicking, crying and panicking. I told Mike to call 911 as I realized her lips were turning purple and she wasn't breathing normally. He grabbed the phone and told me to calm down because she WAS breathing. After talking to me, Mike knew it was a seizure. She was totally out of it for several minutes, her breathing slowly normalized and then she slept for a while. The ambulance arrived quickly, they checked her out and everything looked fine. Bella was pale and very tired. We rode in the ambulance to the hospital so that they could monitor her and perform tests. Bella was so brave and I was so relieved that she was starting to act like her self again. They did a CAT scan and blood work at the hospital and everything was normal. So at this point, the Dr. doesn't know what caused the seizure and we will be going to see the dr again on Monday to perform MRI scans to see if she has epilepsy or anything that couldnt be seen on the CAT scan. We feel very blessed that everything looks normal. She has been happy and playing, you'd never know she had the day she had! She is so sweet and tough! Thank you family, for all your prayers and concern! We will keep you posted. What a day it has been! Here is a picture of Bella with her new CareBear that she got from the EMT in the ambulance, it made her smile! and me too!

The Big 3 and 31!!!

Bella and Mikey shared birthday came once again! Bella got lots of great presents and wanted a Mickey Mouse Birthday, so we had a Mickey cake and decorations. We kept it simple and just invited family. Unfortunately, most of the family couldn't make it, but we were able to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa Eves...we ate lunch at Pei Wei and went to the Mall, Cabela's and Ross, we finished the day with Pizza and Cake! Thanks everyone who gave Bella and Mikey such nice presents!

Bella and 2 of her favorite gifts...Minne Mouse dressup from Jason and Liza and the Growing, Talking puppy from Mommy and Daddy

Bella opening her present from Grandma Brendan-a Barbie with puppies!

Bella eating birthday breakfast-Mickey Mouse waffles!

Happy Day!!!

Bella got her ears pierced a few days before her birthday! She kept asking mommy if she could have her own earrings, so mommy thought it would be a great 3 year old birthday present. We took her to the mall and she was so excited. The lady that pierced them asked her if she wanted her to count to 3 before she pierced them or just surprise her. Bella said, "Surprise!" She had no idea what was about to hit. As soon as she pulled the trigger on the gun Bella jumped and her arms flew into the air, we had to hurry and get the other one in before she changed her mind. She was very tough though and didn't even cry, the girl that pierced them was very impressed. Bella just told me after, "that hurt" She has been very good about not touching them and letting me clean them 3 time a day. We did have one fall out and I had to put it back in..she wasn't about to let me, so I had to hold her down...that wasn't very fun. She sure does look cute and is getting to be so brave and big! Happy Birthday Bella!

The cute Birthday boy and girl!

Happy Birthday Mikey!!!

Mmmmm...yummy!

Playdate at the "Quarium"

We had a fun play date with the cousins at our favorite place...the Sandy Living Aquarium! We ate lunch at Wendy's and then went and saw the fishy's, jellyfish, and sharks.

Dylan, Bella and Raegan looking at the toads

The beautiful mommies!-picture taken by Dylan

Checking out Mr. Ray

Sweet blue-eyed Wyatt

A Fun Day in the Snow!

We have gotten so much snow the past few weeks so we took advantage of it and took the kids sledding. We have a great hill close to our house, so we packed up our saucer sled and a blow up boat, which worked great! Audrey even had a good time bundled up in her car seat. After a few walks up the hill, daddy was tired, so mommy decided to have some fun. We even took our boat of a jump! Extreme Sledding!

Dylan having a great time!

Audrey braving the cold and having fun watching!

Mommy getting ready to race the kids...guess who won? You are right...the kids :)

New Year's Eve

We spent New Year's Eve at Jason and Liza's House and had a good time playing the Wii Starwars, MarioKart, Bowling, and Wii Fit. The kids had a blast together. Dylan wanted to stay awake so bad so he could use the air horn and the poppers, but unfortunately all the kids fell asleep at about 11:30pm (Except for Audrey-she rang in the New Year with the adults).