bad things come in three's

so this has been a really crappy week. it all started with my cell phone ringing in the middle of relief society and my mom's neighbor informing me that my grandma had fallen and was not doing well. tom and i rushed over there and my grandma was not in good shape. so off in the ambulance she went. after several hours in the emergency room, she was released and we took her home. then yesterday, as i was helping her sit up out of bed, she kept telling me that she didn't feel well and she thought she might have a fever. then she completely blacked out and was limp in my arms. i immediately panicked and called 911 and was a hysterical blubbering idiot with the dispatcher. they sent yet another ambulance and the e.m.t.'s were able to get her conscious. they've kept her at the hospital and my mom came back down from idaho, and i was relieved of my caretaker duties. so they say bad things come in three's, right? i'm hoping that my third "bad" thing was when elliot was sitting on my lap today at cafe rio, and grabbed my bowl of salad, tipping my whole meal over the both of us. i can handle that being my third bad thing. i don't know if i can handle it being anything else.

i'm sorry that my last couple of posts have been a bit depressing. maybe by next week i will have something much lighter to share. hope everyone has a great thanksgiving!

just smother me with a pillow

ugh...i do NOT want to get old. what a horrible and undignified process. i know the church's stance on assisted suicide, but sometimes i hope that when i ever get to the point where i can't even take care of my very basic needs that one of my sweet children will smother me with a pillow, just so they won't have to care for me or have their last memories be of me in that way. at the very least i hope they will send me to an old folks home far, far away and never worry about me again.

sorry, i'm being a debbie downer today.

happy birthday miss & jenny!

our miss is 3! i can't believe how fast time flies. she is such a smart, sweet girl and tom and i have loved every little minute with her!

it's also my sister-in-law jenny's birthday, so happy birthday to her too!

miss got a princess video game...and of course, guess who i caught playing it!

elli's ultrasound

elli had her second ultrasound today (her first one was when she was about 4 weeks old). she behaved much better this time and there was great news! her urologist said that her kidney's have not dilated more, and the tissue surrounding her kidney's is looking much better! they want to see her in four months, but for now, she's doing great and we are grateful!

our baby pterodactyl

our elliot hardly ever cries...but she does yell, and when she's mad, she's MAD! here's an example of her yelling at me about who knows what.