That time I almost died

Okay, 

the title may be a little dramatic, 

but in all reality, it could've happened.

As I mentioned previously,

I had to be put on an IV earlier in this pregnancy. 

I couldn't keep anything down.

The nurse that came the first day to start my IV,

didn't give me as much information as she should have in order to make sure I knew how to properly change the tubing every day.

Let's just skim past the part that I used to be a CNA and should have enough medical knowledge to keep myself safe from situations like this, 

but I'm going to try to make myself look better by blaming the pregnancy brain okay?

It was the day after I received my IV.

it was a Saturday and while Tyson would normally be home,

he'd just left to have his tires changed on his car. 

I was in bed (it was around noon),

but this was the new normal because I'd been so sick.

My girls were going back and forth between playing in their playroom, the family room, and cuddling with me. 

I had to change my IV line for the first time and figured it'd be simple enough.

I wasn't told I needed to flush it or anything,

and again, let's forget about my previous medical experience.

So, after I got the line all hooked up, I couldn't figure out why it wasn't starting.

So I grabbed one of the syringes that you use to properly flush it, (With everything being unlocked),

and instead of unlocking both sides, I just unlocked one. 

This resulted in a gigantic air bubble in the tube.

It crossed my mind for maybe a second that this might not be a good thing,

but I just ignored it when it didn't seem to feel any different as it went into my arm.

The IV started flowing,

so I just grabbed my phone,

made myself as comfortable as possible,

and started playing a game. 

About 20-30 seconds went by when Kali walked in to ask me a question. 

I started responding when I had to cough.

But when I did cough, it didn't fix the problem. 

It started getting worse and worse to the point where I couldn't breathe.

I was trying to cough out the misery I felt in my chest, 

but it wasn't working and it got so bad that I started throwing up

(luckily I had my precious puke bowl right next to me).

Even throwing up wasn't working and at this point I could barely get a breath in between the violent coughing that was now forcing it's way out of me. 

I started to panic and called Tyson telling him he needed to come home NOW.

He couldn't.

his car was already being worked on so he was stranded.

I then called my mom and tried to explain that I needed her here and while my attempts to speak were  becoming less and less simple, she understood and said she'd be right over.

Kali, who watched me start coughing,

ran into the kitchen and brought me back some water 

(I didn't ask for this you guys. She was trying to help me and it was the sweetest thing. I am so touched by how loving and helpful she always is.)

I could barely take enough short breaths to keep breathing at this point and thought I was going to die. 

I knew I wasn't getting the oxygen I needed and was beginning to worry that my baby was going to die as well. So I called 911. 

As I was forcing out my words to the operator,

I began to feel like I could breath a little better.

While I was still violently coughing,

I wasn't puking anymore and I could get in enough air to at least form a sentence. 

I began to feel like maybe I would be okay and kindly apologized to the 911 operator and told him to cancel the call. The last thing I wanted was to cause a scene for my neighbors. especially if it wasn't necessary.

As soon as I hung up the phone,

the doorbell rang.

It was our next door neighbors who said that Tyson had called and asked them to come check on me. 

I was pretty shaken up and although I could not form sentences, I was still really freaked out. 

 so my neighbor gave me a blessing.

As soon as it was over, I felt back to normal. I all of the sudden felt like nothing had even happened.

It was the strangest experience. 

I am not positive that the air in the tube is what caused that episode,

but there is nothing else I can think of that would have made that happen so randomly.

It scared me! 

I felt so stupid for not thinking about what could happen if air got into my blood stream.

The nurse that came that day,

insisted that if I had gotten air in the line,

that I wouldn't have been able to catch my breath again and the paramedics would've had to intervene.

But I'm not convinced.

I really believe that air in the line is what caused that "episode".

there's absolutely nothing else that it could've been.

The nurse said I could've been having a panic attack,

but there was nothing that would've caused a panic attack at that moment. 

It hadn't even crossed my mind that the air in the tube could've been the factor until after the fact.

I was relaxing in my bed.

I had no reason to be having a panic attack. 

Anyway,

I just had to document my stupidity/my near death experience 😂😂

14 Days of Valentines

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! <3

We had such an incredible, unforgettable day.

It was by far the all time best Valentines day yet!

Here is Kalista in her cute little Love Day Attire:

and her doing her modelesque pose.

Yes she did this by herself.

She is at the stage where she refuses to look at the camera no matter what I do!

haha

I woke up on the Morning of Valentines day and came upstairs to this lovely, awesome, incredible suprise:

Roses, Chocolates, the sweetest card ever written, and a 1 hour massage at massage envy!

mmmm...I'm getting that massage tomorrow!

My husband knows EXACTLY what I need.

I love that man SOO very much.

***

When I started trying to decided what to get Tyson for Valentines day, I came across many different 14 days of Valentines day gifts and decided this was the perfect idea.

I found a lot of different ones as I searched the internet.

However,

I didn't want to do just one of them,

so I decided that I was going to work up some ideas in my little head and combine some I found/come up with some of my own.

So here was my Valentines day Gift to Tyson:

Day 1

Tyson and I wrote each other while he was on his mission.

I typed some of my letters to him, because I really can't stand my handwriting and I was also able to write them faster. I was busy and knew I was already slacking as it was...so I just typed his letters.

Come to find out,

He hated when I did that.

He didn't feel it was as personal if it was typed.

So for his first gift,

I wrote him a short and sweet letter about how much I appreciated everything he does for Kali and me.

I hate my handwriting.

(best picture I could get on my phone)

Day 2

For the second day,

I taped a [typed] note to our front door so that Tyson would see it when he got home.

Unfortunately,

I forgot to take a picture of this one,

but it said that once he walked in the door,

he wasn't allowed to do anything but relax.

He couldn't talk or even think about work.

I told him that if it took Kali and I leaving and him having the house to himself in order for him to relax,

we could do that.

Apparantly it's hard for him to relax,

because he kept trying to do things that involved work.

and he wouldn't let us leave.

He decided he wanted to go to a movie with his brother and some friends.

Unfortunately they couldn't do it until the next day,

so we spent that night together and he went out with the guys the next day.

(But I still wouldn't let him do an ounce of work)

Day 3

I made him cupcakes!

Day 4

I gave him a heart attack in our hallway...

along with a bunch of little notes of things I liked about him...

Day 5

[please ignore the block calendar in the corner. I'm aware it needed to be changed]

Day 6

A valentines day themed lunch

Two heart shaped PB&J's

Strawberries

4 heart shaped cakes

Doritos (the pinkest chip I could think of..haha)

and pink Lemonade in a pink thermos :):)

Day 7

I made my Valentine a Homemade Valentine :)

Day 8

He has really needed chapstick lately and he kept mentioning it,

So...

Day 9

Since the day we got our car,

Tyson has made it a goal to make sure he cleans the in and outside of the car every weekend.

A few weeks ago,

he mentioned that he wanted to buy all the supplies needed to clean the outside of the car,

so that he didn't have to go to the carwash every weekend,

PLUS,

it would save us money in the long run.

SO....

Day 15

I found him a movie that I knew he would like,

and made a movie night out of it.

Day #11

We had been planning on taking Kali to the Rec. Center all week. We were going to go on Saturday.

It was going to be her first time and I was SO excited because I knew she was going to love it

(which she did!)

Tyson had mentioned when talking about it earlier in the week that his swimsuit no longer fit him.

I was so glad he mentioned it,

because that's what I got him for day #11

He looked DANG good in this swimsuit too.

If I don't say so myself!

Day 12

The note says:

"It's day #12 and just so you know...we were mint to be together"

haha I'm good huh?

...kidding.

(Sorry it's not a very good picture. These were all taken with my phone)

Day 13

His Favorite candybar is Snickers,

so I HAD to figure out a way to incorporate that into a day.

Because I'm not the most CREATIVE person in the world,

this was the best I came up with!

"I thought I should let you know on day 13, that sometimes your "Extra" hot body makes me "Snicker" with delight!"

haha!

Day 14

This is obviously the day I spent the most time preparing for.

I was so stressed out that something would go wrong!

But besides a few minor issues that didn't really matter,

It turned out PERFECT!

I brought Kali to my parents house around 3:00 where my sister agreed to Tend her over night.

Then I went home and immediately began preparing.

I SERIOUSLY had to learn some made double tasking skills,

and I gotta say,

I think I did a pretty good job!

I quickly changed in to some Lingerie I bought specifically for this occasion ;)

dressed up for him and got to work.

I made Sweet and Spicy Pork,

a recipe I got out of a magazine,

Black Bean Salad,

Homemade rolls that are supposed to taste like Texas Roadhouse's Rolls,

and Homemade Cinnamon Honey Butter which was also supposed to taste like Texas Roadhouse.

I topped it off with Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice.
(his favorite)

I turned on some romantice love music,

turned down the lights,

lit some candles,

and

WAH LAH!

(lights were on for this picture)

The pork is missing in this picture, because it was still in the oven!

It turned out SOO good!

It was delish! seriously. I really recommend it for a nice dinner.

(I'll post the recipe at the end of this post :))

Tyson got home JUST as the Pork was about done.

Seriously PERFECT timing.

We had such a good dinner,

and spent the rest of the night together,

topping of the evening with a last minute, late night movie "The Vow"

which was SO good I highly recommend it.

It really was such a romantic wonderful day.

It went perfectly. I was so happy with the way everything went.

We actually were able to spend time together. It was heavenly.

If you've never heard of the 14 days of Valentines day,

look up some of them on Google or try something like this one.

You won't be disappointed with the outcome ;)

***

Now for the delish recipe.

(For the texas roadhouse rolls/honey butter, you can find those on my pinterest! )

Sweet and Spicy Pork with Black Bean Salad

(I'm really sorry I don't have any good pictures of it. I took this one from the magazine. (which by the way was from the Womans day Magazine December 2011 issue)!!)

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp brown sugar

2 tsp ancho or regular chili powder

1 tsp ground cumin

2 Tbsp olive oil

Kosher salt and pepper

1 1/4-pound pork tenderloin

1 15-oz can black beans, rinsed

1 pint grape tomatoes, halved

3 scallions, thinly sliced

1 jalapeno (seeded for less heat), finely chopped

1 Tbsp red wine vinegar

1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, chili powder, cumin, 1 Tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper.

2. Rub the spice mixture all over the pork, place on the prepared baking sheet, and roast until the pork registers 145 degrees F., 18-22 minutes.  Let rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing.

3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss together the beans, tomatoes, scallions, jalapeno, vinegar, remaining Tbsp oil, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper; fold in the cilantro. Serve with the pork.

First Visit to the Zoo!

Today we decided to take Kali to the zoo.I was SO excited to take her and I wasn't disappointed when we went.

Seriously,

the Zoo is fun when you're a kid,

but watching how excited your OWN Kid gets when you go...

is so much better :)

She loved it.

and so did we!

Neither Tyson or I have been to the Zoo in a really long time.

It seriously is amazing to see some of those animals up close.

The greatest part was seeing Kali so mesmerized by the animals.

She liked them all,

but her favorite by FAR was the monkeys.

Every time we saw one,

she would stare at them forever as they would hang and jump from branch to branch.

We spent most of our time watching them.

They are pretty incredible.

It's awesome to see what they can do.

Here she is in action with one of her little new found friends:

and some pictures:

You can't see Kali very well in this one cause she's laying down with a bottle ;)

I love my little family <3

My life should be a sitcom.

Sometimes,

like at least once a week,

I seriosly consider calling TBS or something to see if they want to make more money.

Why you ask?

Because they would make BANK

by recording my everyday life.

haha seriously.

if it's not one thing, it's another these days.

I can't say I absolutely hate it...it does make my life quite entertaining.

I can guarantee you that the world would greatly enjoy watching my stupidity, drama and mishaps in my everyday life.

Like tonight for example.

Tyson and I were trying to think of a fun inexpensive date night.

We (as in I) came up with the brilliant idea to ride trax and frontrunner

from daybreak (which is about 5 minutes from our house),

to Farmington were my Oma is.

I needed to take care of her and I thought it would be fun and enjoyable if we just included it into our date.

haha. My Oma LOVES Tyson anyway.

So around 6:00 I started looking for a babysitter.

(yeah I'm prepared right? Already six?)

 I would have planned this earlier except I've had strep throat all week and was just getting over it today.

 I didn't even start feeling better until about 5:30.

Mistake #1:

I just expected my little sister to be able to babysit.

She's been able to every time so I figured it would be easy to get her.

WELL,
I called her and she said she wasn't feeling very well.

SO,

I had to find someone else.

My parents date night is friday too so they couldn't watch her.

Then,

remembering that Keltsons mom had been offering to babysit since before Kali was even born,

I gave her a call.

She willingly and generously said yes and agreed to start at 7:00.

We were late getting there and probably didn't leave until about 7:30.

Mistake #2:

we decided we would grab some quick dinner before boarding the train.

we grabbed subway..and ate it AT SUBWAY.

Mistake #3:

We didn't plan which trains we would catch at which times.

we just hopped on the first ones there.

Which resulted in my uncle having to pick us up at the frontrunner train so that we could get there before my Oma went to bed.

Mistake #4:

expecting to be to frontrunner at the minute we wanted...we weren't...and we missed the train we needed to get on in order to make it home.

SOO.

We caught the last frontrunner train at 10:45 to Salt Lake.

We caught the VERY last trax train heading south.

It stopped at Murray.

The train we needed to be on was the one just in front of the one we were on.

SO,

we got off and were stranded.

35 minutes away from my parents house,

our car,

and Kali.

We told Amara (keltsons mom) that we wouldn't be any later than 10:30...

it was now midnight.

So,

with no other option,

we had to wake my dad up,

he had to DRIVE out to Murray and pick us up and take us to our car.

Tyson and I decided to meet him at the olive garden so he wouldn't have to drive AS FAR.

So...

we're sitting in front of Olive Garden,

listening the italian music,

on the bench,

in the dark,

it's chili...and we are in summer clothes.

It was lovely.

we sat there not speaking for about 5 minutes because both of us were stressing out.

and when I stress out...I shouldn't speak.

haha.

Eventually we lightened a bit and started joking around to lighten our stress...

we talked about the wierdest things I just realized...

Anyway.

My dad (our hero of the evening)

drove us back to our car and by 12:45 we finally picked Kali up.

So let's see.

We owe Amara like our lives for dealing with our major lie of being home by 10:30. We were two hours and 15 minutes LATE,

We owe my Dad my life for dealing with me. Yeah dad, you thought you got rid of my midnight calls after I got married didn't you? THINK AGAIN! haha

and We owe my uncle for picking us up in Salt Lake

What we thought was going to be an inexpensive date,

just got a whole lot more expensive!

Note to self:

do NOT rely on a train to get you where you need to go when you haven't planned out the route.

30 DC #25

25. ten ways to win your heart.

1. Someone that can Make me laugh

2. Sweet talkers. yes. I'm a sucker for sweet talk

3. Romance.

4. When he Randomly brings me flowers or a gift 'just because'

5. A hard worker. Hard working men turn me on ;)

6. A gentleman

7. Honesty

8. When someone is good with kids

9. Making me feel like I'm the most important person in their life.

10. A protector

sigh.

So glad I found that :) 

30 DC #22

22. ten things about you people don’t really expect.

Are you kidding me?

I'm a dang open book.

But..

I guess I'll say if you just barely met me...

1. I sing at the top of my lungs almost everyday, throughout the day.

2. I stress about stupid things. I.E. Everything.

3. I placed a little girl for adoption almost 3 years ago

4. I had an ulcer in 7th grade

5. My ulcer caused me to always have epic acid reflux.

6. I'm an Irish Twin

7. I love to find new ways to organize my things

8. I am seriously considering taking up baking/cooking as a hobby

9. I love love couponing. That IS a current hobby of mine.

10. My husband and I were high school sweethearts

30 DC #21

21. something you can’t seem to get over.

My dang Heatburn/Acid reflux.

and my recent obsession with Pinterest.

I'm not kidding.
I started my account like two days ago...

and I'm already addicted.

It's so so bad.

30 DC #18

18. disrespecting parents.

I really really don't think I get this question.

It's so dang Vague!

I'm guessing it's asking,

How I feel about people who disrespect parents?

Here's my take on that.

When you are a child all the way up until when you are married and on your own,

you should respect your parents 100%.

I know I'm guilty of not doing that throughout some of my life.

But aren't we all right?

haha

However,

Once you are an adult, married and on your own,

I think that it needs to be both ways.

You should respect your parents, but they should respect you as well.

It needs to be a different kind of relationship at that point because they no longer are paying for your life! haha

Of course you should understand everything they've done for you throughout your life, but you are also an adult. They need to understand that as well and know that in order to maintain your relationship, respect needs to go both ways!

I hear about this a lot.

and

I'm understanding it more as I get older. 

Hopefully Kali and I will be able to figure this out early in our relationship!

Especially once she becomes a teenager. 

:S

30 DC #16

16. three things you are proud about your personality.

This is the hardest question so far.

But here we go:

 

1. My OCD as far as being clean goes.

I'm not saying my house is always clean, I'm saying that when I AM cleaning, it's never clean enough for me. It's way better than my house always being a mess right?

2. I'm organized. for the most part.

3. I'm not fake. :)



New Hair

After a lot of thought and frustration,

I decided to cut my hair.

I've been growing it out for a LONG time and it was starting to really drive me crazy.

I was really close to my Butt by the time I decided to cut it.

Here is the most recent picture that I could find.

I was planning on taking a picture of my hair before my appointment but I forgot.

Anyway,

I was SOO scared when I cut it off.

Seeing this

Before she even colored it freaked me out...

and then she cut off a couple more inches after that!!

I was seriously about to cry.

But when she was all done,

I actually really liked it.

It needed to be done and I know it's going to be so much easier and quicker getting ready in the mornings!

So,

here's my new hair