Our Trip.... To the hospital

Well, last weekend Maddox was sick. We didn't know how sick though. We thought he just had another cold. Whatever. His temp was around 103 all weekend. Tylenol would bring it down to 100 or 101 but once it wore off it shot right back up. He seemed a little more down than he usually is even when he is sick. So Saturday we decided to just stay home and let him rest. Sunday morning he seemed to be in okay shape, not any worse but definitely not any better. Sunday afternoon I noticed that he had been SO tired and was trying to sleep but his cough kept waking him up. Then I noticed as we were snuggling on the couch that he could hardly keep his eyes open. I thought we had done a pretty alright job trying to keep him hydrated but its hard to make a 2 year old drink something he doesn't want to. I also noticed how hard he was breathing. His nostrils were flaring and his little tummy was going up and down so hard and fast. He was working so hard to breath. Since he has asthma, I had tried doing some of his breathing treatments but they weren't helping. So, Tom and I went back and forth deciding whether or not we should take him in. We HATE ER's so we thought if we could just get some fluids in him then I could wait until 8am when I could call the pediatrician. Well, we were worried about him so we let him sleep in our room with us.I knew I would not get a wink of sleep as a watched him to make sure he was alright. He maybe slept for about 45 minutes and then woke up. I thought maybe he would be more comfortable in his bed so I went and slept in his room. He maybe slept for a half an hour. I picked him up and tried to give him more to drink and snuggle him. I felt his little heart racing. I said I prayer. I immediately knew we needed to get to the emergency room. I went and woke up Tommy and we were on our way. We got there and of course WAITED and once we got back we did chest x-rays and they started him on albuterol treatments and tested his oxygen levels. The doctor came in after we had tried to get him better and he decided it would be best to admit him for 24 hours or so to keep him under observation.WHAT!? We did not think Maddox was this sick. I hate to admit, we kind of fought the doc on this one. Well, Maddox was in pretty bad shape and we wanted our baby to get better so, they started his IV (one of the most heart wrenching experiences EVER) and then Maddox and I had to ride in an ambulance to another hospital that had a pediatric unit. The ER doc wanted him in the PICU but once we arrived there the doc didn't think Maddox was quite sick enough to be in the picu so they moved us down to the pediatric floor. We spoke with the nurses and doctors and got settled in... but not too much cause we were only going to be there for 24 hours. HA. Anyway, our little boy was extremely dehydrated, had an upper respitory infection, and an ear infection. The nurse said according the the chest x-rays he was probably starting to get pneumonia. Anyway, I went home and showered and grabbed some clothes for the night and a few things for Maddox.. His favorite toys and books. Well, the next few days are sort of a blurr. I just remember the nurses called Maddox a "wet noodle" because he just layed there and slept almost all of Monday and Tuesday. It was so sad to see him so worn out and not up and playing. I remember people coming in every so many hours to give him breathing treatments and his other medicines. Early on Tuesday morning his O2 levels were so low we had to put him on oxygen. We thought we would only be there a day but each day passed and each day the doctor felt he was not well enough to leave. That was hard. We just wanted to go home with our baby. Finally Wednesday night Maddox was starting to act more like himself and we tried taking him off the oxygen. His levels struggled at first but he was able to sleep through the night without dropping too low. Yay! The end was in sight! The doctor came in on Thursday and gave us the okay to go home!!!! We were SO glad to hear that! Maddox was doing so much better!

This is while we were waiting in the PICU... I hate seeing him hooked up to all those wires and tubes!

Everyday someone brings there dog in to help lift the spirits of the kids in the hospital. Maddox loved this little puppy!

Once Maddox was feeling more like himself, he loved to go on walks around the halls and see the fish tank and ride the cars/wagons around. 

Thank you to all of our friends that came to visit us and thanks to everyone else who kept us in your prayers. The power of prayers is amazing. I wonder what would have happened if I didn't say that one little prayer Sunday night. I wonder if Maddox would have been MUCH worse off if we had waited until the morning. I love the gospel and I love my family. Tommy was a trooper and always brought be yummy food (heaven forbid I had to eat that hospital junk!) Just kidding, but he was great, I couldn't have done it without him! Now we have our Mad-dawg back!!!!!!

(Sorry this was so long!)

Bye-Bye Binky's!!!

Some of you know how utterly and disgustingly attached Maddox was to his binky. It drove us crazy sometimes!
So, for the last 2 weeks, Maddox has been binky free!!! I was SO afraid for this transition. I had talked about doing it for months and months but we were always going somewhere or he had gotten sick or something. Finally, a few weeks ago, a woman in the nursery had totally (somehow) pumped Maddox up about saying Bye Bye Binky and being such a BIG BOY. So, we went home from church and thought, what the heck!?So we just jumped right into it. Nap was fine (probably because he was just so tired). Night time was a little difficult. He may have cried for like 20 minutes before Tommy couldn't stand it any longer and went in a snuggled him. The hardest part was just getting him to calm down enough to settle into bed. But, he did it! The first 2 days were probably the hardest (even though they weren't NEARLY as bad as I was expecting). He still asks for it sometimes if we are in a store and he is really upset or something like that but, he will never see them again! I am so PROUD of him. Silly what makes us proud huh? But, you will NEVER see this face again!!!!

(See what I mean by utterly, disgustingly attached?)

Maddox is TWO!!!!

Wow! Time has seriously FLOWN by! I cannot believe my baby is two!
We went to the doctor today and here are his stats:

Height: 34 1/2 in. (53%)
Weight: 28 lbs (51%)
Head Cir: 49 cm. (59%)

So, all in all we have a super healthy, average kid! :) Tommy had the doc. determine how tall Maddox will be. She came up with 6'1, give or take 2 inches! Ha! So, he did great with his shots, only cried for a half a second and then was fine!

Onto the party!!!
So, we had some friends and family come up for Maddox's birthday party. We had a "Cars" theme because he is obsessed with that movie (for the time being). We had Qdobas food (similar to Chipotle) and it was delicious! I made his cake which was a lot of fun. We cramped quite a few people into our little place but we all had a good time!

Maddox's 2nd Birthday "Cars" cake

Birthday Boy!

Mr. Q trying to give Maddox his gift of squishy reptiles!

M taking a quick time out for a bite to eat :)

Check out my new ball and glove!

Family!

Quintin chowin down on some cake!

After the pinata broke... Look at Maddox's face... there is nothing better then candy falling from the sky!

Maddox and Kennedy making sure to stuff their goody bags with all the candy they can get!

As you can see, we all had a great time! Thanks to all of our friends and family for coming, and thanks to those who didn't come but still thought of Maddox on his special day!

Pizzeria Bianco

So, we love pizza. We thought we would go try some of the BEST PIZZA IN THE U.S.!!! This place was on Oprah and we have heard amazing things about it. Now, Amazing things come at a price. Tommy picked me up from the airport and we rushed over to this place. It is only open on Tuesday through Saturday from 5pm to 10pm. As we arrived at 5:08 we were welcomed by a nice loonnngg line. So we stood in line and waited to put our names down. It was us and a few of our friends were on their way after they were done with work, etc. So, we put our name down and she said it would be a 3-3 1/2 hour wait!!!! We expected as much. So.. we waited, and waited, and waited. We were able to let Maddox run around and have some fun.

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

As you can see from the photos above.. the building is tiny! There is a bar you can sit at and there were only a couple of tables in there.. which explains the wait! :) But we had an awesome experience and we are glad we could share it with our friends! I think we will go back again with reservations and babysitters! :)

Stacey's Birthday

My dear sister in law turned the BIG 21 a few weeks ago so we headed to California to celebrate! For her birthday, her mother got tickets to go see the Ellen DeGeneres show at the Warner Bros Studio in Burbank. Along with going to the show, we took a tour of the studio which was AWESOME! We had a great time together!

While we were in Poway, we took Maddox on a train ride at Old Poway Park (where Tommy and I had our reception). It is beautiful there and we had so much fun on the "choo choo"!

This is while we were waiting our turn to get on the train. This is his "Cheese" face.

 

  

 

Alright.. On to the birthday festivities. On Sunday night we drove up to Hollywood and went window shopping on Rodeo Drive....

 

Now on to the tour. It was sooo cool to see where some of our favorite shows are filmed. I was able to see the Gilmore Girls houses and town square and Luke's Cafe. We saw the set for the Big Bang Theory. But the BEST part was ....... FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

They have moved the set to the museum but it was so fun to see it all!

 

Stacey and I in front of WB Studioes

 

Thats right... We had SO much fun at the Ellen show. But can I tell you its a work out!?!?! For like 45 minutes before the show started they had us DANCING for like FOREVER!! Stacey tore it up.. She has moves like you have never seen before. At the end the MC told her she was the BEST! BEST DANCER, BEST GIRL!! So, she got a t-shirt :). Anyway, we had a blast! Oh, and did I mention that this was the FIRST time that I was without Maddox for 2 WHOLE nights! Maddox went home with Tommy and enjoyed going to play at his friends house while I got a LITTLE BREAK!!! Ah, it was glorious. Unfortunately, as hard as I tried to sleep in, I couldn't.... but I did lounge in bed and watched grown up shows while I could! :)

Stacey, thanks for turning 21! It was soo much fun!!