Boy I sure do miss these days

Here's a fun idea I got from my friend Tam. I'm bored at the moment, so here goes:


Do a Google search by typing in your first name and "cannot" to see what you come up with. Here's what I got:

Cami cannot perform miracles (despite what my kids think)

Cami cannot wait to have some sun back in my life! (so true!)

Cami cannot be used without the Mac Pro RAID card (huh?)

Cami cannot attend each meeting (nope, I hate meetings)

Cami cannot legitimately prevent your designs from being re-sold either. (Sorry)

We regret that this Cami cannot be shipped to PO Boxes (no way I would fit in a P.O. box anyway)

Great photo of Tyson with Grandma and Grandpa

Morgan got a call from the hospital yesterday telling her that, depending on Riellys next eye exam, he may be able to come home in a week!

Happy Birthday to my Mom!!!!!!! Mindi, Tori, and I took her to Cheesecake Factory today. We had a great time!

Rielly is 4 lbs 10 oz. He is on 1/2 L of oxygen. He does have somewhat of an eye problem though based on the last eye exam. He has ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) so he MIGHT need glasses but as of now, he won't need surgery but that could change. He is wearing clothes now and is in an open crib, no more incubator!

Ok, last night when I posted the pictures of Celine Dion, I was mostly testing my ability to send posts to my blog from my cell phone. They looked so crappy, I had to take them off. The concert was great though. She walked by us at the end of the concert and shook our hand. It was a fun night.

Rielly has made it to the 4 pound mark. He is 4 lbs 1 oz!

I just love the positions Rielly puts himself in. He's just kicking back relaxing.

He is 3 lbs 9 oz now. He had his first immunizations yesterday. When he gets to 4 pounds, he will be able to start wearing clothes and soon after that, he will be able to be in an open crib. He is having quite a few A's and B's, apnea and bradycardia, where he stops or forgets to breathe and then his heart rate drops. Most of the time he recovers on his own but sometimes they have had to stimulate him to get him to breathe again. He won't be able to come home until he doesn't have any of those episodes for a week straight. He also needs to be taking all of his feedings by mouth and gaining weight, which he started today. He did really well, he knew exactly what to do. He also needs to be able to maintain his body temp on his own. He hasn't met any of these criteria yet. They say that he should be able to come home close to his due date, which is 45 days away. It has gone by fast!

My cute dad lucked out last night and got to hold Rielly. It was funny, the nurse asked if either Morgan or my dad wanted to hold him while the bedding was changed. My dad told Morgan she could. Morgan said, no, you are going to. My dad said, no I'm afraid I'll drop him. The nurse said, you won't drop him. My dad isn't too hot on interacting with the grandkids while they are still newborns. He waits until they can interact with him. He loved holding him though. Rielly was looking right at him and my dad didn't realize that Rielly can see him. It was very cute.

I got to hold Rielly today! It made my day. He is two months today!

I get to sleep with this on my face at night now



because I have

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

It's official: I am turning into one of these



I'm going to cry

Rielly is doing awesome. He is down to 1 liter of oxygen on a regular nasal cannula. They were able to wean him down quick, he was on 5 liters on a high flow nasal cannula last week. He had an exam to look at his vocal cords to see if they were damaged when they did the heart surgery. I haven't heard back about the results yet. He is also 3 pounds! They are fortifying his feedings with more calories so he will likely put on a lot of weight at this point.

How I've Spent My Morning So Far

Woke up at 6:00 with only 4 hours of sleep
Got Tyson out of bed
Received phone call from Braden asking for a ride to work (he got his license suspended for 30 days for receiving 2 tickets in 2 weeks)
Got a text from Morgan telling me she will also need a ride to school
Amazingly made it out the door on time
Forgot to take the garbage can down to the curb
Go back and take down the garbage can
Get to Bradens, Braden is not ready, wait 20 minutes for Braden
Braden makes everyone late
Get Tyson to school only to realize he doesn't have any lunch money
Go give him lunch money
Take Braden to work
Get a call 5 minutes later from Braden, telling me he left his bag in my car
Drive back to Bradens work, give him his bag
Go pick up Morgan who is already 15 minutes late for school
Get informed that she hasn't eaten
Go to Einsteins Bagels
Leave only to realize they got the order wrong
Go back to Einsteins
Leave and realize they got the order wrong AGAIN
Destroy the bagel in anger
Go back to Einsteins AGAIN
Get to Morgans school and cry in the parking lot
Hear Ruffles throwing up in the back of the car
Cry some more
Drive home
Almost get sideswiped by some stupid lady trying to change lanes
Amazingly make it home in one piece
Clean up doggy throw up
Take my Prozac and go back to bed

Sundance

One thing I've always wanted to do is go up to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. When the time of year comes, it seems that I'm too busy to get there, or it's bad weather, or I don't want to drive home late at night. This year, we decided to get a hotel in Heber (Park City hotel rates were outrageous)and go for it. I was so tired because I had to work Friday and Saturday nights so I came home and slept for 2hours and then went to lunch at my parents for Breanne's birthday dinner and then we (Carisa, Morgan, Breanne and Carisas friend) drove up there. We didn't see anyone that night but on Monday we saw a few stars. Next year I'm going to get tickets to some of the premieres. They are pretty cheap and there are a ton of stars in the audience. The kids had a great time. I think we just started a tradition.

Since Rielly is doing so well, Morgan was able to hold him today for about 45 minutes. He loved it. His sats went up as soon as they put him in her arms and stayed up the whole time. I can't get over how cute he is. His hair is getting so long, he's going to need a haircut soon!

More good news!

Rielly is breathing on his own! He is getting supplemental oxygen but the ventilator is no longer giving him extra breaths. He is an amazing little baby!

Rielly is still doing great on the cpap, they haven't had to reintubate him. His oxygen level on the ventilator is even less than what they started him on yesterday. Woo hoo!