Poor B :(

Well, our exciting Monday just kept getting more exciting (if you want to call it that). While we were in Evansville B was not the well behaved child that he normally is while we are out in public... I didn't know what his deal was! We got home and he was coughing a bunch, but he had been having asthma stuff for about a week so I didn't think much about it. He did feel a little warm though so I took his temp. it was 99.4. I thought I better call the dr. and get an appt. since his asthma turns into other stuff about 2-3 times a year... and with the fall weather... well I just figured I better call and get an appt. even though I was dreading a trip to a dr's office where sick people would be. As the evening wore on he just kept getting worse and his breathing treatments weren't helping him to breathe better even for a few minutes... Normally, with his asthma it doesn't bother me (besides feeling bad for him) because I've dealt with having it my whole life... so I don't freak out like Ryan does... but I was really starting to worry when the treatments weren't helping at all... and his temp was up in just an hour from when I had taken it to almost 100. With all the flu stuff going around we figured we better take him to the ER he seemed to be getting worse fairly quickly and we just didn't want to take any chances with his lungs already being compromised from his asthma. We got to the ER and I about freaked about and came home because there were a ton of people and I didn't want either of us catching something else... We sat in a hallway by ourselves though, I was not sitting in there with those people puking and hacking everywhere. Call me paranoid if you want, but I have two babies to take care of :) We finally got called back (there was a trauma patient that came in right after we got there so it took forever) and the admitting nurse said it was a good thing we brought him in because his respirations were up and his O2 was down to 90 :( Poor guy! We got to have Ryan's cousin Darla as his nurse and we were very thankful for that and then the ER dr. great, we really liked him. They gave him a steroid breathing treatment right away. He went from being almost lifeless to bouncing off the walls. He literally couldn't quit talking and moving. They swabbed his nose to test for flu and also did a chest x-ray. The Dr. came in to tell us the flu swab came by negative, we were very relieved... BUT he has pneumonia. We weren't expecting that one. He said he could admit him or if we were comfortable with doing breathing treatments we could go home... we thought he would do better at home and have less chance of catching something else so we made that decision. Each time he got up though his O2 dipped down to 90 so NO physical activity for Brycen... He got a big shot in his leg and didn't even cry! We were so proud of him! He kept saying, "I got shot by my very own cousin!" lol, it was cute. We had to go fill his oral antibiotic prescription b/c they wanted him to start that that night as well. We didn't get home til 1:30am. We were all exhausted. Brycen fell asleep on the way home thankfully, but we had to wake him when we got home to take his medicine. He woke every hour all night coughing. Ryan still went to work yesterday (but not as early as normal). B and I watched cartoons and read books all day. Oh yah, and did breathing treatments! lol, those are on our schedule for every 3 hours, yesterday he could barely stretch it the 3 hours. His temp was back up to 99.6 yesterday evening and his breathing was terrible again... he fell asleep and when he woke up it was a little better... I know his little body is exhausted, but everytime he goes to sleep he wakes himself up coughing. Last night was much better, he was only up 3 times instead of every hour. This morning though he has diarrhea. I think it's from his medicine though. He still had a temp this morning 99.0, but I didn't give him tyelnol last night. I'm hoping his fever will break today... I just feel terrible for him! Oh and we took his bandaid off from his shot and his leg is all broke out around it now so he is itching that! Poor guy can't catch a break. We are watching PBS Kids and hanging out right now. (he loves Sid the Science Kid, B is really into science). We're lounging in our sweats and trying to get him healthy today!

This is this morning. He looks a lot better than he did yesterday.

His new breathing mask they gave him at the hospital, it has a dinosaur on it :)

My cabinet doors were supposed to go back up yesterday, but the dumb hinge people didn't send the hinges with the knobs... Ryan was quite irate because when he called he asked if they were in stock and they said yes and then on the order paper it said "backordered".... I wasn't there, but I have a feeling those people got quite the chewing out yesterday from him when he called. Our carpet is being installed today though! And Ryan just called me and he went ahead and ordered the hinges from a different place and they should deliver them to the shop tomorrow. I hope so, I'd love to get everything back in my cabinets!

18 Week Belly Picture

18 weeks

I think I grew a lot in the past week!

Corbin Fisher Knepp- 18 weeks

That pretty much says it all! He showed himself right away! Brycen was VERY relieved :)
his little feet!

he kept putting his hands in his face!

Corbin Fisher at 18 weeks.

He was quite the little mover and wiggler! It took her forever to get all the measurements b/c he wouldn't hold still! His heart, kidneys, etc... all checked out fine! He weighed 7oz and his heartrate was 165. I measured right on at 18 weeks.

We are so excited to have another little boy (I told ya so!). :) I always pictured myself having three little boys and now I do! A, B, and C :)

Well, Ryan is getting ready to put our countertop on so I'm going to get off here and check it out!

This Rainy Week

This rainy week has consisted of a lot of house stuff and a lot of headaches for me :( I got a headache on Tuesday and today it's finally gone. I'm so thankful! Dumb migranes. At least it is gone in time for the weekend.

Tuesday night I caught up on laundry while Ryan worked in the kitchen (exciting life, huh?!).

Wednesday was my day off! B and I went and had lunch w/ my mom at her work and then went over to her house to make up meatballs for supper. We got those made and then went home and just layed around. We had supper at my mom's... and then we came home and Ryan worked in the kitchen some more while I worked on getting all my maternity clothes hung up in the closet. I'm really starting to need them.

Last night Ryan worked in the kitchen some more and I took the "family bassinet" over to Todd and Kayla to use for Kaydee Mae when she gets here. It was my grandma's bassinet and pretty much everyone in our family has used it! I'm so glad Kaydee will get to use it too! She'll be done in plenty of time for our sweet baby to get to use it too. I visited with them for awhile and then went home. We had leftovers for supper and then realized we had a problem b/c our hot water in the kitchen was turned off... I woke up to a sink full of dishes this morning :( Ryan turned it off so he could move the dishwasher out so he could get the counter tops off... oh it's just a mess!
Please say a prayer for Todd and Kayla and Kaydee Mae... she is 36 weeks and 1 day today. Yesterday at her appointment her liver enzymes were elevated...which is a sign of PE, but she had no other symptoms. The specialist wanted her to do a 24 hr. urine today while Dr. R wanted to go ahead and take her cerclage out. The specialist won... and then this morning Kayla woke up w/ spotting, cramps, and stomach pain. They are at Dr. Reisinger's office now and I'm awaiting to hear news from my Aunt Lisa. It's making me a nervous wreck. I can only imagine how they feel. She is set to get her cerclage out on Tuesday anyway... I will feel much better when Miss Kaydee Mae is HERE. She was already 5lbs at 33 weeks so she will be plenty big enough :) So if you get a chance just pray for them and that Kaydee makes here safe and that her momma is healthy.

Tonight I need to go to Walmart, but that might get put off until tomorrow... Brycen is supposed to have soccer in the morning, but with this crazy weather, I'm not sure if he will. We will for sure be working in the kitchen tonight... or at least Ryan will be. I think he is going to paint! This weekend is going to be a little crazy b/c we also have to get the front living room painted so it will be ready for the new carpet on Wednesday (we got it pushed back a day so that it will be on my day off). I can't wait to show ya'll pictures of the finished look! I thought about showing progress pictures, but really, everything is such a mess I decided I wouldn't. Sunday I'm helping w/ my friend Shannon's baby shower so that will keep me busy! I'm so excited, baby Smith will be here before we know it!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

17 week belly picture...

17 weeks

(21 to go- and yes, I'm counting!)

Just an update...

Friday was a long day! I had a headache most all day and evening long. Ryan worked (on our cabinets, but at the shop) until 8pm so he didn't get home until 8:30pm. B and I went to eat w/ my parents for supper and then I went home and had to get all the stuff cleaned out of my cabinets. I'm thankful for my pretty large dining room now b/c all my stuff out of cabinets is somewhat organized in the dining room and not a huge mess all over the place (just contained to those two rooms).

Saturday we got up bright and early and made our way to B's soccer game. He played goalie this week, he was not a huge fan of that position (as you can probably tell by the picture!).

B and his buddy Pilar, you never know what these two will be up to on the soccer field, but they are always cracking me up!

After the game Ryan headed to the shop to work on our cabinets some more and B and I made an unplanned trip to Wal-Mart and Mi Pueblo (YUM) w/ my mom. After we got back from Washington we went straight w/ my mom to my cousins' birthday party. They are sisters and their birthdays are Sept. 19 & 20th! B and Ashlyn are 3 months apart and they are great friends! He had a lot of fun playing outside w/ them. After we left there we went home to change clothes and then we went to my Great Uncle Jim's 80th Birthday Open House! After that we went home to rest for a couple of hours and then headed to my Aunt Lisa's for supper w/ the family (chili and veggie soups and left over sandwiches from Uncle Jim's Birthday party!). Yum! We enjoyed some good food and great times visiting w/ family, as always. We got home and Ryan had all the upper cabinets torn out and the place was A MESS! The walls were sooo nasty behind where the cabinets had been and it made me feel gross (okay, I admit it is still making me feel gross!). I asked Ryan if I could clean it and he said it is no use to try that's just how it is, so I went to bed! haha.

Yesterday afternoon we had to go to Lowe's to sign paperwork for our carpet. They are supposed to call today with a date to install it! We also had to pick up a new sink, facet, and hood range thingy for our kitchen! Fun stuff! I got the new paint for the kitchen, but I still have to pick the paint up for the front living room (did I mention we were painting too?). I know what color I'm getting, I just have to get it... I had to get the name of it today from my co-worker!

We came home and relaxed and were just lazy all evening. It was nice! Hopefully, Ryan will be able to spray the upper cabinets tonight (he finished all the doors on Saturday!). After those are finished he will tear out the lower cabinets. I'm looking forward to this b/c that means getting rid of the hideous counter top! I told Ryan last night I just can't even imagine what it will look like with the new stuff!

Brycen was goofing off last night and I just had to take a picture... Seriously, if this doesn't at least make you smile I doubt anything will! You just never know how you'll find him!

Tonight my mom is making Taco Soup (I've been craving it) for us since my kitchen is out of order! B and I will probably go there to eat it and take Ryan home his since he'll probably be a busy bee! Although, Ryan did promise B he could help paint the boxes tonight, we'll see how that goes!

Oh yes, and in baby news, we find out ONE week from today if it's a boy or girl (although, I really know it's a boy!). My appt. is at 9am our time so at least I won't have to wait all day to find out! I've been feeling baby move a little bit off and on (like a fish in my belly), but yesterday was a first, we were all feeling my belly (me, ryan, and b) and you could feel it a little from the outside. When we took our hands off my belly the baby "jumped" so hard you could see it on my lower belly! It was sooooo reassuring to me! It did it like 3 more times and Ryan saw it too! I was so pumped! At this point I def. need little reassurances like that...

weekend... and field trip...and home improvement

Well, I started to make a post about our weekend on Monday (or Tuesday, I can't remember!), but quickly realized it sounded very boring and I have NO pictures from it! Sooo I thought I would wait.

Last Friday our friends Ricky & Brittany came over and Ryan grilled out. We had a good time just chatting and eating. Saturday was a rushed and busy day. We had to be at soccer early for pictures and then B had his game. We rushed home after the game and ate a quick sandwich and then off to Turkey Trot. We hung out at the camper and enjoyed the nice day and then went to the truck pulls. We had supper at the camper and then B went to ride some rides. We got home about 10 I believe and I was EXHAUSTED. No more pushing myself to be "miss busy bee". I know I say that, but I am serious this time. It was just too much for me... and I am staying healthy this time (well as much as I can control it, I know I had no control over getting sick last time, but I just mean I'm not going to run my body ragged and give it any more of a reason to freak out!). Sunday we were around the house and I was trying to recover from Saturday. Thankfully I felt much better by Sunday evening. I guess now every little thing worries about me, but better to be safe than sorry. We went to my parents for supper Sunday evening and visited for awhile.

Ya'll know me and how I complain about my butt ugly kitchen cabinets all the time (I know I know, a lot of people would be glad to just have cabinets, and I AM grateful, but....). I got spoiled at our first house and had brand new cabinets that were beautiful... probably b/c my hubby made them, but ya know. It also makes it hard b/c it isn't like it feels IMPOSSIBLE to get new cabinets... after all that is what "the man" does every day for a living! Sooo we're still not sure about the buyer that was interested in our house back in the spring and said he would know for sure in the fall. We don't want to bother him so we're not asking questions. We're really not in a rush anyway... but if that does fall through we still do want to put our house for sale sometime in the next year or so... so anyway that means we're still stuck not wanting to put a bunch of money into our current house, but still wanting some updates... sooo Ryan decided he would refinish our cabinets, get a new counter top and do a new back splash... um can I get a HALLELUJAH!? They still won't be my "dream" cabinets, but I know those will come when we build. I can settle and be really excited about ones that are the darkest wood EVER w/ the butt ugliest counter tops from 1974 w/ matching backsplash! Oh girls, you better believe I can be happy about "refinished"! Sooo after all that I'm getting to what we did on Monday evening! We went to Lowe's to pick out tile for our backsplash. We got that picked out and I love it! I think it will turn out great! Ryan also had me look at counter tops b/c they sale the same brands that they have available at the shop. I also got that picked out. We're not going w/ anything fancy b/c obviously we're trying to be economical, but make it more modern! While we were at Lowe's I thought I would go over to the flooring department, b/c as you all know another gripe I have is the carpet in our front living room. Well, we are getting new carpet in there! Oh Monday was a great day in the life of Chelsa :) We got a great deal on the carpet, pad AND installation! I'm soo excited. The guy is coming to measure up today. I had a carpet fund saved up but we had never went ahead and got carpet. B/c of the odd size of the room it was going to require double the cost and it's not even a big room... well we found an odd sized carpet to fit our odd sized room and so I will even have money left over from my saved up carpet fund, SCORE! Ryan thinks I'm basically insane for being so excited, but these are two of the things that drive me crazy on a daily basis so I'm just pumped! We've done a lot of "projects" around our house and these are two bigger ones that we've put off and not done, but probably two of the ones that bothered me the most so I will be so thankful to have them done! I think they will both help us w/ selling the house when we decide to put it up for sale (since both are things you see when you walk in the front door and were about the only two things that haven't been updated since we moved in).
So ya'll probably really think I'm crazy now, but I'm just so excited (get back w/ me in a week when my house is ripped apart and we'll see if I'm still so excited!). haha

Tuesday evening B had soccer practice... and then yesterday he had his pre-school's field trip to The Children's Museum in Evansville. We had never been there, but B loved it. It was so neat! I was worn out from all those kiddos though! Ryan didn't get home from work until almost 8 last night so me and B took all my flowers out of pots and cleaned up the landscaping and got all my fall decorations out... went and got mums and planted those too. I love fall decorations :) Tonight I was dreading doing laundry b/c I try to do it every other day at least and it'd been a few days since I'd had a chance, but my grandma (who still loves to spoil me) called me this morning and asked if she could go to my house and help me out w/ laundry or anything that needed done... Seriously, how does she ALWAYS know? I know w/out my Papaw to take care of all the time she gets bored and it makes her feel good to help me out, it makes me feel good too! haha! Honestly though, I'm so grateful for her! I will now get to spend my evening enjoying my boys instead of worrying about laundry! Or maybe I can make that dreaded Wal-Mart trip so I don't have to do it tomorrow... boo :( I like option 1 better.

Brycen is doing much better w/ pre-school. No tears this week! I guess he just needed a little time. He seems to be back to his old self. Hopefully, it will stay that way! Last year he had learned his phone number at school and then we recently got rid of our house phone b/c we NEVER used it and I don't really want to pay for something we never use... so anyway, we got rid of our house phone and just have our cell phones. This is working fine, except I totally forgot this would call for Brycen to learn a new phone number! Duh, Chelsa! Well, we started working on it last night and he got it right away! He was so excited that he had learned it and I was so glad that he went w/ the flow and didn't get the old number confused w/ the new number. He ran into school this morning and told one of his teachers! He was laughing and smiling about something when I left-- makes me feel MUCH better that I haven't scarred him for life.

Tomorrow night Ryan is going to start ripping out the cabinets- sooo my house is going to be unorganized for awhile- lots of eating out I guess (too bad Pike Co. doesn't have more choices!).

These pictures are from B's field trip yesterday!

Tyler and B

getting ready to balance

playing drums
B at the end of the slide that was at the end of the climbing thingy

Brycen and Kennedy pulling on some intestines--eww

Arri, Tyler, and B-- BOYS!

This room was probably Brycen's favorite. He was def. in his element. He was building a bridge here!

Ty and B after the water room- they were SOAKED!