RSV

Our ski week turned into a very different kind of week when baby girl came down with RSV and landed in the hospital. Lilly had a bad cold that turned into pneumonia the week prior to our trip. The cold was probably RSV and she most likely gave it to Naomi. We were in the brand new hospital in Park City form Tuesday to Friday. It was the fanciest hospital I've ever seen and we were treated really well. Still, it wasn't where I wanted to be.

Tyler flew out first thing, and was kept busy taking care of the girls and relieving me so I could leave the hospital occasionally for a shower and to check in with Ava and Lilly. By Friday Naomi no longer needed oxygen, and my family had left Park City, so we went to Tyler's parents' house for the weekend while she continued recovering.

We came home to beautiful spring weather. The daffodils and trees are blooming, and florescent green grass is popping out of the ground. I finally feel like I can take a deep breath of fresh spring air and relax, so relieved to have a healthy baby again.

Tie-Dye

The upside to having pneumonia and missing the first day of skiing is that you can do the fun kids activities in the hotel and make your own tie-dyed shirt.

Snow Baby

Naomi braving the cold in Park City.

Our school district has a ski week break, which coincides with my family's time share in Park City, so we came up for the week. Tyler had to go back to work after the weekend, but I'm here with the girls until Friday with my parents, sisters, and their kids.



We wanted to go sledding, but the weather was so warm that the sledders were having to get off their tubes mid-hill and push. We'll do that another day, but while we were there the kids got to play in the snow park. They had a tiny sledding hill, a snow fort, and a machine that pulls tubes in a circle (think pony ride). The guy running the machine must have had a rough night before, because he kept nodding off. The kids discovered that they could jump from tube to tube, rolling and ducking under the moving arms. Kinda dangerous, super fun.


We got to go on the alpine coaster with the girls (Naomi not included). It's basically a roller coaster where you can control the speed of your own car. The girls are speed demons, so we went down full speed the entire time.


Tyler had to go back to work early this morning, and we already miss him tons. It's a little overwhelming being alone with the three girls, and I feel bad having so much fun without him. Lucky for me, Naomi is now sleeping through the night. Because I said that, she will probably start waking up all through the night.

100 Days

Last week, Ava celebrated her first hundred days of school. They had a special party and each student brought a poster with 100 collected items. After much deliberation, Ava decided to count popsicle sticks. We bought the poster and the glue (we already had the sticks in our craft closet), and Ava went to town.

Let me just say, it was an interesting experience. Despite the teacher's direct instruction that parents are NOT to help the kids complete the project unless absolutely necessary, I spent the whole time fretting and moaning over wanting to do it for her and make it perfect. She, of course, felt completely confident completing the project herself, having planned out exactly how she wanted it to look ahead of time. Each time I made a suggestion, she'd roll her eyes at me and say, "Mom, it's not your job!" We finally compromised to where I would hold a yard stick across the poster so she wouldn't take up too much space in her groupings of ten, so that all 100 sticks would fit on the poster. The design and execution were completely her own.

As I discovered, and you can see, she was absolutely able to do this project herself. It turned out so cute because it was her creation. Sometimes I need to step back and trust her. Sometimes, what she can do on her own is a much better reflection of me as a parent than what I do for her.

Naomi's Blessing

Naomi had her baby blessing at church today. Tyler did a great job with the blessing and we were lucky to have all of my family and Tyler's parents, his brother and sister-in law, Tanner and Drew, and his sister Tiffany all together for the event. What a wonderful family day!