FYI: Save money on Botox, just drop a crockpot lid on your mouth

With so much stuff going on at our house, our house and looked so crazy messy. So I have been trying to wake up early and clean, it hasn't been working but oh well. So I woke up yesterday morning and our home was starting to stink like it needed to be deep cleaned so I started washing dishes. I washed our crockpot bowl and I went to put it up. As I was putting it back on the shelf the lid fell and hit me in the mouth. It hurt so bad. I just put it back up and I made sure all my teeth were still there and I went and laid back in bed until I had to wake everybody else up. Here are some pictures. Note I have no makeup on so I am only showing my lips. I am sorry. Also I should mention this is the day after it happened. So feel bad for me.

Update

Last night I realized I hadn't checked to see if my insurance will cover Gunnar's MRI. I called this morning and the dr sent over the preauthorization form but then we found out that while we are approved for Gunnar to have this done we can't do it at the hospital that we have been going to all along. Who knows why but now since the other hospital in the area doesn't do child MRI's since he needs to be sedated so he now he is going to have to go to Primary Childrens but can't get in until Sept 2. So then the whole time he is going to have to be hurting until we can figure this out. The dr's want to try more x-rays next week because they are worried about him. We are going to try another hospital for the x-rays to see if it helps. Things are getting more painful for Gunnar. Last night he woke up crying because his leg hurt and crawling which is how he was getting around has pretty much stopped and sitting on his legs hurts more now and we have to get his toys for him now. I can't get him to stand up at all now.
On good news since I have other kids Harley starts kindergarten on Tuesday we are still waiting for the class assignment but I have been getting Gunnar's prescription this afternoon and a toy to hopefully help him sit on the couch all day. Novalee got 100% on her spelling test today and she was really nervous about it. I love my kids.

Gunnar hurt again!

Well just so some of you who were wondering what happened with Gunnar (If you read Bonny's blog) On Monday night the kids were playing the their room while I was cleaning the house. I heard Gunnar crying and Novalee's first words were, "I didn't do it!" I guess he was climbing up the side of the bunk bed and fell. Novalee said he just fell off of his bed but we got the whole story later. He seemed fine that night the usual, getting in trouble for jumping on the couches. The next morning he woke up and tried walking but he was crying and saying he couldn't walk. I just thought he was sore from his fall. All that day he was crawling but our house was messy (as usual) and I thought he was just playing. He was fussy because the girls were playing but he couldn't get to them to play with them because he couldn't stand up so I went and got him and rocked him to sleep. He slept until I had to get Jason and I had to carry him into the van since he was so tired. Then after I picked up Jason we got back in the house and Gunnar wasn't walking. We tried to get him to walk and it was not a normal walk. He only would walk for a little bit and then cry and fall down. I called the dr. (around 4) and they told me to bring him in to the hospital to do x-rays then to their office the first thing the next morning. I didn't want to have to make 2 trips to Orem for something that I didn't think was serious so I told them I would just take him to the hospital and go from there. Luckily Bonny was there to go with me and she was nice enough to stay with me until Gunnar was done. His walk is really sad. The dr at the ER thinks its something with his hip. The x-rays there weren't very clear so Gunnar had to go back today for more. They are clear and aren't showing any reasons for him to not walk. The Dr saw him walking today and how Gunnar cried for each of the 2 steps he took and so now our next step is an MRI on Friday morning. They are going to have to sedate him since it is a 30 minute thing and the sedation part is going to make us stay there for most of the morning. After the MRI we are going to see the results and still if nothing is showing and he still can't walk without pain then he is going to have to see an orthopedic specialist (I think that is who he has to see) the Dr said that kids this age don't fake this kind of thing like I thought at first. Anyways that is it for tonight on how I neglect my kids.

Response from Dr.

Hi Katrina ,Dr Berry had to leave for the day. Kelly said that if he is acting normal and not vomitting the bump will go away with time. If you notice a change in his behavior he needs to come in and be seen.
I think Erika might be on to something, my doctor had to "leave" for the day? Hmmm.

I had to steal these from Kyla

This is my cousin Scott and his new wife Shaila aren't these so cute!

Real email I sent to my Dr.

Thanks for all 5 of you who remember me. I know how important I am. Anyways my life has actually been really busy! Amazing huh. So when I have a chance I have been reading "Roots" or sleeping neither which works for a long time when Jason wakes me up to tell me something pointless that he should be able to handle like today I was trying to sleep and he was watching Star Trek which is constantly on for him lately, and he woke me up to tell me that Emily's mom was coming to pick her up in 15 minutes. Why couldn't he get her in her mom's car?? Hmmm. I think its called DORK DISEASE!
Well tonight I noticed that Gunnar had a bump on his head from last week where according to him, Harley and Gunnar were jumping on the couch (I was gone) and he fell and no one did it. The bump was there last week and today I was getting him to sleep (I still like to cuddle him to sleep sometimes since he is my "bigger baby" (his words for big boy) ) and I noticed the bump. I looked online and couldn't really find anything so I went to my doctors website and emailed him. Its a great thing they have on their site. This is what I wrote
Since I am a slacker parent it seems, I just noticed that Gunnar has a bump on his head where he fell last week (I think jumping on the couch but none of the girls seem to know what happened) I noticed the bump then but today I was putting him to bed and I noticed that the bump was still there. It doesn't hurt him but is he going to be a mini-unicorn for the rest of his life and need severe facial forehead sugery or is it ok? Thanks

you know you love me!

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1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses.
If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :)

Going to Brazil

Well some of you might know that Crystal and Vagner moved to Brazil. They are just trying it out for now but so far they like it. We went to my Dad's house the day before we left to say goodbye to her! Isn't Logan so cute? This is the only picture that he didn't stick his water bottle in his face.
This is the best picture we could get with all 5 kids. Notice their cute faces. Also Logan is doing bunny ears on himself.I wanted a picture of us all before Crystal left while Bonny is in town. I promise my hair is not a mullet.

Bonny entertained the kids. She must have really missed them.

Gunnar gave this cute look to the camera. I had to take this picture. Julia cheesed for the camera with no problem. That is because she knows how beautiful she is.

Look at Lily. Isn't she so cute!

Novalee turned 7!?!

Wow! My oldest is 7. That is so weird to me that I have a 7 year old daughter. Time goes by too fast. Well we thought she would wake up early so we went and wrapped one of her presents. (We told her we only got her one since her Giselle doll was being sent to our home. ) We went back to to bed and about 30 minutes later she ran in our room and jumped on our bed and said thank you! So we suprised her with the rest of the presents. She was so excited. Later that day we had her birthday party. She was mad at first when we planned it because we told her she could only invite 3 people (Sorry everyone who we didn't call you have to remember our small house)since we were going to have her cousins and our friends from out of town there. When the party started she had so much fun. She got lots of girly stuff which is exactly what she wanted. All of our parents came. Novalee had a moment. Overall though it was really fun. Don't you love the picture when Novalee is eating her Aurora cake and everyone else is just staring at her looking hungry? Sad huh.

Our Dad's

Ok I know Fathers Day was a month ago but still I think everyone should know how great these men are in our family.

Jason is such an awesome dad. He goes out of his way for the kids and wants to give them everything. He is just the kind of father that I wanted for our kids. They can just be sad for a minute and he will go buy them whatever they wanted. See the sword in the picture?? He wants the best for us and works so hard so I can stay home with the kids and I am so greatful for that. He even loves me through all my many many faults.

My dad is so funny! I remember going on plumbing jobs with him when I was little and would get a frozen yogurt. I told him I wanted to be a plumber when I grew up. I think mostly just so I could have a soda and frozen yogurt. He is always trying to make us laugh and loves us so much. He is such a great grandpa for the kids. They love playing with him and seeing his dogs. Even Novalee who has to take medicine after going to my dad's house. He loves to spend time as a family. I can talk to him about almost anything. This picture was the only one out of the few that we were serious. I am so much like my dad. I love him so much. He is a very caring person.

Jerry is such a great father to Jason. They are alot alike. He is always willing to help any way we can. He loves the kids. He goes to the school to go eat lunch with Novalee. The kids in her class all thought he was funny. Harley follows him around like the other day he was working on his saw and she sat there and watched him. It reminded me of me helping my dad when I was little. I am very lucky to have him as a father in law.

Robert is a great step dad. I was so glad when I met him that my mom married him. Unfortunately I don't have that many pictures of him and this was the closest one I could find. He loves all the kids and the kids love him. Gunnar used to be so attached to him and when he would see him he would want to go see him. He has a big heart too. Did you know that one day just because he gave Jason a 60's something truck. Jason had loved that truck and wanted to help Robert work on it but Robert just gave it to him one day. We had no idea. By the way I can't find the picture I wanted to use.

Logan!

June was a great month. Logan turned 7! I remember when Crystal told me she was going to have a baby. I was at a stoplight by the mall in Orem and I looked and saw her and I waved. Then she told me. That was so neat. It was a really interesting time since Novalee was born just a month after him. It just was different because once Logan came it changed our family forever. Just to think my sister was a mom and was going to have a son to raise and be responsible for. I just had a lot of emotions that month before Novalee was born. I didn't get to see him until he was a few days old since I was really pregnant and was very afraid of going on the freeway still. I also thought Vagner and Crystal were incredibly brave since they went to Arizona when Logan was just a few weeks old. It was for our grandparents anniversary and I was 2 weeks from my due date so I didn't go but I can't imagine driving that long with a newborn.

Anyways here are some pictures of Logan he is so cute! I miss him and the rest of the Maias so much. It has been a while since I saw Vagner. Even though I didn't see them a lot I knew that they were an hour away. I know this move will be good for them and their family needs to come first not just how I want things.

I guess I should explain

Umm, about the last post I was really bored. In case you couldn't tell.

I have to come clean finally

Well for a long time I have had another boyfriend. His name is George. I haven't told Jason but first I need everyone else's support with this. We took these pictures today. I wouldn't have told my kids but I needed someone to take the pictures.

My kids

ok so first of all Harley came in crying because, Novalee told her that she (Harley) was going to be mean and never change. Does that make sense to you?
Second I told Gunnar to go get a diaper because he was soggy he told me no so I told him to get me a diaper because I needed a diaper for me. He said ok and ran off. Jason then came in and asked me why Gunnar was getting into my tampon box. I just had to tell you. It was so funny.

Part of our chaos

I know I need to do so many makeup posts but I just need to mention something so exciting for Novalee. She is going to start dance class and she is just so excited! Harley doesn't want to do it which is understandable because she is extremely shy and I am worried about kindergarten for her. She has a hard time going to Primary. Anyways Novalee is just so excited because next week she has a dance camp and they are going to learn a Hannah Montana routine and get a Hannah Montana purse (I think).

This is my hero. His name is Trevor. He is Jason's cousin. He is just so cute and when he is 16 he will have to fight the girls off. He mows our lawn now! I think he is now one of my favorite people. I wanted a picture showing his braces that came off today but isn'e he so cute!!!!

I will post more interesting things I promise!

So anyway we have been really busy. I have so much I should post on, like my awesome nephews birthday and fathers day and Jason's really exciting night at wrestling but my lack of motivation, my messy house, I need to upload lots of pictures, and I have a Nancy Drew game to play makes me not post. Its just not my fault you see. Do I need to mention Bonny is in Utah for a few months? Don't miss me too much.

Crazy Busy

Toronto

Does anyone know why someone from Toronto keeps looking at my blog?? =)

Looking for....

I have decided that this year I am getting nice pictures taken of our family. If anyone knows a great place to take pictures let me know. I don't want a studio picture because they don't really get the real family. Let me know!

My official WORST picture ever! ( I think)

I still don't know why I am putting it on. BTW That is a shirt under my black one.

I also cut my hair on Saturday. Now I think it looks like a mullet but its really easy to do. Talk about bad pictures. Good thing Nathan is so cute!