Hope you were surprised Mike with the party, Marisa, Spanky, and Trini worked real hard on it, so you would be surprised, they even put the party off until Miss Madison was born so that we, meaning the Alton's and Gonzalez's could make it. If she would had planned on having it the weekend of your birthday, I don't believe we would have made it. The 1st few days Kim, Danny and Miss Madison really needed our help but now after 10 days they are doing great on their own, or at least Kim and Danny are, Miss Madison still wants Grandma and Grandpa Alton to hold her while she sleeps.
Thank you for having the party, the food was great, the people were fun, and it was nice to see Mike still able to walk around on his own, I mean 60 years old, boy is he getting up there. I remember when we were younger and seeing Mom and Pop, Nana and Paka to the grandkids, that was so old 60, but now that we are all getting there....I still have 10 yrs to go.... it really isn't that old. It's all in your mind and I know our minds are still young. Just look at Bob Miller, you can tell he is still young, because he has a long ponytail on that head of his.
Anyway, this was Miss Madison's 1st real outing from Bakersfield Kim and Danny got to show this new little, and I mean little, beauty off to the family.(You have to agree she is a little beauty). Baby Girl, Inara, that little cutey with the chubby checks, looked hugh, compared to Miss Madison, Marisa and Shawn couldn't even remember Inara being that small. Mike and Trini had a house full of beautiful little girls, I think it's about time, for the child bearing ones, to start producing boys, Kim you have to wait awhile.
It's was great seeing everyone and seeing all the kids around, sure brings back the memories of 42 years ago, when Caryn Lee was 1st born and little kids starting showing up, too bad Marty wasn't there, and Vance too.
Mike we all can't wait for you to spend time with Miss Madison and give her the Uncle Mike Tomaselli name, sorry we didn't have enough time on your surprise birthday.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
MISS MADISON HAS GAINED WEIGHT/DANNY IS OK
Dave took Danny at 6:15am to have a Liver biopsy, his count has come out a little high and Nurse Kim wanted it checked out. Dave had him back home by 8:30 and he was very sleepy and very sore, the doctor had told him his chest would feel like he had been kicked by a horse, and it did.
Dave then drove Kim and Miss Madison to the doctors to get weighted again and she had gained 2 1/2 oz., which is great. The doctor said she should be gaining 1/2 to 1 oz a day which she has done since Monday, good job Miss Madison.:)
Dave ended up driving Kim because Danny was still kind of out of it and he said I would wait on Danny a lot more then he would.
Danny's results should be back in about a week at the most so will let everyone know what they find out.
Danny's Mom, Kathy, and older brother, Alex, came late this afternoon to see the baby and visit for a while. At 5pm I went and picked Kim up so she could have a hair cut while Danny, Miss Madison, Grandma Gonzalez and Uncle Alex could sit and visit. Kim isn't allowed to drive for 3 weeks, doctor's orders, so if she wants to go somewhere she has to ask someone to take her, and I know she hates that. She hates it so much that when Danny goes back to work next week I think we should take her car keys away from her, believe me I know that girl.
That's about it for now, that was the news I was talking about in the last blog.
Dave then drove Kim and Miss Madison to the doctors to get weighted again and she had gained 2 1/2 oz., which is great. The doctor said she should be gaining 1/2 to 1 oz a day which she has done since Monday, good job Miss Madison.:)
Dave ended up driving Kim because Danny was still kind of out of it and he said I would wait on Danny a lot more then he would.
Danny's results should be back in about a week at the most so will let everyone know what they find out.
Danny's Mom, Kathy, and older brother, Alex, came late this afternoon to see the baby and visit for a while. At 5pm I went and picked Kim up so she could have a hair cut while Danny, Miss Madison, Grandma Gonzalez and Uncle Alex could sit and visit. Kim isn't allowed to drive for 3 weeks, doctor's orders, so if she wants to go somewhere she has to ask someone to take her, and I know she hates that. She hates it so much that when Danny goes back to work next week I think we should take her car keys away from her, believe me I know that girl.
That's about it for now, that was the news I was talking about in the last blog.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
1st REAL BABYSITTING JOB / PICKLE BALL
Dave and I did our real 1st babysitting job to Miss Madison. Kim and Danny went to the OB Doc so Kim could have her staples taken out, so Dave and I had Miss Madison all to ourselves to babysit and feed. Kim called me and said they were just leaving the doctors and there was no pain with the staples coming out then she went on to say that they talked about birth control methods that she could use in 5 weeks, I was thinking...Keep your knees together... but she said they talked about some other method because of the breast feeding. Sorry Danny you just have to wait a while.:)
Kim's appointment was at 1:30pm so they left about 1:15 then called me at 2:10 and said don't wait for them just give Miss Madison her bottle of breast milk at 2:15. Dave had a doctor appointment at 2:50 for the foot doctor, so there I am all alone with Miss Madison. We had a long talk about her finishing her bottle or else I was in trouble, then about how to torment her parents when she gets older. She told me she has her Daddy wrapped around her finger already and if anyone wants to see him jump just ask her, he does what ever she wants.
Dave got back from his docs at 3:20 and still no Kim and Danny, they finally called me at 3:30 and said they had so many errands to run but they were on their way home. When they got home they realized being gone for that long without Madison they felt like a part of them was missing, which is good for 1st time parents, wait till the rest of the kids come and they will feel differently, just kidding.:)
More news tomorrow, but at 4pm today 101 degrees Dave and I went to the tennis courts and practiced a little pickle ball. Dave has gotten the green light from all of his doctors so we went and tried again. Will see tomorrow how he feels, will let you know about Dave and the happenings that are going on tomorrow.
Kim's appointment was at 1:30pm so they left about 1:15 then called me at 2:10 and said don't wait for them just give Miss Madison her bottle of breast milk at 2:15. Dave had a doctor appointment at 2:50 for the foot doctor, so there I am all alone with Miss Madison. We had a long talk about her finishing her bottle or else I was in trouble, then about how to torment her parents when she gets older. She told me she has her Daddy wrapped around her finger already and if anyone wants to see him jump just ask her, he does what ever she wants.
Dave got back from his docs at 3:20 and still no Kim and Danny, they finally called me at 3:30 and said they had so many errands to run but they were on their way home. When they got home they realized being gone for that long without Madison they felt like a part of them was missing, which is good for 1st time parents, wait till the rest of the kids come and they will feel differently, just kidding.:)
More news tomorrow, but at 4pm today 101 degrees Dave and I went to the tennis courts and practiced a little pickle ball. Dave has gotten the green light from all of his doctors so we went and tried again. Will see tomorrow how he feels, will let you know about Dave and the happenings that are going on tomorrow.
Monday, July 14, 2008
BELATED B/DAY WISH FOR MIKE / MISS MADISON'S 1ST CHECKUP
Sorry I didn't blog yesterday, so I wanted to wish a belated "Happy 60th" Birthday wish to my brother, Mike. I know his birthday wish came true, he had his Granddaughter, Inara, with him. He had the rest of the family too but grand babies are very special, I know I have one now. My brother, Marty, said he knew I was older then him because I'm a grandma now, he just doesn't know what he is missing.
Yesterday morning, Sunday, Dave and I went over and made the kids breakfast. Dave made Danny his waffles and I did the turkey bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs. Dave and I then went home to work on the air conditioner and managed to get it working again, yea. Then in the afternoon we went back over and made a couple meals for Kim and Danny, one to have for dinner and the other to freeze for later on. Kim got her beef stew and then I made a chicken soup for their dinner. Danny ended up having both for dinner then they froze the rest for lunches and dinners for later on. We didn't have dinner with them because if we do it defeats the purpose of the leftovers for meals for later on, like when Danny goes back to work and Kim quits cooking for him.:)
Oh, by the way, when we went back to the coach the air conditioning had quit working again, so another hot night.
This morning Dave decided to move the coil from the working air conditioner to the back one to see if that was the problem and when he got the cover off the non working one he found the motor start compositor was burned up. Needless to say Dave made some phone calls to see if anyone had the part and one place did, an RV Repair place, for $39.95 he called a motor place and they had it for $9.95. He went and got the cheaper one installed it and everything is working great. We went over to Kim's tonight fixed dinner came back to the coach and it is still working. Just pisses me off how much the RV repair place jacks up the price of an item, thant goodness Dave made that other call and didn't stop at the 1st place.
Miss Madison had her 1st doctor appointment today and she is now 5lb 3oz, just what she was when she left the hospital, she had lost 10oz but the doctors were OK with it. Kim said the doctor wants her fed every 2 hours, wake her and feed her. She goes back on Thursday and everyone is hoping she has gained some weight, which she will. It's a little tough breast feeding right now, but she's a little peanut and will catch on. Almost everyone we have talked to has said it can take up to 3 weeks before every thing goes smoothly, Kim's not a quiter and either is Miss Madison and before long they will be in sync, and she won't even remember having problems. The same thing happened to me with Kim, every 2 hours and she kept falling asleep on me, and you know I have no patients so if I could do it, she surely can.
P.S.
Those of you that looked at the pictures of Miss Madison, that David Jr. took, those were just the rough draft, he will be cleaning them up and you will be seeing the shading difference with her hair and the black background. But isn't she just a doll no matter what the picture looks like????
Miss Madison already has her Daddy wrapped around her finger.:)
Marisa, Inara is going to look hugh when she gets around her cousin, Miss Madison.
Yesterday morning, Sunday, Dave and I went over and made the kids breakfast. Dave made Danny his waffles and I did the turkey bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs. Dave and I then went home to work on the air conditioner and managed to get it working again, yea. Then in the afternoon we went back over and made a couple meals for Kim and Danny, one to have for dinner and the other to freeze for later on. Kim got her beef stew and then I made a chicken soup for their dinner. Danny ended up having both for dinner then they froze the rest for lunches and dinners for later on. We didn't have dinner with them because if we do it defeats the purpose of the leftovers for meals for later on, like when Danny goes back to work and Kim quits cooking for him.:)
Oh, by the way, when we went back to the coach the air conditioning had quit working again, so another hot night.
This morning Dave decided to move the coil from the working air conditioner to the back one to see if that was the problem and when he got the cover off the non working one he found the motor start compositor was burned up. Needless to say Dave made some phone calls to see if anyone had the part and one place did, an RV Repair place, for $39.95 he called a motor place and they had it for $9.95. He went and got the cheaper one installed it and everything is working great. We went over to Kim's tonight fixed dinner came back to the coach and it is still working. Just pisses me off how much the RV repair place jacks up the price of an item, thant goodness Dave made that other call and didn't stop at the 1st place.
Miss Madison had her 1st doctor appointment today and she is now 5lb 3oz, just what she was when she left the hospital, she had lost 10oz but the doctors were OK with it. Kim said the doctor wants her fed every 2 hours, wake her and feed her. She goes back on Thursday and everyone is hoping she has gained some weight, which she will. It's a little tough breast feeding right now, but she's a little peanut and will catch on. Almost everyone we have talked to has said it can take up to 3 weeks before every thing goes smoothly, Kim's not a quiter and either is Miss Madison and before long they will be in sync, and she won't even remember having problems. The same thing happened to me with Kim, every 2 hours and she kept falling asleep on me, and you know I have no patients so if I could do it, she surely can.
P.S.
Those of you that looked at the pictures of Miss Madison, that David Jr. took, those were just the rough draft, he will be cleaning them up and you will be seeing the shading difference with her hair and the black background. But isn't she just a doll no matter what the picture looks like????
Miss Madison already has her Daddy wrapped around her finger.:)
Marisa, Inara is going to look hugh when she gets around her cousin, Miss Madison.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
GUESS WHO RULES THE ROOST - MADISON DOES
Just got back to the coach, we have been at Miss Madison's house all day or at least since 10am this morning. 
This little Missy is very demanding of all the attention, she doesn't ask for it... not at all... it's just she is such a little thing and she seems to know that someone or everyone will be watching over her 24 hours a day. Her mommy and daddy try and get some sleep when she is sleeping but that isn't working too well right now. She is more then happy to let her parents sleep while Grandma and Grandpa Alton are there, 
because she knows we will not take our eyes off of her, but Kim and Danny haven't learned yet to take full advantage of the time yet, oh, but they will.
Kim and Danny are doing well, just very tired, we went over this morning and made them breakfast and I fixed dinner for them too. Danny made a comment that if I wasn't fixing them food that they probably wouldn't eat. This afternoon David, Jodi, and Riley came up to see Miss Madison and then David got some great pictures of her. I'll tell you what, this little girl is a ham for the camera. Every time Kim or Danny change her diaper she cries, boy, for the photo shoot they laid her down completely naked and she was wide eyed and almost posing for the camera, too funny. As soon as David down loads them to his website I'll post the address and you all can see the pictures. Lets see, she likes to be naked and poses for the camera, I hope this doesn't mean something for what she will be doing in the future. :)
It was nice to get everyone home from the hospital yesterday, not only did Danny move into the hospital with Kim and little Missy, but Dave and I kind of feel like we did too. You know normally if you are visiting anyone in the hospital you want to get out of there as soon as possible but not this time, it was never a dull moment watching little Missy and helping Kim try and breast feed. I know for Dave it wasn't any fun because he had to stay behind the curtain at feeding time and believe me the feeding times lasted up to 2 hours at some times. We would go early in the morning and not come home till late at night. We did get to sneak away in the late afternoon and relax a little, feed the dogs, then back to the hospital, but it was well worth it.
We went back to Miss Madison's at 6pm to fix dinner for the adults, but it was her feeding time again, so Grandma and Grandpa ended up eating by themselves. We stayed for a little bit then headed back to the coach, Kim and Danny would eat later they said. When we got back to the coach the air conditioner had gone out again. We ended up just staying in the living room until late, opened up the windows and turned the fan on in the bedroom and it managed to cool down enough so you could sleep in there. Valley stayed in the living room in the air conditioned room, smart dog.
That's about it for now, tired, tomorrow we will go over early in the morning and fix breakfast, and try and let mommy and daddy get some sleep.
This little Missy is very demanding of all the attention, she doesn't ask for it... not at all... it's just she is such a little thing and she seems to know that someone or everyone will be watching over her 24 hours a day. Her mommy and daddy try and get some sleep when she is sleeping but that isn't working too well right now. She is more then happy to let her parents sleep while Grandma and Grandpa Alton are there, 
because she knows we will not take our eyes off of her, but Kim and Danny haven't learned yet to take full advantage of the time yet, oh, but they will.Kim and Danny are doing well, just very tired, we went over this morning and made them breakfast and I fixed dinner for them too. Danny made a comment that if I wasn't fixing them food that they probably wouldn't eat. This afternoon David, Jodi, and Riley came up to see Miss Madison and then David got some great pictures of her. I'll tell you what, this little girl is a ham for the camera. Every time Kim or Danny change her diaper she cries, boy, for the photo shoot they laid her down completely naked and she was wide eyed and almost posing for the camera, too funny. As soon as David down loads them to his website I'll post the address and you all can see the pictures. Lets see, she likes to be naked and poses for the camera, I hope this doesn't mean something for what she will be doing in the future. :)
It was nice to get everyone home from the hospital yesterday, not only did Danny move into the hospital with Kim and little Missy, but Dave and I kind of feel like we did too. You know normally if you are visiting anyone in the hospital you want to get out of there as soon as possible but not this time, it was never a dull moment watching little Missy and helping Kim try and breast feed. I know for Dave it wasn't any fun because he had to stay behind the curtain at feeding time and believe me the feeding times lasted up to 2 hours at some times. We would go early in the morning and not come home till late at night. We did get to sneak away in the late afternoon and relax a little, feed the dogs, then back to the hospital, but it was well worth it.We went back to Miss Madison's at 6pm to fix dinner for the adults, but it was her feeding time again, so Grandma and Grandpa ended up eating by themselves. We stayed for a little bit then headed back to the coach, Kim and Danny would eat later they said. When we got back to the coach the air conditioner had gone out again. We ended up just staying in the living room until late, opened up the windows and turned the fan on in the bedroom and it managed to cool down enough so you could sleep in there. Valley stayed in the living room in the air conditioned room, smart dog.
That's about it for now, tired, tomorrow we will go over early in the morning and fix breakfast, and try and let mommy and daddy get some sleep.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
It's a Girl
Here are Madison Kathleen Gonzalez and her proud daddy. Madison was born on July 9th 2008 at 10:42 am. She weights 5 lbs 13 ozs and is 19 inches long. Mother and baby are both doing fine. There are more pictures at our picture site, http://picasaweb.google.com/altondw/Madison. Jeri will write much more this evening. 
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
26 HOURS TO GO PLUS NEW PICS POSTED
New pictures are posted so now my camera is emptied out and the next pictures posted will be related to the baby.
Dave's last post was to see if he could do the blog from his phone, he will post there if the baby is a boy or girl.
Nothing new to report from last night.
Dave's last post was to see if he could do the blog from his phone, he will post there if the baby is a boy or girl.
Nothing new to report from last night.
Monday, July 07, 2008
1 1/2 DAYS LEFT / JULY 9TH IS BABY G. DAY
Went to the doctor's today for the last appointment before the baby. Kim is 3rd on the surgery list for Wednesday, July 9th, so the doctor said it would be around 9am when she goes into the operating room. I'm guessing around 9:30 we should know if it's a boy or a girl and who wins the guessing contest. Everyone but 1 person guessed that it is going to be a boy, so if it's a girl Jodi Alton wins the contest, will post on the next blog along with a picture of the baby.
After the doctor's Kim and I went to the hospital for her blood work, so everything is ready on the hospital end.
Today Dave, Kim and I did the last of the cleaning and laundry so the home front is ready, except for the bathroom toilets and the front shower, that's Danny's job, we had to leave him something to do. Dave did the floors today using the cleaning machine and got them real clean and shiny.
On July 4th, Danny had the day off so we all went shopping and got the bassinet and baby bath tub, so the baby is all set for furniture now. I believe tomorrow is going to be the longest day for Kim and Danny, I know Danny is starting to get nervous, Kim is still pretty cool and collected, just wait.
Sunday night Kim got her pick of restaurants to go to because Monday the doctor said to start on a soft food diet because of the c-section, so she picked BJ's Brewery and she was a little bummed that she couldn't have her berry beer that she likes. Tonight for their last night out, without baby, we went to a salad/soup bar place, it was just OK and thank goodness we got out before the bus group all piled in.
Saturday night Danny's brother, Hector, came over and we all played domino's and BBQ'd chicken and ribs, or I should say Dave did the BBQ'ing.
It's suppose to be 103 here tomorrow, hopefully we can hold out at the coach without running over to Kim's, we kind of want her to have a day to herself and enjoy the quiet for the last time. :)
Wednesday it's suppose to be 108, welcome to Bakersfield Baby "G"
PS
Spanky Kim and I went and saw "The Strangers" wasn't as scary as you lead us to believe, sorry.
After the doctor's Kim and I went to the hospital for her blood work, so everything is ready on the hospital end.
Today Dave, Kim and I did the last of the cleaning and laundry so the home front is ready, except for the bathroom toilets and the front shower, that's Danny's job, we had to leave him something to do. Dave did the floors today using the cleaning machine and got them real clean and shiny.
On July 4th, Danny had the day off so we all went shopping and got the bassinet and baby bath tub, so the baby is all set for furniture now. I believe tomorrow is going to be the longest day for Kim and Danny, I know Danny is starting to get nervous, Kim is still pretty cool and collected, just wait.
Sunday night Kim got her pick of restaurants to go to because Monday the doctor said to start on a soft food diet because of the c-section, so she picked BJ's Brewery and she was a little bummed that she couldn't have her berry beer that she likes. Tonight for their last night out, without baby, we went to a salad/soup bar place, it was just OK and thank goodness we got out before the bus group all piled in.
Saturday night Danny's brother, Hector, came over and we all played domino's and BBQ'd chicken and ribs, or I should say Dave did the BBQ'ing.
It's suppose to be 103 here tomorrow, hopefully we can hold out at the coach without running over to Kim's, we kind of want her to have a day to herself and enjoy the quiet for the last time. :)
Wednesday it's suppose to be 108, welcome to Bakersfield Baby "G"
PS
Spanky Kim and I went and saw "The Strangers" wasn't as scary as you lead us to believe, sorry.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
5 1/2 DAYS LEFT
It's after 6pm now so it's down to 5 1/2 days, also wanted to say "Happy Birthday Mom, Nana, Grandma, or Beth Tomaselli" what ever you called her while she was alive.
Today was cement pouring day, OMG!!! It turned out to be a lot more cement then Dave thought it would be, and he thanks Danny and I, very much, for all the help. Poor Danny, it was his late day of going into work so he was up at 7am waiting for Dave and I to show up with the cement, boy was he sorry. I just really thank God that he was there, if it had just been Dave and I, I don't believe we would have ever finished. Danny had to quit at 11am and Dave and I finally left at 2pm, and boy were we tired. I'll tell you, I'm going back to work this retired life sucks, what ever happened to taking it slow and relaxing??? We got back to the coach about 2:30 so I could take a shower, Dave took one at Kim's because he had a change of clothes there I didn't. Anyway, he dropped Valley and I off then went back to drop off the cement tools we had rented, rent a movie, return a Wii game, go to the bank, then get the car washed. He got back to the coach at 4pm, I had put out some salami, cheese and crackers, since we hadn't had lunch (Kim doesn't feed us, all though she did bring us water once while we were working, :) just kidding Kim) we had some snacks then promptly fell asleep. We both woke up 15 min. later and both complained that ever part of our bodies hurt. Dave hurt more then me that's for sure, he and Danny did a lot harder work then I did, hope Danny is feeling OK.
The 1st part of the week was Kim and I doing a deep cleaning of the house again, it is a never ending story. Hopefully with this new cement we poured and the new lawn, in the back, it will cut down on the dirt the dog/dogs track in. Kim is finishing up her scrap booking so on Monday we can clean the living room and her bedroom and Dave can polish the wood floors, then we should all be really for the baby. Danny has bathroom duty, showers and toilets, I just hate doing those so I'll let him chip in and help so he doesn't feel left out. :)
Happy 4th of July tomorrow, don't' know what project we will be doing yet, but I'm sure I let you know on the next update.
Today was cement pouring day, OMG!!! It turned out to be a lot more cement then Dave thought it would be, and he thanks Danny and I, very much, for all the help. Poor Danny, it was his late day of going into work so he was up at 7am waiting for Dave and I to show up with the cement, boy was he sorry. I just really thank God that he was there, if it had just been Dave and I, I don't believe we would have ever finished. Danny had to quit at 11am and Dave and I finally left at 2pm, and boy were we tired. I'll tell you, I'm going back to work this retired life sucks, what ever happened to taking it slow and relaxing??? We got back to the coach about 2:30 so I could take a shower, Dave took one at Kim's because he had a change of clothes there I didn't. Anyway, he dropped Valley and I off then went back to drop off the cement tools we had rented, rent a movie, return a Wii game, go to the bank, then get the car washed. He got back to the coach at 4pm, I had put out some salami, cheese and crackers, since we hadn't had lunch (Kim doesn't feed us, all though she did bring us water once while we were working, :) just kidding Kim) we had some snacks then promptly fell asleep. We both woke up 15 min. later and both complained that ever part of our bodies hurt. Dave hurt more then me that's for sure, he and Danny did a lot harder work then I did, hope Danny is feeling OK.
The 1st part of the week was Kim and I doing a deep cleaning of the house again, it is a never ending story. Hopefully with this new cement we poured and the new lawn, in the back, it will cut down on the dirt the dog/dogs track in. Kim is finishing up her scrap booking so on Monday we can clean the living room and her bedroom and Dave can polish the wood floors, then we should all be really for the baby. Danny has bathroom duty, showers and toilets, I just hate doing those so I'll let him chip in and help so he doesn't feel left out. :)
Happy 4th of July tomorrow, don't' know what project we will be doing yet, but I'm sure I let you know on the next update.
Monday, June 30, 2008
9 DAYS LEFT/HAPPY BELATED BDAY, SHAWN AND RILEY
Kim has another doctor appointment today at 9am, I think the doctor is going to give Kim the paperwork for pre-registration for next week and give us the time for the c-section.
Yesterday, Sunday, David and Jodi had a small gathering for Riley's 10th bday, BBQ hotdogs and hamburgers, Xbox, Bocceball and slip & slide. Kim and Danny were the big winners in the Bocceball game, that's if you could get Danny away from the Xbox. David has the guitar and drum set so between David, Danny and Riley's boy cousins the Xbox was constantly going and very loud. Most the adults stayed in the backyard because it was too loud, unless they went in to sing along with the songs they knew.
Saturday, Kim and Danny had a garage sale and made over $100 and got rid of a bunch of stuff, except that darn desk, now I think Danny is going to try to list it in the pennysaver. Dave did some painting on Saturday but it is a slow process because it is so darn hot here, the backyard lawn is coming in nicely though.
Nothing else to report. Happy Belated Birthday to Shawn, Sunday, and Riley, Friday.
Yesterday, Sunday, David and Jodi had a small gathering for Riley's 10th bday, BBQ hotdogs and hamburgers, Xbox, Bocceball and slip & slide. Kim and Danny were the big winners in the Bocceball game, that's if you could get Danny away from the Xbox. David has the guitar and drum set so between David, Danny and Riley's boy cousins the Xbox was constantly going and very loud. Most the adults stayed in the backyard because it was too loud, unless they went in to sing along with the songs they knew.
Saturday, Kim and Danny had a garage sale and made over $100 and got rid of a bunch of stuff, except that darn desk, now I think Danny is going to try to list it in the pennysaver. Dave did some painting on Saturday but it is a slow process because it is so darn hot here, the backyard lawn is coming in nicely though.
Nothing else to report. Happy Belated Birthday to Shawn, Sunday, and Riley, Friday.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
14 DAYS LEFT / 2 WEEKS TO GO
Early this morning I had a dream that Kim had the baby, it was one of many crazy dreams. Danny’s parents were late showing up for the c-section, the doctor was late, don’t remember seeing Danny at all, it was just a very hectic dream. Kim finally had the c-section, we were all supposed to see the baby on the TV screen and they would tell us if it was a boy or girl. We got the picture but were too late to see the sex of the baby, Kim came out and sat down beside us, then the doctor came out and I asked if it was a boy or a girl, don’t ask me why I didn’t ask Kim she was sitting right beside me, the doctor said a “boy” and I must say I was a little bummed, Kim broke the mold. The mold being that Vance, Mike, Marty, Jeri, Caryn and Marisa all had girls either for the 1st child or the only child. I guess maybe deep down inside I must want Kim to have a girl, people always say “I don’t care if it’s a boy or girl we just want a healthy baby” but deep down inside they know what they really would prefer.
14 days to go or 2 weeks left either way it is pretty darn close, I sure hope I don’t have these kinds of dreams the rest of the time.
Nothing much going on here, Sunday was church again, then brunch at a Mexican Restaurant. Later on we all went to Wal-Mart so Kim and Danny could get a slider chair for them to sit in with the baby.
Later on Dave and Danny played Wii Tiger Woods golf and Danny kicked Dave’s butt this time. I think Danny went behind our backs and purchased his own Tiger Woods game and has been practicing on Dave, what about it Danny???
Last night it was Danny’s working late night and Dave went to the Elks Lodge to have dinner and go to the meeting so Kim and I had a “Mommy, Daughter Night out on the town” Very exciting night, we both thought of “what happens if Kim goes into labor early” so needless to say we went to an Italian Restaurant and split a antipasto salad and a calzone and went back to Kim’s and talked while watching TV. I was back at the coach by 8:15pm and luckily Kim didn’t go into labor. PARTY TIME
Today Dave went over early to the house and started doing the touch up paint, still has lots to do but he is retired now so he needs to pace himself so the work will last until we take off again.
14 days to go or 2 weeks left either way it is pretty darn close, I sure hope I don’t have these kinds of dreams the rest of the time.
Nothing much going on here, Sunday was church again, then brunch at a Mexican Restaurant. Later on we all went to Wal-Mart so Kim and Danny could get a slider chair for them to sit in with the baby.
Later on Dave and Danny played Wii Tiger Woods golf and Danny kicked Dave’s butt this time. I think Danny went behind our backs and purchased his own Tiger Woods game and has been practicing on Dave, what about it Danny???
Last night it was Danny’s working late night and Dave went to the Elks Lodge to have dinner and go to the meeting so Kim and I had a “Mommy, Daughter Night out on the town” Very exciting night, we both thought of “what happens if Kim goes into labor early” so needless to say we went to an Italian Restaurant and split a antipasto salad and a calzone and went back to Kim’s and talked while watching TV. I was back at the coach by 8:15pm and luckily Kim didn’t go into labor. PARTY TIME
Today Dave went over early to the house and started doing the touch up paint, still has lots to do but he is retired now so he needs to pace himself so the work will last until we take off again.
Friday, June 20, 2008
19 DAYS LEFT
The Title of Days Left is really opening up Kim's eyes I think. She said she read my blog the other day and didn't realize how close it was to the big day.
Not much to update, we hung around the rig yesterday, Dave worked on his computer again, played Wii golf and I did a little cleaning, read and napped. Last night we went to the Bakersfield Blaze Baseball game they played against the Modesto Nuts they ended up winning in the bottom of the 9th 10 to 9. They had so many scouts in the seats around us it was kind of fun watching them time the pitches and just watch the way the players played. The stadium is backward the sun sets in the batters eyes, thank goodness the game doesn't start until 7:45pm right when the sun goes down past the sign post then the batter can see. Of course no one in the stands can see either until the sun goes down.
The other day the driver's side sun shade fell down. Even though we have the window covers and the curtains closed I also put down the sun shades on both sides because it's just a little more protection from letting the Bakersfield heat in. The other night when we got home Dave's side of the shade was partly off the reel, it was late Dave said he would fix it in the morning. When we had gotten up the whole shade had come loose from the reel and was just laying on the dash. It was only held on with double sided sticky tape so Dave took the reel down fixed it and we put it back up. That's it, told you nothing really going on, next week when it cools down I believe
Dave is going to finish the touch up painting on the house.
19 Days Left!!!!
Not much to update, we hung around the rig yesterday, Dave worked on his computer again, played Wii golf and I did a little cleaning, read and napped. Last night we went to the Bakersfield Blaze Baseball game they played against the Modesto Nuts they ended up winning in the bottom of the 9th 10 to 9. They had so many scouts in the seats around us it was kind of fun watching them time the pitches and just watch the way the players played. The stadium is backward the sun sets in the batters eyes, thank goodness the game doesn't start until 7:45pm right when the sun goes down past the sign post then the batter can see. Of course no one in the stands can see either until the sun goes down.
The other day the driver's side sun shade fell down. Even though we have the window covers and the curtains closed I also put down the sun shades on both sides because it's just a little more protection from letting the Bakersfield heat in. The other night when we got home Dave's side of the shade was partly off the reel, it was late Dave said he would fix it in the morning. When we had gotten up the whole shade had come loose from the reel and was just laying on the dash. It was only held on with double sided sticky tape so Dave took the reel down fixed it and we put it back up. That's it, told you nothing really going on, next week when it cools down I believe
Dave is going to finish the touch up painting on the house.
19 Days Left!!!!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
21 DAYS LEFT AND COUNTING/FINALLY AN UPDATE
Boy, a week has gone by already, sorry I'm behind in writing. Let's see what has been going on since last Wednesday.
Thursday morning we got all the dirt dug out and the forms set so we are ready to pour the cement, once the lawn grows in which will be about 4 to 6 weeks I think. So I'm sure by then we will have to do clean up in the area before we get to pouring the cement. We have the yard fenced off so Toby and Valley don't walk on where the lawn hopefully grows in, and that's why we can't pour cement yet, otherwise the dogs would have no place to go to relieve themselves. Then after Danny left for work Kim, Dave and I left for the movies to go see Sex in the City, good movie, we all sure miss that series. Thursday night was watching the Laker's lose to the Celtics, series wasn't looking good, we knew they had to win on Sunday night.
Since I'm writing this after the series now, we all know the Laker's lost, Bummer!!!
Very embarrassing game ending championship.
Friday, was getting nails done then going shopping for last minute stuff we needed for the baby shower on Saturday. The rest of the day was just hang out and be lazy.
Saturday, Kim and I drove down to Simi for her Baby Shower, we left early so David and Jodi could take pictures of Kim pregnant, one she was wrapped in a shear cloth and she had her bra off and I think that David's eyes are scorned forever, Jodi had to triple fold it so it wasn't sooooo see thru.
The baby shower turned out really fun, at least I think so. We didn't play a lot of games just a lot of visiting which was fine with me. Jodi did a great job of keeping things going, I just kept talking with everyone, Thank You Jodi.
Pictures are on our website if you want to see just go to:
www.picasaweb.google.com/altondw
I had taken a couple of the shear shots of Kim but I didn't post them, I figured she would rather have you see the professional ones that David and Jodi took.
Sunday, believe it or not, for Father's Day we went to Church with Danny and Kim. It was different, I don't know if I've ever been in a Church service where a band is playing and singing. I'm use to the old days where you just sit and listen to the preacher and in between everyone sings hems. We will go a couple more times to see if we really like it, I just don't understand why no one wants to sit next to me, something about lightning coming thru the roof and striking me down. :)
After church we went to the Elk's Lodge for a Father's Day brunch they were putting on. It was $10 per person, with champagne and all you can eat, and it was pretty good food. The only thing was their griddle didn't work so they were trying to do pancakes in a frying pan, no good. Kim made a comment that Danny was the only "brown person" there, that's so funny I don't even think about that, she is very prejudice. Anyway, while we were getting the stuff we wanted in our omelets Danny is whispering to me not to leave him a lone. Dave had taken off one way, and Kim had taken off another, so Danny didn't want to be standing there all alone since we didn't know anyone, we had a good laugh with that.
After breakfast we went to Babies R Us to return the dressing table that Kim and Danny had gotten and they ended up getting a different dressing table and picked up a crib too. Our gift to them was the mattress, fitted sheet and the changing pillow for the new changing table. Once we got home we set up the baby's room, it looks great, getting very excited now. While Kim and I were setting up the baby room, Danny and Dave were having a playoff on the Wii with the Tiger Woods PGA Tour, they were tied going into Sunday and I believe Dave won the tournament.
Monday, Dave worked on Kim's computer and washed some of the floors with the wood cleaning machine. Kim and I went thru the rest of the baby gifts and put them away and did house cleaning and laundry. Went and returned stuff to Wal-mart and Target and got the rest of the baby's bedding for the crib, look at the pictures it is really cute. We even got the hall closet cleaned out and the baby's stuff has room now, will see how long that lasts.
Tuesday, Danny and Kim took Danny's car into the shop, by us, to have an oil change then the two of them walked over to the coach. Thank goodness it wasn't too late in the morning with the heat here I think Danny is trying to get Kim to go into labor with the walk he made her do. The rest of the day, Dave finished fixing Kim's computer, and he and I also put up the TV in the baby's room so when Kim is on the treadmill she can watch TV while the baby sleeps. (will see if that works, I'm sure when the baby sleeps she will be sleeping too)
Wednesday, we hung around the coach, no work today at Kim's. We picked Kim up and went to the movies in the afternoon, this time it was "Baby Mama". It was a chick flick, Dave kept saying he was going to leave, but didn't. The price of the movie was right, $1.50 plus it got us out of the 100 degree heat for a couple hours.
Forgot to mention, saw Kim's doctor on Monday, and July 9th is the date so that means 21 days left and counting.
PS, my condolence to Danny for the Laker's
Thursday morning we got all the dirt dug out and the forms set so we are ready to pour the cement, once the lawn grows in which will be about 4 to 6 weeks I think. So I'm sure by then we will have to do clean up in the area before we get to pouring the cement. We have the yard fenced off so Toby and Valley don't walk on where the lawn hopefully grows in, and that's why we can't pour cement yet, otherwise the dogs would have no place to go to relieve themselves. Then after Danny left for work Kim, Dave and I left for the movies to go see Sex in the City, good movie, we all sure miss that series. Thursday night was watching the Laker's lose to the Celtics, series wasn't looking good, we knew they had to win on Sunday night.
Since I'm writing this after the series now, we all know the Laker's lost, Bummer!!!
Very embarrassing game ending championship.
Friday, was getting nails done then going shopping for last minute stuff we needed for the baby shower on Saturday. The rest of the day was just hang out and be lazy.
Saturday, Kim and I drove down to Simi for her Baby Shower, we left early so David and Jodi could take pictures of Kim pregnant, one she was wrapped in a shear cloth and she had her bra off and I think that David's eyes are scorned forever, Jodi had to triple fold it so it wasn't sooooo see thru.
The baby shower turned out really fun, at least I think so. We didn't play a lot of games just a lot of visiting which was fine with me. Jodi did a great job of keeping things going, I just kept talking with everyone, Thank You Jodi.
Pictures are on our website if you want to see just go to:
www.picasaweb.google.com/altondw
I had taken a couple of the shear shots of Kim but I didn't post them, I figured she would rather have you see the professional ones that David and Jodi took.
Sunday, believe it or not, for Father's Day we went to Church with Danny and Kim. It was different, I don't know if I've ever been in a Church service where a band is playing and singing. I'm use to the old days where you just sit and listen to the preacher and in between everyone sings hems. We will go a couple more times to see if we really like it, I just don't understand why no one wants to sit next to me, something about lightning coming thru the roof and striking me down. :)
After church we went to the Elk's Lodge for a Father's Day brunch they were putting on. It was $10 per person, with champagne and all you can eat, and it was pretty good food. The only thing was their griddle didn't work so they were trying to do pancakes in a frying pan, no good. Kim made a comment that Danny was the only "brown person" there, that's so funny I don't even think about that, she is very prejudice. Anyway, while we were getting the stuff we wanted in our omelets Danny is whispering to me not to leave him a lone. Dave had taken off one way, and Kim had taken off another, so Danny didn't want to be standing there all alone since we didn't know anyone, we had a good laugh with that.
After breakfast we went to Babies R Us to return the dressing table that Kim and Danny had gotten and they ended up getting a different dressing table and picked up a crib too. Our gift to them was the mattress, fitted sheet and the changing pillow for the new changing table. Once we got home we set up the baby's room, it looks great, getting very excited now. While Kim and I were setting up the baby room, Danny and Dave were having a playoff on the Wii with the Tiger Woods PGA Tour, they were tied going into Sunday and I believe Dave won the tournament.
Monday, Dave worked on Kim's computer and washed some of the floors with the wood cleaning machine. Kim and I went thru the rest of the baby gifts and put them away and did house cleaning and laundry. Went and returned stuff to Wal-mart and Target and got the rest of the baby's bedding for the crib, look at the pictures it is really cute. We even got the hall closet cleaned out and the baby's stuff has room now, will see how long that lasts.
Tuesday, Danny and Kim took Danny's car into the shop, by us, to have an oil change then the two of them walked over to the coach. Thank goodness it wasn't too late in the morning with the heat here I think Danny is trying to get Kim to go into labor with the walk he made her do. The rest of the day, Dave finished fixing Kim's computer, and he and I also put up the TV in the baby's room so when Kim is on the treadmill she can watch TV while the baby sleeps. (will see if that works, I'm sure when the baby sleeps she will be sleeping too)
Wednesday, we hung around the coach, no work today at Kim's. We picked Kim up and went to the movies in the afternoon, this time it was "Baby Mama". It was a chick flick, Dave kept saying he was going to leave, but didn't. The price of the movie was right, $1.50 plus it got us out of the 100 degree heat for a couple hours.
Forgot to mention, saw Kim's doctor on Monday, and July 9th is the date so that means 21 days left and counting.
PS, my condolence to Danny for the Laker's
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Quick update / No Gonzalez Zone lately
We haven't had any real mishaps lately because we haven't been doing much work, I think we got a little burnt out.
We got Kim on the Wii Fit and she came up as Over Weight, I wonder why??? :) To work out on it she will have to wait until after the baby comes because it is too much balancing and hoping around and there is no way we will let her do that in her condition. Just what we would need is for her to lose her balance, Dave and I won't even leave the Wii Fitness at the house because we don't trust her not to try it on her own. It is a lot of fun and you do get a workout from it, Dave has been using it a lot while I'm at the gym.
Monday, after we took Kim to the doctors, which came out OK, Dave and I loaded up the truck with the window shutters and hauled them to the dump. When we got back we filled the truck again this time with the rest of the bricks and cement that had been torn out. As Dave was getting ready to sweep out the truck at the dump he fell backwards right onto the bricks and cement we had just cleared out of the truck, cut his arm, more bleeding. Monday night we went to the Elks Lodge for Dave to rejoin the Elks again. Most of the Lodges have camping on the sites and it's for free, so now we will have another place to stop while we drive across the country and stay for free. Got to save money some way with these diesel prices the way they are.
Tuesday afternoon we drove down to Simi for Riley's Play at Pinecrest School. They were doing The Wizard of Oz, it was pretty cute, not what I remembered in the movie but a pretty good likeness.Riley played Bippity, one of the little witches that assisted the Wicked Witch of the East. The play started at 7pm and was over about 9pm then we drove back to Bakersfield.
That's about it for now, tomorrow we go back to working on the backyard before the gardener comes on Saturday to seed it.
I thought for sure someone would ask what "White Broccoli" was from the last blog, but you all must know what it is. When I had asked Danny about different veg; he had said that yes he liked broccoli and he liked the white broccoli too, which we all laughed about. What he was talking about was "cauliflower", but you all knew that already.
We got Kim on the Wii Fit and she came up as Over Weight, I wonder why??? :) To work out on it she will have to wait until after the baby comes because it is too much balancing and hoping around and there is no way we will let her do that in her condition. Just what we would need is for her to lose her balance, Dave and I won't even leave the Wii Fitness at the house because we don't trust her not to try it on her own. It is a lot of fun and you do get a workout from it, Dave has been using it a lot while I'm at the gym.
Monday, after we took Kim to the doctors, which came out OK, Dave and I loaded up the truck with the window shutters and hauled them to the dump. When we got back we filled the truck again this time with the rest of the bricks and cement that had been torn out. As Dave was getting ready to sweep out the truck at the dump he fell backwards right onto the bricks and cement we had just cleared out of the truck, cut his arm, more bleeding. Monday night we went to the Elks Lodge for Dave to rejoin the Elks again. Most of the Lodges have camping on the sites and it's for free, so now we will have another place to stop while we drive across the country and stay for free. Got to save money some way with these diesel prices the way they are.
Tuesday afternoon we drove down to Simi for Riley's Play at Pinecrest School. They were doing The Wizard of Oz, it was pretty cute, not what I remembered in the movie but a pretty good likeness.Riley played Bippity, one of the little witches that assisted the Wicked Witch of the East. The play started at 7pm and was over about 9pm then we drove back to Bakersfield.
That's about it for now, tomorrow we go back to working on the backyard before the gardener comes on Saturday to seed it.
I thought for sure someone would ask what "White Broccoli" was from the last blog, but you all must know what it is. When I had asked Danny about different veg; he had said that yes he liked broccoli and he liked the white broccoli too, which we all laughed about. What he was talking about was "cauliflower", but you all knew that already.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
THE GONZALEZ ZONE - GET IT???
In this episode of the Gonzalez Zone Kim is still laying around moaning in pain, she is eating a little and drinking lots of water but still in pain. Danny walks in and Kim says "NO MORE KIDS" oops, I think Danny is cut off for the rest of his life. Oh well, there goes the other 3 or 4 kids that Danny wanted, I guess if he wants them he will have to figure out how to have them himself.
In the mean time, the 3 of us head outside to work in the yard, Danny and I are filling the p/u truck with all the brinks and cement that was busted away, Dave is working on the wiring. I'm sensing a pattern here, physical lifting and digging, the hard stuff, Danny and I do, the wiring and easy stuff Dave does??? Now I know why Dave keeps calling Danny and I "Manual", I thought he was losing it or just trying to be funny, I should have written about this before, drat!!!
After we filled the truck, Danny (Manual#1, he's stronger) and Dave drove to the dump. On the second run to the dump as soon as they entered the place the left back tire popped. By the time they got to where they could unload the stuff they were on the rim. They put on the spare tire, I wasn't there but my hunch is Danny did 90% of the work, then they drove to Costco and brought new tires. They were only going to buy 2 tires but they had a sale on and ended up purchasing 4. I say, can't we ever go a day on a project that something doesn't go wrong????
Change of subject, something funny for once.
The other night at dinner we got to talking about foods and different vegetables and did you know that Danny likes the "White Broccoli" too? He has no idea what Brussel Sprouts are, he is just too funny, he lead such a sheltered life growing up.
God, you have to love him, Kim is really a lucky girl to find him, we all laugh so much when we are together, or even talking on the phone, even with all the mishaps.
It's Sunday lets see what today brings, I know tonight we are going to have an old fashion "Sunday Night Family Dinner" with me cooking beef stew, salad and rolls, and Kim laying around moaning and groaning, because I haven't finished cleaning the house yet. :)
P.S. I have to make a correction from the last blog, the vet thinks it is a sinus tumor not a brain tumor. Although now that she is on the meds she seems to be doing better, maybe it was just an infection.
In the mean time, the 3 of us head outside to work in the yard, Danny and I are filling the p/u truck with all the brinks and cement that was busted away, Dave is working on the wiring. I'm sensing a pattern here, physical lifting and digging, the hard stuff, Danny and I do, the wiring and easy stuff Dave does??? Now I know why Dave keeps calling Danny and I "Manual", I thought he was losing it or just trying to be funny, I should have written about this before, drat!!!
After we filled the truck, Danny (Manual#1, he's stronger) and Dave drove to the dump. On the second run to the dump as soon as they entered the place the left back tire popped. By the time they got to where they could unload the stuff they were on the rim. They put on the spare tire, I wasn't there but my hunch is Danny did 90% of the work, then they drove to Costco and brought new tires. They were only going to buy 2 tires but they had a sale on and ended up purchasing 4. I say, can't we ever go a day on a project that something doesn't go wrong????
Change of subject, something funny for once.
The other night at dinner we got to talking about foods and different vegetables and did you know that Danny likes the "White Broccoli" too? He has no idea what Brussel Sprouts are, he is just too funny, he lead such a sheltered life growing up.
God, you have to love him, Kim is really a lucky girl to find him, we all laugh so much when we are together, or even talking on the phone, even with all the mishaps.
It's Sunday lets see what today brings, I know tonight we are going to have an old fashion "Sunday Night Family Dinner" with me cooking beef stew, salad and rolls, and Kim laying around moaning and groaning, because I haven't finished cleaning the house yet. :)
P.S. I have to make a correction from the last blog, the vet thinks it is a sinus tumor not a brain tumor. Although now that she is on the meds she seems to be doing better, maybe it was just an infection.
Friday, June 06, 2008
ANOTHER DAY AT HOSPITAL AND VETS
Talked to Kim this morning she said she was OK but stomach still in pain, I said we would be over after taking Valley to the vets.
It seems that after a couple weeks, after we left last time to go to the Bay area, Valley started hacking at Kim and Danny's. (She stayed with them while we were gone it made it easier for visiting family). Anyway, she would really have hacking attacks, so when we got back we watched her for a couple days before calling the vet. She was hacking and couldn't breath through her nose, she would sneeze and tons of mucus like stuff would come out.(That part wasn't happening at Kim's she and Danny said) Gross, I know, but I told Kim and Danny that they should practice with the baby nose sucker on Valley, they weren't falling for that. We got Valley in today, and she sneezed as soon as we got in the room and luckily the nurse was there to see it. When the doctor got in and heard how long it had been going on and the looks of the stuff coming out her nose and she guessed that maybe it was a brain tumor. She said a sinus infection wouldn't last that long, and if it was maybe a bur/sticker she would be sneezing blood by now, so she wanted to keep Valley for x-rays and blood tests.
As the vet was telling us all of this I get a call from Kim and she says she needs to go back to the Hospital. We left Valley and out the door we run, we made it to Kim's while on the phone with Danny, telling him not to leave work until we can find out what is going on with her. We got to the hospital and checked into "Labor and Delivery" and she was hooked up with monitors. She was having mild contractions the nurse said, but touching her stomach hurt her and we don't know why. Then they gave Kim two shots to stop the contractions we waited a little while then they sent us home. The nurse had done a finger test to see if she was dilated and Kim just about yelled it hurt her so bad. The nurse said she wasn't dilated at all the cervix haded even opened up yet, so she needed to go home and rest all weekend, drink lots and lots of water and see her doctor on Monday morning. I called her cousin, Marisa, to talk to her and get her mind off of the pain, which really worked, they talked for awhile and Kim sounded pretty good.
Dave took off for Lowe's to return and buy stuff and I started cleaning Kim's kitchen and doing their laundry. It was late in the afternoon so I didn't get much done, only 5 loads of laundry and only the kitchen.
I think I am slowly catching on to the game she is playing, she has been bugging me to clean and do their laundry, she said that's what Nana use to do for all of her kids, I said no I think she only did that for Marty, not the rest of us. So if she keeps me at the house all the time and "inside" the house not outside working then I start cleaning and laundry. So she wins!! :) You know I'm just kidding.
Dave called and checked up on the dog and the vet didn't find anything in the x-rays so she said now she needs to do a cat scan and an MRI, Dave said NO NO NO! What else can we try 1st, so the vet said antibiotics and steroids for 2 weeks then see how she is doing. We decided there is no way we are going to pay $1,000 for the other 2 tests so if she isn't any better in 2 weeks we are going to put her down, we love her but we just can't afford her anymore. Enough depressing news.
Danny got home from work and around 6:45pm Kim felt a little better so we went out for Mexican food, probably not the best thing to do but that's what her and Danny do every Friday night when Kim gets off of work. At the end of dinner she was in the bathroom the whole time so we paid the bill real quick just in case we had to head back to the hospital. Will talk to them later because we dropped them off, picked up Valley and headed home.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings, it seems like lately it is never boring anymore in Bakersfield, unless you think sitting in a hospital hour after hour is boring. :)
It seems that after a couple weeks, after we left last time to go to the Bay area, Valley started hacking at Kim and Danny's. (She stayed with them while we were gone it made it easier for visiting family). Anyway, she would really have hacking attacks, so when we got back we watched her for a couple days before calling the vet. She was hacking and couldn't breath through her nose, she would sneeze and tons of mucus like stuff would come out.(That part wasn't happening at Kim's she and Danny said) Gross, I know, but I told Kim and Danny that they should practice with the baby nose sucker on Valley, they weren't falling for that. We got Valley in today, and she sneezed as soon as we got in the room and luckily the nurse was there to see it. When the doctor got in and heard how long it had been going on and the looks of the stuff coming out her nose and she guessed that maybe it was a brain tumor. She said a sinus infection wouldn't last that long, and if it was maybe a bur/sticker she would be sneezing blood by now, so she wanted to keep Valley for x-rays and blood tests.
As the vet was telling us all of this I get a call from Kim and she says she needs to go back to the Hospital. We left Valley and out the door we run, we made it to Kim's while on the phone with Danny, telling him not to leave work until we can find out what is going on with her. We got to the hospital and checked into "Labor and Delivery" and she was hooked up with monitors. She was having mild contractions the nurse said, but touching her stomach hurt her and we don't know why. Then they gave Kim two shots to stop the contractions we waited a little while then they sent us home. The nurse had done a finger test to see if she was dilated and Kim just about yelled it hurt her so bad. The nurse said she wasn't dilated at all the cervix haded even opened up yet, so she needed to go home and rest all weekend, drink lots and lots of water and see her doctor on Monday morning. I called her cousin, Marisa, to talk to her and get her mind off of the pain, which really worked, they talked for awhile and Kim sounded pretty good.
Dave took off for Lowe's to return and buy stuff and I started cleaning Kim's kitchen and doing their laundry. It was late in the afternoon so I didn't get much done, only 5 loads of laundry and only the kitchen.
I think I am slowly catching on to the game she is playing, she has been bugging me to clean and do their laundry, she said that's what Nana use to do for all of her kids, I said no I think she only did that for Marty, not the rest of us. So if she keeps me at the house all the time and "inside" the house not outside working then I start cleaning and laundry. So she wins!! :) You know I'm just kidding.
Dave called and checked up on the dog and the vet didn't find anything in the x-rays so she said now she needs to do a cat scan and an MRI, Dave said NO NO NO! What else can we try 1st, so the vet said antibiotics and steroids for 2 weeks then see how she is doing. We decided there is no way we are going to pay $1,000 for the other 2 tests so if she isn't any better in 2 weeks we are going to put her down, we love her but we just can't afford her anymore. Enough depressing news.
Danny got home from work and around 6:45pm Kim felt a little better so we went out for Mexican food, probably not the best thing to do but that's what her and Danny do every Friday night when Kim gets off of work. At the end of dinner she was in the bathroom the whole time so we paid the bill real quick just in case we had to head back to the hospital. Will talk to them later because we dropped them off, picked up Valley and headed home.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings, it seems like lately it is never boring anymore in Bakersfield, unless you think sitting in a hospital hour after hour is boring. :)
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
KIM was IN HOSPITAL AGAIN
Tuesday night, after Danny got home, he took her temperature again and it was 102.4, I think, and just when Danny was calling the doctor on his cell phone the doctor was calling him on the house phone. He told Danny to take Kim to the hospital where they started an IV, she was dehydrated again, low on potassium and they put her on Tylenol. Danny stayed until 1:30am then went back today, Wednesday, at 7am. Dave and I got to the hospital about 8am. They had gotten her fever down but the doctor said he would come by after his surgeries and check on her again, and if everything was OK he would release her. Dave left about 9am to work at the house. Danny didn't make it to work today, we kept trying to tell him to go to work but he has this fear that he will get a call that the baby is coming and he won't make it in time. He left the hospital about noon to go to the house and help Dave. The doctor said she could leave after she had her clear lunch and was able to hold it down. Kim and I left the hospital a little after 1pm and she went straight to bed once we got home. She has been sleeping the whole day now, Danny waking her up so she can drink water, so far so good right now.
I forgot to mention, Danny reminded me, that yesterday morning we had taken my car in because I have a "check engine" light lit on the dash. When Dave had to go over to Kim's to buy a thermometer and take her temp. then take her to the doctors, I had a hair appointment and I had no car. I jumped on the bike and had to ride over for my appointment, luckily, it wasn't miles away and the weather wasn't too hot.
They things we have to do for our kids!
I forgot to mention, Danny reminded me, that yesterday morning we had taken my car in because I have a "check engine" light lit on the dash. When Dave had to go over to Kim's to buy a thermometer and take her temp. then take her to the doctors, I had a hair appointment and I had no car. I jumped on the bike and had to ride over for my appointment, luckily, it wasn't miles away and the weather wasn't too hot.
They things we have to do for our kids!
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
BACKYARD WORK HAS STARTED/KIM SICK AGAIN
I'll start off with Kim. Danny said this morning when Kim got home from work last night she wasn't feeling well, nascea, not hungry, so she just slept. She went to work this morning and ended up being sent home. She said she couldn't hold anything down and was freezing cold, oh know the flu. I told her to take some asperin and go to bed and get rest and drink water. Dave ended up taking Kim to the doctor's because she had a fever and the doctor wanted to see her. 101.8 fever is what he was worried about so he told her to take asperin, get rest and drink plenty of water, I think that's what I told her too. He did give her a prescription for anti-neausea medicine, which I couldn't do. The doctor said no work tomorrow, she has Thursday thru Sunday off then next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday is the last work days then it's disability time.
Enough about Kim. :)
Sunday we started on the backyard, digging trenches, so we can put new sprinklers in.
When Kim and Danny got back from church Danny changed clothes and started in helping us. It ended with Danny and I digging and Dave putting the sprinklers together, so he was working in the patio and we were out in the sun. Later in the afternoon Dave started putting the sprinklers in the ground and Danny and I were by the patio. As we are digging, keep in mind, we keep running into the old white sprinklers that are already in the ground. There was this one old sprinkler pipe that was in our way so Danny ask Dave if we are going to use any of the old stuff, and Dave said "no". So Danny went and got the sprinkler cutters from Dave to get this pipe out of our way. Danny is having a hard time cutting it, but there was "NO WAY IT WAS GOING TO BEAT HIM" so after a little while Danny won and cut right thru that thing. The next thing I know Danny is cussing, which he never does, even the "F" word was used. He had just cut thru the cable for the computers and TV, when Brighthouse was out about 3 weeks ago, when the gardener cut thru the cable, when they fixed the cable they put part of the wiring thru a sprinkler line, so that's why we thought it was an old sprinkler line. I looked in the house and luckily Kim was a sleep, so she didn't know the TV wasn't working. We called Dave over to see if he could fix it, which he said he would try but he had to drive back to the coach to get the cable splicers, or something like that. Do you know he made it back from the coach and fixed the cable before Kim ever woke up, boy that was close. Danny asked me not to mention this is the blog, but you know me, miss big mouth.
Kim and Danny went out Sunday night and purchased a Wii, they liked ours so much, plus Danny was afraid we would get to good at it and he can't stand losing.
Monday we went back early to Kim's for more trench digging, I think every part of my body is sore. We worked until 3pm then that was it. Although I did make it to the gym on Monday night to workout on the treadmill.
Tuesday we arrived early again, all trenches finished now, a lot of the sprinklers put in or measured out so us lucky people can go again early tomorrow and finish the sprinklers. You would die laughing if you could hear us turning over in bed at night, the screams of every part of the body hurting.
Enough about Kim. :)
Sunday we started on the backyard, digging trenches, so we can put new sprinklers in.
When Kim and Danny got back from church Danny changed clothes and started in helping us. It ended with Danny and I digging and Dave putting the sprinklers together, so he was working in the patio and we were out in the sun. Later in the afternoon Dave started putting the sprinklers in the ground and Danny and I were by the patio. As we are digging, keep in mind, we keep running into the old white sprinklers that are already in the ground. There was this one old sprinkler pipe that was in our way so Danny ask Dave if we are going to use any of the old stuff, and Dave said "no". So Danny went and got the sprinkler cutters from Dave to get this pipe out of our way. Danny is having a hard time cutting it, but there was "NO WAY IT WAS GOING TO BEAT HIM" so after a little while Danny won and cut right thru that thing. The next thing I know Danny is cussing, which he never does, even the "F" word was used. He had just cut thru the cable for the computers and TV, when Brighthouse was out about 3 weeks ago, when the gardener cut thru the cable, when they fixed the cable they put part of the wiring thru a sprinkler line, so that's why we thought it was an old sprinkler line. I looked in the house and luckily Kim was a sleep, so she didn't know the TV wasn't working. We called Dave over to see if he could fix it, which he said he would try but he had to drive back to the coach to get the cable splicers, or something like that. Do you know he made it back from the coach and fixed the cable before Kim ever woke up, boy that was close. Danny asked me not to mention this is the blog, but you know me, miss big mouth.
Kim and Danny went out Sunday night and purchased a Wii, they liked ours so much, plus Danny was afraid we would get to good at it and he can't stand losing.
Monday we went back early to Kim's for more trench digging, I think every part of my body is sore. We worked until 3pm then that was it. Although I did make it to the gym on Monday night to workout on the treadmill.
Tuesday we arrived early again, all trenches finished now, a lot of the sprinklers put in or measured out so us lucky people can go again early tomorrow and finish the sprinklers. You would die laughing if you could hear us turning over in bed at night, the screams of every part of the body hurting.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Kim and Danny's Baby Shower
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We went to Kim and Danny's Baby Shower yesterday in North Hollywood, Danny's sister, Bibiana and Danny's mom, Kathy threw it for them. The weather was great, the games were fun, it was an overall great party. They got lots of nice baby gifts, this baby, which everyone thinks is a boy, has enough face cloths the the rest of it's life. The game where Danny and Kim are blind folded and having to change a baby's diaper was way too funny. When they put their hands into the dirty diapers I thought for sure Danny was going to lose it. Kim won the game, Danny was still trying to get the diaper on. The cake and give aways, Bibi made, her baking is amazing, she has now started her own business called "Just in Cakes". Once word gets out about her baking, her business is going to take off. Fernando, her husband, is going to be able to retire early and be an assistant to Bibi's baking. :)
That was Saturday, we got home about 9:30pm so it was a long day. Before the baby shower we went to Ikea to buy a dresser for the baby's room, needless to say Kim's car was packed really tight for the drive back to Bakersfield.
Friday night Kim and Danny had come over after work for dinner and to play the Wii, I think they are hooked. Dave and I had purchased the Tiger Woods golf game and the exercise game for the Wii. Dave did the exercise one while I was at the gym, he said it was a lot of work, I'll have to check it out.
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