A New week, full of thanks!

I'm so grateful to be starting a new week! The kids are all on the mend. Hailey is still suffering with some minor asthma issues but nothing that requires a 6th doctor's visit in less than 2 weeks! I'm so glad for her and for me! I'm so thankful for a sweet husband who let me sneak away to see my movie on Saturday... a much needed break and may I just say... mind you I know that I'm a 33 year old mother of 5, but to repeat my friend Lynaya "that Taylor is just pretty", I agree... and from the gasps and giggles that came from the tween/mom crowd of the theater they seemed to agree too :)

Oh, how I look forward to this Friday, I like Thanksgiving but I'm just not that into "fancy" food, it's over rated in my book. I enjoy a good meal, but something about standing on my feet for 8 hours straight preparing everything really doesn't appeal to me! Then there is the 10 minutes of inhaling and it's all over! Oh the joys of the feast!

What I am looking forward to is getting out my Christmas decorations, cutting down our Christmas tree and all of the music and smells that lead up to Christmas! I made My husband a promise that I wouldn't decorate before Thanksgiving (I did one year and it really took away from our Thanksgiving day... so I'll wait, just 4 more days!).

My list of Thankfuls!
-My Sweet, loving, thoughtful, helpful, handsome and respectful husband! Mike I love you!
-Beautiful, mostly healthy, helpful, loving, kind, happy, silly and thoughtful children! I love you Faith, Hailey, Noah, Ammon and Elizabeth!
-Employment, when so many friends are out of work, how grateful I am that we can provide for our family.
-Fall, I truly love the beauty that surround me this time of year, the smells, the colors Everything!
-My knowledge that I am a child of God, I can't imagine my life without knowing this, it makes me who I am and lead the choices I make each day.
-My parents, who love me and support me and my siblings every day!
-Mike's parents who love and support us even though we took all of their grand kids 2,000 miles away.
-My siblings, for always being there to support and love each other.
-My "other" family here in NY who allow me to lean on them and help me when I need it!
-My sisters in the Gospel, who teach and show me how to be better every day!
-My Savior Jesus Christ, for his example, for his love, for his church!

And many more to come!

It's Hailey's Turn for a health problem :)

Yesterday my morning started by taking Noah and Hailey to the doctor... Noah for a follow up from his scare last week (and he's totally fine now) and Hailey because around her right eye had swollen up and her eye lid was sagging... after 2 doctors looking at her and not 100% sure what was up they diagnosed her with this: (found it on Newsweek.com)

Orbital cellulitis
It is a rare, acute infection of the eye socket. It affects primarily children, and the onset is rapid and severe. Bacteria enter the orbit of the eye, often from an infection in the sinuses, a boil on the eye or eyelid, or a foreign object. The soft tissue lining becomes infected. In most cases only one eye is affected. This is an acute and dangerous infection and may require hospitalization and antibiotic treatment.

They started her on Augmentin... told me to return FIRST thing this morning and to be prepared to go the ER with her if things didn't look better. I guess they would have to give her a stronger antibiotic through an IV... yep, another mommy scare with a child in the Doctor's office... Thank heavens the antibiotic seems to be working; this morning her eye looked so much better so they sent us home!

I am even more thankful for healthy days than I have ever been in my entire life!