Thankful

Its Thanksgiving!! YAY one of my favorite holidays, I get to eat all the food I want and the Calorie counter has an unlimited amount for me to use :) Also it is a BIG reminder on how grateful and thankful I am for all the many blessings!

There are so many things to be grateful for I can't even start.
Every night when I lay in my bed, my patience is to its ultimate lowest, and I feel like my day was unproductive, I always pray and thank my Heavenly Father for the many blessings I have in my life. For all the simple things that I have that could be luxurious to others. It brings me to tears to think of all the things the lord has blessed me with that is irreplaceable. Here are a few (not in any specific order):

My hard working, loving Husband- he just knows me soo well its scary!

My two beautiful and perfect children- the hardest day of my life and they can always put joy back in it!

My family- who always is there for me when I need a helping hand
My mom- she's taught me so much more then I thought
My dad- he always has a way for everything to work out right
My house that has turned into a HOME
My religion- that I thoroughly know that its true and Families can be together forever!
My Job- To actually have one and love it too
My Friends- even if I haven't talked or seen them in years, they are always my angels in disguise


These are just the few things that I grateful and thankful for, I could go on and on! Anyways.... Just the last two months I have really be grateful for every little thing. Just holding my beautiful new born and having McGuire come up on my lap too and cuddling with me.. He whispers in my ear "Mom, we family right?!?" I mean come on, how could you not tear up at that?!?

My sister calls it "the weeps" after you have your baby. Where you just sit there holding your newborn child and just cry. You just think to yourself, "I'm so lucky to have you, your so beautiful and perfect! You look so peaceful, I can't believe the lord blessed me and trusts me to have you in our life. Thank you for coming into my life."  I'm so grateful to be a mother, to have the ability to have that kind of love in my life, and the physical ability also.

Anyways, I hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving and can remember to be thankful for all the many hidden blessings in our lives!

Tooth Doctor

McGuire went to his 1st ever dentist visit! He gets mad at me for saying that its called  a dentist.. its the tooth doctor.

He did really good, I was worried that he'd be a complete monster and that he'd have a mouthful of cavities.. WE don't really make brushing a huge priority in our family... its hard enough to get McGuire to let me comb his hair.

Dr. Ellis is the perfect dentist for McGuire, very high energy and kept McGuire entertained!!!
and we're Cavity FREE!!!

Scary time

McKinlee was born with a blocked tear duct, as was McGuire, so we were somewhat aware of the symptoms.But her's was more dominate then McGuire's. It looked like it was bruising and hurt. At McKinlee's 1st dr. visit I had him check it out and we got the typical "It should clear on its own"
I wasn't satisfied with it.

So I went to Dr. Abrams (who performed McGuire's eye sx) He said the exact same thing. But to keep an eye on it and if it gets puffy again to let him know ASAP! SO i felt a lot better about the situation. But it still didn't seem right, her tear duct seemed like it was bruising her face.. I really didn't want anything to happen to my baby! So I kept a close eye on it (no PUN intended)

Not even 5 days later McKinlee was really fussy and seemed irritated from something, It was here eye. It was overly goopy and runny. It literally was like she was crying out eye boogers.. Then it got poofy, it was like someone had hit her in the eye and it was bruising. She was never super needy and clingy. That day she was, I knew something was up. So I made another appointment... He wasn't there in the office that day (of course) so the next day was our only option. So I took some pictures of her eye so there was evidence I wasn't going crazy...

As you can see, it looks SUPER painful!

Finally after a LONG night, we got to the Dr. Abrams. He and Dr. Larson consulted with each other and decided she needed to go the Hospital to have antibiotics via IV for at least 48 hours. He stated that this was an infection in her and it could be fatal if not treted immediately.
So I called Taylor BAWLING! I mean she is only 3 weeks old and to have to go back to the Hospital and be poked even more then she already had when she was born.
After a long afternoon of talking to Dr. Larson about the steps we are going to follow we headed to the Heber Hospital.
After the nurses tried to get this needle in McKinlee's tiny veins 4 times, Taylor and I decided to go to Primary Children's, where they had the knowledge and correct machinary for Newborns.

I was so glad we decided to do that. We had 5 doctors always on the clock for us. They were so informative and went the extra mile for her.
The Doctors explained that it was an infection that had evolved in the blocked tear duct, and they were going to run some blood tests and multiple cultures to get the correct Antibiotics.

After hours of hooking her up with Vital wires, getting the Iv in (in one try) and receiving the blood for the CBC. The pediatrician came to us and explained that her White Blood Cells were way elevated for a Newborn and they need to do a spinal tap to see if the infection had spread. Reason being, she is so small and fragile that the infection could spread to her brain and cause permanent damage, not only to her eye, but her brain as well!
I thought SPINAL TAP! She can't handle that, she's only 8 lbs and barely a month old!
They were very comforting and explained everything. They let me hold her arms and watch.. It was the HARDEST thing to hear and watch. Poor taylor tried to keep himself from hurting the doctors from doing it. But he did a great job handling himself.

After 36 hours of IV fluids going in the Eye dr came in and explained that the cyst in the eye is was is making the infection and that it needed to be removed. We were hesitant on it due to anesthesia being on such a small person, but they reassured us everything was going to be ok and that this procdure was a very common one. If we didn't do the surgery the infection WOULD come back even STRONGER.

Here's her before Surgery!

Surgery it was. Poor little lady is one heck of a strong girl. The Surgery was only an hour long and everything was successful! No scars, no stitches. Just a perfectly healthy baby!

We were discharged the next morning! Her month birthday we were headed home from Primary children's, happy one month birthday baby girl. Let me tell you, that is the scariest event ever in my life. I don't know what I would do if something horrible were to happen to one of my kids. We are so blessed to have the medicine that we have today, and all the talented dr's.

Birth Story

So Mom's always love to share birth stories- and maybe no one reads them and skips to the pics but I enjoy them so here's mine :)

I woke Taylor up for him to get going to work at 6:00 am.. I wasn't feeling the greatest but that was normal for a 9 month prego like me. But I had a contraction! At first I was like no way, she's playing a trick on me again, just like last time... But it happened again 15 minutes later. I still ignored it and continued on with my morning routine.

I think McGuire knew she was coming cuz he was wide awake and helping himself get ready for the day. As we were headed to day care, I had a contraction and I did a choice of words.. McGuire overheard and yelled, " Mom, we don't say that! You need to say Holy cow instead!" I couldn't help but laugh.
After dropping him off I called Taylor letting him know that contractions were 15 minutes apart. Of course of all days he was in Park City working on the most important job of the season and he didn't drive, so no vehicle for him. So we decided to wait it out and try make it at least til noon. As I pulled into to work, Contraction of the century happened! I called Taylor once again letting him know that I can't do it. I got to go home and pack and get going to LDS Hospital. Before that I had to go into to work and tell them that I wasn't going to be working that day.

After a 30 minutes close watch and packing McGuire's to go pack, I monitored contractions to 5-7 minutes...
I called Taylor and he said I could meet him at the 1st exit in Park City.
I had never realized how stupid ppl were about their surroundings. I was driving with my hazards on trying not to cry and have a baby right then and there... Finally after only 10 minutes to the 1st exit (which seemed like an hour) Taylor was standing there waiting for me to pick him up...

We made it to the Hospital in 20 minutes, even with rush hour traffic! When we got to the hospital i was only dilated to a 4 but my contractions were so close I got to stay. I chose to not get my epidural until I was closer to giving birth or until I couldn't handle it. After 5 hours of being starving and contractions working their way up to being pretty hurtful, it was epidural time. By that time I was dilated to a 7, and Dr. Robinson had to break my water for me.

After things seemed to be slowed down, Taylor ran to the car to grab my purse and hospital bag. While he was gone, the nurse warned me that if I was nauseated, to let her know. That means my blood pressure is too low. Not a second later, I was nauseated. They checked baby's heart rate, it was to a scary low. So 5 nurses hovered over me to get baby's heart rate back to where it needs to be and my blood pressure back to normal. When Taylor made it back up, he was in a panic. I couldn't tell him what was going on cuz I was trying to breathe in Oxygen and not pass out. The Anesthesiologist had to come in and put "adrenaline" in my IV. The epidural had gotten into my blood stream and created my blood flow to slow down.
After getting me stable and Taylor's mom to calm Taylor down, Dr. Robinson checked me and gave me the ok to push!

After 3 sets of pushing, 20 minutes later McKinlee had made it into my arms! I only got to hold her for a second though. The Emergency nurses had to take her so she could be checked and make sure her vitals were ok after the epidural episode. Everything cleared! 7 lbs 10 oz, 19 inches long!

We are so blessed to have such a healthy little princess!! We couldn't imagine our lives without her!

We love you McKinlee JoAnna!!

Introducing!!

Introducing McKinlee JoAnna Daggs!

Born September 26, 2012
7 lbs 10 oz
19 inches long

Dearest McKinlee our lil baby girl!

Thank you for coming to us finally! Life has been waiting for you to be with us. Everyone in our family can't imagine our lives without you. You let us know you were ready by mommy only being in labor for 8 hours. McGuire is a very protective big brother over you, and can't wait to see you after school everyday. If you are not in my arms McGuire gets very concerned that you are lost. We love McKinlee so very much! Can't wait for all the fun memories we get to make together as a family! Love you baby girl!